Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary 04/21/2021

1 United States Department of Agriculture national agricultural statistics Service ISSN: 0499-0544 Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary April 2021 Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) 3 USDA, national agricultural statistics Service Contents Summary .. 6 Livestock Slaughter Federally Inspected, Commercial, Farm, and Red Meat Production by Month and Total United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 7 Commercial and Farm Slaughter by Species United States: 2019 and 2020 .. 8 Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, Month, and Total United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 8 Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Classification and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Average .. 9 Commercial Red Meat Production by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 10 Slaughter and Average Live Weight by Species and Month United States: 2020 and 2019 Total.

2 12 Federally Inspected Slaughter and Percent by Classification and Month United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 16 Federally Inspected Cattle Slaughter by Classification and Month Regions: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 18 Federally Inspected Calf Slaughter by Month Regions: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 22 Federally Inspected Hog Slaughter by Classification and Month Regions: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 24 Federally Inspected Sheep and Lamb Slaughter by Classification and Month Regions: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 28 Commercial Cattle Slaughter by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 32 Commercial Cattle Slaughter Total Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 34 Commercial Cattle Slaughter Average Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Average .. 36 Commercial Calf Slaughter by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 38 Commercial Calf Slaughter Total Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total.

3 40 Commercial Calf Slaughter Average Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Average .. 42 Commercial Hog Slaughter by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 44 Commercial Hog Slaughter Total Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 46 Commercial Hog Slaughter Average Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Average .. 48 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total .. 50 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter Total Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 52 4 Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) USDA, national agricultural statistics Service Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter Average Live Weight by Month States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Average ..54 Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Species States and United States: 2020.

4 56 Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Species States and United States: 2019 ..58 Cattle Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: 2020 ..60 Calves Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: Hogs Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: 2020 ..60 Sheep and Lambs Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: Cattle Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: 2019 ..61 Calves Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: Hogs Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: 2019 ..61 Sheep and Lambs Federally Inspected Plants and Head Slaughtered by Size Group United States: Livestock Slaughter Plants by Type of Inspection States and United States: January 1, 2020 and 2021.

5 62 Annual Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species, Class, and Week United States: 2020 and 2019 Total ..63 Annual Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Week United States: 2020 and 2019 Total ..65 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Statistical Methodology ..67 Information Contacts ..68 Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) 5 USDA, national agricultural statistics Service This page intentionally left blank. 6 Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) USDA, national agricultural statistics Service Summary Record High Red Meat Production for 2020 Total red meat production for the United States totaled billion pounds in 2020, 1 percent higher than the previous year. Red meat includes beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. Red meat production in commercial plants totaled billion pounds. On-farm Slaughter totaled million pounds. Beef production totaled billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year.

6 Veal production totaled million pounds, down 13 percent from last year. Pork production, at billion pounds, was 2 percent above the previous year. Lamb and mutton production totaled 143 million pounds, down 7 percent from 2019. Commercial cattle Slaughter during 2020 totaled million head, down 2 percent from 2019, with federal inspection comprising percent of the total. The average live weight was 1,373 pounds, up 29 pounds from a year ago. Steers comprised percent of the total federally inspected cattle Slaughter , heifers percent, dairy cows percent, other cows percent, and bulls percent. Commercial calf Slaughter totaled 456,400 head, 22 percent lower than a year ago with percent under federal inspection. The average live weight was 245 pounds, up 24 pounds from a year earlier. Commercial hog Slaughter totaled 132 million head, 1 percent higher than 2019 with percent of the hogs slaughtered under federal inspection.

7 The average live weight was up 4 pounds from last year, at 289 pounds. Barrows and gilts comprised percent of the total federally inspected hog Slaughter . Commercial sheep and lamb Slaughter , at million head, was down 4 percent from the previous year with federal inspection comprising percent of the total. The average live weight was down 3 pounds from 2019 at 125 pounds. Lambs and yearlings comprised percent of the total federally inspected sheep Slaughter . There were 858 plants slaughtering under federal inspection on January 1, 2021 compared with 835 last year. Of these, 683 plants slaughtered at least one head of cattle during 2020 with the 13 largest plants slaughtering 54 percent of the total cattle killed. Hogs were slaughtered at 621 plants, with the 14 largest plants accounting for 58 percent of the total. For calves, 3 of the 172 plants accounted for 55 percent of the total and 1 of the 522 plants that slaughtered sheep or lambs in 2020 comprised 20 percent of the total head.

8 Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas accounted for 49 percent of the United States commercial red meat production in 2020, unchanged from 2019. Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) 7 USDA, national agricultural statistics Service Livestock Slaughter Federally Inspected, Commercial, Farm, and Red Meat Production by Month and Total United States: 2020 and 2019 Total [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] Month Beef Veal Pork 1 Lamb and mutton Total red meat 1 Federally inspected Total Federally inspected Total Federally inspected Total Federally inspected Total Federally inspected Total (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) (million pounds) Commercial 2 January 2020 .. February .. March .. April .. May .. June .. July .. August .. September .. October .. November .. December .. 2020 Commercial.

9 Farm .. Total .. 2019 Commercial .. Farm .. Total .. 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 26, (X) (X) 26, (X) (X) 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 27, 27, 27, 27, (X) (X) (X) (X) 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 28, (X) (X) 27, (X) (X) 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 28, 28, 27, 27, (X) (X) (X) (X) 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 55, (X) (X) 54, (X) (X) 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 55, 55, 55, 55, (X) Not applicable. 1 Excludes lard and rendered pork fat. 2 Based on packers' dressed weight and excludes farm Slaughter . 8 Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) USDA, national agricultural statistics Service Commercial and Farm Slaughter by Species United States: 2019 and 2020 Species Total commercial Farm Total Slaughter 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 (thousand head) (thousand head) (thousand head) (thousand head) (thousand head) (thousand head) Cattle.

10 Calves .. Hogs .. Sheep .. 33, 129, 2, 32, 131, 2, 33, 129, 2, 32, 131, 2, Federally Inspected Slaughter Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, Month, and Total United States: 2020 and 2019 Total Month Species Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) January 2020 .. February .. March .. April .. May .. June .. July .. August .. September .. October .. November .. December .. 2020 Total .. 2019 Total .. Livestock Slaughter 2020 Summary (April 2021) 9 USDA, national agricultural statistics Service Federally Inspected Slaughter Average Dressed Weight by Classification and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Average Classification January February March April May June July (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) Cattle.