Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released September 23, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record Low Veal and Lamb and Mutton Production in August August 2020 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. August 2021 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.59 billion pounds in August, down 2 percent from the 4.69 billion pounds produced in August 2020. Beef production, at 2.36 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.89 million head, up 3 percent from August 2020. The average live weight was down 11 pounds from the previous year, at 1,354 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.3 million pounds, 14 percent below August a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 34,800 head, up 2 percent from August 2020. The average live weight was down 38 pounds from last year, at 214 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.21 billion pounds, down 5 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.6 million head, down 5 percent from August 2020. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 280 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.3 million pounds, was down 6 percent from August 2020. Sheep slaughter totaled 176,400 head, 1 percent below last year. The average live weight was 116 pounds, down 7 pounds from August a year ago. January to August 2021 commercial red meat production was 36.9 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2020. Accumulated beef production was up 4 percent from last year, veal was down 21 percent, pork was down 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 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: August 2020 and 2021.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: August 2020 and 2021............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: August 2020 and 2021............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: August 2020 and 2021.. 10 Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States............... 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States......... 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: August 2021................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to August 2021..... 13 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States... 13 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates.......................... 14 Statistical Methodology............................................................... 15 Information Contacts.................................................................. 16 Commercial Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August 2021 as % of : January to August : August : July : August :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : August : July : : :2021 as % : : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,335.6 2,318.8 2,360.0 101 102 17,748.0 18,530.6 104 Veal .............: 5.0 3.9 4.3 86 108 43.5 34.4 79 Pork .............: 2,341.0 2,049.7 2,213.6 95 108 18,452.1 18,222.4 99 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.9 10.7 10.3 94 96 94.3 91.9 97 : Total red meat ...: 4,692.5 4,383.1 4,588.2 98 105 36,337.9 36,879.3 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August 2021 as % of : January to August : August : July : August :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : August : July : : :2021 as % : : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,298.0 2,284.6 2,323.9 101 102 17,466.9 18,230.4 104 Veal .............: 4.8 3.8 4.2 87 109 42.3 33.4 79 Pork .............: 2,326.8 2,039.4 2,201.2 95 108 18,351.1 18,135.0 99 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.5 9.2 8.8 93 97 84.3 81.5 97 : Total red meat ...: 4,639.0 4,337.0 4,538.1 98 105 35,944.6 36,480.3 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : August : January to August : August : July : August : 2021 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : of 2020 : : : 2021 as % : : : : : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,750.9 2,800.6 2,834.2 103 21,116.1 22,080.2 105 Other ................1,000: 54.6 49.4 52.0 95 411.1 431.6 105 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,805.5 2,850.0 2,886.3 103 21,527.3 22,511.8 105 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,368 1,351 1,356 99 1,370 1,369 100 Other ...............pounds: 1,208 1,212 1,215 101 1,203 1,216 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,365 1,349 1,354 99 1,367 1,366 100 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 33.4 32.9 34.3 103 304.6 245.2 81 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.6 0.5 65 6.7 4.9 73 Commercial ...........1,000: 34.1 33.5 34.8 102 311.2 250.0 80 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 249 202 212 85 241 236 98 Other ...............pounds: 386 401 379 98 361 367 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 252 205 214 85 244 239 98 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 11,047.2 9,736.7 10,546.0 95 85,495.4 84,484.7 99 Other ................1,000: 74.9 53.8 64.9 87 527.8 452.5 86 Commercial ...........1,000: 11,122.0 9,790.5 10,610.8 95 86,023.2 84,937.2 99 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 283 281 280 99 288 288 100 Other ...............pounds: 262 261 264 101 262 264 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 282 281 280 99 288 288 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 148.6 153.5 147.4 99 1,268.7 1,274.8 100 Other ................1,000: 29.5 31.7 28.9 98 210.1 218.2 104 Commercial ...........1,000: 178.0 185.1 176.4 99 1,478.8 1,493.1 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 127 119 119 94 133 128 96 Other ...............pounds: 101 98 100 99 98 97 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 123 115 116 95 128 123 96 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 41.7 41.8 43.7 105 331.2 311.9 94 Other ................1,000: 9.3 11.1 8.4 91 69.4 64.9 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 50.9 52.9 52.1 102 400.6 376.8 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 65 65 99 64 65 101 Other ...............pounds: 86 89 87 101 86 88 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 69 70 68 99 68 69 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.0 5.4 5.1 103 42.0 42.7 102 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.2 0.3 169 2.5 2.2 88 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.1 5.6 5.4 105 44.5 44.9 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : August : July : August : August 2021 as : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : % of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.0 0.9 0.9 85 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 35.3 37.4 39.0 110 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.5 0.5 76 California ............: 131.5 141.6 145.9 111 Colorado ..............: 188.7 172.2 177.5 94 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.1 2.8 3.3 109 Florida ...............: 3.8 5.9 6.5 170 Georgia ...............: 13.7 13.3 14.4 105 Hawaii ................: 0.8 1.0 0.9 104 : Idaho .................: 30.9 34.4 35.5 115 Illinois ..............: 289.2 250.8 262.3 91 Indiana ...............: 157.8 151.2 153.7 97 Iowa ..................: 767.7 652.2 715.2 93 Kansas ................: 529.3 523.7 529.7 100 Kentucky ..............: 48.9 48.1 50.3 103 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.3 0.4 92 Michigan ..............: 107.9 105.2 101.0 94 Minnesota .............: 234.0 232.1 249.5 107 Mississippi ...........: 0.7 0.6 0.7 101 : Missouri ..............: 165.9 144.9 164.0 99 Montana ...............: 1.5 1.8 2.3 150 Nebraska ..............: 682.5 636.6 664.2 97 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 101 New England 1/ ........: 2.9 2.7 2.9 103 New Jersey ............: 3.5 3.6 3.8 108 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 120 New York ..............: 3.2 3.4 3.4 108 North Carolina ........: 203.1 196.8 205.0 101 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.7 0.8 120 : Ohio ..................: 23.7 22.3 24.6 104 Oklahoma ..............: 103.4 90.4 96.0 93 Oregon ................: 4.1 3.8 4.1 100 Pennsylvania ..........: 115.9 115.3 120.0 104 South Carolina ........: 13.9 16.0 16.8 121 South Dakota ..........: 129.0 105.9 118.3 92 Tennessee .............: 26.4 20.3 23.9 91 Texas .................: 404.9 392.6 396.8 98 Utah ..................: 48.5 45.9 45.0 93 Virginia ..............: 28.5 19.6 20.1 71 : Washington ............: 78.1 80.0 79.9 102 West Virginia .........: 1.1 0.6 1.1 103 Wisconsin .............: 105.2 104.3 106.5 101 Wyoming ...............: 0.6 0.8 0.9 155 : United States .........: 4,692.5 4,383.1 4,588.2 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 1.1 0.9 1,150 968 1,046 1,076 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 73 (X) 1,101 (X) Arizona ..........: 41.0 45.9 57,611 63,329 1,407 1,382 Arkansas .........: 0.9 0.7 847 679 963 1,008 California .......: 119.0 138.9 157,972 181,241 1,335 1,313 Colorado .........: 209.2 200.5 294,345 277,547 1,408 1,386 Delaware-Maryland : 3.2 3.5 4,444 4,871 1,375 1,404 Florida ..........: (D) 10.1 (D) 12,190 (D) 1,206 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.2 1.2 1,335 1,399 1,115 1,184 : Idaho ............: 41.0 49.7 53,497 62,331 1,318 1,261 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.1 4.4 4,788 5,407 1,180 1,218 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 586.8 594.0 807,860 816,674 1,377 1,375 Kentucky .........: 4.8 5.0 5,122 5,494 1,081 1,103 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.6 529 497 887 819 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.7 0.6 570 542 878 876 : Missouri .........: 8.7 16.4 10,421 19,112 1,204 1,169 Montana ..........: 1.5 2.3 1,891 3,051 1,227 1,333 Nebraska .........: 617.8 606.1 877,645 857,211 1,422 1,416 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 86 (D) 1,342 (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.1 3.2 3,643 3,731 1,165 1,166 New Jersey .......: 3.6 3.9 3,898 4,450 1,092 1,137 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.5 488 593 1,123 1,136 New York .........: 3.5 3.7 4,124 4,507 1,196 1,235 North Carolina ...: 7.4 8.0 9,002 9,704 1,219 1,223 North Dakota .....: 0.8 1.0 1,026 1,278 1,294 1,285 : Ohio .............: 6.1 6.4 7,951 8,511 1,307 1,332 Oklahoma .........: 5.0 3.1 5,516 3,493 1,114 1,118 Oregon ...........: 1.9 1.9 2,299 2,228 1,183 1,166 Pennsylvania .....: 72.9 90.0 85,180 109,282 1,175 1,220 South Carolina ...: 20.1 24.9 27,159 32,823 1,359 1,327 South Dakota .....: 36.9 42.4 51,904 59,524 1,412 1,411 Tennessee ........: 3.2 3.9 3,328 4,120 1,076 1,075 Texas ............: 496.5 500.4 652,345 648,265 1,317 1,299 Utah .............: 56.0 52.6 76,967 71,138 1,377 1,354 Virginia .........: 1.5 1.8 1,715 1,943 1,111 1,085 : Washington .......: 88.6 95.4 126,426 131,000 1,432 1,377 West Virginia ....: 1.3 1.2 1,538 1,485 1,154 1,222 Wisconsin ........: 113.4 117.3 155,959 162,193 1,382 1,389 Wyoming ..........: 0.6 0.9 678 1,159 1,162 1,225 : United States ....: 2,805.5 2,886.3 3,822,354 3,899,044 1,365 1,354 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ..........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Arkansas .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) California .......: 5.2 4.2 618 381 123 93 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.1 30 37 444 439 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.2 62 89 463 487 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: 2.4 (D) 186 (D) 81 (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 52 19 419 286 Indiana ..........: 0.3 0.6 121 218 365 378 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Michigan .........: 0.1 0.1 40 40 400 400 Minnesota ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Mississippi ......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) : Missouri .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.2 0.3 48 51 282 198 New Jersey .......: 1.5 1.6 547 622 363 378 New Mexico .......: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New York .........: 5.4 4.8 444 423 83 88 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 19 22 278 368 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 7.5 9.9 1,514 1,202 203 123 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 6.8 6.9 3,054 2,905 446 420 South Carolina ...: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.3 0.2 115 64 426 402 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 17 (D) 252 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.0 2.0 1,497 940 505 464 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 34.1 34.8 8,535 7,392 252 214 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.5 1.2 543 498 372 408 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 30 22 257 269 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 31 33 307 316 Arkansas .........: 0.6 0.3 170 79 273 294 California .......: 206.4 221.8 53,909 57,115 261 258 Colorado .........: 2.1 2.8 487 582 236 211 Delaware-Maryland : 1.5 1.9 406 495 274 261 Florida ..........: 7.9 5.6 866 672 110 121 Georgia ..........: 5.7 5.0 1,445 1,342 252 267 Hawaii ...........: 0.3 0.3 75 75 292 254 : Idaho ............: 14.0 13.9 3,764 3,726 270 269 Illinois .........: 1,051.1 941.8 293,686 265,921 280 282 Indiana ..........: 761.2 722.5 206,809 200,143 272 277 Iowa .............: 3,555.6 3,259.1 992,073 910,111 279 279 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.3 63 67 237 246 Michigan .........: 314.1 308.5 89,548 88,656 285 287 Minnesota ........: 1,009.3 1,032.9 273,855 282,269 271 273 Mississippi ......: 2.9 3.1 486 501 168 162 : Missouri .........: 745.4 715.8 213,334 204,715 286 286 Montana ..........: 1.8 1.8 480 479 264 273 Nebraska .........: 640.7 634.0 181,865 177,326 284 280 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.1 3.2 793 858 260 267 New Jersey .......: 5.7 7.6 684 762 119 100 New Mexico .......: 0.3 0.2 76 58 240 240 New York .........: 2.9 3.1 697 758 245 246 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.3 0.3 95 100 305 288 : Ohio .............: 85.9 90.2 23,944 25,385 279 282 Oklahoma .........: 467.1 445.1 132,786 124,287 284 279 Oregon ...........: 12.3 12.2 3,309 3,282 269 269 Pennsylvania .....: 308.6 262.0 84,899 71,990 275 275 South Carolina ...: 1.9 2.2 472 554 247 249 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 81.8 73.3 36,790 32,607 450 445 Texas ............: 23.2 22.5 5,061 5,184 218 231 Utah .............: 3.7 (D) 761 (D) 210 (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 2.0 1.9 446 442 228 238 West Virginia ....: 1.0 1.0 261 292 271 281 Wisconsin ........: 71.4 68.3 30,216 28,982 424 426 Wyoming ..........: 0.8 1.0 212 272 258 261 : United States ....: 11,122.0 10,610.8 3,140,012 2,969,565 282 280 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: August 2020 and 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.0 (D) 64 (D) 64 (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.2 22 21 130 117 Arkansas .........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 14 (X) 126 California .......: 26.9 22.6 3,712 3,112 138 138 Colorado .........: 33.0 33.3 5,447 4,590 165 138 Delaware-Maryland : 2.9 2.3 278 239 97 102 Florida ..........: 2.0 2.9 109 141 55 48 Georgia ..........: 2.1 1.7 143 116 69 67 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 12 13 137 137 : Idaho ............: 0.3 0.4 42 52 143 137 Illinois .........: 4.6 5.2 362 416 79 80 Indiana ..........: 5.9 8.0 671 921 114 115 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.2 27 38 154 153 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.5 46 59 110 109 Kentucky .........: 1.4 1.6 152 173 112 109 Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.2 18 11 53 62 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.6 49 56 97 92 Mississippi ......: 0.3 0.6 19 37 60 63 : Missouri .........: 0.8 0.9 79 87 102 93 Montana ..........: 0.3 0.4 45 54 145 136 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 11 11 144 141 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 8 (D) 154 (D) New England 1/ ...: 4.0 3.8 379 344 94 91 New Jersey .......: 16.8 15.1 1,419 1,243 85 82 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.7 74 89 141 137 New York .........: 3.9 4.8 433 474 111 99 North Carolina ...: 3.7 2.5 248 165 66 66 North Dakota .....: 0.1 0.1 12 6 142 126 : Ohio .............: 10.7 6.1 1,679 900 157 149 Oklahoma .........: 0.7 (D) 64 (D) 97 (D) Oregon ...........: 4.4 5.1 612 643 140 126 Pennsylvania .....: 8.6 8.3 924 889 108 108 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.4 0.2 51 22 145 110 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 18.3 20.8 1,554 2,138 85 103 Utah .............: 2.1 2.0 289 272 138 133 Virginia .........: 1.0 1.2 68 86 70 70 : Washington .......: 1.3 1.4 176 189 137 135 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.3 4.3 498 624 152 144 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.2 36 38 141 153 : United States ....: 178.0 176.4 21,824 20,493 123 116 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : January to August : : : : January to August Class : August : July : August :-----------------------: August : July : August :----------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,376.9 1,416.2 1,409.1 10,439.4 10,856.1 50.1 50.6 49.7 49.4 49.2 Heifers ..........: 848.1 790.0 812.1 6,175.6 6,482.4 30.8 28.2 28.7 29.2 29.4 All cows .........: 478.1 544.0 560.1 4,163.0 4,380.7 17.4 19.4 19.8 19.7 19.8 Dairy cows .......: 225.3 247.9 261.4 2,051.2 2,072.5 8.2 8.9 9.2 9.7 9.4 Other cows .......: 252.9 296.0 298.7 2,111.8 2,308.2 9.2 10.6 10.5 10.0 10.5 Bulls ............: 47.8 50.4 52.9 338.2 361.0 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 : Total ............: 2,750.9 2,800.6 2,834.2 21,116.1 22,080.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 33.4 32.9 34.3 304.6 245.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,748.0 9,463.6 10,262.9 83,052.6 82,173.3 97.3 97.2 97.3 97.1 97.3 Sows .............: 275.1 246.8 257.8 2,232.3 2,107.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 Boars ............: 24.1 26.4 25.3 210.5 204.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 11,047.2 9,736.7 10,546.0 85,495.4 84,484.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.8 13.2 13.1 74.2 92.9 6.6 8.6 8.9 5.8 7.3 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 138.8 140.2 134.3 1,194.5 1,181.9 93.4 91.4 91.1 94.2 92.7 : Total ............: 148.6 153.5 147.4 1,268.7 1,274.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to August Class : August : July : August :----------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 837 818 822 829 827 Steers 1/ ...............: 911 890 899 899 899 Heifers 1/ ..............: 833 814 819 829 828 All cows 1/ .............: 626 625 622 646 644 Bulls 1/ ................: 886 908 894 884 895 : Calves and vealers ... : 145 116 122 140 137 : Hogs ................. : 211 210 209 215 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 208 207 207 212 213 Sows 2/ .................: 304 301 301 304 301 Boars 2/ ................: 188 199 198 194 196 : Sheep ................ : 64 60 60 67 64 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 65 64 65 66 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 64 59 60 67 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: August 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.9 1.2 (D) 0.5 0.3 0.2 (D) 0.2 2 ............: 7.5 2.3 1.4 3.4 3.3 0.1 0.4 6.5 3 ............: 93.2 37.7 3.4 47.5 40.8 6.8 4.6 7.1 4 ............: 76.1 5.8 1.9 59.6 14.2 45.4 8.9 0.3 5 ............: 278.9 128.7 (D) 105.6 63.4 42.2 (D) 12.5 6 ............: 499.2 213.9 166.1 109.2 32.9 76.3 10.0 (Y) 7 ............:1,250.9 727.7 453.8 60.9 10.7 50.2 8.5 (Y) 8 ............: 294.5 165.5 96.7 30.3 7.4 22.9 2.1 (D) 9 ............: 185.3 74.2 25.6 83.3 61.7 21.6 2.1 4.1 10 ...........: 145.8 52.2 29.3 59.9 26.9 33.0 4.4 (D) : United States :2,834.2 1,409.1 812.1 560.1 261.4 298.7 52.9 34.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.9 2.8 (Y) (Y) 3.7 0.3 3.4 2 ............: 10.6 10.6 (Y) (Y) 19.4 2.5 17.0 3 ............: 354.3 353.4 (D) (D) 12.6 1.6 10.9 4 ............: (D) (D) 73.6 (D) 10.9 1.1 9.7 5 ............: 3,135.0 3,016.6 113.1 5.3 30.0 4.0 26.0 6 ............: 463.2 462.7 (D) (D) 8.2 0.4 7.8 7 ............: 4,623.2 4,542.1 69.3 11.8 1.0 (Y) 1.0 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 35.1 1.5 33.5 9 ............: 217.9 217.8 (Y) (Y) 20.8 1.3 19.4 10 ...........: 27.3 27.3 (Y) (Y) 5.9 0.3 5.6 : United States :10,546.0 10,262.9 257.8 25.3 147.4 13.1 134.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 August 2021 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle : Calves Standard :----------------------------------------------------------------------- federal : : : : Cows : : regions 1/ : Total : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 22.3 9.6 (D) 3.7 1.9 1.8 (D) 1.8 2 ............: 59.3 17.8 12.8 25.3 24.2 1.2 3.3 50.5 3 ............: 713.4 280.9 26.5 375.4 321.5 53.9 30.7 56.8 4 ............: 564.5 43.1 13.9 441.2 115.9 325.3 66.3 2.3 5 ............: 2,256.4 1,026.2 (D) 877.1 497.2 379.9 (D) 79.7 6 ............: 3,938.7 1,844.9 1,226.5 796.0 240.0 556.1 71.4 0.3 7 ............: 9,623.5 5,403.1 3,668.7 490.9 79.1 411.8 60.9 0.3 8 ............: 2,313.2 1,234.1 786.6 277.8 64.8 213.0 14.7 (D) 9 ............: 1,475.3 631.9 188.8 638.4 492.3 146.1 16.1 31.5 10 ...........: 1,113.6 364.7 267.7 454.7 235.6 219.1 26.4 (D) : United States :22,080.2 10,856.1 6,482.4 4,380.7 2,072.5 2,308.2 361.0 245.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 18.7 18.3 0.3 0.1 32.2 2.9 29.3 2 ............: 75.7 75.4 0.2 0.1 160.6 17.8 142.8 3 ............: 3,358.5 3,351.2 (D) (D) 100.8 12.4 88.4 4 ............: (D) (D) 585.6 (D) 88.7 8.6 80.1 5 ............: 25,115.6 24,096.3 975.9 43.5 233.9 24.6 209.3 6 ............: 3,870.4 3,868.5 (D) (D) 57.2 3.6 53.6 7 ............: 36,413.0 35,770.9 532.5 109.7 7.9 0.1 7.7 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.2 359.5 13.4 346.1 9 ............: 1,685.5 1,685.2 0.3 0.1 191.8 6.5 185.3 10 ...........: 216.8 216.5 0.3 0.1 42.4 2.9 39.4 : United States : 84,484.7 82,173.3 2,107.2 204.2 1,274.8 92.9 1,181.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 August Species : August : July : August :------------------------ : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.1 98.3 98.2 98.1 98.1 Calves .......: 97.8 98.2 98.6 97.9 98.1 Hogs .........: 99.3 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.5 Sheep ........: 83.5 82.9 83.6 85.8 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 850 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,950 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State- inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Terms and Definitions, page 14). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored. Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each April which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in April. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. A computer program compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the computer program provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Computer imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the United States head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and statistics are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to non- sampling errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the computer edit program and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, as indicated with a (D), these data are still included in United States and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov. Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ......... (202) 692-0069 Scott Hollis, Head, Livestock Section ........... (202) 690-2424 Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter ...... (202) 690-8632 Ryan Cowen - Cattle, Cattle on Feed .......... (202) 720-3040 Anthony Fischer - Hogs and Pigs .............. (202) 720-3106 Logan Hartley-Sanguinett - Sheep and Goats ... (202) 690-3236 Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows .. (202) 720-3278 Suzanne Richards - Dairy Products ............ 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