Mt An 1-2 (3-08) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 20, 2008, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Benita Hodge at (515) 284-4340, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Total Red Meat Production Down from Previous Month Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.97 billion pounds in February, up 10 percent from the 3.62 billion pounds produced in February 2007. Beef production, at 2.04 billion pounds, was 4 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.64 million head, up 3 percent from February 2007. The average live weight was up 11 pounds from the previous year, at 1,285 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.0 million pounds, 9 percent below February a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 69,100 head, up 4 percent from February 2007. The average live weight was down 36 pounds from last year, at 272 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.90 billion pounds, up 16 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.38 million head, up 16 percent from February 2007. The average live weight was up 2 pounds from the previous year, at 271 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 15.0 million pounds, was up 4 percent from February 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 211,400 head, 3 percent above last year. The average live weight was 143 pounds, up 3 pounds from February a year ago. January to February 2008 commercial red meat production was 8.38 billion pounds, up 9 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 4 percent from last year, veal was down 16 percent, pork was up 15 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was up 1 percent. February 2007 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. February 2008 contained 21 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 08 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Feb : Jan : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,952.5 2,232.0 2,039.0 104 91 4,118.4 4,271.0 104 Veal : 12.1 11.3 11.0 91 98 26.4 22.3 84 Pork :1,636.3 2,157.8 1,902.6 116 88 3,534.8 4,060.5 115 Lamb & Mutton : 14.4 14.8 15.0 104 102 29.5 29.8 101 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,615.4 4,415.9 3,967.6 110 90 7,709.1 8,383.5 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 08 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Feb : Jan : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,924.2 2,199.4 2,009.7 104 91 4,055.9 4,209.1 104 Veal : 11.9 11.0 10.8 90 98 25.9 21.8 84 Pork :1,623.2 2,143.4 1,888.3 116 88 3,507.5 4,031.7 115 Lamb & Mutton : 13.9 14.2 14.5 104 102 28.4 28.7 101 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,573.2 4,368.0 3,923.3 110 90 7,617.7 8,291.3 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Feb 08 % of: Jan - Feb 2/ : : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Feb : Jan : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,517.6 *2,847.4 2,598.0 103 91 5,265.6 5,445.4 103 Other : Thou : 43.6 51.0 45.2 104 89 95.8 96.2 100 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,561.2 *2,898.4 2,643.2 103 91 5,361.4 5,541.7 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,276 1,294 1,287 101 99 1,284 1,291 100 Other : Lbs :1,152 1,141 1,148 100 101 1,155 1,144 99 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,274 1,291 1,285 101 99 1,282 1,288 100 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 65.6 70.4 67.9 104 96 138.8 138.3 100 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.1 1.2 102 107 2.2 2.3 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 66.7 71.5 69.1 104 97 141.0 140.5 100 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 306 267 270 88 101 315 269 85 Other : Lbs : 403 416 389 97 94 395 402 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 308 269 272 88 101 316 271 86 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,039.8 *10,474.1 9,297.4 116 89 17,321.2 19,771.5 114 Other : Thou : 77.5 83.1 80.7 104 97 161.1 163.8 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,117.3 10,557.1 9,378.1 116 89 17,482.3 19,935.2 114 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 270 273 271 100 99 271 272 101 Other : Lbs : 234 239 245 105 102 234 242 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 269 273 271 100 99 270 272 101 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 194.3 201.6 201.4 104 100 398.5 403.1 101 Other : Thou : 10.4 11.8 9.9 95 84 21.0 21.7 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 204.7 213.4 211.4 103 99 419.5 424.8 101 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 143 141 144 101 102 142 143 101 Other : Lbs : 96 102 108 112 106 102 105 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 140 139 143 102 103 140 141 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 40.8 49.1 44.9 110 91 86.5 94.0 109 Other : Thou : 14.0 12.4 15.1 108 122 26.1 27.5 105 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 54.7 61.5 60.0 110 98 112.6 121.4 108 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 63 63 61 98 98 63 62 99 Other : Lbs : 56 50 67 120 134 60 59 98 Comm'l. : Lbs : 61 60 63 103 105 62 61 99 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 3.3 4.8 4.9 149 102 7.5 9.7 129 Other : Thou : 1.7 1.8 1.5 89 86 3.5 3.3 94 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.0 6.5 6.4 128 98 11.0 13.0 118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 08 as % of 2/ State : Feb : Jan : Feb :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Feb 2007 : Jan 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.2 2.3 2.0 90 84 AK : AZ : 31.1 34.0 35.4 114 104 AR : 4.2 5.5 5.2 122 95 CA : 131.7 148.4 134.4 102 91 CO : 141.5 175.5 171.4 121 98 DE-MD : 3.1 3.4 3.0 94 88 FL : 6.2 8.2 6.7 109 82 GA : 13.3 14.2 12.5 94 88 HI : 0.7 0.9 0.8 109 86 ID : 7.7 16.3 18.2 235 112 IL : 203.4 274.4 245.0 120 89 IN : 114.6 158.6 134.9 118 85 IA : 486.7 655.1 571.6 117 87 KS : 453.0 484.1 406.9 90 84 KY : 38.2 55.0 45.0 118 82 LA : 0.8 0.6 0.6 81 109 MI : 36.8 42.5 41.5 113 98 MN : 188.1 232.4 203.2 108 87 MS : 22.2 1.4 1.3 6 94 MO : 108.8 157.9 141.5 130 90 MT : 1.5 1.4 1.3 87 92 NE : 537.0 618.1 568.0 106 92 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 152 106 N ENG 3/ : 0.8 1.1 0.9 105 77 NJ : 4.3 4.2 3.9 91 93 NM : 0.5 0.4 0.4 82 109 NY : 2.4 3.0 2.5 105 83 NC : 181.0 221.7 212.8 118 96 ND : 2.5 2.7 2.3 92 86 OH : 21.5 26.4 24.6 114 93 OK : 80.5 98.5 89.8 112 91 OR : 4.2 5.1 4.4 106 87 PA : 96.9 113.6 102.0 105 90 SC : 19.5 23.5 21.9 113 93 SD : 70.5 105.8 84.1 119 79 TN : 16.0 20.7 16.8 104 81 TX : 331.9 *403.7 383.1 115 95 UT : 34.2 42.5 43.5 127 102 VA : 34.8 48.9 44.4 128 91 WA : 70.7 76.3 66.0 93 86 WV : 0.4 0.7 0.5 105 71 WI : 109.3 126.5 113.0 103 89 WY : 0.6 0.6 0.5 90 92 : US : 3,615.4 4,415.9 3,967.6 110 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, February 2007 and 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.3 0.5 343 439 1,086 937 AK : AZ : 38.5 44.9 53,598 63,151 1,398 1,413 AR : 0.8 0.9 851 964 1,041 1,030 CA : 126.5 128.8 168,380 163,119 1,356 1,288 CO : 165.3 201.8 215,134 262,218 1,302 1,300 DE-MD : 3.4 3.2 4,572 4,226 1,341 1,315 FL : GA : 25.2 23,132 926 HI : 0.8 0.8 867 943 1,094 1,131 ID : 8.1 23.3 10,682 29,032 1,341 1,272 IL : IN : 2.6 3.0 2,755 3,199 1,048 1,052 IA : KS : 576.7 500.7 713,198 630,132 1,237 1,259 KY : 1.5 1.6 1,400 1,510 943 951 LA : 0.7 0.5 669 438 944 819 MI : 42.2 47.2 57,972 65,581 1,381 1,396 MN : 61.9 63.4 86,226 90,513 1,403 1,439 MS : 0.1 0.1 140 85 1,015 880 MO : 6.9 7.6 8,352 9,082 1,228 1,203 MT : 1.8 1.6 2,162 1,927 1,205 1,204 NE : 529.6 540.9 698,733 719,116 1,322 1,332 NV : 0.1 0.1 85 148 1,052 1,124 N ENG 2/ : 0.9 0.9 957 1,041 1,074 1,113 NJ : 2.0 2.5 2,524 3,003 1,246 1,225 NM : 0.9 0.5 810 497 983 1,073 NY : 1.8 2.0 2,019 2,424 1,139 1,212 NC : 15.4 17.9 18,201 20,654 1,185 1,160 ND : 0.9 1.2 1,100 1,418 1,207 1,228 OH : 8.3 9.3 9,739 10,959 1,178 1,190 OK : 1.9 2.2 2,059 2,486 1,092 1,118 OR : 2.3 2.7 2,685 3,135 1,213 1,228 PA : 69.3 73.6 86,714 93,535 1,259 1,281 SC : 11.9 12.9 13,797 14,353 1,166 1,121 SD : TN : 1.8 2.3 1,640 2,033 929 920 TX : 451.5 499.1 534,437 611,638 1,187 1,229 UT : 43.0 54.6 55,482 70,022 1,294 1,285 VA : 1.2 1.1 1,332 1,111 1,068 1,057 WA : 86.2 83.3 114,550 107,576 1,333 1,298 WV : 0.6 0.7 624 701 1,099 1,018 WI : 131.1 132.4 177,530 178,317 1,369 1,362 WY : 0.7 0.6 800 709 1,202 1,219 : US 3/ : 2,561.2 2,643.2 3,249,960 3,383,319 1,274 1,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2007 and 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : CA : 9.7 15.6 1,297 1,769 134 115 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 53 43 336 268 FL : 0.1 20 390 GA : 0.1 0.1 43 40 402 450 HI : ID : IL : 3.7 2.6 1,560 1,092 427 428 IN : IA : 0.1 22 331 KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 180 147 525 506 MI : 2.0 1.6 868 630 425 399 MN : MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.1 0.2 27 67 245 333 NJ : 7.6 5.5 3,333 2,289 440 413 NM : 1.5 0.7 133 63 87 87 NY : 13.0 14.2 1,553 1,406 123 103 NC : 0.1 0.1 52 57 546 486 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 23 27 350 350 OK : OR : PA : 15.0 13.9 5,618 5,558 376 401 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 48 31 455 397 TX : 1.7 1.8 1,067 883 613 492 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 66.7 69.1 20,375 18,577 308 272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2007 and 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 7.5 6.9 3,433 3,020 457 437 AK : 0.1 0.1 14 16 225 252 AZ : 0.2 0.1 34 27 187 229 AR : 12.7 15.3 5,722 7,078 453 462 CA : 204.1 208.9 48,164 51,048 236 245 CO : 0.8 0.7 189 177 245 245 DE-MD : 1.4 1.5 384 403 272 268 FL : 6.7 7.5 1,055 1,009 159 136 GA : 11.3 9.9 2,408 2,237 214 225 HI : 1.5 1.5 338 339 219 225 ID : 12.0 13.0 3,038 3,373 254 261 IL : 711.7 890.9 198,613 248,591 279 279 IN : 564.5 660.1 148,746 174,902 264 265 IA : 2,198.4 2,606.6 594,082 703,378 270 270 KS : 14.1 6,341 451 KY : 186.9 49,582 266 LA : 1.6 1.5 340 354 211 229 MI : 8.9 9.2 3,375 3,620 383 393 MN : 714.4 789.7 187,882 205,844 263 261 MS : 5.8 1,785 306 MO : 499.9 652.8 137,667 180,128 276 276 MT : 1.1 1.0 245 240 225 243 NE : 552.6 645.2 149,139 173,193 270 269 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.1 229 235 212 217 NJ : 9.7 8.0 976 804 101 100 NM : 0.1 0.1 23 33 319 258 NY : 2.0 2.0 354 371 182 188 NC : 882.2 1,016.7 227,823 267,550 259 264 ND : 11.0 8.4 2,768 2,181 251 259 OH : 80.9 91.9 22,097 25,290 274 276 OK : 380.7 417.4 104,744 116,502 275 279 OR : 16.0 13.9 3,699 3,590 232 260 PA : 225.1 231.8 56,498 59,100 252 255 SC : SD : 321.0 386.4 83,753 98,838 261 256 TN : 47.4 48.9 22,407 23,268 473 476 TX : 33.9 36.7 8,133 9,677 240 264 UT : 3.2 3.3 570 593 178 181 VA : 173.3 218.1 45,176 57,495 261 264 WA : 1.9 2.3 398 418 206 184 WV : 0.5 0.5 139 158 291 307 WI : 39.5 46.3 17,486 20,565 451 450 WY : 0.4 0.4 106 101 266 274 : US 3/ : 8,117.3 9,378.1 2,183,764 2,534,773 269 271 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2007 and 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.1 8 104 AR : CA : CO : 87.7 90.2 13,473 14,014 154 156 DE-MD : 2.2 2.4 220 243 101 102 FL : 0.2 0.1 9 6 56 59 GA : 0.3 0.3 41 26 120 94 HI : ID : 0.3 0.3 34 35 123 126 IL : IN : 1.3 1.7 146 187 112 112 IA : 32.7 32.7 5,001 5,117 153 157 KS : 0.2 0.1 19 13 108 107 KY : 0.7 0.7 85 94 126 126 LA : 0.3 0.3 35 31 101 90 MI : 12.6 15.9 1,684 2,159 135 136 MN : 0.2 0.9 22 118 118 132 MS : MO : 0.3 0.3 38 36 121 117 MT : 0.3 0.2 31 25 111 113 NE : 0.1 16 143 NV : 0.1 6 127 N ENG 2/ : 1.8 1.3 194 141 111 108 NJ : 7.1 8.4 575 717 80 85 NM : 0.9 1.4 117 201 131 143 NY : 2.6 2.1 209 175 80 82 NC : 0.4 0.5 31 46 85 84 ND : OH : 0.7 0.7 77 77 111 106 OK : 0.1 6 101 OR : 1.5 2.0 196 283 131 139 PA : 3.0 3.5 285 356 96 101 SC : SD : 1.0 0.2 137 17 131 114 TN : 0.9 0.9 71 73 79 78 TX : 2.9 2.8 179 292 61 105 UT : 2.6 2.6 358 366 137 140 VA : 0.8 0.9 76 92 100 99 WA : 0.4 0.6 59 79 145 139 WV : WI : 0.5 0.8 70 102 136 134 WY : 0.1 0.1 15 15 150 145 : US 3/ : 204.7 211.4 28,708 30,111 140 143 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Feb 1/ : : : :Jan - Feb 1/ Item : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------: Feb : Jan : Feb :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,236 1,391 1,274 2,621 2,665 49.1 48.8 49.1 49.8 48.9 Heifers : 803 867 818 1,622 1,685 31.9 30.5 31.5 30.8 31.0 All Cows : 444 545 465 946 1,010 17.6 19.1 17.9 18.0 18.5 Dairy Cows : 202 236 214 430 450 8.0 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.3 Other Cows : 242 309 251 517 560 9.6 10.9 9.7 9.8 10.3 Bulls : 35 45 40 77 85 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,518 *2,847 2,598 5,266 5,445 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 66 70 68 139 138 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :7,757 10,128 8,992 16,712 19,119 96.5 96.7 96.7 96.5 96.7 Sows : 248 304 270 533 574 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 Boars : 35 42 35 76 78 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,040 10,474 9,297 17,321 19,771 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 8 9 8 17 18 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.3 Lambs & Yrlngs : 187 193 193 382 386 96.0 95.5 95.8 95.8 95.7 : Total 1/ : 194 202 201 399 403 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 767 775 776 773 776 Steers 3/ : 816 832 827 824 830 Heifers 3/ : 760 773 773 766 773 All Cows 3/ : 631 624 631 631 627 Bulls 3/ : 905 878 885 907 882 : Calves & Vealers: 183 159 160 188 159 : Hogs : 202 205 203 203 204 Barrow Gilts4/ : 199 202 200 199 201 Sows 4/ : 307 306 308 308 307 Boars 4/ : 206 213 212 211 212 : Sheep : 72 70 72 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 66 67 67 65 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 72 71 72 72 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data. 2/ Species totals and classification reported by food 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, February 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 2 : 4.4 1.6 0.3 2.2 1.8 0.4 0.3 19.7 3 : 75.6 30.3 9.6 34.2 27.2 7.0 1.5 14.1 4 : 65.3 1.4 0.4 55.0 12.7 42.4 8.5 0.3 5 : 309.6 136.7 40.3 126.0 67.0 59.0 6.6 14.3 6 : 498.4 264.6 153.1 70.3 16.2 54.1 10.4 2.3 7 : 1,092.4 576.6 448.2 61.0 1.6 59.3 6.6 8 : 269.6 133.9 116.7 9 : 174.0 88.2 11.6 72.2 66.5 5.7 2.0 15.4 10 : 107.9 40.8 37.9 26.6 14.7 11.9 2.7 : US 2/ : 2,598.0 1,274.3 818.3 465.1 214.3 250.8 40.3 67.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.1 1.2 2 : 9.8 9.6 0.1 0.1 9.9 1.0 8.9 3 : 449.9 436.8 2.3 10.8 6.7 0.2 6.5 4 : 1,372.6 1,304.5 66.4 1.8 2.5 0.8 1.8 5 : 2,456.1 2,338.5 114.4 3.2 27.9 2.7 25.2 6 : 460.9 436.5 23.1 1.2 7 : 3,918.6 3,837.0 63.2 18.3 33.0 0.2 32.7 8 : 396.6 396.0 0.6 92.4 1.6 90.7 9 : 203.9 203.9 10 : 28.1 28.0 0.1 2.1 0.1 2.0 : US 2/ : 9,297.4 8,991.6 270.3 35.5 201.4 8.4 193.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ 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 - February 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 2 : 9.1 3.4 0.6 4.4 3.8 0.7 0.7 43.7 3 : 162.5 66.3 17.5 75.2 59.7 15.6 3.5 28.4 4 : 140.2 2.9 0.9 118.8 26.1 92.8 17.6 0.6 5 : 649.5 271.4 82.6 281.7 145.4 136.2 13.8 28.7 6 : 1,023.4 531.1 315.7 154.5 31.3 123.2 22.1 3.6 7 : 2,327.7 1,253.7 928.3 132.0 3.3 128.7 13.7 0.1 8 : 545.1 268.8 237.0 9 : 359.6 178.7 23.3 152.8 140.8 12.0 4.8 30.2 10 : 226.7 88.0 79.0 54.1 26.9 27.2 5.6 : US 2/ : 5,445.4 2,664.9 1,685.5 1,009.7 450.0 559.8 85.3 138.3 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.9 1.9 3.2 0.2 3.0 2 : 21.8 21.3 0.3 0.2 20.8 2.0 18.8 3 : 941.7 912.6 4.5 24.5 14.1 0.5 13.6 4 : 2,835.6 2,682.3 149.4 4.0 5.4 1.6 3.7 5 : 5,265.6 5,015.8 242.5 7.4 58.8 5.8 53.0 6 : 965.0 913.4 48.8 2.8 7 : 8,345.7 8,179.3 127.4 39.0 65.2 0.5 64.7 8 : 901.0 900.0 1.0 179.6 3.2 176.4 9 : 432.6 432.4 10 : 60.7 60.4 0.2 4.0 0.3 3.7 : US 2/ : 19,771.5 19,119.3 574.2 78.0 403.1 17.5 385.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Feb Species : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.3 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.3 Calves : 98.3 98.5 98.3 98.4 98.4 Hogs : 99.0 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.2 Sheep : 94.9 94.5 95.3 95.0 94.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Average Live Wight: Excludes post-mortem condemnations 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. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. 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. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Total Live Weight: Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the U.S. must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. 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