Herd & slaughter
Slaughter and hog inventory in major supplying countries (switch between slaughter and inventory with the tabs).
United States
Head slaughtered
Daily
Daily estimates, federally inspected. The thin line shows the same weekday of the same week a year earlier.
Source: USDA AMS (daily estimates, federally inspected)
Weekly and monthly
Source: USDA NASS Quick Stats (weekly: federally inspected; monthly: all commercial slaughter, final). This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
Average carcass weight
Daily
Daily average carcass weight. The thin line shows the same weekday of the same week a year earlier.
Unit: lb (≈0.45 kg)
Source: USDA AMS LMR Carcass Measurements
Weekly and monthly
Unit: lb (≈0.45 kg)
Source: USDA AMS LMR Carcass Measurements
US average carcass weight (annual, long-term)
Canada
Canada head slaughtered (weekly and monthly)
Source: AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
EU member states
Head slaughtered and production
Seven major EU countries: monthly slaughter (stacked)
Seven major EU countries, individually (monthly slaughter)
Y-axis scales differ by country.
Source: Created by editing European Commission DG AGRI data
Average carcass weight
EU member states: average carcass weight (monthly)
The 7-country total is not an average of the countries: it is the seven countries' total production ÷ total head slaughtered. Shown only for months with data for all seven.
Source: Created by editing European Commission DG AGRI data
Seven major EU countries, individually (monthly average carcass weight)
Average carcass weight per head. Covers all approved slaughterhouses in each country. Y-axis scales differ by country.
Source: Created by editing European Commission DG AGRI data
Mexico
Brazil
Brazil slaughter (SIF federal inspection, quarterly)
SIF federally inspected slaughter, quarterly
Top 10 states by head slaughtered (—, all inspection types)
Source: Created by editing data from IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), Quarterly Survey of Animal Slaughter (SIDRA table 1093) (quarterly slaughter by SIF/SIE/SIM and by state)