Jun 26, 2024 · Dairy cattle slaughter in May totaled 216,100 head, down 22,100 head from April and 33,000 lower than May 2023. Milk production in May remained lower than the previous year. There had been some anticipation that production would be closer to the level of a year ago.

Monthly Dairy Cow Livestock Slaughter. The Livestock Slaughter report by NASS shows the number of dairy cows slaughtered in November 2024 was 210,300 head (Figure 4). This is a month-over-month decline of -25,300 head in August 2024, with the percentage decrease of …

Oct 3, 2023 · On January 1, USDA estimated the size of the beef cow herd at 28.9 million head while the dairy cow inventory was 9.4 million. The reason why there is such a large share of dairy cows in the annual slaughter is that producers tend to …

Market Conditions Facing U.S. Dairy Market in 2024 • Milk Production is projected to continue growing, but at a lower rate • Feed prices are projected to abate from the recent years’ high levels • Tighter global markets for dairy products • Export demand is expected to …

This report contains total cows (dairy/all) slaughtered under federal inspection by region.

Almost all cull dairy cows in the U.S. are intended for beef slaughter. Only about 4.5 percent are sent to other operations for dairy production or other purposes.

Dec 2, 2023 · Low margins on U.S. dairy farms pushed a lot of cows to slaughter in 2023, but cow numbers now seem to have stabilized, an industry analyst says. Cow slaughter rates were high...

Jan 17, 2019 · Our objective is to describe what is known about the process of sending a dairy cow to slaughter, fitness for transport, her condition upon arrival at the plant and how decisions to cull are made in the United States.

May 8, 2020 · More U.S. dairy farmers are sending their cows to be turned into hamburgers after the coronavirus reduced demand for milk. American dairies could reduce their herd size this year by 80,000 to...

Jul 7, 2023 · The largest percent change in slaughter regions is region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK & TX), up 26 percent from last year, followed by region 10 (AK, ID, OR & WA), up 16 percent, and region 9 (AZ, CA, HI & NV), up 6 percent. The remaining regions have seen a …