Mt An 1-2 (9-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 21, 2007, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Benita Hodge at (515) 284-4340, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Pork and Total Red Meat Production at Record High for August Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.33 billion pounds in August, up 2 percent from the 4.26 billion pounds produced in August 2006. Beef production, at 2.45 billion pounds, was slightly above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 3.13 million head, down slightly from August 2006. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 1,279 pounds. Veal production totaled 10.3 million pounds, 20 percent below August a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 65,400 head, down 2 percent from August 2006. The average live weight was down 54 pounds from last year, at 268 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.85 billion pounds, up 4 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.39 million head, up 3 percent from August 2006. The average live weight was up 1 pound from the previous year, at 263 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 14.7 million pounds, was up 1 percent from August 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 227,500 head, slightly above last year. The average live weight was 129 pounds, unchanged from August a year ago. January to August 2007 commercial red meat production was 31.8 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was up 1 percent, pork was up 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 2 percent. August 2006 contained 23 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4 Saturdays. August 2007 contained 23 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Aug 07 % of : Jan - Aug 2/ : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Aug : Jul : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,450.0 2,255.7 2,450.5 100 109 17,468.917,590.2 101 Veal : 12.8 10.7 10.3 80 97 95.4 96.3 101 Pork :1,780.2 1,659.0 1,849.9 104 112 13,675.314,032.3 103 Lamb & Mutton : 14.6 13.5 14.7 101 109 124.4 121.5 98 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,257.6 3,938.9 4,325.5 102 110 31,364.031,840.4 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Aug 07 % of : Jan - Aug 2/ : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Aug : Jul : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,419.9 2,228.6 2,421.6 100 109 17,234.117,361.6 101 Veal : 12.6 10.5 10.1 80 97 93.5 94.6 101 Pork :1,762.8 1,644.9 1,833.6 104 111 13,561.513,921.0 103 Lamb & Mutton : 13.9 12.8 13.9 100 109 119.4 116.3 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,209.2*3,896.8 4,279.2 102 110 31,008.531,493.5 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Aug 07 % of: Jan - Aug 2/ : : Aug : Jul : Aug :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Aug : Jul : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :3,089.0 2,859.9 3,087.9 100 108 22,257.9 22,665.5 102 Other : Thou : 45.4 41.8 44.0 97 105 360.8 352.0 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :3,134.4 2,901.6 3,131.9 100 108 22,618.6 23,017.5 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,278 1,271 1,281 100 101 1,268 1,263 100 Other : Lbs :1,150 1,135 1,151 100 101 1,139 1,142 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,276 1,269 1,279 100 101 1,266 1,261 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 65.8 61.7 64.5 98 105 447.0 508.9 114 Other : Thou : 0.9 0.9 0.9 101 104 8.2 8.3 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 66.7 62.6 65.4 98 105 455.2 517.1 114 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 321 288 267 83 93 349 312 90 Other : Lbs : 400 380 374 94 98 405 387 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 322 289 268 83 93 350 314 90 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,990.9 8,311.8 9,295.6 103 112 67,345.2 69,334.6 103 Other : Thou : 104.9 84.8 99.1 94 117 679.0 666.6 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,095.7 8,396.6 9,394.6 103 112 68,024.3 70,001.2 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 262 265 264 100 100 269 268 100 Other : Lbs : 229 232 230 100 99 231 231 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 262 264 263 100 100 269 268 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 212.6 191.1 211.9 100 111 1,695.0 1,664.7 98 Other : Thou : 14.5 13.6 15.5 107 115 96.0 102.7 107 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 227.1 204.7 227.5 100 111 1,791.0 1,767.4 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 130 133 130 100 98 140 139 100 Other : Lbs : 105 104 108 103 104 106 102 97 Comm'l. : Lbs : 129 131 129 100 98 138 137 99 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 50.4 52.9 55.5 110 105 365.6 406.3 111 Other : Thou : 15.8 15.2 15.6 99 103 101.4 123.0 121 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 66.2 68.1 71.2 107 105 467.0 529.3 113 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 61 62 101 102 63 61 98 Other : Lbs : 42 54 47 112 87 64 63 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 57 59 58 103 99 63 62 98 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.3 4.4 4.6 139 105 27.3 34.0 124 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.2 1.3 102 112 10.2 11.8 115 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.6 5.6 5.9 129 106 37.6 45.8 122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Aug 07 as % of 2/ State : Aug : Jul : Aug :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Aug 2006 : Jul 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.8 2.2 2.1 75 94 AK : 0.1 0.1 63 AZ : 34.7 36.2 35.6 102 98 AR : 4.5 4.5 5.1 112 114 CA : 138.9 133.2 144.8 104 109 CO : 169.6 161.6 167.6 99 104 DE-MD : 3.7 3.0 3.2 86 108 FL : 6.3 6.7 7.3 116 110 GA : 13.5 12.9 14.5 107 113 HI : 1.0 0.8 0.9 96 113 ID : 21.1 16.2 16.4 78 102 IL : 232.6 222.6 263.4 113 118 IN : 129.6 121.3 131.7 102 109 IA : 547.4 489.8 552.5 101 113 KS : 585.2 546.4 589.3 101 108 KY : 43.8 45.4 45.6 104 101 LA : 0.7 0.5 0.6 78 117 MI : 41.5 42.2 46.3 112 110 MN : 207.2 187.4 201.2 97 107 MS : 24.8 1.0 1.3 5 129 MO : 84.6 119.4 124.5 147 104 MT : 1.2 1.4 1.5 120 111 NE : 667.5 616.9 680.1 102 110 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 105 96 N ENG 3/ : 1.2 1.0 1.1 98 113 NJ : 4.6 4.2 4.4 97 104 NM : 0.5 0.4 0.5 86 114 NY : 3.1 2.7 3.0 96 111 NC : 197.3 178.6 206.1 104 115 ND : 2.6 2.4 2.3 86 94 OH : 25.5 23.4 25.8 101 110 OK : 89.7 78.1 82.6 92 106 OR : 5.0 4.5 5.2 104 115 PA : 105.4 103.9 111.7 106 107 SC : 21.4 20.0 21.4 100 107 SD : 75.0 76.3 93.6 125 123 TN : 18.3 16.3 19.4 106 119 TX : 478.3 390.9 425.8 89 109 UT : 47.5 38.9 43.9 92 113 VA : 32.8 35.1 38.2 116 109 WA : 66.0 76.2 80.9 123 106 WV : 0.5 0.5 0.5 117 117 WI : 119.7 113.3 122.7 102 108 WY : 0.9 0.5 0.9 104 178 : US : 4,257.6 3,938.9 4,325.5 102 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 0.4 266 314 856 894 AK : 0.1 90 1,129 AZ : 43.9 60,665 1,384 AR : 0.8 1.0 738 974 975 1,030 CA : 136.8 141.3 174,882 179,408 1,307 1,290 CO : 195.1 194.5 255,245 253,911 1,309 1,306 DE-MD : 4.1 3.5 5,403 4,571 1,319 1,293 FL : GA : 25.4 27.8 23,412 25,060 923 904 HI : 1.0 1.1 1,112 1,110 1,106 1,045 ID : 20.8 25,144 1,225 IL : IN : 3.7 3.8 3,872 4,046 1,055 1,054 IA : KS : 710.7 718.7 903,074 911,016 1,271 1,268 KY : 1.0 1.1 908 1,086 955 957 LA : 0.9 0.6 720 514 786 846 MI : 46.5 54.4 63,457 73,171 1,370 1,355 MN : 65.8 61.8 91,106 84,677 1,395 1,381 MS : 0.1 0.1 65 61 740 793 MO : 7.6 7.1 9,179 8,717 1,225 1,236 MT : 1.3 1.7 1,673 2,033 1,265 1,162 NE : 664.8 677.6 874,608 887,063 1,317 1,311 NV : 0.1 0.1 111 98 1,132 1,084 N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.1 1,219 1,197 1,105 1,080 NJ : 2.4 2.8 2,971 3,389 1,262 1,219 NM : 0.9 0.7 818 655 973 960 NY : 2.4 2.3 2,739 2,586 1,143 1,145 NC : 17.5 19.9 20,387 22,984 1,168 1,164 ND : 0.9 0.9 1,127 1,049 1,222 1,223 OH : 9.3 10.0 10,886 11,759 1,179 1,178 OK : 2.2 1.9 2,494 1,992 1,138 1,044 OR : 2.7 3.1 3,158 3,610 1,224 1,203 PA : 76.6 86.1 91,803 106,283 1,209 1,243 SC : 14.4 13.8 15,802 15,106 1,104 1,105 SD : TN : 1.2 2.2 1,104 1,958 951 913 TX : 624.2 539.3 757,475 672,161 1,217 1,250 UT : 58.9 54.5 75,707 69,753 1,288 1,283 VA : 0.5 0.8 513 862 1,043 1,098 WA : 79.8 98.7 106,366 130,895 1,340 1,332 WV : 0.5 0.6 575 681 1,116 1,136 WI : 141.8 148.4 187,275 193,814 1,334 1,319 WY : 0.8 0.8 948 970 1,230 1,255 : US 3/ : 3,134.4 3,131.9 3,985,807 3,993,778 1,276 1,279 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 : 8.8 11.5 1,242 1,399 142 122 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 60 49 302 281 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 44 39 410 415 HI : ID : IL : 3.9 3.0 1,690 1,254 438 419 IN : 0.2 30 126 IA : KS : KY : 0.1 27 502 LA : 0.3 0.2 127 113 492 495 MI : 2.6 1.8 1,092 733 422 419 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.2 57 53 203 313 NJ : 7.5 6.1 3,254 2,550 437 416 NM : NY : 12.7 17.7 1,633 1,725 133 100 NC : 0.1 0.1 57 62 488 533 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 24 18 351 349 OK : OR : PA : 16.6 13.9 6,235 5,359 375 385 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 43 35 417 429 TX : 0.7 0.8 447 489 656 586 UT : VA : 0.1 0.1 17 19 327 322 WA : WV : WI : 11.6 5,109 443 WY : : US 3/ : 66.7 65.4 21,325 17,412 322 268 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 9.8 7.7 4,534 3,410 463 445 AK : 0.2 0.1 38 30 244 219 AZ : 0.2 0.1 28 25 172 252 AR : 13.6 15.5 6,255 6,952 460 447 CA : 232.2 230.9 53,540 53,621 231 233 CO : 2.0 1.5 480 377 245 252 DE-MD : 2.0 1.9 443 428 225 230 FL : 8.3 7.5 1,057 1,064 128 143 GA : 11.6 11.0 2,539 2,506 218 228 HI : 2.0 1.9 448 397 224 209 ID : 12.9 14.2 3,111 3,509 242 248 IL : 822.1 912.1 222,936 248,030 271 272 IN : 658.7 666.9 168,350 170,691 256 256 IA : 2,532.2 2,531.4 666,853 667,759 264 264 KS : 19.2 8,353 438 KY : 222.1 227.9 57,784 59,554 261 262 LA : 1.2 1.1 242 224 201 206 MI : 12.8 12.4 4,354 4,208 342 339 MN : 811.6 799.4 209,409 206,408 258 259 MS : MO : 594.8 158,346 266 MT : 1.4 1.5 332 361 244 242 NE : 612.0 635.4 161,052 167,259 263 263 NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.2 2.0 402 395 183 194 NJ : 9.8 9.8 918 981 94 100 NM : 0.3 0.1 74 30 255 240 NY : 3.6 3.5 663 572 183 164 NC : 1,001.6 1,013.5 247,757 256,947 248 254 ND : 12.5 10.2 2,995 2,531 240 248 OH : 100.1 99.1 26,605 26,450 266 267 OK : 433.1 406.4 116,716 107,814 270 265 OR : 19.2 18.3 4,284 4,202 225 230 PA : 253.1 247.9 62,457 61,897 247 250 SC : SD : 347.6 454.6 88,379 114,393 254 252 TN : 55.9 57.6 26,639 27,041 477 470 TX : 33.3 35.3 8,093 8,622 243 245 UT : 5.5 6.5 1,127 1,299 207 199 VA : 171.0 196.8 43,106 50,030 252 254 WA : 2.4 2.3 454 459 192 198 WV : 1.0 0.9 265 235 266 267 WI : 52.2 53.7 22,792 23,137 442 437 WY : 1.3 1.4 338 364 261 258 : US 3/ : 9,095.7 9,394.6 2,380,908 2,470,994 262 263 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 9 82 AR : 0.1 6 91 CA : CO : 87.1 79.8 12,223 11,231 140 141 DE-MD : 3.1 3.2 318 321 103 102 FL : 0.2 0.3 11 20 63 69 GA : 0.2 0.5 28 68 117 146 HI : ID : 0.7 0.7 92 85 131 130 IL : 14.4 1,785 124 IN : 2.6 2.6 279 275 108 107 IA : 35.0 36.9 4,922 5,068 141 138 KS : 0.4 0.3 42 38 118 113 KY : 1.1 1.0 146 133 134 128 LA : 0.1 0.4 10 27 79 74 MI : 16.5 19.1 2,104 2,392 128 126 MN : 0.3 0.3 35 40 118 126 MS : MO : 0.7 0.6 86 64 125 110 MT : 0.4 0.4 46 59 129 134 NE : 0.1 17 120 NV : 0.1 0.2 16 27 124 131 N ENG 2/ : 3.2 2.4 284 223 89 94 NJ : 9.4 10.0 744 828 79 83 NM : 0.9 1.2 113 166 123 142 NY : 3.0 3.3 270 290 91 88 NC : 0.5 0.7 47 59 86 86 ND : 0.1 0.1 10 11 116 110 OH : 1.9 1.9 207 202 107 107 OK : 0.1 0.1 7 15 130 99 OR : 2.2 2.2 299 298 133 133 PA : 4.6 4.9 449 479 97 98 SC : SD : 1.6 1.2 179 143 111 116 TN : 1.3 1.2 97 93 77 75 TX : 2.0 2.5 123 251 63 99 UT : 3.1 3.5 424 471 138 135 VA : 1.0 1.2 101 119 104 101 WA : 0.1 0.4 16 50 137 137 WV : 0.1 0.1 9 10 113 111 WI : 1.4 1.7 186 222 130 127 WY : 0.4 0.4 51 53 138 139 : US 3/ : 227.1 227.5 29,160 29,203 129 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Aug 1/ : : : :Jan - Aug 1/ Item : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------: Aug : Jul : Aug :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,690 1,556 1,646 11,955 11,827 54.7 54.4 53.3 53.7 52.2 Heifers : 854 842 924 6,570 6,783 27.7 29.4 29.9 29.5 29.9 All Cows : 496 416 465 3,397 3,692 16.1 14.6 15.1 15.3 16.3 Dairy Cows : 217 180 212 1,498 1,631 7.0 6.3 6.9 6.7 7.2 Other Cows : 280 236 254 1,899 2,061 9.1 8.3 8.2 8.5 9.1 Bulls : 49 45 52 336 364 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :3,089 2,860 3,088 22,258 22,666 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 66 62 65 447 509 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,683 8,008 8,960 65,020 66,824 96.6 96.3 96.4 96.5 96.4 Sows : 283 266 293 2,130 2,187 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 Boars : 25 38 42 195 323 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :8,991 8,312 9,296 67,345 69,335 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 9 10 78 75 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 Lambs & Yrlngs : 202 182 202 1,617 1,590 95.0 95.1 95.2 95.4 95.5 : Total 1/ : 213 191 212 1,695 1,665 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 786 782 787 777 769 Steers 3/ : 845 836 845 825 819 Heifers 3/ : 767 757 766 758 752 All Cows 3/ : 603 613 608 627 622 Bulls 3/ : 915 900 890 924 906 : Calves & Vealers: 194 172 159 211 187 : Hogs : 196 198 197 202 201 Barrow Gilts4/ : 193 194 194 198 197 Sows 4/ : 309 309 306 310 308 Boars 4/ : 232 218 213 231 214 : Sheep : 65 67 66 71 70 Mature Sheep5/ : 68 67 68 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 65 67 66 71 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 2 : 5.0 1.8 0.2 2.5 2.2 0.4 0.4 23.8 3 : 89.5 44.0 6.3 36.2 28.7 7.6 2.9 14.2 4 : 75.1 1.0 0.3 64.0 11.1 52.9 9.8 5 : 356.1 167.7 44.4 134.6 77.4 57.3 9.4 13.1 6 : 538.8 286.7 180.3 61.8 12.8 49.0 10.1 0.8 7 : 1,456.3 841.9 547.7 56.6 1.1 55.4 10.2 8 : 259.0 140.6 102.6 9 : 185.8 98.2 10.2 73.1 62.9 10.2 4.3 11.3 10 : 121.4 63.4 32.2 22.7 10.1 12.6 3.1 : US 2/ : 3,087.9 1,645.7 924.5 465.4 211.9 253.5 52.4 64.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.6 1.6 2 : 13.0 12.7 0.1 0.1 12.3 1.3 11.0 3 : 445.1 429.4 1.2 14.5 8.9 0.3 8.6 4 : 1,385.9 1,307.6 77.1 1.2 3.3 1.0 2.4 5 : 2,498.1 2,370.0 124.2 3.9 32.6 3.5 29.1 6 : 450.9 428.4 22.4 0.1 1.4 0.8 0.6 7 : 3,772.0 3,682.0 37.6 0.5 37.0 8 : 468.9 468.5 0.5 83.5 1.8 81.7 9 : 226.3 226.2 10 : 33.7 33.7 0.1 2.8 0.4 2.4 : US 2/ : 9,295.6 8,960.2 293.3 42.1 211.9 10.2 201.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - August 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 6.9 3.3 1.1 1.0 2 : 35.8 13.0 2.2 18.3 16.3 1.9 2.3 158.4 3 : 651.7 303.8 56.6 271.5 214.9 56.6 19.9 120.8 4 : 556.5 8.7 2.7 476.7 93.5 383.2 68.5 5 : 2,622.1 1,199.1 304.1 1,057.6 563.2 494.4 61.4 126.3 6 : 4,070.3 2,140.1 1,333.0 517.8 113.9 403.9 79.3 11.1 7 :10,500.1 6,002.7 3,950.3 481.3 10.4 470.9 65.8 0.3 8 : 1,927.9 993.5 801.4 9 : 1,417.7 720.1 87.8 579.3 491.2 88.1 30.5 80.8 10 : 876.5 442.6 243.5 170.7 87.6 83.1 19.7 : US 2/ :22,665.5 11,826.8 6,782.6 3,692.0 1,630.6 2,061.4 364.1 508.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 8.8 8.7 0.1 0.1 2 : 89.3 87.3 1.1 0.9 99.4 10.1 89.3 3 : 3,425.7 3,313.3 8.8 103.6 64.7 3.3 61.4 4 : 10,455.5 9,890.3 552.7 12.5 22.2 7.5 14.7 5 : 18,461.4 17,475.9 956.9 28.6 239.7 25.7 214.1 6 : 3,583.7 3,416.6 166.2 0.9 6.8 3.2 3.6 7 : 28,289.4 27,633.6 257.8 2.8 255.1 8 : 3,080.5 3,060.2 20.2 0.1 727.2 14.4 712.8 9 : 1,687.2 1,686.4 10 : 253.0 252.3 0.6 0.1 18.7 1.4 17.2 : US 2/ : 69,334.6 66,824.5 2,187.4 322.7 1,664.7 75.0 1,589.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Aug Species : Aug : Jul : Aug :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.4 98.5 Calves : 98.6 98.6 98.6 98.2 98.4 Hogs : 98.8 99.0 98.9 99.0 99.0 Sheep : 93.6 93.4 93.2 94.6 94.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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