Mt An 1-2 (5-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released May 25, 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 Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.75 billion pounds in April, up 4 percent from the 3.61 billion pounds produced in April 2006. Beef production, at 2.02 billion pounds, was 2 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, up 4 percent from April 2006. The average live weight was down 5 pounds from the previous year, at 1,235 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.8 million pounds, 14 percent above April a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 56,900 head, up 19 percent from April 2006. The average live weight was down 14 pounds from last year, at 347 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.71 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.47 million head, up 6 percent from April 2006. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 270 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 15.1 million pounds, was down 11 percent from April 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 216,900 head, 12 percent below last year. The average live weight was 139 pounds, up 3 pounds from April a year ago. January to April 2007 commercial red meat production was 15.5 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 2 percent from last year, veal was up 12 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. April 2006 contained 20 weekdays (including no holidays) and 5 Saturdays. April 2007 contained 21 weekdays (including no holidays) 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 07 % of : Jan - Apr 2/ : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Apr : Mar : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,969.2 2,117.9 2,015.2 102 95 8,050.8 8,250.4 102 Veal : 10.4 13.5 11.8 114 87 46.2 51.8 112 Pork :1,618.3 1,860.9 1,710.9 106 92 6,953.4 7,106.5 102 Lamb & Mutton : 16.9 19.6 15.1 89 77 66.1 64.1 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,614.8 4,011.9 3,753.0 104 94 15,116.515,472.8 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 07 % of : Jan - Apr 2/ : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------------------------------- Class : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Apr : Mar : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,941.3 2,088.5 1,988.2 102 95 7,929.7 8,132.5 103 Veal : 10.1 13.3 11.6 115 88 45.2 50.8 113 Pork :1,605.5 1,846.5 1,697.7 106 92 6,897.7 7,051.7 102 Lamb & Mutton : 16.2 19.0 14.3 88 75 63.5 61.7 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,573.2 3,967.3 3,711.9 104 94 14,936.115,296.7 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Apr 07 % of: Jan - Apr 2/ : : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Apr : Mar : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,566.0 2,747.4 2,659.9 104 97 10,265.2 10,672.7 104 Other : Thou : 42.6 45.2 41.8 98 92 186.6 181.8 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,608.6 2,792.6 2,701.6 104 97 10,451.8 10,854.5 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,241 1,261 1,236 100 98 1,271 1,266 100 Other : Lbs :1,142 1,146 1,134 99 99 1,139 1,144 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,240 1,259 1,235 100 98 1,269 1,264 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 46.7 69.6 55.8 120 80 210.6 264.3 126 Other : Thou : 1.0 1.2 1.1 104 90 4.5 4.6 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 47.7 70.8 56.9 119 80 215.0 268.9 125 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 360 319 346 96 108 357 323 91 Other : Lbs : 410 413 394 96 95 410 391 95 Comm'l. : Lbs : 361 321 347 96 108 358 324 91 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :7,883.6 9,118.9 8,387.3 106 92 33,843.0 34,827.4 103 Other : Thou : 75.7 84.2 78.0 103 93 323.8 323.5 100 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :7,959.3 9,203.2 8,465.3 106 92 34,166.9 35,150.9 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 272 271 270 99 100 272 271 99 Other : Lbs : 232 237 234 101 99 236 234 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 272 270 270 99 100 272 270 99 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 234.3 267.2 202.6 87 76 876.4 868.3 99 Other : Thou : 12.9 11.5 14.3 111 124 48.0 48.3 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 247.1 278.6 216.9 88 78 924.4 916.7 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 138 142 141 102 99 144 142 99 Other : Lbs : 101 101 105 105 105 107 102 95 Comm'l. : Lbs : 136 140 139 102 99 142 140 98 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 49.9 50.8 51.8 104 102 175.1 189.2 108 Other : Thou : 8.4 15.5 15.5 185 100 51.6 58.3 113 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 58.3 66.3 67.3 116 102 226.7 247.5 109 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 60 60 99 100 64 61 96 Other : Lbs : 74 63 71 97 113 72 66 93 Comm'l. : Lbs : 62 61 63 100 103 66 63 95 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 2.8 4.3 3.9 139 91 13.7 15.7 114 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.7 1.5 136 87 5.4 6.7 124 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 3.9 6.1 5.4 138 90 19.1 22.4 117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 07 as % of 2/ State : Apr : Mar : Apr :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Apr 2006 : Mar 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.7 2.7 2.4 92 89 AK : AZ : 28.8 33.7 30.4 106 90 AR : 4.0 4.5 4.1 103 91 CA : 121.7 142.1 136.4 112 96 CO : 142.2 148.1 133.7 94 90 DE-MD : 2.8 3.5 2.8 98 81 FL : 4.8 7.0 7.1 147 102 GA : 10.8 12.6 13.3 124 106 HI : 0.8 0.8 0.8 103 95 ID : 22.2 15.6 15.6 70 100 IL : 212.5 245.1 218.0 103 89 IN : 118.3 133.2 122.1 103 92 IA : 502.8 552.2 512.0 102 93 KS : 469.3 504.4 500.7 107 99 KY : 36.5 47.7 46.6 128 98 LA : 0.7 0.9 0.7 96 81 MI : 34.6 40.8 35.4 102 87 MN : 173.3 210.1 195.4 113 93 MS : 23.1 19.2 1.1 5 6 MO : 65.7 116.1 119.9 182 103 MT : 1.0 1.1 1.2 113 105 NE : 541.0 550.3 517.9 96 94 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 118 109 N ENG 3/ : 1.0 0.9 0.9 90 97 NJ : 3.7 5.0 4.6 124 92 NM : 0.5 0.5 0.4 89 79 NY : 2.5 2.8 2.6 103 93 NC : 173.6 190.5 175.2 101 92 ND : 2.7 2.5 2.6 94 102 OH : 21.6 25.0 23.2 107 93 OK : 88.2 96.4 84.0 95 87 OR : 3.7 4.4 4.2 112 95 PA : 91.5 110.4 105.9 116 96 SC : 19.5 21.5 20.7 106 96 SD : 70.6 84.4 77.6 110 92 TN : 12.5 18.3 14.6 117 80 TX : 374.6 383.2 361.1 96 94 UT : 36.0 39.4 35.0 97 89 VA : 32.8 38.8 36.2 110 93 WA : 60.8 76.0 71.0 117 93 WV : 0.4 0.5 0.4 107 82 WI : 98.7 119.4 114.9 116 96 WY : 0.4 0.5 0.5 110 98 : US : 3,614.8 4,011.9 3,753.0 104 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 0.5 0.5 461 463 929 985 AK : 0.1 59 1,131 AZ : 37.8 51,883 1,377 AR : 1.0 0.8 980 861 1,003 1,030 CA : 111.4 131.2 147,403 167,251 1,352 1,297 CO : 170.8 162.4 212,789 201,555 1,247 1,242 DE-MD : 3.1 3.1 4,189 4,139 1,344 1,325 FL : GA : 19.5 25.1 18,056 22,641 935 908 HI : 0.8 0.9 829 926 1,070 1,070 ID : 19.6 24,188 1,248 IL : IN : 2.5 2.7 2,583 2,836 1,034 1,046 IA : KS : 603.6 650.2 727,104 780,692 1,205 1,201 KY : 1.3 1.4 1,279 1,265 953 937 LA : 0.7 0.7 644 619 874 860 MI : 38.5 41.1 52,464 55,078 1,366 1,351 MN : 47.6 62.4 66,201 84,837 1,404 1,371 MS : 0.1 0.1 101 90 919 960 MO : 6.6 6.9 7,985 8,236 1,221 1,208 MT : 1.2 1.5 1,486 1,730 1,199 1,186 NE : 548.6 516.3 691,894 648,457 1,263 1,258 NV : 0.1 0.1 77 90 1,026 1,005 N ENG 2/ : 0.9 0.8 986 933 1,085 1,111 NJ : 1.9 2.3 2,187 2,804 1,172 1,233 NM : 0.9 0.8 784 647 961 954 NY : 2.2 2.2 2,376 2,478 1,119 1,133 NC : 14.2 16.8 16,640 19,638 1,176 1,172 ND : 0.9 1.1 1,066 1,269 1,207 1,182 OH : 7.6 8.8 8,954 10,302 1,193 1,187 OK : 2.5 2.2 2,878 2,457 1,160 1,128 OR : 1.8 2.0 2,099 2,329 1,182 1,187 PA : 65.2 77.8 80,114 96,113 1,241 1,243 SC : 12.1 12.4 13,852 14,561 1,149 1,183 SD : TN : 1.1 1.7 979 1,467 923 884 TX : 502.8 488.4 594,024 575,729 1,185 1,182 UT : 47.0 45.0 58,204 55,899 1,239 1,245 VA : 0.9 0.9 982 924 1,061 1,019 WA : 77.4 89.9 98,559 115,559 1,279 1,291 WV : 0.5 0.5 545 527 1,087 1,074 WI : 116.6 135.8 155,751 180,702 1,351 1,344 WY : 0.5 0.6 587 653 1,167 1,181 : US 3/ : 2,608.6 2,701.6 3,222,245 3,324,260 1,240 1,235 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 6.0 7.7 932 1,132 155 148 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 52 43 321 268 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 48 53 429 451 HI : ID : IL : 3.3 3.4 1,364 1,533 410 449 IN : 0.1 10 125 IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 167 166 531 506 MI : 3.3 1.9 1,396 792 422 431 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.1 46 38 177 275 NJ : 6.0 7.8 2,593 3,444 430 444 NM : NY : 5.2 8.2 878 1,348 172 168 NC : 0.1 39 435 ND : OH : 0.1 25 351 OK : 0.1 32 467 OR : PA : 12.1 14.3 5,023 5,651 416 396 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 41 40 545 450 TX : 0.6 0.9 380 553 594 601 UT : VA : 0.1 23 334 WA : WV : WI : 9.1 4,002 443 WY : : US 3/ : 47.7 56.9 17,156 19,674 361 347 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 8.2 4,212 3,757 463 457 AK : 0.1 26 232 AZ : 0.9 0.5 206 116 229 252 AR : 11.1 12.1 5,185 5,468 469 454 CA : 201.3 210.8 48,813 51,293 243 244 CO : 0.9 0.6 233 166 266 262 DE-MD : 0.9 1.0 218 240 244 243 FL : 7.3 6.7 970 1,049 134 157 GA : 9.6 11.3 2,202 2,472 230 218 HI : 1.7 1.7 392 351 233 211 ID : 11.9 13.9 3,074 3,580 259 257 IL : 736.4 760.5 208,428 213,921 283 282 IN : 575.2 605.7 153,248 159,017 267 263 IA : 2,278.5 2,320.4 623,517 628,806 274 271 KS : 18.8 8,589 457 KY : 179.8 230.0 47,704 60,605 266 264 LA : 1.5 1.6 287 305 190 186 MI : 8.8 9.4 3,321 3,462 379 371 MN : 698.2 758.7 182,711 198,734 262 262 MS : MO : 542.8 152,165 280 MT : 1.0 1.0 253 251 253 254 NE : 549.3 588.8 149,115 159,159 272 271 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.3 1.0 263 206 203 216 NJ : 7.2 7.6 718 754 100 99 NM : 0.1 0.1 38 12 382 235 NY : 3.6 2.1 520 371 147 175 NC : 840.1 848.3 219,237 219,122 261 259 ND : 12.9 11.1 3,215 2,790 249 251 OH : 82.6 88.2 22,638 23,913 274 272 OK : 405.0 398.1 114,044 108,784 282 273 OR : 14.8 15.9 3,555 3,755 240 237 PA : 218.6 241.6 53,808 61,070 247 253 SC : SD : 324.9 360.8 85,280 92,643 263 257 TN : 37.9 42.4 18,357 20,339 485 480 TX : 25.2 32.7 6,390 7,601 254 233 UT : 2.4 4.7 544 912 223 195 VA : 164.6 181.8 42,673 47,267 259 260 WA : 1.9 2.0 408 404 216 201 WV : 0.4 0.5 100 135 237 266 WI : 39.6 46.9 17,733 21,237 455 461 WY : 0.3 0.3 73 85 262 265 : US 3/ : 7,959.3 8,465.3 2,160,169 2,284,018 272 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 0.2 20 116 AR : CA : CO : 91.7 83.4 14,679 13,467 160 161 DE-MD : 3.1 3.1 336 316 108 102 FL : 0.5 0.3 32 18 60 61 GA : 0.2 0.6 26 82 107 129 HI : ID : 0.3 0.3 33 33 130 128 IL : 20.0 2,312 116 IN : 3.2 2.5 324 259 101 104 IA : 34.3 27.3 5,403 4,358 158 160 KS : 0.3 0.3 31 29 112 114 KY : 1.0 0.8 119 110 124 132 LA : 0.1 0.3 10 23 92 86 MI : 14.5 15.7 1,844 2,060 128 132 MN : 0.2 0.2 23 26 117 127 MS : MO : 0.5 0.4 65 49 126 126 MT : 0.2 0.2 18 19 90 106 NE : NV : 0.1 8 127 N ENG 2/ : 4.9 3.1 315 281 64 91 NJ : 12.6 13.9 971 1,036 77 74 NM : 0.5 1.0 60 132 125 133 NY : 8.6 4.1 540 294 63 71 NC : 0.4 0.4 38 35 88 86 ND : OH : 1.6 1.6 161 167 103 106 OK : 0.1 0.1 9 11 118 132 OR : 2.1 1.8 306 249 149 141 PA : 7.3 5.4 618 482 85 90 SC : SD : 0.9 0.7 119 100 126 137 TN : 0.9 1.2 66 92 78 76 TX : 4.9 2.8 550 257 112 93 UT : 2.7 2.8 356 394 134 142 VA : 0.9 0.8 97 82 105 99 WA : 0.1 0.7 16 98 130 142 WV : WI : 0.9 0.9 132 122 141 137 WY : 0.1 0.1 16 13 151 160 : US 3/ : 247.1 216.9 33,477 30,004 136 139 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Apr 1/ : : : :Jan - Apr 1/ Item : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------: Apr : Mar : Apr :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,380 1,393 1,387 5,325 5,401 53.8 50.7 52.2 51.9 50.6 Heifers : 763 820 768 3,153 3,211 29.7 29.9 28.9 30.7 30.1 All Cows : 386 488 460 1,626 1,895 15.0 17.8 17.3 15.8 17.8 Dairy Cows : 170 230 213 749 873 6.6 8.4 8.0 7.3 8.2 Other Cows : 216 258 247 877 1,021 8.4 9.4 9.3 8.5 9.6 Bulls : 37 46 44 161 166 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,566 2,747 2,660 10,265 10,673 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 47 70 56 211 264 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :7,615 8,790 8,087 32,723 33,588 96.6 96.4 96.4 96.7 96.4 Sows : 246 284 261 1,027 1,078 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 Boars : 23 45 40 93 161 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :7,884 9,119 8,387 33,843 34,827 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 10 9 10 36 36 4.3 3.4 4.8 4.1 4.1 Lambs & Yrlngs : 224 258 193 840 833 95.7 96.6 95.2 95.9 95.9 : Total 1/ : 234 267 203 876 868 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 759 763 750 775 765 Steers 3/ : 800 808 796 819 813 Heifers 3/ : 740 752 733 762 755 All Cows 3/ : 631 635 623 641 630 Bulls 3/ : 925 920 904 927 910 : Calves & Vealers: 218 192 209 216 194 : Hogs : 204 203 203 204 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 200 199 199 201 199 Sows 4/ : 309 308 310 311 308 Boars 4/ : 231 215 214 234 213 : Sheep : 69 71 71 73 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 66 68 67 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 69 71 71 73 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, April 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 2 : 4.4 1.5 0.2 2.4 2.2 0.1 0.3 15.9 3 : 80.3 37.9 5.1 34.8 27.6 7.2 2.5 14.5 4 : 66.6 1.0 0.3 56.7 11.8 44.9 8.5 5 : 308.6 134.8 34.3 132.7 70.3 62.4 6.8 15.8 6 : 487.3 266.9 148.9 62.0 16.0 45.9 9.6 0.8 7 : 1,214.3 704.0 442.2 60.4 2.7 57.7 7.8 8 : 218.1 106.5 94.9 9 : 169.2 83.7 9.9 71.6 61.8 9.8 3.9 7.5 10 : 110.4 50.8 32.6 24.5 15.4 9.2 2.6 : US 2/ : 2,659.9 1,387.3 768.5 460.1 213.4 246.6 44.0 55.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.7 0.7 2 : 9.6 9.4 0.2 0.1 17.3 1.3 16.0 3 : 423.3 410.6 1.0 11.7 9.0 0.9 8.2 4 : 1,203.8 1,141.9 60.7 1.2 2.9 0.9 1.9 5 : 2,241.1 2,116.6 121.2 3.4 30.6 2.7 27.9 6 : 433.9 415.2 18.5 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.5 7 : 3,463.9 3,382.0 27.6 0.4 27.2 8 : 374.5 374.1 0.4 86.4 1.9 84.5 9 : 205.8 205.6 10 : 30.8 30.7 0.1 1.9 0.3 1.6 : US 2/ : 8,387.3 8,086.7 260.7 39.9 202.6 9.7 193.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - April 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 3.2 1.5 0.5 0.5 2 : 17.3 6.3 1.2 8.9 8.1 0.8 1.0 81.0 3 : 314.5 139.3 28.4 138.5 110.2 28.3 8.2 62.4 4 : 269.6 4.7 1.3 232.0 53.0 179.0 31.6 5 : 1,285.2 564.3 146.7 547.1 294.0 253.1 27.2 68.0 6 : 1,926.0 1,010.9 604.0 272.1 67.6 204.4 39.0 7.8 7 : 4,859.4 2,722.8 1,856.0 250.1 6.3 243.9 30.5 0.1 8 : 893.2 421.1 403.3 9 : 696.8 336.0 39.7 307.3 268.5 38.8 13.9 39.1 10 : 407.4 194.4 129.7 76.2 44.9 31.3 7.1 : US 2/ :10,672.7 5,401.2 3,210.7 1,894.6 873.5 1,021.1 166.1 264.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 3.4 3.4 2 : 41.5 40.5 0.6 0.4 49.9 4.9 45.1 3 : 1,711.0 1,654.0 4.4 52.6 30.7 1.8 28.9 4 : 5,372.4 5,083.5 281.8 7.1 10.0 3.2 6.8 5 : 9,239.9 8,761.3 465.5 13.1 121.8 11.9 109.8 6 : 1,801.5 1,719.8 81.3 0.4 3.2 1.4 1.8 7 : 14,208.2 13,895.7 139.6 1.0 138.7 8 : 1,489.0 1,470.6 18.4 393.5 7.6 385.9 9 : 836.1 835.7 10 : 124.4 124.0 0.3 0.1 7.7 0.6 7.2 : US 2/ : 34,827.4 33,588.3 1,078.4 160.8 868.3 35.6 832.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Apr Species : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.4 98.4 98.5 98.2 98.3 Calves : 97.8 98.3 98.1 97.9 98.3 Hogs : 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 Sheep : 94.8 95.9 93.4 94.8 94.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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