Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released May 25, 2023, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Total Red Meat Production Down in April April 2022 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. April 2023 contained 20 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.20 billion pounds in April, down 8 percent from the 4.54 billion pounds produced in April 2022. Beef production, at 2.07 billion pounds, was 11 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.54 million head, down 10 percent from April 2022. The average live weight was down 19 pounds from the previous year, at 1,354 pounds. Veal production totaled 3.6 million pounds, 21 percent below April a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 21,900 head, down 22 percent from April 2022. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from last year, at 280 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.12 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.77 million head, down 3 percent from April 2022. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 291 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 11.0 million pounds, was down 11 percent from April 2022. Sheep slaughter totaled 185,900 head, 6 percent below last year. The average live weight was 117 pounds, down 6 pounds from April a year ago. January to April 2023 commercial red meat production was 18.1 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2022. Accumulated beef production was down 5 percent from last year, veal was down 13 percent, pork was up 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up slightly. 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: April 2022 and 2023.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: April 2022 and 2023............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: April 2022 and 2023............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: April 2022 and 2023.. 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: April 2023................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to April 2023..... 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : April 2023 as % of : January to April : April : March : April :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : April : March : : :2023 as % : : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,326.7 2,404.8 2,069.4 89 86 9,350.1 8,891.0 95 Veal .............: 4.5 4.2 3.6 79 85 18.3 16.0 87 Pork .............: 2,201.3 2,488.2 2,119.4 96 85 9,105.9 9,190.0 101 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.3 12.7 11.0 89 87 43.8 43.9 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,544.9 4,909.8 4,203.4 92 86 18,518.0 18,140.9 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : April 2023 as % of : January to April : April : March : April :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : April : March : : :2023 as % : : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,289.5 2,367.3 2,034.7 89 86 9,197.1 8,748.8 95 Veal .............: 4.4 4.1 3.5 79 85 17.7 15.5 87 Pork .............: 2,192.0 2,478.3 2,110.3 96 85 9,066.8 9,152.4 101 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.8 11.7 9.7 90 83 38.9 39.9 102 : Total red meat ...: 4,496.7 4,861.3 4,158.2 92 86 18,320.7 17,956.6 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : April : January to April : April : March : April : 2023 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : of 2022 : : : 2023 as % : : : : : 2022 : 2023 : of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,759.0 2,883.6 2,493.1 90 10,997.1 10,649.7 97 Other ................1,000: 54.0 55.1 50.7 94 221.9 207.9 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,813.0 2,938.7 2,543.8 90 11,219.0 10,857.6 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,376 1,369 1,357 99 1,391 1,372 99 Other ...............pounds: 1,214 1,206 1,210 100 1,221 1,213 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,373 1,366 1,354 99 1,387 1,369 99 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 27.4 25.5 21.4 78 120.9 102.0 84 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.7 0.5 76 2.7 2.3 88 Commercial ...........1,000: 28.1 26.2 21.9 78 123.5 104.4 84 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 274 274 277 101 254 262 103 Other ...............pounds: 364 371 369 101 377 368 98 Commercial ..........pounds: 277 277 280 101 257 264 103 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,032.1 11,414.7 9,724.2 97 41,487.7 42,149.1 102 Other ................1,000: 46.6 49.8 46.2 99 194.6 190.4 98 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,078.7 11,464.5 9,770.4 97 41,682.4 42,339.5 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 293 292 291 99 293 292 100 Other ...............pounds: 274 272 272 99 275 272 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 293 292 291 99 293 292 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 167.5 179.1 156.9 94 585.6 618.5 106 Other ................1,000: 30.9 19.6 29.1 94 99.1 83.6 84 Commercial ...........1,000: 198.5 198.7 185.9 94 684.7 702.2 103 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 128 129 122 96 132 127 97 Other ...............pounds: 98 104 89 91 98 97 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 123 126 117 95 127 124 98 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 43.8 47.7 41.7 95 163.9 168.6 103 Other ................1,000: 8.7 8.1 6.9 79 35.7 29.4 82 Commercial ...........1,000: 52.5 55.8 48.6 93 199.5 198.0 99 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 65 64 100 64 65 101 Other ...............pounds: 84 87 85 101 85 85 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 68 67 100 68 68 100 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.4 7.4 5.8 108 23.7 25.8 109 Other ................1,000: 0.1 0.3 0.2 169 1.0 1.2 111 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.5 7.7 6.1 110 24.8 27.0 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : April : March : April : April 2023 as : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : % of 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.2 1.5 1.3 103 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 40.0 44.8 39.4 98 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.7 0.5 87 California ............: 141.1 122.8 102.2 72 Colorado ..............: 164.5 183.0 142.2 86 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.7 2.9 2.4 89 Florida ...............: 8.6 8.2 7.2 83 Georgia ...............: 13.7 13.2 12.5 91 Hawaii ................: 0.9 0.8 0.7 78 : Idaho .................: 35.2 35.5 30.8 88 Illinois ..............: 258.5 285.7 247.6 96 Indiana ...............: 153.7 164.9 144.2 94 Iowa ..................: 692.9 799.7 698.7 101 Kansas ................: 508.9 517.1 450.7 89 Kentucky ..............: 51.0 54.8 47.9 94 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 81 Michigan ..............: 106.3 117.0 100.3 94 Minnesota .............: 246.8 278.4 231.1 94 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 92 : Missouri ..............: 166.4 191.9 166.4 100 Montana ...............: 3.3 2.4 2.3 70 Nebraska ..............: 640.0 672.8 569.6 89 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 (Y) (X) New England 1/ ........: 2.9 2.7 2.5 86 New Jersey ............: 4.0 4.5 3.8 95 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 90 New York ..............: 3.6 3.7 3.3 92 North Carolina ........: 241.1 286.5 244.3 101 North Dakota ..........: 0.9 0.7 0.8 88 : Ohio ..................: 22.2 24.5 21.3 96 Oklahoma ..............: 102.6 117.8 98.9 96 Oregon ................: 3.9 2.7 2.3 60 Pennsylvania ..........: 122.0 142.9 119.6 98 South Carolina ........: 15.6 17.3 15.0 96 South Dakota ..........: 117.2 128.9 106.0 90 Tennessee .............: 23.7 28.1 21.2 89 Texas .................: 416.1 407.6 349.1 84 Utah ..................: 44.2 48.6 42.6 96 Virginia ..............: 1.8 1.6 1.3 75 : Washington ............: 76.0 84.9 77.0 101 West Virginia .........: 0.7 1.0 0.9 125 Wisconsin .............: 107.4 105.2 93.2 87 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.8 0.7 87 : United States .........: 4,544.9 4,909.8 4,203.4 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: April 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 1.1 1.5 1,161 1,683 1,064 1,154 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 62 (X) 1,120 (X) Arizona ..........: 45.3 44.6 64,140 63,257 1,419 1,422 Arkansas .........: 1.0 0.8 943 836 976 998 California .......: 133.6 120.1 179,679 159,954 1,353 1,341 Colorado .........: 182.9 163.2 256,361 222,077 1,403 1,362 Delaware-Maryland : 2.7 2.5 3,928 3,463 1,448 1,389 Florida ..........: 13.5 11.3 17,145 13,826 1,269 1,223 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.3 1.0 1,560 1,175 1,208 1,171 : Idaho ............: 48.0 41.6 61,975 53,751 1,299 1,299 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.8 3.6 5,810 4,350 1,209 1,210 Iowa .............: 42.9 45.2 60,593 62,898 1,412 1,393 Kansas ...........: 574.8 518.6 788,291 698,804 1,372 1,348 Kentucky .........: 5.5 5.9 5,900 6,285 1,075 1,076 Louisiana ........: 0.7 0.6 573 474 860 831 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.8 0.7 795 658 993 933 : Missouri .........: 26.9 25.7 30,983 30,435 1,155 1,190 Montana ..........: 3.6 3.0 4,841 3,749 1,328 1,246 Nebraska .........: 562.9 518.9 820,015 732,465 1,458 1,413 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 103 70 1,211 1,252 New England 1/ ...: 3.2 2.6 3,815 3,135 1,196 1,187 New Jersey .......: 4.3 4.1 4,905 4,659 1,137 1,148 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.5 698 553 1,153 1,149 New York .........: 3.9 3.8 4,792 4,509 1,236 1,185 North Carolina ...: 7.9 7.0 9,629 8,601 1,227 1,238 North Dakota .....: 1.0 0.9 1,360 1,198 1,310 1,271 : Ohio .............: 6.9 6.1 9,141 8,200 1,335 1,336 Oklahoma .........: 6.4 6.2 7,670 7,353 1,191 1,200 Oregon ...........: 2.7 1.6 3,057 1,943 1,116 1,231 Pennsylvania .....: 85.5 85.6 107,678 109,014 1,266 1,280 South Carolina ...: 22.9 21.4 30,349 29,241 1,329 1,370 South Dakota .....: 40.0 33.9 57,096 47,816 1,438 1,415 Tennessee ........: 3.9 3.4 4,212 3,376 1,081 1,000 Texas ............: 516.7 438.8 680,805 572,675 1,321 1,309 Utah .............: 49.0 48.0 68,905 66,564 1,406 1,387 Virginia .........: 2.0 1.7 2,148 1,828 1,075 1,075 : Washington .......: 89.7 90.4 125,153 126,171 1,398 1,399 West Virginia ....: 1.0 1.2 1,006 1,330 1,056 1,125 Wisconsin ........: 116.6 101.6 162,716 142,074 1,403 1,407 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 0.8 1,171 1,012 1,159 1,203 : United States ....: 2,813.0 2,543.8 3,854,394 3,435,981 1,373 1,354 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 Calf Slaughter - States and United States: April 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) California .......: 3.2 (D) 435 (D) 140 (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.2 (D) 93 (D) 445 (D) Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.2 73 87 484 484 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.2 0.1 51 38 310 339 Indiana ..........: 0.6 0.6 271 277 430 458 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Mississippi ......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) : Missouri .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (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 70 39 285 234 New Jersey .......: 1.4 1.2 515 458 373 381 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: 4.0 3.0 408 295 104 100 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 28 30 302 292 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 5.4 3.4 1,085 775 203 227 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.9 5.7 3,008 2,474 437 431 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Texas ............: 0.3 0.1 98 32 383 392 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.2 0.1 51 17 298 270 : Washington .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) West Virginia ....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Wisconsin ........: 2.5 1.9 1,172 883 461 473 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 28.1 21.9 7,727 6,090 277 280 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: April 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 2.0 1.4 894 510 437 375 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 32 23 281 264 Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.1 47 24 278 261 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.4 108 105 253 253 California .......: 197.2 69.7 50,356 15,400 256 221 Colorado .........: 2.0 2.6 345 410 175 157 Delaware-Maryland : 1.4 1.4 391 401 272 280 Florida ..........: 4.5 4.9 571 599 128 123 Georgia ..........: 5.0 4.6 1,407 1,240 279 272 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 41 45 263 267 : Idaho ............: 13.2 11.6 3,567 2,834 270 244 Illinois .........: 893.8 873.1 260,094 251,423 291 288 Indiana ..........: 708.2 675.9 199,697 188,513 282 279 Iowa .............: 3,044.3 3,094.4 883,348 892,143 290 288 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.3 79 61 215 201 Michigan .........: 287.2 285.4 87,186 84,469 304 296 Minnesota ........: 1,013.8 983.0 284,870 274,679 281 279 Mississippi ......: 3.1 2.9 507 518 161 176 : Missouri .........: 676.9 677.9 200,542 201,358 296 297 Montana ..........: 1.1 1.1 294 318 270 283 Nebraska .........: 613.1 545.3 177,708 158,858 290 291 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 1.9 2.0 550 587 290 292 New Jersey .......: 6.7 6.1 688 645 103 105 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 43 48 230 257 New York .........: 2.4 2.0 615 522 262 267 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 63 60 287 315 : Ohio .............: 77.0 76.0 21,760 21,513 283 283 Oklahoma .........: 432.1 420.8 130,836 124,916 303 297 Oregon ...........: 8.5 4.6 2,299 1,128 270 246 Pennsylvania .....: 264.4 250.3 75,674 71,923 286 287 South Carolina ...: 1.9 1.8 497 456 257 256 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 72.0 65.1 32,098 29,119 446 448 Texas ............: 21.4 21.1 4,468 4,725 209 224 Utah .............: (D) 1.8 (D) 443 (D) 254 Virginia .........: (D) 0.9 (D) 281 (D) 313 : Washington .......: 1.8 (D) 452 (D) 258 (D) West Virginia ....: 0.5 0.6 143 182 285 282 Wisconsin ........: 68.1 57.2 28,718 24,532 422 430 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.3 94 84 291 282 : United States ....: 10,078.7 9,770.4 2,950,637 2,845,074 293 291 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: April 2022 and 2023 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.2 27 23 110 107 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 13 5 134 98 California .......: 26.1 23.5 4,067 3,623 156 155 Colorado .........: 33.8 31.4 5,947 5,144 176 164 Delaware-Maryland : 2.7 2.3 266 220 98 94 Florida ..........: 2.8 3.0 149 154 53 51 Georgia ..........: 2.0 (D) 134 (D) 67 (D) Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 18 11 138 140 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.1 15 18 150 139 Illinois .........: 7.7 6.0 636 501 83 84 Indiana ..........: 7.3 6.6 786 661 108 100 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.1 15 11 154 139 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.3 34 28 82 90 Kentucky .........: 1.1 1.3 132 133 121 103 Louisiana ........: 1.1 0.8 61 47 57 59 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.6 0.5 49 42 88 78 Mississippi ......: 0.1 0.1 7 6 76 61 : Missouri .........: 0.7 0.8 61 71 82 87 Montana ..........: 0.7 0.3 85 32 128 128 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 7 7 111 110 Nevada ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New England 1/ ...: 6.2 5.9 571 515 92 87 New Jersey .......: 18.7 18.3 1,519 1,473 81 80 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.5 81 73 137 139 New York .........: 7.0 7.7 622 608 89 79 North Carolina ...: 2.4 2.0 165 127 68 63 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 4.6 4.3 745 711 161 165 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.5 4.1 684 658 152 159 Pennsylvania .....: 12.8 13.4 1,297 1,233 101 92 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 22 25 133 126 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 26.0 24.3 2,609 2,197 100 91 Utah .............: 1.8 1.5 241 196 134 133 Virginia .........: 1.5 0.6 98 47 67 75 : Washington .......: 1.4 1.7 197 224 138 136 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.6 3.4 567 471 159 141 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.1 23 15 148 125 : United States ....: 198.5 185.9 24,426 21,754 123 117 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 April : : : : January to April Class : April : March : April :-----------------------: April : March : April :----------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,328.9 1,304.5 1,146.4 5,119.6 4,882.7 48.2 45.2 46.0 46.6 45.8 Heifers ..........: 825.4 942.8 799.5 3,362.6 3,363.8 29.9 32.7 32.1 30.6 31.6 All cows .........: 555.3 591.5 504.8 2,339.3 2,245.0 20.1 20.5 20.2 21.3 21.1 Dairy cows .......: 237.8 306.2 243.6 1,062.4 1,114.2 8.6 10.6 9.8 9.7 10.5 Other cows .......: 317.6 285.2 261.3 1,276.9 1,130.9 11.5 9.9 10.5 11.6 10.6 Bulls ............: 49.4 44.8 42.4 175.6 158.3 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 : Total ............: 2,759.0 2,883.6 2,493.1 10,997.1 10,649.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 27.4 25.5 21.4 120.9 102.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 9,766.3 11,111.2 9,472.7 40,374.3 41,039.7 97.4 97.3 97.4 97.3 97.4 Sows .............: 242.2 274.1 227.8 1,016.6 1,008.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.4 Boars ............: 23.6 29.3 23.7 96.9 100.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,032.1 11,414.7 9,724.2 41,487.7 42,149.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.6 9.8 9.9 35.8 36.6 6.3 5.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 156.9 169.2 147.0 549.7 581.9 93.7 94.5 93.7 93.9 94.1 : Total ............: 167.5 179.1 156.9 585.6 618.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to April Class : April : March : April :----------------------- : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 832 823 818 838 823 Steers 1/ ...............: 907 899 892 917 902 Heifers 1/ ..............: 837 829 826 846 829 All cows 1/ .............: 637 640 630 650 639 Bulls 1/ ................: 875 865 874 876 858 : Calves and vealers ... : 160 160 163 148 153 : Hogs ................. : 219 217 217 219 217 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 217 215 215 217 215 Sows 2/ .................: 297 298 298 296 296 Boars 2/ ................: 190 190 192 193 192 : Sheep ................ : 65 65 62 67 64 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 64 65 63 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 65 65 62 67 65 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: April 2023 [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 ............: 2.4 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 2 ............: 7.8 2.3 2.1 3.1 2.8 0.3 0.3 4.1 3 ............: 87.7 36.8 4.1 41.4 32.2 9.2 5.4 5.9 4 ............: 70.7 4.3 2.6 55.9 13.2 42.6 7.9 0.5 5 ............: 246.0 116.7 (D) 89.7 55.4 34.3 (D) 5.9 6 ............: 438.6 196.3 134.6 99.5 32.3 67.1 8.3 (D) 7 ............:1,097.8 560.8 456.9 72.3 7.6 64.6 7.9 (Y) 8 ............: 244.2 117.5 (D) 21.4 4.2 17.2 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 165.0 69.5 22.4 71.2 60.9 10.3 1.9 (D) 10 ...........: 132.9 41.3 39.0 50.0 34.6 15.4 2.6 (D) : United States :2,493.1 1,146.4 799.5 504.8 243.6 261.3 42.4 21.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.8 1.7 (Y) (Y) 5.9 0.2 5.7 2 ............: 8.0 8.0 (Y) (Y) 25.5 2.1 23.4 3 ............: 251.5 251.3 (D) (D) 17.1 1.5 15.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 64.7 (D) 10.4 0.8 9.6 5 ............: 2,933.4 2,828.8 100.0 4.6 29.3 2.1 27.1 6 ............: 435.4 435.2 (D) (D) 8.9 (D) (D) 7 ............: 4,328.8 4,253.5 62.4 12.9 1.0 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.3 0.1 32.5 0.8 31.7 9 ............: 66.4 66.3 (Y) (Y) 22.1 1.6 20.5 10 ...........: 17.2 17.2 (Y) (Y) 4.4 0.2 4.2 : United States : 9,724.2 9,472.7 227.8 23.7 156.9 9.9 147.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 April 2023 [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 ............: 10.3 4.0 3.8 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 2 ............: 31.1 9.5 7.9 12.7 11.5 1.3 1.0 21.2 3 ............: 379.8 148.3 16.9 194.1 155.7 38.4 20.4 26.5 4 ............: 290.9 18.3 10.9 230.6 57.4 173.2 31.1 2.1 5 ............: 1,050.8 474.1 (D) 408.4 248.0 160.5 (D) 31.5 6 ............: 1,882.4 794.6 611.6 442.0 155.0 287.0 34.2 (D) 7 ............: 4,637.1 2,429.0 1,879.1 303.5 33.0 270.5 25.6 0.2 8 ............: 1,078.5 539.3 (D) 94.5 19.2 75.3 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 726.0 293.1 98.1 328.2 282.3 46.0 6.5 (D) 10 ...........: 562.6 172.6 151.8 229.3 151.1 78.2 8.9 (D) : United States :10,649.7 4,882.7 3,363.8 2,245.0 1,114.2 1,130.9 158.3 102.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 7.0 6.8 0.1 (Y) 16.7 0.7 16.0 2 ............: 41.0 40.8 0.2 (Y) 86.6 7.8 78.8 3 ............: 1,088.5 1,087.4 (D) (D) 60.2 4.2 55.9 4 ............: (D) (D) 287.8 (D) 39.1 3.1 36.0 5 ............: 12,704.8 12,243.2 438.1 23.5 114.0 6.8 107.2 6 ............: 1,902.1 1,901.3 (D) (D) 42.3 (D) (D) 7 ............: 18,661.9 18,329.8 278.2 53.8 4.1 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 2.4 0.1 144.7 3.9 140.8 9 ............: 410.0 409.9 0.1 (Y) 91.4 7.1 84.3 10 ...........: 71.8 71.6 0.1 (Y) 19.6 1.1 18.5 : United States : 42,149.1 41,039.7 1,008.7 100.7 618.5 36.6 581.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 April Species : April : March : April :------------------------ : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.1 98.1 98.0 98.0 98.1 Calves .......: 97.6 97.3 97.7 97.9 97.8 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.6 Sheep ........: 84.4 90.1 84.4 85.5 88.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 950 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. 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