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Sheet: Beef History

************  BEEF GRADING HISTORICAL RECORDS  ************
(MILLION POUNDS)
 |  | QUALITY GRADES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | %  of FEDERAL |  | YIELD GRADES
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | SLAUGHTER
CY | POUNDS
YEAR | GRADED | PRIME | % | CHOICE | % | SELECT | % | STNDRD | % | COMRCL | % | UTILITY | % | CUTTER | % | CANNER | % | S/H | BEEF | Y1 | % | Y2 | % | Y3 | % | Y4 | % | Y5 | %
1930 | 69 | FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE - SEE FOOTNOTE /2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.012
1931 | 159 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.027
1932 | 208 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.038
1933 | 238 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.039
1934 | 262 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.033
1935 | 268 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.042
1936 | 450 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.063
1937 | 408 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.062
1938 |  | 27 |  | 283 |  | 187 |  |  |  | 54 |  | 34 |  | 11 |  | 2 |  |  | 0.09
1939 |  | 10 |  | 232 |  | 176 |  |  |  | 55 |  | 29 |  | 6 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.075
1940 |  | 12 |  | 230 |  | 234 |  |  |  | 69 |  | 25 |  | 7 |  | 2 |  |  | 0.083
1941 |  | 13 |  | 308 |  | 344 |  |  |  | 86 |  | 26 |  | 9 |  | 3 |  |  | 0.101
1942 |  |  |  | 439 |  | 560 |  |  |  | 284 |  | 173 |  | 15 |  | 7 |  |  | 0.173
1943 |  |  |  | 1297 |  | 2081 |  |  |  | 1544 |  | 984 |  | 785 |  |  |  |  | 0.808
1944 |  |  |  | 865 |  | 2329 |  |  |  | 2104 |  | 1560 |  | 1470 |  |  |  |  | 0.9490000000000001
1945 |  |  |  | 1258 |  | 2791 |  |  |  | 2421 |  | 1506 |  | 1091 |  |  |  |  | 0.924
1946 |  |  |  | 1049 |  | 2512 |  |  |  | 1710 |  | 869 |  | 541 |  |  |  |  | 0.76
1947 |  | 6 |  | 305 |  | 1536 |  |  |  | 695 |  | 252 |  | 138 |  |  |  |  | 0.29
1948 | 2022 | FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE - SEE FOOTNOTE /2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.231
1949 | 2280 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.249
1950 | 2262 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.245
1951 | 6250 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.731
1952 | 8784 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9410000000000001
1953 | 6529 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.542
1954 | 5708 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.453
1955 | 6050 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.458
1956 |  | 401 |  | 3994 |  | 1843 |  | 153 |  | 249 |  | 300 |  | 39 |  | 10 |  |  | 0.496
1957 |  | 366 |  | 4097 |  | 1883 |  | 263 |  | 115 |  | 174 |  | 37 |  | 8 |  |  | 0.501
1958 |  | 231 |  | 3998 |  | 1847 |  | 190 |  | 72 |  | 77 |  | 29 |  | 5 |  |  | 0.496
1959 |  | 191 |  | 4445 |  | 1776 |  | 170 |  | 55 |  | 77 |  | 12 |  | 2 |  |  | 0.508
1960 |  | 199 |  | 4660 |  | 1773 |  | 199 |  | 57 |  | 156 |  | 12 |  | 2 |  |  | 0.491
1961 |  | 260 |  | 5149 |  | 1590 |  | 202 |  | 45 |  | 145 |  | 45 |  | 3 |  |  | 0.498
1962 |  | 243 |  | 5135 |  | 1620 |  | 192 |  | 55 |  | 125 |  | 28 |  | 2 |  |  | 0.496
1963 |  | 306 |  | 6040 |  | 1616 |  | 170 |  | 37 |  | 120 |  | 21 |  | 2 |  |  | 0.518
1964 |  | 439 |  | 7215 |  | 1756 |  | 204 |  | 38 |  | 184 |  | 214 |  | 3 |  |  | 0.557
1965 |  | 611 |  | 7577 |  | 1593 |  | 188 |  | 57 |  | 195 |  | 73 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.581
1966 |  | 770 |  | 9158 |  | 1742 |  | 125 |  | 50 |  | 150 |  | 42 |  |  |  |  | 0.618
1967 |  | 919 |  | 9774 |  | 1758 |  | 93 |  | 35 |  | 125 |  | 25 |  |  |  |  | 0.637 | 10 |  | 403 |  | 706 |  | 19 |  | 1
1968 |  | 889 |  | 10181 |  | 1717 |  | 75 |  | 39 |  | 165 |  | 15 |  |  |  |  | 0.633 | 17 |  | 776 |  | 1467 |  | 31 |  | 2
1969 |  | 911 |  | 10382 |  | 1727 |  | 75 |  | 43 |  | 222 |  | 25 |  |  |  |  | 0.639 | 26 |  | 949 |  | 1542 |  | 24 |  | 3
1970 |  | 949 |  | 11082 |  | 1649 |  | 54 |  | 33 |  | 150 |  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 0.649 | 35 |  | 1154 |  | 2316 |  | 24 |  | 2
1971* |  | 847 |  | 11173 |  | 1709 |  | 58 |  | 21 |  | 138 |  | 8 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.643 | (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE)
1972* |  | 801 |  | 10951 |  | 1683 |  | 31 |  | 11 |  | 81 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  | 0.611 | 31 |  | 1612 |  | 4365 |  | 132 |  | 12
1973 |  | 745 |  | 9776 |  | 1489 |  | 25 |  | 15 |  | 83 |  | 8 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.5760000000000001 | 52 |  | 1984 |  | 4907 |  | 255 |  | 33
1974 |  | 779 |  | 9849 |  | 1444 |  | 42 |  | 38 |  | 237 |  | 14 |  |  |  |  | 0.543 | 71 |  | 2175 |  | 5829 |  | 516 |  | 75
1975 |  | 528 |  | 7936 |  | 1321 |  | 72 |  | 39 |  | 317 |  | 52 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.434 | 151 |  | 2809 |  | 5746 |  | 296 |  | 27
1976 |  | 1369 |  | 11062 |  | 895 |  | 58 |  | 85 |  | 365 |  | 74 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.541 | 227 |  | 2295 |  | 6900 |  | 1426 |  | 210
1977 |  | 1194 |  | 11661 |  | 722 |  | 38 |  | 86 |  | 267 |  | 22 |  |  |  |  | 0.559 | 335 |  | 4306 |  | 7982 |  | 1156 |  | 155
1978 |  | 826 |  | 11854 |  | 643 |  | 28 |  | 47 |  | 141 |  | 12 |  |  |  |  | 0.595 | 294 |  | 4120 |  | 7906 |  | 1103 |  | 129
1979 |  | 730 |  | 10671 |  | 490 |  | 19 |  | 18 |  | 52 |  | 5 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.5760000000000001 | 214 |  | 3470 |  | 7044 |  | 1115 |  | 142
1980 |  | 722 |  | 10800 |  | 516 |  | 26 |  | 19 |  | 50 |  | 3 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.5680000000000001 | 199 |  | 3502 |  | 7087 |  | 1179 |  | 170
1981 |  | 624 |  | 10954 |  | 431 |  | 16 |  | 19 |  | 67 |  | 6 |  | 1 |  |  | 0.546 | 229 |  | 3671 |  | 6928 |  | 1140 |  | 149
1982 |  | (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE)
1983 |  | 472 |  | 11152 |  | 423 |  | 13 |  | 13 |  | 48 |  | 1 |  |  |  | 0.676 | 0.547 | 275 |  | 4221 |  | 6672 |  | 856 |  | 97
1984 |  | 363 |  | 10829 |  | 430 |  | 12 |  | 8 |  | 43 |  | 1 |  |  |  | 0.651 | 0.5333 | 406 |  | 4923 |  | 5767 |  | 550 |  | 40
1985 |  | 457 |  | 11875 |  | 386 |  | 11 |  | 8 |  | 35 |  | 4 |  |  |  | 0.685 | 0.5760000000000001 | 461 |  | 5195 |  | 6387 |  | 667 |  | 63
1986 |  | 325 |  | 9155 |  | 277 |  | 5 |  | 2 |  | 20 |  | 2 |  |  |  | 0.69 | 0.515 | 385 |  | 4066 |  | 4768 |  | 497 |  | 45
1987 |  | 382 |  | 11462 |  | 265 |  | 2 |  | 1 |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.643 | 0.54 | 447 |  | 5039 |  | 5982 |  | 592 |  | 52
1988 |  | 379 |  | 11597 |  | 579 |  | 2 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.66 | 0.5640000000000001 | 455 |  | 5045 |  | 6270 |  | 716 |  | 70
1989 |  | 335 |  | 11105 |  | 1433 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | 11 |  | 3 |  | 1 |  | 0.784 | 0.669 | 786 |  | 6403 |  | 7097 |  | 644 |  | 60
1990 |  | 255 |  | 10172 |  | 1906 |  |  |  | 1 |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.867 | 0.743 | 1164 |  | 7133 |  | 6799 |  | 480 |  | 38
1991 |  | 289 |  | 10193 |  | 2427 |  |  |  | 1 |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.924 | 0.798 | 1347 |  | 7363 |  | 7355 |  | 611 |  | 55
1992 |  | 286 |  | 10315 |  | 3203 |  | 4 |  | 1 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9520000000000001 | 0.845 | 1566 |  | 7898 |  | 7160 |  | 491 |  | 39
1993 |  | 326 |  | 10377 |  | 4846 |  | 8 |  | 3 |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9510000000000001 | 0.8130000000000001 | 1665 |  | 7831 |  | 6461 |  | 322 |  | 25
1994 |  | 416 |  | 10895 |  | 5481 |  | 2 |  | 1 |  | 18 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9430000000000001 | 0.8190000000000001 | 1610 |  | 7648 |  | 7160 |  | 455 |  | 46
1995 | 18139 | 433 |  | 11276 |  | 6414 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9470000000000001 | 0.8220000000000001 | 1879 |  | 8174 |  | 6981 |  | 354 |  | 31
1996 | 19689 | 431 | 0.024 | 10964 | 0.604 | 6735 | 0.371 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.955 | 0.811 | 2230 | 0.128 | 8417 | 0.482 | 6519 | 0.373 | 271 | 0.016 | 23 | 0.001
1997 | 18614 | 473 | 0.025 | 10906 | 0.586 | 7228 | 0.388 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  |  | 0.9540000000000001 | 0.82 | 2416 | 0.139 | 8603 | 0.494 | 6160 | 0.354 | 206 | 0.012 | 14 | 0.001
1998 | 19955 | 662 | 0.033 | 11912 | 0.597 | 7374 | 0.37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.9570000000000001 | 0.8320000000000001 | 2230 | 0.12 | 8926 | 0.478 | 7189 | 0.385 | 290 | 0.016 | 23 | 0.001
1999 | 21314 | 660 | 0.032 | 11901 | 0.582 | 7880 | 0.385 | 2 | 0 |  |  | 5 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.952 | 0.835 | 2231 | 0.115 | 9259 | 0.478 | 7508 | 0.388 | 331 | 0.017 | 25 | 0.001
2000 | 21689 | 684 | 0.033 | 11906 | 0.573 | 8199 | 0.394 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.955 | 0.84 | 2238 | 0.112 | 9280 | 0.463 | 8088 | 0.404 | 393 | 0.02 | 35 | 0.002
2001 | 20972 | 717 | 0.036 | 11503 | 0.5710000000000001 | 7909 | 0.393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.955 | 0.83 | 2023 | 0.104 | 8651 | 0.446 | 8104 | 0.418 | 538 | 0.028 | 70 | 0.004
2002 | 21961 | 806 | 0.038 | 12334 | 0.583 | 8004 | 0.379 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.96 | 0.838 | 1806 | 0.09 | 8456 | 0.419 | 9047 | 0.449 | 856 | 0.037 | 104 | 0.005
2003 | 21155 | 608 | 0.03 | 11580 | 0.57 | 8108 | 0.399 | 9 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.955 | 0.8220000000000001 | 1939 | 0.096 | 8723 | 0.431 | 8456 | 0.417 | 1035 | 0.051 | 109 | 0.005
2004 | 19874 | 585 |  | 10986 |  | 7458 |  | 80 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.963 | 0.837 | 1888 |  | 7963 |  | 7772 |  | 1315 |  | 155
2005 | 20193 | 602 |  | 11133 |  | 7679 |  | 29 |  | 3 |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.96 | 0.841 | 2046 |  | 7843 |  | 7735 |  | 1556 |  | 199
2006 | 21134 | 577 | 0.028 | 11367 | 0.562 | 8279 | 0.409 | 6 |  | 3 |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.961 | 0.836 | 1800 | 0.089 | 7525 | 0.373 | 8488 | 0.421 | 2040 | 0.101 | 314 | 0.016
2007 | 20969 | 525 | 0.026 | 11655 | 0.579 | 7872 | 0.391 | 56 | 0.003 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.949 | 0.82 | 1758 | 0.088 | 7373 | 0.369 | 8679 | 0.434 | 1909 | 0.095 | 280 | 0.014
2008 | 21169 | 595 | 0.029 | 12459 | 0.609 | 7312 | 0.358 | 70 | 0.003 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.954 | 0.816 | 1634 | 0.092 | 6688 | 0.376 | 7575 | 0.426 | 1643 | 0.092 | 246 | 0.014
2009 | 20460 | 635 | 0.032 | 12725 | 0.638 | 6524 | 0.327 | 49 | 0.002 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0.941 | 0.802 | 1250 | 0.103 | 4549 | 0.373 | 5103 | 0.419 | 1116 | 0.092 | 171 | 0.014
2010 | 20860 | 673 | 0.033 | 13126 | 0.645 | 6416 | 0.315 | 132 | 0.006 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.001 |  |  |  |  | 0.968 | 0.82 | 1397 | 0.119 | 4692 | 0.401 | 4674 | 0.399 | 853 | 0.073 | 99 | 0.008
2011 | 20342 | 717 | 0.036 | 13170 | 0.653 | 6204 | 0.307 | 68 | 0.003 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.001 |  |  |  |  | 0.95 | 0.801 | 471 | 0.084 | 2155 | 0.384 | 2493 | 0.445 | 439 | 0.078 | 46 | 0.008
2012 | 19952 | 703 | 0.036 | 12889 | 0.652 | 6102 | 0.309 | 63 | 0.003 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0.001 |  |  |  |  | 0.942 | 0.797 | 433 | 0.08 | 1976 | 0.365 | 2434 | 0.45 | 501 | 0.093 | 64 | 0.012
* INDICATES ESTIMATED FIGURES
1/  Grade designations are those in use at time data were reported.
2/  [NAME] on volume or percentages by grade not available for 1930-37 and 1948-55
3/  During the period of 1942-46, beef that met the requirements of the Prime grade were identified as Choice, pursuant to Amendment 5, MPR 169, Office of Price Administration.
4/  Quality grades Cutter & Canner were combined from 1943 to 1947.
5/  Total includes beef officially graded for the Commodity Credit Corporation (Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation prior to April 3, 1944)
 | 1942 -   6.7  million lbs.
 | 1943 -  18.5    "      "
 | 1944 -  28.1    "      "
 | 1945 - 109.3    "      "
 | 1946 - 168.6    "      "
6/  Pounds designated as "0" are .5 million or less.
7/  Yield grade figures prior to 1967 are not available.
8/  Quality and [NAME] were coupled in February, 1976.
9/  Grade name change November, 1987.  The grade name of [NAME] was changed to Select.  Figures from 1930 through 1987 reference Good.  Figures from 1988 to present reference Select.
10/  Quality and [NAME] were uncoupled in August, 1989.
Information Provided By:
United States Department of Agriculture
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Agricultural Marketing Service
Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program
Grading and Verification Division