Mt An 1-2 (8-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 24, 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 Up from Previous Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.94 billion pounds in July, up 4 percent from the 3.79 billion pounds produced in July 2006. Beef production, at 2.26 billion pounds, was 2 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.90 million head, up 2 percent from July 2006. The average live weight was down 4 pounds from the previous year, at 1,269 pounds. Veal production totaled 10.7 million pounds, 5 percent below July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 62,600 head, up 8 percent from July 2006. The average live weight was down 36 pounds from last year, at 289 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.66 billion pounds, up 7 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.40 million head, up 7 percent from July 2006. The average live weight was up 1 pound from the previous year, at 264 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.5 million pounds, was up 2 percent from July 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 204,700 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 131 pounds, up 1 pound from July a year ago. January to July 2007 commercial red meat production was 27.5 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was up 4 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. July 2006 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. July 2007 contained 22 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 07 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Jul : Jun : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,213.6 2,348.7 2,255.7 102 96 15,019.515,139.7 101 Veal : 11.2 11.2 10.7 95 95 82.5 86.0 104 Pork :1,552.6*1,654.2 1,659.0 107 100 11,895.212,182.4 102 Lamb & Mutton : 13.2 13.7 13.5 102 98 109.8 106.8 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,790.6*4,027.8 3,938.9 104 98 27,107.027,514.8 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 07 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Jul : Jun : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,187.9*2,321.8 2,228.6 102 96 14,814.214,940.0 101 Veal : 11.0 11.0 10.5 95 95 80.8 84.4 104 Pork :1,540.1*1,641.2 1,644.9 107 100 11,798.712,087.5 102 Lamb & Mutton : 12.6 13.1 12.8 101 97 105.5 102.5 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,751.6*3,987.0 3,896.7 104 98 26,799.227,214.4 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Jul 07 % of: Jan - Jul 2/ : : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Jul : Jun : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,794.9 3,034.9 2,859.9 102 94 19,168.9 19,577.6 102 Other : Thou : 39.1 41.7 41.8 107 100 315.3 308.0 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,834.0 3,076.6 2,901.6 102 94 19,484.2 19,885.6 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,275 1,251 1,271 100 102 1,267 1,260 99 Other : Lbs :1,140 1,132 1,135 100 100 1,137 1,140 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,273 1,250 1,269 100 102 1,265 1,258 99 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 57.0 *60.3 61.7 108 102 381.2 444.3 117 Other : Thou : 1.0 0.9 0.9 92 96 7.3 7.4 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 57.9 *61.2 62.6 108 102 388.5 451.7 116 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 324 *306 288 89 94 353 319 90 Other : Lbs : 394 382 380 97 100 406 389 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 325 *307 289 89 94 354 320 90 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :7,805.1 *8,217.9 8,311.8 106 101 58,354.4 60,039.0 103 Other : Thou : 76.9 79.8 84.8 110 106 574.2 567.5 99 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :7,882.0 *8,297.7 8,396.6 107 101 58,928.5 60,606.5 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 264 267 265 100 99 270 269 100 Other : Lbs : 225 226 232 103 103 231 232 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 263 267 264 100 99 270 269 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 191.2 188.3 191.1 100 101 1,482.4 1,452.8 98 Other : Thou : 11.2 12.1 13.6 121 112 81.5 87.2 107 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 202.4 200.4 204.7 101 102 1,563.9 1,539.9 98 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 131 139 133 101 96 141 141 100 Other : Lbs : 107 99 104 97 105 106 101 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 130 137 131 101 96 140 138 99 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 43.9 53.2 52.9 120 99 315.2 350.8 111 Other : Thou : 10.8 16.8 15.2 141 90 85.6 107.3 125 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 54.7 70.0 68.1 124 97 400.7 458.1 114 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 61 61 99 99 63 61 97 Other : Lbs : 55 52 54 99 105 68 66 97 Comm'l. : Lbs : 60 59 59 99 100 64 62 97 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.6 4.3 4.4 121 103 24.0 29.3 122 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.4 1.2 105 83 9.0 10.5 117 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.7 5.7 5.6 117 98 33.0 39.9 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 07 as % of 2/ State : Jul : Jun : Jul :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Jul 2006 : Jun 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.2 2.3 2.2 98 97 AK : AZ : 33.9 35.8 36.2 107 101 AR : 3.6 4.8 4.5 125 94 CA : 130.5 142.2 133.2 102 94 CO : 167.7 172.4 161.6 96 94 DE-MD : 2.8 3.2 3.0 105 92 FL : 5.2 7.1 6.7 128 94 GA : 11.3 13.0 12.9 114 99 HI : 0.9 0.9 0.8 93 95 ID : 21.6 16.7 16.2 75 97 IL : 203.9 215.4 222.6 109 103 IN : 109.9 118.0 121.3 110 103 IA : 479.8 492.8 489.8 102 99 KS : 525.1 573.2 546.4 104 95 KY : 38.9 43.5 45.4 117 104 LA : 0.6 0.5 0.5 77 103 MI : 36.9 45.1 42.2 114 93 MN : 185.7 191.4 187.4 101 98 MS : 20.2 1.1 1.0 5 87 MO : 66.7 119.8 119.4 179 100 MT : 1.0 1.3 1.4 138 108 NE : 609.5 632.6 616.9 101 98 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 124 125 N ENG 3/ : 0.8 1.1 1.0 117 94 NJ : 3.8 4.3 4.2 113 98 NM : 0.3 0.4 0.4 118 110 NY : 2.7 2.5 2.7 99 105 NC : 170.5 173.8 178.6 105 103 ND : 2.4 *2.5 2.4 101 97 OH : 22.0 22.6 23.4 106 103 OK : 79.2 84.4 78.1 99 93 OR : 4.0 4.5 4.5 112 101 PA : 95.4 103.1 103.9 109 101 SC : 18.9 20.7 20.0 106 97 SD : 70.1 74.9 76.3 109 102 TN : 15.2 14.5 16.3 108 113 TX : 423.3 410.2 390.9 92 95 UT : 40.2 41.0 38.9 97 95 VA : 30.6 38.5 35.1 115 91 WA : 49.8 72.5 76.2 153 105 WV : 0.3 0.3 0.5 150 153 WI : 102.8 122.5 113.3 110 92 WY : 0.5 0.4 0.5 99 114 : US : 3,790.6 *4,027.8 3,938.9 104 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, July 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 : 0.3 0.4 297 376 885 1,002 AK : AZ : 44.4 61,039 1,376 AR : 0.8 0.9 758 900 946 1,008 CA : 128.8 130.2 167,193 165,045 1,322 1,288 CO : 195.3 190.4 254,175 245,680 1,302 1,291 DE-MD : 3.1 3.3 4,110 4,283 1,306 1,307 FL : GA : 21.1 24.7 19,304 21,687 919 880 HI : 0.9 0.9 982 939 1,069 1,023 ID : 21.7 25,181 1,172 IL : IN : 3.0 3.1 3,122 3,309 1,043 1,054 IA : KS : 640.6 671.5 812,100 847,025 1,268 1,262 KY : 1.0 1.1 926 1,088 961 980 LA : 0.8 0.6 629 462 777 739 MI : 41.6 49.1 56,959 66,175 1,372 1,355 MN : 58.8 56.5 81,005 76,449 1,385 1,363 MS : 0.1 0.1 77 68 882 832 MO : 6.4 7.2 7,842 8,810 1,231 1,226 MT : 1.0 1.6 1,265 1,909 1,235 1,186 NE : 613.4 624.5 803,011 807,237 1,311 1,294 NV : 0.1 0.1 81 96 1,048 1,009 N ENG 2/ : 0.8 0.9 915 1,061 1,112 1,119 NJ : 1.9 2.4 2,385 2,925 1,230 1,214 NM : 0.6 0.8 571 629 980 877 NY : 2.1 2.1 2,223 2,388 1,121 1,164 NC : 15.0 17.3 17,422 20,169 1,164 1,169 ND : 0.9 0.9 1,096 1,087 1,201 1,200 OH : 7.4 9.2 8,545 10,838 1,166 1,184 OK : 1.8 1.6 1,958 1,722 1,060 1,068 OR : 1.9 2.4 2,255 2,762 1,203 1,185 PA : 68.9 79.8 82,569 98,546 1,208 1,243 SC : 12.8 12.4 14,081 13,867 1,105 1,123 SD : TN : 1.1 2.0 978 1,667 942 873 TX : 552.3 501.1 669,915 617,484 1,216 1,236 UT : 51.2 48.8 64,737 61,981 1,268 1,272 VA : 0.7 0.8 826 851 1,108 1,096 WA : 62.1 94.2 80,625 122,885 1,305 1,310 WV : 0.3 0.5 390 585 1,207 1,188 WI : 119.7 133.3 159,871 176,184 1,350 1,337 WY : 0.6 0.6 718 680 1,184 1,121 : US 3/ : 2,834.0 2,901.6 3,598,226 3,672,121 1,273 1,269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Calf Slaughter: By State and United States, July 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 : 9.7 12.2 1,204 1,511 124 124 CO : DE-MD : 0.1 0.2 44 52 300 265 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 46 32 467 397 HI : ID : IL : 3.8 2.7 1,631 1,098 434 408 IN : 0.2 29 135 IA : KS : KY : 0.1 40 534 LA : 0.2 0.1 115 65 494 469 MI : 2.1 1.8 879 755 418 421 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 0.1 37 35 164 266 NJ : 6.2 6.5 2,647 2,754 429 427 NM : NY : 9.6 13.1 1,616 1,491 174 118 NC : 0.1 0.1 33 65 496 494 ND : OH : 0.1 26 352 OK : OR : PA : 13.7 14.0 5,195 5,253 381 375 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 41 27 414 424 TX : 0.9 0.6 516 339 578 602 UT : VA : 0.1 20 327 WA : WV : WI : 10.0 4,456 447 WY : : US 3/ : 57.9 62.6 18,674 17,910 325 289 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 8.2 7.8 3,658 3,555 449 455 AK : 0.1 18 297 AZ : 0.2 0.1 26 23 156 196 AR : 10.4 13.1 4,757 6,002 456 457 CA : 203.1 206.1 47,081 48,119 233 234 CO : 1.0 0.9 239 233 247 247 DE-MD : 1.4 1.5 295 333 211 217 FL : 7.8 6.8 1,004 1,024 129 152 GA : 9.7 11.4 2,201 2,532 226 221 HI : 1.9 1.8 430 388 232 211 ID : 11.5 13.2 2,841 3,264 247 248 IL : 703.1 765.4 193,392 210,787 275 276 IN : 554.2 616.5 142,433 157,899 257 256 IA : 2,197.0 2,241.4 580,585 594,068 265 265 KS : 18.2 8,142 450 KY : 195.0 226.3 50,868 59,253 261 262 LA : 1.1 1.0 204 187 190 193 MI : 10.4 11.2 3,568 3,863 345 347 MN : 729.2 748.9 187,332 192,879 257 258 MS : MO : 562.2 150,983 269 MT : 1.3 1.3 307 315 238 239 NE : 542.0 566.6 142,893 149,118 264 263 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.5 1.6 278 317 191 198 NJ : 7.9 8.9 763 911 97 103 NM : 0.1 21 312 NY : 2.8 3.1 529 500 190 160 NC : 864.6 873.8 214,639 222,533 248 255 ND : 10.6 10.9 2,597 2,667 245 244 OH : 87.2 89.8 23,509 23,926 270 267 OK : 377.9 386.4 103,257 102,119 273 264 OR : 16.4 17.2 3,719 3,923 228 230 PA : 228.4 225.7 56,630 56,470 248 250 SC : SD : 325.0 364.1 83,154 91,526 256 252 TN : 45.7 48.1 22,040 22,866 483 476 TX : 27.1 33.8 7,840 8,066 289 239 UT : 2.8 5.5 495 1,034 176 188 VA : 156.2 179.1 39,866 45,919 255 257 WA : 2.2 2.1 418 422 192 202 WV : 0.5 0.8 116 208 215 254 WI : 45.4 48.6 19,984 21,456 446 447 WY : 0.3 0.4 75 99 260 262 : US 3/ : 7,882.0 8,396.6 2,074,519 2,216,567 263 264 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 5 102 AR : CA : CO : 81.0 71.5 11,625 10,480 144 147 DE-MD : 2.5 2.8 247 288 98 101 FL : 0.1 0.2 7 15 64 64 GA : 0.5 0.6 40 78 88 130 HI : ID : 0.5 1.1 59 128 127 116 IL : 10.9 1,315 120 IN : 2.4 2.2 264 240 109 107 IA : 34.7 31.9 4,800 4,581 138 144 KS : 0.3 0.2 35 27 109 114 KY : 0.9 1.2 112 153 132 130 LA : 0.1 0.2 10 21 79 91 MI : 13.2 16.1 1,653 2,011 126 126 MN : 0.2 0.2 23 33 118 133 MS : MO : 0.4 0.5 46 58 114 110 MT : 0.2 0.2 20 30 122 128 NE : 0.1 16 120 NV : 0.1 0.2 10 21 119 112 N ENG 2/ : 2.3 2.4 196 252 84 104 NJ : 8.7 9.8 723 814 84 83 NM : 0.5 1.0 68 132 126 133 NY : 2.5 3.0 217 260 88 88 NC : 0.5 0.6 50 44 91 76 ND : OH : 1.0 1.4 109 152 105 106 OK : OR : 1.7 2.1 218 289 126 135 PA : 4.5 4.4 421 437 94 99 SC : SD : 0.8 0.8 98 96 122 117 TN : 0.9 1.1 67 86 72 78 TX : 1.3 2.9 98 207 75 71 UT : 2.4 2.4 317 332 131 137 VA : 0.8 1.1 88 110 107 102 WA : 0.1 0.3 7 43 140 133 WV : 0.1 8 143 WI : 1.4 1.3 194 176 134 134 WY : 0.1 0.2 19 23 141 151 : US 3/ : 202.4 204.7 26,303 26,821 130 131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Jul 1/ : : : :Jan - Jul 1/ Item : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------: Jul : Jun : Jul :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,551 1,621 1,556 10,265 10,181 55.5 53.4 54.4 53.5 52.0 Heifers : 789 927 842 5,716 5,858 28.2 30.5 29.4 29.8 29.9 All Cows : 416 438 416 2,901 3,227 14.9 14.4 14.6 15.1 16.5 Dairy Cows : 175 174 180 1,282 1,419 6.2 5.7 6.3 6.7 7.2 Other Cows : 241 265 236 1,619 1,808 8.6 8.7 8.3 8.4 9.2 Bulls : 39 49 45 287 312 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,795 3,035 2,860 19,169 19,578 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 57 60 62 381 444 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :7,530 *7,912 8,008 56,337 57,864 96.5 96.3 96.3 96.5 96.4 Sows : 252 266 266 1,847 1,894 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 Boars : 23 40 38 170 281 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :7,805 *8,218 8,312 58,354 60,039 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 9 9 9 67 65 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 Lambs & Yrlngs : 182 179 182 1,415 1,388 95.2 95.2 95.1 95.5 95.5 : Total 1/ : 191 188 191 1,482 1,453 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 785 767 782 775 766 Steers 3/ : 840 816 836 822 815 Heifers 3/ : 760 743 757 756 749 All Cows 3/ : 613 617 613 631 624 Bulls 3/ : 915 917 900 926 909 : Calves & Vealers: 195 *183 172 213 191 : Hogs : 198 200 198 202 202 Barrow Gilts4/ : 194 196 194 199 198 Sows 4/ : 309 310 309 310 309 Boars 4/ : 223 216 218 231 214 : Sheep : 66 70 67 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 67 69 67 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 66 70 67 71 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, July 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 2 : 4.4 1.6 0.3 2.2 1.9 0.4 0.3 19.5 3 : 83.1 42.2 5.5 32.6 25.6 6.9 2.8 14.3 4 : 66.3 1.0 0.3 56.8 9.3 47.4 8.2 5 : 316.1 150.8 39.5 118.0 63.1 54.8 7.9 14.1 6 : 500.0 267.6 168.7 54.5 11.5 43.0 9.2 0.5 7 : 1,348.3 786.9 499.2 54.1 0.9 53.3 8.1 8 : 248.6 145.6 88.1 9 : 175.1 96.9 12.3 62.3 53.1 9.2 3.6 12.0 10 : 117.2 63.1 28.1 23.0 10.5 12.5 3.0 : US 2/ : 2,859.9 1,556.0 842.2 416.5 180.2 236.3 45.2 61.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.3 1.2 2 : 11.8 11.5 0.2 0.1 11.8 1.2 10.6 3 : 405.6 392.1 0.9 12.6 8.2 0.4 7.9 4 : 1,230.4 1,162.9 65.8 1.7 3.2 1.2 2.1 5 : 2,243.5 2,122.4 117.4 3.7 29.5 3.4 26.1 6 : 427.3 406.2 21.0 0.1 0.9 0.4 0.4 7 : 3,380.1 3,300.1 32.1 0.3 31.8 8 : 378.8 378.4 0.4 74.0 1.4 72.6 9 : 201.7 201.7 10 : 31.3 31.3 0.1 3.1 0.2 3.0 : US 2/ : 8,311.8 8,007.7 266.3 37.8 191.1 9.4 181.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: By Region and United States, January - July 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 6.0 2.8 0.9 0.9 2 : 30.8 11.2 2.0 15.7 14.1 1.6 1.9 134.6 3 : 562.2 259.8 50.2 235.3 186.2 49.1 17.0 106.6 4 : 481.5 7.7 2.4 412.7 82.3 330.4 58.7 5 : 2,266.0 1,031.4 259.7 923.0 485.9 437.1 51.9 113.2 6 : 3,531.5 1,853.5 1,152.7 456.1 101.1 354.9 69.3 10.3 7 : 9,043.7 5,160.8 3,402.6 424.7 9.3 415.4 55.6 0.2 8 : 1,668.9 852.9 698.7 9 : 1,231.9 621.9 77.7 506.2 428.3 77.9 26.2 69.5 10 : 755.1 379.2 211.3 148.0 77.5 70.5 16.7 : US 2/ :19,577.6 10,181.1 5,858.2 3,226.6 1,418.7 1,807.9 311.8 444.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 7.2 7.1 0.1 0.1 2 : 76.3 74.6 1.0 0.8 87.1 8.8 78.4 3 : 2,980.6 2,883.8 7.6 89.1 55.8 3.0 52.8 4 : 9,069.5 8,582.7 475.5 11.3 18.8 6.5 12.3 5 : 15,963.4 15,105.9 832.8 24.7 207.2 22.2 185.0 6 : 3,132.8 2,988.1 143.8 0.8 5.4 2.4 3.0 7 : 24,517.4 23,951.6 220.2 2.2 218.0 8 : 2,611.5 2,591.7 19.8 0.1 643.8 12.7 631.1 9 : 1,460.9 1,460.2 10 : 219.3 218.6 0.6 0.1 15.9 1.1 14.8 : US 2/ : 60,039.0 57,864.3 1,894.1 280.6 1,452.8 64.8 1,387.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Jul Species : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.5 Calves : 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.1 98.4 Hogs : 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.1 Sheep : 94.5 94.0 93.4 94.8 94.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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