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Year |
Total beef disappearance1 |
Retail equivalent of dissappearance2 |
All fresh beef retail value3 |
Retail equivalent value of beef produced4 |
Value of cattle and calf production5 |
Cash receipts6 |
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Billion pounds | Dollars | Billion dollars | ||||
2001 | 27.0 | 18.9 | 3.01 | 56.9 | 29.4 | 40.5 |
2002 | 27.9 | 19.5 | 3.05 | 59.5 | 27.1 | 38.1 |
2003 | 27.0 | 18.9 | 3.31 | 62.6 | 32.1 | 45.3 |
2004 | 27.8 | 19.4 | 3.62 | 70.3 | 34.9 | 47.4 |
2005 | 27.8 | 19.5 | 3.64 | 70.8 | 36.3 | 49.3 |
2006 | 28.1 | 19.7 | 3.62 | 71.2 | 35.5 | 49.1 |
2007 | 28.1 | 19.7 | 3.78 | 74.4 | 36.0 | 49.8 |
2008 | 27.3 | 19.1 | 3.97 | 75.9 | 35.6 | 48.4 |
2009 | 26.8 | 18.8 | 3.89 | 73.0 | 31.9 | 43.7 |
2010 | 26.4 | 18.5 | 4.10 | 75.8 | 36.9 | 51.2 |
2011 | 25.5 | 17.9 | 4.44 | 79.3 | 45.1 | 62.3 |
2012 | 25.8 | 18.1 | 4.69 | 84.7 | 48.1 | 66.1 |
2013 | 25.5 | 17.9 | 4.94 | 88.2 | 48.6 | 67.8 |
2014 | 24.7 | 17.3 | 5.60 | 96.9 | 60.1 | 81.1 |
2015 | 24.8 | 17.4 | 6.04 | 104.9 | 60.1 | 78.3 |
2016 | 25.7 | 18.0 | 5.74 | 103.3 | 48.6 | 63.7 |
2017 | 26.5 | 18.6 | 5.65 | 104.8 | 50.4 | 66.9 |
2018 | 26.8 | 18.8 | 5.69 | 106.7 | 49.1 | 67.0 |
2019 | 27.3 | 19.1 | 5.82 | 111.2 | 48.2 | 66.3 |
2020 | 27.6 | 19.3 | 6.39 | 123.3 | 45.8 | 63.1 |
1Total amount of beef used in the domestic market on a carcass weight basis. 2Amount of the carcass estimated to cutout to retail cuts. This is 70 percent of the total disappearance. 3The value of a weighted average of an animal's retail meat cuts. 4Retail equivalent value of beef produced. 5Production includes total live weights of animals marketed, farm slaughter, and custom slaughter consumed on farms where produced, minus live weight of inshipments, with an adjustment for any increase or decrease in live weight of inventory. 6Receipts for cattle marketed for slaughter, including on-farm slaughter. Sources: USDA, Economic Research Service, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, and National Agricultural Statistics Service. |
Year |
Commercial beef production1 |
Beef exports2 |
Beef exports as percent of production |
Value of beef exports |
---|---|---|---|---|
Billion pounds | Percent | Billion dollars | ||
2001 | 26.1 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 2.7 |
2002 | 27.1 | 2.4 | 9.0 | 2.6 |
2003 | 26.2 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 3.2 |
2004 | 24.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
2005 | 24.7 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 1.0 |
2006 | 26.2 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
2007 | 26.4 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 2.2 |
2008 | 26.6 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
2009 | 26.0 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 2.9 |
2010 | 26.3 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 3.8 |
2011 | 26.2 | 2.8 | 10.6 | 5.0 |
2012 | 25.9 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 5.1 |
2013 | 25.7 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 5.7 |
2014 | 24.3 | 2.6 | 10.6 | 6.5 |
2015 | 23.7 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 5.4 |
2016 | 25.2 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 5.5 |
2017 | 26.2 | 2.9 | 10.9 | 6.4 |
2018 | 26.9 | 3.2 | 11.8 | 7.5 |
2019 | 27.2 | 3.0 | 11.1 | 7.1 |
2020 | 27.6 | 3.0 | 10.9 | 6.8 |
1Commercial production on a carcass weight basis. 2Carcass weight basis. Sources: USDA, Economic Research Service, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. |
Year | Total slaughter U.S. | Total slaughter Canada | Total slaughter Mexico | All cattle & calves inventory U.S. | All cattle & calves inventory Canada | All cattle & calves inventory Mexico |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Million head | ||||||
2001 | 36.6 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 97.3 | 13.6 | 25.3 |
2002 | 37.0 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 96.7 | 13.8 | 25.3 |
2003 | 36.7 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 96.1 | 13.5 | 26.0 |
2004 | 33.8 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 94.4 | 14.6 | 25.2 |
2005 | 33.3 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 95.0 | 14.9 | 24.3 |
2006 | 34.6 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 96.3 | 14.7 | 23.7 |
2007 | 35.2 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 96.6 | 14.1 | 23.3 |
2008 | 35.5 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 96.0 | 13.8 | 22.9 |
2009 | 34.5 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 94.7 | 13.0 | 22.7 |
2010 | 35.3 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 94.1 | 12.7 | 22.2 |
2011 | 35.1 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 92.9 | 12.2 | 21.5 |
2012 | 33.9 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 91.2 | 12.2 | 20.1 |
2013 | 33.4 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 90.1 | 12.2 | 18.5 |
2014 | 30.9 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 88.2 | 12.1 | 17.8 |
2015 | 29.3 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 89.2 | 11.6 | 17.1 |
2016 | 31.2 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 91.9 | 11.6 | 16.6 |
2017 | 32.8 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 93.6 | 11.5 | 16.5 |
2018 | 33.7 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 94.3 | 11.6 | 16.6 |
2019 | 34.3 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 94.8 | 11.5 | 16.7 |
2020 | 32.8 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 93.8 | 11.3 | 16.9 |
* = Inventory on January 1. | ||||||
Sources: USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. |
Year | Total imports | Imports from Canada¹ | Imports from Mexico | Share from Canada | Share from Mexico | Imports from North America as share of U.S. beef consumption |
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Billion Pounds | Percent | |||||
2001 | 3.163 | 0.987 | 0.012 | 31.2 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
2002 | 3.218 | 1.091 | 0.017 | 33.9 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
2003 | 3.006 | 0.740 | 0.016 | 24.60 | 0.5 | 2.8 |
2004 | 3.679 | 1.062 | 0.019 | 28.9 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
2005 | 3.599 | 1.092 | 0.027 | 30.4 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
2006 | 3.085 | 0.844 | 0.041 | 27.4 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
2007 | 3.052 | 0.789 | 0.050 | 25.9 | 1.6 | 3.0 |
2008 | 2.538 | 0.841 | 0.044 | 33.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
2009 | 2.626 | 0.812 | 0.066 | 30.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
2010 | 2.298 | 0.861 | 0.107 | 37.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
2011 | 2.057 | 0.689 | 0.155 | 33.5 | 7.5 | 3.3 |
2012 | 2.220 | 0.537 | 0.242 | 24.2 | 10.9 | 3.0 |
2013 | 2.250 | 0.538 | 0.252 | 23.9 | 11.2 | 3.1 |
2014 | 2.947 | 0.602 | 0.310 | 20.4 | 10.5 | 3.7 |
2015 | 3.368 | 0.628 | 0.392 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 4.1 |
2016 | 3.012 | 0.718 | 0.493 | 23.8 | 16.4 | 4.7 |
2017 | 2.993 | 0.741 | 0.574 | 24.8 | 19.2 | 5.0 |
2018 | 2.998 | 0.792 | 0.508 | 26.4 | 16.9 | 4.9 |
2019 | 3.058 | 0.848 | 0.580 | 27.7 | 19.0 | 5.3 |
2020 | 3.342 | 0.825 | 0.651 | 24.7 | 19.5 | 5.4 |
1Some products imported from Canada could be made from animals originally imported from the United States. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service. |
Year | Total Cattle Imports | From Mexico | From Canada 1 | Share from Canada |
---|---|---|---|---|
Million head | Percent | |||
2001 | 2.437 | 1.130 | 1.306 | 54 |
2002 | 2.503 | 0.816 | 1.687 | 67 |
2003 | 1.752 | 1.240 | 0.512 | 29 |
2004 | 1.371 | 1.370 | 0.000* | <0.1 |
2005 | 1.816 | 1.256 | 0.559 | 31 |
2006 | 2.289 | 1.257 | 1.032 | 45 |
2007 | 2.495 | 1.090 | 1.405 | 56 |
2008 | 2.284 | 0.703 | 1.581 | 69 |
2009 | 2.002 | 0.941 | 1.061 | 53 |
2010 | 2.284 | 1.221 | 1.063 | 47 |
2011 | 2.107 | 1.421 | 0.686 | 33 |
2012 | 2.283 | 1.468 | 0.815 | 36 |
2013 | 2.033 | 0.989 | 1.044 | 51 |
2014 | 2.358 | 1.116 | 1.243 | 53 |
2015 | 1.984 | 1.154 | 0.830 | 42 |
2016 | 1.708 | 0.943 | 0.765 | 45 |
2017 | 1.807 | 1.164 | 0.642 | 36 |
2018 | 1.899 | 1.268 | 0.631 | 33 |
2019 | 2.043 | 1.320 | 0.723 | 35 |
2020 | 2.114 | 1.441 | 0.673 | 32 |
1Cattle shipments from Canada to the United States may include animals transshipped through Canada from Hawaii or Alaska. *135 head. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service. |
Year | Japan | South Korea | Mexico | Canada |
---|---|---|---|---|
Million pounds | ||||
2001 | 1,004 | 346 | 532 | 233 |
2002 | 771 | 597 | 629 | 241 |
2003 | 918 | 587 | 586 | 227 |
2004 | 12 | 1 | 333 | 56 |
2005 | 17 | 1 | 464 | 106 |
2006 | 52 | 1 | 660 | 239 |
2007 | 159 | 78 | 586 | 339 |
2008 | 231 | 152 | 759 | 389 |
2009 | 274 | 141 | 628 | 363 |
2010 | 351 | 277 | 500 | 391 |
2011 | 456 | 380 | 488 | 500 |
2012 | 449 | 305 | 352 | 467 |
2013 | 671 | 253 | 403 | 467 |
2014 | 663 | 301 | 435 | 364 |
2015 | 540 | 319 | 363 | 324 |
2016 | 655 | 459 | 395 | 308 |
2017 | 826 | 473 | 419 | 309 |
2018 | 886 | 638 | 449 | 300 |
2019 | 799 | 684 | 424 | 268 |
2020 | 827 | 667 | 320 | 286 |
Note: Carcass weight basis. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service. |
Year | Japan | South Korea | Mexico | Canada |
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Million dollars | ||||
2001 | 1,261 | 361 | 576 | 287 |
2002 | 854 | 619 | 615 | 286 |
2003 | 1,183 | 754 | 623 | 309 |
2004 | 31 | 2 | 393 | 105 |
2005 | 50 | 3 | 584 | 194 |
2006 | 105 | 4 | 786 | 415 |
2007 | 294 | 124 | 737 | 576 |
2008 | 439 | 291 | 895 | 683 |
2009 | 495 | 215 | 770 | 622 |
2010 | 662 | 504 | 669 | 731 |
2011 | 873 | 661 | 791 | 1,039 |
2012 | 1,000 | 548 | 647 | 1,189 |
2013 | 1,283 | 567 | 739 | 1,197 |
2014 | 1,421 | 825 | 942 | 1,052 |
2015 | 1,013 | 766 | 801 | 874 |
2016 | 1,137 | 1,014 | 711 | 740 |
2017 | 1,528 | 1,149 | 746 | 775 |
2018 | 1,754 | 1,673 | 829 | 727 |
2019 | 1,563 | 1,773 | 830 | 638 |
2020 | 1,572 | 1,654 | 625 | 709 |
Note: Carcass weight basis. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service. |