Mexico’s Cattle Industry
Mexico — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 82820170; 2024: 130861007
Cattle inventory
1990: 32054304; 2024: 36933201 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 1113919; 2024: 2253615.34 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 105761.2; 2024: 283531.4 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 6026.1; 2024: 318813.21 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 5300000; 2024: 8921082 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 18.7; 2024: 24.2 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 1421705 tonnes; 2024: 23853749.47 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 540921 tonnes; 2024: 4277847.1 tonnes
Barley
1991: 84191 tonnes; 2024: 30000 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 3200388 tonnes; 2024: 35745.69 tonnes
Oats
1991: 3067 tonnes; 2024: 124574.94 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 1489310 tonnes; 2024: 6577630.85 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 353160 tonnes; 2024: 1558810.15 tonnes