Livestock Slaughter - Monthly - July 23,2020

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.

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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

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Commercial Red Meat Production – United States
[Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data]
Type

June
2019

May
2020

June
2020

Beef ................................
Veal .................................
Pork ................................
Lamb and mutton ...........

(million
pounds)
2,227.1
5.7
2,127.8
11.4

(million
pounds)
1,865.1
5.2
1,879.6
12.6

(million
pounds)
2,373.5
5.6
2,400.4
12.5

Total red meat ................

4,372.0

3,762.4

4,792.0

June 2020 as % of

January to June

June
2019

May
2020

(percent)

(percent)

2019

107
98
113
109

127
108
128
99

(million
pounds)
13,230.7
36.4
13,453.6
76.8

110

127

26,797.5

2020
(million
pounds)
12,983.1
32.8
13,736.8
71.0
26,823.7

2020 as %
of 2019
(percent)
98
90
102
92
100

Federally Inspected Red Meat Production – United States
[Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data]
Type

June
2019

May
2020

June
2020

(million
pounds)

(million
pounds)

(million
pounds)

June 2020 as % of

January to June

June
2019

May
2020

2019

2020

2020 as %
of 2019

(percent)

(percent)

(million
pounds)

(million
pounds)

(percent)

Beef ................................
Veal .................................
Pork ................................
Lamb and mutton ...........

2,199.7
5.6
2,118.3
10.3

1,827.6
5.0
1,865.4
11.3

2,334.6
5.4
2,386.1
11.3

106
97
113
109

128
107
128
100

13,064.1
35.6
13,391.7
69.7

12,784.4
31.9
13,666.0
64.2

98
90
102
92

Total red meat ................

4,333.8

3,709.3

4,737.3

109

128

26,561.2

26,546.5

100

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Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight – United States
[Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data]
Species

June
2019

May
2020

June
2020 as %
of 2019

June
2020

January to June
2019

2020 as %
of 2019

2020

(percent)
Cattle
Number of head
Federally inspected ..... 1,000
Other ............................ 1,000
Commercial ................. 1,000
Average live weight
Federally inspected .. pounds
Other ......................... pounds
Commercial .............. pounds
Calves
Number of head
Federally inspected ..... 1,000
Other ............................ 1,000
Commercial ................. 1,000
Average live weight
Federally inspected .. pounds
Other ......................... pounds
Commercial .............. pounds
Hogs
Number of head
Federally inspected ..... 1,000
Other ............................ 1,000
Commercial ................. 1,000
Average live weight
Federally inspected .. pounds
Other ......................... pounds
Commercial .............. pounds
Sheep and lambs
Number of head
Federally inspected ..... 1,000
Other ............................ 1,000
Commercial ................. 1,000
Average live weight
Federally inspected .. pounds
Other ......................... pounds
Commercial .............. pounds
Goats
Number of head
Federally inspected ..... 1,000
Other ............................ 1,000
Commercial ................. 1,000
Average live weight
Federally inspected .. pounds
Other ......................... pounds
Commercial .............. pounds
Bison
Number of head
Federally inspected ..... 1,000
Other ............................ 1,000
Commercial ................. 1,000

(percent)

2,768.8
39.2
2,808.0

2,222.5
55.0
2,277.5

2,820.1
56.1
2,876.2

102
143
102

16,268.8
241.9
16,510.7

15,499.6
292.4
15,792.0

95
121
96

1,315
1,206
1,313

1,371
1,197
1,367

1,368
1,222
1,365

104
101
104

1,337
1,197
1,335

1,371
1,197
1,368

103
100
102

43.7
0.7
44.4

31.7
0.7
32.4

35.9
1.4
37.2
258
322
260

82
201
84

277.4
4.0
281.5

230.9
5.1
236.0

83
127
84

117
85
117

222
366
225

240
355
242

108
97
108

221
381
223

272
394
274

9,938.6
50.8
9,989.5

8,523.9
71.6
8,595.5

285
256
285

294
271
294

288
267
288

101
104
101

287
258
287

289
263
289

101
102
101

151.6
23.8
175.4

166.6
28.7
195.3

166.6
26.7
193.4

110
112
110

1,020.2
147.2
1,167.4

956.2
147.2
1,103.3

94
100
95

135
100
130

135
95
129

135
96
129

100
96
99

136
99
132

134
95
129

98
95
98

11,103.7
73.2
11,176.9

112
144
112

62,468.2
328.4
62,796.6

63,293.7
368.9
63,662.6

101
112
101

40.0
9.7
49.7

39.9
7.9
47.8

43.3
8.2
51.5

108
85
104

257.9
57.4
315.2

244.5
49.9
294.5

95
87
93

65
80
68

64
87
67

64
85
68

98
106
99

65
82
68

64
85
68

99
104
100

113
35
107

27.0
3.0
30.0

31.4
2.6
34.0

116
88
113

4.5
0.4
4.9

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5.7
0.2
5.9

5.1
0.1
5.3

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Commercial Red Meat Production – States and United States
[Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data]
June
May
State
2019
2020
(million pounds)

(million pounds)

June
2020

June 2020 as
% of 2019

(million pounds)

(percent)

Alabama .................................................
Alaska .....................................................
Arizona ...................................................
Arkansas ................................................
California ................................................
Colorado .................................................
Delaware-Maryland ...............................
Florida .....................................................
Georgia ...................................................
Hawaii .....................................................

0.7
(Y)
39.2
0.3
119.5
178.7
2.8
2.6
13.7
0.7

1.0
0.1
27.2
0.6
145.7
154.6
3.1
4.4
14.9
0.8

1.0
0.1
38.2
0.5
150.7
192.6
3.1
4.1
15.6
0.9

128
(X)
97
156
126
108
113
157
114
129

Idaho .......................................................
Illinois ......................................................
Indiana ....................................................
Iowa ........................................................
Kansas ...................................................
Kentucky .................................................
Louisiana ................................................
Michigan .................................................
Minnesota ...............................................
Mississippi ..............................................

27.8
264.7
142.2
668.5
489.9
44.2
0.3
83.0
221.4
0.5

31.1
253.2
118.1
606.8
421.9
46.5
0.6
93.5
182.4
0.7

35.9
311.8
167.2
762.6
530.7
52.1
0.6
109.9
221.1
0.8

129
118
118
114
108
118
205
132
100
177

Missouri ..................................................
Montana .................................................
Nebraska ................................................
Nevada ...................................................
New England 1 .......................................
New Jersey ............................................
New Mexico ............................................
New York ................................................
North Carolina ........................................
North Dakota ..........................................

143.9
3.8
671.4
0.1
2.2
3.2
0.2
3.0
215.1
0.5

117.7
2.1
462.3
0.1
3.1
3.6
0.5
3.4
151.0
0.9

165.5
1.9
696.2
0.1
3.2
3.7
0.6
3.6
202.5
0.8

115
51
104
93
144
115
227
123
94
156

Ohio ........................................................
Oklahoma ...............................................
Oregon ...................................................
Pennsylvania ..........................................
South Carolina .......................................
South Dakota .........................................
Tennessee .............................................
Texas ......................................................
Utah ........................................................
Virginia ...................................................

19.1
97.2
3.8
113.2
12.4
123.3
21.7
367.6
47.5
45.2

28.6
85.2
4.5
131.9
16.5
70.7
28.7
303.0
46.4
40.2

27.1
121.3
4.7
135.5
16.4
136.2
28.3
379.7
30.8
34.5

142
125
122
120
133
110
130
103
65
76

Washington ............................................
West Virginia ..........................................
Wisconsin ...............................................
Wyoming ................................................

73.7
0.4
102.2
0.3

59.7
1.3
93.5
0.6

81.0
1.1
117.0
0.6

110
290
115
236

United States .........................................

4,372.0

3,762.4

4,792.0

110

(X) Not applicable.
(Y) Less than level of precision shown.
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New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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Commercial Cattle Slaughter – States and United States: June 2019 and 2020
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State

Slaughtered
2019

Total live weight
2020

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

Average live weight

2019

2020

2019

2020

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(pounds)

(pounds)

Alabama ..................................
Alaska .....................................
Arizona ....................................
Arkansas .................................
California .................................
Colorado .................................
Delaware-Maryland ................
Florida .....................................
Georgia ...................................
Hawaii .....................................

0.5
(Y)
47.0
0.4
118.2
212.0
2.9
(D)
(D)
1.0

0.9
0.1
44.2
0.8
140.1
219.9
3.3
(D)
(D)
1.4

530
(X)
63,093
387
153,887
277,675
4,097
(D)
(D)
1,084

985
98
61,738
697
186,658
300,518
4,557
(D)
(D)
1,520

1,074
(X)
1,343
986
1,311
1,311
1,392
(D)
(D)
1,067

1,076
1,058
1,399
900
1,340
1,368
1,392
(D)
(D)
1,121

Idaho .......................................
Illinois ......................................
Indiana ....................................
Iowa .........................................
Kansas ....................................
Kentucky .................................
Louisiana .................................
Michigan ..................................
Minnesota ...............................
Mississippi ...............................

38.5
(D)
2.3
(D)
580.1
2.9
0.4
(D)
(D)
0.3

47.9
(D)
4.2
(D)
592.0
4.9
1.0
(D)
(D)
0.7

48,555
(D)
2,722
(D)
761,269
2,980
341
(D)
(D)
247

62,408
(D)
4,932
(D)
815,892
5,484
836
(D)
(D)
629

1,274
(D)
1,168
(D)
1,313
1,054
813
(D)
(D)
829

1,317
(D)
1,180
(D)
1,379
1,118
870
(D)
(D)
882

Missouri ...................................
Montana ..................................
Nebraska .................................
Nevada ....................................
New England 1 ........................
New Jersey .............................
New Mexico ............................
New York ................................
North Carolina ........................
North Dakota ...........................

4.1
4.2
655.5
0.1
2.3
3.3
0.3
3.3
6.6
0.7

10.9
2.1
624.7
0.1
3.4
4.0
0.8
3.9
7.8
1.0

4,637
5,678
877,689
140
2,678
3,607
306
3,842
8,108
871

12,319
2,729
877,336
108
4,132
4,488
843
4,664
9,547
1,270

1,138
1,369
1,340
1,012
1,183
1,107
1,071
1,189
1,234
1,305

1,136
1,327
1,406
1,090
1,200
1,128
1,115
1,213
1,225
1,332

Ohio .........................................
Oklahoma ................................
Oregon ....................................
Pennsylvania ..........................
South Carolina ........................
South Dakota ..........................
Tennessee ..............................
Texas ......................................
Utah .........................................
Virginia ....................................

5.1
2.6
1.4
86.7
19.4
40.7
1.0
466.9
58.4
1.0

7.6
4.1
2.2
91.0
23.1
46.2
3.8
465.0
35.8
2.0

6,557
2,746
1,585
104,302
23,895
56,366
1,022
597,206
76,276
1,093

9,973
4,950
2,685
111,833
31,928
66,036
3,930
615,936
49,134
2,239

1,298
1,056
1,125
1,208
1,238
1,391
1,074
1,283
1,308
1,091

1,308
1,210
1,198
1,234
1,390
1,436
1,066
1,328
1,373
1,114

Washington .............................
West Virginia ...........................
Wisconsin ................................
Wyoming .................................

89.4
0.4
113.8
0.3

94.1
1.3
123.1
0.7

120,651
435
156,610
378

131,968
1,606
170,778
794

1,353
1,085
1,384
1,095

1,407
1,207
1,394
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.

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Commercial Calf Slaughter – States and United States: June 2019 and 2020
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State

Slaughtered
2019

Total live weight
2020

(1,000 head)

2019

(1,000 head)

Average live weight

2020

(1,000 pounds)

2019

(1,000 pounds)

2020

(pounds)

(pounds)

Alabama ..................................
Alaska ......................................
Arizona ....................................
Arkansas .................................
California .................................
Colorado ..................................
Delaware-Maryland ................
Florida ......................................
Georgia ....................................
Hawaii ......................................

(Y)
(D)
(D)
(Y)
7.3
(D)
(D)
0.1
0.1
(D)

(Y)
(D)
(Y)
(Y)
5.1
(D)
(D)
0.1
0.1
(D)

(X)
(D)
(D)
(X)
706
(D)
(D)
24
46
(D)

(X)
(D)
(X)
(X)
633
(D)
(D)
38
45
(D)

(X)
(D)
(D)
(X)
98
(D)
(D)
404
432
(D)

(X)
(D)
(X)
(X)
129
(D)
(D)
435
475
(D)

Idaho ........................................
Illinois .......................................
Indiana .....................................
Iowa .........................................
Kansas ....................................
Kentucky ..................................
Louisiana .................................
Michigan ..................................
Minnesota ................................
Mississippi ...............................

2.8
0.1
0.3
(D)
(Y)
(D)
(Y)
0.1
(Y)
(D)

3.2
0.1
0.4
(D)
(Y)
(Y)
(Y)
0.1
(Y)
(Y)

265
23
92
(D)
(X)
(D)
(X)
30
(X)
(D)

244
34
158
(D)
(X)
(X)
(X)
40
(X)
(X)

95
350
277
(D)
(X)
(D)
(X)
300
(X)
(D)

78
350
378
(D)
(X)
(X)
(X)
400
(X)
(X)

Missouri ...................................
Montana ..................................
Nebraska .................................
Nevada ....................................
New England 1 ........................
New Jersey .............................
New Mexico .............................
New York .................................
North Carolina .........................
North Dakota ...........................

(Y)
(Y)
(D)
(D)
0.3
1.6
(Y)
7.2
(Y)
(D)

0.6
(Y)
(D)
(D)
0.2
1.3
(Y)
6.6
0.1
(D)

(X)
(X)
(D)
(D)
59
618
(X)
593
(X)
(D)

139
(X)
(D)
(D)
61
485
(X)
532
24
(D)

(X)
(X)
(D)
(D)
229
375
(X)
83
(X)
(D)

244
(X)
(D)
(D)
261
375
(X)
81
309
(D)

Ohio .........................................
Oklahoma ................................
Oregon ....................................
Pennsylvania ...........................
South Carolina ........................
South Dakota ..........................
Tennessee ..............................
Texas .......................................
Utah .........................................
Virginia ....................................

10.8
(Y)
(D)
8.7
(D)
(D)
(Y)
0.2
(D)
(D)

6.6
(Y)
(D)
8.6
(D)
(D)
(Y)
0.2
(D)
0.1

1,690
(X)
(D)
3,698
(D)
(D)
(X)
69
(D)
(D)

1,494
(X)
(D)
3,791
(D)
(D)
(X)
99
(D)
17

157
(X)
(D)
428
(D)
(D)
(X)
403
(D)
(D)

227
(X)
(D)
439
(D)
(D)
(X)
416
(D)
239

Washington .............................
West Virginia ...........................
Wisconsin ................................
Wyoming .................................

0.6
(D)
3.8
(D)

(D)
(D)
3.4
(D)

44
(D)
1,724
(D)

(D)
(D)
1,659
(D)

80
(D)
455
(D)

(D)
(D)
487
(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.

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Commercial Hog Slaughter – States and United States: June 2019 and 2020
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State

Slaughtered
2019

Total live weight
2020

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

Average live weight

2019

2020

2019

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(pounds)

2020
(pounds)

Alabama ..................................
Alaska .....................................
Arizona ....................................
Arkansas .................................
California .................................
Colorado .................................
Delaware-Maryland ................
Florida .....................................
Georgia ...................................
Hawaii .....................................

1.8
0.1
0.1
0.5
167.5
1.3
1.2
4.4
4.5
0.4

1.5
0.1
0.1
0.5
232.6
1.5
1.4
5.1
6.1
0.2

676
26
36
145
42,685
324
276
590
1,138
97

613
24
38
137
60,601
361
381
764
1,509
67

382
297
301
287
255
251
235
135
252
254

404
263
274
263
261
249
276
150
249
276

Idaho .......................................
Illinois ......................................
Indiana ....................................
Iowa .........................................
Kansas ....................................
Kentucky .................................
Louisiana .................................
Michigan ..................................
Minnesota ...............................
Mississippi ...............................

13.5
925.8
663.3
3,016.3
(D)
(D)
0.5
213.3
911.4
2.5

15.5
1,130.2
775.8
3,419.8
(D)
(D)
0.5
301.6
904.7
3.1

3,632
265,711
185,846
860,816
(D)
(D)
117
62,196
250,266
386

4,146
323,439
218,053
978,101
(D)
(D)
123
86,592
249,889
576

269
287
280
285
(D)
(D)
250
292
275
154

268
286
281
286
(D)
(D)
258
287
276
184

Missouri ...................................
Montana ..................................
Nebraska .................................
Nevada ....................................
New England 1 ........................
New Jersey .............................
New Mexico ............................
New York ................................
North Carolina ........................
North Dakota ...........................

644.8
2.1
623.0
(Y)
2.9
7.9
0.2
1.9
(D)
0.1

728.5
1.5
710.5
0.1
3.3
5.6
0.2
3.1
(D)
0.5

187,808
595
176,671
(X)
704
799
40
448
(D)
39

211,177
419
204,098
28
884
718
62
818
(D)
147

291
285
284
(X)
242
102
265
232
(D)
289

290
279
287
269
271
129
293
260
(D)
281

Ohio .........................................
Oklahoma ................................
Oregon ....................................
Pennsylvania ..........................
South Carolina ........................
South Dakota ..........................
Tennessee ..............................
Texas ......................................
Utah .........................................
Virginia ....................................

68.5
450.2
13.3
241.6
2.3
(D)
69.0
22.7
4.5
(D)

98.2
523.1
14.0
322.2
2.6
(D)
88.3
25.5
2.0
(D)

19,425
125,334
3,564
67,017
550
(D)
31,666
4,612
615
(D)

27,352
156,200
3,744
88,924
624
(D)
39,195
5,559
541
(D)

284
278
268
277
244
(D)
459
203
138
(D)

279
299
267
276
244
(D)
444
218
273
(D)

Washington .............................
West Virginia ...........................
Wisconsin ................................
Wyoming .................................

1.0
0.4
57.7
0.1

2.2
1.3
81.9
0.5

252
115
25,308
30

537
371
34,803
155

255
296
440
262

243
293
426
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.

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Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter – States and United States: June 2019 and 2020
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
State

Slaughtered
2019

Total live weight
2020

(1,000 head)

2019

(1,000 head)

Average live weight

2020

(1,000 pounds)

2019

(1,000 pounds)

2020

(pounds)

(pounds)

Alabama ..................................
Alaska ......................................
Arizona ....................................
Arkansas .................................
California .................................
Colorado ..................................
Delaware-Maryland ................
Florida ......................................
Georgia ....................................
Hawaii ......................................

0.1
(Y)
0.3
(Y)
24.3
54.0
2.7
1.4
2.0
0.1

0.5
(Y)
0.2
(Y)
28.5
54.0
2.8
2.2
2.6
0.1

4
(X)
48
(X)
3,699
8,920
244
80
128
11

33
(X)
20
(X)
4,160
9,404
265
124
175
10

78
(X)
138
(X)
152
165
91
57
64
112

62
(X)
118
(X)
146
174
93
57
67
141

Idaho ........................................
Illinois .......................................
Indiana .....................................
Iowa .........................................
Kansas ....................................
Kentucky ..................................
Louisiana .................................
Michigan ..................................
Minnesota ................................
Mississippi ...............................

0.1
4.6
4.2
0.2
0.4
1.1
0.3
(D)
0.4
0.9

0.1
4.4
6.3
0.1
0.4
1.7
0.4
(D)
0.5
0.5

19
450
441
24
32
137
15
(D)
35
54

16
339
701
20
40
211
23
(D)
41
30

147
97
106
158
86
121
51
(D)
98
60

140
77
112
147
96
123
55
(D)
89
60

Missouri ...................................
Montana ..................................
Nebraska .................................
Nevada ....................................
New England 1 ........................
New Jersey .............................
New Mexico .............................
New York .................................
North Carolina .........................
North Dakota ...........................

0.9
0.5
(Y)
0.1
3.0
13.7
0.5
3.9
1.6
(Y)

1.0
0.5
(Y)
0.1
3.9
15.3
0.7
4.2
3.7
(Y)

73
64
(X)
12
304
1,057
79
393
106
(X)

87
71
(X)
12
370
1,253
100
443
238
(X)

83
137
(X)
159
102
77
149
100
68
(X)

88
134
(X)
159
96
82
152
105
64
(X)

Ohio .........................................
Oklahoma ................................
Oregon ....................................
Pennsylvania ...........................
South Carolina ........................
South Dakota ..........................
Tennessee ..............................
Texas .......................................
Utah .........................................
Virginia ....................................

4.1
0.8
3.7
6.0
(D)
0.3
0.8
14.8
1.8
0.7

6.3
1.4
4.5
8.4
(D)
0.2
(D)
18.1
1.8
1.1

659
69
513
603
(D)
32
52
1,245
236
58

1,011
132
657
881
(D)
23
(D)
1,491
266
72

161
92
139
100
(D)
102
65
84
133
79

161
91
147
105
(D)
113
(D)
83
145
66

Washington .............................
West Virginia ...........................
Wisconsin ................................
Wyoming .................................

1.5
(D)
0.9
(Y)

0.8
(D)
1.0
0.1

204
(D)
130
(X)

110
(D)
148
12

138
(D)
149
(X)

138
(D)
141
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.

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Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection by Class – United States
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
Class

January to June

June
2019

May
2020

June
2020

2019

2020

June
2019

(1,000
head)

(1,000
head)

(1,000
head)

(1,000
head)

(1,000
head)

May
2020

January to June

June
2020

(percent of (percent of (percent of
total)
total)
total)

2019

2020

(percent of
total)

(percent of
total)

Cattle
Steers ....................
Heifers ...................
All cows .................
Dairy cows ............
Other cows ............
Bulls .......................

1,456.4
773.0
490.1
231.2
258.9
49.3

1,096.2
603.3
483.5
233.3
250.2
39.4

1,495.7
746.7
527.0
227.0
300.0
50.8

8,129.1
4,722.9
3,162.7
1,637.5
1,525.2
254.2

7,581.8
4,497.6
3,178.6
1,592.3
1,586.4
241.6

52.6
27.9
17.7
8.3
9.4
1.8

49.3
27.1
21.8
10.5
11.3
1.8

53.0
26.5
18.7
8.0
10.6
1.8

50.0
29.0
19.4
10.1
9.4
1.6

48.9
29.0
20.5
10.3
10.2
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 ....................
Sows ......................
Boars .....................

9,667.3
241.9
29.5

8,226.3
277.7
19.8

10,785.6
294.5
23.6

60,778.6
1,498.8
190.8

61,453.2
1,678.6
161.8

97.3
2.4
0.3

96.5
3.3
0.2

97.1
2.7
0.2

97.3
2.4
0.3

97.1
2.7
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 ................
Lambs and
yearlings ...........

8.8

9.1

9.6

54.5

53.7

5.8

5.5

5.8

5.3

5.6

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]
Class

June
2019

May
2020

(pounds)

January to June

June
2020

(pounds)

2019

(pounds)

2020

(pounds)

(pounds)

Cattle ...............................................................
Steers 1 ............................................................
Heifers 1 ...........................................................
All cows 1 ..........................................................
Bulls 1 ...............................................................

796
851
787
637
909

824
896
828
652
885

830
893
824
649
905

805
864
804
646
888

827
897
829
651
881

Calves and vealers ........................................

128

159

151

129

139

Hogs ................................................................
Barrows and gilts 2 ...........................................
Sows 2 ..............................................................
Boars 2 ..............................................................

213
211
306
201

219
216
303
200

215
213
304
198

214
212
304
189

216
214
304
195

Sheep ..............................................................
Mature sheep 3 ................................................
Lambs and yearlings 3 .....................................

68
65
68

68
66
68

68
67
68

68
65
69

67
66
67

1
2
3

Included in cattle average dressed weight.
Included in hog average dressed weight.
Included in sheep average dressed weight.

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Federally Inspected Slaughter – Regions and United States: June 2020
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
Standard
federal
regions 1

Cattle
Total

Steers

Heifers

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

1 ....................................
2 ....................................
3 ....................................
4 ....................................
5 ....................................
6 ....................................
7 ....................................
8 ....................................
9 ....................................
10 ..................................

3.0
7.8
95.1
71.0
295.5
463.9
1,256.5
299.2
185.0
143.3

1.3
2.5
40.2
5.7
159.4
233.0
746.9
172.1
78.3
56.3

United States ...............

2,820.1

1,495.7

Calves
Cows

Bulls

Total

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

0.3
3.0
39.0
14.9
51.8
24.6
5.8
5.8
54.7
27.2

0.3
0.3
8.8
38.7
40.5
70.7
54.4
29.3
26.3
30.6

(D)
0.4
3.5
10.1
(D)
8.4
9.0
1.8
3.3
3.5

0.2
7.9
8.9
0.2
10.5
0.1
(Y)
(Y)
4.8
3.2

227.0

300.0

50.8

35.9

All

Dairy

Other

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(D)
1.6
3.6
1.5
(D)
127.2
440.4
90.2
22.4
25.7

0.6
3.2
47.8
53.6
92.3
95.3
60.2
35.1
81.1
57.8

746.7

527.0

Hogs

Sheep

Total

Barrows
and gilts

Sows

Boars

Total

Mature
sheep

Lambs and
yearlings

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

1 ....................................
2 ....................................
3 ....................................
4 ....................................
5 ....................................
6 ....................................
7 ....................................
8 ....................................
9 ....................................
10 ..................................

3.0
8.6
474.6
(D)
3,258.2
544.7
4,872.4
(D)
230.1
30.9

2.9
8.5
473.6
(D)
3,112.1
544.6
4,789.8
(D)
230.1
30.9

(Y)
0.1
(D)
(D)
141.3
0.1
69.7
0.5
(Y)
(Y)

(Y)
(Y)
(D)
(D)
4.8
0.1
12.8
(Y)
(Y)
(Y)

3.8
19.1
12.8
11.9
24.7
5.8
1.2
55.5
27.1
4.7

0.3
2.1
1.0
1.4
2.0
0.4
(Y)
1.4
0.9
0.2

3.5
17.0
11.8
10.5
22.8
5.4
1.2
54.2
26.2
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.

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Federally Inspected Slaughter – Regions and United States: January to June 2020
[Data may not add to totals due to rounding]
Standard
federal
regions 1

Cattle
Total

Steers

Heifers

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

1 ....................................
2 ....................................
3 ....................................
4 ....................................
5 ....................................
6 ....................................
7 ....................................
8 ....................................
9 ....................................
10 ..................................

15.8
43.3
545.4
397.5
1,547.9
2,723.5
6,681.5
1,659.8
1,108.8
776.0

6.7
12.5
187.8
27.8
742.4
1,304.4
3,726.8
857.1
472.8
243.6

United States ...............

15,499.6

7,581.8

Calves
Cows

Bulls

Total

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

1.5
17.5
255.8
94.1
348.8
185.4
47.1
50.0
405.8
186.3

1.6
1.4
61.7
218.1
227.0
364.0
308.0
163.9
94.8
145.9

(D)
2.2
19.4
48.4
(D)
48.7
41.4
7.1
15.1
15.2

1.6
53.4
50.0
1.5
73.2
0.5
0.3
(Y)
26.4
24.1

1,592.3

1,586.4

241.6

230.9

All

Dairy

Other

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(D)
9.7
20.8
9.1
(D)
821.0
2,558.4
581.6
120.4
185.1

3.1
18.9
317.5
312.2
575.8
549.4
355.1
214.0
500.6
332.1

4,497.6

3,178.6

Hogs

Sheep

Total

Barrows
and gilts

Sows

Boars

Total

Mature
sheep

Lambs and
yearlings

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

1 .....................................
2 .....................................
3 .....................................
4 .....................................
5 .....................................
6 .....................................
7 .....................................
8 .....................................
9 .....................................
10 ...................................

14.3
44.9
2,941.3
(D)
18,439.5
2,956.1
27,569.8
(D)
1,318.2
175.0

14.0
44.6
2,934.9
(D)
17,610.3
2,955.6
27,090.5
(D)
1,318.0
174.7

0.2
0.2
(D)
(D)
800.2
0.4
384.9
4.3
0.2
0.3

0.1
(Y)
(D)
(D)
29.0
0.1
94.3
0.1
(Y)
0.1

19.6
104.7
72.6
62.3
145.4
28.1
7.0
349.9
140.5
26.1

1.1
11.5
7.5
6.7
11.1
1.6
0.1
9.2
3.8
1.2

18.6
93.2
65.1
55.6
134.3
26.5
6.9
340.6
136.7
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
Species

June
2019

May
2020

(percent)
Cattle ...............................
Calves .............................
Hogs ................................
Sheep ..............................

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(percent)
98.6
98.5
99.5
86.4

January to June

June
2020

2019

(percent)
97.6
97.7
99.2
85.3

2020

(percent)
98.1
96.3
99.3
86.2

(percent)
98.5
98.6
99.5
87.4

98.1
97.8
99.4
86.7

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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.

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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
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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 [email protected].
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 ................................................................................................................ (202) 720-3106

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