Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America
Northern America: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 382 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America is 382 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America peaked at 382 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 210 kg/An, in 1962.
Northern 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.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 212 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 210 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 220 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 221 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 215 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 225 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 232 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 235 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 240 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 251 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 252 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 260 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 266 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 261 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 237 kg/An | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 246 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 243 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 252 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 266 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 269 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 268 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 262 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 265 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 262 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 272 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 273 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 279 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 285 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 290 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 294 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 298 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 299 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 300 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 293 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 296 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 296 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 303 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 312 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 311 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 321 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 333 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 323 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 337 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 352 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 335 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 324 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 338 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 339 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 349 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 335 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 334 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 342 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 344 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 375 kg/An | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 367 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 368 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 364 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 364 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 363 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 372 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 371 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 372 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 371 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 382 kg/An | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 223.33 kg/An | 210 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 253.4 kg/An | 237 kg/An | 266 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 272.5 kg/An | 262 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 300.2 kg/An | 293 kg/An | 312 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 335.1 kg/An | 321 kg/An | 352 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 355.6 kg/An | 334 kg/An | 375 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 373.6 kg/An | 371 kg/An | 382 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America was 382 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 382 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 210 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Northern America rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern America ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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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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.