Mt An 1-2 (3-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 23, 2007, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Benita Hodge at (515) 284-4340, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Pork Production at Record High for February Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.62 billion pounds in February, up 4 percent from the 3.49 billion pounds produced in February 2006. Beef production, at 1.95 billion pounds, was 7 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.56 million head, up 9 percent from February 2006. The average live weight was down 10 pounds from the previous year, at 1,274 pounds. Veal production totaled 12.2 million pounds, 7 percent above February a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 66,900 head, up 27 percent from February 2006. The average live weight was down 50 pounds from last year, at 307 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.64 billion pounds, down slightly from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.12 million head, down slightly February 2006. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 269 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 14.4 million pounds, was down 2 percent from February 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 204,400 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 140 pounds, down 4 pounds from February a year ago. January to February 2007 commercial red meat production was 7.7 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 6 percent from last year, veal was up 14 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 5 percent. February 2006 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. February 2007 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, 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 Reliability Statement.....................................................18 Types of Plants...........................................................19 Terms and Definitions.....................................................20 Information Contacts......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 07 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Feb : Jan : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,826.9 2,164.4 1,952.8 107 90 3,877.8 4,117.3 106 Veal : 11.3 14.3 12.2 107 85 23.1 26.4 114 Pork :1,637.0 1,898.4 1,636.2 100 86 3,457.5 3,534.7 102 Lamb & Mutton : 14.7 15.1 14.4 98 95 30.9 29.5 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,489.9 4,092.3 3,615.6 104 88 7,389.4 7,707.8 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding. Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 07 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Feb : Jan : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,797.9 2,131.5 1,924.2 107 90 3,816.1 4,055.7 106 Veal : 11.1 14.0 11.9 107 85 22.6 25.9 115 Pork :1,623.6 1,884.3 1,623.2 100 86 3,430.0 3,507.5 102 Lamb & Mutton : 14.1 14.5 13.9 99 96 29.6 28.4 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,446.7 4,044.4 3,573.1 104 88 7,298.3 7,617.5 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding. Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Feb 07 % of: Jan - Feb 2/ : : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Feb : Jan : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,301.8 2,747.8 2,517.6 109 92 4,893.1 5,265.4 108 Other : Thou : 44.8 50.7 44.1 99 87 96.1 94.8 99 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,346.6 2,798.5 2,561.7 109 92 4,989.2 5,360.2 107 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,286 1,292 1,276 99 99 1,287 1,284 100 Other : Lbs :1,136 1,147 1,150 101 100 1,135 1,148 101 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,284 1,290 1,274 99 99 1,284 1,282 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 51.6 73.3 65.6 127 89 105.9 138.8 131 Other : Thou : 1.0 1.0 1.3 128 128 2.3 2.4 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 52.7 74.3 66.9 127 90 108.2 141.2 131 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 356 323 306 86 95 355 315 89 Other : Lbs : 393 388 370 94 95 406 378 93 Comm'l. : Lbs : 357 324 307 86 95 356 316 89 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :7,977.7 9,281.4 8,039.8 101 87 16,811.2 17,321.2 103 Other : Thou : 77.9 84.0 77.2 99 92 160.6 161.2 100 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,055.6 9,365.5 8,117.0 101 87 16,971.8 17,482.4 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 272 271 270 99 99 272 271 99 Other : Lbs : 237 232 234 99 101 236 233 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 271 271 269 99 99 272 270 99 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 192.7 204.2 194.3 101 95 402.6 398.5 99 Other : Thou : 9.6 12.5 10.1 106 81 24.9 22.6 91 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 202.2 216.7 204.4 101 94 427.4 421.1 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 146 141 143 98 101 146 142 97 Other : Lbs : 115 107 92 80 86 110 101 92 Comm'l. : Lbs : 144 139 140 97 101 144 140 97 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 34.2 *45.8 40.8 119 89 80.0 86.5 108 Other : Thou : 12.6 13.1 14.2 112 108 29.3 27.3 93 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 46.8 *58.9 54.9 117 93 109.3 113.8 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 66 63 63 95 100 66 63 95 Other : Lbs : 62 70 61 99 87 68 65 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 65 64 62 96 97 66 63 95 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.1 4.1 3.3 105 81 7.2 7.4 102 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.8 1.7 135 98 3.0 3.5 116 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.4 5.9 5.0 113 86 10.2 10.9 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 07 as % of 2/ State : Feb : Jan : Feb :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Feb 2006 : Jan 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.6 2.8 2.2 84 77 AK : 0.1 71 67 AZ : 27.7 33.5 31.1 112 93 AR : 4.2 4.4 4.2 101 96 CA : 114.6 148.4 131.7 115 89 CO : 137.7 147.7 141.5 103 96 DE-MD : 2.9 3.8 3.1 108 84 FL : 4.7 6.7 6.2 131 92 GA : 9.4 15.8 13.3 141 84 HI : 0.7 0.8 0.7 100 88 ID : 23.8 4.2 7.8 33 186 IL : 211.1 239.4 203.4 96 85 IN : 115.6 138.5 114.6 99 83 IA : 515.4 584.0 486.7 94 83 KS : 414.0 502.0 452.9 109 90 KY : 37.1 46.2 38.2 103 83 LA : 0.8 0.7 0.7 92 106 MI : 30.8 41.7 36.8 119 88 MN : 179.8 222.8 188.1 105 84 MS : 23.9 26.4 22.2 93 84 MO : 55.6 122.5 108.8 196 89 MT : 1.2 1.4 1.3 107 97 NE : 527.2 604.2 536.9 102 89 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 99 72 N ENG 3/ : 0.9 1.1 0.8 95 75 NJ : 3.7 5.0 4.3 116 87 NM : 0.5 0.6 0.5 115 91 NY : 2.6 3.2 2.4 92 73 NC : 178.9 205.6 181.0 101 88 ND : 2.7 3.0 2.5 90 82 OH : 21.8 25.7 21.5 99 84 OK : 82.0 87.2 80.5 98 92 OR : 3.6 4.5 4.1 113 92 PA : 92.3 110.0 96.9 105 88 SC : 19.3 21.4 19.5 101 91 SD : 85.0 81.9 70.5 83 86 TN : 15.2 18.1 16.0 105 89 TX : 316.8 354.6 331.9 105 94 UT : 39.6 34.5 34.2 86 99 VA : 34.3 37.0 35.3 103 95 WA : 57.5 69.6 70.7 123 102 WV : 0.4 0.6 0.4 114 72 WI : 91.3 130.0 109.5 120 84 WY : 0.5 0.6 0.6 110 90 : US : 3,489.9 4,092.3 3,615.6 104 88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.4 0.3 368 343 921 1,086 AK : 0.1 58 1,057 AZ : 38.5 53,598 1,398 AR : 0.9 0.8 850 851 948 1,041 CA : 105.6 126.6 141,792 168,420 1,372 1,355 CO : 157.1 165.3 207,256 215,134 1,320 1,302 DE-MD : 3.1 3.4 4,182 4,572 1,332 1,341 FL : GA : 16.7 25.2 16,252 23,132 983 926 HI : 0.8 0.8 812 870 1,065 1,093 ID : 8.2 10,827 1,342 IL : IN : 2.9 2.6 3,030 2,755 1,051 1,048 IA : KS : 507.6 576.6 639,671 713,145 1,260 1,237 KY : 1.5 1.5 1,383 1,400 933 943 LA : 0.8 0.7 708 626 863 939 MI : 33.8 42.2 46,946 57,972 1,396 1,381 MN : 51.8 61.8 73,204 86,188 1,424 1,404 MS : 0.1 0.1 106 140 905 1,015 MO : 6.5 6.9 7,923 8,352 1,223 1,228 MT : 1.5 1.6 1,894 1,915 1,250 1,208 NE : 507.2 529.5 669,113 698,738 1,321 1,322 NV : 0.1 0.1 99 85 1,303 1,052 N ENG 2/ : 1.0 0.9 1,034 957 1,060 1,074 NJ : 2.0 2.0 2,388 2,524 1,224 1,246 NM : 0.9 0.9 850 810 998 983 NY : 2.2 1.8 2,512 2,005 1,166 1,131 NC : 13.1 15.4 16,153 18,201 1,236 1,185 ND : 0.9 0.9 1,038 1,077 1,204 1,207 OH : 7.7 8.3 9,041 9,739 1,186 1,178 OK : 2.3 1.9 2,653 2,059 1,137 1,092 OR : 1.6 2.1 1,988 2,480 1,272 1,211 PA : 63.2 69.4 78,580 86,720 1,255 1,259 SC : 11.3 11.9 12,640 13,797 1,130 1,166 SD : TN : 1.1 1.8 1,080 1,640 956 929 TX : 416.4 451.5 500,772 534,437 1,206 1,187 UT : 50.5 43.0 64,545 55,482 1,281 1,294 VA : 1.0 2.1 1,102 2,304 1,128 1,073 WA : 72.1 86.2 93,590 114,550 1,304 1,333 WV : 0.5 0.6 513 624 1,049 1,099 WI : 106.2 131.2 144,548 177,707 1,379 1,369 WY : 0.6 0.7 736 800 1,191 1,202 : US 3/ : 2,346.6 2,561.7 3,000,905 3,250,650 1,284 1,274 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : CA : 6.7 9.9 1,011 1,341 151 136 CO : DE-MD : 0.1 0.2 36 53 331 336 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 45 43 434 402 HI : ID : IL : 3.0 3.7 1,283 1,560 426 427 IN : 0.2 27 126 IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 140 180 510 525 MI : 2.5 2.0 1,046 868 420 425 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.1 59 27 196 245 NJ : 6.5 7.6 2,783 3,333 431 440 NM : 1.5 133 87 NY : 7.4 13.0 1,675 1,553 230 123 NC : 0.1 52 546 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 20 23 350 350 OK : OR : PA : 14.0 15.0 5,665 5,619 406 376 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 34 48 584 455 TX : 0.7 1.7 399 1,042 583 599 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : 9.9 4,312 438 WY : : US 3/ : 52.7 66.9 18,693 20,401 357 307 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 9.1 7.5 4,215 3,433 462 457 AK : 0.1 0.1 29 14 228 225 AZ : 0.2 0.2 29 34 168 187 AR : 11.5 12.7 5,554 5,722 482 453 CA : 190.2 204.1 45,774 48,101 241 236 CO : 0.9 0.8 253 189 274 245 DE-MD : 1.5 1.4 397 384 262 272 FL : 5.8 6.7 804 1,055 140 159 GA : 8.8 11.3 2,081 2,408 238 214 HI : 1.7 1.5 368 338 224 219 ID : 12.4 12.1 3,174 3,088 256 255 IL : 733.6 711.5 205,977 198,611 281 279 IN : 559.7 564.5 149,220 148,746 267 264 IA : 2,322.2 2,198.3 635,889 594,055 274 270 KS : 14.1 6,334 451 KY : 179.0 186.9 48,504 49,582 271 266 LA : 1.7 1.5 358 318 208 209 MI : 9.1 8.9 3,456 3,375 380 383 MN : 711.3 714.4 186,203 187,883 262 263 MS : MO : 499.9 137,667 276 MT : 1.1 1.1 270 273 246 248 NE : 555.9 552.4 150,718 149,083 271 270 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.2 1.1 249 229 215 212 NJ : 6.3 9.7 662 976 106 101 NM : 0.1 0.1 26 23 234 319 NY : 1.5 2.0 293 354 195 182 NC : 879.3 882.2 226,719 227,824 258 259 ND : 12.8 11.0 3,192 2,762 249 251 OH : 83.4 80.9 22,931 22,097 276 274 OK : 373.3 380.7 105,812 104,744 283 275 OR : 15.9 15.9 3,589 3,680 227 232 PA : 229.3 225.1 56,763 56,493 248 252 SC : SD : 396.7 321.0 104,212 83,753 263 261 TN : 45.8 47.4 22,268 22,407 486 473 TX : 28.6 33.9 7,161 8,133 250 240 UT : 2.4 3.2 539 570 224 178 VA : 170.5 172.9 44,501 45,074 261 261 WA : 1.6 1.9 303 394 186 204 WV : 0.5 0.5 147 139 302 291 WI : 36.6 40.1 16,271 17,648 450 449 WY : 0.3 0.4 89 106 260 266 : US 3/ : 8,055.6 8,117.0 2,183,590 2,183,691 271 269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.1 18 124 AR : CA : CO : 80.0 87.7 12,295 13,473 154 154 DE-MD : 2.3 2.2 236 220 103 101 FL : 0.1 0.2 5 9 58 56 GA : 0.2 0.3 19 41 110 120 HI : ID : 0.3 0.3 33 35 133 130 IL : 14.2 2,237 157 IN : 1.3 1.3 148 146 111 112 IA : 32.2 32.6 4,951 4,998 154 153 KS : 0.2 0.2 18 19 102 108 KY : 1.0 0.7 120 85 116 126 LA : 0.2 0.3 28 35 122 101 MI : 13.1 12.6 1,817 1,684 140 135 MN : 0.2 0.2 20 23 122 122 MS : MO : 0.4 0.3 39 38 106 121 MT : 0.2 0.3 25 31 136 120 NE : 3.9 564 146 NV : 0.1 6 127 N ENG 2/ : 1.7 1.8 179 194 105 111 NJ : 6.5 7.1 591 575 91 80 NM : 0.7 0.9 83 117 114 131 NY : 1.6 2.6 131 209 81 80 NC : 0.3 0.4 30 31 92 85 ND : OH : 0.5 0.7 53 77 108 111 OK : 0.1 7 120 OR : 1.4 1.5 202 191 143 130 PA : 3.1 3.0 299 285 97 95 SC : SD : 1.1 1.0 132 137 120 131 TN : 0.8 0.9 60 71 79 79 TX : 7.9 2.9 1,102 152 140 52 UT : 2.5 2.6 362 358 147 137 VA : 0.8 0.7 86 68 101 100 WA : 0.1 0.1 16 14 132 132 WV : WI : 0.6 0.5 88 66 143 136 WY : 0.1 0.1 15 15 129 150 : US 3/ : 202.2 204.4 29,162 28,631 144 140 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Feb 1/ : : : :Jan - Feb 1/ Item : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------: Feb : Jan : Feb :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,166 1,385 1,236 2,487 2,621 50.7 50.4 49.1 50.8 49.8 Heifers : 734 819 803 1,513 1,622 31.9 29.8 31.9 30.9 30.8 All Cows : 365 502 444 813 946 15.8 18.3 17.6 16.6 18.0 Dairy Cows : 170 228 202 372 430 7.4 8.3 8.0 7.6 8.2 Other Cows : 194 274 242 441 517 8.4 10.0 9.6 9.0 9.8 Bulls : 38 42 35 80 77 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 : Total 1/ :2,302 2,748 2,518 4,893 5,265 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 52 73 66 106 139 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :7,720 8,954 7,757 16,271 16,712 96.8 96.5 96.5 96.8 96.5 Sows : 237 286 248 495 533 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 Boars : 20 41 35 45 76 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 : Total 1/ :7,978 9,281 8,040 16,811 17,321 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 8 9 8 17 17 4.0 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.2 Lambs & Yrlngs : 185 195 187 386 382 96.0 95.6 96.0 95.8 95.8 : Total 1/ : 193 204 194 403 399 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 784 778 767 783 773 Steers 3/ : 827 831 816 830 824 Heifers 3/ : 773 772 760 772 766 All Cows 3/ : 649 630 631 644 631 Bulls 3/ : 934 909 905 927 907 : Calves & Vealers: 216 194 183 215 188 : Hogs : 204 203 202 204 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 200 200 199 201 199 Sows 4/ : 314 308 307 313 308 Boars 4/ : 233 214 206 233 211 : Sheep : 73 71 72 74 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 68 65 66 68 65 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 74 71 72 74 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data. 2/ Species totals and classification reported by meat inspectors, Inspection Operations, FSIS. 3/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 4/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 5/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, February 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 2 : 3.7 1.3 0.3 1.9 1.7 0.2 0.2 20.5 3 : 71.4 31.0 8.8 30.0 23.9 6.1 1.5 15.2 4 : 63.4 1.2 0.3 55.5 12.9 42.6 6.5 5 : 296.3 132.9 35.0 123.0 67.5 55.5 5.4 15.5 6 : 450.7 224.7 148.0 68.9 17.5 51.4 9.1 3.1 7 : 1,152.4 621.8 463.6 60.8 1.0 59.9 6.2 8 : 218.2 95.1 107.3 9 : 165.2 78.9 9.6 73.9 64.3 9.6 2.8 9.6 10 : 95.5 48.5 30.3 15.4 8.4 6.9 1.2 : US 2/ : 2,517.6 1,235.8 803.3 443.9 201.9 242.0 34.6 65.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.8 2 : 11.4 11.2 0.1 0.1 8.9 1.1 7.9 3 : 397.9 385.5 1.1 11.3 5.7 0.3 5.5 4 : 1,298.6 1,228.7 68.4 1.5 2.2 0.7 1.5 5 : 2,091.6 1,985.7 102.7 3.2 25.1 2.6 22.4 6 : 419.7 398.2 21.5 0.8 0.4 0.4 7 : 3,257.6 3,190.0 33.0 0.2 32.8 8 : 333.9 328.8 5.1 90.9 1.8 89.1 9 : 199.3 199.2 10 : 28.9 28.9 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.5 : US 2/ : 8,039.8 7,757.1 247.6 35.1 194.3 7.7 186.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - February 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.7 0.9 0.3 0.2 2 : 8.5 3.2 0.6 4.3 3.7 0.6 0.4 43.6 3 : 154.4 66.9 17.5 66.5 52.9 13.6 3.5 31.0 4 : 136.6 2.3 0.7 119.0 28.5 90.4 14.6 5 : 647.6 287.1 75.3 272.4 146.1 126.4 12.8 34.8 6 : 922.8 468.8 295.2 139.3 32.3 107.0 19.5 5.4 7 : 2,411.5 1,320.5 952.3 125.0 1.8 123.2 13.6 0.1 8 : 446.6 210.1 200.9 9 : 351.0 167.2 17.7 159.6 138.5 21.2 6.4 21.2 10 : 184.8 93.7 61.6 27.5 16.1 11.4 1.9 : US 2/ : 5,265.4 2,620.7 1,622.1 946.1 429.6 516.5 76.5 138.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.9 1.9 2 : 21.7 21.2 0.3 0.2 19.4 2.3 17.1 3 : 830.8 802.0 2.3 26.4 12.7 0.7 12.0 4 : 2,775.6 2,627.6 144.1 3.9 4.7 1.5 3.2 5 : 4,547.3 4,319.6 221.3 6.4 54.8 6.0 48.7 6 : 873.8 830.0 43.7 0.1 1.5 0.7 0.8 7 : 7,083.3 6,938.4 66.7 0.3 66.4 8 : 709.9 694.2 15.6 181.5 3.6 177.9 9 : 415.4 415.2 10 : 61.6 61.4 0.1 3.5 0.2 3.3 : US 2/ : 17,321.2 16,711.5 533.4 76.2 398.5 16.8 381.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Feb Species : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.1 98.2 Calves : 98.0 98.6 98.0 97.9 98.3 Hogs : 99.0 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.1 Sheep : 95.3 94.2 95.1 94.2 94.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Livestock Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for the commercial livestock slaughter estimates are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State- administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. More than 95 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection. There are nearly 800 livestock slaughter plants in the U.S. operating under Federal Inspection and over 2,000 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State-inspected Talmedge- Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Types of Plants, page 20). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each March which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in March. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. An edit compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the edit provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the U.S. head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and Statistics and are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. 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 still included in US and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. Types of Livestock Slaughter 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 Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates 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 excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. 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