Mt An 1-2 (10-07) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released October 26, 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. Veal Production Sets All Time Record Low Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.86 billion pounds in September, down 2 percent from the 3.95 billion pounds produced in September 2006. Beef production, at 2.09 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.67 million head, down 4 percent from September 2006. The average live weight was up 5 pounds from the previous year, at 1,290 pounds. Veal production totaled 9.4 million pounds, 22 percent below September a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 56,000 head, down 3 percent from September 2006. The average live weight was down 68 pounds from last year, at 283 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.75 billion pounds, down slightly from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.77 million head, down 1 percent from September 2006. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 266 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.6 million pounds, was down 5 percent from September 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 210,600 head, 4 percent below last year. The average live weight was 129 pounds, unchanged from September a year ago. January to September 2007 commercial red meat production was 35.7 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up slightly from last year, veal was down 2 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. September 2006 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. September 2007 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S........................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S...............................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S............................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S.......................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S.......................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S.......................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S...........................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S................8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S......................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S.......................................................11 Reliability Statement......................................................18 Types of Plants............................................................19 Terms and Definitions......................................................20 Information Contacts.......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 07 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Sep : Aug : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,169.9*2,450.6 2,094.9 97 85 19,638.019,685.1 100 Veal : 12.1 10.3 9.4 78 91 107.4 105.7 98 Pork :1,753.7 1,849.9 1,746.3 100 94 15,429.015,778.6 102 Lamb & Mutton : 14.3 14.7 13.6 95 92 138.7 135.1 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,949.9*4,325.6 3,864.1 98 89 35,313.035,704.5 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 07 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Sep : Aug : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,140.1 2,421.6 2,066.7 97 85 19,374.219,428.3 100 Veal : 11.8 10.1 9.1 77 90 105.3 103.7 98 Pork :1,737.8 1,833.6 1,731.1 100 94 15,299.315,652.1 102 Lamb & Mutton : 13.5 13.9 12.8 95 92 132.9 129.2 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,903.3 4,279.2 3,819.7 98 89 34,911.735,313.3 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Sep 07 % of: Jan - Sep 2/ : : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Sep : Aug : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,720.9 3,087.9 2,621.2 96 85 24,978.8 25,286.8 101 Other : Thou : 45.6 44.0 43.8 96 99 406.4 395.8 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,766.6 3,131.9 2,665.0 96 85 25,385.2 25,682.5 101 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,287 1,281 1,292 100 101 1,270 1,266 100 Other : Lbs :1,143 1,151 1,137 100 99 1,139 1,141 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,285 1,279 1,290 100 101 1,268 1,264 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 56.5 64.5 54.8 97 85 503.5 563.7 112 Other : Thou : 1.1 0.9 1.1 107 125 9.2 9.4 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 57.6 65.4 56.0 97 86 512.7 573.1 112 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 350 267 281 80 105 349 309 89 Other : Lbs : 400 374 389 97 104 404 388 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 351 268 283 81 106 350 311 89 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,738.1 9,295.6 8,683.4 99 93 76,083.3 78,018.0 103 Other : Thou : 94.6 99.1 90.9 96 92 773.6 757.5 98 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,832.7 *9,394.7 8,774.4 99 93 76,856.9 78,775.5 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 267 264 267 100 101 269 268 100 Other : Lbs : 232 230 233 100 101 231 231 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 266 263 266 100 101 268 268 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 204.9 211.9 196.7 96 93 1,899.9 1,861.4 98 Other : Thou : 14.2 15.5 14.0 98 90 110.2 116.7 106 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 219.1 227.5 210.6 96 93 2,010.1 1,978.0 98 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 131 130 130 99 100 139 138 100 Other : Lbs : 107 108 106 99 99 106 103 97 Comm'l. : Lbs : 129 129 129 99 100 137 136 99 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 52.5 55.5 54.1 103 97 418.1 460.4 110 Other : Thou : 17.8 15.6 17.0 95 108 119.1 139.9 117 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 70.2 71.2 71.1 101 100 537.2 600.3 112 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 60 62 61 102 100 62 61 98 Other : Lbs : 50 47 48 96 101 62 62 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 58 58 58 101 100 62 61 99 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.6 4.6 4.4 121 95 30.9 38.4 124 Other : Thou : 1.2 1.3 1.0 83 78 11.5 12.8 112 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.8 5.9 5.4 112 92 42.4 51.2 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 07 as % of 2/ State : Sep : Aug : Sep :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Sep 2006 : Aug 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.4 2.1 1.9 81 94 AK : 0.1 0.1 AZ : 31.5 35.6 34.8 111 98 AR : 4.4 5.1 5.0 115 99 CA : 129.7 144.8 122.2 94 84 CO : 133.3 167.6 157.7 118 94 DE-MD : 3.3 3.2 2.6 79 81 FL : 5.5 7.3 7.2 130 98 GA : 13.5 14.5 12.8 95 88 HI : 0.9 0.9 0.8 93 87 ID : 19.0 16.4 15.9 84 97 IL : 227.6 263.4 232.0 102 88 IN : 121.0 131.7 117.3 97 89 IA : 546.6 552.5 532.4 97 96 KS : 515.5 589.3 477.5 93 81 KY : 42.2 45.6 44.3 105 97 LA : 0.6 0.6 0.5 84 94 MI : 39.1 46.3 39.1 100 84 MN : 198.8 201.2 186.7 94 93 MS : 21.3 1.3 1.2 6 100 MO : 88.7 124.5 122.0 138 98 MT : 1.0 1.5 1.4 133 91 NE : 597.2 680.1 586.2 98 86 NV : 0.1 0.1 89 N ENG 3/ : 1.2 1.1 1.2 94 103 NJ : 4.3 4.4 3.9 92 89 NM : 0.6 0.5 0.3 45 54 NY : 2.7 3.0 2.7 97 90 NC : 186.7 206.1 183.8 98 89 ND : 2.4 2.3 2.0 83 89 OH : 24.0 25.8 21.7 90 84 OK : 86.8 82.6 81.0 93 98 OR : 4.3 5.2 4.5 105 86 PA : 102.1 111.7 100.9 99 90 SC : 19.7 21.4 19.9 101 93 SD : 77.3 93.6 86.0 111 92 TN : 19.9 19.4 19.3 97 100 TX : 419.0 425.8 369.9 88 87 UT : 43.8 43.9 42.9 98 98 VA : 35.0 38.2 42.0 120 110 WA : 67.8 80.9 72.6 107 90 WV : 0.5 0.5 0.6 121 119 WI : 108.1 122.7 106.7 99 87 WY : 0.5 0.9 0.5 95 51 : US : 3,949.9 *4,325.6 3,864.1 98 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, September 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 : 0.2 0.3 212 257 877 867 AK : 0.1 70 1,213 AZ : 43.0 59,846 1,395 AR : 0.9 1.0 843 1,011 998 1,053 CA : 127.7 118.3 165,024 149,254 1,318 1,283 CO : 151.7 181.0 200,077 239,087 1,320 1,322 DE-MD : 3.6 2.9 4,829 3,726 1,324 1,271 FL : GA : 25.4 23.3 23,307 21,733 920 938 HI : 0.9 0.9 974 977 1,064 1,051 ID : 19.9 25,142 1,284 IL : IN : 3.3 3.3 3,434 3,531 1,051 1,055 IA : KS : 624.0 574.3 798,450 738,949 1,280 1,287 KY : 1.1 1.3 1,051 1,191 973 935 LA : 0.9 0.6 704 475 789 822 MI : 44.3 46.9 60,308 61,990 1,368 1,333 MN : 55.0 54.8 75,997 75,203 1,392 1,381 MS : 0.1 0.1 69 74 814 824 MO : 7.2 6.6 8,590 7,955 1,204 1,208 MT : 1.1 1.6 1,354 1,951 1,210 1,188 NE : 567.8 557.6 756,869 743,584 1,335 1,335 NV : 0.1 0.1 65 102 1,058 1,022 N ENG 2/ : 1.3 1.2 1,312 1,293 1,039 1,050 NJ : 2.3 2.5 2,792 2,920 1,231 1,195 NM : 1.0 0.3 866 293 942 1,025 NY : 2.5 2.4 2,705 2,663 1,131 1,118 NC : 16.7 18.8 19,375 21,226 1,165 1,133 ND : 0.9 0.8 1,049 903 1,157 1,178 OH : 8.8 8.4 10,299 9,728 1,178 1,165 OK : 2.0 1.8 2,204 1,920 1,127 1,055 OR : 2.5 2.8 2,959 3,225 1,221 1,198 PA : 72.6 77.0 88,412 95,264 1,228 1,247 SC : 13.3 13.2 14,547 14,101 1,101 1,074 SD : TN : 1.3 2.1 1,112 1,813 884 876 TX : 545.8 467.1 663,373 583,593 1,219 1,253 UT : 54.0 52.7 70,098 68,442 1,301 1,302 VA : 1.1 1.5 1,105 1,536 1,043 1,043 WA : 81.2 88.9 109,347 117,200 1,354 1,325 WV : 0.7 0.9 684 901 978 974 WI : 130.1 133.5 172,099 172,117 1,337 1,302 WY : 0.5 0.5 600 588 1,182 1,197 : US 3/ : 2,766.6 2,665.0 3,542,417 3,426,441 1,285 1,290 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : 7.2 9.7 1,131 1,205 158 125 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 65 47 318 279 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 60 23 441 397 HI : ID : IL : 3.6 2.5 1,608 1,015 441 412 IN : 0.1 16 126 IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 140 141 485 514 MI : 3.0 2.2 1,306 916 430 424 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.2 66 47 229 291 NJ : 6.6 5.2 2,889 2,169 435 414 NM : NY : 8.6 13.5 1,226 1,254 147 96 NC : 0.1 0.2 47 85 531 467 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 19 26 350 349 OK : 0.1 25 422 OR : PA : 14.8 12.0 5,881 4,925 399 412 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 80 32 569 461 TX : 0.8 0.9 458 465 607 535 UT : VA : 0.1 0.1 21 21 333 334 WA : WV : WI : 10.6 4,871 460 WY : : US 3/ : 57.6 56.0 20,075 15,728 351 283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : 8.5 7.2 3,962 3,258 467 451 AK : 0.1 0.1 24 13 233 266 AZ : 0.3 0.3 71 57 228 214 AR : 13.0 15.0 5,912 6,808 455 455 CA : 205.4 201.5 48,191 47,277 235 235 CO : 1.2 1.0 294 268 253 259 DE-MD : 1.5 1.4 338 336 224 238 FL : 7.8 8.7 1,016 1,060 131 122 GA : 10.9 10.7 2,430 2,460 223 230 HI : 1.8 1.5 425 337 233 220 ID : 11.8 12.6 2,941 3,128 249 250 IL : 795.0 829.4 219,231 227,589 276 275 IN : 603.5 587.8 157,699 152,432 261 259 IA : 2,496.4 2,441.6 668,204 651,594 268 267 KS : 16.4 6,977 428 KY : 212.1 218.3 55,424 57,775 262 265 LA : 1.2 1.0 245 197 200 194 MI : 10.4 9.4 3,816 3,303 367 353 MN : 797.8 741.9 209,278 193,767 263 262 MS : MO : 572.9 155,916 272 MT : 1.1 1.2 274 281 245 244 NE : 624.5 611.1 166,925 163,079 268 267 NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.0 1.7 420 353 213 206 NJ : 8.6 8.6 914 852 107 99 NM : 0.3 0.1 84 32 250 244 NY : 2.9 2.8 558 496 192 176 NC : 945.3 901.6 235,031 229,359 249 255 ND : 11.3 9.0 2,775 2,287 245 255 OH : 93.1 83.8 25,075 22,397 270 268 OK : 418.5 392.6 112,802 105,562 270 269 OR : 15.3 15.0 3,471 3,539 229 235 PA : 242.2 225.9 61,789 57,194 255 254 SC : SD : 362.1 413.9 93,618 105,217 259 254 TN : 60.5 57.9 28,827 27,108 477 469 TX : 33.6 35.0 8,488 9,098 253 260 UT : 4.5 5.3 959 958 212 182 VA : 177.4 211.0 45,527 54,477 257 258 WA : 2.2 2.1 423 426 193 207 WV : 0.9 0.9 210 223 240 249 WI : 43.9 43.1 18,863 18,390 437 433 WY : 0.5 0.4 137 122 265 285 : US 3/ : 8,832.7 8,774.4 2,348,584 2,334,741 266 266 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.2 18 102 AR : 0.1 0.1 12 7 108 103 CA : CO : 82.1 74.6 11,635 10,620 142 142 DE-MD : 3.2 2.8 317 281 100 101 FL : 0.2 0.3 13 22 66 69 GA : 0.3 0.5 34 75 104 137 HI : ID : 0.6 0.5 79 70 130 128 IL : 13.2 1,599 121 IN : 2.4 2.2 258 240 108 108 IA : 37.2 32.9 5,310 4,628 143 141 KS : 0.3 0.3 38 33 109 110 KY : 0.8 1.1 103 134 122 125 LA : 0.1 0.3 9 28 74 81 MI : 14.8 17.1 1,913 2,172 129 127 MN : 0.3 0.2 30 26 116 122 MS : MO : 0.6 0.5 71 57 119 104 MT : 0.5 0.4 49 46 108 122 NE : 0.1 18 129 NV : 0.1 0.1 10 16 128 124 N ENG 2/ : 2.9 2.4 255 240 89 99 NJ : 10.6 11.7 836 979 79 83 NM : 0.9 0.9 117 128 125 143 NY : 2.9 3.0 249 269 86 88 NC : 0.8 0.9 63 74 83 82 ND : 0.1 0.1 10 8 123 119 OH : 1.4 1.4 150 144 106 105 OK : 0.1 10 108 OR : 2.0 2.1 270 284 134 133 PA : 4.3 4.7 413 469 95 99 SC : SD : 1.2 0.7 142 78 115 104 TN : 1.2 1.3 81 94 70 72 TX : 2.6 2.4 260 199 101 82 UT : 2.6 2.6 359 350 136 137 VA : 1.2 1.1 118 107 96 98 WA : 0.2 1.0 28 138 137 142 WV : 0.1 0.1 8 7 110 101 WI : 1.2 1.4 160 181 129 125 WY : 0.2 0.1 25 16 142 135 : US 3/ : 219.1 210.6 28,320 27,045 129 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Sep 1/ : : : :Jan - Sep 1/ Item : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------: Sep : Aug : Sep :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,461 1,646 1,360 13,416 13,187 53.7 53.3 51.9 53.7 52.1 Heifers : 767 924 782 7,337 7,565 28.2 29.9 29.8 29.4 29.9 All Cows : 448 465 432 3,845 4,124 16.5 15.1 16.5 15.4 16.3 Dairy Cows : 206 212 200 1,705 1,830 7.6 6.9 7.6 6.8 7.2 Other Cows : 242 254 232 2,140 2,293 8.9 8.2 8.8 8.6 9.1 Bulls : 45 52 48 381 412 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,721 3,088 2,621 24,979 25,287 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 57 65 55 504 564 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,434 8,960 8,390 73,455 75,215 96.5 96.4 96.6 96.5 96.4 Sows : 267 293 257 2,397 2,444 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1 Boars : 37 42 36 232 359 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :8,738 9,296 8,683 76,083 78,018 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 10 10 9 87 84 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.5 Lambs & Yrlngs : 195 202 188 1,812 1,777 95.2 95.2 95.4 95.4 95.5 : Total 1/ : 205 212 197 1,900 1,861 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 789 787 791 778 771 Steers 3/ : 848 845 853 828 822 Heifers 3/ : 773 766 780 759 755 All Cows 3/ : 609 608 606 625 620 Bulls 3/ : 903 890 871 922 902 : Calves & Vealers: 211 159 168 211 185 : Hogs : 199 197 200 201 201 Barrow Gilts4/ : 196 194 196 198 197 Sows 4/ : 307 306 306 310 308 Boars 4/ : 222 213 210 229 213 : Sheep : 66 66 65 70 69 Mature Sheep5/ : 66 68 68 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 66 66 65 70 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, September 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 2 : 4.7 1.7 0.3 2.4 2.0 0.3 0.4 18.7 3 : 79.5 35.7 5.0 35.8 28.1 7.7 2.9 12.2 4 : 68.7 1.0 0.3 57.7 9.9 47.9 9.7 5 : 304.9 134.0 34.7 128.6 72.4 56.2 7.6 12.4 6 : 466.4 249.5 150.0 57.0 11.7 45.3 9.9 0.7 7 : 1,181.9 679.2 444.4 49.6 0.8 48.8 8.7 8 : 242.3 122.6 105.8 9 : 161.5 80.8 11.0 66.4 59.2 7.2 3.3 9.5 10 : 110.3 54.7 30.7 21.9 10.8 11.1 2.9 : US 2/ : 2,621.2 1,359.8 782.4 431.5 199.6 231.9 47.5 54.8 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.3 1.3 2 : 11.1 10.9 0.1 0.1 13.9 1.3 12.5 3 : 436.8 423.4 1.0 12.4 8.4 0.4 8.0 4 : 1,259.4 1,182.1 76.2 1.1 3.8 1.0 2.8 5 : 2,255.5 2,151.1 101.2 3.2 30.9 3.3 27.6 6 : 434.3 410.3 23.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.5 7 : 3,634.2 3,560.7 33.3 0.4 33.0 8 : 426.2 425.9 0.3 77.1 1.3 75.7 9 : 196.4 196.4 10 : 28.3 28.2 0.1 2.8 0.2 2.6 : US 2/ : 8,683.4 8,390.2 256.9 36.3 196.7 9.1 187.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, January - September 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 7.9 3.8 1.2 1.1 2 : 40.5 14.7 2.5 20.6 18.4 2.3 2.7 177.1 3 : 731.2 339.5 61.6 307.3 243.0 64.3 22.8 133.0 4 : 625.2 9.6 3.0 534.4 103.3 431.1 78.2 5 : 2,927.1 1,333.1 338.8 1,186.2 635.6 550.6 69.0 138.7 6 : 4,536.7 2,389.7 1,483.0 574.8 125.6 449.2 89.2 11.7 7 :11,682.0 6,681.9 4,394.7 530.8 11.2 519.6 74.5 0.3 8 : 2,170.2 1,116.1 907.2 9 : 1,579.2 800.9 98.8 645.7 550.4 95.3 33.8 90.3 10 : 986.8 497.3 274.2 192.6 98.4 94.2 22.7 : US 2/ :25,286.8 13,186.6 7,565.0 4,123.5 1,830.2 2,293.3 411.6 563.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 10.1 9.9 0.1 0.1 2 : 100.4 98.1 1.3 1.0 113.3 11.5 101.8 3 : 3,862.5 3,736.7 9.8 116.0 73.1 3.7 69.4 4 : 11,714.9 11,072.4 628.9 13.6 26.0 8.5 17.5 5 : 20,716.9 19,627.0 1,058.1 31.8 270.7 28.9 241.7 6 : 4,018.0 3,826.8 189.8 1.3 8.0 3.8 4.1 7 : 31,923.6 31,194.3 291.1 3.1 288.0 8 : 3,506.7 3,486.1 20.5 0.1 804.3 15.8 788.5 9 : 1,883.6 1,882.8 10 : 281.3 280.5 0.7 0.1 21.4 1.6 19.8 : US 2/ : 78,018.0 75,214.6 2,444.3 359.1 1,861.4 84.1 1,777.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Sep Species : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.4 98.6 98.4 98.4 98.5 Calves : 98.1 98.6 98.0 98.2 98.4 Hogs : 98.9 98.9 99.0 99.0 99.0 Sheep : 93.5 93.2 93.4 94.5 94.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Livestock Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for the commercial livestock slaughter estimates are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State- administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. More than 95 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection. There are nearly 800 livestock slaughter plants in the U.S. operating under Federal Inspection and over 2,000 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State-inspected Talmedge- Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Types of Plants, page 20). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each March which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in March. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. An edit compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the edit provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the U.S. head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and Statistics and are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, these data are still included in US and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. Types of Livestock Slaughter Plants There are generally four types of slaughtering plants. (1) Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any State whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. (2) Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. (3) Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual State standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. (4) Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. Dressed Weight: The weight of a chilled animal carcass. Beef with kidney knob in; veal with hide off; lamb and mutton with pluck out; pork with leaf fat and kidneys out, jowls on and head off. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live animal on hoof. For example, a live hog that weighed 200 pounds on hoof and yielded a carcass weighing 140 pounds would have a dressing percentage of 70. Food and Meat Inspection: Includes examination, checking, or testing of a carcass and/or meat against established government standards and involves checking the facility for cleanliness, health of animals, or parts of animals and quality of the meat produced. Live Weight: The gross weight of a live animal when received at the slaughter plant. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered. Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight after slaughter. 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