dropped 12 percent U.S. Department of Agriculture 11 billion kilos of beef "U.S. Cattle and Beef Industry, 2002–2010" beef consumption billions the US beef sector $88 billion industry U.S. Department of Agriculture The USDA have backed off a bit from beef $60 billion a year US beef and meat USDA huge demand for American beef USDA according to the USDA ERS.USDA.gov beef consumption 11 billion kilos of beef USDA making a slow, steady decline 11 billion kilos of beef 11 billion kilos of beef according to the USDA have backed off a bit from beef 90 million Total beef consumption in 2015 was 24.8 billion pounds The USDA 24.1 billion pounds in 2014, according to the USDA years of declining beef sales beef consumption