Federal obligations in animal (except poultry) slaughtering (NAICS 311611)

Red-meat slaughter, not poultry or canning

NAICS 311611 covers establishments that slaughter animals except poultry. Federal food-buy programs can land here when the award is tagged 311611. Poultry processing and fruit-and-vegetable canning (311421) are other 311 lines. The $3,536,576,553.65 total is the except-poultry slaughter tag, not “all federal meat.”

A canned-vegetable contract tagged 311421 will not raise this slaughter row. A beef or pork slaughter plant tagged 311611 will. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not a USDA establishment roster and not an FEC employer string such as “rancher.”

2,673 awards on a $3.54 billion obligation stock

Two thousand six hundred seventy-three awards produced $3,536,576,553.65 in obligations. That action count is moderate. Large commodity-purchase vehicles can sit beside smaller specialty lots. The packet does not split species. The table shows tagged dollars and the 2,673-award count, not pounds of carcass.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,536,576,553.65 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow performance. The industry page does not convert obligations into a cash calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. USDA commodity grants and many nutrition-assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 2,673 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded activity in this industry.

The label is a Census NAICS classification. It is not an FSIS plant census and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,536,576,553.65 and the 2,673-award count.

What the 311611 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a plant failed inspection, that a recall occurred, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,536,576,553.65 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontractors may be missing if the prime coded 311611. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 311 food-manufacturing codes

Fruit and vegetable canning (311421) and residual miscellaneous food manufacturing (311999) are separate pages. Adding them to $3,536,576,553.65 would mix canning and residual foods with except-poultry slaughter. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 2,673-award count. For a recipient that also holds grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 311611 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Slaughter versus canned and residual foods

A canning award tagged 311421 will not raise the 2,673-award count. A slaughter vehicle tagged 311611 sits in $3,536,576,553.65 even if the same prime also holds a 311999 residual-food vehicle. SpendingVault does not merge those rows.

Searchers who want “all federal food buying” must add poultry, canning, and residual 311999 and will still miss SNAP-style assistance. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 311611 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called rancher. The $3,536,576,553.65 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cut a commodity lot will lower the running total without publishing a poundage statistic on this hub. Open award rows for product descriptions. Neighboring 311 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 311611.

A slaughter lot tagged 311611 still sits in $3,536,576,553.65; a canned-vegetable buy tagged 311421 does not. The 2,673 awards remain an action count, not a plant census. Keep 311999 residual food manufacturing on its own page. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 311611 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Nutrition assistance without NAICS stays outside this contract rollup. Do not add 311421 or 311999 into $3,536,576,553.65 without documenting a recode. The 2,673 awards stay an action file, not an FSIS roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 311611. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 311611?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,536,576,553.65 in obligations across 2,673 awards tagged animal (except poultry) slaughtering. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include poultry processing?

Census keeps poultry processing on other 3116 lines, not 311611. Those awards will not add to the $3,536,576,553.65 total unless tagged 311611. The 2,673 awards are the animal-except-poultry slaughtering contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding poultry codes is a recode you must document.

Does this include fruit and vegetable canning?

Fruit and vegetable canning is NAICS 311421. Those awards will not add to the $3,536,576,553.65 total unless tagged 311611. The 2,673 awards are the slaughter contract tag. Open the 311421 industry page for canning obligations, not this slaughter rollup from USAspending.gov.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,536,576,553.65 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 2,673 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.