************ VEAL AND CALF GRADING HISTORICAL RECORDS ************ 

(THOUSAND POUNDS) 

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CY 

YEAR 

TOTAL 

POUNDS

GRADED PRIME % CHOICE % GOOD 

 QUALITY GRADES 

% STAND'D % UTILITY % CULL % 

% OF FEDERAL 

 SLAUGHTER 

VEAL & CALF FOOTNOTES 

1930 1,443 0.2% 1/; 2/ 

1931 1,226 0.2% 1/; 2/ 

1932 1,356 0.2% 1/; 2/ 

1933 1,865 0.2% 1/; 2/ 

1934 1,968 0.2% 1/; 2/ 

1935 2,772 0.3% 1/; 2/ 

1936 3,617 0.4% 1/; 2/ 

1937 5,014 0.5% 1/; 2/ 

1938 6,180 0.7% 1/; 2/ 

1939 5,684 0.6% 1/; 2/ 

1940 6,896 0.8% 1/; 2/ 

1941 9,701 1.0% 1/; 2/ 

1942 105,535 9.9% 1/; 2/; 3/ 

1943 784,869 72.8% 1/; 2/; 3/ 

1944 1,425,911 191,238 13.4% 484,998 34.0% 441,805 31.0% 307,870 21.6% 89.1% 1/; 2/; 3/; 4/ 

1945 1,306,726 194,787 14.9% 441,372 33.8% 392,770 30.1% 277,797 21.3% 85.0% 1/; 2/; 3/; 4/ 

1946 902,734 153,464 17.0% 312,346 34.6% 255,474 28.3% 181,450 20.1% 68.6% 1/; 2/; 3/; 4/ 

1947 230,526 38,081 16.5% 116,607 50.6% 51,712 22.4% 24,126 10.5% 15.8% 1/; 2/; 4/ 

1948 10.1% 1/; 2/ 

1949 8.4% 1/; 2/ 

1950 6.9% 1/; 2/ 

1951 70.0% 1/; 2/ 

1952 95.3% 1/; 2/ 

1953 26.2% 1/; 2/ 

1954 21.7% 1/; 2/ 

1955 305,635 20.6% 1/; 2/ 

1956 306,884 19.9% 1/; 2/ 

1957 263,327 18.3% 1/; 2/ 

1958 178,980 16.2% 1/; 2/ 

1959 171,073 1,972 1.2% 37,635 22.0% 110,324 64.5% 19,231 11.2% 1,773 1.04% 138 0.08% 18.4% 1/; 2/ 

1960 176,924 1,299 0.7% 34,605 19.6% 115,439 65.2% 23,563 13.3% 1,898 1.07% 120 0.07% 17.3% 1/; 2/ 

1961 170,941 1,023 0.6% 29,664 17.4% 121,365 71.0% 17,440 10.2% 1,434 0.84% 15 0.01% 17.8% 1/; 2/ 

1962 152,495 567 0.4% 22,738 14.9% 112,136 73.5% 15,905 10.4% 1,117 0.73% 32 0.02% 16.3% 1/; 2/ 

1963 138,843 518 0.4% 21,050 15.2% 102,364 73.7% 14,298 10.3% 590 0.42% 23 0.02% 16.4% 1/; 2/ 

1964 160,909 282 0.2% 20,362 12.7% 117,671 73.1% 22,160 13.8% 422 0.26% 12 0.01% 17.3% 1/; 2/ 

1965 178,876 257 0.1% 24,568 13.7% 133,691 74.7% 20,113 11.2% 240 0.13% 7 0.00% 19.8% 1/; 2/; 5/ 

1966 168,323 134 0.1% 23,516 14.0% 124,845 74.2% 19,650 11.7% 176 0.10% 2 0.00% 19.5% 1/; 2/ 

1967 158,435 103 0.1% 21,529 13.6% 110,544 69.8% 26,180 16.5% 79 0.05% 21.2% 1/; 2/

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1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

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TOTAL QUALITY GRADES % OF FEDERAL 

CY POUNDS SLAUGHTER 

YEAR GRADED PRIME % CHOICE % GOOD % STAND'D % UTILITY % CULL % VEAL & CALF FOOTNOTES

1968 126,251 82 0.1% 17,141 13.6% 84,890 67.2% 24,116 19.1% 22 0.02% 18.1% 1/; 2/ 

1969 98,536 69 0.1% 15,549 15.8% 62,533 63.5% 20,354 20.7% 31 0.03% 15.4% 1/; 2/ 

75,410 72 0.1% 12,980 17.2% 49,609 65.8% 12,746 16.9% 3 0.00% 13.5% 1/; 2/ 

1971 56,071 56 0.1% 11,713 20.9% 35,616 63.5% 8,686 15.5% 10.9% 1/; 2/; 6/ 

1972 18,612 1,436 7.7% 9,900 53.2% 6,176 33.2% 1,099 5.9% 1 0.01% 8.9% 1/; 2/; 7/ 

1973 22,008 2,954 13.4% 10,677 48.5% 7,263 33.0% 1,114 5.1% 6.8% 1/; 2/; 8/ 

1974 55,752 4,059 7.3% 23,087 41.4% 26,844 48.1% 1,760 3.2% 2 0.00% 12.4% 1/; 2/ 

114,111 5,720 5.0% 32,945 28.9% 70,207 61.5% 5,230 4.6% 9 0.01% 13.8% 1/; 2/ 

1976 75,072 10,077 13.4% 28,601 38.1% 30,687 40.9% 5,663 7.5% 44 0.06% 9.3% 1/; 2/ 

1977 55,934 16,302 29.1% 24,994 44.7% 12,734 22.8% 1,904 3.4% 6.8% 1/; 2/ 

1978 41,208 15,339 37.2% 19,861 48.2% 5,682 13.8% 326 0.8% 7.5% 1/; 2/ 

1979 36,794 19,051 51.8% 13,097 35.6% 4,434 12.1% 212 0.6% 10.5% 1/; 2/ 

35,251 19,880 56.4% 10,035 28.5% 4,202 11.9% 1,113 3.2% 21 0.06% 

1981 (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE) 

1982 (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE) 

1983 20,635 1,091 5.3% 15,401 74.6% 3,826 18.5% 317 1.536% 9.8% 

1984 38,378 2,132 5.6% 28,340 73.8% 7,288 19.0% 618 1.610% 9.5% 

38,491 3,235 8.4% 29,098 75.6% 5,124 13.3% 1,024 2.660% 10 0.026% 9.6% 

1986 46,982 4,393 9.4% 36,837 78.4% 3,955 8.4% 1,764 3.755% 33 0.070% 10.1% 

1987 39,024 2,844 7.3% 33,334 85.4% 2,519 6.5% 326 0.835% 1 0.003% 10.1% 

1988 39,305 3,135 8.0% 33,818 86.0% 2,005 5.1% 346 0.880% 1 0.003% 10.7% 

1989 38,666 3,476 9.0% 34,324 88.8% 840 2.2% 26 0.067% 11.7% 

39,613 4,242 10.7% 34,596 87.3% 681 1.7% 94 0.237% 13.0% 

1991 43,102 4,733 11.0% 37,795 87.7% 568 1.3% 3 0.007% 2 0.005% 14.8% 

1992 47,600 5,123 10.8% 41,659 87.5% 782 1.6% 36 0.076% 16.2% 

1993 51,798 6,814 13.2% 43,447 83.9% 1,373 2.7% 164 0.317% 19.5% 

1994 50,478 7,158 14.2% 41,180 81.6% 1,995 4.0% 145 0.287% 18.3% 

56,318 7,607 13.5% 47,244 83.9% 1,402 2.5% 66 0.117% 18.5% 

1996 73,284 9,301 12.7% 62,908 85.8% 1,003 1.4% 71 0.097% 20.4% 

1997 71,605 9,468 13.2% 61,538 85.9% 594 0.8% 5 0.007% 22.4% 

1998 57,707 6,841 11.9% 50,334 87.2% 532 0.9% 22.8% 

1999 51,613 5,077 9.8% 46,123 89.4% 413 0.8% 23.6% 

54,826 4,477 8.2% 50,040 91.3% 308 0.6% 26.2% 

2001 58,257 4,419 7.6% 53,537 91.9% 301 0.5% 30.5% 

2002 58,211 4,420 7.6% 53,356 91.7% 435 0.7% 30.2% 

2003 64,573 3,313 5.1% 60,618 93.9% 640 1.0% 1 0.002% 33.5% 

2004 69,127 3,875 5.6% 64,118 92.8% 1,099 1.6% 35 0.051% 42.3% 

71,576 3,790 5.3% 66,695 93.2% 1,091 1.5% 46.0% 

2006 66,098 2,443 3.7% 62,732 94.9% 922 1.4% 42.7% 

2007 49,246 1,143 2.3% 47,464 96.4% 639 1.3% 36.6% 

2008 40,551 1,639 4.0% 38,621 95.2% 291 0.7% 28.3% 

2009 39,162 1,423 3.6% 37,423 95.6% 316 0.8% 27.9% 

41,272 1,264 3.1% 39,643 96.1% 365 0.9% 31.0% 

2011 

2012 

41,288 

37,839 

1,229 

874 

3.0% 

2.3% 

39,900 

36,824 

96.6% 

97.3% 

159 0.4% Information Provided By: 141 0.4% U.S. Department of Agriculture 31.9% 

32.7% 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

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CY 

YEAR 

TOTAL 

POUNDS

GRADED PRIME % 

************ 

CHOICE % 

VEAL AND CALF GRADING HISTORICAL RECORDS ************ 

(THOUSAND POUNDS) 

 QUALITY GRADES 

GOOD % STAND'D % UTILITY % CULL % 

% OF FEDERAL 

 SLAUGHTER 

VEAL & CALF 

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FOOTNOTES

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016 

2017 

2018 

2019 

33,607 

36,534 

35,808 

30,113 

26,742 

21,908 

19,912 

1,141 

1,783 

1,154 

1,238 

1,114 

902 

579 

3.4% 

4.9% 

3.2% 

4.1% 

4.2% 

4.1% 

2.9% 

32,385 

34,667 

34,606 

28,875 

25,628 

21,006 

19,333 

96.4% 

94.9% 

96.6% 

95.9% 

95.8% 

95.9% 

97.1% 

81 

85 

49 

0.2% 

0.2% 

0.1% 

30.9% 

38.7% 

44.1% 

40.4% 

36.6% 

25.3% 

27.1% 

2020 

2021 

19,562 

15,543 

906 

681 

4.6% 

4.4% 

18,657 

14,862 

95.4% 

95.6% 

31.2% 

29.9% 

FOOTNOTES 

1/ Grade designations are those in use at time data were reported. Breakdown on volume or percentages by grades

 not available for 1930-43 and 1948-58. On September 18, 1942, the Office of Price Administration RMPR 169

 required all Choice beef and veal to be graded by a U.S. official grader. On December 16, 1942, the order was

 revised to include all grades of beef except Cutter and Canner and of veal except Cull. On April 3, 1943, the

 order was again revised to include Cutter and Canner beef and Cull veal. On October 16, 1946, grading of all

 meats was restored to a voluntary basis. Compulsory grading was also in effect under the Office of Price

 Stabilization for the period May 7, 1951, to February 5, 1953. 

2/ Totals are based on unrounded data. 

3/ Total includes volume officially graded for the Commodity Credit Corporation as follows:

 Thou. lbs. Thou. lbs.

 1942 - 305 1945 - 12,279

 1943 - 22,291 1946 - 8,926

 1944 - 24,852 

4/ Utility and Cull combined from 1943 to 1947. 

5/ Includes volume graded and commercal production only through December 18, 1965, the end of a 4-week reporting

 period. Reporting by 4-week periods began on July 2, 1965. Prior to that date, reporting was on a monthly

 basis. 

6/ 500 pounds or less. 

7/ Data not available due to change in accounting system. 

8/ Beginning in 1973, figures on volume graded are adjusted to a January 1 to December 31 year. 

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USDA Graded Veal & Calf - 2001 to 2021 

(Thousand Pounds) 

80,000 

65,000 

50,000 

35,000 

20,000 

5,000 

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Calendar Year 
Federal Veal and Calf Slaughter - 2001 to 2021 

(Percentage of Total Graded) 

50.0% 

40.0% 

30.0% 

20.0% 

10.0% 

0.0% 

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Calendar Year 
USDA Prime Veal & Calf - 2001 to 2021 

(Percentage of Total Graded) 

8.0% 

4.0% 

0.0% 

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100.0% 

90.0% 

80.0% 

70.0% 

60.0% 

USDA Choice Veal & Calf - 2001 to 2021 

(Percentage of Total Graded) 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

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USDA Good Veal & Calf - 2001 to 2021 

(Percentage of Total Graded) 

3.0% 

2.0% 

1.0% 

0.0% 

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USDA Standard Veal & Calf - 2001 to 2021 

(Percentage of Total Graded) 

2.00% 

1.00% 

0.00% 

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Calendar Year