Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released December 22, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record High Beef Production in November November 2021 contained 22 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. November 2022 contained 22 weekdays (including 2 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.79 billion pounds in November, down slightly from the 4.81 billion pounds produced in November 2021. Beef production, at 2.42 billion pounds, was 2 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.91 million head, up 2 percent from November 2021. The average live weight was up 2 pounds from the previous year, at 1,384 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.5 million pounds, 2 percent below November a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 31,200 head, down 6 percent from November 2021. The average live weight was up 9 pounds from last year, at 251 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.35 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.9 million head, down 2 percent from November 2021. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 290 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 11.0 million pounds, was down 9 percent from November 2021. Sheep slaughter totaled 178,200 head, 9 percent below last year. The average live weight was 122 pounds, unchanged from November a year ago. January to November 2022 commercial red meat production was 51.0 billion pounds, down slightly from 2021. Accumulated beef production was up 2 percent from last year, veal was up 3 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: November 2021 and 2022.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: November 2021 and 2022............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: November 2021 and 2022............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: November 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: November 2022................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to November 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2022 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : November : October : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,380.1 2,404.0 2,424.2 102 101 25,584.8 26,065.6 102 Veal .............: 4.6 4.5 4.5 98 100 48.0 49.4 103 Pork .............: 2,408.7 2,338.2 2,350.7 98 101 25,270.7 24,764.5 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.1 10.4 11.0 91 106 126.7 120.0 95 : Total red meat ...: 4,805.4 4,757.1 4,790.5 100 101 51,030.1 50,999.5 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :November 2022 as % of : January to November : November : October : November :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : November : October : : :2022 as % : : : : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,342.8 2,363.1 2,387.6 102 101 25,157.9 25,644.5 102 Veal .............: 4.5 4.4 4.4 99 101 46.6 48.1 103 Pork .............: 2,397.9 2,326.4 2,340.7 98 101 25,146.5 24,650.0 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.9 9.0 10.0 91 111 111.7 106.4 95 : Total red meat ...: 4,756.1 4,702.9 4,742.7 100 101 50,462.7 50,449.1 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : November : January to November : November : October : November : 2022 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : of 2021 : : : 2022 as % : : : : : 2021 : 2022 : of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,805.4 2,842.4 2,854.8 102 30,412.2 31,027.7 102 Other ................1,000: 54.1 59.7 52.8 98 613.8 610.7 99 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,859.5 2,902.1 2,907.6 102 31,026.0 31,638.4 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,386 1,379 1,387 100 1,372 1,371 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,207 1,209 1,214 101 1,218 1,215 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,382 1,375 1,384 100 1,369 1,368 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 32.5 29.7 30.7 95 345.8 329.8 95 Other ................1,000: 0.6 0.7 0.5 81 6.8 6.6 98 Commercial ...........1,000: 33.1 30.4 31.2 94 352.5 336.4 95 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 239 256 250 104 234 253 108 Other ...............pounds: 387 362 342 88 382 363 95 Commercial ..........pounds: 242 259 251 104 236 255 108 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 11,080.7 10,857.3 10,862.5 98 117,282.7 114,426.9 98 Other ................1,000: 55.6 61.2 53.1 95 643.7 589.4 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,136.3 10,918.5 10,915.6 98 117,926.4 115,016.3 98 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 291 289 290 100 288 289 101 Other ...............pounds: 266 265 260 98 264 266 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 291 288 290 100 287 289 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 171.3 142.5 155.6 91 1,761.9 1,604.3 91 Other ................1,000: 25.2 26.9 22.6 89 311.8 277.9 89 Commercial ...........1,000: 196.6 169.4 178.2 91 2,073.7 1,882.1 91 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 126 125 126 100 126 131 104 Other ...............pounds: 94 108 94 100 97 98 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 122 122 122 100 122 126 104 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 45.8 44.2 44.1 96 444.5 452.1 102 Other ................1,000: 9.2 7.4 8.5 92 92.2 94.4 102 Commercial ...........1,000: 55.0 51.6 52.6 96 536.7 546.5 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 65 65 102 65 65 100 Other ...............pounds: 86 90 84 98 88 85 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 69 68 101 69 68 99 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.2 6.0 6.3 102 60.3 65.8 109 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.3 0.3 96 2.9 2.7 93 Commercial ...........1,000: 6.5 6.3 6.6 102 63.2 68.5 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : November : October : November :November 2022 as : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : % of 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.1 1.3 1.2 108 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) 0.1 95 Arizona ...............: 41.4 38.8 41.5 100 Arkansas ..............: 0.4 0.5 0.4 87 California ............: 143.7 144.1 147.4 103 Colorado ..............: 171.2 174.9 180.2 105 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.0 2.7 2.8 94 Florida ...............: 8.4 7.6 7.5 89 Georgia ...............: 13.9 14.0 14.0 101 Hawaii ................: 0.9 0.8 0.8 87 : Idaho .................: 34.9 36.1 37.3 107 Illinois ..............: 281.5 270.5 278.4 99 Indiana ...............: 166.4 169.8 164.8 99 Iowa ..................: 790.4 748.0 752.6 95 Kansas ................: 537.4 515.9 530.6 99 Kentucky ..............: 55.6 55.9 51.6 93 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.4 0.3 79 Michigan ..............: 102.9 111.4 109.6 107 Minnesota .............: 266.6 266.0 263.5 99 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.8 0.8 98 : Missouri ..............: 181.1 178.7 183.0 101 Montana ...............: 6.3 3.3 4.3 68 Nebraska ..............: 685.3 696.8 703.1 103 Nevada ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) New England 1/ ........: 3.0 3.1 3.0 99 New Jersey ............: 4.0 3.8 3.8 94 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 85 New York ..............: 3.2 3.5 3.4 107 North Carolina ........: 238.5 252.4 246.7 103 North Dakota ..........: 0.8 0.9 0.6 80 : Ohio ..................: 24.2 24.0 22.1 92 Oklahoma ..............: 107.2 94.7 103.6 97 Oregon ................: 4.3 3.1 2.8 65 Pennsylvania ..........: 122.8 128.9 130.0 106 South Carolina ........: 16.4 16.6 15.8 96 South Dakota ..........: 131.2 123.2 123.0 94 Tennessee .............: 26.1 27.3 25.8 99 Texas .................: 399.8 399.3 398.9 100 Utah ..................: 41.5 44.6 45.7 110 Virginia ..............: 1.8 1.8 1.6 87 : Washington ............: 78.7 84.0 81.2 103 West Virginia .........: 0.9 1.1 1.0 109 Wisconsin .............: 106.1 105.2 104.5 99 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.6 0.8 104 : United States .........: 4,805.4 4,757.1 4,790.5 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: November 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 1.2 1,067 1,247 1,055 1,064 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 83 70 1,137 1,202 Arizona ..........: 47.7 47.8 67,265 67,360 1,412 1,412 Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.5 614 540 1,085 1,028 California .......: 135.7 137.8 180,553 181,805 1,338 1,329 Colorado .........: 186.0 198.0 266,658 281,471 1,434 1,423 Delaware-Maryland : 3.1 2.8 4,269 3,899 1,385 1,402 Florida ..........: 13.4 11.8 16,158 14,178 1,215 1,205 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.3 1.1 1,505 1,312 1,199 1,203 : Idaho ............: 49.0 52.5 61,169 66,576 1,256 1,277 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 3.5 4.5 4,393 5,395 1,241 1,204 Iowa .............: (D) 49.9 (D) 70,215 (D) 1,408 Kansas ...........: 593.7 587.1 835,150 824,789 1,407 1,405 Kentucky .........: 5.4 5.7 6,015 6,099 1,109 1,084 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.5 573 417 905 823 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.6 573 541 930 919 : Missouri .........: 16.4 27.1 18,452 31,613 1,131 1,171 Montana ..........: 6.9 4.7 8,988 6,021 1,306 1,277 Nebraska .........: 601.2 614.4 877,923 907,745 1,462 1,479 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.4 3.3 3,848 3,762 1,144 1,126 New Jersey .......: 4.2 3.9 4,776 4,392 1,131 1,131 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.5 608 476 1,058 1,038 New York .........: 3.3 3.7 3,961 4,403 1,224 1,196 North Carolina ...: 7.6 6.8 9,340 8,356 1,227 1,229 North Dakota .....: 0.9 0.7 1,181 969 1,322 1,294 : Ohio .............: 6.5 6.3 8,696 8,396 1,330 1,323 Oklahoma .........: 5.8 7.0 6,566 8,208 1,129 1,179 Oregon ...........: 2.1 2.3 2,489 2,641 1,173 1,146 Pennsylvania .....: 86.6 93.7 106,108 116,879 1,230 1,253 South Carolina ...: 24.3 23.8 31,693 30,394 1,311 1,283 South Dakota .....: 44.9 41.7 62,799 59,627 1,407 1,439 Tennessee ........: 4.2 3.5 4,447 3,460 1,070 1,005 Texas ............: 492.9 498.0 654,315 654,999 1,331 1,319 Utah .............: 46.2 50.7 64,817 71,258 1,403 1,406 Virginia .........: 1.7 1.8 1,832 1,962 1,093 1,075 : Washington .......: 93.0 94.6 129,537 133,302 1,397 1,412 West Virginia ....: 1.4 1.3 1,362 1,416 985 1,080 Wisconsin ........: 116.7 114.9 161,088 159,672 1,387 1,397 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 1.1 1,221 1,226 1,224 1,157 : United States ....: 2,859.5 2,907.6 3,944,289 4,015,728 1,382 1,384 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: November 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 2.6 398 311 124 124 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.2 55 72 451 435 Georgia ..........: 0.2 0.2 75 111 482 487 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 24 35 348 333 Indiana ..........: 0.6 0.6 262 247 429 431 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 69 62 306 257 New Jersey .......: 1.6 1.5 613 580 375 378 New Mexico .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New York .........: 5.0 4.6 476 449 95 98 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 17 23 293 228 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 9.2 8.4 1,301 1,339 142 160 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.2 7.3 3,131 3,157 433 435 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 72 62 423 432 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.1 (D) 41 (D) 300 : Washington .......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) West Virginia ....: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Wisconsin ........: 2.3 1.9 1,055 931 466 493 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 33.1 31.2 7,935 7,785 242 251 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: November 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 ..........: 1.8 1.8 769 755 420 412 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 17 (X) 293 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 26 32 278 263 Arkansas .........: 0.3 0.3 81 81 264 274 California .......: 214.4 214.8 54,289 57,286 253 267 Colorado .........: 1.4 2.8 298 385 206 138 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 2.0 503 553 271 276 Florida ..........: 7.0 7.8 861 899 123 115 Georgia ..........: 5.7 5.2 1,539 1,411 272 273 Hawaii ...........: 0.3 0.1 65 40 263 269 : Idaho ............: 14.9 11.9 3,939 3,377 265 283 Illinois .........: 974.3 987.0 284,847 284,134 292 288 Indiana ..........: 764.2 767.1 218,799 215,530 286 281 Iowa .............: 3,499.9 3,361.6 1,016,933 962,363 291 286 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.5 100 90 162 181 Michigan .........: 282.4 309.1 83,678 92,212 296 298 Minnesota ........: 1,098.1 1,094.7 310,626 307,829 283 281 Mississippi ......: 3.7 3.7 588 609 157 164 : Missouri .........: 765.5 752.4 228,672 224,072 299 298 Montana ..........: 3.0 3.0 856 845 288 282 Nebraska .........: 661.0 651.7 192,344 189,143 291 290 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.0 2.9 828 806 280 283 New Jersey .......: 8.5 8.8 786 793 92 90 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 46 49 288 296 New York .........: 2.7 2.6 685 665 251 252 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.5 0.4 147 122 291 306 : Ohio .............: 85.1 74.6 24,434 21,943 287 294 Oklahoma .........: 475.3 451.2 138,289 131,341 291 291 Oregon ...........: 12.7 4.5 3,369 1,266 265 282 Pennsylvania .....: 271.9 275.9 77,999 79,305 287 288 South Carolina ...: 3.0 3.1 682 729 228 235 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 80.7 80.5 35,750 35,895 444 446 Texas ............: 25.0 25.9 6,083 5,624 243 217 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 2.2 1.6 561 423 256 264 West Virginia ....: 0.5 0.8 154 227 309 298 Wisconsin ........: 68.9 65.6 29,312 28,269 426 432 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.3 84 72 312 262 : United States ....: 11,136.3 10,915.6 3,237,046 3,164,698 291 290 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: November 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 13 9 86 108 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 10 10 131 102 California .......: 28.8 25.7 3,997 3,716 139 145 Colorado .........: 44.6 33.8 6,772 5,340 152 158 Delaware-Maryland : 2.5 2.1 242 212 99 102 Florida ..........: 2.6 2.7 131 139 51 52 Georgia ..........: 1.6 1.3 100 84 64 66 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 14 14 116 134 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.3 18 37 140 137 Illinois .........: 5.8 5.4 460 469 79 86 Indiana ..........: 7.3 6.4 807 711 111 111 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.3 36 39 149 151 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 36 46 98 106 Kentucky .........: 1.2 1.3 142 125 118 99 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.6 22 37 59 62 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.6 46 51 91 83 Mississippi ......: 0.5 0.1 29 6 62 63 : Missouri .........: 0.5 0.7 40 51 81 76 Montana ..........: 0.9 0.7 134 102 156 141 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 7 8 130 129 Nevada ...........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) New England 1/ ...: 4.0 4.7 367 436 91 92 New Jersey .......: 17.0 15.8 1,395 1,366 82 86 New Mexico .......: 0.7 0.6 100 79 139 138 New York .........: 5.6 5.8 586 566 105 97 North Carolina ...: 2.0 2.1 134 134 68 65 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 5.9 3.1 885 508 150 162 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 5.1 4.6 692 602 135 131 Pennsylvania .....: 8.8 10.4 937 1,073 106 103 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 30 29 133 139 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 22.1 21.8 2,365 2,393 107 110 Utah .............: 1.8 1.6 236 212 134 133 Virginia .........: 1.3 1.0 92 73 69 71 : Washington .......: 1.4 1.2 192 169 136 137 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 4.0 3.2 592 487 147 155 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.1 19 14 122 115 : United States ....: 196.6 178.2 24,021 21,779 122 122 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 November : : : : January to November Class : November : October : November :-----------------------: November : October : November :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head --------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,325.4 1,293.2 1,287.7 14,834.6 14,615.7 47.2 45.5 45.1 48.8 47.1 Heifers ..........: 862.9 895.5 925.9 9,002.0 9,477.9 30.8 31.5 32.4 29.6 30.5 All cows .........: 572.6 602.8 594.7 6,074.9 6,410.9 20.4 21.2 20.8 20.0 20.7 Dairy cows .......: 245.3 252.8 250.9 2,838.6 2,781.0 8.7 8.9 8.8 9.3 9.0 Other cows .......: 327.2 350.1 343.8 3,236.3 3,629.8 11.7 12.3 12.0 10.6 11.7 Bulls ............: 44.5 50.8 46.4 500.8 523.3 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 : Total ............: 2,805.4 2,842.4 2,854.8 30,412.2 31,027.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 32.5 29.7 30.7 345.8 329.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,801.0 10,566.6 10,589.5 114,140.5 111,338.8 97.5 97.3 97.5 97.3 97.3 Sows .............: 250.5 266.2 251.1 2,856.0 2,816.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.5 Boars ............: 29.2 24.5 21.9 286.2 271.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 11,080.7 10,857.3 10,862.5 117,282.7 114,426.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 11.5 9.4 8.8 131.1 100.8 6.7 6.6 5.6 7.4 6.3 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 159.8 133.1 146.8 1,630.8 1,503.5 93.3 93.4 94.4 92.6 93.7 : Total ............: 171.3 142.5 155.6 1,761.9 1,604.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to November Class : November : October : November :----------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 837 833 838 829 828 Steers 1/ ...............: 923 924 928 904 908 Heifers 1/ ..............: 846 846 851 831 835 All cows 1/ .............: 621 616 622 637 631 Bulls 1/ ................: 855 857 849 887 873 : Calves and vealers ... : 139 149 145 136 147 : Hogs ................. : 216 214 216 214 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 215 212 214 212 213 Sows 2/ .................: 296 299 299 300 299 Boars 2/ ................: 189 195 196 196 193 : Sheep ................ : 64 63 64 63 66 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 65 62 65 64 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 64 63 64 63 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: November 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 ............: 3.0 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 2 ............: 7.5 2.3 1.7 3.2 2.8 0.5 0.3 6.1 3 ............: 96.4 37.3 3.4 50.4 41.7 8.7 5.3 7.5 4 ............: 75.8 4.7 2.6 59.7 13.1 46.7 8.8 0.5 5 ............: 282.5 124.1 (D) 109.5 60.6 48.9 (D) 10.9 6 ............: 498.2 208.0 159.7 122.2 29.3 92.9 8.3 (Y) 7 ............:1,268.8 651.2 528.2 81.9 7.3 74.6 7.5 0.1 8 ............: 288.3 141.7 (D) 22.9 4.6 18.3 (D) (D) 9 ............: 186.0 75.5 27.8 80.6 60.4 20.2 2.2 2.5 10 ...........: 148.3 41.6 40.0 63.8 31.0 32.8 2.8 (D) : United States :2,854.8 1,287.7 925.9 594.7 250.9 343.8 46.4 30.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.5 2.5 (Y) (Y) 4.6 0.1 4.4 2 ............: 11.3 11.3 (Y) (Y) 21.2 2.3 18.9 3 ............: 277.8 277.4 (D) (D) 14.4 0.7 13.7 4 ............: (D) (D) 76.1 (D) 9.1 0.7 8.4 5 ............: 3,276.3 3,161.1 109.7 5.6 28.4 2.0 26.3 6 ............: 472.9 472.8 (D) (D) 12.7 0.6 12.0 7 ............: 4,777.5 4,701.5 64.1 11.9 0.9 (Y) 0.9 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.1 35.0 0.8 34.2 9 ............: 211.2 211.1 (Y) (Y) 24.3 1.2 23.1 10 ...........: 17.7 17.7 (Y) (Y) 5.1 0.2 4.9 : United States :10,862.5 10,589.5 251.1 21.9 155.6 8.8 146.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to November 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 ............: 32.1 13.4 10.8 5.1 2.8 2.3 2.7 2.2 2 ............: 85.2 27.3 17.9 36.4 33.2 3.2 3.5 64.3 3 ............: 1,050.8 423.8 33.2 539.3 444.3 94.9 54.5 82.1 4 ............: 856.8 61.0 24.0 675.6 147.0 528.5 96.2 4.6 5 ............: 3,086.3 1,445.6 (D) 1,141.0 669.3 471.8 (D) 113.2 6 ............: 5,639.7 2,389.2 1,820.8 1,332.5 322.4 1,010.1 97.3 0.4 7 ............:13,541.0 7,364.6 5,231.2 856.4 87.9 768.4 88.8 0.5 8 ............: 3,127.2 1,619.8 (D) 286.8 51.3 235.5 (D) (D) 9 ............: 2,027.3 839.6 294.4 868.2 654.2 213.9 25.2 32.4 10 ...........: 1,581.3 431.4 442.9 669.6 368.4 301.2 37.3 (D) : United States :31,027.7 14,615.7 9,477.9 6,410.9 2,781.0 3,629.8 523.3 329.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 23.5 23.0 0.3 0.1 42.8 2.1 40.7 2 ............: 113.4 112.9 0.4 0.1 208.5 22.5 186.1 3 ............: 2,972.5 2,962.9 (D) (D) 145.1 15.6 129.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 816.3 (D) 98.0 8.6 89.4 5 ............: 34,169.9 32,862.5 1,241.1 66.3 298.6 20.8 277.9 6 ............: 5,022.6 5,020.0 (D) (D) 125.9 5.3 120.6 7 ............: 49,867.7 48,979.1 738.6 150.0 9.1 0.3 8.9 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.5 379.7 10.1 369.5 9 ............: 2,280.6 2,280.2 0.3 (Y) 240.9 13.1 227.8 10 ...........: 256.5 255.9 0.4 0.1 55.5 2.3 53.2 : United States :114,426.9 111,338.8 2,816.4 271.6 1,604.3 100.8 1,503.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 November Species : November : October : November :------------------------ : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.1 97.9 98.2 98.0 98.1 Calves .......: 98.2 97.7 98.5 98.1 98.0 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.5 Sheep ........: 87.2 84.1 87.3 85.0 85.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Based on packers' dressed weights. Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any state whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual state standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live animals, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the United States must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Primary data for the Livestock Slaughter publication are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. There are approximately 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 Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows ...................................... (202) 720-3278 Suzanne Richards - Dairy Products ................................................ (202) 720-4448 Vacant - Sheep and Goats ......................................................... 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