Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released August 20, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record High Red Meat and Pork Production in July July 2019 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. July 2020 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.81 billion pounds in July, up 5 percent from the 4.59 billion pounds produced in July 2019. Beef production, at 2.42 billion pounds, was 3 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.92 million head, down 1 percent from July 2019. The average live weight was up 37 pounds from the previous year, at 1,363 pounds. Veal production totaled 5.8 million pounds, 9 percent below July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 41,100 head, down 23 percent from July 2019. The average live weight was up 39 pounds from last year, at 244 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.37 billion pounds, up 7 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.2 million head, up 6 percent from July 2019. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 283 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.1 million pounds, was up 1 percent from July 2019. Sheep slaughter totaled 195,100 head, 3 percent above last year. The average live weight was 125 pounds, down 2 pounds from July a year ago. January to July 2020 commercial red meat production was 31.6 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2019. Accumulated beef production was down 1 percent from last year, veal was down 10 percent, pork was up 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 6 percent. This page intentionally left blank. Contents Commercial Red Meat Production - United States....................................... 4 Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States.............................. 4 Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States.......................... 5 Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States............................ 6 Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020........... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020............. 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020.............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020... 10 Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States.............. 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States........ 11 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: July 2020................. 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to July 2020...... 13 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States.. 13 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates......................... 14 Statistical Methodology.............................................................. 15 Information Contacts................................................................. 16 Commercial Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : July 2020 as % of : January to July : July : June : July :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : July : June : : :2020 as % : : : : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,360.7 2,373.6 2,421.2 103 102 15,591.7 15,404.3 99 Veal .............: 6.3 5.6 5.8 91 103 42.7 38.6 90 Pork .............: 2,210.8 2,400.4 2,371.7 107 99 15,664.4 16,108.5 103 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.0 12.5 12.1 101 97 88.8 83.1 94 : Total red meat ...: 4,589.8 4,792.0 4,810.7 105 100 31,387.5 31,634.5 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : July 2020 as % of : January to July : July : June : July :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : July : June : : :2020 as % : : : : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,335.2 2,334.7 2,384.4 102 102 15,399.3 15,168.8 99 Veal .............: 6.2 5.4 5.6 91 104 41.8 37.5 90 Pork .............: 2,199.1 2,386.1 2,358.3 107 99 15,590.8 16,024.3 103 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.7 11.3 10.6 99 94 80.4 74.8 93 : Total red meat ...: 4,551.1 4,737.4 4,758.9 105 100 31,112.3 31,305.5 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : July : January to July : July : June : July : 2020 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : of 2019 : : : 2020 as % : : : : : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,902.6 2,820.2 2,865.4 99 19,171.4 18,365.1 96 Other ................1,000: 37.0 56.1 53.0 143 278.9 345.4 124 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,939.6 2,876.3 2,918.4 99 19,450.3 18,710.4 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,328 1,368 1,366 103 1,335 1,370 103 Other ...............pounds: 1,195 1,222 1,216 102 1,197 1,200 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,326 1,365 1,363 103 1,333 1,367 103 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 53.0 35.9 40.3 76 330.5 271.2 82 Other ................1,000: 0.6 1.4 0.8 124 4.6 5.9 127 Commercial ...........1,000: 53.6 37.2 41.1 77 335.1 277.1 83 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 204 258 242 119 219 240 109 Other ...............pounds: 377 322 370 98 367 357 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 205 260 244 119 221 242 109 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,515.5 11,103.6 11,154.7 106 72,983.7 74,448.2 102 Other ................1,000: 63.1 73.2 70.7 112 391.5 439.6 112 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,578.5 11,176.8 11,225.4 106 73,375.1 74,887.8 102 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 280 288 283 101 286 288 101 Other ...............pounds: 255 267 260 102 257 262 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 280 288 283 101 286 288 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 162.6 166.7 163.8 101 1,182.8 1,120.0 95 Other ................1,000: 26.0 26.7 31.3 121 173.2 178.4 103 Commercial ...........1,000: 188.6 193.4 195.1 103 1,356.0 1,298.4 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 131 135 129 99 136 133 98 Other ...............pounds: 103 96 101 99 100 96 96 Commercial ..........pounds: 127 129 125 98 131 128 98 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 47.7 43.4 44.9 94 305.5 289.5 95 Other ................1,000: 11.0 8.2 9.4 86 68.3 59.4 87 Commercial ...........1,000: 58.6 51.6 54.4 93 373.9 348.9 93 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 64 100 65 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 84 85 85 102 82 85 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 68 68 100 68 68 100 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 4.7 5.2 5.6 120 31.7 37.0 117 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.1 0.1 32 3.3 2.8 82 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.0 5.3 5.7 114 35.0 39.8 114 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : July : June : July : July 2020 as : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : % of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.6 1.0 1.0 156 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 112 Arizona ...............: 42.8 38.2 42.3 99 Arkansas ..............: 0.3 0.5 0.5 150 California ............: 140.0 150.7 142.6 102 Colorado ..............: 192.4 192.6 190.5 99 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.1 3.1 3.0 97 Florida ...............: 3.1 4.1 3.9 125 Georgia ...............: 14.2 15.6 14.2 100 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.9 0.9 130 : Idaho .................: 30.8 35.9 31.9 104 Illinois ..............: 282.4 311.8 301.7 107 Indiana ...............: 142.8 167.2 164.5 115 Iowa ..................: 694.5 762.6 769.2 111 Kansas ................: 528.5 530.7 554.2 105 Kentucky ..............: 45.8 52.1 52.6 115 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.6 0.5 146 Michigan ..............: 88.7 109.9 106.4 120 Minnesota .............: 228.1 221.1 250.3 110 Mississippi ...........: 0.5 0.8 0.7 139 : Missouri ..............: 159.1 165.5 156.3 98 Montana ...............: 1.2 1.9 1.2 99 Nebraska ..............: 680.1 696.2 712.2 105 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 103 New England 1/ ........: 2.3 3.2 3.1 136 New Jersey ............: 3.4 3.7 3.8 111 New Mexico ............: 0.3 0.6 0.4 138 New York ..............: 3.3 3.6 3.4 104 North Carolina ........: 206.3 202.5 190.6 92 North Dakota ..........: 0.5 0.8 0.9 162 : Ohio ..................: 20.9 27.1 25.0 120 Oklahoma ..............: 99.8 121.3 115.7 116 Oregon ................: 4.3 4.7 4.5 105 Pennsylvania ..........: 121.8 135.5 116.4 96 South Carolina ........: 13.2 16.4 14.4 110 South Dakota ..........: 125.1 136.2 139.9 112 Tennessee .............: 22.2 28.3 25.1 113 Texas .................: 397.7 379.7 403.3 101 Utah ..................: 52.2 30.8 48.2 92 Virginia ..............: 49.0 34.5 21.5 44 : Washington ............: 82.8 81.0 81.5 98 West Virginia .........: 0.4 1.1 1.1 251 Wisconsin .............: 103.4 117.0 110.4 107 Wyoming ...............: 0.4 0.6 0.6 152 : United States .........: 4,589.8 4,792.0 4,810.7 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 0.4 0.9 440 988 1,036 1,050 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 71 (X) 1,268 Arizona ..........: 49.8 48.6 68,672 68,134 1,381 1,403 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.7 426 677 989 951 California .......: 132.6 129.7 174,504 173,276 1,324 1,344 Colorado .........: 224.3 214.5 298,524 296,701 1,332 1,385 Delaware-Maryland : 3.2 3.2 4,434 4,331 1,388 1,374 Florida ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.0 1.3 1,028 1,480 1,058 1,161 : Idaho ............: 41.7 42.4 53,609 55,766 1,299 1,329 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 2.8 3.7 3,294 4,304 1,170 1,177 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 614.9 615.0 818,555 848,742 1,332 1,380 Kentucky .........: 3.2 4.5 3,350 4,867 1,060 1,095 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.8 388 687 841 877 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.3 0.7 289 630 858 891 : Missouri .........: 4.4 9.8 5,233 11,027 1,202 1,129 Montana ..........: 1.2 1.1 1,500 1,493 1,303 1,307 Nebraska .........: 651.7 648.9 884,447 907,129 1,358 1,399 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 110 188 1,048 1,312 New England 1/ ...: 2.4 3.4 2,751 4,046 1,170 1,194 New Jersey .......: 3.6 4.2 3,912 4,625 1,098 1,104 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.5 413 623 1,096 1,158 New York .........: 3.5 3.8 4,071 4,547 1,192 1,216 North Carolina ...: 6.0 6.9 7,378 8,394 1,237 1,219 North Dakota .....: 0.6 1.0 814 1,307 1,292 1,273 : Ohio .............: 5.4 7.2 6,924 9,383 1,292 1,306 Oklahoma .........: 2.1 3.9 2,264 4,438 1,060 1,140 Oregon ...........: 1.6 2.3 1,777 2,764 1,138 1,191 Pennsylvania .....: 91.5 70.7 108,674 82,199 1,192 1,169 South Carolina ...: 20.7 20.8 25,476 28,000 1,237 1,351 South Dakota .....: 41.1 48.7 57,431 68,349 1,403 1,411 Tennessee ........: 0.9 3.1 958 3,241 1,117 1,073 Texas ............: 500.2 489.5 642,554 649,218 1,288 1,330 Utah .............: 62.2 56.5 83,677 76,986 1,347 1,365 Virginia .........: 1.1 1.5 1,198 1,643 1,074 1,114 : Washington .......: 97.3 93.0 134,658 132,300 1,388 1,427 West Virginia ....: 0.4 1.2 456 1,493 1,175 1,205 Wisconsin ........: 114.8 118.2 156,936 162,618 1,375 1,383 Wyoming ..........: 0.5 0.6 527 754 1,093 1,167 : United States ....: 2,939.6 2,918.4 3,889,527 3,969,732 1,326 1,363 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arizona ..........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Arkansas .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) California .......: 7.7 5.4 711 660 94 126 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.1 28 32 407 417 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 43 49 446 463 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: 3.6 3.3 356 267 100 81 Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 32 36 366 430 Indiana ..........: 0.4 0.5 120 173 289 362 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Kentucky .........: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) Louisiana ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Michigan .........: 0.1 0.1 30 40 301 400 Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : 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/ ...: 0.3 0.2 62 54 228 259 New Jersey .......: 1.9 1.5 702 550 378 372 New Mexico .......: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New York .........: 10.3 7.3 853 603 83 83 North Carolina ...: 0.1 0.1 19 28 248 302 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 14.5 9.2 1,957 1,673 136 184 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 8.8 8.2 3,789 3,653 431 448 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Texas ............: 0.2 0.3 88 108 432 411 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.1 (D) 19 (D) 249 : Washington .......: 0.9 (D) 63 (D) 73 (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 4.3 3.7 1,958 1,816 462 494 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 53.6 41.1 10,962 9,933 205 244 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 1.5 1.5 546 584 375 398 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 37 27 282 283 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 23 33 290 241 Arkansas .........: 0.5 0.6 130 167 280 279 California .......: 212.3 225.5 54,738 57,997 258 257 Colorado .........: 1.7 1.7 421 398 243 236 Delaware-Maryland : 1.5 1.2 367 332 244 266 Florida ..........: 5.7 6.9 724 799 128 116 Georgia ..........: 5.4 4.3 1,271 1,093 237 256 Hawaii ...........: 0.4 0.1 96 38 255 269 : Idaho ............: 15.1 13.2 4,082 3,500 270 264 Illinois .........: 993.3 1,090.2 281,513 305,656 284 280 Indiana ..........: 680.4 782.9 186,335 215,093 274 275 Iowa .............: 3,191.0 3,515.4 892,319 988,517 280 281 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.4 128 94 257 252 Michigan .........: 232.9 288.7 66,636 81,445 286 282 Minnesota ........: 955.0 1,073.2 258,873 293,381 271 273 Mississippi ......: 2.8 2.9 444 484 158 165 : Missouri .........: 728.2 702.4 207,395 199,795 285 285 Montana ..........: 1.4 1.5 390 399 272 270 Nebraska .........: 641.3 694.7 178,946 198,124 279 285 Nevada ...........: 0.2 0.1 41 15 258 255 New England 1/ ...: 2.9 3.0 722 759 245 252 New Jersey .......: 8.3 5.2 794 627 95 121 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.3 58 67 253 253 New York .........: 2.3 2.5 531 633 228 253 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.4 62 108 296 274 : Ohio .............: 75.5 90.9 21,323 24,893 283 274 Oklahoma .........: 469.5 516.6 128,506 148,410 274 287 Oregon ...........: 14.6 13.1 3,931 3,459 270 264 Pennsylvania .....: 272.5 317.0 75,211 87,188 276 275 South Carolina ...: 2.2 2.2 561 555 250 248 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 71.2 76.7 32,382 34,935 455 456 Texas ............: 24.6 24.4 5,045 5,617 205 231 Utah .............: 4.8 3.0 547 753 114 253 Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 1.1 1.9 279 455 255 239 West Virginia ....: 0.6 1.1 150 325 270 303 Wisconsin ........: 62.8 76.1 27,345 32,538 437 429 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.6 60 144 251 258 : United States ....: 10,578.5 11,225.4 2,956,257 3,175,907 280 283 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: July 2019 and 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 0.1 0.4 8 26 102 59 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.4 0.3 55 31 135 107 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 6 6 95 105 California .......: 25.9 26.2 3,762 3,868 146 148 Colorado .........: 55.3 48.6 8,800 7,984 159 164 Delaware-Maryland : 3.3 3.4 301 325 91 96 Florida ..........: 1.7 2.4 97 132 58 55 Georgia ..........: 3.0 3.3 182 238 61 72 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.2 12 18 116 109 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.1 23 13 130 152 Illinois .........: 5.0 4.6 430 362 87 79 Indiana ..........: 4.8 7.1 525 797 108 113 Iowa .............: 0.3 0.2 40 29 160 147 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.6 47 56 108 89 Kentucky .........: 1.6 1.6 190 188 122 116 Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.5 18 24 59 51 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.4 0.5 43 50 101 93 Mississippi ......: 1.1 0.5 61 36 56 66 : Missouri .........: 1.0 0.9 83 82 85 88 Montana ..........: 0.4 0.3 56 40 147 130 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 10 6 114 116 Nevada ...........: 0.2 (Y) 19 (X) 125 (X) New England 1/ ...: 3.3 4.3 330 411 100 96 New Jersey .......: 14.0 16.5 1,072 1,368 77 83 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.4 75 63 145 147 New York .........: 4.4 3.7 455 410 103 110 North Carolina ...: 1.6 5.0 108 311 67 62 North Dakota .....: 0.1 0.1 10 7 133 127 : Ohio .............: 5.1 6.3 803 1,006 159 159 Oklahoma .........: 0.7 1.1 65 101 91 91 Oregon ...........: 4.3 4.5 594 652 138 146 Pennsylvania .....: 6.7 8.3 693 892 103 108 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.4 0.3 61 25 138 98 Tennessee ........: 0.9 (D) 59 (D) 65 (D) Texas ............: 14.1 20.5 1,177 1,867 83 91 Utah .............: 2.0 1.9 272 263 138 141 Virginia .........: 0.6 0.9 51 67 82 72 : Washington .......: 1.5 1.0 194 135 134 141 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.5 1.6 222 230 153 142 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 (Y) 11 (X) 136 (X) : United States ....: 188.6 195.1 23,959 24,312 127 125 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : January to July : : : : January to July Class : July : June : July :-----------------------: July : June : July :----------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,492.9 1,495.7 1,482.3 9,622.0 9,064.2 51.4 53.0 51.7 50.2 49.4 Heifers ..........: 842.5 746.7 828.1 5,565.4 5,325.7 29.0 26.5 28.9 29.0 29.0 All cows .........: 520.0 527.0 506.2 3,682.7 3,684.8 17.9 18.7 17.7 19.2 20.1 Dairy cows .......: 256.8 227.0 233.7 1,894.3 1,826.0 8.8 8.0 8.2 9.9 9.9 Other cows .......: 263.2 300.0 272.5 1,788.4 1,858.9 9.1 10.6 9.5 9.3 10.1 Bulls ............: 47.2 50.8 48.8 301.3 290.4 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 : Total ............: 2,902.6 2,820.2 2,865.4 19,171.4 18,365.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 53.0 35.9 40.3 330.5 271.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,240.1 10,785.4 10,851.4 71,018.7 72,304.5 97.4 97.1 97.3 97.3 97.1 Sows .............: 253.5 294.5 278.6 1,752.2 1,957.2 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.6 Boars ............: 21.9 23.6 24.6 212.7 186.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 : Total ............: 10,515.5 11,103.6 11,154.7 72,983.7 74,448.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.0 9.7 10.7 64.5 64.5 6.1 5.8 6.5 5.5 5.8 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 152.6 157.0 153.1 1,118.3 1,055.5 93.9 94.2 93.5 94.5 94.2 : Total ............: 162.6 166.7 163.8 1,182.8 1,120.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to July Class : July : June : July :----------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 806 830 834 805 828 Steers 1/ ...............: 866 893 902 864 898 Heifers 1/ ..............: 796 824 829 803 829 All cows 1/ .............: 643 649 636 646 649 Bulls 1/ ................: 883 905 896 887 883 : Calves and vealers ... : 117 151 140 127 139 : Hogs ................. : 209 215 211 214 215 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 207 213 209 212 213 Sows 2/ .................: 305 304 304 304 304 Boars 2/ ................: 229 198 190 193 194 : Sheep ................ : 66 68 65 68 67 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 67 67 68 65 66 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 66 68 64 68 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: July 2020 [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 1.3 (D) 0.5 0.3 0.3 (D) 0.2 2 ............: 7.9 2.4 1.7 3.4 3.1 0.2 0.5 8.8 3 ............: 74.2 23.1 2.7 44.9 37.2 7.7 3.6 8.4 4 ............: 64.5 4.6 1.8 49.2 13.1 36.2 8.8 0.3 5 ............: 292.7 147.8 (D) 97.6 62.1 35.5 (D) 13.3 6 ............: 487.8 232.8 155.5 91.7 25.0 66.7 7.9 0.1 7 ............:1,302.4 745.9 485.8 61.3 6.5 54.8 9.4 (Y) 8 ............: 317.1 183.7 96.5 35.0 7.8 27.2 1.8 (Y) 9 ............: 179.1 81.1 23.9 71.7 52.8 18.9 2.5 5.2 10 ...........: 136.6 59.7 22.2 50.8 25.8 25.0 3.9 4.0 : United States :2,865.4 1,482.3 828.1 506.2 233.7 272.5 48.8 40.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.8 2.7 (Y) (Y) 4.2 0.4 3.8 2 ............: 7.6 7.6 (Y) (Y) 19.8 2.1 17.7 3 ............: 412.0 411.1 (D) (D) 13.0 1.2 11.8 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 13.9 1.3 12.6 5 ............: 3,365.6 3,233.7 127.3 4.5 26.8 2.8 24.0 6 ............: 538.8 538.8 0.1 (Y) 5.3 0.3 4.9 7 ............: 4,926.5 4,843.1 69.4 14.1 1.4 (Y) 1.3 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.7 (Y) 50.1 1.4 48.7 9 ............: 222.5 222.4 (Y) (Y) 24.6 0.8 23.7 10 ...........: 27.2 27.2 (Y) (Y) 4.8 0.4 4.4 : United States :11,154.7 10,851.4 278.6 24.6 163.8 10.7 153.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to July 2020 [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 ............: 18.8 8.0 (D) 3.6 1.8 1.8 (D) 1.8 2 ............: 51.2 14.9 11.4 22.2 20.6 1.6 2.6 62.1 3 ............: 619.7 210.9 23.5 362.3 293.0 69.3 23.0 58.4 4 ............: 462.0 32.4 10.9 361.4 107.1 254.3 57.3 1.7 5 ............: 1,840.7 890.3 (D) 673.4 410.9 262.5 (D) 86.5 6 ............: 3,211.3 1,537.2 976.4 641.2 210.4 430.8 56.5 0.6 7 ............: 7,984.0 4,472.6 3,044.2 416.4 53.6 362.8 50.8 0.3 8 ............: 1,976.9 1,040.8 678.2 249.0 57.8 191.1 9.0 (Y) 9 ............: 1,287.9 553.9 144.2 572.3 458.6 113.7 17.6 31.6 10 ...........: 912.6 303.3 207.3 382.9 212.1 170.8 19.2 28.1 : United States :18,365.1 9,064.2 5,325.7 3,684.8 1,826.0 1,858.9 290.4 271.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 17.1 16.7 0.2 0.1 23.8 1.5 22.4 2 ............: 52.4 52.2 0.2 0.1 124.5 13.5 110.9 3 ............: 3,353.3 3,345.9 (D) (D) 85.5 8.7 76.9 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 76.2 8.0 68.2 5 ............: 21,805.1 20,844.0 927.5 33.5 172.2 13.9 158.3 6 ............: 3,494.8 3,494.2 0.5 0.2 33.4 2.0 31.4 7 ............: 32,496.3 31,933.6 454.3 108.4 8.4 0.1 8.2 8 ............: (D) (D) 5.0 0.1 400.0 10.6 389.4 9 ............: 1,540.7 1,540.4 0.2 (Y) 165.1 4.7 160.5 10 ...........: 202.3 201.9 0.3 0.1 30.9 1.5 29.4 : United States : 74,448.2 72,304.5 1,957.2 186.5 1,120.0 64.5 1,055.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 July Species : July : June : July :------------------------ : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.7 98.1 98.2 98.6 98.2 Calves .......: 98.9 96.3 98.2 98.6 97.9 Hogs .........: 99.4 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.4 Sheep ........: 86.2 86.2 84.0 87.2 86.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 800 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and about 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 Holly Brenize - Sheep and Goats .............. (202) 720-0585 Ryan Cowen - Cattle, Cattle on Feed .......... (202) 720-3040 Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows .. (202) 720-3278 Suzanne Richards - Dairy Products ............ (202) 720-4448 Seth Riggins - Hogs and Pigs ................. 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