Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released March 24, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record High Beef Production in February February 2021 contained 20 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. February 2022 contained 20 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.43 billion pounds in February, up 1 percent from the 4.39 billion pounds produced in February 2021. Beef production, at 2.25 billion pounds, was 7 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.69 million head, up 6 percent from February 2021. The average live weight was up 5 pounds from the previous year, at 1,395 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.2 million pounds, 10 percent below February a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 30,400 head, down 8 percent from February 2021. The average live weight was down 4 pounds from last year, at 243 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.17 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.94 million head, down 5 percent from February 2021. The average live weight was up 2 pounds from the previous year, at 293 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 9.2 million pounds, was down 14 percent from February 2021. Sheep slaughter totaled 143,400 head, 12 percent below last year. The average live weight was 128 pounds, down 4 pounds from February a year ago. January to February 2022 commercial red meat production was 8.99 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2021. Accumulated beef production was up 2 percent from last year, veal was down 5 percent, pork was down 6 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 10 percent. This page intentionally left blank. Contents Commercial Red Meat Production - United States.......................................... 4 Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States................................. 4 Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States............................. 5 Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States............................... 6 Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022.. 10 Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States................. 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States........... 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: February 2022................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to February 2022..... 13 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States..... 13 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates............................ 14 Statistical Methodology................................................................. 15 Information Contacts.................................................................... 16 Commercial Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :February 2022 as % of : January to February : February : January : February :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : February : January : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,105.5 2,266.2 2,250.3 107 99 4,414.6 4,516.5 102 Veal .............: 4.7 4.6 4.2 90 92 9.3 8.8 95 Pork .............: 2,265.3 2,280.3 2,168.0 96 95 4,742.7 4,448.3 94 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.8 9.9 9.2 86 94 21.2 19.1 90 : Total red meat ...: 4,386.3 4,560.9 4,431.8 101 97 9,187.8 8,992.7 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :February 2022 as % of : January to February : February : January : February :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : February : January : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,070.7 2,228.8 2,214.0 107 99 4,342.4 4,442.8 102 Veal .............: 4.6 4.5 4.1 90 92 9.1 8.6 95 Pork .............: 2,255.2 2,270.6 2,158.9 96 95 4,721.4 4,429.5 94 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.7 8.9 8.1 83 92 19.2 17.0 88 : Total red meat ...: 4,340.2 4,512.7 4,385.1 101 97 9,092.1 8,897.9 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : February : January to February : February : January : February : 2022 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : of 2021 : : : 2022 as % : : : : : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,472.6 2,648.7 2,634.1 107 5,163.4 5,282.8 102 Other ................1,000: 50.1 54.3 52.5 105 103.9 106.8 103 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,522.7 2,703.0 2,686.6 106 5,267.3 5,389.6 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,394 1,401 1,398 100 1,398 1,400 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,215 1,227 1,224 101 1,214 1,226 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,390 1,398 1,395 100 1,395 1,396 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 32.5 31.7 29.8 92 64.2 61.5 96 Other ................1,000: 0.5 0.6 0.6 119 1.1 1.3 118 Commercial ...........1,000: 33.0 32.3 30.4 92 65.3 62.7 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 245 245 241 98 245 243 99 Other ...............pounds: 377 372 373 99 362 373 103 Commercial ..........pounds: 247 247 243 98 247 245 99 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,376.1 10,362.0 9,896.9 95 21,567.7 20,259.0 94 Other ................1,000: 52.0 48.2 46.2 89 110.2 94.4 86 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,428.1 10,410.3 9,943.1 95 21,678.0 20,353.4 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 291 294 293 101 293 293 100 Other ...............pounds: 267 274 271 102 265 273 103 Commercial ..........pounds: 291 294 293 101 293 293 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 142.8 133.3 121.5 85 283.4 254.8 90 Other ................1,000: 20.8 20.9 21.9 105 42.0 42.7 102 Commercial ...........1,000: 163.6 154.2 143.4 88 325.4 297.5 91 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 136 132 132 97 135 132 98 Other ...............pounds: 101 97 102 101 99 99 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 132 127 128 97 130 127 98 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 31.4 39.9 36.1 115 69.4 76.1 110 Other ................1,000: 6.7 9.2 8.1 121 14.2 17.3 122 Commercial ...........1,000: 38.0 49.2 44.2 116 83.6 93.4 112 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 64 64 99 65 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 88 84 85 96 86 84 98 Commercial ..........pounds: 69 68 68 98 69 68 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 4.8 6.1 5.9 123 10.0 12.0 120 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.4 0.3 131 0.6 0.6 110 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.0 6.4 6.2 124 10.5 12.6 120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : February : January : February :February 2022 as : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : % of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.8 1.0 1.0 130 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 97 Arizona ...............: 42.3 38.9 39.6 93 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.4 0.5 96 California ............: 143.1 133.9 139.2 97 Colorado ..............: 168.7 160.6 164.4 97 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.8 2.9 2.8 102 Florida ...............: 4.6 7.8 8.4 183 Georgia ...............: 12.6 14.0 13.2 105 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.7 0.8 96 : Idaho .................: 30.4 32.4 32.7 108 Illinois ..............: 268.8 262.8 253.5 94 Indiana ...............: 147.3 153.7 145.9 99 Iowa ..................: 702.0 743.5 711.4 101 Kansas ................: 432.6 485.0 470.5 109 Kentucky ..............: 45.8 51.9 48.4 106 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.4 0.4 137 Michigan ..............: 105.2 97.8 97.2 92 Minnesota .............: 233.7 254.1 240.1 103 Mississippi ...........: 0.6 0.7 0.8 124 : Missouri ..............: 157.0 176.7 155.3 99 Montana ...............: 1.2 2.3 2.5 207 Nebraska ..............: 631.1 650.6 643.0 102 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 103 New England 1/ ........: 2.6 2.7 2.6 99 New Jersey ............: 3.3 3.6 3.4 103 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 105 New York ..............: 3.1 3.2 3.1 100 North Carolina ........: 239.9 220.1 234.9 98 North Dakota ..........: 0.8 0.8 0.8 99 : Ohio ..................: 23.3 22.4 20.2 87 Oklahoma ..............: 107.7 115.0 105.3 98 Oregon ................: 4.0 4.2 3.9 97 Pennsylvania ..........: 112.0 123.4 118.0 105 South Carolina ........: 14.4 15.0 15.2 105 South Dakota ..........: 122.5 128.5 115.7 94 Tennessee .............: 22.1 23.9 22.1 100 Texas .................: 338.3 405.5 391.5 116 Utah ..................: 49.1 41.3 43.0 87 Virginia ..............: 37.6 1.8 2.0 5 : Washington ............: 72.8 72.4 74.4 102 West Virginia .........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 99 Wisconsin .............: 98.3 102.6 101.6 103 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.9 0.9 114 : United States .........: 4,386.3 4,560.9 4,431.8 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.8 0.8 884 917 1,077 1,086 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 74 79 1,012 1,050 Arizona ..........: 48.8 45.2 68,847 63,868 1,413 1,417 Arkansas .........: 0.8 0.8 748 774 990 1,013 California .......: 130.0 129.7 175,046 173,714 1,354 1,348 Colorado .........: 185.0 179.8 262,403 256,766 1,420 1,429 Delaware-Maryland : 2.8 2.9 3,994 4,093 1,402 1,419 Florida ..........: 6.9 13.3 8,496 16,471 1,242 1,243 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.1 1.1 1,305 1,266 1,198 1,153 : Idaho ............: 40.4 44.6 52,943 57,635 1,321 1,303 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.1 3.9 5,028 4,758 1,214 1,215 Iowa .............: (D) 40.8 (D) 58,938 (D) 1,445 Kansas ...........: 483.0 524.1 669,237 728,340 1,386 1,390 Kentucky .........: 3.7 5.3 4,082 5,909 1,109 1,115 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.6 366 550 870 867 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.4 0.6 407 621 946 982 : Missouri .........: 6.0 18.5 7,080 22,159 1,181 1,208 Montana ..........: 1.4 2.9 1,718 3,754 1,265 1,289 Nebraska .........: 549.8 563.0 807,317 841,292 1,470 1,496 Nevada ...........: (D) 0.1 (D) 80 (D) 1,209 New England 1/ ...: 2.8 3.0 3,351 3,515 1,186 1,182 New Jersey .......: 3.5 3.7 3,940 4,121 1,124 1,127 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.7 581 672 1,181 1,000 New York .........: 3.2 3.3 3,975 4,203 1,258 1,277 North Carolina ...: 6.5 7.8 7,933 9,517 1,221 1,231 North Dakota .....: 1.0 1.0 1,342 1,272 1,345 1,327 : Ohio .............: 6.8 6.8 9,017 9,048 1,333 1,335 Oklahoma .........: 3.5 6.3 3,743 7,425 1,077 1,186 Oregon ...........: 1.6 2.1 1,974 2,314 1,224 1,128 Pennsylvania .....: 73.9 87.2 92,306 110,917 1,255 1,278 South Carolina ...: 20.8 22.4 28,129 29,687 1,360 1,333 South Dakota .....: 41.7 40.6 61,547 59,353 1,484 1,472 Tennessee ........: 3.1 3.8 3,360 3,919 1,106 1,044 Texas ............: 412.1 480.5 547,567 642,997 1,332 1,342 Utah .............: 56.8 47.8 78,818 66,761 1,389 1,396 Virginia .........: 1.8 2.0 1,931 2,150 1,074 1,085 : Washington .......: 84.9 86.8 119,901 122,408 1,416 1,415 West Virginia ....: 1.2 1.1 1,273 1,240 1,091 1,137 Wisconsin ........: 106.8 109.8 149,425 153,883 1,406 1,410 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 1.2 1,206 1,433 1,195 1,192 : United States ....: 2,522.7 2,686.6 3,498,908 3,738,323 1,390 1,395 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) California .......: 4.4 3.3 559 407 131 128 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.2 40 64 457 424 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.2 71 83 499 480 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 21 18 304 284 Indiana ..........: 0.5 0.6 223 231 429 388 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Michigan .........: 0.1 (D) 40 (D) 400 (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.2 0.2 55 54 261 257 New Jersey .......: 1.4 1.4 522 511 375 373 New Mexico .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New York .........: 5.1 4.9 441 481 88 98 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 38 26 423 385 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 8.3 7.1 1,206 945 147 135 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.0 6.8 3,113 2,961 443 433 South Carolina ...: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 0.1 0.2 45 69 419 409 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.2 (D) 58 (D) 311 : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Wisconsin ........: 2.9 2.3 1,440 1,068 490 458 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 33.0 30.4 8,090 7,340 247 243 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.2 2.0 486 845 402 427 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 26 23 272 259 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 38 28 282 284 Arkansas .........: 0.5 0.5 148 125 273 268 California .......: 212.5 205.5 57,859 53,986 273 263 Colorado .........: 1.2 1.6 315 339 254 208 Delaware-Maryland : 1.5 1.6 429 429 279 275 Florida ..........: 4.1 4.3 553 579 136 136 Georgia ..........: 4.8 4.8 1,299 1,295 268 268 Hawaii ...........: 0.3 0.2 70 40 259 259 : Idaho ............: 13.3 13.2 3,798 3,616 285 275 Illinois .........: 961.3 863.5 277,387 252,133 289 292 Indiana ..........: 687.9 662.7 192,828 191,240 280 289 Iowa .............: 3,125.8 3,146.2 901,270 911,119 288 290 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.3 86 64 231 214 Michigan .........: 295.9 260.5 87,799 80,445 297 309 Minnesota ........: 968.9 991.4 269,493 276,395 278 279 Mississippi ......: 3.2 3.3 502 532 156 162 : Missouri .........: 686.1 653.4 204,005 191,971 297 294 Montana ..........: 0.7 0.7 215 202 289 281 Nebraska .........: 641.1 576.4 184,022 167,198 287 290 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 2.3 1.9 685 532 294 279 New Jersey .......: 6.6 6.8 727 668 111 99 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.1 42 33 249 244 New York .........: 2.4 2.0 613 511 254 253 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 71 82 306 340 : Ohio .............: 82.8 65.3 23,377 19,259 283 295 Oklahoma .........: 470.1 443.3 138,425 133,780 294 302 Oregon ...........: 12.1 10.9 3,439 2,986 284 275 Pennsylvania .....: 264.7 241.0 75,200 69,047 284 287 South Carolina ...: 1.8 1.8 459 458 255 256 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 69.8 67.8 30,447 30,180 437 446 Texas ............: 20.9 20.4 4,692 4,288 224 211 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 2.0 1.7 477 425 242 255 West Virginia ....: 0.6 0.4 184 131 326 329 Wisconsin ........: 64.2 67.7 26,883 28,623 420 424 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.3 79 94 282 277 : United States ....: 10,428.1 9,943.1 3,033,869 2,909,161 291 293 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: February 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 13 15 95 109 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 6 9 106 101 California .......: 25.8 18.4 3,841 2,735 149 149 Colorado .........: 47.0 27.7 7,690 4,683 164 169 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 1.8 189 188 100 102 Florida ..........: 2.3 2.1 112 109 49 53 Georgia ..........: 1.3 1.5 94 93 72 62 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.2 10 20 134 113 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.1 14 13 150 149 Illinois .........: 4.7 3.9 365 321 78 82 Indiana ..........: 5.1 4.3 603 498 119 115 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.1 24 19 150 145 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.2 35 23 88 106 Kentucky .........: 1.2 0.8 125 91 107 119 Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.7 23 40 72 60 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.3 0.4 26 27 93 78 Mississippi ......: 0.3 (Y) 18 (X) 62 (X) : Missouri .........: 0.6 0.5 49 41 83 81 Montana ..........: 0.2 0.1 26 18 139 135 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 2.9 2.9 304 300 104 103 New Jersey .......: 11.9 12.9 953 1,065 80 83 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 77 67 145 143 New York .........: 4.2 3.1 452 329 108 105 North Carolina ...: 2.2 1.5 151 102 70 68 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 4.3 4.0 708 642 166 161 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.2 3.8 613 541 145 144 Pennsylvania .....: 6.5 7.6 720 832 111 109 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.1 19 19 116 135 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 12.0 21.4 1,169 2,499 97 117 Utah .............: 1.8 1.5 258 207 140 136 Virginia .........: 1.0 1.4 70 94 71 68 : Washington .......: 1.3 1.2 179 155 139 135 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.4 2.6 514 400 150 152 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 18 17 151 145 : United States ....: 163.6 143.4 21,519 18,285 132 128 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : January to February : : : : January to February Class : February : January : February :-----------------------: February : January : February :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,170.3 1,247.0 1,213.8 2,464.2 2,460.8 47.3 47.1 46.1 47.7 46.6 Heifers ..........: 768.3 789.2 814.1 1,569.0 1,603.2 31.1 29.8 30.9 30.4 30.3 All cows .........: 504.9 575.3 568.2 1,063.4 1,143.5 20.4 21.7 21.6 20.6 21.6 Dairy cows .......: 265.2 260.8 266.5 542.5 527.4 10.7 9.8 10.1 10.5 10.0 Other cows .......: 239.7 314.5 301.6 520.9 616.1 9.7 11.9 11.5 10.1 11.7 Bulls ............: 29.1 37.2 38.1 66.8 75.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 : Total ............: 2,472.6 2,648.7 2,634.1 5,163.4 5,282.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 32.5 31.7 29.8 64.2 61.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,110.9 10,085.5 9,636.5 21,005.3 19,722.0 97.4 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.3 Sows .............: 241.2 253.0 239.3 512.2 492.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 Boars ............: 24.0 23.5 21.2 50.2 44.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,376.1 10,362.0 9,896.9 21,567.7 20,259.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 7.9 8.2 7.8 16.8 16.0 5.5 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.3 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 134.9 125.1 113.7 266.6 238.8 94.5 93.9 93.6 94.1 93.7 : Total ............: 142.8 133.3 121.5 283.4 254.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to February Class : February : January : February :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 839 843 842 843 843 Steers 1/ ...............: 911 926 922 918 924 Heifers 1/ ..............: 843 852 850 847 851 All cows 1/ .............: 663 649 658 659 653 Bulls 1/ ................: 888 871 880 886 876 : Calves and vealers ... : 142 142 139 142 141 : Hogs ................. : 217 219 218 219 219 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 216 217 216 217 217 Sows 2/ .................: 296 295 294 298 295 Boars 2/ ................: 182 194 193 185 194 : Sheep ................ : 68 66 67 68 67 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 64 62 64 63 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 68 67 67 68 67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 2/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 3/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: February 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.7 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 2 ............: 6.9 2.2 1.5 3.0 2.8 0.1 0.3 6.3 3 ............: 89.5 33.1 3.2 49.7 42.4 7.3 3.5 7.1 4 ............: 74.7 4.6 1.7 59.6 14.5 45.1 8.8 0.4 5 ............: 269.1 118.3 (D) 106.9 58.9 48.0 (D) 10.0 6 ............: 481.2 203.9 158.7 110.3 33.3 77.0 8.4 (Y) 7 ............:1,134.3 615.3 439.6 73.5 9.1 64.4 5.8 (Y) 8 ............: 267.7 128.0 (D) 28.0 4.5 23.5 (D) (D) 9 ............: 175.3 70.6 24.4 78.8 65.0 13.7 1.5 3.1 10 ...........: 132.7 36.7 35.8 58.0 35.7 22.3 2.3 (D) : United States :2,634.1 1,213.8 814.1 568.2 266.5 301.6 38.1 29.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.7 1.6 (Y) (Y) 2.8 0.2 2.6 2 ............: 8.7 8.7 (Y) (Y) 15.5 1.8 13.7 3 ............: 242.4 241.2 (D) (D) 11.5 1.3 10.2 4 ............: (D) (D) 66.0 (D) 7.2 0.6 6.6 5 ............: 2,893.4 2,779.1 107.7 6.6 23.7 1.4 22.3 6 ............: 459.7 459.4 (D) (D) 10.0 0.3 9.7 7 ............: 4,389.7 4,316.1 63.3 10.3 0.6 (Y) 0.5 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 28.9 1.0 27.9 9 ............: 201.8 201.8 (Y) (Y) 17.0 0.9 16.1 10 ...........: 25.5 25.4 (Y) (Y) 4.2 0.2 4.0 : United States : 9,896.9 9,636.5 239.3 21.2 121.5 7.8 113.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to February 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 5.5 2.2 1.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 2 ............: 13.9 4.4 3.1 5.9 5.6 0.3 0.5 12.4 3 ............: 180.5 66.8 6.9 100.5 85.8 14.7 6.3 14.7 4 ............: 148.1 9.4 3.5 118.5 30.0 88.5 16.7 0.8 5 ............: 539.7 239.3 (D) 215.5 117.8 97.6 (D) 21.8 6 ............: 973.3 423.0 307.7 224.6 63.2 161.4 18.0 0.1 7 ............:2,280.7 1,251.6 870.8 146.4 18.2 128.1 12.0 0.1 8 ............: 533.0 251.3 (D) 57.6 8.9 48.7 (D) (D) 9 ............: 343.5 139.2 44.5 157.1 131.0 26.1 2.6 6.4 10 ...........: 264.6 73.5 70.3 116.5 66.2 50.3 4.3 (D) : United States :5,282.8 2,460.8 1,603.2 1,143.5 527.4 616.1 75.3 61.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 3.7 3.6 (Y) (Y) 5.9 0.4 5.5 2 ............: 19.8 19.7 0.1 (Y) 31.8 3.4 28.4 3 ............: 504.8 502.6 (D) (D) 23.2 2.8 20.4 4 ............: (D) (D) 137.5 (D) 15.0 1.3 13.8 5 ............: 5,921.7 5,687.5 221.4 12.8 49.4 3.0 46.3 6 ............: 967.8 967.3 (D) (D) 19.1 0.6 18.5 7 ............: 8,997.9 8,846.4 128.5 23.0 1.2 (Y) 1.1 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 64.9 2.2 62.7 9 ............: 412.6 412.5 0.1 (Y) 35.2 1.8 33.4 10 ...........: 53.6 53.5 0.1 (Y) 9.1 0.4 8.7 : United States : 20,259.0 19,722.0 492.2 44.7 254.8 16.0 238.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to February Species : February : January : February :------------------------ : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 98.0 Calves .......: 98.4 98.0 98.0 98.4 98.0 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 87.3 86.5 84.7 87.1 85.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Based on packers' dressed weights. Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any state whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual state standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live animals, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the United States must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Primary data for the Livestock Slaughter publication are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. There are approximately 850 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,950 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State- inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Terms and Definitions, page 14). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored. Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each April which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in April. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. A computer program compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the computer program provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Computer imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the United States head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and statistics are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to non- sampling errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the computer edit program and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, as indicated with a (D), these data are still included in United States and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov. Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ......... (202) 692-0069 Scott Hollis, Head, Livestock Section ........... (202) 690-2424 Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter ...... (202) 690-8632 Ryan Cowen - Cattle, Cattle on Feed .......... (202) 720-3040 Anthony Fischer - Hogs and Pigs .............. (202) 720-3106 Logan Hartley-Sanguinett - Sheep and Goats ... (202) 690-3236 Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows .. (202) 720-3278 Suzanne Richards - Dairy Products ............ 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