Mt An 1-2 (11-07) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 23, 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 All Time Record High Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.61 billion pounds in October, up 10 percent from the 4.20 billion pounds produced in October 2006. Beef production, at 2.44 billion pounds, was 9 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 3.10 million head, up 8 percent from October 2006. The average live weight was up 9 pounds from the previous year, at 1,300 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.1 million pounds, 16 percent below October a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 65,200 head, up 3 percent from October 2006. The average live weight was down 59 pounds from last year, at 288 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.14 billion pounds, up 11 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 10.7 million head, up 11 percent from October 2006. The average live weight was up 1 pound from the previous year, at 270 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 16.4 million pounds, was up 5 percent from October 2006. Sheep slaughter totaled 248,000 head, 5 percent above last year. The average live weight was 132 pounds, up 1 pound from October a year ago. January to October 2007 commercial red meat production was 40.3 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2006. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was down 3 percent, pork was up 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 2 percent. October 2006 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. October 2007 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S.........................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S................................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S.............................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S........................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S........................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S........................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S............................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S.................8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S.......................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S........................................................11 Reliability Statement.......................................................18 Types of Plants.............................................................19 Terms and Definitions.......................................................20 Information Contacts........................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Oct 07 % of : Jan - Oct 2/ : Oct : Sep : Oct :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Oct : Sep : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,236.4 2,094.9 2,441.4 109 117 21,875.222,126.5 101 Veal : 13.2 9.4 11.1 84 118 120.6 116.8 97 Pork :1,932.0 1,746.3 2,144.7 111 123 17,361.017,923.3 103 Lamb & Mutton : 15.7 13.6 16.4 105 121 154.3 151.5 98 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,197.2 3,864.1 4,613.5 110 119 39,511.140,318.1 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Oct 07 % of : Jan - Oct 2/ : Oct : Sep : Oct :-------------------------------------- Type : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Oct : Sep : : :07 as % : : : : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,200.4 2,066.7 2,406.8 109 116 21,574.621,835.1 101 Veal : 12.9 9.1 10.7 83 118 118.2 114.4 97 Pork :1,916.4 1,731.1 2,127.8 111 123 17,215.717,779.9 103 Lamb & Mutton : 14.9 *12.9 15.5 104 121 147.8 144.7 98 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,144.7 3,819.7 4,560.9 110 119 39,056.439,874.2 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding. Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Oct 07 % of: Jan - Oct 2/ : : Oct : Sep : Oct :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Oct : Sep : : : 07 % : : : : :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :of 06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,802.6 2,621.2 3,045.2 109 116 27,781.4 28,332.0 102 Other : Thou : 55.5 43.8 54.3 98 124 461.9 450.1 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,858.1 2,665.0 3,099.6 108 116 28,243.3 28,782.1 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,294 1,292 1,303 101 101 1,273 1,270 100 Other : Lbs :1,143 1,137 1,131 99 99 1,140 1,140 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,291 1,290 1,300 101 101 1,271 1,268 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 62.3 54.8 63.7 102 116 565.8 627.4 111 Other : Thou : 1.2 1.1 1.5 119 129 10.5 10.9 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 63.6 56.0 65.2 103 116 576.3 638.3 111 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 346 281 285 83 101 348 307 88 Other : Lbs : 416 389 401 97 103 406 389 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 347 283 288 83 101 349 308 88 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,541.2 8,683.410,555.1 111 122 85,624.5 88,573.1 103 Other : Thou : 90.8 90.9 99.3 109 109 864.4 856.8 99 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,632.0 *8,774.310,654.4 111 121 86,488.9 89,429.9 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 269 267 270 100 101 269 268 100 Other : Lbs : 237 233 237 100 102 232 232 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 269 266 270 100 101 269 268 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 223.1 196.7 232.2 104 118 2,123.0 2,093.6 99 Other : Thou : 14.1 14.0 15.8 112 113 124.3 132.5 107 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 237.3 210.6 248.0 105 118 2,247.3 2,226.1 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 133 130 134 100 103 138 138 100 Other : Lbs : 102 106 109 106 102 105 103 98 Comm'l. : Lbs : 131 129 132 100 103 137 136 99 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 54.7 *54.2 60.7 111 112 472.7 521.3 110 Other : Thou : 15.0 17.0 16.9 112 100 134.1 156.8 117 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 69.7 *71.2 77.6 111 109 606.9 678.1 112 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 61 62 100 100 62 61 99 Other : Lbs : 54 48 47 87 99 61 60 98 Comm'l. : Lbs : 60 58 58 98 100 62 61 98 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.4 4.4 3.7 111 85 34.3 42.1 123 Other : Thou : 1.6 1.0 1.5 94 146 13.0 14.3 110 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 4.9 5.4 5.2 105 96 47.3 56.4 119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Oct 07 as % of 2/ State : Oct : Sep : Oct :----------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : Oct 2006 : Sep 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.6 1.9 2.3 91 120 AK : 0.1 0.1 81 AZ : 30.8 34.8 36.1 117 104 AR : 4.9 5.0 6.0 121 119 CA : 142.5 122.2 145.9 102 119 CO : 152.3 157.7 185.7 122 118 DE-MD : 3.6 2.6 3.5 97 133 FL : 6.0 7.2 8.2 138 115 GA : 15.5 12.8 14.2 91 111 HI : 0.9 0.8 0.9 102 108 ID : 9.4 15.9 18.4 196 116 IL : 252.4 232.0 278.3 110 120 IN : 138.9 117.3 153.4 110 131 IA : 599.0 532.4 651.8 109 122 KS : 500.1 477.5 555.1 111 116 KY : 44.8 44.3 55.3 124 125 LA : 0.9 0.5 0.6 64 112 MI : 43.2 39.1 42.3 98 108 MN : 217.9 186.7 231.0 106 124 MS : 26.5 1.2 1.5 6 121 MO : 102.6 *122.1 144.4 141 118 MT : 2.0 1.4 1.5 75 110 NE : 639.5 586.2 679.7 106 116 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 156 135 N ENG 3/ : 1.4 1.2 1.4 104 123 NJ : 4.8 3.9 4.1 84 104 NM : 0.7 0.3 0.3 38 108 NY : 3.2 2.7 3.4 107 128 NC : 200.6 183.8 229.8 115 125 ND : 2.9 2.0 2.7 92 134 OH : 26.4 21.7 27.3 103 126 OK : 92.8 81.0 94.8 102 117 OR : 4.8 4.5 5.3 110 119 PA : 111.7 100.9 119.6 107 118 SC : 21.9 19.9 23.2 106 116 SD : 83.7 86.0 106.1 127 123 TN : 21.8 19.3 22.5 103 116 TX : 412.1 369.9 452.5 110 122 UT : 46.2 42.9 49.4 107 115 VA : 33.4 42.0 50.3 151 120 WA : 72.4 72.6 77.7 107 107 WV : 0.9 0.6 1.0 110 165 WI : 118.6 106.7 125.3 106 118 WY : 0.3 0.5 0.3 98 60 : US : 4,197.2 3,864.1 4,613.5 110 119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, October 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.5 0.5 395 434 838 857 AK : 0.1 0.1 116 105 1,093 1,131 AZ : 45.2 63,752 1,416 AR : 1.1 1.0 1,027 1,088 969 1,049 CA : 138.9 138.3 180,746 175,607 1,333 1,291 CO : 173.2 211.0 230,534 282,824 1,332 1,342 DE-MD : 3.9 3.8 5,161 4,990 1,309 1,300 FL : GA : 29.2 25.9 26,533 24,133 915 935 HI : 0.9 1.0 948 1,065 1,063 1,019 ID : 24.1 29,371 1,237 IL : IN : 3.7 4.8 3,877 5,020 1,053 1,053 IA : KS : 603.6 662.8 776,691 861,494 1,287 1,300 KY : 1.6 1.8 1,482 1,621 940 898 LA : 1.1 0.6 950 468 847 774 MI : 49.7 52.1 67,527 67,295 1,364 1,303 MN : 65.6 69.3 89,562 94,620 1,377 1,373 MS : 0.1 0.1 47 73 564 814 MO : 8.4 8.7 10,029 10,358 1,207 1,193 MT : 2.5 1.9 2,899 2,181 1,160 1,149 NE : 596.4 634.3 800,807 859,987 1,345 1,357 NV : 0.1 0.1 88 149 1,039 1,036 N ENG 2/ : 1.5 1.6 1,469 1,612 1,013 1,039 NJ : 2.4 2.9 2,908 3,478 1,226 1,204 NM : 1.3 0.3 1,212 267 959 980 NY : 2.9 3.1 3,186 3,387 1,114 1,125 NC : 18.8 20.4 21,832 22,959 1,164 1,129 ND : 1.3 1.2 1,545 1,453 1,171 1,181 OH : 10.4 10.6 12,118 12,391 1,175 1,168 OK : 2.5 1.4 2,859 1,590 1,138 1,102 OR : 2.7 3.1 3,204 3,589 1,223 1,174 PA : 78.8 89.5 96,380 111,101 1,232 1,251 SC : 13.6 14.5 15,176 15,434 1,126 1,072 SD : TN : 1.5 2.7 1,363 2,271 907 858 TX : 540.2 575.6 658,530 719,728 1,223 1,254 UT : 57.2 60.3 74,228 78,935 1,299 1,311 VA : 1.2 1.5 1,088 1,496 941 1,020 WA : 88.3 95.3 117,435 126,117 1,336 1,330 WV : 1.4 1.7 1,425 1,652 1,031 988 WI : 143.8 154.8 191,280 202,427 1,346 1,320 WY : 0.3 0.3 397 379 1,224 1,174 : US 3/ : 2,858.1 3,099.6 3,676,944 4,015,128 1,291 1,300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 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 : 7.9 9.6 1,175 1,259 149 131 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 70 52 333 293 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 53 28 422 384 HI : ID : IL : 4.0 3.1 1,767 1,270 438 416 IN : 0.3 36 129 IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.4 165 185 497 501 MI : 3.1 2.3 1,334 942 431 420 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.1 66 41 203 281 NJ : 8.3 4.5 3,652 1,809 441 402 NM : 0.1 16 245 NY : 10.1 16.9 1,504 1,722 153 106 NC : 0.1 0.2 46 99 443 452 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 31 35 351 350 OK : 0.1 27 496 OR : PA : 16.0 14.6 6,413 5,950 402 407 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 60 38 502 422 TX : 0.9 1.6 563 761 609 492 UT : VA : 0.1 0.1 23 21 316 335 WA : WV : WI : 10.6 4,753 451 WY : : US 3/ : 63.6 65.2 21,900 18,559 347 288 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 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 : 8.9 8.7 4,100 3,798 461 438 AK : 0.1 19 235 AZ : 0.2 0.3 43 52 177 206 AR : 14.6 18.1 6,652 8,189 455 453 CA : 223.0 239.9 53,065 58,122 238 243 CO : 1.1 1.0 274 248 260 260 DE-MD : 1.7 1.8 418 452 241 248 FL : 8.8 8.7 1,165 1,173 133 136 GA : 13.5 12.9 3,044 2,947 225 229 HI : 1.8 1.6 429 359 234 221 ID : 13.9 14.5 3,528 3,706 254 257 IL : 893.0 1,006.2 249,090 280,476 279 279 IN : 681.7 759.1 180,936 199,179 266 263 IA : 2,725.0 2,965.7 736,627 802,817 271 271 KS : 19.2 8,452 441 KY : 221.7 269.0 58,833 72,188 266 269 LA : 1.6 1.6 285 279 180 178 MI : 10.2 10.6 3,771 3,871 371 367 MN : 858.8 910.5 226,220 240,130 264 264 MS : MO : 669.0 184,023 275 MT : 1.7 1.2 411 289 246 246 NE : 699.8 724.3 189,719 195,662 271 270 NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.2 1.9 496 422 225 227 NJ : 9.1 9.7 932 893 102 92 NM : 0.2 0.1 53 27 252 277 NY : 2.9 3.1 584 580 198 188 NC : 1,004.6 1,121.3 253,105 289,594 252 259 ND : 12.7 11.0 3,088 2,797 244 254 OH : 100.6 104.0 27,066 28,131 269 271 OK : 440.6 459.5 120,222 124,329 273 271 OR : 17.6 17.9 4,096 4,408 234 247 PA : 264.9 272.1 67,869 69,505 257 256 SC : SD : 384.2 506.4 99,587 129,362 259 256 TN : 66.7 66.8 31,552 31,305 474 469 TX : 30.5 42.0 7,445 10,675 244 254 UT : 4.4 6.4 896 1,148 206 179 VA : 166.7 248.7 43,391 65,575 260 264 WA : 2.1 2.4 460 491 219 205 WV : 0.9 1.0 238 265 269 258 WI : 46.1 48.8 20,004 21,539 441 448 WY : 0.2 0.2 52 55 252 265 : US 3/ : 9,632.0 10,654.4 2,589,179 2,870,108 269 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter: By State and United States, October 2006 and 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.1 12 90 AR : 0.1 7 97 CA : CO : 93.4 93.5 13,427 13,629 144 146 DE-MD : 3.4 3.1 349 314 101 100 FL : 0.2 0.2 11 17 58 76 GA : 0.4 0.4 45 47 101 116 HI : ID : 0.5 0.4 56 56 123 126 IL : 11.3 1,358 120 IN : 2.3 2.6 255 280 110 109 IA : 40.3 38.2 5,946 5,494 148 144 KS : 0.3 0.3 37 39 115 113 KY : 1.0 1.0 116 130 119 126 LA : 0.2 0.3 14 24 82 74 MI : 16.1 18.3 2,084 2,333 130 128 MN : 0.4 0.3 45 40 115 120 MS : MO : 0.5 0.6 61 61 113 105 MT : 0.6 0.4 50 46 81 111 NE : 0.2 19 125 NV : 0.1 0.1 9 6 116 121 N ENG 2/ : 3.2 3.4 277 313 87 92 NJ : 11.0 11.8 877 987 80 84 NM : 0.9 1.4 115 183 122 135 NY : 2.9 3.2 242 267 85 83 NC : 0.8 0.8 61 63 79 80 ND : 0.1 0.1 8 7 106 111 OH : 1.2 1.5 131 158 107 105 OK : 0.1 0.1 10 10 101 83 OR : 2.0 2.4 276 307 136 129 PA : 4.8 5.0 457 478 94 96 SC : SD : 1.0 1.3 110 173 113 133 TN : 1.3 1.3 92 102 73 76 TX : 2.6 3.9 213 428 82 109 UT : 3.1 3.2 400 422 131 133 VA : 1.0 1.6 97 161 97 102 WA : 0.3 0.9 39 120 132 139 WV : 0.1 5 84 WI : 1.6 1.5 212 192 129 126 WY : 0.1 0.1 8 15 133 170 : US 3/ : 237.3 248.0 31,139 32,710 131 132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Oct 1/ : : : :Jan - Oct 1/ Item : Oct : Sep : Oct :-------------: Oct : Sep : Oct :------------ : 2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 :2006 :2007 :2007 : 2006 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,418 1,360 1,481 14,833 14,667 50.6 51.9 48.6 53.4 51.8 Heifers : 838 782 969 8,175 8,534 29.9 29.8 31.8 29.4 30.1 All Cows : 499 432 541 4,344 4,665 17.8 16.5 17.8 15.6 16.5 Dairy Cows : 218 200 245 1,923 2,075 7.8 7.6 8.0 6.9 7.3 Other Cows : 281 232 297 2,421 2,590 10.0 8.8 9.7 8.7 9.1 Bulls : 47 48 54 428 466 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,803 2,621 3,045 27,781 28,332 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 62 55 64 566 627 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :9,221 8,39010,203 82,675 85,417 96.6 96.6 96.7 96.6 96.4 Sows : 282 257 311 2,678 2,755 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 Boars : 39 36 41 271 401 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 : Total 1/ :9,541 8,68310,555 85,625 88,573 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 9 11 98 95 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.5 Lambs & Yrlngs : 212 188 221 2,025 1,999 95.1 95.4 95.3 95.4 95.5 : Total 1/ : 223 197 232 2,123 2,094 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 788 791 793 779 773 Steers 3/ : 848 853 858 830 826 Heifers 3/ : 784 780 792 762 759 All Cows 3/ : 611 606 607 624 619 Bulls 3/ : 890 871 865 918 898 : Calves & Vealers: 208 168 170 210 184 : Hogs : 201 200 202 201 201 Barrow Gilts4/ : 198 196 199 198 197 Sows 4/ : 306 306 306 309 308 Boars 4/ : 227 210 215 229 213 : Sheep : 67 65 67 70 69 Mature Sheep5/ : 65 68 67 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 67 65 67 70 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 2 : 5.8 2.2 0.4 2.8 2.3 0.5 0.4 21.3 3 : 92.2 37.6 5.1 46.0 36.2 9.8 3.6 14.9 4 : 76.7 1.4 0.5 64.8 10.2 54.6 10.1 5 : 353.1 144.3 43.8 155.6 84.5 71.1 9.4 15.4 6 : 573.6 269.5 209.9 82.7 21.3 61.4 11.5 1.2 7 : 1,354.5 738.9 542.0 63.6 1.2 62.4 10.0 8 : 282.9 138.0 126.6 9 : 183.9 88.9 10.7 80.8 70.9 9.9 3.7 9.4 10 : 121.3 59.2 30.2 28.5 12.1 16.4 3.3 : US 2/ : 3,045.2 1,480.6 969.2 541.1 244.6 296.5 54.3 63.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.4 1.3 2 : 12.4 12.1 0.1 0.1 14.1 1.6 12.5 3 : 521.0 506.0 1.3 13.8 9.4 0.3 9.1 4 : 1,552.3 1,462.0 88.9 1.4 3.6 1.0 2.7 5 : 2,800.1 2,669.3 126.7 4.1 33.6 3.6 30.0 6 : 509.4 480.8 27.1 1.5 1.7 1.0 0.7 7 : 4,369.2 4,282.3 38.7 0.3 38.4 8 : 520.6 520.3 0.3 97.0 1.7 95.3 9 : 235.1 235.0 10 : 33.6 33.5 0.1 3.0 0.2 2.8 : US 2/ :10,555.1 10,202.6 311.0 41.5 232.2 11.0 221.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - October 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 9.1 4.5 1.4 1.3 2 : 46.3 16.9 2.9 23.4 20.7 2.7 3.1 198.5 3 : 823.4 377.1 66.6 353.3 279.2 74.1 26.4 147.9 4 : 702.0 11.1 3.4 599.2 113.5 485.7 88.2 5 : 3,280.2 1,477.4 382.6 1,341.9 720.2 621.7 78.4 154.1 6 : 5,110.3 2,659.1 1,692.8 657.5 146.9 510.6 100.8 13.0 7 :13,036.5 7,420.8 4,936.7 594.5 12.4 582.1 84.6 0.4 8 : 2,453.1 1,254.1 1,033.8 9 : 1,763.1 889.7 109.5 726.5 621.2 105.2 37.4 99.7 10 : 1,108.0 556.5 304.4 221.1 110.5 110.6 26.0 : US 2/ :28,332.0 14,667.2 8,534.2 4,664.7 2,074.8 2,589.9 466.0 627.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 11.5 11.2 0.2 0.1 2 : 112.8 110.3 1.4 1.1 127.4 13.0 114.4 3 : 4,383.6 4,242.7 11.1 129.8 82.6 4.0 78.5 4 : 13,267.2 12,534.3 717.8 15.0 29.6 9.5 20.2 5 : 23,517.0 22,296.3 1,184.8 35.9 304.2 32.5 271.7 6 : 4,527.4 4,307.6 217.0 2.8 9.7 4.8 4.9 7 : 36,292.8 35,476.7 329.8 3.4 326.4 8 : 4,027.3 4,006.4 20.8 0.1 901.3 17.5 883.8 9 : 2,118.7 2,117.8 10 : 314.9 314.0 0.8 0.1 24.4 1.8 22.6 : US 2/ : 88,573.1 85,417.2 2,755.3 400.6 2,093.6 95.1 1,998.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Oct Species : Oct : Sep : Oct :------------------------ : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2006 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.1 98.4 98.2 98.4 98.4 Calves : 98.1 98.0 97.7 98.2 98.3 Hogs : 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.0 99.0 Sheep : 94.0 93.4 93.6 94.5 94.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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