Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America
Northern America: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 24 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 24 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Northern America peaked at 28 kg/An in 1988 and was at its lowest, 21 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Northern America 2nd out of 29 groups 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.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 28 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 27 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 24 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 26 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.7 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.7 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.7 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 26 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 26 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.6 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Northern America?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Northern America was 24 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 28 kg/An in 1988.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern America ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — 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.