Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released April 24, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Commercial Red Meat Production Up 1 Percent from Last Year March 2024 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. March 2025 contained 21 weekdays (including 0 holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.42 billion pounds in March, up 1 percent from the 4.38 billion pounds produced in March 2024. Beef production, at 2.15 billion pounds, was 2 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.48 million head, down 1 percent from March 2024. The average live weight was up 34 pounds from the previous year, at 1,426 pounds. Veal production totaled 2.1 million pounds, 42 percent below March a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 10,900 head, down 43 percent from March 2024. The average live weight was up 5 pounds from last year, at 327 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.25 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.4 million head, down slightly from March 2024. The average live weight was up 2 pounds from the previous year, at 291 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.8 million pounds, was up 4 percent from March 2024. Sheep slaughter totaled 199,200 head, slightly below last year. The average live weight was 127 pounds, up 5 pounds from March a year ago. January to March 2025 commercial red meat production was 13.5 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 2024. Accumulated beef production was down slightly from last year, veal was down 40 percent, pork was down 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 1 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: March 2024 and 2025.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: March 2024 and 2025............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: March 2024 and 2025............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: March 2024 and 2025.. 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: March 2025................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to March 2025..... 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : March 2025 as % of : January to March : March : February : March :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : March : February : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,109.3 2,020.2 2,152.9 102 107 6,558.9 6,543.2 100 Veal .............: 3.6 2.0 2.1 58 101 11.0 6.6 60 Pork .............: 2,250.0 2,200.5 2,254.0 100 102 7,093.3 6,956.3 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 12.4 10.5 12.8 104 122 33.9 34.2 101 : Total red meat ...: 4,375.2 4,233.3 4,421.8 101 104 13,697.1 13,540.3 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : March 2025 as % of : January to March : March : February : March :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : March : February : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ --- percent --- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,076.5 1,989.2 2,119.2 102 107 6,457.6 6,444.1 100 Veal .............: 3.4 1.9 1.9 56 100 10.6 6.2 58 Pork .............: 2,240.7 2,192.0 2,245.1 100 102 7,064.5 6,929.6 98 Lamb and mutton ..: 11.1 9.4 11.5 104 123 30.5 30.6 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,331.7 4,192.6 4,377.7 101 104 13,563.2 13,410.5 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : March : January to March : March : February : March : 2025 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : of 2024 : : : 2025 as % : : : : : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,461.2 2,280.2 2,436.2 99 7,706.2 7,384.7 96 Other ................1,000: 47.3 43.6 47.7 101 146.3 139.6 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,508.5 2,323.8 2,483.9 99 7,852.4 7,524.3 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,396 1,436 1,430 102 1,392 1,437 103 Other ...............pounds: 1,220 1,232 1,227 101 1,220 1,235 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,392 1,432 1,426 102 1,388 1,433 103 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 18.2 10.6 10.3 56 59.0 33.9 57 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.6 0.6 82 2.2 1.8 82 Commercial ...........1,000: 19.0 11.2 10.9 57 61.2 35.7 58 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 320 311 322 100 306 313 102 Other ...............pounds: 367 372 414 113 365 389 107 Commercial ..........pounds: 322 314 327 102 308 317 103 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,407.2 10,119.8 10,367.8 100 32,661.1 31,906.2 98 Other ................1,000: 48.2 44.2 46.2 96 147.9 139.0 94 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,455.3 10,164.0 10,414.1 100 32,809.0 32,045.2 98 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 290 291 291 100 291 291 100 Other ...............pounds: 265 264 264 100 268 264 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 289 291 291 100 291 291 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 174.7 147.4 176.2 101 479.3 475.2 99 Other ................1,000: 24.9 21.7 23.0 92 66.2 66.6 101 Commercial ...........1,000: 199.6 169.1 199.2 100 545.6 541.8 99 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 125 126 129 103 125 127 101 Other ...............pounds: 100 102 111 112 100 107 107 Commercial ..........pounds: 122 123 127 104 122 124 102 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 48.2 42.0 46.2 96 136.2 131.6 97 Other ................1,000: 9.7 7.9 9.9 102 28.7 27.3 95 Commercial ...........1,000: 57.9 49.9 56.0 97 164.9 158.9 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 62 65 66 106 63 65 103 Other ...............pounds: 83 79 81 97 82 81 99 Commercial ..........pounds: 66 67 68 104 66 68 102 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.9 5.3 5.7 83 21.2 17.1 81 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.3 0.3 121 1.0 1.0 104 Commercial ...........1,000: 7.1 5.6 6.0 84 22.2 18.1 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : March : February : March : March 2025 as : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : % of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.4 0.9 1.1 82 Alaska ................: (Y) (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 38.8 39.2 40.3 104 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.4 0.6 90 California ............: 97.2 80.9 84.2 87 Colorado ..............: 163.4 164.9 188.1 115 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.6 1.9 2.0 79 Florida ...............: 5.8 4.8 5.3 92 Georgia ...............: 13.1 7.3 8.6 66 Hawaii ................: 0.7 0.6 0.7 99 : Idaho .................: 42.3 43.1 46.1 109 Illinois ..............: 272.6 262.7 262.7 96 Indiana ...............: 152.6 159.8 163.0 107 Iowa ..................: 764.5 704.7 725.0 95 Kansas ................: 438.9 443.8 454.4 104 Kentucky ..............: 49.8 47.2 52.6 106 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.4 0.3 86 Michigan ..............: 120.4 126.0 132.2 110 Minnesota .............: 222.0 213.6 226.0 102 Mississippi ...........: 0.9 0.8 0.9 91 : Missouri ..............: 171.3 161.0 163.9 96 Montana ...............: 1.9 1.4 2.2 116 Nebraska ..............: 622.5 589.9 626.0 101 Nevada ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) New England 1/ ........: 2.6 2.5 2.6 99 New Jersey ............: 4.3 4.0 4.4 103 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.4 0.4 110 New York ..............: 3.3 2.6 2.9 87 North Carolina ........: 201.6 234.5 233.8 116 North Dakota ..........: 0.7 0.8 0.8 118 : Ohio ..................: 25.5 23.6 25.3 99 Oklahoma ..............: 110.9 96.8 105.6 95 Oregon ................: 2.2 2.1 2.3 104 Pennsylvania ..........: 123.4 126.8 128.7 104 South Carolina ........: 16.1 15.0 16.3 101 South Dakota ..........: 119.3 119.0 118.3 99 Tennessee .............: 25.0 21.2 23.0 92 Texas .................: 339.4 330.8 361.0 106 Utah ..................: 45.4 43.8 46.1 102 Virginia ..............: 1.4 1.1 1.3 91 : Washington ............: 75.7 65.5 70.6 93 West Virginia .........: 0.9 0.9 0.9 99 Wisconsin .............: 92.7 85.6 90.2 97 Wyoming ...............: 0.8 0.9 0.8 102 : United States .........: 4,375.2 4,233.3 4,421.8 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Cattle Slaughter - States and United States: March 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ---- pounds ---- : Alabama ..........: 1.3 1.0 1,407 1,167 1,110 1,123 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 55 (X) 1,108 Arizona ..........: 43.3 (D) 62,112 (D) 1,435 (D) Arkansas .........: 0.9 0.8 931 853 1,042 1,072 California .......: 109.2 86.3 147,387 124,272 1,360 1,451 Colorado .........: 176.8 199.6 254,824 293,468 1,443 1,472 Delaware-Maryland : 2.6 1.9 3,603 2,691 1,400 1,391 Florida ..........: 8.5 (D) 10,712 (D) 1,268 (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.0 1.0 1,154 1,121 1,137 1,177 : Idaho ............: (D) 57.2 (D) 77,509 (D) 1,363 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 4.1 8.3 4,880 10,209 1,204 1,242 Iowa .............: 44.2 46.7 63,534 68,004 1,440 1,455 Kansas ...........: 494.9 491.0 678,958 697,971 1,372 1,422 Kentucky .........: 5.8 6.3 6,744 7,414 1,160 1,187 Louisiana ........: 0.5 0.4 510 461 974 1,048 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.8 0.6 844 662 1,015 1,071 : Missouri .........: 12.2 6.2 13,940 7,508 1,148 1,218 Montana ..........: 2.2 2.4 2,794 3,094 1,266 1,269 Nebraska .........: 534.5 524.1 784,734 783,505 1,470 1,496 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.7 2.7 3,341 3,372 1,226 1,270 New Jersey .......: 4.7 4.7 5,411 5,457 1,157 1,172 New Mexico .......: 0.5 0.5 520 544 996 1,063 New York .........: 3.7 3.0 4,684 3,855 1,264 1,271 North Carolina ...: 7.3 (D) 8,957 (D) 1,239 (D) North Dakota .....: 0.9 1.0 1,110 1,269 1,264 1,315 : Ohio .............: 6.7 6.5 8,931 8,736 1,327 1,341 Oklahoma .........: 5.8 8.1 6,828 9,091 1,193 1,134 Oregon ...........: 1.2 1.2 1,486 1,517 1,222 1,230 Pennsylvania .....: 85.1 90.6 110,706 123,223 1,307 1,365 South Carolina ...: 22.9 22.6 31,583 31,983 1,390 1,424 South Dakota .....: 39.3 33.6 58,842 52,086 1,503 1,555 Tennessee ........: 3.8 3.5 3,924 3,516 1,055 1,028 Texas ............: 416.7 431.2 554,657 586,501 1,334 1,363 Utah .............: 49.6 (D) 70,737 (D) 1,426 (D) Virginia .........: 1.8 1.5 1,856 1,600 1,031 1,045 : Washington .......: 85.7 79.3 122,260 114,112 1,429 1,442 West Virginia ....: 1.1 1.1 1,235 1,261 1,170 1,195 Wisconsin ........: 98.6 95.1 138,805 134,218 1,417 1,419 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 1.0 1,241 1,295 1,229 1,253 : United States ....: 2,508.5 2,483.9 3,485,361 3,534,503 1,392 1,426 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: March 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 head -- 1,000 pounds --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Arizona ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Arkansas .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) California .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Colorado .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Delaware-Maryland : (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Florida ..........: (D) 0.1 (D) 51 (D) 409 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 45 37 466 498 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.2 0.2 88 92 422 424 Indiana ..........: 0.5 (D) 203 (D) 416 (D) Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 0.1 (Y) 26 (X) 450 (X) Kentucky .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Louisiana ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Mississippi ......: (D) (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) : Missouri .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.1 0.1 33 21 235 233 New Jersey .......: 1.3 1.4 503 533 382 386 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ...: 0.2 0.1 43 31 243 359 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 2.9 (D) 985 (D) 344 (D) Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.6 4.7 3,315 1,964 439 417 South Carolina ...: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) Texas ............: 0.2 0.2 82 90 475 485 Utah .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Washington .......: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Wyoming ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : United States ....: 19.0 10.9 6,058 3,530 322 327 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: March 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- --- 1,000 pounds --- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 2.2 1.8 920 713 411 397 Alaska ...........: 0.1 0.1 38 23 301 270 Arizona ..........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 31 (X) 286 Arkansas .........: 0.7 0.5 180 132 267 276 California .......: 75.0 76.1 17,212 17,681 230 233 Colorado .........: 2.7 2.7 433 400 162 149 Delaware-Maryland : 1.5 1.7 450 478 293 286 Florida ..........: 4.5 4.0 649 560 143 139 Georgia ..........: 5.2 5.3 1,347 1,396 261 263 Hawaii ...........: 0.2 0.2 42 54 262 285 : Idaho ............: 10.9 11.7 2,740 3,000 253 256 Illinois .........: 977.9 964.7 279,943 277,729 286 288 Indiana ..........: 716.2 735.9 199,482 210,081 279 286 Iowa .............: 3,379.6 3,147.5 981,344 921,063 290 293 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.4 0.2 87 58 208 268 Michigan .........: 382.4 425.3 111,475 124,282 292 292 Minnesota ........: 944.7 961.2 264,092 270,417 280 281 Mississippi ......: 3.3 3.4 587 613 180 182 : Missouri .........: 748.1 728.5 219,152 212,849 293 292 Montana ..........: 1.1 1.4 308 396 272 288 Nebraska .........: 631.4 640.0 184,659 186,521 292 291 Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 1.9 1.9 579 526 299 279 New Jersey .......: 8.6 9.1 811 925 95 101 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 49 54 252 263 New York .........: 1.8 1.7 439 432 247 253 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.3 61 81 280 280 : Ohio .............: 89.9 89.3 26,240 26,703 292 299 Oklahoma .........: 471.0 451.9 140,145 132,128 298 292 Oregon ...........: 4.9 5.3 1,238 1,368 254 257 Pennsylvania .....: 260.3 267.0 74,254 74,119 285 278 South Carolina ...: 1.8 1.6 450 415 249 255 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 75.9 69.3 34,424 31,677 454 458 Texas ............: 22.7 22.6 4,654 4,493 206 199 Utah .............: 1.8 1.7 535 393 292 233 Virginia .........: 0.9 1.0 300 297 329 290 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.6 0.5 192 162 309 307 Wisconsin ........: 65.6 65.6 28,029 27,650 428 422 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 66 63 301 264 : United States ....: 10,455.3 10,414.1 3,025,444 3,025,439 289 291 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: March 2024 and 2025 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total live weight : Average live weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 head -- -- 1,000 pounds -- --- pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 0.1 (Y) 6 (X) 78 (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.8 0.7 89 76 118 108 Arkansas .........: 0.1 0.1 8 9 80 106 California .......: 27.3 21.9 4,301 3,474 158 159 Colorado .........: 37.1 42.7 6,241 7,566 168 177 Delaware-Maryland : 1.9 1.8 194 174 103 97 Florida ..........: 3.2 3.8 167 188 52 49 Georgia ..........: (D) 3.3 (D) 185 (D) 56 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.2 10 25 146 137 : Idaho ............: 0.1 0.2 19 32 147 166 Illinois .........: 6.5 6.3 517 543 79 87 Indiana ..........: 6.1 6.0 616 613 102 103 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.2 15 19 129 125 Kansas ...........: 0.5 0.3 46 31 97 103 Kentucky .........: 1.7 0.9 168 94 97 109 Louisiana ........: 1.1 1.0 64 62 60 61 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.7 0.6 53 47 80 76 Mississippi ......: 0.3 0.3 20 26 70 76 : Missouri .........: 1.4 2.0 117 151 81 76 Montana ..........: 0.2 0.3 28 36 130 134 Nebraska .........: 0.1 0.1 7 6 110 116 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 5.4 5.0 510 498 94 99 New Jersey .......: 16.1 15.5 1,314 1,266 82 81 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.5 53 72 140 145 New York .........: 7.4 6.4 662 660 90 103 North Carolina ...: 3.4 5.4 213 330 62 61 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 7 (X) 145 (X) : Ohio .............: 5.7 5.9 868 902 153 154 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 5.2 4.6 839 787 162 170 Pennsylvania .....: 13.1 11.9 1,268 1,259 97 106 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.1 0.1 18 16 126 119 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 26.3 24.7 2,663 2,663 101 108 Utah .............: 1.4 1.2 183 168 134 137 Virginia .........: 1.3 1.4 90 101 69 73 : Washington .......: 1.0 0.9 137 123 134 133 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 0.8 0.7 95 78 115 108 Wyoming ..........: 0.1 0.1 11 12 163 139 : United States ....: 199.6 199.2 24,273 25,257 122 127 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 March : : : : January to March Class : March : February : March :-----------------------: March : February : March :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,138.1 1,119.9 1,140.0 3,623.9 3,590.6 46.2 49.1 46.8 47.0 48.6 Heifers ..........: 819.5 728.2 835.2 2,466.0 2,403.0 33.3 31.9 34.3 32.0 32.5 All cows .........: 466.1 403.8 423.7 1,510.2 1,294.6 18.9 17.7 17.4 19.6 17.5 Dairy cows .......: 244.6 217.0 217.9 747.6 682.8 9.9 9.5 8.9 9.7 9.2 Other cows .......: 221.5 186.7 205.8 762.6 611.8 9.0 8.2 8.4 9.9 8.3 Bulls ............: 37.5 28.3 37.2 106.0 96.5 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.3 : Total ............: 2,461.2 2,280.2 2,436.2 7,706.2 7,384.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 18.2 10.6 10.3 59.0 33.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,125.4 9,857.4 10,093.4 31,770.2 31,074.8 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.3 97.4 Sows .............: 259.8 241.8 252.4 819.9 764.7 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 Boars ............: 22.0 20.5 22.0 71.0 66.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,407.2 10,119.8 10,367.8 32,661.1 31,906.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 10.2 8.9 10.4 29.0 28.6 5.8 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.0 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 164.5 138.5 165.8 450.4 446.6 94.2 93.9 94.1 94.0 94.0 : Total ............: 174.7 147.4 176.2 479.3 475.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to March Class : March : February : March :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 846 874 872 840 874 Steers 1/ ...............: 923 948 947 919 950 Heifers 1/ ..............: 847 869 871 839 870 All cows 1/ .............: 648 674 665 646 668 Bulls 1/ ................: 889 900 920 877 906 : Calves and vealers ... : 190 183 189 181 185 : Hogs ................. : 215 217 217 216 217 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 213 215 215 214 215 Sows 2/ .................: 298 293 299 297 296 Boars 2/ ................: 226 220 223 224 221 : Sheep ................ : 63 64 65 64 64 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 64 67 66 65 66 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 63 64 65 64 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: March 2025 [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 ............: 2.4 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 7.7 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.3 2.3 3 ............: 92.5 29.7 10.3 45.9 33.2 12.7 6.6 4.9 4 ............: 60.1 5.1 2.4 45.9 12.4 33.5 6.7 0.3 5 ............: 232.5 112.3 (D) 86.7 55.2 31.4 (D) 1.0 6 ............: 433.4 187.6 151.4 85.1 28.7 56.5 9.2 (D) 7 ............:1,057.3 568.4 (D) 43.8 4.9 38.9 (D) 0.1 8 ............: 282.3 126.5 (D) 18.9 5.5 13.4 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 130.9 59.2 20.4 50.2 45.7 4.5 1.1 (D) 10 ...........: 137.2 47.7 43.7 44.0 30.0 14.0 1.8 (D) : United States :2,436.2 1,140.0 835.2 423.7 217.9 205.8 37.2 10.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.6 1.6 (Y) (Y) 5.0 0.2 4.8 2 ............: 10.8 10.7 (Y) (Y) 21.3 1.8 19.5 3 ............: 268.4 268.2 0.2 (Y) 16.0 1.6 14.4 4 ............: (D) (D) 73.3 (D) 14.1 1.0 13.1 5 ............: 3,221.4 3,113.8 102.8 4.7 30.2 1.6 28.6 6 ............: 471.0 470.8 0.1 0.1 17.4 0.5 16.8 7 ............: 4,527.8 4,439.0 75.9 12.9 2.1 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) (Y) (D) 43.6 (D) (D) 9 ............: 73.1 73.1 (Y) (Y) 21.6 2.7 18.9 10 ...........: 18.3 18.3 (Y) (Y) 5.0 0.2 4.9 : United States :10,367.8 10,093.4 252.4 22.0 176.2 10.4 165.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 March 2025 [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 ............: 7.5 3.2 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.3 2 ............: 22.2 6.9 6.6 8.0 6.3 1.7 0.7 7.0 3 ............: 277.5 92.7 30.9 138.2 102.3 35.9 15.8 14.6 4 ............: 170.1 15.6 6.7 130.7 39.3 91.4 17.2 0.8 5 ............: 721.9 353.8 (D) 264.5 170.2 94.3 (D) 4.9 6 ............:1,289.4 563.7 447.6 252.7 88.1 164.6 25.4 (D) 7 ............:3,235.3 1,801.0 (D) 137.7 14.5 123.2 (D) 0.2 8 ............: 837.3 420.4 (D) 64.4 21.1 43.3 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 406.5 181.2 60.8 161.6 146.4 15.2 2.8 (D) 10 ...........: 417.0 152.2 125.0 135.0 93.5 41.5 4.7 (D) : United States :7,384.7 3,590.6 2,403.0 1,294.6 682.8 611.8 96.5 33.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 5.1 5.0 0.1 0.1 13.4 0.6 12.8 2 ............: 31.7 31.5 0.1 0.1 57.9 4.8 53.1 3 ............: 839.7 839.1 0.5 0.1 43.4 4.5 38.9 4 ............: (D) (D) 218.7 (D) 38.3 2.8 35.5 5 ............: 9,870.1 9,534.5 320.5 15.1 81.2 4.2 77.0 6 ............: 1,433.6 1,433.1 0.3 0.2 51.7 1.7 49.9 7 ............: 14,093.6 13,832.9 223.8 36.9 5.4 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.4 (D) 110.5 (D) (D) 9 ............: 228.8 228.6 0.1 (Y) 59.7 7.3 52.4 10 ...........: 54.9 54.8 0.1 (Y) 13.7 0.5 13.2 : United States : 31,906.2 31,074.8 764.7 66.8 475.2 28.6 446.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 March Species : March : February : March :------------------------ : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.1 Calves .......: 96.0 94.6 94.4 96.4 94.9 Hogs .........: 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.6 Sheep ........: 87.5 87.2 88.4 87.9 87.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Based on packers' dressed weights. Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any state whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual state standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live animals, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the United States must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Primary data for the Livestock Slaughter publication are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. There are approximately 1,100 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and about 1,825 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. 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