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
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, 1961–2024
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 5 Canada 378 kg/An compare
- 6 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 7 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
- 9 Malaysia 343 kg/An compare
- 10 Germany 336 kg/An compare
- 11 Belgium-Luxembourg 335 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 32.73 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
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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About this data
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.