Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released July 23, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record High Pork Production for June June 2019 contained 20 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. June 2020 contained 22 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.79 billion pounds in June, up 10 percent from the 4.37 billion pounds produced in June 2019. Beef production, at 2.37 billion pounds, was 7 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.88 million head, up 2 percent from June 2019. The average live weight was up 52 pounds from the previous year, at 1,365 pounds. Veal production totaled 5.6 million pounds, 2 percent below June a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 37,200 head, down 16 percent from June 2019. The average live weight was up 37 pounds from last year, at 260 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.40 billion pounds, up 13 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.2 million head, up 12 percent from June 2019. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 288 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.5 million pounds, was up 9 percent from June 2019. Sheep slaughter totaled 193,400 head, 10 percent above last year. The average live weight was 129 pounds, down 1 pound from June a year ago. January to June 2020 commercial red meat production was 26.8 billion pounds, up slightly from 2019. Accumulated beef production was down 2 percent from last year, veal was down 10 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 8 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: June 2019 and 2020........... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: June 2019 and 2020............. 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: June 2019 and 2020.............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: June 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: June 2020................. 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to June 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : June 2020 as % of : January to June : June : May : June :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : June : May : : :2020 as % : : : : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,227.1 1,865.1 2,373.5 107 127 13,230.7 12,983.1 98 Veal .............: 5.7 5.2 5.6 98 108 36.4 32.8 90 Pork .............: 2,127.8 1,879.6 2,400.4 113 128 13,453.6 13,736.8 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.4 12.6 12.5 109 99 76.8 71.0 92 : Total red meat ...: 4,372.0 3,762.4 4,792.0 110 127 26,797.5 26,823.7 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : June 2020 as % of : January to June : June : May : June :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : June : May : : :2020 as % : : : : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,199.7 1,827.6 2,334.6 106 128 13,064.1 12,784.4 98 Veal .............: 5.6 5.0 5.4 97 107 35.6 31.9 90 Pork .............: 2,118.3 1,865.4 2,386.1 113 128 13,391.7 13,666.0 102 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.3 11.3 11.3 109 100 69.7 64.2 92 : Total red meat ...: 4,333.8 3,709.3 4,737.3 109 128 26,561.2 26,546.5 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : June : January to June : June : May : June : 2020 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : of 2019 : : : 2020 as % : : : : : 2019 : 2020 : of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,768.8 2,222.5 2,820.1 102 16,268.8 15,499.6 95 Other ................1,000: 39.2 55.0 56.1 143 241.9 292.4 121 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,808.0 2,277.5 2,876.2 102 16,510.7 15,792.0 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,315 1,371 1,368 104 1,337 1,371 103 Other ...............pounds: 1,206 1,197 1,222 101 1,197 1,197 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,313 1,367 1,365 104 1,335 1,368 102 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 43.7 31.7 35.9 82 277.4 230.9 83 Other ................1,000: 0.7 0.7 1.4 201 4.0 5.1 127 Commercial ...........1,000: 44.4 32.4 37.2 84 281.5 236.0 84 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 221 272 258 117 222 240 108 Other ...............pounds: 381 394 322 85 366 355 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 223 274 260 117 225 242 108 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 9,938.6 8,523.9 11,103.7 112 62,468.2 63,293.7 101 Other ................1,000: 50.8 71.6 73.2 144 328.4 368.9 112 Commercial ...........1,000: 9,989.5 8,595.5 11,176.9 112 62,796.6 63,662.6 101 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 285 294 288 101 287 289 101 Other ...............pounds: 256 271 267 104 258 263 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 285 294 288 101 287 289 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 151.6 166.6 166.6 110 1,020.2 956.2 94 Other ................1,000: 23.8 28.7 26.7 112 147.2 147.2 100 Commercial ...........1,000: 175.4 195.3 193.4 110 1,167.4 1,103.3 95 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 135 135 135 100 136 134 98 Other ...............pounds: 100 95 96 96 99 95 95 Commercial ..........pounds: 130 129 129 99 132 129 98 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 40.0 39.9 43.3 108 257.9 244.5 95 Other ................1,000: 9.7 7.9 8.2 85 57.4 49.9 87 Commercial ...........1,000: 49.7 47.8 51.5 104 315.2 294.5 93 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 65 64 64 98 65 64 99 Other ...............pounds: 80 87 85 106 82 85 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 67 68 99 68 68 100 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 4.5 5.7 5.1 113 27.0 31.4 116 Other ................1,000: 0.4 0.2 0.1 35 3.0 2.6 88 Commercial ...........1,000: 4.9 5.9 5.3 107 30.0 34.0 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : June : May : June : June 2020 as : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : % of 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 0.7 1.0 1.0 128 Alaska ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) Arizona ...............: 39.2 27.2 38.2 97 Arkansas ..............: 0.3 0.6 0.5 156 California ............: 119.5 145.7 150.7 126 Colorado ..............: 178.7 154.6 192.6 108 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.8 3.1 3.1 113 Florida ...............: 2.6 4.4 4.1 157 Georgia ...............: 13.7 14.9 15.6 114 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.8 0.9 129 : Idaho .................: 27.8 31.1 35.9 129 Illinois ..............: 264.7 253.2 311.8 118 Indiana ...............: 142.2 118.1 167.2 118 Iowa ..................: 668.5 606.8 762.6 114 Kansas ................: 489.9 421.9 530.7 108 Kentucky ..............: 44.2 46.5 52.1 118 Louisiana .............: 0.3 0.6 0.6 205 Michigan ..............: 83.0 93.5 109.9 132 Minnesota .............: 221.4 182.4 221.1 100 Mississippi ...........: 0.5 0.7 0.8 177 : Missouri ..............: 143.9 117.7 165.5 115 Montana ...............: 3.8 2.1 1.9 51 Nebraska ..............: 671.4 462.3 696.2 104 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 93 New England 1/ ........: 2.2 3.1 3.2 144 New Jersey ............: 3.2 3.6 3.7 115 New Mexico ............: 0.2 0.5 0.6 227 New York ..............: 3.0 3.4 3.6 123 North Carolina ........: 215.1 151.0 202.5 94 North Dakota ..........: 0.5 0.9 0.8 156 : Ohio ..................: 19.1 28.6 27.1 142 Oklahoma ..............: 97.2 85.2 121.3 125 Oregon ................: 3.8 4.5 4.7 122 Pennsylvania ..........: 113.2 131.9 135.5 120 South Carolina ........: 12.4 16.5 16.4 133 South Dakota ..........: 123.3 70.7 136.2 110 Tennessee .............: 21.7 28.7 28.3 130 Texas .................: 367.6 303.0 379.7 103 Utah ..................: 47.5 46.4 30.8 65 Virginia ..............: 45.2 40.2 34.5 76 : Washington ............: 73.7 59.7 81.0 110 West Virginia .........: 0.4 1.3 1.1 290 Wisconsin .............: 102.2 93.5 117.0 115 Wyoming ...............: 0.3 0.6 0.6 236 : United States .........: 4,372.0 3,762.4 4,792.0 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: June 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 ..........: 0.5 0.9 530 985 1,074 1,076 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 98 (X) 1,058 Arizona ..........: 47.0 44.2 63,093 61,738 1,343 1,399 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.8 387 697 986 900 California .......: 118.2 140.1 153,887 186,658 1,311 1,340 Colorado .........: 212.0 219.9 277,675 300,518 1,311 1,368 Delaware-Maryland : 2.9 3.3 4,097 4,557 1,392 1,392 Florida ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.0 1.4 1,084 1,520 1,067 1,121 : Idaho ............: 38.5 47.9 48,555 62,408 1,274 1,317 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 2.3 4.2 2,722 4,932 1,168 1,180 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 580.1 592.0 761,269 815,892 1,313 1,379 Kentucky .........: 2.9 4.9 2,980 5,484 1,054 1,118 Louisiana ........: 0.4 1.0 341 836 813 870 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.3 0.7 247 629 829 882 : Missouri .........: 4.1 10.9 4,637 12,319 1,138 1,136 Montana ..........: 4.2 2.1 5,678 2,729 1,369 1,327 Nebraska .........: 655.5 624.7 877,689 877,336 1,340 1,406 Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 140 108 1,012 1,090 New England 1/ ...: 2.3 3.4 2,678 4,132 1,183 1,200 New Jersey .......: 3.3 4.0 3,607 4,488 1,107 1,128 New Mexico .......: 0.3 0.8 306 843 1,071 1,115 New York .........: 3.3 3.9 3,842 4,664 1,189 1,213 North Carolina ...: 6.6 7.8 8,108 9,547 1,234 1,225 North Dakota .....: 0.7 1.0 871 1,270 1,305 1,332 : Ohio .............: 5.1 7.6 6,557 9,973 1,298 1,308 Oklahoma .........: 2.6 4.1 2,746 4,950 1,056 1,210 Oregon ...........: 1.4 2.2 1,585 2,685 1,125 1,198 Pennsylvania .....: 86.7 91.0 104,302 111,833 1,208 1,234 South Carolina ...: 19.4 23.1 23,895 31,928 1,238 1,390 South Dakota .....: 40.7 46.2 56,366 66,036 1,391 1,436 Tennessee ........: 1.0 3.8 1,022 3,930 1,074 1,066 Texas ............: 466.9 465.0 597,206 615,936 1,283 1,328 Utah .............: 58.4 35.8 76,276 49,134 1,308 1,373 Virginia .........: 1.0 2.0 1,093 2,239 1,091 1,114 : Washington .......: 89.4 94.1 120,651 131,968 1,353 1,407 West Virginia ....: 0.4 1.3 435 1,606 1,085 1,207 Wisconsin ........: 113.8 123.1 156,610 170,778 1,384 1,394 Wyoming ..........: 0.3 0.7 378 794 1,095 1,172 : United States ....: 2,808.0 2,876.2 3,680,686 3,917,063 1,313 1,365 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: June 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 .......: 7.3 5.1 706 633 98 129 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.1 24 38 404 435 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 46 45 432 475 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: 2.8 3.2 265 244 95 78 Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 23 34 350 350 Indiana ..........: 0.3 0.4 92 158 277 378 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 40 300 400 Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) 0.6 (X) 139 (X) 244 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 59 61 229 261 New Jersey .......: 1.6 1.3 618 485 375 375 New Mexico .......: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New York .........: 7.2 6.6 593 532 83 81 North Carolina ...: (Y) 0.1 (X) 24 (X) 309 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 10.8 6.6 1,690 1,494 157 227 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 8.7 8.6 3,698 3,791 428 439 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 0.2 69 99 403 416 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) 0.1 (D) 17 (D) 239 : Washington .......: 0.6 (D) 44 (D) 80 (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 3.8 3.4 1,724 1,659 455 487 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 44.4 37.2 9,837 9,621 223 260 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: June 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 ..........: 1.8 1.5 676 613 382 404 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 26 24 297 263 Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 36 38 301 274 Arkansas .........: 0.5 0.5 145 137 287 263 California .......: 167.5 232.6 42,685 60,601 255 261 Colorado .........: 1.3 1.5 324 361 251 249 Delaware-Maryland : 1.2 1.4 276 381 235 276 Florida ..........: 4.4 5.1 590 764 135 150 Georgia ..........: 4.5 6.1 1,138 1,509 252 249 Hawaii ...........: 0.4 0.2 97 67 254 276 : Idaho ............: 13.5 15.5 3,632 4,146 269 268 Illinois .........: 925.8 1,130.2 265,711 323,439 287 286 Indiana ..........: 663.3 775.8 185,846 218,053 280 281 Iowa .............: 3,016.3 3,419.8 860,816 978,101 285 286 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.5 117 123 250 258 Michigan .........: 213.3 301.6 62,196 86,592 292 287 Minnesota ........: 911.4 904.7 250,266 249,889 275 276 Mississippi ......: 2.5 3.1 386 576 154 184 : Missouri .........: 644.8 728.5 187,808 211,177 291 290 Montana ..........: 2.1 1.5 595 419 285 279 Nebraska .........: 623.0 710.5 176,671 204,098 284 287 Nevada ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 28 (X) 269 New England 1/ ...: 2.9 3.3 704 884 242 271 New Jersey .......: 7.9 5.6 799 718 102 129 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 40 62 265 293 New York .........: 1.9 3.1 448 818 232 260 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.1 0.5 39 147 289 281 : Ohio .............: 68.5 98.2 19,425 27,352 284 279 Oklahoma .........: 450.2 523.1 125,334 156,200 278 299 Oregon ...........: 13.3 14.0 3,564 3,744 268 267 Pennsylvania .....: 241.6 322.2 67,017 88,924 277 276 South Carolina ...: 2.3 2.6 550 624 244 244 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 69.0 88.3 31,666 39,195 459 444 Texas ............: 22.7 25.5 4,612 5,559 203 218 Utah .............: 4.5 2.0 615 541 138 273 Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 1.0 2.2 252 537 255 243 West Virginia ....: 0.4 1.3 115 371 296 293 Wisconsin ........: 57.7 81.9 25,308 34,803 440 426 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.5 30 155 262 282 : United States ....: 9,989.5 11,176.9 2,845,229 3,215,863 285 288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: June 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 0.5 4 33 78 62 Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.3 0.2 48 20 138 118 Arkansas .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) California .......: 24.3 28.5 3,699 4,160 152 146 Colorado .........: 54.0 54.0 8,920 9,404 165 174 Delaware-Maryland : 2.7 2.8 244 265 91 93 Florida ..........: 1.4 2.2 80 124 57 57 Georgia ..........: 2.0 2.6 128 175 64 67 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 11 10 112 141 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.1 19 16 147 140 Illinois .........: 4.6 4.4 450 339 97 77 Indiana ..........: 4.2 6.3 441 701 106 112 Iowa .............: 0.2 0.1 24 20 158 147 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.4 32 40 86 96 Kentucky .........: 1.1 1.7 137 211 121 123 Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.4 15 23 51 55 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.4 0.5 35 41 98 89 Mississippi ......: 0.9 0.5 54 30 60 60 : Missouri .........: 0.9 1.0 73 87 83 88 Montana ..........: 0.5 0.5 64 71 137 134 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: 0.1 0.1 12 12 159 159 New England 1/ ...: 3.0 3.9 304 370 102 96 New Jersey .......: 13.7 15.3 1,057 1,253 77 82 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.7 79 100 149 152 New York .........: 3.9 4.2 393 443 100 105 North Carolina ...: 1.6 3.7 106 238 68 64 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 4.1 6.3 659 1,011 161 161 Oklahoma .........: 0.8 1.4 69 132 92 91 Oregon ...........: 3.7 4.5 513 657 139 147 Pennsylvania .....: 6.0 8.4 603 881 100 105 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.3 0.2 32 23 102 113 Tennessee ........: 0.8 (D) 52 (D) 65 (D) Texas ............: 14.8 18.1 1,245 1,491 84 83 Utah .............: 1.8 1.8 236 266 133 145 Virginia .........: 0.7 1.1 58 72 79 66 : Washington .......: 1.5 0.8 204 110 138 138 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 0.9 1.0 130 148 149 141 Wyoming ..........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 12 (X) 157 : United States ....: 175.4 193.4 22,858 25,008 130 129 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 June : : : : January to June Class : June : May : June :-----------------------: June : May : June :----------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,456.4 1,096.2 1,495.7 8,129.1 7,581.8 52.6 49.3 53.0 50.0 48.9 Heifers ..........: 773.0 603.3 746.7 4,722.9 4,497.6 27.9 27.1 26.5 29.0 29.0 All cows .........: 490.1 483.5 527.0 3,162.7 3,178.6 17.7 21.8 18.7 19.4 20.5 Dairy cows .......: 231.2 233.3 227.0 1,637.5 1,592.3 8.3 10.5 8.0 10.1 10.3 Other cows .......: 258.9 250.2 300.0 1,525.2 1,586.4 9.4 11.3 10.6 9.4 10.2 Bulls ............: 49.3 39.4 50.8 254.2 241.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 : Total ............: 2,768.8 2,222.5 2,820.1 16,268.8 15,499.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 43.7 31.7 35.9 277.4 230.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 9,667.3 8,226.3 10,785.6 60,778.6 61,453.2 97.3 96.5 97.1 97.3 97.1 Sows .............: 241.9 277.7 294.5 1,498.8 1,678.6 2.4 3.3 2.7 2.4 2.7 Boars ............: 29.5 19.8 23.6 190.8 161.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 : Total ............: 9,938.6 8,523.9 11,103.7 62,468.2 63,293.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 8.8 9.1 9.6 54.5 53.7 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.6 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 142.7 157.4 157.0 965.7 902.4 94.2 94.5 94.2 94.7 94.4 : Total ............: 151.6 166.6 166.6 1,020.2 956.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to June Class : June : May : June :----------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 796 824 830 805 827 Steers 1/ ...............: 851 896 893 864 897 Heifers 1/ ..............: 787 828 824 804 829 All cows 1/ .............: 637 652 649 646 651 Bulls 1/ ................: 909 885 905 888 881 : Calves and vealers ... : 128 159 151 129 139 : Hogs ................. : 213 219 215 214 216 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 211 216 213 212 214 Sows 2/ .................: 306 303 304 304 304 Boars 2/ ................: 201 200 198 189 195 : Sheep ................ : 68 68 68 68 67 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 65 66 67 65 66 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 68 68 68 69 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: June 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) 0.6 0.3 0.3 (D) 0.2 2 ............: 7.8 2.5 1.6 3.2 3.0 0.3 0.4 7.9 3 ............: 95.1 40.2 3.6 47.8 39.0 8.8 3.5 8.9 4 ............: 71.0 5.7 1.5 53.6 14.9 38.7 10.1 0.2 5 ............: 295.5 159.4 (D) 92.3 51.8 40.5 (D) 10.5 6 ............: 463.9 233.0 127.2 95.3 24.6 70.7 8.4 0.1 7 ............:1,256.5 746.9 440.4 60.2 5.8 54.4 9.0 (Y) 8 ............: 299.2 172.1 90.2 35.1 5.8 29.3 1.8 (Y) 9 ............: 185.0 78.3 22.4 81.1 54.7 26.3 3.3 4.8 10 ...........: 143.3 56.3 25.7 57.8 27.2 30.6 3.5 3.2 : United States :2,820.1 1,495.7 746.7 527.0 227.0 300.0 50.8 35.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 3.0 2.9 (Y) (Y) 3.8 0.3 3.5 2 ............: 8.6 8.5 0.1 (Y) 19.1 2.1 17.0 3 ............: 474.6 473.6 (D) (D) 12.8 1.0 11.8 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 11.9 1.4 10.5 5 ............: 3,258.2 3,112.1 141.3 4.8 24.7 2.0 22.8 6 ............: 544.7 544.6 0.1 0.1 5.8 0.4 5.4 7 ............: 4,872.4 4,789.8 69.7 12.8 1.2 (Y) 1.2 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.5 (Y) 55.5 1.4 54.2 9 ............: 230.1 230.1 (Y) (Y) 27.1 0.9 26.2 10 ...........: 30.9 30.9 (Y) (Y) 4.7 0.2 4.4 : United States :11,103.7 10,785.6 294.5 23.6 166.6 9.6 157.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 June 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 ............: 15.8 6.7 (D) 3.1 1.5 1.6 (D) 1.6 2 ............: 43.3 12.5 9.7 18.9 17.5 1.4 2.2 53.4 3 ............: 545.4 187.8 20.8 317.5 255.8 61.7 19.4 50.0 4 ............: 397.5 27.8 9.1 312.2 94.1 218.1 48.4 1.5 5 ............: 1,547.9 742.4 (D) 575.8 348.8 227.0 (D) 73.2 6 ............: 2,723.5 1,304.4 821.0 549.4 185.4 364.0 48.7 0.5 7 ............: 6,681.5 3,726.8 2,558.4 355.1 47.1 308.0 41.4 0.3 8 ............: 1,659.8 857.1 581.6 214.0 50.0 163.9 7.1 (Y) 9 ............: 1,108.8 472.8 120.4 500.6 405.8 94.8 15.1 26.4 10 ...........: 776.0 243.6 185.1 332.1 186.3 145.9 15.2 24.1 : United States :15,499.6 7,581.8 4,497.6 3,178.6 1,592.3 1,586.4 241.6 230.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 14.3 14.0 0.2 0.1 19.6 1.1 18.6 2 ............: 44.9 44.6 0.2 (Y) 104.7 11.5 93.2 3 ............: 2,941.3 2,934.9 (D) (D) 72.6 7.5 65.1 4 ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) 62.3 6.7 55.6 5 ............: 18,439.5 17,610.3 800.2 29.0 145.4 11.1 134.3 6 ............: 2,956.1 2,955.6 0.4 0.1 28.1 1.6 26.5 7 ............: 27,569.8 27,090.5 384.9 94.3 7.0 0.1 6.9 8 ............: (D) (D) 4.3 0.1 349.9 9.2 340.6 9 ............: 1,318.2 1,318.0 0.2 (Y) 140.5 3.8 136.7 10 ...........: 175.0 174.7 0.3 0.1 26.1 1.2 25.0 : United States : 63,293.7 61,453.2 1,678.6 161.8 956.2 53.7 902.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 June Species : June : May : June :------------------------ : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.6 97.6 98.1 98.5 98.1 Calves .......: 98.5 97.7 96.3 98.6 97.8 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.4 Sheep ........: 86.4 85.3 86.2 87.4 86.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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