Mt An 1-2 (10-06) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 20, 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 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Red Meat Production Down From Previous Month Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.93 billion pounds in September, up slightly from the previous year. Beef production, at 2.16 billion pounds, was slightly above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.77 million head, down slightly from September 2005. The average live weight was up 7 pounds from the previous year, at 1,282 pounds. Veal production totaled 12.8 million pounds, 3 percent below September a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 57,500 head, down 5 percent from September 2005. The average live weight was 2 pounds above last year, at 365 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.74 billion pounds, up slightly from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.83 million head, slightly below September 2005. The average live weight was 1 pound above the previous year, at 266 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 14.2 million pounds, was down 9 percent from September 2005. Sheep slaughter totaled 219,100 head, 5 percent below last year. The average live weight was 129 pounds, down 6 pounds from September a year ago. January to September 2006 commercial red meat production was 35.2 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2005. Accumulated beef production was up 6 percent from last year, veal was down 3 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly. September 2005 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. September 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 06 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :--------------------------------------- Class : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Sep : Aug : : :06 as % : : : : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : of 05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,158 2,442 2,162 100 89 18,473 19,585 106 Veal : 13.2 14.2 12.8 97 90 117.4 113.5 97 Pork :1,743 1,774 1,744 100 98 15,159 15,391 102 Lamb & Mutton : 15.6 14.6 14.2 91 97 139.0 138.8 100 : Total Red Meat :3,930 4,245 3,933 100 93 33,889 35,228 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 06 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :--------------------------------------- Class : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Sep : Aug : : :06 as % : : : : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : of 05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,127 2,413 2,133 100 88 18,212 19,327 106 Veal : 13.0 13.9 12.5 97 90 114.4 111.1 97 Pork :1,728 1,757 1,728 100 98 15,028 15,263 102 Lamb & Mutton : 15.0 13.8 13.4 90 97 133.3 133.0 100 : Total Red Meat :3,883 4,198 3,887 100 93 33,488 34,834 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Sep 06 % of: Jan - Sep 2/ : : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Sep : Aug : : : 06 % : : : : :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 :of 05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,728.7 *3,089.0 2,720.9 100 88 23,963.8 24,978.6 104 Other : Thou : 47.2 44.4 44.8 95 101 409.4 400.1 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,775.9 *3,133.4 2,765.7 100 88 24,373.2 25,378.7 104 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,277 1,277 1,285 101 101 1,250 1,269 102 Other : Lbs :1,137 1,142 1,131 99 99 1,121 1,132 101 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,275 1,275 1,282 101 101 1,248 1,268 102 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 59.6 65.8 56.5 95 86 549.5 503.6 92 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.0 1.0 94 108 12.0 9.6 80 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 60.7 66.7 57.5 95 86 561.5 513.2 91 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 359 345 364 102 106 347 363 105 Other : Lbs : 398 408 398 100 98 405 410 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 363 347 365 101 105 348 363 104 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,777.8 *8,990.8 8,738.2 100 97 75,316.0 76,085.6 101 Other : Thou : 93.2 103.8 94.8 102 91 779.7 766.2 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,871.1 *9,094.6 8,833.0 100 97 76,095.7 76,851.8 101 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 265 263 267 101 101 268 270 101 Other : Lbs : 230 229 230 100 101 232 231 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 265 263 266 101 101 268 269 100 : : Sheep&Lambs : : No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 218.8 *212.6 204.9 94 96 1,905.9 1,900.9 100 Other : Thou : 12.3 14.5 14.3 116 99 108.4 109.4 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 231.1 227.0 219.1 95 97 2,014.3 2,010.3 100 : : Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 136 130 131 96 100 140 140 100 Other : Lbs : 107 106 103 97 97 107 107 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 135 129 129 96 100 138 138 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 06 as % of 2/ State : Sep : Aug : Sep :----------------------- : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Sep 2005 : Aug 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.8 2.7 2.3 83 84 AK : 0.1 0.1 0.1 101 75 AZ : 31.1 34.7 31.6 102 91 AR : 5.0 4.8 4.7 94 97 CA : 119.2 140.8 130.4 109 93 CO : 149.9 *168.9 132.9 89 79 DE-MD : 3.3 3.7 3.3 98 88 FL : 4.4 6.3 5.5 125 87 GA : 10.8 13.5 13.5 125 100 HI : 0.7 0.9 0.8 114 91 ID : 25.2 21.4 19.2 76 90 IL : 230.3 231.9 226.2 98 98 IN : 120.1 129.6 120.4 100 93 IA : 555.8 545.1 542.8 98 100 KS : 515.9 *583.6 513.4 100 88 KY : 42.7 44.5 42.6 100 96 LA : 0.8 0.6 0.7 86 110 MI : 32.4 41.6 39.4 121 95 MN : 200.2 207.0 198.6 99 96 MS : 24.3 24.9 21.2 87 85 MO : 40.2 84.6 88.8 221 105 MT : 1.7 1.7 1.5 87 85 NE : 608.4 664.3 594.9 98 90 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 54 71 N ENG 3/ : 1.3 1.1 1.2 96 107 NJ : 4.2 4.5 4.3 102 94 NM : 0.6 0.5 0.6 96 109 NY : 3.6 4.0 3.3 92 83 NC : 176.9 194.1 183.6 104 95 ND : 2.8 2.6 2.4 87 92 OH : 25.9 24.8 23.1 89 93 OK : 85.3 89.7 86.2 101 96 OR : 3.8 4.4 3.5 93 80 PA : 99.2 *105.7 102.6 103 97 SC : 19.9 21.4 19.6 99 92 SD : 87.3 75.1 77.3 89 103 TN : 20.8 18.6 20.2 97 108 TX : 406.4 473.3 413.9 102 87 UT : 43.0 47.4 43.7 102 92 VA : 59.7 32.8 34.8 58 106 WA : 57.6 65.3 67.3 117 103 WV : 0.5 *0.5 0.5 94 112 WI : 105.3 120.4 109.3 104 91 WY : 0.5 0.8 0.5 92 56 : US : 3,929.8 *4,244.6 3,932.6 100 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 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, September 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 0.2 262 121 866 783 AK : 0.1 0.1 67 69 1,183 1,143 AZ : AR : 0.8 0.9 788 794 935 929 CA : 110.9 127.7 147,908 173,116 1,333 1,356 CO : 174.2 151.7 225,907 199,614 1,297 1,316 DE-MD : 3.7 3.7 4,843 4,803 1,304 1,313 FL : GA : 19.3 25.4 16,219 20,741 840 817 HI : 0.7 0.9 783 984 1,123 1,075 ID : 28.9 21.3 36,600 27,012 1,265 1,268 IL : IN : 3.3 3.3 3,481 3,434 1,043 1,051 IA : KS : 632.9 623.9 804,980 797,619 1,272 1,278 KY : 1.2 1.1 1,116 1,043 930 971 LA : 0.9 0.9 795 702 877 788 MI : 36.9 44.3 49,883 60,978 1,350 1,377 MN : 52.6 54.9 74,136 76,527 1,408 1,394 MS : 0.1 70 819 MO : 6.7 7.2 8,855 9,579 1,318 1,322 MT : 1.9 1.7 2,257 1,921 1,210 1,143 NE : 593.6 567.1 780,041 755,675 1,314 1,333 NV : 0.1 0.1 141 77 1,250 1,226 N ENG 2/ : 1.3 1.3 1,350 1,260 1,013 997 NJ : 2.3 2.3 2,764 2,844 1,228 1,239 NM : 1.0 1.0 983 943 975 992 NY : 3.5 2.5 4,157 2,975 1,196 1,210 NC : 16.9 16.7 17,486 19,897 1,034 1,193 ND : 0.9 0.9 1,056 999 1,202 1,140 OH : 9.8 8.8 11,168 9,903 1,143 1,123 OK : 1.9 2.0 1,992 2,206 1,077 1,128 OR : 2.1 2.4 2,586 2,798 1,205 1,185 PA : 73.8 72.6 89,339 88,303 1,211 1,217 SC : 13.3 14,568 1,096 SD : TN : 1.2 1.3 1,156 1,167 932 908 TX : 533.3 545.8 649,047 660,966 1,217 1,211 UT : 53.5 54.0 67,292 68,574 1,259 1,270 VA : 0.7 1.0 696 1,061 987 1,041 WA : 71.7 81.2 93,968 109,175 1,311 1,345 WV : 0.8 0.7 708 686 903 985 WI : 121.8 130.3 164,486 174,117 1,350 1,336 WY : 0.6 0.5 670 602 1,194 1,182 : US 3/ : 2,775.9 2,765.7 3,538,313 3,546,240 1,275 1,282 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : CA : 6.5 7.2 935 1,028 145 143 CO : DE-MD : 0.1 0.2 40 64 287 312 FL : GA : 0.2 0.1 89 59 481 431 HI : ID : IL : 6.2 3.6 2,733 1,620 438 444 IN : 0.2 0.1 30 16 132 126 IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.4 0.3 206 136 461 477 MI : 1.9 3.0 700 1,184 372 389 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.4 0.3 73 79 170 277 NJ : 6.6 6.6 2,884 2,882 437 433 NM : NY : 8.3 8.6 1,301 1,697 157 198 NC : 0.1 0.1 37 44 478 538 ND : OH : 4.4 0.1 1,731 19 396 350 OK : 0.1 25 422 OR : PA : 12.5 14.8 5,371 6,422 429 434 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 52 62 498 430 TX : 0.7 0.8 397 460 549 594 UT : VA : 0.1 0.1 17 20 341 317 WA : WV : WI : 10.9 10.6 5,141 4,989 471 469 WY : : US 3/ : 60.7 57.5 22,022 20,987 363 365 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : 9.8 8.2 4,599 3,910 469 475 AK : 0.1 0.1 26 24 244 229 AZ : 0.4 0.3 81 67 196 217 AR : 14.4 13.0 7,191 6,774 499 521 CA : 218.5 205.6 51,493 47,914 236 233 CO : 1.5 1.2 390 303 260 261 DE-MD : 1.7 1.5 379 336 225 222 FL : 9.0 7.8 1,111 1,015 123 130 GA : 9.2 11.0 2,245 2,493 245 226 HI : 1.9 1.8 413 400 219 219 ID : 13.4 12.1 4,382 3,945 326 326 IL : 805.2 795.0 218,727 218,450 272 275 IN : 605.7 603.5 156,834 156,943 259 260 IA : 2,561.5 2,496.1 681,339 667,287 266 267 KS : 14.0 6,121 436 KY : 215.3 212.1 56,137 56,008 261 264 LA : 1.4 1.2 276 246 190 199 MI : 10.4 10.4 3,513 3,873 338 374 MN : 821.5 797.8 216,141 210,794 263 264 MS : MO : MT : 1.6 1.5 381 354 240 231 NE : 622.3 624.2 165,601 166,319 266 266 NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.2 2.0 454 426 210 214 NJ : 9.6 8.6 927 901 97 105 NM : 0.3 0.3 79 84 285 252 NY : 3.4 2.9 725 739 214 253 NC : 899.2 945.3 224,579 231,490 250 245 ND : 13.9 11.3 3,299 2,731 238 242 OH : 97.4 93.1 26,209 24,897 269 267 OK : 406.1 418.5 112,162 112,280 276 268 OR : 16.0 15.1 3,785 3,205 236 212 PA : 239.6 242.2 58,582 63,162 244 261 SC : SD : 423.0 362.1 108,828 94,927 257 262 TN : 62.2 60.5 30,043 28,895 483 477 TX : 28.8 33.6 6,995 8,071 243 240 UT : 4.4 4.5 1,047 952 238 210 VA : 308.5 177.4 78,481 45,422 254 256 WA : 2.1 2.2 542 563 257 257 WV : 0.7 0.8 183 205 247 242 WI : 43.1 44.4 18,898 19,408 439 438 WY : 0.5 0.5 145 137 270 265 : US 3/ : 8,871.1 8,833.0 2,348,822 2,351,899 265 266 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : 0.2 0.2 22 17 134 98 AR : 0.1 0.1 9 12 104 108 CA : CO : 84.9 82.1 12,797 11,650 151 142 DE-MD : 3.3 3.2 337 319 102 101 FL : 0.2 0.2 12 13 69 67 GA : 0.2 0.3 20 35 103 107 HI : ID : 0.4 0.6 52 74 122 124 IL : 16.7 13.2 2,231 1,607 133 121 IN : 2.0 2.4 218 257 111 108 IA : 37.2 37.1 5,338 5,250 143 141 KS : 0.3 0.3 26 36 104 104 KY : 1.2 0.8 158 106 132 125 LA : 0.1 0.1 6 8 78 73 MI : 15.0 14.8 1,934 1,953 129 132 MN : 0.3 0.3 41 30 129 119 MS : MO : 0.5 0.6 43 57 86 96 MT : 0.5 0.6 70 82 138 136 NE : NV : 0.1 0.1 12 9 108 108 N ENG 2/ : 2.8 2.9 263 264 95 91 NJ : 9.5 10.6 809 835 86 78 NM : 1.3 0.9 145 119 110 126 NY : 2.8 2.8 276 233 99 82 NC : 0.6 0.8 56 64 91 84 ND : 0.1 0.1 9 7 129 116 OH : 1.2 1.4 136 150 111 106 OK : OR : 1.8 1.9 237 255 130 132 PA : 4.6 4.3 460 426 100 98 SC : SD : 1.0 1.2 122 144 120 116 TN : 1.1 1.2 77 87 72 74 TX : 7.6 2.6 891 210 117 82 UT : 2.4 2.6 327 361 138 136 VA : 1.0 1.2 96 113 100 95 WA : 0.2 0.2 30 25 128 126 WV : 0.1 0.1 7 8 117 113 WI : 1.0 1.3 139 175 134 130 WY : 0.2 0.2 24 25 140 142 : US 3/ : 231.1 219.1 31,088 28,233 135 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Sep 1/ : : : :Jan - Sep 1/ Item : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------: Sep : Aug : Sep :------------ : 2005 :2006 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 :2005 :2006 :2006 : 2005 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,476 1,690 1,461 12,749 13,415 54.1 54.7 53.7 53.2 53.7 Heifers : 816 854 767 7,363 7,337 29.9 27.7 28.2 30.7 29.4 All Cows : 392 497 448 3,471 3,845 14.4 16.1 16.5 14.5 15.4 Dairy Cows : 190 217 206 1,644 1,704 7.0 7.0 7.6 6.9 6.8 Other Cows : 202 280 242 1,827 2,141 7.4 9.1 8.9 7.6 8.6 Bulls & Stags : 44 49 45 380 381 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 : Total 1/ :2,729 3,089 2,721 23,964 24,979 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows & Gilts:8,487 *8,683 8,434 72,786 73,455 96.7 96.6 96.5 96.6 96.5 Sows : 266 283 267 2,321 2,397 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 Stags & Boars : 25 25 37 209 233 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 : Total 1/ :8,778 *8,991 8,738 75,316 76,086 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 11 10 98 87 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.2 4.6 Lambs & Yrlngs : 208 202 195 1,808 1,813 95.0 95.0 95.2 94.8 95.4 : Total 1/ : 219 213 205 1,906 1,901 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight 3/ : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 784 784 787 764 777 Steers 4/ : 835 843 847 810 826 Heifers 4/ : 763 764 770 743 758 All Cows 4/ : 616 603 607 621 623 Bulls & Stags4/: 893 912 900 909 920 : Calves & Vealers: 220 212 223 213 222 : Hogs : 198 196 198 200 201 Barrow Gilts 5/: 194 192 194 197 197 Sows 5/ : 309 310 309 309 310 Stags & Boars5/: 213 212 227 213 214 : Sheep : 69 65 66 70 70 Mature Sheep6/ : 68 68 66 69 68 Lamb & Yrlngs6/: 69 65 66 70 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, September 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------:Bulls &: Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 2 : 4.6 1.7 0.3 2.3 2.2 0.2 0.3 15.2 3 : 75.2 32.0 6.4 34.3 27.2 7.0 2.6 15.0 4 : 65.2 0.8 0.2 56.2 11.8 44.4 8.0 5 : 299.8 132.2 36.2 122.5 73.1 49.4 8.9 17.4 6 : 544.9 299.3 157.0 80.1 13.7 66.4 8.5 0.6 7 : 1,244.9 746.0 436.8 53.3 1.4 51.9 8.8 0.1 8 : 214.7 110.6 89.2 9 : 166.9 79.8 6.8 76.0 65.0 11.0 4.4 7.0 10 : 103.7 58.2 34.1 10.5 6.7 3.8 0.9 : US 2/ : 2,720.9 1,460.9 767.2 448.0 206.4 241.6 44.8 56.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.5 1.5 2 : 11.1 10.8 0.2 0.1 12.6 1.3 11.3 3 : 419.4 405.3 1.0 13.1 8.3 0.4 7.9 4 : 1,397.9 1,314.0 82.8 1.0 3.2 0.8 2.4 5 : 2,303.6 2,193.0 107.3 3.3 28.0 3.8 24.2 6 : 457.2 435.6 21.5 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 7 : 3,543.0 3,476.6 37.7 0.5 37.2 8 : 375.7 368.9 6.8 85.4 1.9 83.5 9 : 200.6 200.5 10 : 28.2 28.1 0.1 2.4 0.2 2.2 : US 2/ : 8,738.2 8,434.3 266.7 37.2 204.9 9.8 195.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - September 2006 * 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------:Bulls &: Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 8.0 3.3 1.6 2.5 2 : 40.9 13.8 2.6 22.0 21.1 1.0 2.4 135.0 3 : 657.6 298.0 283.7 228.0 55.7 131.2 4 : 526.5 8.6 3.3 447.7 97.2 350.5 66.9 5 : 2,657.7 1,179.1 321.1 1,084.8 584.4 500.4 72.7 155.8 6 : 4,938.8 2,622.6 1,558.4 671.5 98.8 572.7 86.3 5.7 7 :11,539.0 6,810.1 4,179.0 479.9 12.9 467.0 70.0 0.3 8 : 2,197.6 1,199.9 0.1 9 : 1,484.3 744.7 57.2 646.6 556.4 90.2 35.8 65.2 10 : 928.4 535.2 301.3 86.1 61.5 24.6 5.8 : US 2/ :24,978.6 13,415.4 7,337.4 3,845.0 1,704.1 2,140.8 380.9 503.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/:Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : :& Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep : Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 11.5 11.1 0.3 0.2 2 : 102.4 100.4 1.3 0.7 105.2 11.9 93.3 3 : 3,709.1 3,686.8 8.9 13.4 73.4 4.0 69.4 4 :12,429.3 11,738.6 678.3 12.4 26.9 9.4 17.5 5 :20,343.5 19,318.6 994.9 30.0 261.8 29.8 231.9 6 : 3,987.8 3,805.7 181.1 1.1 41.5 1.9 39.6 7 :29,996.0 29,350.2 309.6 5.8 303.8 8 : 3,352.5 3,292.5 59.9 0.1 814.4 16.9 797.5 9 : 1,881.3 1,880.3 10 : 272.2 271.1 0.9 0.2 17.3 0.9 16.4 : US 2/ :76,085.6 73,455.3 2,397.1 233.2 1,900.9 87.4 1,813.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 - Sep Species : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------ : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.3 98.6 98.4 98.3 98.4 Calves : 98.2 98.6 98.2 97.9 98.1 Hogs : 98.9 98.9 98.9 99.0 99.0 Sheep : 94.7 93.6 93.5 94.6 94.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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