Mt An 1-2 (4-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 20, 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. Red Meat Production Up from Previous Month Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.01 billion pounds in March, down 2 percent from the 4.11 billion pounds produced in March 2006. Beef production, at 2.12 billion pounds, was 4 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.79 million head, down 2 percent from March 2006. The average live weight was down 10 pounds from the previous year, at 1,259 pounds. Veal production totaled 13.5 million pounds, 7 percent above March a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 70,800 head, up 20 percent from March 2006. The average live weight was down 38 pounds from last year, at 321 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.86 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.20 million head, down slightly from March 2006. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 270 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 19.6 million pounds, was up 7 percent from March 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 278,600 head, 12 percent above last year. The average live weight was 140 pounds, down 5 pounds from March a year ago. January to March 2007 commercial red meat production was 11.7 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 3 percent from last year, veal was up 11 percent, pork was up 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down slightly. March 2006 contained 23 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4 Saturdays. March 2007 contained 22 weekdays (including no holidays) and 5 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Mar 07 % of : Jan - Mar 2/ : Mar : Feb : Mar :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Mar : Feb : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,203.7 1,952.8 2,117.9 96 108 6,081.4 6,235.1 103 Veal : 12.7 12.2 13.5 107 111 35.9 40.0 111 Pork :1,877.5 1,636.2 1,860.9 99 114 5,335.0 5,395.6 101 Lamb & Mutton : 18.3 14.4 19.6 107 136 49.2 49.1 100 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,112.1 3,615.6 4,011.9 98 111 11,501.411,719.8 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Mar 07 % of : Jan - Mar 2/ : Mar : Feb : Mar :-------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Mar : Feb : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,172.3 1,924.2 2,088.5 96 109 5,988.4 6,144.2 103 Veal : 12.4 11.9 13.3 107 112 35.0 39.2 112 Pork :1,862.2 1,623.2 1,846.5 99 114 5,292.2 5,354.0 101 Lamb & Mutton : 17.7 13.9 19.0 107 136 47.3 47.4 100 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,064.6*3,573.2 3,967.3 98 111 11,362.911,584.8 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Mar 07 % of: Jan - Mar 2/ : : Mar : Feb : Mar :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Mar : Feb : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,806.1 2,517.6 2,747.4 98 109 7,699.2 8,012.8 104 Other : Thou : 47.9 44.1 45.2 94 102 144.0 140.0 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,854.0 2,561.7 2,792.6 98 109 7,843.2 8,152.8 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,271 1,276 1,261 99 99 1,281 1,276 100 Other : Lbs :1,145 1,150 1,146 100 100 1,138 1,147 101 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,269 1,274 1,259 99 99 1,279 1,274 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 57.9 65.6 69.6 120 106 163.9 208.5 127 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.3 1.2 106 91 3.4 3.6 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 59.1 66.9 70.8 120 106 167.3 212.0 127 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 358 306 319 89 104 356 317 89 Other : Lbs : 416 370 413 99 111 410 390 95 Comm'l. : Lbs : 359 307 321 89 105 357 318 89 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,148.2 8,039.8 9,118.9 100 113 25,959.5 26,440.1 102 Other : Thou : 87.6 77.2 84.2 96 109 248.2 245.5 99 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,235.8 8,117.0 9,203.2 100 113 26,207.6 26,685.6 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 272 270 271 100 100 272 271 99 Other : Lbs : 240 234 237 99 101 237 234 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 271 269 270 100 100 272 270 99 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 239.6 194.3 267.2 111 137 642.2 665.7 104 Other : Thou : 10.2 10.1 11.5 113 114 35.1 34.1 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 249.8 204.4 278.6 112 136 677.3 699.7 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 147 143 142 97 99 146 142 97 Other : Lbs : 109 92 101 93 110 109 101 92 Comm'l. : Lbs : 145 140 140 97 100 144 140 97 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 45.2 40.8 50.8 112 125 125.2 137.3 110 Other : Thou : 13.9 14.2 15.5 112 110 43.2 42.8 99 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 59.2 54.9 66.3 112 121 168.4 180.1 107 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 65 63 60 93 96 65 62 94 Other : Lbs : 77 61 63 83 103 71 65 91 Comm'l. : Lbs : 68 62 61 90 98 67 62 93 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.6 3.3 4.3 119 132 10.9 11.7 108 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.7 1.7 132 98 4.3 5.2 121 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.9 5.0 6.1 123 120 15.2 16.9 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Mar 07 as % of 2/ State : Mar : Feb : Mar :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Mar 2006 : Feb 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 3.0 2.2 2.7 92 125 AK : AZ : 35.4 31.1 33.7 95 108 AR : 4.9 4.2 4.5 92 106 CA : 142.4 131.7 142.1 100 108 CO : 150.6 141.5 148.1 98 105 DE-MD : 3.5 3.1 3.5 100 111 FL : 5.3 6.2 7.0 131 113 GA : 11.1 13.3 12.6 113 95 HI : 0.9 0.7 0.8 95 113 ID : 28.4 7.8 15.6 55 199 IL : 245.2 203.4 245.1 100 120 IN : 136.3 114.6 133.2 98 116 IA : 578.4 486.7 552.2 95 113 KS : 529.3 452.9 504.4 95 111 KY : 43.8 38.2 47.7 109 125 LA : 0.9 0.7 0.9 92 114 MI : 36.5 36.8 40.8 112 111 MN : 209.0 188.1 210.1 101 112 MS : 28.1 22.2 19.2 68 87 MO : 70.4 108.8 116.1 165 107 MT : 1.1 1.3 1.1 99 85 NE : 577.2 536.9 550.3 95 102 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 80 98 N ENG 3/ : 0.9 0.8 0.9 95 107 NJ : 4.3 4.3 5.0 117 117 NM : 0.4 0.5 0.5 123 95 NY : 2.8 2.4 2.8 99 118 NC : 207.9 181.0 190.5 92 105 ND : 3.2 2.5 2.5 79 104 OH : 25.5 21.5 25.0 98 116 OK : 94.9 80.5 96.4 102 120 OR : 4.0 4.1 4.4 108 107 PA : 110.1 96.9 110.4 100 114 SC : 21.7 19.5 21.5 99 111 SD : 81.8 70.5 84.4 103 120 TN : 18.2 16.0 18.3 100 114 TX : 430.9 331.9 383.2 89 115 UT : 44.6 34.2 39.4 88 115 VA : 40.6 35.3 38.8 95 110 WA : 67.2 70.7 76.0 113 107 WV : 0.4 0.4 0.5 115 105 WI : 110.4 109.5 119.4 108 109 WY : 0.5 0.6 0.5 103 83 : US : 4,112.1 3,615.6 4,011.9 98 111 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 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 : 0.7 0.6 683 583 1,038 944 AK : 0.1 69 1,162 AZ : 41.9 58,019 1,387 AR : 1.2 0.9 1,219 883 1,009 988 CA : 130.1 134.5 174,384 176,988 1,369 1,340 CO : 173.1 169.3 224,069 219,165 1,295 1,295 DE-MD : 3.9 3.9 5,134 5,170 1,334 1,337 FL : GA : 19.7 23.3 18,489 21,297 950 921 HI : 1.0 0.9 1,032 984 1,084 1,062 ID : 17.2 24,494 1,448 IL : IN : 3.0 2.8 3,131 2,946 1,044 1,051 IA : KS : 662.5 648.1 818,613 786,489 1,236 1,214 KY : 1.5 1.6 1,384 1,505 934 946 LA : 0.9 0.7 799 640 883 876 MI : 40.4 47.0 55,422 64,477 1,378 1,381 MN : 56.1 65.2 79,912 91,604 1,437 1,416 MS : 0.1 0.1 98 101 869 875 MO : 7.6 7.8 9,200 9,510 1,223 1,225 MT : 1.4 1.4 1,688 1,631 1,245 1,206 NE : 558.0 532.8 731,191 689,844 1,313 1,297 NV : 0.1 0.1 118 88 1,146 1,102 N ENG 2/ : 1.0 0.9 1,120 1,007 1,118 1,122 NJ : 2.3 2.4 2,689 2,990 1,204 1,238 NM : 0.8 0.9 695 786 938 963 NY : 2.4 2.2 2,573 2,472 1,104 1,171 NC : 15.9 17.5 19,126 20,423 1,205 1,174 ND : 1.0 1.1 1,263 1,213 1,237 1,137 OH : 9.1 9.6 10,500 11,298 1,176 1,192 OK : 2.8 2.0 3,247 2,302 1,145 1,138 OR : 1.9 2.2 2,182 2,588 1,153 1,205 PA : 77.2 77.2 96,278 96,282 1,259 1,256 SC : 13.3 13.6 15,394 15,846 1,163 1,173 SD : TN : 1.4 2.0 1,275 1,696 934 887 TX : 567.6 516.8 679,631 612,666 1,201 1,189 UT : 57.4 48.8 72,515 63,390 1,266 1,301 VA : 1.0 1.1 1,106 1,098 1,057 1,042 WA : 83.9 93.8 108,900 123,365 1,303 1,320 WV : 0.5 0.6 574 644 1,078 1,094 WI : 130.0 142.6 174,949 190,587 1,361 1,351 WY : 0.5 0.5 608 647 1,190 1,209 : US 3/ : 2,854.0 2,792.6 3,607,680 3,504,629 1,269 1,259 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 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 : 7.1 10.7 1,167 1,433 166 135 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.1 51 41 325 274 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 58 40 459 422 HI : ID : IL : 3.6 3.6 1,519 1,546 424 429 IN : 0.2 30 125 IA : KS : KY : 0.1 40 544 LA : 0.3 0.4 160 184 497 489 MI : 3.0 2.2 1,230 943 406 424 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.2 46 42 172 279 NJ : 7.4 9.1 3,188 4,042 432 446 NM : 0.7 59 79 NY : 8.5 12.5 1,610 1,739 194 143 NC : 0.1 52 496 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 20 26 350 350 OK : 0.1 40 438 OR : PA : 15.3 16.7 6,323 6,443 414 386 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 42 43 515 422 TX : 0.7 1.0 413 656 594 632 UT : VA : 0.1 0.1 28 21 379 304 WA : WV : WI : 11.1 4,960 449 WY : : US 3/ : 59.1 70.8 21,078 22,588 359 321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 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 : 9.8 9.3 4,514 4,124 463 444 AK : 0.1 16 264 AZ : 0.3 0.2 71 44 228 207 AR : 13.6 13.4 6,369 6,073 467 453 CA : 231.3 219.7 56,620 53,440 246 244 CO : 1.0 0.9 272 229 268 260 DE-MD : 1.3 1.2 341 314 261 263 FL : 7.5 7.1 1,033 1,076 140 152 GA : 10.7 11.0 2,456 2,378 230 217 HI : 1.8 1.7 401 377 226 224 ID : 13.8 14.7 3,566 3,773 258 257 IL : 855.1 866.4 241,647 242,231 283 280 IN : 664.1 658.1 176,637 173,426 266 264 IA : 2,626.7 2,485.7 716,960 675,323 273 272 KS : 18.4 8,491 463 KY : 214.2 234.3 57,393 61,991 268 265 LA : 2.0 2.0 417 447 212 222 MI : 9.6 9.3 3,688 3,503 387 379 MN : 837.6 807.3 219,853 212,964 263 264 MS : MO : 525.3 146,276 279 MT : 1.1 1.0 270 255 246 253 NE : 611.2 638.9 165,548 172,357 271 270 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.1 244 222 212 210 NJ : 8.6 8.5 868 871 101 103 NM : 0.1 0.1 23 12 279 221 NY : 3.1 2.0 480 376 157 190 NC : 1,010.0 931.0 262,364 239,315 260 257 ND : 14.9 11.1 3,725 2,783 250 250 OH : 99.0 95.8 26,915 25,826 272 270 OK : 434.3 455.9 122,238 125,248 281 275 OR : 16.9 16.5 4,048 3,901 240 237 PA : 265.0 263.3 65,562 66,554 248 253 SC : SD : 377.0 391.4 98,876 101,732 262 260 TN : 54.2 54.0 26,771 25,611 494 475 TX : 34.0 33.2 8,237 7,893 242 238 UT : 3.3 4.1 778 795 234 193 VA : 202.7 194.1 52,988 50,516 262 261 WA : 1.9 1.8 402 393 214 218 WV : 0.4 0.6 122 167 291 304 WI : 46.0 46.9 20,478 20,739 451 450 WY : 0.4 0.4 109 99 269 261 : US 3/ : 9,235.8 9,203.2 2,504,377 2,485,226 271 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 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 15 108 AR : 0.1 8 114 CA : CO : 101.9 122.4 16,122 18,804 158 154 DE-MD : 2.9 2.8 308 292 106 104 FL : 0.2 0.2 13 12 62 56 GA : 0.2 0.4 25 45 128 127 HI : ID : 0.2 0.3 32 35 134 133 IL : 15.2 2,248 148 IN : 1.6 2.2 179 234 110 106 IA : 41.5 44.8 6,469 6,923 157 155 KS : 0.2 0.2 28 20 119 123 KY : 0.8 0.8 104 104 130 133 LA : 0.2 0.4 19 41 106 99 MI : 16.5 16.7 2,238 2,244 136 135 MN : 0.2 0.2 20 26 128 116 MS : MO : 0.3 0.5 43 60 130 126 MT : 0.2 0.2 19 26 101 114 NE : 0.5 74 158 NV : 0.1 9 137 N ENG 2/ : 2.2 2.5 186 241 85 98 NJ : 7.8 10.1 645 747 83 74 NM : 0.8 1.2 101 156 125 132 NY : 2.6 4.3 206 305 81 71 NC : 0.4 0.4 34 31 91 84 ND : 0.1 0.1 7 7 145 131 OH : 0.8 1.0 80 110 104 107 OK : 0.2 0.1 20 8 134 126 OR : 1.5 2.3 217 329 145 141 PA : 4.2 5.5 413 496 98 91 SC : SD : 1.3 0.9 173 114 129 132 TN : 0.9 0.9 71 69 76 80 TX : 10.9 2.4 1,469 202 135 85 UT : 2.8 3.0 390 423 142 143 VA : 0.9 0.9 88 90 97 101 WA : 0.1 0.1 7 15 137 144 WV : WI : 0.7 0.6 101 86 142 136 WY : 0.1 0.1 14 20 127 144 : US 3/ : 249.8 278.6 36,178 39,013 145 140 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Mar 1/ : : : :Jan - Mar 1/ Item : Mar : Feb : Mar :-------------: Mar : Feb : Mar :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,458 1,236 1,393 3,945 4,014 52.0 49.1 50.7 51.2 50.1 Heifers : 878 803 820 2,390 2,442 31.3 31.9 29.9 31.0 30.5 All Cows : 427 444 488 1,240 1,434 15.2 17.6 17.8 16.1 17.9 Dairy Cows : 207 202 230 579 660 7.4 8.0 8.4 7.5 8.2 Other Cows : 220 242 258 661 774 7.8 9.6 9.4 8.6 9.7 Bulls : 43 35 46 124 122 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.5 : Total 1/ :2,806 2,518 2,747 7,699 8,013 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 58 66 70 164 208 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,837 7,757 8,790 25,108 25,502 96.6 96.5 96.4 96.7 96.5 Sows : 286 248 284 781 818 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 Boars : 25 35 45 71 121 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :9,148 8,040 9,119 25,959 26,440 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 9 8 9 26 26 4.0 4.0 3.4 4.1 3.9 Lambs & Yrlngs : 230 187 258 616 640 96.0 96.0 96.6 95.9 96.1 : Total 1/ : 240 194 267 642 666 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 777 767 763 781 770 Steers 3/ : 818 816 808 825 819 Heifers 3/ : 766 760 752 769 761 All Cows 3/ : 644 631 635 644 632 Bulls 3/ : 930 905 920 928 912 : Calves & Vealers: 216 183 192 215 190 : Hogs : 204 202 203 204 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 200 199 199 201 199 Sows 4/ : 310 307 308 312 308 Boars 4/ : 238 206 215 235 212 : Sheep : 74 72 71 74 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 68 66 68 68 66 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 74 72 71 74 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 2 : 4.5 1.6 0.3 2.3 2.1 0.2 0.2 21.5 3 : 79.8 34.5 5.9 37.3 29.8 7.5 2.1 16.9 4 : 66.5 1.3 0.3 56.4 12.7 43.6 8.5 5 : 329.0 142.4 37.0 141.9 77.6 64.3 7.7 17.5 6 : 515.9 275.2 159.9 70.8 19.3 51.5 10.0 1.6 7 : 1,233.6 698.3 461.6 64.7 1.8 62.9 9.0 8 : 228.5 104.5 107.5 9 : 176.7 85.0 12.1 76.1 68.2 7.9 3.5 10.5 10 : 112.1 49.9 35.5 24.2 13.4 10.8 2.6 : US 2/ : 2,747.4 1,393.2 820.2 488.4 230.4 258.0 45.6 69.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.8 2 : 10.2 10.0 0.2 0.1 13.3 1.2 12.0 3 : 456.9 441.3 1.1 14.5 9.0 0.3 8.7 4 : 1,393.1 1,314.1 77.0 2.0 2.4 0.8 1.6 5 : 2,451.5 2,325.1 123.0 3.4 36.4 3.2 33.2 6 : 493.7 474.5 19.1 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.5 7 : 3,661.0 3,575.3 45.3 0.3 45.0 8 : 404.6 402.3 2.3 125.7 2.2 123.5 9 : 215.0 214.8 10 : 32.0 31.9 0.1 2.4 0.1 2.3 : US 2/ : 9,118.9 8,790.1 284.2 44.7 267.2 9.1 258.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - March 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 2.5 1.2 0.4 0.4 2 : 13.0 4.8 0.9 6.6 5.9 0.7 0.7 65.1 3 : 234.2 101.4 23.3 103.7 82.6 21.1 5.7 47.9 4 : 203.1 3.7 1.0 175.3 41.3 134.1 23.1 5 : 976.6 429.5 112.4 414.4 223.7 190.7 20.4 52.3 6 : 1,438.7 744.0 455.1 210.1 51.6 158.5 29.4 7.0 7 : 3,645.1 2,018.8 1,413.9 189.8 3.6 186.2 22.7 0.1 8 : 675.1 314.6 308.4 9 : 527.7 252.2 29.8 235.7 206.7 29.1 9.9 31.6 10 : 296.9 143.6 97.1 51.7 29.6 22.2 4.5 : US 2/ : 8,012.8 4,013.9 2,442.2 1,434.5 660.0 774.4 122.1 208.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 2.7 2.7 2 : 31.9 31.2 0.5 0.3 32.7 3.6 29.1 3 : 1,287.7 1,243.3 3.5 40.9 21.7 1.0 20.7 4 : 4,168.7 3,941.6 221.1 5.9 7.1 2.3 4.8 5 : 6,998.8 6,644.7 344.3 9.8 91.2 9.2 82.0 6 : 1,367.5 1,304.5 62.8 0.2 2.3 1.1 1.3 7 : 10,744.3 10,513.7 112.0 0.6 111.4 8 : 1,114.5 1,096.5 17.9 307.1 5.8 301.4 9 : 630.4 630.1 10 : 93.6 93.3 0.2 5.9 0.3 5.5 : US 2/ : 26,440.1 25,501.6 817.6 120.9 665.7 25.9 639.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Mar Species : Mar : Feb : Mar :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.3 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.3 Calves : 98.1 98.0 98.3 98.0 98.3 Hogs : 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 Sheep : 95.9 95.1 95.9 94.8 95.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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