Mt An 1-2 (6-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 22, 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. Total Red Meat Production at Record High for May Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.08 billion pounds in May, up slightly from the 4.06 billion pounds produced in May 2006. Beef production, at 2.28 billion pounds, was 1 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 3.05 million head, up slightly from May 2006. The average live weight was down 12 pounds from the previous year, at 1,232 pounds. Veal production totaled 12.4 million pounds, 3 percent below May a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 59,000 head, up 4 percent from May 2006. The average live weight was down 23 pounds from last year, at 349 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.76 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.76 million head, up 3 percent from May 2006. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 269 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 15.5 million pounds, was down 4 percent from May 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 218,200 head, 3 percent below last year. The average live weight was 142 pounds, unchanged from May a year ago. January to May 2007 commercial red meat production was 19.5 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 2 percent from last year, veal was up 9 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. May 2006 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. May 2007 contained 23 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 07 % of : Jan - May 2/ : May : Apr : May :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : May : Apr : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,309.0*2,015.3 2,284.9 99 113 10,359.810,535.3 102 Veal : 12.7 11.8 12.4 97 104 58.9 64.2 109 Pork :1,726.0*1,711.2 1,762.4 102 103 8,679.3 8,869.2 102 Lamb & Mutton : 16.1 15.1 15.5 96 103 82.2 79.6 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,063.8*3,753.4 4,075.1 100 109 19,180.219,548.2 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 07 % of : Jan - May 2/ : May : Apr : May :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : May : Apr : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,278.9*1,988.3 2,257.2 99 114 10,208.610,389.7 102 Veal : 12.5 11.6 12.1 97 105 57.6 62.9 109 Pork :1,711.7*1,698.1 1,749.3 102 103 8,609.4 8,801.4 102 Lamb & Mutton : 15.6 14.3 14.9 96 104 79.1 76.6 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,018.6*3,712.2 4,033.5 100 109 18,954.719,330.6 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :May 07 % of: Jan - May 2/ : : May : Apr : May :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : May : Apr : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,993.0 *2,661.8 3,008.3 101 113 13,258.2 13,682.8 103 Other : Thou : 46.1 41.8 42.7 93 102 232.7 224.5 96 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :3,039.1 *2,703.5 3,051.0 100 113 13,490.9 13,907.4 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,246 *1,235 1,234 99 100 1,265 1,259 99 Other : Lbs :1,132 1,134 1,136 100 100 1,138 1,143 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,244 *1,234 1,232 99 100 1,263 1,257 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 55.9 55.8 58.0 104 104 266.5 322.3 121 Other : Thou : 1.0 1.1 1.0 98 89 5.4 5.6 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 56.9 56.9 59.0 104 104 271.9 327.9 121 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 371 346 348 94 101 360 327 91 Other : Lbs : 404 394 396 98 101 409 392 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 372 347 349 94 101 361 329 91 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,449.8 *8,388.8 8,680.4 103 103 42,292.9 43,509.4 103 Other : Thou : 86.7 78.0 79.5 92 102 410.5 403.0 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,536.5 *8,466.8 8,760.0 103 103 42,703.4 43,912.4 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 271 270 269 99 100 272 270 99 Other : Lbs : 227 234 226 100 97 234 233 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 270 270 269 99 100 272 270 99 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 214.8 202.6 205.1 95 101 1,091.2 1,073.4 98 Other : Thou : 10.8 14.3 13.2 122 92 58.7 61.5 105 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 225.6 216.9 218.2 97 101 1,150.0 1,134.9 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 144 141 145 101 103 144 142 99 Other : Lbs : 108 105 96 89 91 107 101 94 Comm'l. : Lbs : 142 139 142 100 103 142 140 99 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 48.2 51.8 55.4 115 107 223.3 244.6 110 Other : Thou : 9.1 15.5 17.1 188 110 60.7 75.4 124 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 57.3 67.3 72.5 127 108 283.9 320.0 113 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 60 61 99 101 63 61 96 Other : Lbs : 72 71 87 121 122 72 71 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 63 63 67 106 107 65 64 97 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.3 3.9 5.0 151 126 17.0 20.6 121 Other : Thou : 1.2 1.5 1.3 106 86 6.6 8.0 121 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.5 5.4 6.2 139 115 23.6 28.6 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 07 as % of 2/ State : May : Apr : May :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : May 2006 : Apr 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.8 2.4 2.5 91 102 AK : AZ : 33.0 30.4 33.1 100 109 AR : 3.9 4.1 4.4 115 108 CA : 136.0 136.4 142.1 105 104 CO : 171.2 133.7 158.1 92 118 DE-MD : 3.4 2.8 3.4 99 120 FL : 5.4 7.1 7.9 145 111 GA : 12.0 13.3 15.0 125 113 HI : 0.9 0.8 0.9 100 115 ID : 22.6 15.6 16.7 74 107 IL : 223.2 218.0 221.1 99 101 IN : 123.4 122.1 124.8 101 102 IA : 532.2 *512.4 525.8 99 103 KS : 549.4 500.7 560.4 102 112 KY : 39.5 46.6 47.4 120 102 LA : 0.7 0.7 0.5 74 77 MI : 38.9 35.4 43.7 112 124 MN : 196.7 195.4 201.3 102 103 MS : 24.3 1.1 1.2 5 111 MO : 69.8 119.9 124.1 178 104 MT : 1.1 1.2 1.2 108 101 NE : 639.7 517.9 606.6 95 117 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.2 161 239 N ENG 3/ : 1.1 0.9 1.1 102 125 NJ : 4.4 4.6 4.9 112 107 NM : 0.5 0.4 0.4 87 104 NY : 3.0 2.6 2.9 96 111 NC : 194.4 175.2 188.5 97 108 ND : 3.0 2.6 2.8 95 109 OH : 24.1 23.2 23.7 99 103 OK : 87.2 84.0 86.5 99 103 OR : 4.3 4.2 4.6 107 110 PA : 101.3 105.9 109.1 108 103 SC : 21.4 20.7 22.6 106 109 SD : 76.5 77.6 78.8 103 102 TN : 15.7 14.6 16.3 104 112 TX : 454.2 361.1 419.4 92 116 UT : 39.1 35.0 34.7 89 99 VA : 32.3 36.2 38.1 118 105 WA : 56.4 71.0 73.8 131 104 WV : 0.3 0.4 0.3 106 87 WI : 113.9 114.9 123.6 109 108 WY : 0.5 0.5 0.5 98 103 : US : 4,063.8 *3,753.4 4,075.1 100 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. 2/ Percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. Commercial Cattle Slaughter: By State and United States, May 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 0.5 437 462 899 986 AK : 0.1 75 1,150 AZ : 40.9 56,079 1,374 AR : 1.0 0.9 959 887 953 1,008 CA : 124.7 135.2 165,340 172,178 1,349 1,294 CO : 206.9 195.4 259,048 238,374 1,252 1,220 DE-MD : 3.8 3.8 5,071 5,082 1,322 1,336 FL : GA : 21.5 29.3 19,933 25,923 933 888 HI : 1.0 1.0 1,012 1,061 1,027 1,085 ID : 21.3 25,861 1,231 IL : IN : 3.0 3.0 3,113 3,108 1,042 1,053 IA : KS : 700.2 722.4 854,530 872,885 1,221 1,209 KY : 1.5 1.3 1,426 1,238 963 945 LA : 0.8 0.6 657 492 784 792 MI : 43.2 50.6 58,988 68,264 1,369 1,359 MN : 57.6 63.4 78,603 84,998 1,376 1,349 MS : 0.1 0.1 87 127 835 878 MO : 7.2 7.3 8,607 8,798 1,207 1,205 MT : 1.4 1.5 1,594 1,803 1,160 1,190 NE : 653.3 625.0 831,215 782,633 1,274 1,253 NV : 0.1 0.2 119 240 1,075 1,119 N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.1 1,211 1,251 1,085 1,096 NJ : 2.4 2.5 2,860 3,053 1,179 1,241 NM : 0.9 0.8 814 690 1,012 983 NY : 2.9 2.6 3,076 2,835 1,108 1,144 NC : 14.8 18.8 17,389 22,187 1,180 1,184 ND : 1.0 1.2 1,177 1,445 1,195 1,157 OH : 8.1 8.4 9,369 9,939 1,169 1,196 OK : 2.6 2.2 2,775 2,457 1,088 1,123 OR : 2.2 2.3 2,636 2,636 1,250 1,213 PA : 72.0 78.5 87,657 96,608 1,228 1,238 SC : 13.0 13.9 15,176 16,229 1,179 1,174 SD : TN : 1.3 1.8 1,203 1,672 954 926 TX : 609.5 565.2 720,845 668,337 1,186 1,185 UT : 51.2 45.3 62,696 55,361 1,228 1,223 VA : 1.1 0.9 1,133 840 1,059 974 WA : 72.8 94.2 91,718 119,710 1,266 1,276 WV : 0.4 0.4 442 473 1,109 1,127 WI : 130.7 145.1 175,624 192,823 1,358 1,344 WY : 0.6 0.6 695 698 1,198 1,235 : US 3/ : 3,039.1 3,051.0 3,768,689 3,747,840 1,244 1,232 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 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 : 7.0 8.7 1,096 1,221 157 140 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.1 64 39 325 283 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 47 59 443 447 HI : ID : IL : 4.2 3.6 1,779 1,630 426 453 IN : 0.1 9 135 IA : KS : KY : 0.1 31 503 LA : 0.2 0.2 121 121 498 500 MI : 4.1 1.8 1,719 790 425 429 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.4 0.1 58 28 148 273 NJ : 7.1 8.4 3,031 3,704 430 443 NM : NY : 6.0 8.0 1,160 1,434 200 182 NC : 0.1 45 467 ND : OH : 0.1 18 348 OK : 0.1 26 390 OR : PA : 14.5 15.0 6,224 6,111 429 407 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 43 46 484 471 TX : 0.9 0.7 499 400 587 598 UT : VA : 0.1 0.1 16 17 296 323 WA : WV : WI : 11.1 4,982 452 WY : : US 3/ : 56.9 59.0 21,051 20,485 372 349 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 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 : 9.5 8.5 4,403 3,865 463 456 AK : 0.1 0.1 19 14 234 218 AZ : 0.3 0.4 65 95 255 215 AR : 11.1 13.2 5,024 5,992 451 455 CA : 220.5 221.8 53,921 54,348 246 245 CO : 1.0 0.7 265 188 256 253 DE-MD : 1.4 1.3 292 273 209 213 FL : 7.3 7.8 1,030 1,120 142 145 GA : 11.1 12.2 2,607 2,570 235 211 HI : 2.0 1.9 444 421 227 219 ID : 13.0 14.4 3,345 3,682 258 258 IL : 757.9 767.5 213,679 214,855 282 280 IN : 606.9 622.2 160,030 162,782 264 262 IA : 2,399.0 2,366.2 652,783 638,716 272 270 KS : 20.2 9,415 468 KY : 195.4 232.2 51,570 61,823 264 267 LA : 1.5 1.2 299 238 194 197 MI : 9.9 10.2 3,652 3,702 368 364 MN : 783.6 790.7 204,183 205,417 261 260 MS : MO : 571.6 157,273 275 MT : 1.0 0.9 245 231 245 251 NE : 595.8 605.1 161,174 162,516 271 269 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.5 1.4 296 290 193 205 NJ : 8.9 8.9 898 883 101 99 NM : 0.2 0.1 42 16 250 249 NY : 3.9 2.4 652 409 167 170 NC : 951.4 910.3 245,972 234,788 259 258 ND : 14.1 12.0 3,452 2,972 245 249 OH : 93.7 92.9 25,741 25,064 275 270 OK : 400.6 412.8 113,279 112,068 283 272 OR : 16.8 17.0 3,944 4,071 236 240 PA : 244.7 254.9 59,925 63,998 245 251 SC : SD : 351.8 363.8 92,219 92,764 262 255 TN : 47.1 47.7 22,847 22,722 485 477 TX : 30.8 33.9 8,013 7,573 260 224 UT : 4.2 5.5 966 1,075 230 196 VA : 160.1 190.4 41,972 49,874 262 262 WA : 2.2 2.1 451 452 207 219 WV : 0.4 0.5 102 110 238 229 WI : 49.6 51.5 22,457 23,629 459 465 WY : 0.3 0.2 78 59 269 264 : US 3/ : 8,536.5 8,760.0 2,306,430 2,352,965 270 269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 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 12 86 AR : CA : CO : 91.2 89.2 14,798 14,780 162 166 DE-MD : 2.9 2.8 289 276 100 99 FL : 0.2 0.2 11 13 57 58 GA : 0.5 0.6 54 83 116 132 HI : ID : 0.3 0.4 36 57 137 135 IL : 12.3 1,666 135 IN : 2.1 2.2 224 241 109 108 IA : 25.2 23.5 3,848 3,673 153 156 KS : 0.2 0.2 20 23 108 116 KY : 1.1 1.0 151 133 132 132 LA : 0.1 0.2 11 18 80 75 MI : 15.1 15.6 1,932 2,062 128 133 MN : 0.2 0.2 25 24 125 121 MS : MO : 0.6 0.5 72 66 129 122 MT : 0.2 0.2 21 21 100 118 NE : 0.1 9 119 NV : 0.1 0.1 15 17 129 119 N ENG 2/ : 2.6 2.4 202 247 78 103 NJ : 10.4 10.7 846 866 82 81 NM : 0.7 0.8 85 113 127 136 NY : 2.5 3.6 202 295 82 82 NC : 0.5 0.5 44 45 89 88 ND : 0.1 8 114 OH : 0.9 1.1 99 120 105 111 OK : 0.1 0.1 9 10 132 121 OR : 1.9 2.0 254 286 136 146 PA : 4.5 5.0 412 473 92 94 SC : SD : 1.1 1.7 165 232 153 139 TN : 1.1 1.0 81 80 76 79 TX : 10.0 3.2 1,383 180 139 55 UT : 3.0 3.0 444 409 147 138 VA : 0.8 0.9 82 82 106 96 WA : 0.2 0.4 21 50 138 112 WV : WI : 0.8 0.8 108 112 137 136 WY : 0.1 0.1 11 13 146 148 : US 3/ : 225.6 218.2 32,055 30,949 142 142 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - May 1/ : : : :Jan - May 1/ Item : May : Apr : May :-------------: May : Apr : May :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,650 *1,389 1,601 6,975 7,004 55.1 52.2 53.2 52.6 51.2 Heifers : 885 768 878 4,039 4,089 29.6 28.9 29.2 30.5 29.9 All Cows : 416 460 477 2,042 2,372 13.9 17.3 15.9 15.4 17.3 Dairy Cows : 177 213 191 926 1,065 5.9 8.0 6.4 7.0 7.8 Other Cows : 239 247 286 1,116 1,307 8.0 9.3 9.5 8.4 9.6 Bulls : 42 44 52 203 218 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,993 *2,662 3,008 13,258 13,683 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 56 56 58 267 322 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,141 *8,088 8,356 40,864 41,945 96.3 96.4 96.3 96.6 96.4 Sows : 282 261 283 1,309 1,362 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 Boars : 26 40 42 119 203 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :8,450 *8,389 8,680 42,293 43,509 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 10 11 48 46 5.2 4.8 5.2 4.4 4.3 Lambs & Yrlngs : 204 193 194 1,044 1,027 94.8 95.2 94.8 95.6 95.7 : Total 1/ : 215 203 205 1,091 1,073 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 764 750 753 773 762 Steers 3/ : 808 *795 800 816 810 Heifers 3/ : 738 733 730 757 749 All Cows 3/ : 625 623 618 638 628 Bulls 3/ : 916 904 905 925 909 : Calves & Vealers: 224 209 210 218 197 : Hogs : 203 203 202 204 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 199 199 198 200 199 Sows 4/ : 310 310 309 311 308 Boars 4/ : 231 *213 213 233 213 : Sheep : 73 71 73 73 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 69 67 67 68 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 73 71 73 73 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 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, May 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 2 : 4.9 1.7 0.3 2.5 2.3 0.2 0.4 16.4 3 : 81.7 37.8 8.3 32.3 25.5 6.9 3.2 15.2 4 : 75.8 1.1 0.4 64.5 10.5 54.0 9.8 5 : 330.6 153.3 34.0 134.7 66.5 68.2 8.6 15.9 6 : 564.3 296.3 187.6 69.0 11.8 57.2 11.5 0.6 7 : 1,404.1 829.3 503.7 62.6 1.3 61.3 8.4 8 : 252.8 131.8 102.9 9 : 176.6 90.4 11.3 70.5 56.2 14.4 4.3 8.5 10 : 116.7 59.2 29.7 24.8 12.5 12.3 3.0 : US 2/ : 3,008.3 1,601.3 878.2 477.2 191.3 285.9 51.6 58.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.1 1.1 2 : 11.1 10.8 0.1 0.1 13.5 1.4 12.0 3 : 445.6 432.3 1.2 12.1 8.6 0.4 8.2 4 : 1,279.8 1,211.0 67.5 1.2 2.9 1.1 1.9 5 : 2,304.5 2,171.4 128.9 4.2 29.5 4.0 25.5 6 : 454.0 433.0 20.8 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 7 : 3,556.2 3,468.3 24.0 0.6 23.5 8 : 378.7 378.2 0.5 93.2 2.0 91.3 9 : 217.1 217.0 10 : 32.4 32.3 0.1 2.4 0.2 2.3 : US 2/ : 8,680.4 8,355.5 283.0 41.9 205.1 10.8 194.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - May 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 4.2 1.9 0.7 0.6 2 : 22.2 8.0 1.5 11.5 10.5 1.0 1.3 97.4 3 : 396.1 177.2 36.7 170.8 135.7 35.2 11.4 77.7 4 : 345.4 5.8 1.7 296.6 63.6 233.0 41.4 5 : 1,615.8 717.6 180.6 681.8 360.5 321.3 35.8 83.9 6 : 2,490.3 1,307.2 791.6 341.1 79.4 261.6 50.5 8.4 7 : 6,263.5 3,552.2 2,359.7 312.7 7.5 305.2 38.9 0.2 8 : 1,147.8 554.7 506.2 9 : 873.4 426.3 51.0 377.9 324.7 53.2 18.2 47.7 10 : 524.1 253.6 159.3 101.1 57.4 43.6 10.1 : US 2/ :13,682.8 7,004.4 4,088.9 2,371.8 1,064.8 1,307.0 217.7 322.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 4.6 4.5 0.1 2 : 52.6 51.3 0.7 0.5 63.4 6.3 57.1 3 : 2,156.6 2,086.3 5.6 64.7 39.3 2.3 37.0 4 : 6,652.2 6,294.5 349.4 8.3 12.9 4.3 8.6 5 : 11,544.5 10,932.7 594.4 17.4 151.2 15.9 135.3 6 : 2,255.4 2,152.8 102.1 0.6 3.8 1.6 2.2 7 : 17,765.9 17,364.9 163.7 1.5 162.1 8 : 1,867.7 1,848.8 18.9 0.1 486.7 9.6 477.1 9 : 1,053.2 1,052.6 10 : 156.7 156.3 0.4 0.1 10.2 0.7 9.5 : US 2/ : 43,509.4 41,944.7 1,361.6 203.1 1,073.4 46.3 1,027.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - May Species : May : Apr : May :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.4 Calves : 98.3 98.1 98.4 98.0 98.3 Hogs : 99.0 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.1 Sheep : 95.2 93.4 94.0 94.9 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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