Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released January 19, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Record Red Meat and Pork Production for December December 2015 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. December 2016 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.40 billion pounds in December, up 3 percent from the 4.27 billion pounds produced in December 2015. Beef production, at 2.17 billion pounds, was 6 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.61 million head, up 7 percent from December 2015. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from the previous year, at 1,381 pounds. Veal production totaled 6.8 million pounds, 13 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 48,800 head, up 8 percent from December 2015. The average live weight was down 55 pounds from last year, at 240 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.21 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.5 million head, up 1 percent from December 2015. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 283 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.1 million pounds, was down 1 percent from December 2015. Sheep slaughter totaled 197,100 head, 2 percent below last year. The average live weight was 133 pounds, up 1 pound from December a year ago. January to December 2016 commercial red meat production was 50.4 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2015. Accumulated beef production was up 6 percent from last year, veal was down 9 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly.
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Livestock Slaughter
ISSN: 0499-0544
Released January 19, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
Record Red Meat and Pork Production for December
December 2015 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays.
December 2016 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays.
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.40 billion pounds in December, up 3 percent from the
4.27 billion pounds produced in December 2015.
Beef production, at 2.17 billion pounds, was 6 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.61 million
head, up 7 percent from December 2015. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from the previous year, at
1,381 pounds.
Veal production totaled 6.8 million pounds, 13 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 48,800 head,
up 8 percent from December 2015. The average live weight was down 55 pounds from last year, at 240 pounds.
Pork production totaled 2.21 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.5 million head,
up 1 percent from December 2015. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 283 pounds.
Lamb and mutton production, at 13.1 million pounds, was down 1 percent from December 2015. Sheep slaughter
totaled 197,100 head, 2 percent below last year. The average live weight was 133 pounds, up 1 pound from December a
year ago.
January to December 2016 commercial red meat production was 50.4 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2015.
Accumulated beef production was up 6 percent from last year, veal was down 9 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last
year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly.
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Livestock Slaughter (January 2017) 3 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Contents Commercial Red Meat Production – United States ................................................................................................................ 4
Federally Inspected Red Meat Production – United States ..................................................................................................... 4
Livestock Slaughter, Number of Head and Average Live Weight – United States ................................................................ 5
Commercial Red Meat Production – States and United States ............................................................................................... 6
Commercial Cattle Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 ............................................................ 7
Commercial Calf Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 ............................................................... 8
Commercial Hog Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 ............................................................... 9
Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 ......................................... 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: December 2016 ..................................................................... 12
Federally Inspected Slaughter – Regions and United States: January to December 2016 .................................................... 13
Federally Inspected Slaughter, Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter – United States ..................................................... 13
Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates .......................................................................................... 15
Information Contacts ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
4 Livestock Slaughter (January 2017) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Commercial Red Meat Production – United States [Totals, accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data]
Type December
2015 November
2016 December
2016
December 2016 as % of January to December
December 2015
November 2016
2015 2016 2016 as %
of 2015
(million pounds)
(million pounds)
(million pounds)
(percent) (percent) (million pounds)
(million pounds)
(percent)
Beef .............................. Veal .............................. Pork .............................. Lamb and mutton .......... Total red meat ...............
2,046.3 7.8
2,207.2 13.2
4,274.5
2,239.3 6.7
2,240.3 12.1
4,498.5
2,173.3 6.8
2,209.0 13.1
4,402.2
106 87
100 99
103
97 101 99
108
98
23,697.7 82.5
24,501.3 150.6
48,432.1
25,211.8 75.4
24,938.6 149.9
50,375.7
106 91
102 100
104
Federally Inspected Red Meat Production – United States [Totals, accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data]
Type December
2015 November
2016 December
2016
December 2016 as % of January to December
December 2015
November 2016
2015 2016 2016 as %
of 2015
(million pounds)
(million pounds)
(million pounds)
(percent) (percent) (million pounds)
(million pounds)
(percent)
Beef .............................. Veal .............................. Pork .............................. Lamb and mutton .......... Total red meat ...............
2,020.5 7.7
2,194.5 12.3
4,234.9
2,215.5 6.5
2,228.2 11.3
4,461.5
2,146.8 6.6
2,196.4 12.1
4,362.0
106 87
100 99
103
97 102 99
107
98
23,395.1 81.0
24,355.3 139.0
47,970.4
24,908.1 73.9
24,788.8 138.0
49,908.8
106 91
102 99
104
Livestock Slaughter (January 2017) 5 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Livestock Slaughter, Number of Head and Average Live Weight – United States [Totals, accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data]
Species December
2015 November
2016 December
2016
December 2016 as %
of 2015
January to December
2015 2016 2016 as %
of 2015
(percent) (percent)
Cattle Number of head Federally inspected ..... 1,000 Other .......................... 1,000 Commercial ................ 1,000 Live weight per head Federally inspected .. pounds Other ....................... pounds Commercial ............. pounds Calves Number of head Federally inspected ..... 1,000 Other .......................... 1,000 Commercial ................ 1,000 Live weight per head Federally inspected .. pounds Other ....................... pounds Commercial ............. pounds Hogs Number of head Federally inspected ..... 1,000 Other .......................... 1,000 Commercial ................ 1,000 Live weight per head Federally inspected .. pounds Other ....................... pounds Commercial ............. pounds Sheep and lambs Number of head Federally inspected ..... 1,000 Other .......................... 1,000 Commercial ................ 1,000 Live weight per head Federally inspected .. pounds Other ....................... pounds Commercial ............. pounds Goats Number of head Federally inspected ..... 1,000 Other .......................... 1,000 Commercial ................ 1,000 Live weight per head Federally inspected .. pounds Other ....................... pounds Commercial ............. pounds Bison Number of head Federally inspected ..... 1,000 Other .......................... 1,000 Commercial ................ 1,000
2,413.5 38.8
2,452.4
1,391 1,175 1,388
44.5 0.6
45.1
294 372 295
10,291.7 69.7
10,361.4
285 251 285
182.3 18.1
200.4
135 107 132
41.7 13.2 55.0
61 87 68
4.1 0.7 4.8
2,632.2 36.0
2,668.2
1,387 1,156 1,384
46.6 0.7
47.3
241 373 243
10,538.5 66.3
10,604.8
283 250 283
169.6 15.4
184.9
133 108 131
38.8 10.0 48.8
61 83 66
4.5 0.6 5.1
2,572.2 39.6
2,611.8
1,384 1,173 1,381
48.1 0.7
48.8
238 384 240
10,398.0 68.3
10,466.3
283 253 283
178.9 18.3
197.1
135 107 133
44.9 13.6 58.5
61 85 67
3.9 0.5 4.4
107 102 107
100 100 100
108 113 108
81
103 81
101 98
101
99 101 99
98 101 98
100 100 100
108 103 106
100 97 99
96 74 93
28,296.4 455.2
28,751.6
1,364 1,162 1,360
445.5 7.1
452.6
309 374 310
114,615.5 809.7
115,425.2
283 248 283
1,998.4 225.1
2,223.5
139 106 136
441.3 149.4 590.7
62 81 67
51.9 8.8
60.8
30,114.4 450.8
30,565.2
1,365 1,171 1,363
479.9 7.6
487.6
264 377 265
117,387.9 815.0
118,202.9
282 252 282
2,009.6 224.1
2,233.7
137 110 134
448.8 128.9 577.7
62 84 67
52.6 7.8
60.4
106 99
106
100 101 100
108 107 108
85
101 86
102 101 102
99
102 100
101 100 100
99
103 99
102 86 98
100 104 100
101 89 99
6 Livestock Slaughter (January 2017) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Commercial Red Meat Production – States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data.]
(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.
8 Livestock Slaughter (January 2017) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Commercial Calf Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State Number slaughtered Total live weight Average live weight
Alabama ............................... Alaska ................................... Arizona ................................. Arkansas ............................... California .............................. Colorado ............................... Delaware-Maryland ............... Florida ................................... Georgia ................................. Hawaii ................................... Idaho ..................................... Illinois .................................... Indiana .................................. Iowa ...................................... Kansas .................................. Kentucky ............................... Louisiana .............................. Michigan ............................... Minnesota ............................. Mississippi ............................ Missouri ................................ Montana ................................ Nebraska .............................. Nevada ................................. New England 1 ...................... New Jersey ........................... New Mexico .......................... New York .............................. North Carolina ....................... North Dakota ......................... Ohio ...................................... Oklahoma ............................. Oregon .................................. Pennsylvania ........................ South Carolina ...................... South Dakota ........................ Tennessee ............................ Texas .................................... Utah ...................................... Virginia .................................. Washington ........................... West Virginia ......................... Wisconsin ............................. Wyoming ............................... United States ........................
(Y) (Y) (Y) (D)
10.3 (D) (D) (Y) 0.1 (D)
(D) 0.1 0.4 (D) (Y) (Y) (Y) 0.1 (D) (D)
(Y) (D) (Y) (D) 0.3 5.8 (D) 3.7 0.1 (D)
(D) (Y) (D) 7.9 (D) (D) (Y) 0.6 (D) 0.1
0.8 (D) 5.4 (D)
45.1
(Y) (D) (Y) (D)
11.1 (D) (D) 0.1 0.1 (D)
1.7 0.1 0.4 (D) (Y) (D) (Y) 0.1 (Y) (D)
(Y) (D) (D) (D) 0.3 2.1 (Y) 5.4 0.1 (Y)
12.1
(Y) (D) 8.4 (Y) (D) (Y) 0.2 (D) 0.1
(D) (D) 5.2 (D)
48.8
(X) (X) (X) (D) 970 (D) (D) (X) 45
(D)
(D) 26
119 (D) (X) (X) (X) 43
(D) (D)
(X) (D) (X) (D) 50
2,520 (D) 532 23
(D)
(D) (X) (D)
3,436 (D) (D) (X)
312 (D) 25
57
(D) 2,628
(D)
13,216
(X) (D) (X) (D) 994 (D) (D) 22 46
(D)
135 18
116 (D) (X) (D) (X) 31 (X) (D)
(X) (D) (D) (D) 71
796 (X)
624 44 (X)
2,395
(X) (D)
3,606 (X) (D) (X) 73
(D) 26
(D) (D)
2,400 (D)
11,640
(X) (X) (X) (D) 95
(D) (D) (X)
502 (D)
(D) 403 268 (D) (X) (X) (X)
298 (D) (D)
(X) (D) (X) (D) 192 434 (D) 146 448 (D)
(D) (X) (D) 436 (D) (D) (X)
501 (D) 455
72
(D) 487 (D)
295
(X) (D) (X) (D) 90
(D) (D) 380 472 (D)
81
350 293 (D) (X) (D) (X)
300 (X) (D)
(X) (D) (D) (D) 257 377 (X)
116 435 (X)
200 (X) (D) 430 (X) (D) (X)
440 (D) 393
(D) (D) 461 (D)
240
(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 Slaughter (January 2017) 9 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Commercial Hog Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State Number slaughtered Total live weight Average live weight
Alabama ................................ Alaska ................................... Arizona .................................. Arkansas ............................... California ............................... Colorado ................................ Delaware-Maryland ................ Florida ................................... Georgia ................................. Hawaii ................................... Idaho ..................................... Illinois .................................... Indiana .................................. Iowa ....................................... Kansas .................................. Kentucky ................................ Louisiana ............................... Michigan ................................ Minnesota .............................. Mississippi ............................. Missouri ................................. Montana ................................ Nebraska ............................... Nevada .................................. New England 1 ....................... New Jersey ............................ New Mexico ........................... New York ............................... North Carolina ....................... North Dakota ......................... Ohio ....................................... Oklahoma .............................. Oregon .................................. Pennsylvania ......................... South Carolina ....................... South Dakota ......................... Tennessee ............................. Texas .................................... Utah ....................................... Virginia .................................. Washington ........................... West Virginia ......................... Wisconsin .............................. Wyoming ............................... United States .........................
2.0 0.1 0.1 0.7
229.7 1.4 1.8 3.9 6.6 1.1
13.4
1,051.4 763.3
2,773.8 (D) (D) 1.7
16.6 952.5
3.9
772.4 1.2
694.1 0.1 3.3
11.8 0.2 4.6 (D) 0.5
88.8
473.6 13.8
309.7 (D) (D)
72.2 28.9 5.8 (D)
(D) 0.5
37.4 0.3
10,361.4
2.7 0.2 (D) 0.7
233.0 1.7 1.8 4.2 6.0 1.1
13.3
1,087.7 759.3
2,829.0 (D) (D) 1.5
17.5 954.6
(D)
792.8 1.7
675.0 0.1 3.1
10.4 0.2 4.9 (D) 0.5
84.3
484.8 13.1
313.8 (D) (D)
62.6 31.3 4.2 (D)
1.0 0.7
57.2 0.3
10,466.3
774 34 33
181 57,507
340 462 591
1,558 277
3,516
304,173 215,262 793,451
(D) (D) 386
6,726 260,400
579
225,457 261
194,962 21
874 1,035
51 1,104
(D) 150
25,280
130,917 3,610
86,393 (D) (D)
33,431 7,161
857 (D)
(D) 166
16,228 69
2,951,221
1,087 42
(D) 180
58,853 407 474 572
1,433 273
3,528
308,482 209,315 797,360
(D) (D) 236
6,851 258,024
(D)
230,260 388
187,221 23
849 948 51
1,253 (D) 144
23,609
131,858 3,471
85,070 (D) (D)
29,030 8,078
786 (D)
259 204
25,085 68
2,955,970
391 257 260 275 251 239 253 153 236 243
262 289 282 286 (D) (D) 233 406 273 147
292 220 281 259 269 88
250 243 (D) 301
285 276 262 279 (D) (D) 463 248 147 (D)
(D) 303 435 275
285
404 263 (D) 254 253 242 260 138 241 247
265 284 276 282 (D) (D) 160 392 270 (D)
291 232 277 263 274 91
285 254 (D) 298
281 272 265 271 (D) (D) 464 258 188 (D)
272 300 439 261
283
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1 New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
10 Livestock Slaughter (January 2017) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter – States and United States: December 2015 and 2016 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State Number slaughtered Total live weight Average live weight
Alabama ............................... Alaska ................................... Arizona ................................. Arkansas ............................... California .............................. Colorado ............................... Delaware-Maryland ............... Florida ................................... Georgia ................................. Hawaii ................................... Idaho ..................................... Illinois .................................... Indiana .................................. Iowa ...................................... Kansas .................................. Kentucky ............................... Louisiana .............................. Michigan ............................... Minnesota ............................. Mississippi ............................ Missouri ................................ Montana ................................ Nebraska .............................. Nevada ................................. New England 1 ...................... New Jersey ........................... New Mexico .......................... New York .............................. North Carolina ....................... North Dakota ......................... Ohio ...................................... Oklahoma ............................. Oregon .................................. Pennsylvania ........................ South Carolina ...................... South Dakota ........................ Tennessee ............................ Texas .................................... Utah ...................................... Virginia .................................. Washington ........................... West Virginia ......................... Wisconsin ............................. Wyoming ............................... United States ........................
(Y) (Y) 0.3 0.1
25.1 80.9 3.6 0.8 1.0 0.2
0.2 (D) 4.2 0.3 0.5 1.7 0.4
18.1 0.5 0.3
0.9 0.5 (Y) 0.1 3.2
12.1 0.8 6.9 1.3 0.1
1.5 0.2 3.0 5.8 (D) 0.2 1.0 7.8 2.1 0.5
1.2 (D) 1.3 0.1
200.4
(Y) (Y) (D) (Y)
24.5 75.1 3.2 1.1 1.5 0.3
0.2 (D) 3.6 0.4 0.5 1.4 0.5
17.0 0.4 0.2
0.9 0.5 (Y) 0.1 3.5
12.6 0.5 6.5 1.6 (Y)
3.4 0.2 2.6 6.4 (D) 0.3 0.9 8.3 2.0 0.6
1.2 (D) 1.1 0.1
197.1
(X) (X) 39 8
3,455 12,604
341 52 61 25
32
(D) 475 40 43
190 32
2,457 56 18
85 53 (X) 16
300 947 119 693 92 8
168 23
418 574 (D) 38 70
796 289 43
159 (D) 172 17
26,466
(X) (X) (D) (X)
3,491 11,796
297 69
109 38
25
(D) 411 54 42
169 32
2,298 46 11
80 50 (X)
7 324 978 78
638 112 (X)
430 24
351 672 (D) 47 66
868 284 50
156 (D) 143
9
26,128
(X) (X)
122 84
138 156 95 65 60
142
136 (D) 112 154 89
115 79
136 111 60
91
116 (X)
135 93 78
145 101 72
117
110 107 138 99
(D) 158 73
103 140 87
132 (D) 134 141
132
(X) (X) (D) (X)
143 157 93 63 74
145
120 (D) 114 155 86
124 68
135 111 60
88 98 (X)
101 92 77
150 98 71 (X)
125 118 136 105 (D) 161 71
104 146 86
132 (D) 130 132
133
(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 Slaughter (January 2017) 11 USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection, By Class – United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
Class December
2015 November
2016 December
2016
January to December December 2015
November 2016
December 2016
January to December
2015 2016 2015 2016
(1,000 head)
(1,000 head)
(1,000 head)
(1,000 head)
(1,000 head)
(percent of total)
(percent of total)
(percent of total)
(percent of total)
(percent of total)
Cattle Steers ................... Heifers .................. All cows ................ Dairy cows ............ Other cows ........... Bulls ..................... Total ..................... Calves and vealers ................ Hogs Barrows and gilts ................... Sows .................... Boars .................... Total ..................... Sheep Mature sheep ................ Lambs and yearlings ........... Total .....................
1,285.5
633.7 459.8 255.4 204.5 34.5
2,413.5
44.5
10,021.0 248.2 22.5
10,291.7
10.1
172.2
182.3
1,392.3
710.6 487.5 243.2 244.3 41.8
2,632.2
46.6
10,260.5 248.3 29.7
10,538.5
9.1
160.5
169.6
1,357.8
692.3 483.5 253.0 230.5 38.6
2,572.2
48.1
10,126.1 242.9 28.9
10,398.0
8.9
169.9
178.9
15,331.4
7,351.3 5,151.3 2,915.0 2,236.3
462.4
28,296.4
445.5
111,487.9 2,851.5
276.1
114,615.5
113.3
1,885.1
1,998.4
16,494.5
7,698.0 5,428.2 2,885.7 2,542.5
493.8
30,114.4
479.9
114,184.0 2,884.6
319.4
117,387.9
108.1
1,901.5
2,009.6
53.3 26.3 19.1 10.6 8.5 1.4
100.0
100.0
97.4 2.4 0.2
100.0
5.6
94.4
100.0
52.9 27.0 18.5 9.2 9.3 1.6
100.0
100.0
97.4 2.4 0.3
100.0
5.4
94.6
100.0
52.8 26.9 18.8 9.8 9.0 1.5
100.0
100.0
97.4 2.3 0.3
100.0
5.0
95.0
100.0
54.2 26.0 18.2 10.3 7.9 1.6
100.0
100.0
97.3 2.5 0.2
100.0
5.7
94.3
100.0
54.8 25.6 18.0 9.6 8.4 1.6
100.0
100.0
97.3 2.5 0.3
100.0
5.4
94.6
100.0
Federally Inspected Slaughter, Average Dressed Weight, By Class – United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
(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
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1 States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New
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