Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United States of America
United States of America: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 382 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United States of America is 382 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United States of America peaked at 382 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 213 kg/An, in 1962.
United States of America ranks 1st of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United States of America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 215 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 213 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 224 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 225 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 219 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 228 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 236 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 239 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 244 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 255 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 256 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 264 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 270 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 265 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 240 kg/An | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 250 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 246 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 255 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 269 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 272 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 271 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 266 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 268 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 265 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 275 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 275 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 281 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 287 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 293 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 297 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 300 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 301 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 301 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 293 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 297 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 297 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 304 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 311 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 310 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 320 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 333 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 322 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 336 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 354 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 336 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 325 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 338 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 339 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 351 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 335 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 341 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 352 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 353 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 379 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 369 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 369 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 364 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 364 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 361 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 371 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 371 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 370 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 369 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 382 kg/An | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 227 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 244 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 257 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 270 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 275.3 kg/An | 265 kg/An | 293 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 301.1 kg/An | 293 kg/An | 311 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 335.4 kg/An | 320 kg/An | 354 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 358.7 kg/An | 335 kg/An | 379 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 372.6 kg/An | 369 kg/An | 382 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United States of America?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United States of America was 382 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 382 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 213 kg/An in 1962.
- How does United States of America rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.