Mt An 1-2 (8-06) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 25, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Katy Paulsen at (515) 284-4340, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT. Red Meat Production Down From Previous Month Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.78 billion pounds in July, up 5 percent from the 3.61 billion pounds produced in July 2005. Beef production, at 2.20 billion pounds, was 6 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.83 million head, up 4 percent from July 2005. The average live weight was up 18 pounds from the previous year, at 1,272 pounds. Veal production totaled 12.0 million pounds, 4 percent below July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 57,900 head, down 1 percent from July 2005. The average live weight was 10 pounds below last year, at 340 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.55 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 7.88 million head, 3 percent above July 2005. The average live weight was 1 pound above the previous year, at 265 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.2 million pounds, was down 1 percent from July 2005. Sheep slaughter totaled 202,100 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 131 pounds, down 3 pounds from July a year ago. January to July 2006 commercial red meat production was 27.1 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 2005. Accumulated beef production was up 7 percent from last year, veal was down 4 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 2 percent. July 2005 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. July 2006 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Class, U.S...........1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S......................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S..............................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S..............................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S..............................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S..................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S.......8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S.............................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S..............................................11 Data Sources, Revision Policy, and Procedures and Reliability..18 Types of Plants................................................19 Terms and Definitions..........................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 06 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :--------------------------------------- Class : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Jul : Jun : : :06 as % : : : : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : of 05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,083 2,429 2,204 106 91 13,996 14,981 107 Veal : 12.4 13.0 12.0 96 92 90.5 86.5 96 Pork :1,505 1,663 1,553 103 93 11,664 11,873 102 Lamb & Mutton : 13.4 *14.5 13.2 99 91 108.1 110.1 102 : Total Red Meat :3,614 4,120 3,782 105 92 25,859 27,051 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 06 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :--------------------------------------- Class : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Jul : Jun : : :06 as % : : : : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : of 05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,057 2,401 2,178 106 91 13,795 14,781 107 Veal : 12.1 12.8 11.7 97 92 88.1 84.6 96 Pork :1,492 1,649 1,540 103 93 11,566 11,778 102 Lamb & Mutton : 12.8 13.9 12.6 99 91 103.7 105.7 102 : Total Red Meat :3,573 4,077 3,743 105 92 25,554 26,749 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Jul 06 % of: Jan - Jul 2/ : : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Jul : Jun : : : 06 % : : : : :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 :of 05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,676.8 *3,115.9 2,795.0 104 90 18,287.2 19,168.7 105 Other : Thou : 40.7 43.2 39.4 97 91 317.6 310.9 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,717.5 3,159.0 2,834.3 104 90 18,604.8 19,479.6 105 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,255 1,261 1,274 101 101 1,244 1,266 102 Other : Lbs :1,127 1,128 1,136 101 101 1,114 1,131 102 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,254 1,259 1,272 101 101 1,241 1,264 102 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 57.2 57.8 57.0 100 99 425.6 381.3 90 Other : Thou : 1.4 0.9 0.9 65 105 9.7 7.6 78 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 58.6 58.7 57.9 99 99 435.2 388.9 89 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 349 364 339 96 93 346 366 106 Other : Lbs : 424 415 402 95 97 405 412 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 350 365 340 97 93 347 366 105 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :7,582.0 8,256.4 7,805.5 103 95 57,650.6 58,356.5 101 Other : Thou : 80.2 85.8 79.3 99 92 579.8 567.7 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :7,662.2 8,342.2 7,884.8 103 95 58,230.4 58,924.2 101 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 265 269 265 100 99 270 271 101 Other : Lbs : 224 223 225 101 101 232 231 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 264 268 265 100 99 269 271 101 : : Sheep&Lambs : : No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 188.0 200.0 191.2 102 96 1,471.5 1,483.4 101 Other : Thou : 11.9 11.8 10.9 92 92 82.5 80.7 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 199.9 211.8 202.1 101 95 1,554.0 1,564.1 101 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 135 *138 132 98 95 141 142 101 Other : Lbs : 109 104 108 100 104 107 108 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 134 137 131 98 96 139 140 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Excludes slaughter on farms. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding. Commercial Red Meat Production: By State and United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 06 as % of 2/ State : Jul : Jun : Jul :----------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Jul 2005 : Jun 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.3 2.5 2.3 100 90 AK : AZ : 29.3 31.7 33.9 116 107 AR : 4.1 4.9 3.5 86 72 CA : 115.3 146.2 132.6 115 91 CO : 158.5 178.2 167.0 105 94 DE-MD : 2.7 3.3 2.8 104 84 FL : 4.3 5.0 5.3 122 106 GA : 9.7 11.2 11.3 117 101 HI : 0.8 0.9 0.8 109 92 ID : 27.7 26.2 21.7 78 83 IL : 202.2 227.2 203.8 101 90 IN : 105.3 114.4 109.9 104 96 IA : 474.6 511.5 479.6 101 94 KS : 510.1 573.9 523.0 103 91 KY : 33.8 39.1 39.3 116 100 LA : 0.8 0.7 0.6 74 89 MI : 31.1 42.7 37.1 119 87 MN : 173.6 200.3 185.9 107 93 MS : 20.2 23.9 20.2 100 85 MO : 36.2 71.6 66.8 185 93 MT : 1.6 1.3 1.5 91 113 NE : 578.3 659.6 607.7 105 92 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 82 135 N ENG 3/ : 0.9 1.0 0.8 94 82 NJ : 3.5 4.2 3.8 106 90 NM : 0.6 0.4 0.3 59 84 NY : 3.5 3.7 3.0 86 82 NC : 162.3 186.3 168.9 104 91 ND : 2.6 2.8 2.4 92 84 OH : 22.6 23.6 21.4 94 91 OK : 79.7 86.2 79.3 99 92 OR : 3.4 4.1 3.6 105 86 PA : 89.9 101.4 95.4 106 94 SC : 18.2 21.0 18.9 104 90 SD : 72.8 70.0 70.2 96 100 TN : 13.2 16.1 15.8 120 98 TX : 392.9 470.2 415.9 106 88 UT : 35.8 45.3 40.3 113 89 VA : 45.3 29.7 30.6 68 103 WA : 45.7 57.2 50.0 109 87 WV : 0.2 0.3 0.3 125 117 WI : 97.3 119.1 104.0 107 87 WY : 0.6 0.5 0.5 87 95 : US : 3,613.6 4,119.6 3,782.0 105 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. 2/ Percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. Commercial Cattle Slaughter: By State and United States, July 2005 and 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.3 0.3 272 297 946 885 AK : AZ : AR : 0.6 0.8 557 763 961 907 CA : 107.5 128.9 142,871 175,562 1,329 1,362 CO : 188.7 195.3 238,957 253,830 1,266 1,300 DE-MD : 3.1 3.1 3,994 4,113 1,305 1,307 FL : GA : 17.7 21.1 14,634 17,219 825 814 HI : 0.7 0.9 796 931 1,072 1,024 ID : 33.2 24.4 43,324 30,891 1,305 1,266 IL : IN : 2.9 3.0 3,085 3,125 1,049 1,044 IA : KS : 635.9 640.6 797,629 812,263 1,254 1,268 KY : 1.0 1.0 918 934 913 968 LA : 0.7 0.8 678 579 922 767 MI : 35.4 41.6 47,880 57,348 1,352 1,378 MN : 49.9 58.8 69,089 81,531 1,384 1,386 MS : 0.1 77 882 MO : 6.3 6.3 8,317 8,031 1,328 1,277 MT : 1.8 1.6 2,170 1,910 1,191 1,181 NE : 594.2 613.3 755,967 803,577 1,272 1,310 NV : 0.1 0.1 116 94 1,247 1,225 N ENG 2/ : 0.9 0.8 906 869 1,039 1,052 NJ : 1.9 1.9 2,313 2,389 1,241 1,228 NM : 1.0 0.6 1,014 598 997 1,004 NY : 2.8 2.1 3,328 2,563 1,204 1,249 NC : 14.0 15.0 14,401 15,879 1,032 1,058 ND : 0.9 0.9 1,114 1,081 1,202 1,195 OH : 7.9 7.4 9,091 8,330 1,156 1,127 OK : 1.8 1.8 1,887 1,957 1,026 1,059 OR : 1.7 1.9 2,062 2,360 1,212 1,232 PA : 68.6 68.8 82,837 83,245 1,208 1,211 SC : 12.8 14,177 1,107 SD : TN : 1.1 1.1 1,055 1,010 976 961 TX : 522.7 552.3 630,029 665,340 1,205 1,205 UT : 46.4 51.2 56,116 63,402 1,210 1,237 VA : 0.5 0.7 546 811 1,025 1,108 WA : 58.9 62.1 73,962 81,890 1,255 1,318 WV : 0.3 0.3 313 390 1,091 1,204 WI : 111.0 120.2 149,942 162,313 1,350 1,351 WY : 0.7 0.6 814 719 1,188 1,184 : US 3/ : 2,717.5 2,834.3 3,406,482 3,604,618 1,254 1,272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Calf Slaughter: By State and United States, July 2005 and 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 0.1 29 580 CA : 7.2 9.7 1,114 1,293 156 133 CO : DE-MD : 0.1 0.1 27 45 304 306 FL : GA : 0.2 0.1 80 45 466 449 HI : ID : IL : 5.3 3.8 2,331 1,628 436 433 IN : 0.4 0.2 44 29 126 135 IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.6 0.2 284 112 514 496 MI : 1.6 2.1 672 817 421 385 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.5 0.2 85 64 162 283 NJ : 5.6 6.2 2,372 2,641 427 427 NM : NY : 10.6 9.6 2,050 1,759 194 182 NC : 0.1 33 492 ND : OH : 3.9 0.1 1,589 26 408 350 OK : 0.1 38 458 OR : PA : 11.5 13.6 4,793 5,856 418 429 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 32 34 534 351 TX : 0.7 0.9 366 519 553 575 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : 9.6 10.0 4,400 4,600 457 459 WY : : US 3/ : 58.6 57.9 20,549 19,663 350 340 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Hog Slaughter: By State and United States, July 2005 and 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 7.9 8.2 3,748 3,698 473 454 AK : 0.1 0.1 29 14 299 233 AZ : 0.1 0.2 25 26 180 154 AR : 12.1 10.5 6,040 5,010 500 479 CA : 203.1 204.0 47,580 47,701 234 234 CO : 1.0 0.9 265 237 258 254 DE-MD : 1.3 1.4 259 284 207 203 FL : 8.0 7.8 1,053 1,039 131 133 GA : 8.4 9.7 1,907 2,240 228 230 HI : 1.9 1.9 424 409 219 220 ID : 12.7 11.8 4,151 3,861 327 327 IL : 685.1 703.1 186,650 194,046 272 276 IN : 525.4 554.2 137,325 142,642 261 257 IA : 2,170.7 2,196.8 580,912 584,441 268 266 KS : 14.4 6,449 447 KY : 166.3 195.0 44,426 51,489 267 264 LA : 1.2 1.0 227 182 182 183 MI : 9.7 10.4 3,317 3,967 343 383 MN : 708.7 729.2 183,886 189,574 259 260 MS : MO : MT : 1.5 1.7 387 401 257 236 NE : 539.8 542.1 143,331 143,202 266 264 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.7 1.5 334 273 193 188 NJ : 8.0 7.9 818 776 102 98 NM : 0.1 0.1 16 21 284 312 NY : 2.6 2.8 567 628 216 223 NC : 829.6 864.8 206,187 214,135 249 248 ND : 12.7 10.6 2,979 2,607 234 246 OH : 87.7 87.2 23,329 23,575 266 270 OK : 381.1 377.9 105,018 103,450 276 274 OR : 14.9 16.3 3,613 3,667 242 225 PA : 210.0 228.2 50,832 56,228 242 246 SC : SD : 349.0 325.0 90,618 84,782 260 261 TN : 39.4 45.7 18,986 22,862 482 500 TX : 25.4 27.1 5,876 6,949 231 256 UT : 3.0 3.5 714 673 238 194 VA : 236.8 156.2 59,359 39,958 251 256 WA : 1.9 2.2 484 557 253 255 WV : 0.5 0.5 109 115 232 216 WI : 44.6 46.3 19,953 20,585 447 445 WY : 0.4 0.3 99 76 261 260 : US 3/ : 7,662.2 7,884.8 2,025,470 2,090,113 264 265 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter: By State and United States, July 2005 and 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.1 0.1 7 5 97 101 AR : CA : CO : 76.0 81.0 11,405 11,759 150 145 DE-MD : 2.6 2.5 253 247 98 98 FL : 0.2 0.1 12 7 69 62 GA : 0.2 0.5 21 40 104 89 HI : ID : 0.4 0.5 53 56 120 122 IL : 15.3 10.9 1,929 1,327 126 122 IN : 2.0 2.4 222 263 109 108 IA : 33.7 34.6 4,843 4,799 144 139 KS : 0.2 0.3 23 31 100 102 KY : 1.0 0.9 153 111 148 131 LA : 0.1 0.1 8 10 73 79 MI : 12.9 13.2 1,716 1,707 133 129 MN : 0.2 0.2 21 23 125 121 MS : MO : 0.5 0.4 38 35 84 87 MT : 0.3 0.3 38 41 145 131 NE : 0.1 0.1 12 13 113 117 NV : 0.1 0.1 15 9 113 107 N ENG 2/ : 2.0 2.3 175 211 85 91 NJ : 8.6 8.7 724 717 84 83 NM : 1.1 0.5 126 68 115 126 NY : 2.1 2.3 194 197 91 84 NC : 0.5 0.5 34 49 73 89 ND : OH : 1.2 1.0 132 109 114 105 OK : 0.1 10 127 OR : 1.5 1.7 184 203 126 121 PA : 4.2 4.5 425 439 100 97 SC : SD : 0.8 0.8 100 97 124 120 TN : 0.8 0.9 62 66 74 71 TX : 2.6 1.3 256 95 100 73 UT : 2.0 2.5 295 326 146 132 VA : 0.8 0.8 95 87 116 106 WA : 0.2 0.1 25 7 146 132 WV : WI : 0.9 1.3 125 173 134 134 WY : 0.1 0.1 13 19 137 141 : US 3/ : 199.9 202.1 26,801 26,465 134 131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Classification of Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection: United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Jan - Jul 1/ : : : :Jan - Jul 1/ Item : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------: Jul : Jun : Jul :------------ : 2005 :2006 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 :2005 :2006 :2006 : 2005 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,476 1,739 1,551 9,635 10,265 55.2 55.8 55.5 52.7 53.5 Heifers : 812 889 789 5,674 5,716 30.3 28.5 28.2 31.0 29.8 All Cows : 351 443 416 2,687 2,900 13.2 14.2 14.8 14.7 15.1 Dairy Cows : 162 181 175 1,264 1,281 6.1 5.8 6.2 6.9 6.7 Other Cows : 189 262 241 1,423 1,619 7.1 8.4 8.6 7.8 8.4 Bulls & Stags : 37 46 39 292 287 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 : Total 1/ :2,677 3,116 2,795 18,287 19,169 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows & Gilts:7,327 7,943 7,530 55,709 56,338 96.6 96.2 96.5 96.6 96.5 Sows : 234 285 252 1,781 1,847 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2 Stags & Boars : 20 28 23 160 171 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 : Total 1/ :7,582 8,256 7,806 57,651 58,357 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 9 10 9 75 67 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.1 4.5 Lambs & Yrlngs : 179 190 182 1,396 1,416 95.0 94.8 95.2 94.9 95.5 : Total 1/ : 188 200 191 1,472 1,483 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight 3/ : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 772 774 782 758 774 Steers 4/ : 821 823 837 803 821 Heifers 4/ : 747 745 757 738 755 All Cows 4/ : 617 619 611 622 628 Bulls & Stags4/: 903 932 915 913 925 : Calves & Vealers: 219 224 209 212 224 : Hogs : 198 200 198 201 202 Barrow Gilts 5/: 194 196 194 198 198 Sows 5/ : 308 310 312 309 311 Stags & Boars5/: 219 204 206 212 213 : Sheep : 68 *69 66 71 71 Mature Sheep6/ : 70 67 67 69 68 Lamb & Yrlngs6/: 68 70 66 71 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data. 2/ Species totals and classification reported by meat inspectors, Inspection Operations, FSIS. 3/ Based on packer reports. 4/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 5/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 6/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, July 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------:Bulls &: Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 2 : 3.9 1.3 0.3 2.1 2.0 0.1 0.2 15.8 3 : 71.6 34.5 6.0 29.1 23.2 5.9 2.1 13.8 4 : 57.8 0.8 0.3 50.0 10.3 39.8 6.8 5 : 287.1 131.5 34.3 113.8 60.9 52.9 7.6 16.0 6 : 551.6 286.3 180.0 76.8 9.4 67.4 8.4 0.8 7 : 1,307.0 795.7 451.7 52.4 1.2 51.2 7.2 8 : 256.8 154.3 87.0 9 : 171.1 91.3 6.8 68.9 56.7 12.1 4.1 9.5 10 : 87.3 55.2 22.2 9.3 6.4 2.8 0.7 : US 2/ : 2,795.0 1,551.2 788.7 415.8 174.6 241.2 39.3 57.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.2 1.1 2 : 10.5 10.3 0.1 0.1 10.3 1.3 9.0 3 : 384.8 383.9 0.8 7.7 0.4 7.3 4 : 1,279.1 1,209.9 67.7 1.4 2.9 1.0 1.9 5 : 2,093.0 1,980.3 109.4 3.3 24.3 3.2 21.0 6 : 413.4 394.2 19.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 7 : 3,057.8 2,992.0 35.0 0.7 34.3 8 : 338.1 331.0 7.1 83.6 1.6 82.0 9 : 198.7 198.6 10 : 29.0 28.9 0.1 1.9 0.1 1.8 : US 2/ : 7,805.5 7,530.3 252.2 23.0 191.2 9.2 182.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, January - July 2006 * 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------:Bulls &: Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 6.0 2.4 1.2 1.9 2 : 31.6 10.5 2.0 17.2 16.5 0.7 1.8 99.7 3 : 502.2 230.8 213.8 172.4 41.4 99.3 4 : 392.6 7.0 2.5 332.3 73.4 258.9 50.8 5 : 2,029.0 899.4 246.3 829.0 435.2 393.8 54.3 120.2 6 : 3,770.7 1,996.8 1,208.0 498.5 73.2 425.3 67.4 4.4 7 : 8,862.8 5,186.7 3,261.9 362.5 10.1 352.4 51.8 0.2 8 : 1,717.4 941.0 0.1 9 : 1,136.9 577.5 44.7 488.2 420.6 67.5 26.5 49.6 10 : 719.5 412.6 237.9 64.9 47.0 17.9 4.0 : US 2/ :19,168.7 10,264.6 5,716.0 2,900.6 1,281.2 1,619.4 287.5 381.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/:Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : :& Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep : Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 8.2 7.8 0.2 0.1 2 : 78.3 76.9 1.0 0.5 81.0 9.1 72.0 3 : 2,865.4 2,858.3 6.8 0.3 56.8 3.3 53.5 4 : 9,543.5 9,020.7 512.7 10.1 20.3 7.5 12.8 5 :15,629.5 14,836.2 770.4 22.9 203.1 22.0 181.0 6 : 3,058.0 2,918.1 139.0 0.9 40.5 1.4 39.1 7 :22,896.7 22,391.3 236.2 4.7 231.5 8 : 2,613.2 2,566.7 46.3 0.1 638.1 13.2 624.9 9 : 1,452.9 1,452.3 10 : 210.8 209.8 0.7 0.2 12.2 0.7 11.6 : US 2/ :58,356.5 56,338.1 1,847.3 171.1 1,483.4 67.0 1,416.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accumulated totals based on unrounded data. 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Jul Species : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------ : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.6 98.6 98.3 98.4 Calves : 97.5 98.5 98.4 97.8 98.1 Hogs : 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 Sheep : 94.1 94.4 94.6 94.7 94.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livestock Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for the commercial livestock slaughter estimates are obtained from the Weekly Livestock Slaughter Report (LS-149) questionnaires completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide actual counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants. These counts are combined with data from State-administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. Over 95 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. Number of head slaughtered daily under FI are recorded on the LS-149 forms by species and class. Head kill excluding animals condemned and total live and dressed weights are also given. There are 850 plants in the U.S. operating under Federal Inspection and over 2,200 plants under State inspection. Slaughter from State-inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Types of Plants, page 20). To prevent duplication in reporting between NFI and FI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data and are less than one-half of 1 percent. Revisions for the previous month and the year-to-date totals are noted in each monthly release by an (*) or a footnote. Final data are published in the annual summary. Procedures and Reliability: Individual inspectors may be contacted by telephone if the LS-149 is not received by NASS in time for summarization. This assures that all plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. All head kill data are tabulated on a weekly basis approximately two weeks after the kill week. A computer edit compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. The edit provides a missing reports listing for follow-up telephone contact and imputes missing weight data. In addition, data are checked for unusual values for species, class, head kill, and pattern of kill, generally based on each plant's past operating profile. If no form is received by mail or other means, data for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species are imputed. Imputation of live and dressed weights may also be necessary on partially completed forms for any plant. The imputation is also based on the history of each respective plant and represents the recent operating characteristics until final data are tabulated. Imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the U.S. head kill totals. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle is usually less than 10 percent and for hogs about 7 percent. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. Head kill for FI slaughter before condemnation is for the actual days of the survey month, while head kill after condemnation and live and dressed weight data are for full weeks only. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous week as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release, while NFI data are summarized monthly only. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and Statistics. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, these data are included in US totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. Types of Plants There are generally four types of slaughtering plants. (1) Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any State whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. (2) Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. (3) Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual State standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. (4) Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Terms and Definitions Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Live Weight: The gross weight of a live animal when received at the slaughter plant. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter including beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. It is derived using the number of head times average dressed weight for FI and NFI separately. FI head kill must be adjusted for condemnations using the factor derived from the FSIS inspection reports. The FI meat production formula is (FI head kill) X (1 - condemnation factor) X (average dressed weight) = FI red meat production. The condemnation factor is the number of animals condemned as a percentage of the total kill. It has been fairly stable for the last five years; running about 1.90 head per 100 head for calves, .5 per 100 for cattle, .40 per 100 for hogs and .20 per 100 for sheep. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the U.S. must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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