Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas

Americas: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 285 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
285 kg/An
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
8th
of 33 groups
All-time high
289 kg/An
in 2022
All-time low
201 kg/An
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.

Analysis

Americas recorded 285 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Americas peaked at 289 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 201 kg/An, in 1962.

Americas ranks 8th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 209.78 kg/An 201 kg/An 219 kg/An 9
1970s 224.2 kg/An 216 kg/An 235 kg/An 10
1980s 228.8 kg/An 223 kg/An 235 kg/An 10
1990s 243.7 kg/An 233 kg/An 252 kg/An 10
2000s 244 kg/An 233 kg/An 257 kg/An 10
2010s 253.8 kg/An 240 kg/An 271 kg/An 10
2020s 287 kg/An 285 kg/An 289 kg/An 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 5 Canada 378 kg/An compare
  2. 6 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
  3. 7 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
  4. 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
  5. 9 Malaysia 343 kg/An compare
  6. 10 Germany 336 kg/An compare
  7. 11 Belgium-Luxembourg 335 kg/An compare

See the full ranking of 239 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Americas?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Americas was 285 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 289 kg/An in 2022.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 201 kg/An in 1962.
How does Americas rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
Americas ranks 8th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight
Unit
kg/An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,887 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.