Livestock Slaughter ISSN: 0499-0544 Released March 20, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Commercial Red Meat Production Down 7 Percent from Last Year February 2024 contained 21 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. February 2025 contained 20 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.23 billion pounds in February, down 7 percent from the 4.55 billion pounds produced in February 2024. Beef production, at 2.02 billion pounds, was 7 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.32 million head, down 11 percent from February 2024. The average live weight was up 48 pounds from the previous year, at 1,432 pounds. Veal production totaled 2.0 million pounds, 43 percent below February a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 11,200 head, down 43 percent from February 2024. The average live weight was up 2 pounds from last year, at 314 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.20 billion pounds, down 7 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 10.2 million head, down 7 percent from February 2024. The average live weight was up 1 pound from the previous year, at 291 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 10.5 million pounds, was down 3 percent from February 2024. Sheep slaughter totaled 169,000 head, 2 percent below last year. The average live weight was 123 pounds, down 1 pound from February a year ago. January to February 2025 commercial red meat production was 9.12 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2024. Accumulated beef production was down 1 percent from last year, veal was down 40 percent, pork was down 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly. 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: February 2024 and 2025.......... 7 Commercial Calf Slaughter - States and United States: February 2024 and 2025............ 8 Commercial Hog Slaughter - States and United States: February 2024 and 2025............. 9 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter - States and United States: February 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: February 2025................ 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to February 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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :February 2025 as % of : January to February : February : January : February :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : February : January : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,168.6 2,370.1 2,020.1 93 85 4,449.5 4,390.2 99 Veal .............: 3.6 2.5 2.0 57 83 7.5 4.5 60 Pork .............: 2,371.3 2,501.8 2,200.4 93 88 4,844.0 4,702.2 97 Lamb and mutton ..: 10.9 10.9 10.5 97 97 21.4 21.4 100 : Total red meat ...: 4,554.3 4,885.2 4,233.1 93 87 9,322.3 9,118.3 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Red Meat Production - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :February 2025 as % of : January to February : February : January : February :---------------------------------------------------- Type : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : February : January : : :2025 as % : : : : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- million pounds ------ -- percent -- million pounds percent : Beef .............: 2,135.0 2,335.6 1,989.2 93 85 4,381.1 4,324.8 99 Veal .............: 3.4 2.3 1.9 56 82 7.2 4.3 59 Pork .............: 2,361.4 2,492.5 2,191.9 93 88 4,823.8 4,684.4 97 Lamb and mutton ..: 9.8 9.7 9.4 96 97 19.5 19.1 98 : Total red meat ...: 4,509.7 4,840.1 4,192.4 93 87 9,231.5 9,032.6 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter and Average Live Weight - United States [Totals, accumulated totals, and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : February : January to February : February : January : February : 2025 as % :-------------------------------------------- Species : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : of 2024 : : : 2025 as % : : : : : 2024 : 2025 : of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent percent : Cattle : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 2,564.7 2,668.3 2,280.1 89 5,245.0 4,948.5 94 Other ................1,000: 48.5 48.3 43.6 90 98.6 91.9 93 Commercial ...........1,000: 2,613.2 2,716.6 2,323.8 89 5,343.5 5,040.4 94 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 1,387 1,443 1,436 104 1,390 1,440 104 Other ...............pounds: 1,221 1,245 1,232 101 1,224 1,239 101 Commercial ..........pounds: 1,384 1,439 1,432 103 1,387 1,436 104 : Calves : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 18.9 13.0 10.6 56 40.8 23.6 58 Other ................1,000: 0.8 0.6 0.6 79 1.4 1.2 83 Commercial ...........1,000: 19.6 13.6 11.2 57 42.3 24.8 59 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 309 309 311 100 300 310 103 Other ...............pounds: 373 381 372 100 362 376 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 312 312 314 101 302 313 104 : Hogs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 10,937.1 11,418.6 10,119.5 93 22,253.9 21,538.0 97 Other ................1,000: 48.6 48.6 44.2 91 100.4 92.7 92 Commercial ...........1,000: 10,985.6 11,467.1 10,163.6 93 22,354.4 21,630.8 97 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 290 293 291 100 291 292 100 Other ...............pounds: 279 263 264 95 276 264 96 Commercial ..........pounds: 290 293 291 100 291 292 100 : Sheep and lambs : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 152.2 151.6 147.3 97 304.6 299.0 98 Other ................1,000: 19.6 21.9 21.7 110 39.0 43.6 112 Commercial ...........1,000: 171.9 173.5 169.0 98 343.6 342.5 100 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 127 125 126 99 126 125 100 Other ...............pounds: 104 108 102 97 101 105 104 Commercial ..........pounds: 124 123 123 99 123 123 100 : Goats : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 42.8 43.5 42.0 98 88.0 85.5 97 Other ................1,000: 9.7 9.5 7.9 81 19.2 17.4 91 Commercial ...........1,000: 52.4 53.0 49.9 95 107.2 102.9 96 Average live weight : Federally inspected .pounds: 64 64 65 101 63 64 102 Other ...............pounds: 84 83 79 93 81 81 100 Commercial ..........pounds: 68 68 67 99 66 67 101 : Bison : Number of head : Federally inspected ..1,000: 6.7 6.1 5.3 80 14.4 11.4 80 Other ................1,000: 0.3 0.4 0.3 111 0.6 0.7 114 Commercial ...........1,000: 7.0 6.5 5.6 81 14.9 12.1 81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Red Meat Production - States and United States [Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. Totals and percentages based on unrounded data] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : February : January : February :February 2025 as : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : % of 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- million pounds ---------- percent : Alabama ...............: 1.2 0.9 0.9 78 Alaska ................: 0.1 (Y) (Y) (X) Arizona ...............: 40.3 44.8 39.2 97 Arkansas ..............: 0.6 0.5 0.4 75 California ............: 96.1 96.0 80.9 84 Colorado ..............: 163.0 196.4 164.9 101 Delaware-Maryland .....: 2.7 2.3 1.9 70 Florida ...............: 5.4 5.5 4.8 89 Georgia ...............: 15.0 7.9 7.3 48 Hawaii ................: 0.8 0.7 0.6 73 : Idaho .................: 42.0 50.4 43.1 103 Illinois ..............: 281.3 304.4 262.7 93 Indiana ...............: 151.9 185.0 159.8 105 Iowa ..................: 809.9 816.8 704.7 87 Kansas ................: 451.8 511.2 443.8 98 Kentucky ..............: 51.7 53.8 47.2 91 Louisiana .............: 0.4 0.3 0.4 91 Michigan ..............: 119.2 139.6 126.0 106 Minnesota .............: 237.4 245.2 213.6 90 Mississippi ...........: 0.8 0.8 0.8 96 : Missouri ..............: 171.3 183.4 161.0 94 Montana ...............: 1.3 1.3 1.4 110 Nebraska ..............: 655.1 715.3 589.9 90 Nevada ................: (Y) 0.1 0.1 (X) New England 1/ ........: 2.6 2.8 2.5 97 New Jersey ............: 3.9 4.3 4.0 103 New Mexico ............: 0.4 0.5 0.4 97 New York ..............: 2.9 2.7 2.6 90 North Carolina ........: 226.0 237.4 234.5 104 North Dakota ..........: 0.8 0.9 0.8 100 : Ohio ..................: 24.1 26.3 23.5 98 Oklahoma ..............: 118.1 115.7 96.8 82 Oregon ................: 2.2 2.3 2.1 97 Pennsylvania ..........: 134.7 139.6 126.8 94 South Carolina ........: 17.2 15.3 15.0 87 South Dakota ..........: 123.6 133.8 119.0 96 Tennessee .............: 26.2 24.2 21.2 81 Texas .................: 352.3 381.9 330.8 94 Utah ..................: 44.6 48.3 43.8 98 Virginia ..............: 1.5 1.2 1.1 73 : Washington ............: 75.1 82.8 65.5 87 West Virginia .........: 1.0 0.9 0.9 96 Wisconsin .............: 97.4 100.5 85.6 88 Wyoming ...............: 0.7 1.0 0.9 124 : United States .........: 4,554.3 4,885.2 4,233.1 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: February 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 ..........: 0.9 0.8 1,011 900 1,143 1,135 Alaska ...........: (Y) 0.1 (X) 70 (X) 1,134 Arizona ..........: 45.1 (D) 64,791 (D) 1,438 (D) Arkansas .........: 0.9 0.6 908 634 1,015 1,007 California .......: 108.1 83.4 145,501 119,834 1,357 1,447 Colorado .........: 178.2 174.8 255,332 259,861 1,435 1,488 Delaware-Maryland : 2.6 1.8 3,749 2,502 1,419 1,357 Florida ..........: 8.2 (D) 10,081 (D) 1,229 (D) Georgia ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Hawaii ...........: 1.2 0.8 1,330 942 1,148 1,178 : Idaho ............: (D) 52.5 (D) 73,038 (D) 1,398 Illinois .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana ..........: 5.5 7.8 6,581 9,088 1,200 1,180 Iowa .............: 45.5 43.3 64,543 62,906 1,419 1,455 Kansas ...........: 513.3 473.4 704,740 682,205 1,373 1,441 Kentucky .........: 6.2 5.8 7,118 6,780 1,145 1,182 Louisiana ........: 0.6 0.5 552 514 935 1,032 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi ......: 0.6 0.6 644 591 1,036 1,037 : Missouri .........: 18.3 4.5 22,344 5,666 1,225 1,261 Montana ..........: 1.5 1.6 1,838 1,993 1,252 1,256 Nebraska .........: 569.9 485.6 829,248 725,837 1,457 1,496 Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.8 2.7 3,417 3,270 1,210 1,236 New Jersey .......: 4.3 4.5 4,845 5,287 1,143 1,169 New Mexico .......: 0.6 0.5 616 583 1,096 1,128 New York .........: 3.3 2.7 4,006 3,389 1,216 1,255 North Carolina ...: 7.2 (D) 8,806 (D) 1,232 (D) North Dakota .....: 0.9 0.9 1,226 1,212 1,323 1,291 : Ohio .............: 6.0 5.6 7,964 7,461 1,332 1,327 Oklahoma .........: 6.1 6.1 7,134 7,381 1,197 1,217 Oregon ...........: 1.3 1.1 1,543 1,383 1,204 1,205 Pennsylvania .....: 89.2 86.9 115,522 116,478 1,301 1,344 South Carolina ...: 24.6 20.8 33,734 29,289 1,377 1,413 South Dakota .....: 37.7 34.9 55,413 53,146 1,476 1,529 Tennessee ........: 3.7 2.9 3,682 2,942 1,019 1,034 Texas ............: 437.1 395.2 577,734 538,499 1,325 1,366 Utah .............: 49.4 (D) 70,078 (D) 1,420 (D) Virginia .........: 1.8 1.3 1,837 1,379 1,050 1,055 : Washington .......: 86.3 73.0 122,463 106,496 1,423 1,463 West Virginia ....: 1.2 1.1 1,383 1,309 1,167 1,213 Wisconsin ........: 102.8 89.8 144,631 126,575 1,415 1,418 Wyoming ..........: 1.0 1.2 1,150 1,425 1,170 1,206 : United States ....: 2,613.2 2,323.8 3,609,528 3,321,976 1,384 1,432 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: February 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) 54 (D) 400 Georgia ..........: 0.1 0.1 37 40 481 485 Hawaii ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Idaho ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois .........: 0.2 0.2 96 76 404 400 Indiana ..........: 0.5 (D) 229 (D) 419 (D) Iowa .............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas ...........: 0.1 (Y) 29 (X) 438 (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 .........: 0.1 (Y) 24 (X) 422 (X) Montana ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nebraska .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 0.2 0.1 39 25 251 223 New Jersey .......: 1.3 1.2 484 451 378 377 New Mexico .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New York .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ...: 0.2 0.1 47 46 304 349 North Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Ohio .............: 2.6 (D) 787 (D) 303 (D) Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania .....: 7.8 4.3 3,450 1,777 445 417 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 0.1 112 36 488 479 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 ....: 19.6 11.2 6,091 3,501 312 314 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: February 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 1.4 913 585 424 408 Alaska ...........: 0.1 (Y) 34 (X) 277 (X) Arizona ..........: 0.1 0.1 17 25 295 303 Arkansas .........: 0.4 0.3 108 91 254 260 California .......: 81.5 72.8 18,487 17,408 227 240 Colorado .........: 3.2 3.0 491 436 154 147 Delaware-Maryland : 1.8 1.6 528 464 292 296 Florida ..........: 4.7 4.1 619 540 131 132 Georgia ..........: 5.0 5.0 1,387 1,329 277 264 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 33 43 268 293 : Idaho ............: 10.8 11.1 2,715 2,882 252 259 Illinois .........: 1,008.1 941.6 290,845 271,292 289 288 Indiana ..........: 706.7 717.9 197,648 205,983 280 287 Iowa .............: 3,574.5 3,082.6 1,043,570 897,935 292 291 Kansas ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana ........: 0.3 0.2 71 49 226 218 Michigan .........: 374.3 400.5 108,968 118,416 291 296 Minnesota ........: 1,004.6 922.0 280,974 257,728 280 280 Mississippi ......: 3.6 3.3 623 614 171 186 : Missouri .........: 722.6 721.5 213,863 210,514 296 292 Montana ..........: 0.8 0.8 215 223 286 294 Nebraska .........: 670.7 639.8 197,417 186,306 294 291 Nevada ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) New England 1/ ...: 2.0 1.9 585 499 293 267 New Jersey .......: 9.5 7.4 892 704 94 95 New Mexico .......: 0.2 0.2 50 50 234 269 New York .........: 1.6 1.5 380 360 244 248 North Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .....: 0.2 0.2 74 52 305 268 : Ohio .............: 87.0 85.4 25,407 25,144 293 295 Oklahoma .........: 496.4 421.3 148,631 121,748 299 289 Oregon ...........: 5.0 5.1 1,268 1,320 253 260 Pennsylvania .....: 298.0 268.2 85,887 75,711 288 282 South Carolina ...: 1.7 1.5 413 396 247 256 South Dakota .....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee ........: 80.1 65.4 36,498 29,418 456 451 Texas ............: 23.4 22.9 4,704 4,490 201 196 Utah .............: 1.7 1.5 476 365 274 246 Virginia .........: 1.3 0.9 402 259 310 301 : Washington .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ....: 0.7 0.5 204 166 303 307 Wisconsin ........: 71.7 65.2 31,193 26,808 436 412 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.2 47 44 261 266 : United States ....: 10,985.6 10,163.6 3,189,279 2,952,520 290 291 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: February 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 ..........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Alaska ...........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Arizona ..........: 0.7 0.8 77 87 112 111 Arkansas .........: 0.2 0.1 14 15 80 100 California .......: 23.5 18.5 3,633 2,748 154 149 Colorado .........: 36.1 32.2 6,041 5,527 168 172 Delaware-Maryland : 1.4 1.4 136 137 97 95 Florida ..........: 2.8 3.3 143 161 50 49 Georgia ..........: (D) 2.9 (D) 165 (D) 58 Hawaii ...........: 0.1 0.1 19 16 139 137 : Idaho ............: 0.2 0.1 24 19 154 158 Illinois .........: 5.2 5.5 441 474 84 86 Indiana ..........: 4.8 5.6 496 581 103 105 Iowa .............: 0.1 0.1 14 13 125 125 Kansas ...........: 0.4 0.2 36 18 97 94 Kentucky .........: 1.4 0.8 151 84 105 106 Louisiana ........: 0.7 0.9 45 55 61 62 Michigan .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota ........: 0.7 0.6 53 44 79 80 Mississippi ......: 0.2 0.2 15 17 79 72 : Missouri .........: 1.0 1.6 76 133 81 84 Montana ..........: 0.2 0.3 18 35 120 119 Nebraska .........: (Y) (Y) (X) (X) (X) (X) Nevada ...........: (Y) (D) (X) (D) (X) (D) New England 1/ ...: 3.8 4.4 362 439 96 100 New Jersey .......: 13.1 13.0 1,085 1,067 83 82 New Mexico .......: 0.4 0.4 52 51 138 141 New York .........: 5.8 5.6 509 592 88 106 North Carolina ...: 3.1 5.1 191 315 61 62 North Dakota .....: 0.1 (Y) 6 (X) 93 (X) : Ohio .............: 5.0 5.1 759 807 153 159 Oklahoma .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oregon ...........: 4.2 4.1 674 665 161 163 Pennsylvania .....: 11.1 10.0 1,096 1,059 99 106 South Carolina ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Dakota .....: 0.1 0.1 15 18 114 122 Tennessee ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Texas ............: 21.4 23.2 2,319 2,415 109 104 Utah .............: 1.4 1.1 189 152 137 138 Virginia .........: 1.3 1.0 80 75 64 78 : Washington .......: 1.1 1.0 153 132 137 133 West Virginia ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin ........: 0.7 0.7 83 78 117 115 Wyoming ..........: 0.2 0.1 21 15 119 153 : United States ....: 171.9 169.0 21,370 20,720 124 123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 February : : : : January to February Class : February : January : February :-----------------------: February : January : February :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------------- 1,000 head -------------------- ----------------- percent of total ---------------- : Cattle : Steers ...........: 1,199.2 1,330.7 1,119.9 2,485.8 2,450.6 46.8 49.9 49.1 47.4 49.5 Heifers ..........: 812.4 839.5 728.2 1,646.5 1,567.7 31.7 31.5 31.9 31.4 31.7 All cows .........: 516.2 467.1 403.8 1,044.1 870.9 20.1 17.5 17.7 19.9 17.6 Dairy cows .......: 252.7 247.8 217.0 503.0 464.8 9.9 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.4 Other cows .......: 263.4 219.3 186.7 541.1 406.1 10.3 8.2 8.2 10.3 8.2 Bulls ............: 36.9 31.0 28.3 68.5 59.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 : Total ............: 2,564.7 2,668.3 2,280.1 5,245.0 4,948.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves and : vealers ...... : 18.9 13.0 10.6 40.8 23.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows and : gilts ..........: 10,638.3 11,124.0 9,857.5 21,644.8 20,981.5 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.3 97.4 Sows .............: 274.1 270.4 241.4 560.1 511.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 Boars ............: 24.7 24.2 20.5 49.0 44.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 : Total ............: 10,937.1 11,418.6 10,119.5 22,253.9 21,538.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : sheep ..........: 9.1 9.3 8.9 18.7 18.2 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.1 Lambs and : yearlings ......: 143.2 142.4 138.4 285.9 280.8 94.1 93.9 93.9 93.8 93.9 : Total ............: 152.2 151.6 147.3 304.6 299.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Class - United States [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to February Class : February : January : February :----------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Cattle ............... : 834 877 874 837 876 Steers 1/ ...............: 914 955 948 918 952 Heifers 1/ ..............: 834 869 869 835 869 All cows 1/ .............: 645 667 674 644 670 Bulls 1/ ................: 873 894 900 871 897 : Calves and vealers ... : 183 182 183 177 183 : Hogs ................. : 216 218 217 217 218 Barrows and gilts 2/ ....: 214 216 215 215 216 Sows 2/ .................: 299 296 292 297 294 Boars 2/ ................: 224 222 220 223 221 : Sheep ................ : 65 64 64 64 64 Mature sheep 3/ .........: 65 65 67 65 66 Lambs and yearlings 3/ ..: 65 64 64 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: February 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 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 2 ............: 7.2 2.3 2.2 2.5 1.9 0.5 0.2 2.2 3 ............: 88.5 29.4 10.1 44.1 33.1 11.1 4.9 4.4 4 ............: 52.9 5.0 2.0 40.5 12.9 27.6 5.4 0.3 5 ............: 226.1 113.1 (D) 81.3 53.1 28.1 (D) 1.7 6 ............: 396.6 174.3 137.6 77.3 29.3 48.1 7.5 (D) 7 ............: 997.4 559.5 (D) 44.4 4.7 39.7 (D) (Y) 8 ............: 256.4 130.8 (D) 22.4 7.7 14.8 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 126.6 58.8 17.5 49.5 45.0 4.4 0.8 (D) 10 ...........: 126.1 45.7 38.1 41.2 29.0 12.2 1.1 (D) : United States :2,280.1 1,119.9 728.2 403.8 217.0 186.7 28.3 10.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts: Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 1.6 1.6 (Y) (Y) 4.3 0.2 4.2 2 ............: 8.8 8.8 (Y) (Y) 18.1 1.5 16.5 3 ............: 269.4 269.2 0.2 (Y) 13.3 1.3 11.9 4 ............: (D) (D) 68.5 (D) 12.5 0.8 11.7 5 ............: 3,112.6 3,005.5 102.2 4.9 25.5 1.4 24.1 6 ............: 440.5 440.3 0.1 0.1 16.3 0.6 15.7 7 ............: 4,456.1 4,375.1 70.3 10.7 1.7 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.1 (D) 33.2 (D) (D) 9 ............: 70.0 69.9 (Y) (Y) 18.1 2.3 15.9 10 ...........: 17.2 17.2 (Y) (Y) 4.3 0.1 4.2 : United States :10,119.5 9,857.5 241.4 20.5 147.3 8.9 138.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1 - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; 2 - New Jersey, New York; 3 - Delaware-Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; 4 - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin; 6 - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; 7 - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; 8- Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming; 9 - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada; 10 - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Federally Inspected Slaughter - Regions and United States: January to February 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 ............: 5.2 2.2 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 2 ............: 14.5 4.5 4.2 5.3 4.3 1.1 0.5 4.7 3 ............: 185.0 62.9 20.6 92.3 69.1 23.2 9.2 9.7 4 ............: 110.0 10.5 4.3 84.8 26.9 57.9 10.4 0.5 5 ............: 489.5 241.5 (D) 177.8 115.0 62.9 (D) 3.9 6 ............: 856.0 376.1 296.1 167.6 59.4 108.2 16.2 (D) 7 ............:2,178.0 1,232.5 (D) 93.9 9.6 84.3 (D) 0.1 8 ............: 555.0 293.9 (D) 45.5 15.6 29.9 (D) (Y) 9 ............: 275.6 122.0 40.4 111.4 100.7 10.7 1.7 (D) 10 ...........: 279.8 104.5 81.3 91.0 63.5 27.5 2.9 (D) : United States :4,948.5 2,450.6 1,567.7 870.9 464.8 406.1 59.3 23.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature :Lambs and : :and gilts : Sows : Boars : : sheep :yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : 1 ............: 3.5 3.4 (Y) (Y) 8.4 0.4 8.1 2 ............: 20.9 20.8 0.1 (Y) 36.6 3.0 33.6 3 ............: 571.2 570.8 0.3 0.1 27.4 2.9 24.5 4 ............: (D) (D) 145.4 (D) 24.3 1.8 22.4 5 ............: 6,648.6 6,420.9 217.3 10.4 51.0 2.6 48.4 6 ............: 962.6 962.3 0.2 0.1 34.3 1.2 33.1 7 ............: 9,565.9 9,393.9 147.9 24.0 3.3 (D) (D) 8 ............: (D) (D) 0.4 (D) 66.9 (D) (D) 9 ............: 155.6 155.5 0.1 (Y) 38.1 4.5 33.6 10 ...........: 36.5 36.5 0.1 (Y) 8.7 0.3 8.4 : United States : 21,538.0 20,981.5 511.8 44.8 299.0 18.2 280.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter - United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : January to February Species : February : January : February :------------------------ : 2024 : 2025 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Cattle .......: 98.1 98.2 98.1 98.2 98.2 Calves .......: 96.0 95.7 94.6 96.6 95.2 Hogs .........: 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 99.6 Sheep ........: 88.6 87.4 87.2 88.7 87.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1,000 livestock slaughter plants in the United States operating under Federal Inspection and nearly 1,850 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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