Quick Scoop

Los Angeles does not have a single official “meat used per day” number in the results I found, so the safest estimate is to scale from U.S. per-person consumption. One source says the average American eats about 5.4 to 5.9 ounces of meat per day, and another notes U.S. meat availability is measured on a per-capita yearly basis, not as exact daily intake.

Rough LA estimate

Using that U.S. average as a proxy, LA would be around:

  • 5.4 to 5.9 ounces per person per day.
  • That is about 0.34 to 0.37 pounds per person per day.
  • For a city of several million people, that becomes massive at the city level, but the exact total depends on population and whether you mean residents, workers, or the full metro area.

What that means in practice

A separate public source says the average person in the U.S. consumes almost 3.6 pounds of meat per week, which lines up with roughly half a pound a day. That gives a good back-of-the-envelope answer for LA if you mean “per person per day.” If you mean total meat entering the city’s food system daily, that would need a population-based calculation using a specific LA population figure and a defined scope.

Best short answer

If you just want a quick estimate: about half a pound of meat per person per day in LA, give or take.

TL;DR: There isn’t a clean public “LA per day” total in the sources here, but a reasonable estimate is roughly 5.4–5.9 ounces per person per day, or about 0.35 pounds.