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Size of the US Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots industry

NAICS 11211, Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Employment
57,953
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
11,824
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership

Over time

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 57,953 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 51,9432019-Q2: 54,7712019-Q3: 53,7882019-Q4: 53,4812020-Q1: 52,8622020-Q2: 55,7762020-Q3: 54,5402020-Q4: 54,1872021-Q1: 53,4112021-Q2: 55,7032021-Q3: 54,4452021-Q4: 54,3232022-Q1: 53,9002022-Q2: 56,3332022-Q3: 55,7872022-Q4: 55,6272023-Q1: 55,0302023-Q2: 57,7682023-Q3: 57,2102023-Q4: 56,7732024-Q1: 56,5532024-Q2: 59,1682024-Q3: 57,9252024-Q4: 57,8782025-Q1: 57,3092025-Q2: 59,8002025-Q3: 58,8112025-Q4: 58,7272026-Q1: 57,953NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q157,9532022
2025-Q458,7272022
2025-Q358,8112022
2025-Q259,8002022
2025-Q157,3092022
2024-Q457,8782022
2024-Q357,9252022
2024-Q259,1682022
2024-Q156,5532022
2023-Q456,7732022
2023-Q357,2102022
2023-Q257,7682022
2023-Q155,0302022
2022-Q455,6272022
2022-Q355,7872022
2022-Q256,3332022
2022-Q153,9002022
2021-Q454,3232017
2021-Q354,4452017
2021-Q255,7032017
2021-Q153,4112017
2020-Q454,1872017
2020-Q354,5402017
2020-Q255,7762017
2020-Q152,8622017
2019-Q453,4812017
2019-Q353,7882017
2019-Q254,7712017
2019-Q151,9432017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 11,824 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 10,1442019-Q2: 10,1992019-Q3: 10,2952019-Q4: 10,3662020-Q1: 10,3952020-Q2: 10,4182020-Q3: 10,5032020-Q4: 10,5622021-Q1: 10,5672021-Q2: 10,6062021-Q3: 10,7022021-Q4: 10,7712022-Q1: 10,8432022-Q2: 10,8762022-Q3: 10,9502022-Q4: 11,0382023-Q1: 11,1792023-Q2: 11,1632023-Q3: 11,2292023-Q4: 11,2782024-Q1: 11,3452024-Q2: 11,3662024-Q3: 11,4162024-Q4: 11,4862025-Q1: 11,5632025-Q2: 11,6032025-Q3: 11,6712025-Q4: 11,7312026-Q1: 11,824NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q111,8242022
2025-Q411,7312022
2025-Q311,6712022
2025-Q211,6032022
2025-Q111,5632022
2024-Q411,4862022
2024-Q311,4162022
2024-Q211,3662022
2024-Q111,3452022
2023-Q411,2782022
2023-Q311,2292022
2023-Q211,1632022
2023-Q111,1792022
2022-Q411,0382022
2022-Q310,9502022
2022-Q210,8762022
2022-Q110,8432022
2021-Q410,7712017
2021-Q310,7022017
2021-Q210,6062017
2021-Q110,5672017
2020-Q410,5622017
2020-Q310,5032017
2020-Q210,4182017
2020-Q110,3952017
2019-Q410,3662017
2019-Q310,2952017
2019-Q210,1992017
2019-Q110,1442017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $725.6 million · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $491.9 million2019-Q2: $528.7 million2019-Q3: $517.3 million2019-Q4: $589.7 million2020-Q1: $517.3 million2020-Q2: $549.9 million2020-Q3: $541.5 million2020-Q4: $630.8 million2021-Q1: $538.5 million2021-Q2: $547.5 million2021-Q3: $564.0 million2021-Q4: $675.9 million2022-Q1: $565.8 million2022-Q2: $593.8 million2022-Q3: $622.3 million2022-Q4: $699.2 million2023-Q1: $617.9 million2023-Q2: $634.4 million2023-Q3: $645.4 million2023-Q4: $752.6 million2024-Q1: $655.0 million2024-Q2: $671.5 million2024-Q3: $687.8 million2024-Q4: $810.5 million2025-Q1: $684.2 million2025-Q2: $718.5 million2025-Q3: $726.6 million2025-Q4: $867.9 million2026-Q1: $725.6 millionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$725.6 million2022
2025-Q4$867.9 million2022
2025-Q3$726.6 million2022
2025-Q2$718.5 million2022
2025-Q1$684.2 million2022
2024-Q4$810.5 million2022
2024-Q3$687.8 million2022
2024-Q2$671.5 million2022
2024-Q1$655.0 million2022
2023-Q4$752.6 million2022
2023-Q3$645.4 million2022
2023-Q2$634.4 million2022
2023-Q1$617.9 million2022
2022-Q4$699.2 million2022
2022-Q3$622.3 million2022
2022-Q2$593.8 million2022
2022-Q1$565.8 million2022
2021-Q4$675.9 million2017
2021-Q3$564.0 million2017
2021-Q2$547.5 million2017
2021-Q1$538.5 million2017
2020-Q4$630.8 million2017
2020-Q3$541.5 million2017
2020-Q2$549.9 million2017
2020-Q1$517.3 million2017
2019-Q4$589.7 million2017
2019-Q3$517.3 million2017
2019-Q2$528.7 million2017
2019-Q1$491.9 million2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages57,9532026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages11,8242026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$725.6 million2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published

Breakdown

Industries within Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots

NAICSIndustrySizeEmployment
112111Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming—42,8422026-Q1 · QCEW
112112Cattle Feedlots—15,1112026-Q1 · QCEW

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.