Meat & Poultry Products: United States

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2029 US meat and poultry product shipments in nominal US dollars at the manufacturer level. Shipments of fresh and frozen products are segmented in terms of: beef, veal, pork, lamb and mutton, and poultry.

Shipments of processed products are segmented as follows: meat and poultry.

To illustrate historical trends, total shipments, the various segments, per capita consumption, and trade are provided in annual series from 2019 to 2024.

For the purposes of this report, “meat” excludes poultry products, and “red meat” refers to muscle meat (e.g., beef, pork, lamb, and veal). The scope of this report encompasses products from slaughtered animals; live animals are not counted in stated shipment figures. Also excluded are fish and other seafood; byproducts of slaughtering such as animal hides, skins, and pelts; bones removed during the slaughtering process; lard and tallow; and inedible offal. Furthermore, chickens and other animals grown for their meat on a small scale by consumers on their properties for their own consumption are excluded. Re-exports of meat and poultry products are excluded from trade figures.

This report includes the results of a proprietary national online consumer survey of US adults (age 18+). This Freedonia Focus Reports National Online Consumer Survey has a sample size of approximately 2,000, screened for response quality, and representative of the US population on the demographic measures of age, gender, geographic region, race/ethnicity, household income, and the presence/absence of children in the household.

Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided with quantified trends. Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes

Table of Contents

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• Historical Trends
• Key Economic Indicators
• Regulatory Factors & Food Safety
• Per Capita Consumption
• Trade

CATEGORIES SEGMENTATION & FORECASTS

FRESH & FROZEN SEGMENTATION & FORECASTS

• Beef & Veal
• Pork
• Lamb & Mutton
• Poultry

PROCESSED SEGMENTATION & FORECASTS

• Meat
• Poultry

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• Industry Characteristics
• Market Leaders

ABOUT THIS REPORT

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Freedonia Methodology
• Resources

LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES

• Figure 1 | Key Trends in US Meat & Poultry Product Shipments, 2024 – 2029
• Figure 2 | US Meat & Poultry Product Shipment Trends, 2019 – 2024
• Table 1 | Key Indicators for US Meat & Poultry Product Shipments; 2019, 2024, 2029 (US$ bil)
• Figure 3 | US Per Capita Consumption of Meat & Poultry Products, 2019 – 2024 (lbs)
• Table 2 | US Per Capita Consumption of Meat & Poultry Products, 2019 – 2024 (lbs)
• Figure 4 | US Meat & Poultry Product Trade, 2019 – 2024 (US$ mil)
• Table 3 | US Meat & Poultry Product Trade, 2019 – 2024 (US$ mil)
• Figure 5 | US Meat & Poultry Product Shipments by Category, 2019 – 2029 (US$ bil)
• Table 4 | US Meat & Poultry Product Historical Shipments by Category, 2019 – 2024 (US$ bil)
• Table 5 | US Meat & Poultry Product Forecast Shipments by Category, 2024 – 2029 (US$ bil)
• Figure 6 | US Meat & Poultry Product Shipments by Category, 2019 – 2029 (%)
• Table 6 | US Survey: Currently, Which of These Diets/Eating Philosophies Do You Primarily Follow?, 2024 (% of total consumers)
• Table 7 | US Survey: Did You Buy Meat, Poultry, or Seafood in the Past 12 Months?, 2024 (% of total consumers)
• Figure 7 | US Survey: Meat & Poultry Products Used in the Last Six Months by Type, 2024 (% of households)
• Figure 8 | US Fresh & Frozen Meat & Poultry Shipments by Product, 2019 – 2029 (US$ bil)
• Table 8 | US Fresh & Frozen Meat & Poultry Historical Shipments by Product, 2019 – 2024 (US$ mil)
• Table 9 | US Fresh & Frozen Meat & Poultry Forecast Shipments by Product, 2024 – 2029 (US$ mil)
• Figure 9 | US Fresh & Frozen Meat & Poultry Shipments by Product Performance Index, 2019 – 2029 (2019=100)
• Figure 10 | US Fresh & Frozen Meat & Poultry Shipments w/ Resident Population, 2019 – 2029
• Figure 11 | US Fresh & Frozen Meat & Poultry Shipments by Product, 2019 – 2029 (%)
• Figure 12 | US Processed Meat & Poultry Shipments by Product, 2019 – 2029 (US$ bil)
• Table 10 | US Processed Meat & Poultry Historical Shipments by Product, 2019 – 2024 (US$ mil)
• Table 11 | US Processed Meat & Poultry Forecast Shipments by Product, 2024 – 2029 (US$ mil)
• Figure 13 | US Processed Meat & Poultry Shipments by Product Performance Index, 2019 – 2029 (2019=100)
• Figure 14 | US Processed Meat & Poultry Shipments w/ Disposable Personal Income, 2019 – 2029
• Figure 15 | US Processed Meat & Poultry Shipments by Product, 2019 – 2029 (%)
• Figure 16 | US Animal Slaughtering & Processing Firms, Establishments, & Employment, 2019 – 2024
• Table 12 | US Animal Slaughtering & Processing Firms, Establishments, & Employment, 2019 – 2024
• Table 13 | Select Participants in the US Meat & Poultry Product Industry
• Table 14 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Meat & Poultry Products