Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released June 24, 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 May May 2020 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. May 2021 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.30 billion pounds in May, up 14 percent from the 3.76 billion pounds produced in May 2020. Beef production, at 2.21 billion pounds, was 19 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, up 18 percent from May 2020. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from the previous year, at 1,360 pounds. Veal production totaled 3.7 million pounds, 29 percent below May a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 25,500 head, down 21 percent from May 2020. The average live weight was down 26 pounds from last year, at 248 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.07 billion pounds, up 10 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.65 million head, up 12 percent from May 2020. The average live weight was down 6 pounds from the previous year, at 288 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 11.0 million pounds, was down 13 percent from May 2020. Sheep slaughter totaled 181,300 head, 7 percent below last year. The average live weight was 121 pounds, down 8 pounds from May a year ago. January to May 2021 commercial red meat production was 23.2 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 2020. Accumulated beef production was up 8 percent from last year, veal was down 19 percent, pork was up 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 2 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: May 2020 and 2021............ 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: May 2020 and 2021.............. 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: May 2020 and 2021............... 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: May 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: May 2021.................. 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to May 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 2021 as % of : January to May : May : April : May :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : May : April : : :2021 as % : : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 1,865.6 2,346.3 2,210.9 119 94 10,613.0 11,452.4 108 Veal .............: 5.2 4.3 3.7 71 86 27.2 22.1 81 Pork .............: 1,880.9 2,343.6 2,070.0 110 88 11,338.6 11,704.8 103 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.6 13.6 11.0 87 81 58.6 59.6 102 : Total red meat ...: 3,764.3 4,707.7 4,295.5 114 91 22,037.5 23,239.0 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 2021 as % of : January to May : May : April : May :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : May : April : : :2021 as % : : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 1,827.6 2,307.3 2,173.2 119 94 10,449.8 11,261.8 108 Veal .............: 5.0 4.1 3.5 70 85 26.5 21.5 81 Pork .............: 1,865.4 2,332.9 2,059.9 110 88 11,280.0 11,650.5 103 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.3 12.0 9.6 85 80 53.0 53.6 101 : Total red meat ...: 3,709.3 4,656.3 4,246.3 114 91 21,809.2 22,987.3 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May : January to May : May : April : May : 2021 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : of 2020 : : : 2021 as % : : : : : 2020 : 2021 : of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,222.5 2,793.7 2,645.1 119 12,679.5 13,548.6 107 Other ................1,000: 55.5 56.2 53.8 97 242.1 273.9 113 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,278.0 2,849.8 2,698.9 118 12,921.6 13,822.5 107 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,371 1,369 1,363 99 1,372 1,380 101 Other ...............pounds: 1,204 1,213 1,223 102 1,194 1,217 102 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,367 1,366 1,360 99 1,369 1,377 101 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 31.7 26.8 24.8 78 195.0 146.7 75 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.6 0.8 101 3.8 3.2 84 Commercial ...........1,000: 32.5 27.4 25.5 79 198.8 149.9 75 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 272 266 246 91 236 253 107 Other ...............pounds: 391 366 317 81 369 359 97 Commercial ..........pounds: 274 268 248 90 239 255 107 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 8,523.9 10,767.3 9,595.6 113 52,190.0 53,608.5 103 Other ................1,000: 78.3 54.4 53.2 68 307.2 279.9 91 Commercial ...........1,000: 8,602.2 10,821.7 9,648.9 112 52,497.2 53,888.4 103 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 294 290 288 98 290 291 101 Other ...............pounds: 271 269 259 95 262 265 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 294 290 288 98 290 291 101 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 166.6 189.8 153.4 92 789.5 815.1 103 Other ................1,000: 28.8 33.0 27.9 97 121.9 128.0 105 Commercial ...........1,000: 195.4 222.8 181.3 93 911.4 943.1 103 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 135 126 125 93 134 131 98 Other ...............pounds: 96 95 95 100 96 96 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 129 122 121 93 129 126 98 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 39.9 38.9 36.4 91 201.2 186.6 93 Other ................1,000: 7.8 7.8 7.4 96 42.0 37.0 88 Commercial ...........1,000: 47.7 46.7 43.8 92 243.2 223.6 92 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 65 65 102 64 65 101 Other ...............pounds: 87 88 87 100 86 87 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 67 68 69 102 68 69 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 5.7 5.7 5.4 95 26.3 26.7 102 Other ................1,000: 0.2 0.2 0.2 94 2.1 1.4 68 Commercial ...........1,000: 5.8 5.8 5.5 95 28.3 28.2 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : May : April : May : May 2021 as : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : % of 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.0 1.1 1.1 108 Alaska ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 68 Arizona ...............: 27.2 41.2 37.1 137 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.6 0.5 95 California ............: 146.0 149.7 141.4 97 Colorado ..............: 154.6 169.3 158.9 103 Delaware-Maryland .....: 3.1 3.1 3.0 97 Florida ...............: 4.4 5.5 5.7 131 Georgia ...............: 14.9 13.4 12.7 85 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.9 0.8 105 : Idaho .................: 31.0 32.3 31.9 103 Illinois ..............: 253.2 284.6 250.0 99 Indiana ...............: 118.1 152.1 139.5 118 Iowa ..................: 606.9 750.5 639.1 105 Kansas ................: 421.9 503.6 476.3 113 Kentucky ..............: 46.5 50.4 46.4 100 Louisiana .............: 0.6 0.4 0.4 65 Michigan ..............: 93.5 109.2 103.3 111 Minnesota .............: 182.8 244.7 224.6 123 Mississippi ...........: 0.7 0.8 0.7 100 : Missouri ..............: 117.7 168.5 150.8 128 Montana ...............: 1.1 2.0 1.9 176 Nebraska ..............: 463.1 677.1 624.2 135 Nevada ................: 0.1 0.1 0.1 56 New England 1/ ........: 3.1 3.0 2.8 89 New Jersey ............: 3.6 4.2 3.9 107 New Mexico ............: 0.5 0.4 0.4 72 New York ..............: 3.4 3.5 3.3 97 North Carolina ........: 151.0 217.0 204.8 136 North Dakota ..........: 0.9 0.9 0.9 97 : Ohio ..................: 28.7 22.7 20.6 72 Oklahoma ..............: 85.2 117.5 100.2 118 Oregon ................: 4.6 3.8 3.7 80 Pennsylvania ..........: 132.8 127.1 117.4 88 South Carolina ........: 16.5 16.5 15.7 95 South Dakota ..........: 70.7 123.0 114.4 162 Tennessee .............: 28.7 25.1 20.2 70 Texas .................: 303.0 408.1 381.7 126 Utah ..................: 46.4 51.1 43.4 93 Virginia ..............: 40.1 36.5 31.3 78 : Washington ............: 59.7 77.8 77.4 130 West Virginia .........: 1.3 0.7 0.6 44 Wisconsin .............: 93.6 106.8 101.3 108 Wyoming ...............: 0.6 0.8 0.8 124 : United States .........: 3,764.3 4,707.7 4,295.5 114 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: May 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 ..........: 0.9 1.2 973 1,213 1,076 1,046 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 150 106 1,063 1,077 Arizona ..........: 32.4 43.1 44,273 60,218 1,369 1,400 Arkansas .........: 0.7 0.7 702 756 953 1,015 California .......: 138.7 131.9 184,865 179,276 1,341 1,367 Colorado .........: 170.1 182.9 239,020 248,911 1,407 1,362 Delaware-Maryland : 3.2 3.2 4,465 4,550 1,399 1,415 Florida ..........: (D) 8.6 (D) 11,089 (D) 1,292 Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.2 1.1 1,338 1,368 1,161 1,211 : Idaho ............: 41.0 41.6 54,221 56,028 1,336 1,359 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.1 4.2 4,909 5,051 1,187 1,216 Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 474.0 544.6 653,002 737,210 1,378 1,354 Kentucky .........: 4.6 4.5 5,099 5,131 1,126 1,142 Louisiana ........: 0.8 0.6 745 476 895 852 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.6 541 607 926 980 : Missouri .........: 8.3 11.9 9,276 13,788 1,127 1,163 Montana ..........: 1.2 2.1 1,428 2,692 1,201 1,294 Nebraska .........: 399.7 567.4 575,784 807,973 1,442 1,425 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 170 (D) 1,157 (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.5 3.0 4,141 3,531 1,183 1,183 New Jersey .......: 4.1 4.0 4,599 4,564 1,125 1,143 New Mexico .......: 0.7 0.5 784 523 1,152 1,028 New York .........: 3.9 3.6 4,690 4,358 1,224 1,224 North Carolina ...: 6.7 7.3 8,099 8,911 1,223 1,230 North Dakota .....: 1.0 1.1 1,280 1,396 1,316 1,301 : Ohio .............: 8.1 6.3 10,550 8,420 1,306 1,331 Oklahoma .........: 4.3 4.8 4,892 5,510 1,136 1,143 Oregon ...........: 2.3 1.8 2,834 2,212 1,213 1,202 Pennsylvania .....: 90.8 83.2 112,851 102,848 1,248 1,243 South Carolina ...: 22.9 22.5 31,990 30,582 1,400 1,368 South Dakota .....: 39.2 42.4 55,178 59,483 1,418 1,408 Tennessee ........: 3.9 3.4 4,199 3,726 1,100 1,115 Texas ............: 377.3 476.3 498,322 621,336 1,326 1,308 Utah .............: 54.7 52.0 74,707 69,813 1,369 1,345 Virginia .........: 2.0 1.6 2,131 1,769 1,086 1,104 : Washington .......: 71.7 91.8 99,291 127,845 1,389 1,396 West Virginia ....: 1.4 0.7 1,684 824 1,185 1,191 Wisconsin ........: 95.6 108.9 130,702 151,498 1,375 1,399 Wyoming ..........: 0.6 0.9 697 983 1,127 1,154 : United States ....: 2,278.0 2,698.9 3,106,862 3,661,887 1,367 1,360 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: May 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 .......: 4.7 3.4 598 377 132 113 Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: 0.1 0.1 44 31 422 412 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 55 59 486 474 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: 2.6 (D) 192 (D) 76 (D) Illinois .........: 0.1 0.1 44 17 347 294 Indiana ..........: 0.4 0.5 143 164 360 304 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 75 69 311 237 New Jersey .......: 1.3 1.6 503 623 376 381 New Mexico .......: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) New York .........: 5.5 3.7 435 307 80 84 North Carolina ...: (Y) 0.1 (X) 23 (X) 285 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 5.2 3.8 1,348 539 261 144 Oklahoma .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 8.6 6.3 3,775 2,729 438 435 South Carolina ...: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.2 0.2 98 98 421 411 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: 0.1 (D) 37 (D) 304 (D) : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 2.7 1.9 1,327 869 486 460 Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 32.5 25.5 8,829 6,282 274 248 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: May 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 ..........: 1.7 1.4 643 583 368 406 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 24 14 282 267 Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.1 50 36 277 304 Arkansas .........: 0.7 0.4 211 105 284 287 California .......: 208.3 200.0 54,467 52,641 262 263 Colorado .........: 1.7 1.5 459 333 266 227 Delaware-Maryland : 1.6 1.3 451 328 290 259 Florida ..........: 4.0 3.7 710 486 180 130 Georgia ..........: 5.3 5.2 1,408 1,402 267 270 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.3 57 72 290 268 : Idaho ............: 14.1 13.0 3,770 3,582 268 275 Illinois .........: 890.4 863.7 262,220 249,039 295 288 Indiana ..........: 531.6 654.0 153,102 181,888 288 278 Iowa .............: 2,631.8 2,842.8 772,356 812,663 294 286 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.4 128 88 268 246 Michigan .........: 273.1 305.4 79,635 90,346 292 296 Minnesota ........: 792.0 911.2 219,532 251,158 277 276 Mississippi ......: 3.0 3.2 553 524 183 163 : Missouri .........: 502.3 645.8 149,910 191,201 299 296 Montana ..........: 1.0 1.1 288 300 280 284 Nebraska .........: 511.5 586.7 150,282 166,118 294 283 Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 17 (D) 276 (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.7 2.6 783 706 287 277 New Jersey .......: 3.8 6.4 567 725 149 113 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 47 48 268 275 New York .........: 2.0 2.8 530 702 271 253 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.6 0.2 182 59 286 279 : Ohio .............: 103.7 72.1 29,068 20,657 281 287 Oklahoma .........: 361.2 427.5 109,257 127,140 303 297 Oregon ...........: 13.3 10.6 3,571 2,900 268 275 Pennsylvania .....: 304.3 255.5 84,908 72,542 279 284 South Carolina ...: 2.4 2.0 597 506 249 254 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 90.3 60.0 39,721 27,291 440 455 Texas ............: 23.4 21.5 4,967 5,185 213 241 Utah .............: 2.9 (D) 861 (D) 298 (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: 2.1 1.8 517 434 247 242 West Virginia ....: 1.8 0.3 533 90 300 310 Wisconsin ........: 81.3 66.5 34,662 29,034 427 437 Wyoming ..........: 0.8 0.8 242 223 291 288 : United States ....: 8,602.2 9,648.9 2,524,213 2,775,587 294 288 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: May 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 ..........: 0.2 (D) 13 (D) 86 (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.2 0.1 26 9 123 110 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 7 8 135 131 California .......: 26.5 24.3 3,957 3,354 150 138 Colorado .........: 57.2 40.0 9,960 6,175 174 154 Delaware-Maryland : 3.1 2.5 288 242 94 96 Florida ..........: 2.1 3.3 125 164 58 49 Georgia ..........: 1.9 2.4 131 155 68 64 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 9 8 136 134 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.2 16 22 131 143 Illinois .........: 4.3 4.5 317 344 74 76 Indiana ..........: 7.1 7.6 766 880 108 116 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.2 14 25 145 154 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.5 37 39 84 82 Kentucky .........: 1.8 1.7 210 178 120 104 Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.4 24 25 55 66 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.5 0.5 39 41 86 87 Mississippi ......: 1.1 0.4 67 25 61 63 : Missouri .........: 0.9 0.7 73 54 85 76 Montana ..........: 0.2 0.3 30 39 122 138 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: 0.1 (D) 7 (D) 106 (D) New England 1/ ...: 4.0 4.5 362 447 91 99 New Jersey .......: 15.3 16.3 1,196 1,349 78 83 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.7 67 97 140 143 New York .........: 4.2 4.7 436 493 103 105 North Carolina ...: 3.6 3.2 232 197 64 62 North Dakota .....: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) : Ohio .............: 5.6 4.5 933 713 166 159 Oklahoma .........: 1.7 (D) 146 (D) 85 (D) Oregon ...........: 4.6 4.0 677 571 148 141 Pennsylvania .....: 8.5 8.0 876 861 103 108 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 24 33 144 156 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 20.2 21.6 1,657 2,210 82 102 Utah .............: 1.9 1.9 272 257 142 139 Virginia .........: 1.0 1.2 66 76 66 66 : Washington .......: 1.2 1.7 166 229 137 137 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 1.1 2.8 153 455 142 164 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 12 14 140 172 : United States ....: 195.4 181.3 25,245 21,894 129 121 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 May : : : : January to May Class : May : April : May :-----------------------: May : April : May :----------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,096.2 1,370.9 1,334.7 6,086.2 6,560.9 49.3 49.1 50.5 48.0 48.4 Heifers ..........: 603.3 828.9 752.8 3,750.9 4,059.5 27.1 29.7 28.5 29.6 30.0 All cows .........: 483.5 547.2 510.7 2,651.7 2,720.5 21.8 19.6 19.3 20.9 20.1 Dairy cows .......: 233.3 257.5 223.4 1,365.3 1,325.6 10.5 9.2 8.4 10.8 9.8 Other cows .......: 250.2 289.7 287.3 1,286.4 1,394.9 11.3 10.4 10.9 10.1 10.3 Bulls ............: 39.4 46.7 46.9 190.9 207.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.5 : Total ............: 2,222.5 2,793.7 2,645.1 12,679.5 13,548.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 31.7 26.8 24.8 195.0 146.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 8,226.3 10,471.0 9,330.6 50,667.7 52,148.6 96.5 97.2 97.2 97.1 97.3 Sows .............: 277.7 270.4 242.6 1,384.1 1,333.6 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5 Boars ............: 19.8 25.9 22.4 138.2 126.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 : Total ............: 8,523.9 10,767.3 9,595.6 52,190.0 53,608.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.1 13.1 12.0 44.1 53.4 5.5 6.9 7.8 5.6 6.5 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 157.4 176.7 141.4 745.4 761.7 94.5 93.1 92.2 94.4 93.5 : Total ............: 166.6 189.8 153.4 789.5 815.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to May Class : May : April : May :----------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 824 828 823 826 833 Steers 1/ ...............: 896 896 890 898 904 Heifers 1/ ..............: 828 829 820 830 835 All cows 1/ .............: 652 647 645 652 653 Bulls 1/ ................: 885 896 893 874 891 : Calves and vealers ... : 159 156 144 137 148 : Hogs ................. : 219 217 215 216 217 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 216 215 212 214 215 Sows 2/ .................: 303 303 305 304 300 Boars 2/ ................: 200 200 205 194 194 : Sheep ................ : 68 63 63 67 66 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 66 66 65 66 65 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 68 63 63 67 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 2/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 3/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: May 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 ............: 2.7 1.2 (D) 0.4 0.2 0.2 (D) 0.3 2 ............: 7.5 2.3 1.6 3.2 3.0 0.2 0.5 5.3 3 ............: 85.9 37.7 3.3 40.5 33.4 7.1 4.4 6.5 4 ............: 66.8 5.5 1.6 51.3 12.3 39.0 8.3 0.2 5 ............: 270.3 128.1 (D) 99.3 54.6 44.8 (D) 6.2 6 ............: 475.0 231.7 136.7 97.8 25.5 72.3 8.9 (Y) 7 ............:1,152.0 657.1 429.1 57.9 9.9 48.0 7.9 (Y) 8 ............: 275.2 145.8 94.0 33.4 7.3 26.2 1.9 (D) 9 ............: 175.4 75.2 24.5 73.5 50.8 22.7 2.3 3.2 10 ...........: 134.3 50.2 27.3 53.3 26.4 26.8 3.5 (D) : United States :2,645.1 1,334.7 752.8 510.7 223.4 287.3 46.9 24.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 2.3 2.2 0.1 (Y) 4.5 0.4 4.0 2 ............: 9.1 9.1 (Y) (Y) 20.5 2.5 18.1 3 ............: 398.4 397.5 (D) (D) 12.3 1.6 10.8 4 ............: (D) (D) 60.7 (D) 11.4 1.1 10.4 5 ............: 2,852.7 2,730.3 117.8 4.6 26.9 3.4 23.5 6 ............: 443.8 443.7 (D) (D) 8.3 0.5 7.8 7 ............: 4,089.4 4,015.6 62.5 11.2 1.1 (Y) 1.1 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) (Y) 41.5 1.7 39.8 9 ............: 195.4 195.4 (Y) (Y) 22.4 0.6 21.8 10 ...........: 24.9 24.9 (Y) (Y) 4.5 0.3 4.2 : United States : 9,595.6 9,330.6 242.6 22.4 153.4 12.0 141.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 - Regions and United States: January to May 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 ............: 13.7 5.9 (D) 2.3 1.1 1.2 (D) 1.2 2 ............: 36.6 10.6 8.3 15.6 14.8 0.8 2.0 30.1 3 ............: 439.6 166.5 16.4 238.7 205.7 32.9 18.0 36.0 4 ............: 340.8 25.2 8.5 266.3 74.7 191.6 40.9 1.5 5 ............: 1,412.5 633.6 (D) 560.4 316.5 243.9 (D) 45.8 6 ............: 2,420.9 1,165.0 740.5 473.0 147.0 326.0 42.3 0.2 7 ............: 5,871.3 3,225.7 2,300.5 310.0 49.6 260.4 35.1 0.2 8 ............: 1,426.4 733.4 505.3 179.6 42.1 137.5 8.1 (D) 9 ............: 914.4 391.2 115.9 397.6 317.8 79.8 9.7 19.6 10 ...........: 672.4 203.9 178.5 277.0 156.2 120.8 13.0 (D) : United States :13,548.6 6,560.9 4,059.5 2,720.5 1,325.6 1,394.9 207.7 146.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 11.1 10.9 0.2 0.1 21.4 1.9 19.5 2 ............: 45.0 44.8 0.2 0.1 100.2 10.3 89.9 3 ............: 2,206.2 2,201.7 (D) (D) 63.7 7.4 56.3 4 ............: (D) (D) 375.5 (D) 52.4 5.2 47.1 5 ............: 15,861.7 15,214.3 619.5 27.9 144.4 13.3 131.1 6 ............: 2,492.6 2,491.8 (D) (D) 33.4 2.3 31.1 7 ............: 23,074.0 22,671.7 330.7 71.6 5.2 0.1 5.1 8 ............: (D) (D) (D) 0.1 245.7 8.2 237.5 9 ............: 1,074.0 1,073.8 0.2 (Y) 123.5 3.0 120.4 10 ...........: 136.7 136.5 0.2 0.1 25.3 1.7 23.6 : United States : 53,608.5 52,148.6 1,333.6 126.3 815.1 53.4 761.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to May Species : May : April : May :------------------------ : 2020 : 2021 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 97.6 98.0 98.0 98.1 98.0 Calves .......: 97.7 97.7 97.0 98.1 97.9 Hogs .........: 99.1 99.5 99.4 99.4 99.5 Sheep ........: 85.3 85.2 84.6 86.6 86.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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