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1135. Meat Supply and Use

[In millions of pounds (carcass weight equivalent) (47,715 represents 47,715,000,000). Carcass weight equivalent is the weight of the animal minus entrails, head, hide, and internal organs; includes fat, and bone. Covers federal and state inspected, and farm slaughter]

 
Year and type Production Imports Supply, 1 Consumption 2 Exports Ending
of meat total stocks
 
RED MEAT AND POULTRY
  1970 47,715 2,429 51,069 49,669 256 1,143
  1971 49,300 2,355 52,799 51,369 273 1,157
  1972 48,632 2,682 52,471 51,046 342 1,083
  1973 45,939 2,607 49,629 47,769 477 1,383
  1974 49,045 2,160 52,587 50,841 371 1,376
  1975 47,391 2,248 51,015 49,388 539 1,088
  1976 51,523 2,600 55,212 53,151 797 1,263
  1977 51,528 2,425 55,216 53,429 801 985
  1978 51,020 2,856 54,862 52,859 865 1,137
  1979 51,329 2,975 55,441 53,275 949 1,217
  1980 53,151 2,668 57,036 54,695 1,124 1,217
  1981 54,092 2,334 57,643 55,212 1,353 1,078
  1982 52,667 2,592 56,337 54,267 1,043 1,027
  1983 54,763 2,717 58,507 56,409 994 1,104
  1984 55,365 2,821 59,290 57,225 960 1,105
  1985 56,271 3,255 60,631 58,651 926 1,054
  1986 57,187 3,319 61,560 59,289 1,222 1,049
  1987 58,369 3,533 62,952 60,193 1,522 1,237
  1988 60,446 3,594 65,277 62,236 1,729 1,313
  1989 61,496 3,120 65,928 62,636 2,169 1,123
  1990 62,255 3,295 66,673 62,937 2,472 1,263
  1991 64,287 3,223 68,773 64,505 2,873 1,395
  1992 67,178 3,135 71,707 66,860 3,440 1,408
  1993 68,087 3,194 72,688 67,221 3,952 1,515
  1994 71,796 3,162 76,472 69,326 5,415 1,731
  1995 74,070 2,837 78,637 69,912 6,956 1,769
  1996 75,303 2,769 79,841 70,130 7,976 1,734
  1997 76,321 3,067 81,123 70,360 8,839 1,923
  1998 78,637 3,467 84,027 73,060 8,951 2,016
  1999 81,537 3,820 87,372 76,061 9,340 1,972
 
ALL RED MEATS
  1970 37,522 2,429 40,574 39,689 125 761
  1971 39,012 2,355 42,128 41,196 146 785
  1972 37,836 2,682 41,303 40,334 206 764
  1973 35,370 2,607 38,741 37,459 327 955
  1974 38,418 2,160 41,533 40,401 206 926
  1975 37,038 2,248 40,212 39,097 337 778
  1976 39,880 2,600 43,259 41,944 410 905
  1977 39,710 2,425 43,040 41,963 398 679
  1978 38,575 2,856 42,110 40,796 454 860
  1979 37,624 2,975 41,459 40,163 461 835
  1980 38,978 2,668 42,481 41,170 429 882
  1981 39,035 2,334 42,251 41,033 527 691
  1982 37,578 2,592 40,860 39,705 468 688
  1983 39,270 2,717 42,675 41,354 497 824
  1984 39,284 2,821 42,929 41,587 500 841
  1985 39,409 3,255 43,505 42,311 461 733
  1986 39,296 3,319 43,348 42,051 613 684
  1987 38,684 3,533 42,901 41,422 722 758
  1988 40,004 3,594 44,356 42,599 887 870
  1989 39,602 3,120 43,592 41,642 1,290 660
  1990 38,787 3,295 42,742 40,784 1,250 707
  1991 39,585 3,223 43,515 41,214 1,481 820
  1992 40,977 3,135 44,932 42,435 1,739 758
  1993 40,759 3,194 44,711 42,093 1,718 900
  1994 42,683 3,161 46,744 43,571 2,169 1,004
  1995 43,677 2,831 47,512 43,968 2,614 930
  1996 43,288 2,764 46,982 43,370 2,853 759
  1997 43,358 3,061 47,178 43,099 3,185 894
  1998 45,284 3,461 49,639 45,239 3,407 994
  1999 46,284 3,813 51,092 46,476 3,701 914
 
Beef:
  1970 21,684 1,792 23,829 23,451 40 338
  1971 21,904 1,734 23,976 23,555 55 366
  1972 22,413 1,960 24,739 24,193 69 477
  1973 21,278 1,990 23,745 23,058 107 580
  1974 23,137 1,615 25,332 24,740 74 519
  1975 23,975 1,758 26,252 25,730 66 456
  1976 25,969 2,073 28,498 27,804 87 606
  1977 25,279 1,939 27,824 27,315 98 412
  1978 24,241 2,297 26,950 26,261 160 529
  1979 21,447 2,405 24,380 23,755 167 459
  1980 21,643 2,064 24,166 23,560 173 432
  1981 22,389 1,743 24,564 24,013 216 335
  1982 22,536 1,939 24,811 24,173 250 388
  1983 23,243 1,974 25,605 24,904 272 429
  1984 23,598 1,823 25,850 25,048 329 472
  1985 23,728 2,071 26,271 25,523 328 420
  1986 24,371 2,129 26,920 25,988 521 412
  1987 23,566 2,269 26,247 25,257 604 386
  1988 23,589 2,379 26,353 25,252 680 422
  1989 23,087 2,178 25,687 24,329 1,023 335
  1990 22,743 2,356 25,434 24,031 1,006 397
  1991 22,917 2,406 25,720 24,113 1,188 419
  1992 23,086 2,440 25,945 24,261 1,324 360
  1993 23,049 2,401 25,810 24,006 1,275 529
  1994 24,386 2,369 27,284 25,125 1,611 548
  1995 25,222 2,103 27,873 25,533 1,821 519
  1996 25,525 2,073 28,117 25,863 1,877 377
  1997 25,490 2,344 28,211 25,611 2,136 465
  1998 25,760 2,643 28,868 26,305 2,171 393
  1999 26,493 2,874 29,760 26,938 2,411 411
 
Pork:
  1970 14,699 491 15,434 14,957 83 394
  1971 16,006 496 16,896 16,417 88 391
  1972 14,422 538 15,351 14,960 133 258
  1973 13,223 533 14,014 13,451 215 348
  1974 14,331 488 15,167 14,661 127 380
  1975 11,779 439 12,598 12,032 265 300
  1976 12,688 469 13,457 12,867 316 274
  1977 13,248 440 13,962 13,422 294 246
  1978 13,393 495 14,134 13,536 288 310
  1979 15,451 500 16,261 15,616 291 355
  1980 16,617 550 17,521 16,838 252 431
  1981 15,873 542 16,846 16,203 307 336
  1982 14,229 612 15,177 14,679 214 284
  1983 15,199 707 16,190 15,595 219 375
  1984 14,812 954 16,141 15,630 164 348
  1985 14,807 1,128 16,283 15,865 128 289
  1986 14,063 1,122 15,474 15,135 86 253
  1987 14,373 1,195 15,821 15,352 109 360
  1988 15,684 1,137 17,181 16,549 195 437
  1989 15,813 896 17,146 16,571 262 313
  1990 15,354 898 16,565 16,031 238 296
  1991 15,999 775 17,070 16,399 283 388
  1992 17,233 645 18,266 17,474 407 385
  1993 17,088 740 18,213 17,419 435 359
  1994 17,696 743 18,798 17,811 549 438
  1995 17,849 664 18,951 17,768 787 396
  1996 17,117 618 18,131 16,795 970 366
  1997 17,274 634 18,274 16,823 1,044 408
  1998 19,011 705 20,124 18,309 1,230 584
  1999 19,308 827 20,720 18,945 1,285 489
 
Veal:
  1970 588 24 622 613 1 9
  1971 547 22 578 567 2 9
  1972 458 36 503 488 2 13
  1973 357 31 401 386 3 12
  1974 486 31 529 512 3 14
  1975 873 24 911 898 2 11
  1976 852 22 884 872 2 11
  1977 833 24 868 854 2 11
  1978 631 25 667 655 2 9
  1979 435 27 471 458 3 10
  1980 400 21 432 420 2 9
  1981 435 18 463 451 2 9
  1982 448 19 476 467 2 7
  1983 453 19 479 466 4 9
  1984 495 24 528 509 6 14
  1985 515 20 549 533 4 11
  1986 524 27 562 550 5 7
  1987 430 24 461 451 7 4
  1988 396 27 427 411 10 5
  1989 355 (NA) 360 356 (NA) 4
  1990 327 (NA) 331 325 (NA) 6
  1991 306 (NA) 312 305 (NA) 7
  1992 310 (NA) 317 312 (NA) 5
  1993 285 (NA) 290 286 (NA) 4
  1994 293 (NA) 297 290 (NA) 7
  1995 319 (NA) 326 319 (NA) 7
  1996 378 (NA) 385 378 (NA) 7
  1997 334 (NA) 341 333 (NA) 8
  1998 262 (NA) 270 265 (NA) 5
  1999 235 (NA) 240 235 (NA) 5
 
Lamb and mutton:
  1970 551 122 689 669 1 19
  1971 555 103 677 657 1 19
  1972 543 148 710 693 1 16
  1973 512 53 581 564 2 15
  1974 464 26 505 489 3 14
  1975 411 27 452 437 3 12
  1976 371 36 419 401 4 15
  1977 350 23 387 372 5 10
  1978 310 39 359 344 3 12
  1979 291 44 347 335 1 11
  1980 318 33 362 351 1 9
  1981 338 31 378 365 2 11
  1982 365 21 397 386 2 9
  1983 375 18 402 390 1 11
  1984 379 20 410 401 2 7
  1985 359 36 403 389 1 13
  1986 338 41 392 378 1 13
  1987 315 44 372 362 1 8
  1988 335 51 394 387 1 6
  1989 347 46 399 386 5 8
  1990 363 41 412 397 6 8
  1991 363 41 412 396 10 6
  1992 348 50 404 388 8 8
  1993 337 53 398 381 8 8
  1994 308 49 365 345 9 11
  1995 287 64 362 348 6 8
  1996 268 73 349 334 6 9
  1997 260 83 352 332 6 14
  1998 251 112 377 360 6 12
  1999 248 113 372 358 5 9
 
POULTRY, TOTAL
  1970 10,193 0 10,495 9,981 132 383
  1971 10,288 0 10,671 10,173 126 372
  1972 10,796 0 11,168 10,712 137 319
  1973 10,569 0 10,888 10,310 151 428
  1974 10,627 0 11,055 10,440 164 450
  1975 10,353 0 10,803 10,291 202 310
  1976 11,643 0 11,953 11,208 388 358
  1977 11,818 0 12,175 11,466 403 307
  1978 12,445 0 12,752 12,063 412 277
  1979 13,705 0 13,982 13,111 488 382
  1980 14,173 0 14,555 13,525 695 334
  1981 15,057 0 15,392 14,178 826 388
  1982 15,089 0 15,476 14,562 575 339
  1983 15,493 0 15,832 15,054 497 281
  1984 16,081 0 16,362 15,638 460 264
  1985 16,862 0 17,126 16,340 465 321
  1986 17,891 0 18,212 17,238 609 365
  1987 19,685 0 20,051 18,771 800 479
  1988 20,442 0 20,921 19,637 842 442
  1989 21,894 0 22,336 20,994 878 463
  1990 23,468 0 23,931 22,153 1,222 556
  1991 24,702 0 25,258 23,291 1,392 575
  1992 26,201 0 26,775 24,425 1,701 650
  1993 27,328 0 27,977 25,128 2,234 615
  1994 29,113 1 29,728 25,754 3,246 727
  1995 30,393 6 31,125 25,944 4,342 839
  1996 32,015 5 32,859 26,760 5,123 975
  1997 32,964 6 33,944 27,261 5,654 1,029
  1998 33,352 6 34,387 27,821 5,545 1,022
  1999 35,252 7 36,281 29,585 5,638 1,058
 
Broilers:
  1970 7,687 0 7,769 7,563 94 112
  1971 7,724 0 7,835 7,632 101 103
  1972 8,147 0 8,250 8,080 94 76
  1973 7,962 0 8,038 7,844 94 100
  1974 8,034 0 8,134 7,898 115 121
  1975 8,020 0 8,141 7,927 138 75
  1976 9,012 0 9,088 8,688 287 112
  1977 9,279 0 9,392 8,969 313 110
  1978 9,902 0 10,012 9,594 331 86
  1979 10,926 0 11,013 10,499 402 112
  1980 11,252 0 11,364 10,682 567 115
  1981 11,868 0 11,983 11,144 719 120
  1982 11,996 0 12,116 11,498 501 117
  1983 12,326 0 12,443 11,910 432 101
  1984 12,921 0 13,022 12,488 407 127
  1985 13,520 0 13,646 13,072 417 158
  1986 14,180 0 14,338 13,592 566 179
  1987 15,413 0 15,592 14,639 752 202
  1988 16,007 0 16,209 15,265 765 179
  1989 17,227 0 17,406 16,371 814 221
  1990 18,430 0 18,651 17,266 1,143 242
  1991 19,591 0 19,833 18,271 1,261 300
  1992 20,904 0 21,204 19,347 1,489 368
  1993 22,015 0 22,383 20,059 1,966 358
  1994 23,666 0 24,025 20,690 2,876 458
  1995 24,827 1 25,287 20,832 3,894 560
  1996 26,124 4 26,688 21,626 4,420 641
  1997 27,041 5 27,687 22,416 4,664 607
  1998 27,612 5 28,225 22,841 4,673 711
  1999 29,468 4 30,183 24,521 4,866 796
 
Mature chicken:
  1970 778 0 806 751 3 52
  1971 792 0 844 796 3 45
  1972 740 0 785 745 6 35
  1973 700 0 735 681 7 47
  1974 702 0 749 686 9 54
  1975 578 0 632 576 17 39
  1976 616 0 655 578 35 42
  1977 593 0 635 570 36 29
  1978 540 0 569 524 30 15
  1979 579 0 594 528 36 30
  1980 551 0 581 507 53 21
  1981 653 0 674 602 44 29
  1982 621 0 650 608 23 18
  1983 577 0 595 559 18 18
  1984 559 0 577 538 26 12
  1985 525 0 537 503 21 13
  1986 556 0 569 545 16 8
  1987 571 0 579 552 15 11
  1988 556 0 567 528 26 14
  1989 531 0 545 515 24 6
  1990 523 0 530 496 25 9
  1991 508 0 516 478 28 10
  1992 520 0 530 479 41 10
  1993 515 0 525 461 56 8
  1994 509 0 517 413 90 14
  1995 496 3 513 406 99 7
  1996 491 0 498 228 265 6
  1997 510 0 516 125 384 7
  1998 525 0 533 101 426 6
  1999 554 2 562 162 393 8
 
Turkeys:
  1970 1,729 0 1,921 1,667 35 219
  1971 1,772 0 1,991 1,745 23 223
  1972 1,909 0 2,132 1,888 36 208
  1973 1,908 0 2,116 1,785 50 281
  1974 1,890 0 2,171 1,857 40 275
  1975 1,755 0 2,030 1,788 47 195
  1976 2,016 0 2,211 1,942 65 203
  1977 1,946 0 2,149 1,927 54 168
  1978 2,003 0 2,171 1,945 51 175
  1979 2,200 0 2,375 2,085 50 240
  1980 2,370 0 2,610 2,337 75 198
  1981 2,536 0 2,734 2,433 63 238
  1982 2,472 0 2,711 2,456 51 204
  1983 2,590 0 2,794 2,585 47 162
  1984 2,601 0 2,763 2,611 27 125
  1985 2,817 0 2,943 2,765 27 150
  1986 3,155 0 3,305 3,101 27 178
  1987 3,701 0 3,880 3,580 33 266
  1988 3,879 0 4,145 3,844 51 250
  1989 4,136 0 4,385 4,109 41 236
  1990 4,514 0 4,750 4,390 54 306
  1991 4,603 0 4,909 4,542 103 264
  1992 4,777 0 5,041 4,599 171 272
  1993 4,798 0 5,069 4,608 212 249
  1994 4,937 0 5,187 4,652 280 254
  1995 5,069 2 5,326 4,706 348 271
  1996 5,401 1 5,673 4,906 438 328
  1997 5,412 1 5,741 4,720 606 415
  1998 5,215 0 5,630 4,880 446 304
  1999 5,230 1 5,535 4,902 379 254


NA Not available.
1 Total supply equals production plus imports plus ending stocks of previous year.
2 Includes shipments to territories.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Food Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures, 1970-1997; and Agricultural Outlook, monthly.

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