Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released January 19, 2023, 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 December December 2021 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. December 2022 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.47 billion pounds in December, down 7 percent from the 4.78 billion pounds produced in December 2021. Beef production, at 2.22 billion pounds, was 6 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.68 million head, down 5 percent from December 2021. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from the previous year, at 1,385 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.5 million pounds, 15 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 32,900 head, down 15 percent from December 2021. The average live weight was unchanged from last year, at 237 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.23 billion pounds, down 7 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.3 million head, down 7 percent from December 2021. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 292 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.9 million pounds, was down 7 percent from December 2021. Sheep slaughter totaled 176,100 head, 7 percent below last year. The average live weight was 122 pounds, down 1 pound from December a year ago. January to December 2022 commercial red meat production was 55.5 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 2021. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was up 1 percent, pork was down 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 5 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: December 2021 and 2022.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: December 2021 and 2022............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: December 2021 and 2022............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: December 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: December 2022................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to December 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2022 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : December : November : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,362.5 2,424.3 2,224.7 94 92 27,947.2 28,290.3 101 Veal .............: 5.3 4.5 4.5 85 99 53.2 53.9 101 Pork .............: 2,404.1 2,350.8 2,229.9 93 95 27,674.8 26,994.5 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.7 11.0 10.9 93 99 138.4 130.9 95 : Total red meat ...: 4,783.6 4,790.6 4,470.0 93 93 55,813.5 55,469.6 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :December 2022 as % of : January to December : December : November : December :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : December : November : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,326.8 2,387.6 2,192.8 94 92 27,484.6 27,837.3 101 Veal .............: 5.1 4.4 4.4 86 99 51.7 52.5 102 Pork .............: 2,393.8 2,340.7 2,220.4 93 95 27,540.3 26,870.5 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.5 10.0 9.8 93 98 122.2 116.2 95 : Total red meat ...: 4,736.2 4,742.8 4,427.4 93 93 55,198.9 54,876.6 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : December : January to December : December : November : December : 2022 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : of 2021 : : : 2022 as % : : : : : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,772.2 2,854.8 2,636.7 95 33,184.4 33,664.4 101 Other ................1,000: 52.2 52.8 46.4 89 665.9 657.0 99 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,824.3 2,907.6 2,683.1 95 33,850.3 34,321.5 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,395 1,387 1,388 99 1,374 1,372 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,217 1,214 1,217 100 1,218 1,215 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,392 1,384 1,385 99 1,371 1,369 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 38.1 30.7 32.4 85 383.9 362.2 94 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.5 0.5 67 7.4 7.1 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 38.8 31.2 32.9 85 391.3 369.2 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 235 250 236 101 234 251 107 Other ...............pounds: 370 342 324 88 381 361 95 Commercial ..........pounds: 237 251 237 100 237 253 107 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 11,005.1 10,862.6 10,246.6 93 128,287.8 124,673.7 97 Other ................1,000: 54.3 53.1 51.8 95 698.1 641.2 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,059.4 10,915.7 10,298.4 93 128,985.9 125,314.8 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 292 290 292 100 288 290 101 Other ...............pounds: 260 260 251 97 264 265 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 292 290 292 100 288 289 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 165.2 155.6 154.2 93 1,927.1 1,758.4 91 Other ................1,000: 24.4 22.6 21.9 90 336.2 299.8 89 Commercial ...........1,000: 189.5 178.2 176.1 93 2,263.2 2,058.2 91 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 127 126 126 99 126 131 104 Other ...............pounds: 97 94 97 101 97 98 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 123 122 122 100 122 126 103 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 49.1 44.1 46.8 95 493.6 498.9 101 Other ................1,000: 12.7 8.5 11.5 90 105.0 105.9 101 Commercial ...........1,000: 61.8 52.6 58.3 94 598.5 604.8 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 65 65 102 65 65 100 Other ...............pounds: 83 84 85 102 87 85 98 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 68 69 102 69 68 100 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.9 6.3 6.4 108 66.2 72.2 109 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.3 0.3 77 3.3 3.0 91 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.2 6.6 6.6 106 69.4 75.1 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : December : November : December :December 2022 as : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : % of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.0 1.2 1.0 104 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 89 Arizona ...............: 43.2 41.5 39.6 92 Arkansas ..............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 81 California ............: 145.1 147.4 153.1 106 Colorado ..............: 164.9 180.2 156.3 95 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.9 2.8 2.7 91 Florida ...............: 7.0 7.5 6.2 88 Georgia ...............: 14.9 14.1 14.4 97 Hawaii ................: 0.9 0.8 0.8 92 : Idaho .................: 34.6 37.3 34.1 99 Illinois ..............: 287.3 278.4 262.3 91 Indiana ...............: 165.0 164.8 159.3 97 Iowa ..................: 776.5 752.6 687.1 88 Kansas ................: 526.8 530.6 483.4 92 Kentucky ..............: 57.6 51.6 49.8 87 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.3 0.3 75 Michigan ..............: 102.8 109.6 106.8 104 Minnesota .............: 273.2 263.5 239.4 88 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.8 0.7 96 : Missouri ..............: 173.9 183.0 166.1 96 Montana ...............: 2.7 4.3 1.6 60 Nebraska ..............: 680.0 703.1 625.3 92 Nevada ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) New England 1/ ........: 2.9 3.0 2.6 90 New Jersey ............: 4.3 3.8 4.1 95 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 88 New York ..............: 3.5 3.4 3.5 99 North Carolina ........: 234.1 246.7 248.8 106 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.7 0.7 94 : Ohio ..................: 24.7 22.2 22.6 92 Oklahoma ..............: 108.0 103.6 104.3 97 Oregon ................: 4.0 2.8 2.5 63 Pennsylvania ..........: 127.9 130.0 129.7 101 South Carolina ........: 16.0 15.8 15.3 95 South Dakota ..........: 135.0 123.0 117.1 87 Tennessee .............: 27.1 25.8 25.3 93 Texas .................: 400.4 398.9 370.8 93 Utah ..................: 42.7 45.7 42.7 100 Virginia ..............: 1.9 1.6 1.3 70 : Washington ............: 79.7 81.2 78.5 99 West Virginia .........: 1.0 1.0 0.9 90 Wisconsin .............: 106.1 104.5 107.2 101 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.8 0.8 98 : United States .........: 4,783.6 4,790.6 4,470.0 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.8 0.9 822 942 1,064 1,045 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 91 79 998 1,101 Arizona ..........: 48.9 45.6 69,611 64,471 1,424 1,418 Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.5 605 539 1,070 1,064 California .......: 137.6 137.0 184,343 183,383 1,348 1,347 Colorado .........: 178.4 171.7 256,396 245,366 1,439 1,430 Delaware-Maryland : 3.0 2.6 4,203 3,729 1,395 1,409 Florida ..........: 10.9 10.1 13,416 11,705 1,239 1,167 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.2 1.1 1,466 1,362 1,212 1,230 : Idaho ............: 48.1 47.0 60,621 59,891 1,272 1,281 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 3.9 3.7 4,846 4,424 1,254 1,204 Iowa .............: (D) 44.8 (D) 63,200 (D) 1,412 Kansas ...........: 577.0 535.9 816,422 752,707 1,415 1,405 Kentucky .........: 5.1 5.7 5,722 6,219 1,121 1,102 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.5 489 377 869 807 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.5 476 433 966 947 : Missouri .........: 18.7 26.5 21,689 30,770 1,164 1,169 Montana ..........: 3.0 2.0 4,016 2,466 1,323 1,254 Nebraska .........: 589.6 546.1 868,195 805,067 1,474 1,476 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.3 3.1 3,833 3,435 1,173 1,123 New Jersey .......: 4.3 4.2 4,915 4,825 1,140 1,147 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.4 595 475 1,108 1,124 New York .........: 3.7 3.7 4,511 4,406 1,236 1,199 North Carolina ...: 6.9 5.9 8,449 7,239 1,234 1,233 North Dakota .....: 0.8 0.9 1,104 1,118 1,308 1,306 : Ohio .............: 6.2 6.1 8,231 8,073 1,338 1,331 Oklahoma .........: 5.9 4.4 6,628 5,348 1,122 1,228 Oregon ...........: 2.1 1.9 2,412 2,153 1,156 1,125 Pennsylvania .....: 92.2 89.8 114,143 112,335 1,245 1,258 South Carolina ...: 23.2 22.7 30,754 29,283 1,333 1,293 South Dakota .....: 43.9 37.3 62,124 53,327 1,425 1,439 Tennessee ........: 4.1 3.0 4,398 2,884 1,085 985 Texas ............: 488.7 462.3 655,727 611,829 1,346 1,327 Utah .............: 47.1 47.7 66,461 66,616 1,411 1,397 Virginia .........: 1.7 1.5 1,827 1,676 1,097 1,088 : Washington .......: 93.5 93.0 131,220 129,431 1,407 1,394 West Virginia ....: 1.5 1.2 1,475 1,263 1,013 1,039 Wisconsin ........: 118.7 117.7 164,893 164,226 1,396 1,403 Wyoming ..........: 1.1 1.1 1,324 1,264 1,233 1,166 : United States ....: 2,824.3 2,683.1 3,922,297 3,706,534 1,392 1,385 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 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 .......: 3.3 2.6 417 260 131 101 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.2 52 85 404 425 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.2 67 80 475 480 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 30 37 328 362 Indiana ..........: 0.7 0.7 297 298 404 441 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Michigan .........: 0.1 (D) 40 (D) 400 (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.3 0.2 81 45 310 259 New Jersey .......: 1.9 1.4 687 547 370 381 New Mexico .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New York .........: 6.2 5.4 593 497 96 93 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 25 34 359 318 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 12.2 9.1 1,667 1,235 138 136 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 8.2 7.0 3,546 3,063 433 437 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 0.1 83 41 432 449 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.1 (D) 27 (D) 289 : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Wisconsin ........: 2.5 2.3 1,202 1,096 481 480 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 38.8 32.9 9,129 7,752 237 237 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 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 ..........: 1.9 1.9 812 790 426 416 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 17 17 257 281 Arizona ..........: 0.1 (Y) 33 (X) 263 (X) Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.2 101 61 279 292 California .......: 212.3 236.3 53,769 64,576 254 274 Colorado .........: 2.1 3.5 385 510 182 148 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 2.0 479 527 257 261 Florida ..........: 5.7 4.6 675 598 119 129 Georgia ..........: 5.6 5.7 1,525 1,543 274 273 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 51 43 262 261 : Idaho ............: 15.1 12.0 4,020 3,481 267 290 Illinois .........: 1,003.9 935.5 294,684 269,488 294 288 Indiana ..........: 753.0 743.5 216,665 208,790 288 281 Iowa .............: 3,406.4 3,055.8 995,000 879,338 292 288 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.8 0.5 123 76 155 149 Michigan .........: 288.1 301.5 86,310 89,810 300 298 Minnesota ........: 1,131.1 983.3 318,653 276,915 282 282 Mississippi ......: 4.4 4.0 639 636 145 157 : Missouri .........: 727.3 676.8 216,300 201,578 298 298 Montana ..........: 1.0 1.1 285 306 286 286 Nebraska .........: 666.3 593.3 194,596 172,392 292 291 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 2.8 2.2 739 602 268 268 New Jersey .......: 10.4 11.0 918 914 89 83 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 43 40 253 244 New York .........: 2.4 2.4 567 580 234 240 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 80 82 313 313 : Ohio .............: 88.0 79.5 25,316 23,099 288 291 Oklahoma .........: 470.8 455.9 138,776 134,131 295 294 Oregon ...........: 11.6 4.6 3,084 1,323 267 290 Pennsylvania .....: 277.1 288.0 79,110 82,486 286 286 South Carolina ...: 4.3 4.2 891 876 206 210 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 83.9 80.5 37,304 35,774 445 445 Texas ............: 28.1 26.4 6,571 6,220 234 236 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 1.7 1.4 458 375 265 261 West Virginia ....: 0.4 0.6 143 172 334 287 Wisconsin ........: 64.0 65.8 26,706 28,608 418 436 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.2 83 46 277 267 : United States ....: 11,059.4 10,298.4 3,227,799 3,001,218 292 292 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: December 2021 and 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 10 10 119 98 Arkansas .........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 8 (X) 114 California .......: 23.7 23.9 3,291 3,592 139 150 Colorado .........: 42.3 31.4 6,666 5,115 158 163 Delaware-Maryland : 2.4 2.0 238 198 100 99 Florida ..........: 3.0 2.5 148 128 50 51 Georgia ..........: 1.8 1.7 126 111 69 66 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.1 23 9 133 137 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.3 22 44 146 152 Illinois .........: 6.1 6.4 463 546 75 85 Indiana ..........: 6.9 6.3 759 694 110 111 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 27 23 148 153 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.3 37 30 95 90 Kentucky .........: 1.3 1.2 143 117 108 101 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.8 26 41 54 53 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.6 46 53 84 83 Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.1 30 9 64 84 : Missouri .........: 0.6 0.7 48 63 85 85 Montana ..........: 0.5 0.4 68 54 139 131 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 10 9 125 134 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.3 4.5 367 403 85 89 New Jersey .......: 17.8 17.1 1,456 1,384 82 81 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.6 82 87 140 141 New York .........: 6.5 7.2 651 692 100 96 North Carolina ...: 1.9 2.5 135 160 70 63 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 10 (X) 152 (X) : Ohio .............: 5.4 4.0 852 641 158 159 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.1 4.1 539 510 133 125 Pennsylvania .....: 9.3 10.6 985 1,079 106 102 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.3 37 42 159 141 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 22.0 19.6 2,607 2,181 118 111 Utah .............: 1.8 1.8 233 245 132 140 Virginia .........: 1.5 0.9 103 64 70 70 : Washington .......: 1.2 1.2 164 163 136 137 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 4.3 2.6 631 398 148 152 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 6 10 116 140 : United States ....: 189.5 176.1 23,253 21,503 123 122 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December : : : : January to December Class : December : November : December :-----------------------: December : November : December :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,312.7 1,287.8 1,194.8 16,147.3 15,810.5 47.4 45.1 45.3 48.7 47.0 Heifers ..........: 823.0 925.9 814.0 9,825.0 10,291.8 29.7 32.4 30.9 29.6 30.6 All cows .........: 593.5 594.7 587.0 6,668.4 6,997.9 21.4 20.8 22.3 20.1 20.8 Dairy cows .......: 267.8 250.9 266.3 3,106.4 3,047.3 9.7 8.8 10.1 9.4 9.1 Other cows .......: 325.6 343.8 320.7 3,562.0 3,950.6 11.7 12.0 12.2 10.7 11.7 Bulls ............: 42.9 46.5 40.9 543.7 564.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 : Total ............: 2,772.2 2,854.8 2,636.7 33,184.4 33,664.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 38.1 30.7 32.4 383.9 362.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,720.7 10,589.5 9,975.2 124,861.1 121,314.1 97.4 97.5 97.4 97.3 97.3 Sows .............: 258.2 251.2 250.1 3,114.2 3,066.7 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 Boars ............: 26.2 21.9 21.3 312.5 292.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 11,005.1 10,862.6 10,246.6 128,287.8 124,673.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.9 8.8 9.5 141.0 110.2 6.0 5.6 6.1 7.3 6.3 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 155.3 146.8 144.7 1,786.1 1,648.2 94.0 94.4 93.9 92.7 93.7 : Total ............: 165.2 155.6 154.2 1,927.1 1,758.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to December Class : December : November : December :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 841 838 834 830 829 Steers 1/ ...............: 927 928 923 906 909 Heifers 1/ ..............: 852 851 846 833 836 All cows 1/ .............: 635 622 632 637 631 Bulls 1/ ................: 860 849 842 885 871 : Calves and vealers ... : 136 145 137 136 146 : Hogs ................. : 218 216 217 215 216 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 216 214 215 213 214 Sows 2/ .................: 295 299 295 300 299 Boars 2/ ................: 196 196 195 196 193 : Sheep ................ : 64 64 64 63 66 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 61 62 63 65 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 64 64 64 63 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: December 2022 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.7 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 2 ............: 7.9 2.4 1.9 3.3 2.8 0.5 0.3 6.8 3 ............: 92.4 34.1 3.8 49.8 42.1 7.8 4.8 7.2 4 ............: 71.8 4.3 2.5 56.9 13.4 43.5 8.2 0.5 5 ............: 277.5 122.1 (D) 112.8 65.8 47.0 (D) 12.1 6 ............: 462.2 181.1 152.8 119.6 33.2 86.4 8.7 (Y) 7 ............:1,142.7 601.1 458.7 76.6 7.7 68.9 6.2 (Y) 8 ............: 255.2 140.1 (D) 23.8 4.4 19.3 (D) (D) 9 ............: 183.2 75.0 22.6 83.6 65.4 18.2 1.9 2.5 10 ...........: 141.1 33.6 45.3 60.2 31.3 29.0 2.0 (D) : United States :2,636.7 1,194.8 814.0 587.0 266.3 320.7 40.9 32.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.0 2.0 (Y) (Y) 4.4 0.1 4.3 2 ............: 13.4 13.3 0.1 (Y) 23.7 2.5 21.3 3 ............: 290.0 289.7 (D) (D) 14.2 1.1 13.1 4 ............: (D) (D) 75.2 (D) 9.7 0.7 9.0 5 ............: 3,087.1 2,970.0 111.5 5.6 29.0 2.1 26.9 6 ............: 478.5 478.4 (D) (D) 12.2 0.4 11.8 7 ............: 4,338.1 4,264.5 62.3 11.3 0.9 (Y) 0.8 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 32.9 1.1 31.8 9 ............: 230.6 230.5 (Y) (Y) 22.7 1.2 21.5 10 ...........: 17.8 17.8 (Y) (Y) 4.5 0.2 4.3 : United States :10,246.6 9,975.2 250.1 21.3 154.2 9.5 144.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to December 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 ............: 34.8 14.6 11.7 5.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.3 2 ............: 93.1 29.7 19.9 39.7 36.0 3.7 3.8 71.1 3 ............: 1,143.3 457.8 37.0 589.1 486.4 102.7 59.3 89.2 4 ............: 928.6 65.2 26.5 732.5 160.4 572.0 104.5 5.1 5 ............: 3,363.8 1,567.6 (D) 1,253.8 735.1 518.8 (D) 125.3 6 ............: 6,101.9 2,570.3 1,973.5 1,452.1 355.6 1,096.5 106.0 0.5 7 ............:14,683.7 7,965.7 5,690.0 933.0 95.6 837.4 95.0 0.5 8 ............: 3,382.4 1,759.9 (D) 310.6 55.8 254.8 (D) (D) 9 ............: 2,210.4 914.6 317.0 951.8 719.7 232.1 27.1 34.9 10 ...........: 1,722.4 465.1 488.1 729.9 399.7 330.2 39.3 (D) : United States :33,664.4 15,810.5 10,291.8 6,997.9 3,047.3 3,950.6 564.2 362.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 25.5 25.0 0.3 0.1 47.2 2.2 45.0 2 ............: 126.8 126.2 0.5 0.1 232.3 24.9 207.3 3 ............: 3,262.5 3,252.6 (D) (D) 159.4 16.7 142.6 4 ............: (D) (D) 891.5 (D) 107.7 9.4 98.4 5 ............: 37,257.2 35,832.6 1,352.8 71.8 327.6 22.9 304.7 6 ............: 5,501.1 5,498.4 (D) (D) 138.1 5.7 132.4 7 ............: 54,205.8 53,243.6 800.9 161.3 10.0 0.3 9.7 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.5 412.5 11.2 401.3 9 ............: 2,511.2 2,510.7 0.4 0.1 263.6 14.4 249.3 10 ...........: 274.3 273.7 0.4 0.1 60.0 2.5 57.5 : United States :124,673.7 121,314.1 3,066.7 292.9 1,758.4 110.2 1,648.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 December Species : December : November : December :------------------------ : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.0 98.1 Calves .......: 98.2 98.5 98.6 98.1 98.1 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 87.2 87.3 87.6 85.1 85.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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