Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released October 21, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record Low Veal and Lamb and Mutton Production in September September 2020 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. September 2021 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.58 billion pounds in September, down 3 percent from the 4.71 billion pounds produced in September 2020. Beef production, at 2.30 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.79 million head, down 1 percent from September 2020. The average live weight was down 14 pounds from the previous year, at 1,365 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.4 million pounds, 10 percent below September a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 34,100 head, up 5 percent from September 2020. The average live weight was down 37 pounds from last year, at 224 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.27 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.8 million head, down 2 percent from September 2020. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 283 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.7 million pounds, was down 2 percent from September 2020. Sheep slaughter totaled 184,200 head, slightly below last year. The average live weight was 116 pounds, down 2 pounds from September a year ago. January to September 2021 commercial red meat production was 41.5 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2020. Accumulated beef production was up 4 percent from last year, veal was down 20 percent, pork was down 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 2 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: September 2020 and 2021.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: September 2020 and 2021............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: September 2020 and 2021............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: September 2020 and 2021.. 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: September 2021................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to September 2021..... 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :September 2021 as % of: January to September :September : August :September :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 :September : August : : :2021 as % : : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,356.5 2,360.0 2,299.2 98 97 20,104.3 20,829.8 104 Veal .............: 4.9 4.3 4.4 90 103 48.4 38.8 80 Pork .............: 2,336.0 2,213.6 2,265.8 97 102 20,788.1 20,488.2 99 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.9 10.3 10.7 98 104 105.2 102.6 98 : Total red meat ...: 4,708.2 4,588.2 4,580.1 97 100 41,046.0 41,459.4 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :September 2021 as % of: January to September :September : August :September :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 :September : August : : :2021 as % : : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,315.3 2,324.0 2,259.7 98 97 19,782.2 20,490.1 104 Veal .............: 4.7 4.2 4.3 91 103 47.0 37.7 80 Pork .............: 2,322.5 2,201.2 2,253.6 97 102 20,673.6 20,388.7 99 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.4 8.8 9.2 98 104 93.7 90.7 97 : Total red meat ...: 4,652.0 4,538.1 4,526.8 97 100 40,596.5 41,007.2 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : September : January to September : September : August : September : 2021 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : of 2020 : : : 2021 as % : : : : : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,755.7 2,834.3 2,732.1 99 23,871.9 24,812.4 104 Other ................1,000: 59.4 52.0 57.1 96 470.5 488.7 104 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,815.1 2,886.3 2,789.2 99 24,342.4 25,301.1 104 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,382 1,356 1,368 99 1,371 1,369 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,215 1,215 1,215 100 1,205 1,216 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,379 1,354 1,365 99 1,368 1,366 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 31.6 34.3 33.5 106 336.1 278.7 83 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.5 0.6 74 7.5 5.5 73 Commercial ...........1,000: 32.4 34.8 34.1 105 343.7 284.2 83 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 258 212 221 86 243 234 97 Other ...............pounds: 388 379 378 97 364 369 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 261 214 224 86 245 237 97 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,957.1 10,546.0 10,696.9 98 96,452.5 95,181.7 99 Other ................1,000: 70.7 64.9 63.8 90 598.4 516.3 86 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,027.7 10,610.8 10,760.7 98 97,050.9 95,697.9 99 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 285 280 283 99 287 287 100 Other ...............pounds: 264 264 261 99 262 264 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 285 280 283 99 287 287 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 154.4 147.5 153.5 99 1,423.1 1,428.4 100 Other ................1,000: 30.6 28.9 30.6 100 240.7 248.8 103 Commercial ...........1,000: 185.0 176.4 184.2 100 1,663.8 1,677.2 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 121 119 119 98 131 127 96 Other ...............pounds: 98 100 97 99 98 97 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 118 116 116 98 126 122 97 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 44.3 43.7 42.2 95 375.6 354.1 94 Other ................1,000: 8.6 8.4 8.6 99 78.0 73.5 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 53.0 52.2 50.8 96 453.6 427.6 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 65 65 101 64 65 101 Other ...............pounds: 85 87 87 102 86 88 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 68 69 102 68 69 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 4.8 5.1 5.6 116 46.8 48.4 103 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.3 0.3 121 2.7 2.5 91 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.1 5.4 5.9 116 49.5 50.8 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : September : August : September :September 2021 as : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : % of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.1 0.9 0.9 85 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 39.5 39.0 37.1 94 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.5 0.7 109 California ............: 140.8 145.9 143.2 102 Colorado ..............: 183.1 177.5 173.9 95 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.2 3.3 2.8 88 Florida ...............: 4.0 6.5 7.3 184 Georgia ...............: 14.1 14.4 14.1 100 Hawaii ................: 0.9 0.9 0.9 107 : Idaho .................: 33.3 35.5 34.1 102 Illinois ..............: 296.3 262.3 264.6 89 Indiana ...............: 150.1 153.7 156.6 104 Iowa ..................: 744.1 715.2 729.2 98 Kansas ................: 508.3 529.7 505.9 100 Kentucky ..............: 52.2 50.3 50.6 97 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 109 Michigan ..............: 107.1 101.0 102.6 96 Minnesota .............: 250.5 249.5 257.9 103 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.7 0.7 94 : Missouri ..............: 164.7 164.0 168.6 102 Montana ...............: 2.6 2.3 3.1 117 Nebraska ..............: 691.9 664.2 653.7 94 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 133 New England 1/ ........: 3.1 2.9 3.1 100 New Jersey ............: 3.8 3.8 3.9 103 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 99 New York ..............: 3.4 3.4 3.4 101 North Carolina ........: 209.8 205.0 217.6 104 North Dakota ..........: 0.9 0.8 0.8 94 : Ohio ..................: 24.8 24.6 23.6 95 Oklahoma ..............: 110.7 96.0 103.1 93 Oregon ................: 4.2 4.1 4.4 104 Pennsylvania ..........: 119.0 120.0 119.1 100 South Carolina ........: 15.5 16.8 16.8 109 South Dakota ..........: 126.6 118.3 125.9 99 Tennessee .............: 27.0 23.9 22.8 84 Texas .................: 400.3 396.8 388.0 97 Utah ..................: 51.3 45.0 42.7 83 Virginia ..............: 27.6 20.1 12.0 44 : Washington ............: 83.9 79.9 77.7 93 West Virginia .........: 1.3 1.1 0.9 72 Wisconsin .............: 104.8 106.5 104.1 99 Wyoming ...............: 0.4 0.9 0.7 160 : United States .........: 4,708.2 4,588.2 4,580.1 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: September 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 1.0 0.9 1,119 976 1,074 1,046 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 97 (X) 1,082 (X) Arizona ..........: 45.3 43.3 64,598 60,311 1,427 1,394 Arkansas .........: 0.9 1.0 826 969 958 1,006 California .......: 133.8 134.5 178,180 177,239 1,339 1,325 Colorado .........: 201.7 192.5 284,880 270,990 1,414 1,409 Delaware-Maryland : 3.4 3.0 4,628 4,035 1,374 1,355 Florida ..........: (D) 11.7 (D) 13,943 (D) 1,197 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.2 1.3 1,393 1,491 1,155 1,187 : Idaho ............: 44.2 48.2 57,981 59,883 1,327 1,251 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.2 4.2 4,914 5,216 1,176 1,228 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 559.1 561.6 779,122 779,575 1,394 1,388 Kentucky .........: 4.2 4.7 4,505 5,236 1,084 1,121 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.6 491 560 820 901 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.7 0.6 651 540 919 876 : Missouri .........: 8.6 17.5 9,702 20,383 1,138 1,169 Montana ..........: 2.9 3.2 3,540 4,210 1,240 1,336 Nebraska .........: 616.1 580.2 893,819 835,011 1,452 1,441 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 81 (D) 1,293 (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.3 3.4 3,780 3,914 1,164 1,163 New Jersey .......: 3.9 4.2 4,304 4,649 1,111 1,122 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.5 484 480 1,129 1,046 New York .........: 3.6 3.7 4,360 4,482 1,218 1,220 North Carolina ...: 7.4 7.7 9,037 9,437 1,221 1,223 North Dakota .....: 1.0 1.0 1,366 1,206 1,329 1,194 : Ohio .............: 7.0 6.8 9,185 9,006 1,310 1,330 Oklahoma .........: 4.7 5.8 5,433 6,612 1,153 1,139 Oregon ...........: 2.1 2.5 2,524 2,929 1,177 1,157 Pennsylvania .....: 76.7 86.8 91,218 105,531 1,195 1,222 South Carolina ...: 22.6 24.8 30,018 32,867 1,332 1,332 South Dakota .....: 40.6 44.8 57,883 63,181 1,432 1,419 Tennessee ........: 3.2 4.0 3,329 4,112 1,065 1,050 Texas ............: 491.6 486.2 645,755 632,636 1,317 1,305 Utah .............: 59.2 47.7 81,749 66,530 1,383 1,397 Virginia .........: 1.7 1.7 1,818 1,877 1,090 1,080 : Washington .......: 93.0 92.1 135,923 127,254 1,466 1,385 West Virginia ....: 1.8 1.3 1,873 1,333 1,068 989 Wisconsin ........: 114.4 114.7 157,032 158,354 1,380 1,388 Wyoming ..........: 0.5 0.9 621 1,084 1,151 1,194 : United States ....: 2,815.1 2,789.2 3,872,331 3,798,876 1,379 1,365 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: September 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ..........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Arkansas .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) California .......: 4.8 3.7 600 329 130 92 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.1 48 25 430 432 Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.2 84 88 462 478 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: 1.3 (D) 99 (D) 79 (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 32 20 400 252 Indiana ..........: 0.4 0.7 145 225 330 333 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Michigan .........: 0.1 0.1 40 40 400 400 Minnesota ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Mississippi ......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) : Missouri .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) 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 65 40 263 193 New Jersey .......: 1.7 1.7 632 639 370 380 New Mexico .......: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New York .........: 5.8 4.6 474 402 82 89 North Carolina ...: 0.1 (Y) 34 (X) 322 (X) North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 8.0 9.4 1,711 1,265 217 136 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.0 7.3 2,770 3,087 459 422 South Carolina ...: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.3 0.3 119 124 425 412 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 14 (D) 223 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 2.7 2.0 1,376 901 519 452 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 32.4 34.1 8,394 7,587 261 224 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: September 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.5 1.4 580 555 393 402 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.2 45 55 262 259 Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.4 161 102 268 283 California .......: 207.6 222.5 54,409 57,172 262 257 Colorado .........: 1.7 2.1 395 469 233 219 Delaware-Maryland : 1.7 1.8 486 489 283 268 Florida ..........: 7.1 5.3 863 710 121 134 Georgia ..........: 5.8 5.3 1,456 1,420 250 270 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 65 55 263 265 : Idaho ............: 15.6 14.5 4,194 3,860 270 266 Illinois .........: 1,061.3 960.8 300,426 271,265 283 282 Indiana ..........: 720.7 736.0 197,147 204,835 274 278 Iowa .............: 3,416.9 3,300.9 959,133 935,658 281 284 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 84 78 199 211 Michigan .........: 301.1 295.8 87,191 85,530 290 289 Minnesota ........: 1,077.8 1,059.6 294,980 294,736 274 278 Mississippi ......: 3.0 3.3 506 528 167 161 : Missouri .........: 736.0 719.1 212,934 210,169 289 292 Montana ..........: 2.3 2.0 608 546 263 275 Nebraska .........: 638.7 643.2 181,983 181,581 285 282 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.6 3.3 969 855 272 263 New Jersey .......: 6.2 7.3 693 767 111 105 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.3 63 68 267 265 New York .........: 3.2 3.0 820 722 254 245 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.4 91 120 316 287 : Ohio .............: 87.1 84.3 24,641 23,741 283 282 Oklahoma .........: 498.3 463.7 141,869 131,587 285 284 Oregon ...........: 12.0 11.8 3,222 3,149 269 267 Pennsylvania .....: 303.4 263.9 84,560 73,487 279 278 South Carolina ...: 2.3 2.0 574 494 247 248 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 82.3 70.0 37,593 31,223 457 447 Texas ............: 25.4 23.0 5,573 5,258 219 229 Utah .............: 3.3 (D) 706 (D) 215 (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 2.0 1.8 492 447 244 251 West Virginia ....: 1.0 0.7 303 192 295 292 Wisconsin ........: 70.1 66.5 29,494 28,250 422 426 Wyoming ..........: 0.4 0.4 98 111 280 286 : United States ....: 11,027.7 10,760.7 3,139,606 3,043,005 285 283 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: September 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.3 (D) 103 (D) 77 (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.2 26 28 123 130 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 6 12 109 122 California .......: 26.0 24.5 3,551 3,321 137 136 Colorado .........: 36.5 37.8 5,501 5,221 151 138 Delaware-Maryland : 3.1 2.3 302 221 97 95 Florida ..........: 1.7 2.6 100 124 57 48 Georgia ..........: 2.4 1.9 165 139 70 72 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 16 17 127 140 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.2 34 33 137 136 Illinois .........: 4.2 6.1 331 483 78 80 Indiana ..........: 6.2 8.3 678 965 110 116 Iowa .............: 0.3 0.2 42 34 154 143 Kansas ...........: 0.5 0.5 54 50 108 103 Kentucky .........: 1.5 1.5 170 166 113 112 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.5 21 29 53 57 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.6 50 54 95 91 Mississippi ......: 0.4 0.5 25 31 62 63 : Missouri .........: 1.0 0.9 90 81 91 95 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.5 57 69 132 130 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 10 10 124 116 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 10 (D) 147 (D) New England 1/ ...: 4.0 4.1 372 388 94 94 New Jersey .......: 18.5 16.4 1,526 1,342 82 82 New Mexico .......: 0.7 0.6 90 90 137 138 New York .........: 4.5 5.0 459 521 103 104 North Carolina ...: 3.2 2.2 221 156 69 71 North Dakota .....: 0.1 0.1 7 8 131 154 : Ohio .............: 7.0 4.9 1,104 740 158 152 Oklahoma .........: 1.0 (D) 100 (D) 102 (D) Oregon ...........: 4.7 4.5 631 568 134 125 Pennsylvania .....: 9.1 8.7 951 924 104 107 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.4 0.3 38 51 109 159 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 21.8 21.2 1,915 2,103 88 99 Utah .............: 1.9 1.9 253 250 133 135 Virginia .........: 0.9 1.6 68 108 73 69 : Washington .......: 1.7 1.5 230 205 136 135 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.5 3.7 535 522 155 141 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 12 20 147 140 : United States ....: 185.0 184.2 21,732 21,297 118 116 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 September : : : : January to September Class :September : August :September :-----------------------:September : August :September :----------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,389.2 1,409.1 1,335.5 11,828.6 12,191.6 50.4 49.7 48.9 49.6 49.1 Heifers ..........: 801.5 812.2 796.7 6,977.1 7,279.1 29.1 28.7 29.2 29.2 29.3 All cows .........: 516.4 560.1 551.3 4,679.4 4,932.0 18.7 19.8 20.2 19.6 19.9 Dairy cows .......: 250.4 261.4 264.6 2,301.6 2,337.1 9.1 9.2 9.7 9.6 9.4 Other cows .......: 266.0 298.7 286.7 2,377.8 2,594.9 9.7 10.5 10.5 10.0 10.5 Bulls ............: 48.6 52.9 48.7 386.8 409.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.7 : Total ............: 2,755.7 2,834.3 2,732.1 23,871.9 24,812.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 31.6 34.3 33.5 336.1 278.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,655.9 10,263.0 10,419.3 93,708.4 92,592.6 97.3 97.3 97.4 97.2 97.3 Sows .............: 276.1 257.8 251.9 2,508.4 2,359.1 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.5 Boars ............: 25.2 25.3 25.7 235.7 230.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,957.1 10,546.0 10,696.9 96,452.5 95,181.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.0 13.1 13.7 84.2 106.7 6.5 8.9 8.9 5.9 7.5 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 144.3 134.3 139.8 1,338.8 1,321.7 93.5 91.1 91.1 94.1 92.5 : Total ............: 154.4 147.5 153.5 1,423.1 1,428.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to September Class :September : August :September :----------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 842 822 829 831 828 Steers 1/ ...............: 921 899 911 902 900 Heifers 1/ ..............: 836 819 830 830 828 All cows 1/ .............: 633 622 621 645 641 Bulls 1/ ................: 887 894 880 884 893 : Calves and vealers ... : 150 122 128 141 136 : Hogs ................. : 212 209 211 214 214 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 210 207 209 212 212 Sows 2/ .................: 306 301 296 304 301 Boars 2/ ................: 187 198 197 193 196 : Sheep ................ : 61 60 60 66 64 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 65 66 66 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 61 60 59 66 63 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: September 2021 [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 ............: 3.1 1.5 (D) 0.4 0.2 0.2 (D) 0.2 2 ............: 7.7 2.5 1.6 3.3 3.1 0.2 0.4 6.2 3 ............: 89.1 36.2 3.4 45.3 38.7 6.6 4.3 7.6 4 ............: 76.4 5.4 1.8 60.3 14.9 45.4 8.9 0.3 5 ............: 279.7 128.0 (D) 107.2 62.0 45.2 (D) 12.1 6 ............: 485.0 207.9 163.7 104.3 33.7 70.6 9.0 (Y) 7 ............:1,187.4 688.7 428.2 61.8 11.4 50.4 8.8 (Y) 8 ............: 283.5 155.4 99.6 26.6 5.3 21.3 2.0 (D) 9 ............: 178.5 70.3 24.1 82.3 66.4 15.9 1.8 3.6 10 ...........: 141.7 39.8 39.0 59.8 28.8 31.0 3.2 (D) : United States :2,732.1 1,335.5 796.7 551.3 264.6 286.7 48.7 33.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.9 2.9 (Y) (Y) 4.0 0.2 3.7 2 ............: 10.1 10.1 (Y) (Y) 20.9 2.5 18.5 3 ............: 316.2 315.1 (D) (D) 13.2 1.7 11.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 74.3 (D) 10.4 1.2 9.2 5 ............: 3,173.8 3,061.1 107.3 5.4 28.5 4.5 24.1 6 ............: 482.6 482.3 (D) (D) 7.9 0.4 7.5 7 ............: 4,677.9 4,596.1 68.3 13.5 1.0 (Y) 1.0 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 39.5 1.8 37.7 9 ............: 219.0 219.0 (Y) (Y) 23.0 1.2 21.8 10 ...........: 27.2 27.2 (Y) (Y) 5.0 0.2 4.8 : United States :10,696.9 10,419.3 251.9 25.7 153.5 13.7 139.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 - Regions and United States: January to September 2021 [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 ............: 25.4 11.0 (D) 4.2 2.2 2.0 (D) 2.0 2 ............: 67.0 20.2 14.4 28.7 27.3 1.4 3.7 56.7 3 ............: 802.6 317.1 29.8 420.7 360.2 60.5 34.9 64.3 4 ............: 640.9 48.5 15.7 501.5 130.8 370.7 75.3 2.6 5 ............: 2,536.1 1,154.1 (D) 984.3 559.2 425.1 (D) 91.8 6 ............: 4,423.7 2,052.8 1,390.2 900.4 273.7 626.7 80.4 0.4 7 ............:10,810.9 6,091.8 4,096.9 552.6 90.5 462.1 69.6 0.3 8 ............: 2,596.7 1,389.4 886.2 304.4 70.1 234.3 16.7 (D) 9 ............: 1,653.8 702.1 213.0 720.8 558.8 162.0 17.9 35.1 10 ...........: 1,255.3 404.5 306.7 514.5 264.4 250.1 29.6 (D) : United States :24,812.4 12,191.6 7,279.1 4,932.0 2,337.1 2,594.9 409.7 278.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 21.7 21.2 0.3 0.1 36.2 3.1 33.0 2 ............: 85.8 85.5 0.2 0.1 181.5 20.3 161.2 3 ............: 3,674.7 3,666.3 (D) (D) 114.0 14.1 99.9 4 ............: (D) (D) 659.9 (D) 99.1 9.8 89.3 5 ............: 28,289.5 27,157.5 1,083.2 48.8 262.4 29.1 233.4 6 ............: 4,353.0 4,350.7 (D) (D) 65.1 4.0 61.1 7 ............: 41,090.9 40,367.0 600.7 123.2 8.9 0.2 8.7 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.2 399.0 15.2 383.8 9 ............: 1,904.6 1,904.2 0.3 0.1 214.8 7.7 207.1 10 ...........: 244.1 243.7 0.3 0.1 47.4 3.2 44.2 : United States : 95,181.7 92,592.6 2,359.1 230.0 1,428.4 106.7 1,321.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 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 September Species : September : August : September :------------------------ : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 97.9 98.2 98.0 98.1 98.1 Calves .......: 97.4 98.6 98.2 97.8 98.1 Hogs .........: 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.4 99.5 Sheep ........: 83.4 83.6 83.4 85.5 85.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ............ (202) 720-4448 Access to NASS Reports For your convenience, you may access NASS reports and products the following ways: All reports are available electronically, at no cost, on the NASS web site: www.nass.usda.gov Both national and state specific reports are available via a free e- mail subscription. To set-up this free subscription, visit www.nass.usda.gov and click on "National" or "State" in upper right corner above "search" box to create an account and select the reports you would like to receive. Cornell's Mann Library has launched a new website housing NASS's and other agency's archived reports. The new website, https://usda.library.cornell.edu. All email subscriptions containing reports will be sent from the new website, https://usda.library.cornell.edu. To continue receiving the reports via e-mail, you will have to go to the new website, create a new account and re-subscribe to the reports. If you need instructions to set up an account or subscribe, they are located at: https://usda.library.cornell.edu/help. You should whitelist notifications@usda-esmis.library.cornell.edu in your email client to avoid the emails going into spam/junk folders. For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Agricultural Statistics Hotline at (800) 727-9540, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, or e-mail: nass@usda.gov. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF), found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/filing-program-discrimination-complaint-usda-customer, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.