Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released May 19, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Total Red Meat Production Down 3 Percent from Last Year April 2021 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. April 2022 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.55 billion pounds in April, down 3 percent from the 4.71 billion pounds produced in April 2021. Beef production, at 2.33 billion pounds, was 1 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.81 million head, down 1 percent from April 2021. The average live weight was up 7 pounds from the previous year, at 1,373 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.5 million pounds, 6 percent above April a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 28,100 head, up 2 percent from April 2021. The average live weight was up 8 pounds from last year, at 276 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.20 billion pounds, down 6 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.1 million head, down 7 percent from April 2021. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 293 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.3 million pounds, was down 10 percent from April 2021. Sheep slaughter totaled 197,500 head, 12 percent below last year. The average live weight was 123 pounds, up 1 pound from April a year ago. January to April 2022 commercial red meat production was 18.5 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2021. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was down 1 percent, pork was down 5 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 11 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: April 2021 and 2022.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: April 2021 and 2022............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: April 2021 and 2022............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: April 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: April 2022................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to April 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : April 2022 as % of : January to April : April : March : April :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : April : March : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,348.6 2,505.8 2,327.1 99 93 9,248.1 9,349.5 101 Veal .............: 4.3 4.9 4.5 106 91 18.4 18.3 99 Pork .............: 2,343.9 2,455.9 2,201.7 94 90 9,635.7 9,105.9 95 Lamb and mutton ..: 13.6 12.3 12.3 90 100 48.8 43.7 89 : Total red meat ...: 4,710.4 4,978.9 4,545.6 97 91 18,951.1 18,517.3 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : April 2022 as % of : January to April : April : March : April :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : April : March : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,307.3 2,464.6 2,289.1 99 93 9,088.6 9,196.7 101 Veal .............: 4.1 4.8 4.4 106 91 18.0 17.7 99 Pork .............: 2,332.9 2,445.3 2,192.1 94 90 9,590.6 9,066.9 95 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.0 11.2 10.8 90 97 43.9 38.9 89 : Total red meat ...: 4,656.3 4,925.9 4,496.4 97 91 18,741.1 18,320.3 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 : 2022 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : of 2021 : : : 2022 as % : : : : : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,793.7 2,955.1 2,758.5 99 10,903.5 10,996.6 101 Other ................1,000: 58.7 59.6 54.9 94 228.3 221.3 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,852.4 3,014.8 2,813.4 99 11,131.8 11,217.9 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,369 1,388 1,376 101 1,385 1,391 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,223 1,219 1,217 100 1,222 1,222 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,366 1,384 1,373 101 1,381 1,387 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 26.8 31.9 27.4 102 122.0 120.9 99 Other ................1,000: 0.6 0.7 0.6 107 2.4 2.6 107 Commercial ...........1,000: 27.4 32.6 28.1 102 124.4 123.4 99 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 266 259 274 103 255 254 100 Other ...............pounds: 378 380 350 93 379 369 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 268 261 276 103 257 257 100 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,767.3 11,196.6 10,032.6 93 44,012.9 41,488.2 94 Other ................1,000: 56.9 53.2 48.1 85 232.4 195.7 84 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,824.2 11,249.7 10,080.7 93 44,245.2 41,683.9 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 290 293 293 101 292 293 100 Other ...............pounds: 266 273 274 103 265 273 103 Commercial ..........pounds: 290 293 293 101 292 293 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 189.8 163.2 167.2 88 661.7 585.2 88 Other ................1,000: 33.7 24.1 30.3 90 102.8 97.2 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 223.5 187.3 197.5 88 764.5 682.4 89 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 126 135 128 101 132 132 99 Other ...............pounds: 96 95 98 101 97 98 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 122 130 123 101 128 127 99 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 38.9 44.0 43.8 113 150.2 163.9 109 Other ................1,000: 7.4 8.9 8.2 110 28.7 34.4 120 Commercial ...........1,000: 46.3 52.9 51.9 112 178.9 198.2 111 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 64 64 100 65 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 90 85 83 92 87 84 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 69 68 67 98 69 68 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.7 6.3 5.4 95 21.4 23.7 111 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.3 0.1 78 1.0 1.1 104 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.9 6.6 5.5 94 22.4 24.8 111 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2022 as : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : % of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.1 1.5 1.2 114 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 80 Arizona ...............: 41.2 47.7 40.0 97 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.6 0.6 98 California ............: 149.7 160.3 141.1 94 Colorado ..............: 169.3 183.8 164.5 97 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.1 3.3 2.7 88 Florida ...............: 5.5 8.8 8.6 157 Georgia ...............: 13.4 15.1 13.7 102 Hawaii ................: 0.9 1.0 0.9 98 : Idaho .................: 32.2 38.4 35.3 110 Illinois ..............: 285.0 291.0 258.5 91 Indiana ...............: 152.2 174.8 153.6 101 Iowa ..................: 750.8 777.6 692.9 92 Kansas ................: 503.6 530.2 508.9 101 Kentucky ..............: 50.4 57.0 51.0 101 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.5 0.4 114 Michigan ..............: 109.2 109.5 106.3 97 Minnesota .............: 244.4 275.5 247.1 101 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 102 : Missouri ..............: 168.5 179.5 166.4 99 Montana ...............: 3.1 3.7 3.2 104 Nebraska ..............: 677.6 699.9 640.8 95 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 95 New England 1/ ........: 3.0 3.0 2.9 95 New Jersey ............: 4.2 4.2 4.0 95 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.5 0.4 100 New York ..............: 3.5 3.7 3.6 102 North Carolina ........: 217.0 268.8 241.1 111 North Dakota ..........: 0.9 1.1 0.9 91 : Ohio ..................: 22.9 24.8 22.1 97 Oklahoma ..............: 117.5 110.0 102.5 87 Oregon ................: 3.7 4.6 4.0 107 Pennsylvania ..........: 127.1 137.3 122.0 96 South Carolina ........: 16.5 17.6 15.6 94 South Dakota ..........: 123.0 132.2 117.2 95 Tennessee .............: 25.1 27.7 23.7 94 Texas .................: 408.2 427.9 415.8 102 Utah ..................: 51.1 49.3 44.2 87 Virginia ..............: 36.5 2.0 1.8 5 : Washington ............: 77.7 82.9 76.0 98 West Virginia .........: 0.8 0.8 0.7 93 Wisconsin .............: 106.9 118.7 107.3 100 Wyoming ...............: 0.9 0.9 0.8 92 : United States .........: 4,710.4 4,978.9 4,545.6 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: April 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 ..........: 1.1 1.1 1,259 1,161 1,109 1,064 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 88 62 1,071 1,120 Arizona ..........: 46.9 45.3 66,465 64,140 1,420 1,419 Arkansas .........: 0.9 1.0 887 943 1,034 976 California .......: 134.5 133.6 182,750 179,645 1,367 1,353 Colorado .........: 189.8 182.9 262,936 256,361 1,386 1,403 Delaware-Maryland : 3.3 2.7 4,607 3,928 1,408 1,448 Florida ..........: 7.9 13.5 10,192 17,145 1,287 1,269 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.3 1.3 1,528 1,560 1,172 1,208 : Idaho ............: 41.7 48.2 55,591 62,121 1,344 1,299 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.4 4.5 5,506 5,457 1,249 1,209 Iowa .............: (D) 42.8 (D) 60,460 (D) 1,413 Kansas ...........: 575.9 574.8 776,611 788,291 1,349 1,372 Kentucky .........: 4.5 5.5 4,989 5,900 1,122 1,075 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.7 485 573 822 860 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.7 0.8 689 795 972 993 : Missouri .........: 9.3 26.9 10,695 30,980 1,156 1,155 Montana ..........: 3.6 3.6 4,558 4,772 1,279 1,331 Nebraska .........: 605.7 563.9 869,792 821,162 1,438 1,458 Nevada ...........: (D) 0.1 (D) 103 (D) 1,211 New England 1/ ...: 3.3 3.2 3,864 3,814 1,188 1,196 New Jersey .......: 4.4 4.3 4,933 4,905 1,131 1,137 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.6 607 698 1,092 1,153 New York .........: 3.8 3.9 4,658 4,792 1,243 1,236 North Carolina ...: 8.1 7.9 10,010 9,629 1,232 1,227 North Dakota .....: 1.1 1.0 1,470 1,360 1,340 1,310 : Ohio .............: 7.6 6.8 10,033 9,075 1,325 1,335 Oklahoma .........: 6.1 6.4 6,935 7,597 1,136 1,192 Oregon ...........: 2.0 2.9 2,382 3,229 1,192 1,118 Pennsylvania .....: 88.0 85.4 110,655 107,708 1,264 1,267 South Carolina ...: 23.6 22.9 32,064 30,349 1,364 1,329 South Dakota .....: 42.3 40.0 60,888 57,096 1,448 1,438 Tennessee ........: 3.6 3.9 3,824 4,212 1,084 1,081 Texas ............: 509.5 516.4 663,901 680,467 1,307 1,322 Utah .............: 58.6 49.0 81,750 68,905 1,396 1,406 Virginia .........: 1.8 2.0 1,893 2,149 1,074 1,075 : Washington .......: 90.9 89.7 128,134 125,160 1,413 1,398 West Virginia ....: 1.0 0.9 1,129 997 1,102 1,053 Wisconsin ........: 115.3 116.5 160,866 162,573 1,403 1,403 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.0 1,276 1,171 1,214 1,159 : United States ....: 2,852.4 2,813.4 3,887,612 3,855,025 1,366 1,373 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: April 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 .......: 4.0 3.2 471 415 121 135 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.2 41 93 457 445 Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.2 82 73 490 484 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.2 20 51 287 310 Indiana ..........: 0.7 0.6 237 271 353 430 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) 41 (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/ ...: 0.3 0.2 58 70 229 285 New Jersey .......: 1.7 1.4 650 515 382 375 New Mexico .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New York .........: 3.3 4.0 285 408 87 104 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 22 28 272 302 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 4.2 5.4 820 1,084 201 203 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.9 6.9 2,976 3,012 432 436 South Carolina ...: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 0.2 0.3 98 98 406 383 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.2 (D) 51 (D) 298 : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Wisconsin ........: 2.5 2.5 1,147 1,172 468 461 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 27.4 28.1 7,285 7,707 268 276 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 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 ..........: 1.4 2.0 544 894 388 437 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 25 32 267 281 Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.2 51 47 302 278 Arkansas .........: 0.5 0.4 153 108 287 253 California .......: 226.0 197.2 60,437 50,389 268 256 Colorado .........: 1.5 2.0 352 345 243 175 Delaware-Maryland : 1.1 1.4 308 391 272 272 Florida ..........: 4.5 4.5 589 571 132 128 Georgia ..........: 5.6 5.0 1,500 1,407 268 279 Hawaii ...........: 0.3 0.2 77 41 265 263 : Idaho ............: 14.4 13.4 4,034 3,600 281 270 Illinois .........: 996.4 893.8 287,030 260,094 288 291 Indiana ..........: 713.4 708.5 198,569 199,755 278 282 Iowa .............: 3,333.3 3,044.7 963,397 883,465 289 290 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 108 79 261 215 Michigan .........: 305.6 287.2 90,622 87,186 297 304 Minnesota ........: 1,002.0 1,014.3 277,515 285,009 277 281 Mississippi ......: 3.3 3.1 545 507 165 161 : Missouri .........: 724.5 676.9 216,825 200,542 299 296 Montana ..........: 1.3 1.1 351 288 269 274 Nebraska .........: 658.7 613.8 189,857 177,934 288 290 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 2.3 1.9 653 550 289 290 New Jersey .......: 6.5 6.7 763 688 117 103 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 48 43 273 230 New York .........: 2.4 2.4 629 615 257 262 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.2 87 63 294 287 : Ohio .............: 77.4 77.0 22,141 21,712 286 282 Oklahoma .........: 492.1 432.1 149,301 130,834 303 303 Oregon ...........: 9.8 8.6 2,745 2,307 280 270 Pennsylvania .....: 281.1 264.4 79,910 75,673 284 286 South Carolina ...: 2.1 1.9 542 481 256 257 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 77.4 72.0 34,453 32,098 446 446 Texas ............: 23.9 21.3 5,311 4,433 222 208 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 1.8 1.8 442 452 244 258 West Virginia ....: 0.5 0.5 142 144 308 285 Wisconsin ........: 69.4 68.1 29,672 28,696 428 422 Wyoming ..........: 0.4 0.3 103 94 282 291 : United States ....: 10,824.2 10,080.7 3,141,254 2,951,118 290 293 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: April 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 ..........: 0.3 0.2 31 27 121 110 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 8 13 146 134 California .......: 26.8 26.2 3,928 4,089 147 156 Colorado .........: 52.4 33.8 8,353 5,947 159 176 Delaware-Maryland : 3.2 2.7 309 266 96 98 Florida ..........: 4.2 2.8 210 149 50 53 Georgia ..........: 2.3 2.0 162 134 70 67 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 9 18 124 138 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.1 17 13 150 151 Illinois .........: 7.1 7.7 555 636 78 83 Indiana ..........: 9.5 7.3 1,061 786 112 108 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.1 16 15 154 148 Kansas ...........: 0.6 0.4 43 34 74 82 Kentucky .........: 2.0 1.1 201 132 102 121 Louisiana ........: 0.4 1.1 26 61 63 57 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.4 0.5 37 46 87 85 Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.1 33 7 61 76 : Missouri .........: 1.0 0.7 70 61 74 82 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.2 60 33 152 131 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 11 8 130 129 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 6.4 6.2 637 571 99 92 New Jersey .......: 20.0 18.4 1,609 1,491 80 81 New Mexico .......: 0.8 0.6 118 81 148 137 New York .........: 7.2 7.0 653 622 91 89 North Carolina ...: 3.2 2.4 206 164 65 68 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 8 (X) 137 (X) : Ohio .............: 5.4 4.5 848 729 158 161 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.5 4.6 652 689 144 151 Pennsylvania .....: 10.8 12.8 1,101 1,299 102 101 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 27 22 134 133 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 24.4 26.0 2,465 2,609 101 100 Utah .............: 2.2 1.8 315 241 143 134 Virginia .........: 1.5 1.5 97 98 66 67 : Washington .......: 1.7 1.3 246 178 141 138 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 2.8 3.6 438 566 157 159 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.2 17 23 122 148 : United States ....: 223.5 197.5 27,234 24,335 122 123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,370.9 1,329.8 1,328.6 5,226.3 5,119.3 49.1 45.0 48.2 47.9 46.6 Heifers ..........: 828.9 933.9 825.2 3,306.7 3,362.4 29.7 31.6 29.9 30.3 30.6 All cows .........: 547.2 640.4 555.3 2,209.8 2,339.3 19.6 21.7 20.1 20.3 21.3 Dairy cows .......: 257.5 297.2 237.8 1,102.2 1,062.3 9.2 10.1 8.6 10.1 9.7 Other cows .......: 289.7 343.2 317.6 1,107.6 1,276.9 10.4 11.6 11.5 10.2 11.6 Bulls ............: 46.7 51.0 49.4 160.7 175.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 : Total ............: 2,793.7 2,955.1 2,758.5 10,903.5 10,996.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 26.8 31.9 27.4 122.0 120.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,471.0 10,885.8 9,766.7 42,818.0 40,374.7 97.2 97.2 97.4 97.3 97.3 Sows .............: 270.4 282.2 242.2 1,091.0 1,016.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 Boars ............: 25.9 28.5 23.6 103.9 96.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,767.3 11,196.6 10,032.6 44,012.9 41,488.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 13.1 9.3 10.5 41.3 35.8 6.9 5.7 6.3 6.2 6.1 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 176.7 153.9 156.6 620.4 549.4 93.1 94.3 93.7 93.8 93.9 : Total ............: 189.8 163.2 167.2 661.7 585.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 828 836 832 835 838 Steers 1/ ...............: 896 914 907 907 917 Heifers 1/ ..............: 829 845 837 839 846 All cows 1/ .............: 647 655 637 655 650 Bulls 1/ ................: 896 879 875 890 876 : Calves and vealers ... : 156 151 160 148 148 : Hogs ................. : 217 218 219 218 219 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 215 217 217 216 217 Sows 2/ .................: 303 296 297 299 296 Boars 2/ ................: 200 194 190 192 193 : Sheep ................ : 63 68 65 66 67 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 66 64 64 65 63 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 63 69 65 67 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: April 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 ............: 2.9 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 2 ............: 8.2 2.7 2.0 3.1 2.9 0.2 0.4 5.3 3 ............: 87.9 36.6 2.4 43.7 35.9 7.8 5.3 7.2 4 ............: 76.5 5.9 1.7 59.0 12.4 46.6 9.8 0.4 5 ............: 279.7 136.0 (D) 100.3 59.5 40.8 (D) 8.6 6 ............: 517.0 228.9 165.4 112.8 26.9 85.9 9.8 (Y) 7 ............:1,195.4 659.6 451.3 75.9 7.4 68.5 8.5 (Y) 8 ............: 271.6 145.8 (D) 25.6 4.5 21.2 (D) (D) 9 ............: 179.6 77.7 24.7 74.6 54.4 20.2 2.6 3.0 10 ...........: 139.8 34.3 41.8 59.9 33.7 26.2 3.8 (D) : United States :2,758.5 1,328.6 825.2 555.3 237.8 317.6 49.4 27.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.6 1.6 (Y) (Y) 6.1 0.2 5.9 2 ............: 9.0 8.9 (Y) (Y) 24.9 2.3 22.6 3 ............: 266.1 265.3 (D) (D) 17.9 2.5 15.4 4 ............: (D) (D) 69.4 (D) 10.0 0.9 9.2 5 ............: 3,030.9 2,914.3 110.8 5.8 31.0 1.9 29.1 6 ............: 448.8 448.6 (D) (D) 11.9 0.5 11.5 7 ............: 4,347.7 4,274.8 60.2 12.7 0.9 0.1 0.9 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 35.2 1.1 34.2 9 ............: 193.3 193.3 (Y) (Y) 24.3 1.0 23.3 10 ...........: 23.4 23.3 0.1 (Y) 4.9 0.3 4.6 : United States :10,032.6 9,766.7 242.2 23.6 167.2 10.5 156.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 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 ............: 11.3 4.6 4.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 2 ............: 30.5 10.1 6.9 12.3 11.6 0.7 1.2 24.1 3 ............: 375.1 146.5 12.1 199.6 167.7 31.9 17.0 30.3 4 ............: 308.7 21.2 7.2 243.1 57.1 186.0 37.2 1.7 5 ............: 1,122.8 513.7 (D) 433.2 244.2 189.0 (D) 40.5 6 ............: 2,019.2 875.5 643.8 462.0 127.5 334.5 37.8 0.2 7 ............: 4,735.6 2,565.4 1,835.4 305.9 35.8 270.1 29.0 0.2 8 ............: 1,108.6 536.9 (D) 115.5 18.9 96.5 (D) (D) 9 ............: 728.8 302.1 96.4 322.6 256.9 65.7 7.6 13.0 10 ...........: 555.9 143.3 157.8 243.3 141.5 101.7 11.6 (D) : United States :10,996.6 5,119.3 3,362.4 2,339.3 1,062.3 1,276.9 175.6 120.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 7.4 7.2 0.1 (Y) 15.7 0.9 14.8 2 ............: 39.6 39.5 0.1 (Y) 76.0 7.8 68.2 3 ............: 1,045.2 1,041.2 (D) (D) 55.1 6.7 48.4 4 ............: (D) (D) 288.7 (D) 34.4 3.0 31.5 5 ............: 12,341.4 11,854.7 460.2 26.5 109.9 6.7 103.2 6 ............: 1,890.2 1,889.3 (D) (D) 45.2 1.5 43.7 7 ............: 18,228.0 17,918.0 259.4 50.6 2.9 0.1 2.8 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.1 139.4 4.4 135.0 9 ............: 827.5 827.4 0.1 (Y) 87.3 3.9 83.5 10 ...........: 105.6 105.3 0.2 (Y) 19.2 0.9 18.3 : United States : 41,488.2 40,374.7 1,016.6 96.9 585.2 35.8 549.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 :------------------------ : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 97.9 98.0 98.0 97.9 98.0 Calves .......: 97.8 97.9 97.7 98.1 97.9 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 84.9 87.1 84.7 86.6 85.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 900 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,900 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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