Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released August 25, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Red Meat Production Down 3 Percent from Last Year July 2021 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. July 2022 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.23 billion pounds in July, down 3 percent from the 4.38 billion pounds produced in July 2021. Beef production, at 2.25 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.78 million head, down 2 percent from July 2021. The average live weight was down 8 pounds from the previous year, at 1,341 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.1 million pounds, 5 percent above July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 29,500 head, down 12 percent from July 2021. The average live weight was up 38 pounds from last year, at 243 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.97 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.31 million head, down 5 percent from July 2021. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 284 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.3 million pounds, was down 5 percent from July 2021. Sheep slaughter totaled 163,300 head, 14 percent below last year. The average live weight was 126 pounds, up 11 pounds from July a year ago. January to July 2022 commercial red meat production was 32.0 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 2021. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was up 4 percent, pork was down 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 7 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: July 2021 and 2022........... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: July 2021 and 2022............. 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: July 2021 and 2022.............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: July 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: July 2022................. 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to July 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : July 2022 as % of : January to July : July : June : July :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : July : June : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,318.6 2,453.7 2,249.0 97 92 16,180.9 16,339.9 101 Veal .............: 3.9 4.6 4.1 105 90 30.1 31.4 104 Pork .............: 2,049.5 2,254.9 1,970.1 96 87 16,009.5 15,512.8 97 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.8 11.4 10.3 95 91 82.0 76.2 93 : Total red meat ...: 4,382.9 4,724.6 4,233.6 97 90 32,302.5 31,960.3 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : July 2022 as % of : January to July : July : June : July :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : July : June : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,284.6 2,415.1 2,214.4 97 92 15,906.5 16,076.3 101 Veal .............: 3.8 4.5 4.0 105 90 29.2 30.5 104 Pork .............: 2,039.4 2,245.1 1,960.5 96 87 15,933.9 15,444.3 97 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.2 10.2 8.9 97 87 72.7 67.6 93 : Total red meat ...: 4,337.0 4,674.8 4,187.8 97 90 31,942.2 31,618.7 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : July : January to July : July : June : July : 2022 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : of 2021 : : : 2022 as % : : : : : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,800.6 2,984.8 2,731.1 98 19,246.0 19,472.1 101 Other ................1,000: 49.1 56.7 49.9 102 393.3 382.1 97 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,849.7 3,041.5 2,781.1 98 19,639.4 19,854.2 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,351 1,342 1,343 99 1,371 1,371 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,210 1,198 1,213 100 1,220 1,217 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,349 1,339 1,341 99 1,368 1,368 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 32.9 28.6 28.9 88 210.9 205.2 97 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.5 0.6 88 4.2 4.3 101 Commercial ...........1,000: 33.6 29.1 29.5 88 215.1 209.5 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 202 268 240 119 240 257 107 Other ...............pounds: 383 375 387 101 380 370 98 Commercial ..........pounds: 205 270 243 118 243 259 107 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 9,736.7 10,450.6 9,263.6 95 73,938.8 71,187.7 96 Other ................1,000: 53.0 50.8 51.2 97 392.2 348.3 89 Commercial ...........1,000: 9,789.7 10,501.4 9,314.9 95 74,331.0 71,536.0 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 281 288 284 101 289 291 101 Other ...............pounds: 261 266 258 99 264 270 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 281 288 284 101 289 291 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 153.5 147.4 132.9 87 1,127.4 1,004.1 89 Other ................1,000: 35.8 25.8 30.4 85 198.5 179.4 90 Commercial ...........1,000: 189.3 173.2 163.3 86 1,325.9 1,183.5 89 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 119 137 132 111 129 133 104 Other ...............pounds: 96 96 96 100 96 96 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 115 131 126 110 124 128 103 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 41.8 39.6 36.4 87 268.2 278.8 104 Other ................1,000: 11.3 8.1 11.4 101 55.3 61.4 111 Commercial ...........1,000: 53.1 47.7 47.8 90 323.6 340.2 105 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 64 67 102 65 65 99 Other ...............pounds: 87 85 84 96 88 84 96 Commercial ..........pounds: 70 67 71 101 69 68 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.4 6.4 5.6 104 37.6 41.6 111 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.2 0.2 86 1.7 1.7 99 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.6 6.6 5.8 103 39.4 43.3 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : July : June : July : July 2022 as : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : % of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.9 1.3 1.0 114 Alaska ................: (Y) (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 37.4 42.9 34.9 93 Arkansas ..............: 0.5 0.5 0.5 86 California ............: 141.6 152.6 139.0 98 Colorado ..............: 172.2 180.9 161.0 94 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.8 3.0 2.6 91 Florida ...............: 5.9 8.4 8.6 145 Georgia ...............: 13.3 14.2 13.2 100 Hawaii ................: 1.0 1.0 0.9 94 : Idaho .................: 34.3 36.5 32.9 96 Illinois ..............: 250.8 259.6 229.9 92 Indiana ...............: 151.4 150.3 129.9 86 Iowa ..................: 651.7 721.6 611.5 94 Kansas ................: 523.7 526.7 485.2 93 Kentucky ..............: 48.1 50.9 45.6 95 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.5 0.3 98 Michigan ..............: 105.2 104.6 100.5 96 Minnesota .............: 231.9 252.1 221.9 96 Mississippi ...........: 0.6 0.9 0.7 118 : Missouri ..............: 144.9 174.6 147.0 101 Montana ...............: 1.8 3.2 1.3 74 Nebraska ..............: 636.9 679.8 627.3 98 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 80 New England 1/ ........: 2.7 3.1 2.5 92 New Jersey ............: 3.6 3.9 3.4 94 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.3 0.3 78 New York ..............: 3.5 3.7 3.3 95 North Carolina ........: 196.8 254.6 234.5 119 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.9 0.6 91 : Ohio ..................: 21.7 22.9 22.4 103 Oklahoma ..............: 90.4 104.8 88.8 98 Oregon ................: 3.8 4.2 3.6 94 Pennsylvania ..........: 115.1 129.8 117.2 102 South Carolina ........: 16.0 15.7 14.5 90 South Dakota ..........: 105.9 118.1 105.1 99 Tennessee .............: 20.3 25.9 22.9 113 Texas .................: 393.0 430.4 395.0 100 Utah ..................: 46.0 47.1 41.2 89 Virginia ..............: 19.6 1.6 1.5 8 : Washington ............: 80.0 81.4 77.1 96 West Virginia .........: 0.6 0.6 0.6 91 Wisconsin .............: 104.4 108.6 102.4 98 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.9 0.9 111 : United States .........: 4,382.9 4,724.6 4,233.6 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: July 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 ..........: 1.0 1.1 1,035 1,172 1,061 1,070 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 59 (X) 1,081 (X) Arizona ..........: 43.9 40.8 60,494 56,102 1,381 1,377 Arkansas .........: 0.7 0.7 768 695 1,035 961 California .......: 142.1 134.4 186,605 175,886 1,320 1,316 Colorado .........: 197.3 185.8 269,758 251,645 1,368 1,355 Delaware-Maryland : 3.0 2.7 4,162 3,734 1,384 1,409 Florida ..........: 9.0 14.1 11,053 17,030 1,227 1,209 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.4 1.3 1,590 1,519 1,161 1,186 : Idaho ............: 47.4 44.8 60,508 57,721 1,286 1,296 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.0 3.9 5,019 4,710 1,257 1,208 Iowa .............: (D) 44.4 (D) 59,735 (D) 1,345 Kansas ...........: 592.4 550.8 809,031 750,523 1,366 1,363 Kentucky .........: 4.9 5.5 5,465 5,912 1,122 1,072 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.6 448 473 831 839 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.7 439 652 924 951 : Missouri .........: 15.4 26.6 18,344 29,775 1,194 1,122 Montana ..........: 1.9 1.4 2,522 1,793 1,295 1,293 Nebraska .........: 594.3 592.5 831,816 825,114 1,401 1,394 Nevada ...........: (D) 0.1 (D) 96 (D) 1,167 New England 1/ ...: 3.1 2.8 3,616 3,357 1,185 1,198 New Jersey .......: 3.7 3.7 4,188 4,170 1,124 1,131 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.4 601 460 1,103 1,144 New York .........: 3.8 3.7 4,665 4,494 1,230 1,211 North Carolina ...: 7.3 6.7 8,899 8,170 1,230 1,230 North Dakota .....: 0.9 0.8 1,102 1,024 1,171 1,213 : Ohio .............: 6.2 6.4 8,186 8,517 1,327 1,326 Oklahoma .........: 3.1 4.3 3,541 5,321 1,146 1,234 Oregon ...........: 2.0 2.4 2,414 2,714 1,200 1,125 Pennsylvania .....: 86.3 86.7 105,287 107,376 1,226 1,244 South Carolina ...: 23.6 22.2 31,255 28,312 1,330 1,281 South Dakota .....: 42.2 38.5 58,299 53,099 1,388 1,388 Tennessee ........: 3.6 3.6 3,923 3,693 1,091 1,041 Texas ............: 495.3 504.3 641,913 648,058 1,300 1,288 Utah .............: 54.7 47.2 73,863 64,219 1,353 1,361 Virginia .........: 1.6 1.6 1,781 1,756 1,122 1,117 : Washington .......: 96.6 92.1 131,918 126,748 1,369 1,379 West Virginia ....: 0.7 0.6 862 755 1,216 1,221 Wisconsin ........: 114.4 110.7 157,438 153,379 1,384 1,393 Wyoming ..........: 0.9 1.0 1,076 1,209 1,191 1,176 : United States ....: 2,849.7 2,781.1 3,834,429 3,722,229 1,349 1,341 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: July 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 .......: 4.2 2.9 454 359 110 130 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.2 27 73 460 472 Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.2 84 106 477 481 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 14 17 216 293 Indiana ..........: 0.6 0.5 177 187 313 401 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) 401 (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.2 0.2 38 35 208 215 New Jersey .......: 1.4 1.1 537 436 372 381 New Mexico .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New York .........: 5.5 4.4 460 426 84 98 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 21 17 350 332 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 9.2 8.1 959 1,213 105 149 Oklahoma .........: 0.1 (Y) 32 (X) 460 (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.6 6.4 2,758 2,816 421 438 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 0.2 95 83 401 471 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.2 (D) 45 (D) 288 : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Wisconsin ........: 1.9 2.0 847 937 442 463 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 33.6 29.5 6,861 7,119 205 243 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: July 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.2 1.4 484 579 397 423 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 32 28 293 270 Arkansas .........: 0.3 0.3 90 74 271 262 California .......: 184.0 195.4 46,424 50,415 253 258 Colorado .........: 1.9 2.6 391 462 207 180 Delaware-Maryland : 1.3 1.4 348 379 263 273 Florida ..........: 4.7 5.3 564 635 120 121 Georgia ..........: 5.0 4.6 1,340 1,243 266 268 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 59 44 253 252 : Idaho ............: 13.5 12.6 3,581 3,436 266 272 Illinois .........: 886.6 793.6 252,998 223,911 285 282 Indiana ..........: 711.2 612.5 197,521 168,536 278 275 Iowa .............: 2,964.9 2,773.4 828,588 775,682 280 280 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.2 73 35 228 227 Michigan .........: 308.6 288.4 89,140 83,793 289 291 Minnesota ........: 953.9 931.3 259,902 253,321 273 272 Mississippi ......: 3.2 2.9 491 470 155 163 : Missouri .........: 622.7 610.1 179,460 175,401 288 288 Montana ..........: 1.2 1.3 310 331 260 259 Nebraska .........: 578.5 558.7 162,596 157,002 281 281 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 2.5 2.1 657 561 260 262 New Jersey .......: 6.8 6.7 713 688 105 103 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.1 44 32 271 256 New York .........: 2.6 2.3 648 591 250 259 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 68 70 274 307 : Ohio .............: 76.2 77.4 21,899 22,197 288 287 Oklahoma .........: 415.0 387.8 116,666 112,956 281 291 Oregon ...........: 10.7 8.1 2,841 2,204 266 272 Pennsylvania .....: 253.0 253.5 68,666 69,747 271 275 South Carolina ...: 2.0 1.7 498 428 249 259 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 62.1 70.5 27,491 31,392 443 446 Texas ............: 21.2 19.4 4,957 4,218 234 218 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 1.5 1.6 372 413 243 252 West Virginia ....: 0.4 0.4 121 132 303 312 Wisconsin ........: 69.0 67.5 29,736 29,463 432 437 Wyoming ..........: 0.6 0.5 146 122 258 261 : United States ....: 9,789.7 9,314.9 2,748,833 2,641,957 281 284 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: July 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 ..........: 0.2 0.2 21 13 87 81 Arkansas .........: 0.1 (Y) 11 (X) 122 (X) California .......: 24.1 22.8 3,322 3,512 138 154 Colorado .........: 36.0 30.3 5,129 4,991 143 165 Delaware-Maryland : 2.5 1.9 237 187 93 98 Florida ..........: 3.5 2.4 171 126 49 53 Georgia ..........: 2.6 2.6 166 164 64 63 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 10 10 138 138 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.1 26 18 139 152 Illinois .........: 6.6 4.8 522 432 79 90 Indiana ..........: 8.2 7.4 935 842 113 114 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 29 34 152 161 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.3 40 36 102 109 Kentucky .........: 1.9 1.1 191 129 99 117 Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.5 19 27 56 57 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.4 0.4 38 38 90 86 Mississippi ......: 0.4 0.1 27 4 64 75 : Missouri .........: 0.4 0.5 47 43 112 85 Montana ..........: 0.3 0.3 36 39 134 140 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 9 7 119 119 Nevada ...........: (D) 0.1 (D) 9 (D) 157 New England 1/ ...: 3.7 3.2 365 308 100 96 New Jersey .......: 16.4 13.0 1,347 1,085 82 83 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.4 78 58 140 147 New York .........: 4.5 3.7 466 384 103 103 North Carolina ...: 3.9 2.7 236 188 61 69 North Dakota .....: (Y) 0.1 (X) 9 (X) 146 : Ohio .............: 5.5 3.9 864 637 158 164 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.6 4.1 605 582 131 141 Pennsylvania .....: 7.1 7.1 765 773 107 108 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 28 28 132 135 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 25.3 26.1 2,381 2,768 94 106 Utah .............: 2.1 1.4 283 183 134 134 Virginia .........: 1.3 0.9 86 64 67 72 : Washington .......: 1.7 1.2 235 169 136 137 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.4 2.6 504 437 150 167 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 26 22 132 120 : United States ....: 189.3 163.3 21,688 20,505 115 126 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 July : : : : January to July Class : July : June : July :-----------------------: July : June : July :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,416.2 1,456.8 1,299.4 9,447.0 9,217.8 50.6 48.8 47.6 49.1 47.3 Heifers ..........: 790.0 891.1 827.7 5,670.3 5,890.5 28.2 29.9 30.3 29.5 30.3 All cows .........: 544.0 585.2 557.4 3,820.5 4,041.4 19.4 19.6 20.4 19.9 20.8 Dairy cows .......: 247.9 233.0 230.1 1,811.0 1,750.7 8.9 7.8 8.4 9.4 9.0 Other cows .......: 296.0 352.2 327.3 2,009.5 2,290.7 10.6 11.8 12.0 10.4 11.8 Bulls ............: 50.4 51.6 46.7 308.1 322.5 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 : Total ............: 2,800.6 2,984.8 2,731.1 19,246.0 19,472.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 32.9 28.6 28.9 210.9 205.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 9,463.6 10,155.8 9,000.1 71,910.4 69,247.2 97.2 97.2 97.2 97.3 97.3 Sows .............: 246.8 267.6 237.6 1,849.5 1,766.9 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 Boars ............: 26.4 27.2 25.9 178.9 173.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 9,736.7 10,450.6 9,263.6 73,938.8 71,187.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 13.2 8.9 9.3 79.8 63.3 8.6 6.1 7.0 7.1 6.3 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 140.2 138.4 123.6 1,047.6 940.8 91.4 93.9 93.0 92.9 93.7 : Total ............: 153.5 147.4 132.9 1,127.4 1,004.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to July Class : July : June : July :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 818 811 812 828 827 Steers 1/ ...............: 890 881 891 898 904 Heifers 1/ ..............: 814 812 815 829 833 All cows 1/ .............: 625 626 618 647 639 Bulls 1/ ................: 908 891 887 895 881 : Calves and vealers ... : 116 157 139 140 150 : Hogs ................. : 210 215 212 216 217 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 207 213 209 213 215 Sows 2/ .................: 301 303 302 301 298 Boars 2/ ................: 199 195 190 196 192 : Sheep ................ : 60 69 67 64 67 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 64 64 65 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 59 69 67 64 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: July 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 ............: 2.5 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 2 ............: 7.3 2.2 1.4 3.5 3.1 0.3 0.3 5.5 3 ............: 89.2 37.4 3.0 44.5 35.8 8.6 4.4 6.7 4 ............: 74.6 5.2 2.6 59.3 12.4 46.9 7.6 0.4 5 ............: 267.9 126.8 (D) 97.8 60.3 37.5 (D) 10.6 6 ............: 504.2 205.1 168.7 123.0 26.2 96.8 7.3 (Y) 7 ............:1,201.0 660.6 454.0 77.9 7.0 70.9 8.5 (Y) 8 ............: 270.0 147.1 (D) 23.6 4.4 19.2 (D) (D) 9 ............: 175.9 73.5 28.6 71.2 49.9 21.3 2.6 2.7 10 ...........: 138.4 40.4 37.9 56.3 30.7 25.6 3.9 (D) : United States :2,731.1 1,299.4 827.7 557.4 230.1 327.3 46.7 28.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.9 1.8 (Y) (Y) 3.1 0.1 3.0 2 ............: 8.9 8.8 (Y) (Y) 16.2 1.7 14.5 3 ............: 255.1 254.2 (D) (D) 10.5 1.4 9.1 4 ............: (D) (D) 68.2 (D) 9.6 0.7 8.9 5 ............: 2,748.9 2,639.9 102.7 6.3 25.5 2.5 23.0 6 ............: 404.0 403.9 (D) (D) 10.5 0.4 10.0 7 ............: 3,952.1 3,872.2 65.0 14.9 0.6 (Y) 0.6 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 31.4 0.8 30.6 9 ............: 191.4 191.3 (Y) (Y) 20.9 1.4 19.5 10 ...........: 22.1 22.1 (Y) (Y) 4.4 0.2 4.3 : United States : 9,263.6 9,000.1 237.6 25.9 132.9 9.3 123.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 July 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 ............: 19.8 8.1 6.9 3.2 1.9 1.3 1.6 1.4 2 ............: 53.9 17.5 11.5 22.7 21.1 1.5 2.2 39.2 3 ............: 654.6 265.0 20.7 337.2 277.9 59.3 31.7 52.5 4 ............: 544.2 38.9 13.9 429.5 95.2 334.3 62.0 2.9 5 ............: 1,957.8 922.2 (D) 727.4 417.6 309.9 (D) 68.3 6 ............: 3,579.0 1,532.0 1,155.3 827.8 204.1 623.7 63.8 0.3 7 ............: 8,431.9 4,618.1 3,222.9 536.1 57.2 478.9 54.8 0.3 8 ............: 1,962.4 1,010.9 (D) 189.5 31.9 157.6 (D) (D) 9 ............: 1,282.9 540.3 179.6 547.4 410.9 136.5 15.6 21.5 10 ...........: 985.6 264.6 277.5 420.6 232.9 187.6 22.8 (D) : United States :19,472.1 9,217.8 5,890.5 4,041.4 1,750.7 2,290.7 322.5 205.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 13.4 13.1 0.2 0.1 25.8 1.5 24.3 2 ............: 69.7 69.4 0.3 (Y) 128.8 13.9 114.9 3 ............: 1,831.9 1,825.3 (D) (D) 90.1 11.2 78.9 4 ............: (D) (D) 500.3 (D) 61.5 5.3 56.2 5 ............: 21,138.6 20,305.8 789.8 43.0 187.2 12.8 174.4 6 ............: 3,196.4 3,194.7 (D) (D) 78.4 2.8 75.5 7 ............: 31,116.5 30,558.0 462.6 95.9 5.1 0.2 4.9 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.1 242.6 6.6 236.0 9 ............: 1,413.9 1,413.6 0.2 (Y) 151.1 7.5 143.6 10 ...........: 177.1 176.7 0.3 0.1 33.5 1.5 32.0 : United States : 71,187.7 69,247.2 1,766.9 173.6 1,004.1 63.3 940.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to July Species : July : June : July :------------------------ : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.3 98.1 98.2 98.0 98.1 Calves .......: 98.0 98.2 98.0 98.0 98.0 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 81.1 85.1 81.4 85.0 84.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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