Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada
Canada: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 378 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada stood at 378 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada peaked at 387 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 182 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Canada 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 182 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 182 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 189 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 189 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 186 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 195 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 195 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 201 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 207 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 212 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 213 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 222 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 229 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 222 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 209 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 213 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 223 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 239 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 238 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 234 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 239 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 235 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 243 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 251 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 257 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 265 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 263 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 268 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 275 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 278 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 283 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 294 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 295 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 290 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 300 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 315 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 321 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 329 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 332 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 338 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 342 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 338 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 329 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 320 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 334 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 339 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 335 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 331 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 273 kg/An | -17.5% |
| 2012 | 259 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 262 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 338 kg/An | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 349 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 360 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 365 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 365 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 373 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 376 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 373 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 387 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 380 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 378 kg/An | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191.78 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 207 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 219.5 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 246.4 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 265 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 291.9 kg/An | 268 kg/An | 321 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 333.6 kg/An | 320 kg/An | 342 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 327.5 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 373 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 378.8 kg/An | 373 kg/An | 387 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 1 Japan 450 kg/An compare
- 1 Türkiye 292 kg/An compare
- 2 Indonesia 408 kg/An compare
- 3 Singapore 400 kg/An compare
- 5 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 6 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 7 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada was 378 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 387 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 182 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Canada ranks 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.