Mt An 1-2 (5-08) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released May 23, 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 at Record High for April Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.30 billion pounds in April, up 14 percent from the 3.75 billion pounds produced in April 2007. Beef production, at 2.25 billion pounds, was 12 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.96 million head, up 10 percent from April 2007. The average live weight was up 24 pounds from the previous year, at 1,259 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.9 million pounds, 1 percent above April a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 73,300 head, up 29 percent from April 2007. The average live weight was down 70 pounds from last year, at 278 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.02 billion pounds, up 18 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.99 million head, up 18 percent from April 2007. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 269 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 15.3 million pounds, was up 2 percent from April 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 221,400 head, 2 percent above last year. The average live weight was 138 pounds, unchanged from April a year ago. January to April 2008 commercial red meat production was 16.8 billion pounds, up 8 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 5 percent from last year, veal was down 12 percent, pork was up 13 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 5 percent. April 2007 contained 21 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4 Saturdays. April 2008 contained 22 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S. ......................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S. .............................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S. ..........................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. .....................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. .....................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. .....................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. .........................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S. ..............8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S. ....................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S. .....................................................11 Reliability Statement......................................................18 Types of Plants............................................................19 Terms and Definitions......................................................20 Information Contacts.......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 08 % of : Jan - Apr 2/ : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Apr : Mar : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,015.0*2,100.4 2,254.5 112 107 8,251.7 8,625.8 105 Veal : 11.9 *11.3 11.9 101 105 51.8 45.5 88 Pork :1,711.5 1,962.9 2,015.3 118 103 7,107.3 8,038.7 113 Lamb & Mutton : 15.0 16.0 15.3 102 96 64.1 61.1 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,753.4*4,090.6 4,297.0 114 105 15,475.016,771.1 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 08 % of : Jan - Apr 2/ : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Apr : Mar : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,988.1*2,071.4 2,224.5 112 107 8,132.5 8,505.0 105 Veal : 11.6 *11.1 11.7 101 106 50.8 44.5 88 Pork :1,698.0 1,948.2 2,000.5 118 103 7,052.0 7,980.5 113 Lamb & Mutton : 14.3 15.4 14.6 102 95 61.7 58.7 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,712.0*4,046.1 4,251.3 115 105 15,297.016,588.7 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Apr 08 % of: Jan - Apr 2/ : : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Apr : Mar : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,659.7 *2,683.6 2,913.6 110 109 10,672.7 11,042.7 103 Other : Thou : 41.7 44.4 45.9 110 104 183.1 186.5 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,701.4 *2,728.0 2,959.6 110 108 10,855.9 11,229.2 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,236 1,278 1,261 102 99 1,266 1,280 101 Other : Lbs :1,136 1,154 1,147 101 99 1,149 1,147 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,235 1,276 1,259 102 99 1,264 1,278 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 55.8 *69.9 72.2 129 103 264.3 280.4 106 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.1 1.1 104 99 4.4 4.5 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 56.9 *71.0 73.3 129 103 268.7 284.8 106 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 346 271 276 80 102 323 271 84 Other : Lbs : 419 401 413 99 103 407 405 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 348 273 278 80 102 324 273 84 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,388.8 9,579.4 9,910.5 118 103 34,828.9 39,261.3 113 Other : Thou : 78.1 82.2 84.3 108 102 322.0 330.2 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,466.9 9,661.6 9,994.7 118 103 35,150.9 39,591.5 113 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 270 271 270 100 99 271 271 100 Other : Lbs : 239 247 243 101 98 237 243 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 270 271 269 100 99 270 271 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 202.6 219.4 207.1 102 94 868.3 829.6 96 Other : Thou : 14.0 11.6 14.3 103 124 47.3 47.6 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 216.6 230.9 221.4 102 96 915.6 877.2 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 141 141 141 100 100 142 142 100 Other : Lbs : 104 110 100 97 92 103 105 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 138 139 138 100 99 140 140 100 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 51.8 59.0 52.0 100 88 189.4 205.0 108 Other : Thou : 15.4 15.5 15.9 103 102 56.8 58.8 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 67.2 74.5 67.8 101 91 246.2 263.8 107 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 60 62 62 102 100 61 62 101 Other : Lbs : 70 69 81 116 118 60 68 112 Comm'l. : Lbs : 62 63 66 106 105 61 63 103 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.0 4.9 4.9 123 101 15.8 19.4 123 Other : Thou : 1.5 1.3 1.3 88 101 6.6 5.9 89 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.5 6.1 6.2 114 101 22.4 25.3 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 08 as % of 2/ State : Apr : Mar : Apr :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Apr 2007 : Mar 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.4 2.2 2.4 97 108 AK : AZ : 30.4 33.1 36.8 121 111 AR : 4.1 5.5 4.8 118 89 CA : 136.3 133.0 142.7 105 107 CO : 133.7 *165.9 179.9 135 108 DE-MD : 2.8 2.8 3.0 107 108 FL : 7.1 7.6 8.0 112 105 GA : 13.3 13.0 13.0 98 100 HI : 0.8 0.9 0.9 116 107 ID : 15.5 19.2 18.9 122 99 IL : 218.3 251.3 261.8 120 104 IN : 122.1 136.3 139.6 114 102 IA : 512.3 607.1 611.9 119 101 KS : 500.7 429.3 449.5 90 105 KY : 46.6 49.5 50.0 107 101 LA : 0.7 0.7 0.6 88 87 MI : 35.4 44.9 44.1 125 98 MN : 195.5 208.7 213.0 109 102 MS : 1.1 1.1 1.3 118 115 MO : 119.9 149.6 146.0 122 98 MT : 1.0 1.2 0.9 86 77 NE : 517.6 582.6 622.5 120 107 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 192 141 N ENG 3/ : 0.9 0.9 1.0 116 115 NJ : 4.6 4.2 4.4 96 105 NM : 0.4 0.5 0.5 118 102 NY : 2.6 2.9 2.9 113 102 NC : 175.2 202.7 224.8 128 111 ND : 2.6 2.3 2.5 96 109 OH : 23.2 24.0 25.8 112 108 OK : 84.0 93.4 100.5 120 108 OR : 4.3 4.9 5.2 120 106 PA : 105.9 105.2 114.4 108 109 SC : 20.7 20.7 22.1 107 107 SD : 77.6 89.6 90.1 116 101 TN : 14.6 17.5 16.9 116 96 TX : 361.1 408.2 460.1 127 113 UT : 35.0 42.0 40.4 115 96 VA : 36.4 46.1 46.1 127 100 WA : 71.0 62.7 63.3 89 101 WV : 0.4 0.4 0.4 119 106 WI : 115.0 *116.6 123.2 107 106 WY : 0.5 0.4 0.5 108 119 : US : 3,753.4 *4,090.6 4,297.0 114 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, April 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 : 0.5 0.7 463 626 985 956 AK : 0.1 59 1,131 AZ : 37.8 46.2 51,883 64,708 1,377 1,405 AR : 0.8 0.8 861 856 1,030 1,021 CA : 131.1 136.1 167,157 174,503 1,297 1,302 CO : 162.4 217.6 201,555 274,276 1,242 1,261 DE-MD : 3.1 3.3 4,139 4,392 1,325 1,316 FL : GA : 25.1 22,641 908 HI : 0.9 1.0 926 1,116 1,070 1,137 ID : 19.5 24.1 24,042 30,397 1,247 1,280 IL : IN : 2.7 3.5 2,836 3,678 1,046 1,052 IA : KS : 650.3 562.7 780,740 695,244 1,201 1,236 KY : 1.4 1.6 1,265 1,502 937 965 LA : 0.7 0.6 619 517 860 815 MI : 41.1 51.9 55,078 69,985 1,351 1,357 MN : 62.4 69.5 84,931 97,072 1,372 1,408 MS : 0.1 0.1 90 72 960 814 MO : 6.9 7.7 8,236 9,199 1,208 1,195 MT : 1.3 1.1 1,517 1,262 1,186 1,163 NE : 515.8 610.4 647,880 784,388 1,258 1,287 NV : 0.1 0.2 90 184 1,005 1,002 N ENG 2/ : 0.8 1.0 933 1,108 1,111 1,147 NJ : 2.3 2.6 2,804 3,012 1,233 1,163 NM : 0.8 0.5 648 489 949 1,058 NY : 2.2 2.4 2,478 2,873 1,133 1,200 NC : 16.8 19.1 19,638 21,876 1,172 1,152 ND : 1.0 1.3 1,215 1,564 1,182 1,222 OH : 8.8 9.9 10,302 11,722 1,187 1,190 OK : 2.2 2.4 2,457 2,840 1,128 1,162 OR : 2.2 3.2 2,556 3,813 1,191 1,228 PA : 77.7 86.1 96,056 108,769 1,243 1,273 SC : 12.4 13.3 14,561 14,994 1,183 1,131 SD : TN : 1.7 2.5 1,469 2,120 886 874 TX : 488.4 606.8 575,729 733,233 1,182 1,211 UT : 45.0 50.1 55,899 64,495 1,245 1,290 VA : 1.3 1.0 1,356 973 1,044 1,020 WA : 89.9 81.5 115,559 102,929 1,291 1,270 WV : 0.5 0.6 527 681 1,074 1,146 WI : 136.0 143.2 180,851 190,939 1,344 1,350 WY : 0.6 0.5 653 663 1,181 1,242 : US 3/ : 2,701.4 2,959.6 3,324,065 3,714,432 1,235 1,259 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 7.7 14.6 1,147 1,772 150 123 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 43 51 268 275 FL : 0.1 22 446 GA : 0.1 0.1 53 31 451 460 HI : ID : IL : 3.4 3.9 1,533 1,266 449 324 IN : IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 166 154 506 527 MI : 1.9 1.8 792 760 431 423 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 26 389 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.1 0.2 38 69 275 337 NJ : 7.8 6.5 3,444 2,726 444 417 NM : 1.4 142 100 NY : 8.2 16.0 1,348 1,664 168 108 NC : 0.1 0.1 39 65 435 487 ND : OH : 0.1 0.1 25 32 351 350 OK : OR : PA : 14.3 14.0 5,653 5,761 396 411 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 40 33 450 442 TX : 0.9 1.3 553 733 601 572 UT : VA : 0.1 23 334 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 56.9 73.3 19,691 20,128 348 278 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 8.2 8.3 3,757 3,621 457 436 AK : AZ : 0.5 0.5 116 109 252 236 AR : 12.1 14.6 5,468 6,627 454 455 CA : 210.2 219.1 51,272 52,935 244 242 CO : 0.6 0.6 166 167 262 259 DE-MD : 1.0 1.0 240 242 243 249 FL : 6.7 6.6 1,049 1,000 157 152 GA : 11.3 9.9 2,472 2,203 218 223 HI : 1.7 1.6 351 351 211 226 ID : 13.8 13.4 3,530 3,451 256 259 IL : 760.4 947.1 214,203 262,523 282 277 IN : 605.7 691.8 159,017 181,199 263 262 IA : 2,321.8 2,804.9 629,171 752,805 271 269 KS : 18.9 8,604 457 KY : 230.0 60,605 264 LA : 1.6 1.3 305 264 186 210 MI : 9.4 9.0 3,462 3,463 371 387 MN : 758.7 825.2 198,758 213,546 262 260 MS : 5.7 1,773 310 MO : 542.8 676.5 152,165 186,365 280 276 MT : 0.8 0.7 207 191 247 263 NE : 589.2 691.4 159,267 184,828 271 267 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.0 1.2 206 268 216 229 NJ : 7.6 8.3 754 842 99 102 NM : 0.1 0.1 12 24 235 241 NY : 2.1 2.0 371 389 176 200 NC : 848.3 1,078.3 219,122 283,378 259 263 ND : 11.2 9.2 2,805 2,343 251 255 OH : 88.2 98.0 23,913 26,624 272 273 OK : 398.1 464.7 108,784 130,369 273 281 OR : 16.0 16.1 3,784 4,114 237 257 PA : 241.5 250.0 61,049 63,740 253 255 SC : SD : 360.8 423.7 92,643 107,515 257 254 TN : 42.4 48.4 20,339 23,309 480 482 TX : 32.7 37.2 7,601 8,674 233 233 UT : 4.7 5.6 912 1,156 195 207 VA : 182.1 225.8 47,327 59,647 260 264 WA : 2.0 2.5 408 489 201 199 WV : 0.5 0.6 135 151 266 262 WI : 47.1 56.5 21,291 25,479 461 460 WY : 0.3 0.4 85 118 265 291 : US 3/ : 8,466.9 9,994.7 2,284,838 2,690,031 270 269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter: By State and United States, April 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 15 122 AR : CA : CO : 83.4 82.3 13,467 13,709 161 167 DE-MD : 3.1 3.6 316 357 102 98 FL : 0.3 0.3 18 19 61 60 GA : 0.6 0.5 82 50 129 108 HI : ID : 0.3 0.2 32 31 120 127 IL : IN : 2.5 3.2 259 333 104 105 IA : 27.3 25.1 4,360 3,963 160 158 KS : 0.3 0.2 29 21 114 122 KY : 0.8 0.8 110 106 132 127 LA : 0.3 0.3 23 19 86 68 MI : 15.7 15.5 2,060 2,012 132 131 MN : 0.2 1.1 26 159 126 147 MS : MO : 0.4 0.5 49 60 126 129 MT : 0.1 0.2 12 17 92 101 NE : 0.1 9 155 NV : 0.1 8 127 N ENG 2/ : 3.1 2.9 281 259 91 89 NJ : 13.9 15.8 1,036 1,223 74 77 NM : 1.0 1.4 132 204 133 143 NY : 4.1 4.7 294 320 71 69 NC : 0.4 0.6 35 50 86 83 ND : OH : 1.6 1.3 167 131 106 103 OK : 0.1 0.1 11 12 132 113 OR : 1.8 1.9 256 275 142 143 PA : 5.5 5.4 484 476 88 89 SC : SD : 0.7 0.2 100 23 137 114 TN : 1.2 1.1 92 84 76 76 TX : 2.8 3.1 257 296 93 95 UT : 2.8 3.0 394 408 142 137 VA : 0.9 1.1 85 98 99 89 WA : 0.7 0.6 98 89 142 152 WV : WI : 0.6 1.1 79 154 136 135 WY : 0.1 0.1 13 22 160 156 : US 3/ : 216.6 221.4 29,941 30,609 138 138 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Apr 1/ : : : :Jan - Apr 1/ Item : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------: Apr : Mar : Apr :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,387 *1,326 1,495 5,401 5,486 52.2 49.4 51.3 50.6 49.7 Heifers : 768 *837 865 3,210 3,388 28.9 31.2 29.7 30.1 30.7 All Cows : 460 473 501 1,895 1,984 17.3 17.6 17.2 17.8 18.0 Dairy Cows : 213 215 219 873 884 8.0 8.0 7.5 8.2 8.0 Other Cows : 247 258 282 1,021 1,100 9.3 9.6 9.7 9.6 10.0 Bulls : 44 47 52 166 184 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 : Total 1/ :2,660 *2,684 2,914 10,673 11,043 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 56 70 72 264 280 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,088 9,242 9,559 33,589 37,920 96.4 96.5 96.4 96.4 96.6 Sows : 261 299 310 1,079 1,183 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 Boars : 40 39 42 161 158 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,389 9,579 9,910 34,829 39,261 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 10 10 10 36 38 4.8 4.5 5.0 4.1 4.6 Lambs & Yrlngs : 193 210 197 833 792 95.2 95.5 95.0 95.9 95.4 : Total 1/ : 203 219 207 868 830 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 750 775 766 765 773 Steers 3/ : 796 828 817 813 826 Heifers 3/ : 733 766 753 755 766 All Cows 3/ : 623 627 621 630 626 Bulls 3/ : 904 896 893 910 888 : Calves & Vealers: 209 160 164 194 161 : Hogs : 203 204 202 203 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 199 200 199 199 200 Sows 4/ : 310 308 307 308 307 Boars 4/ : 213 220 205 212 212 : Sheep : 71 70 71 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 67 68 67 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 71 70 71 71 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, April 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.2 2 : 4.9 1.6 0.3 2.6 2.3 0.3 0.3 22.5 3 : 88.8 36.9 8.6 40.9 32.6 8.3 2.4 14.3 4 : 70.9 1.3 0.5 59.2 11.5 47.7 10.0 0.3 5 : 340.9 151.6 41.0 138.8 73.0 65.8 9.4 16.8 6 : 605.2 332.9 181.9 78.3 15.2 63.1 12.2 2.5 7 : 1,231.0 687.4 470.7 65.0 1.5 63.4 8.0 0.1 8 : 280.9 142.4 119.3 9 : 182.8 95.4 13.3 71.1 63.5 7.7 2.9 14.4 10 : 107.5 45.0 29.7 28.0 13.5 14.5 4.8 : US 2/ : 2,913.6 1,495.0 865.4 501.3 219.1 282.2 52.0 72.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.9 0.9 2.5 0.1 2.4 2 : 10.1 9.8 0.2 0.1 19.6 1.4 18.2 3 : 475.7 460.2 2.6 12.9 9.7 0.7 9.0 4 : 1,455.5 1,384.2 69.8 1.6 3.3 1.1 2.2 5 : 2,594.7 2,452.6 138.8 3.3 34.0 3.3 30.8 6 : 507.0 484.2 21.6 1.1 7 : 4,185.1 4,086.3 76.2 22.6 25.6 0.3 25.2 8 : 435.9 435.1 0.8 84.7 1.7 83.0 9 : 214.6 214.4 10 : 30.9 30.8 0.1 1.9 0.1 1.8 : US 2/ : 9,910.5 9,558.5 310.2 41.7 207.1 10.4 196.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ 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 - April 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 3.3 1.5 0.7 0.9 2 : 18.6 6.6 1.2 9.4 8.1 1.3 1.4 88.4 3 : 330.0 135.0 33.0 154.4 122.8 31.6 7.7 56.2 4 : 277.3 5.3 1.8 233.8 49.3 184.5 36.3 1.2 5 : 1,318.4 562.7 165.6 558.1 290.5 267.6 32.0 59.4 6 : 2,163.5 1,147.9 668.7 301.5 60.8 240.6 45.4 9.4 7 : 4,694.7 2,567.5 1,841.6 256.2 6.0 250.1 29.4 0.2 8 : 1,086.8 528.2 482.3 9 : 710.2 358.2 49.3 292.4 267.8 24.6 10.3 59.9 10 : 439.9 173.2 144.1 108.7 54.2 54.5 14.0 : US 2/ :11,042.7 5,486.1 3,388.3 1,984.0 884.1 1,099.9 184.2 280.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 3.7 3.5 8.1 0.4 7.6 2 : 42.1 41.0 0.6 0.4 56.3 4.7 51.6 3 : 1,877.9 1,817.8 10.1 50.0 33.4 1.4 31.9 4 : 5,629.7 5,332.4 289.8 7.4 11.6 3.7 7.9 5 : 10,354.8 9,826.5 514.3 14.0 125.4 12.5 112.9 6 : 1,948.1 1,847.9 94.8 5.4 7 : 16,670.3 16,319.1 270.2 81.0 125.1 1.3 123.8 8 : 1,764.1 1,761.8 2.2 356.4 6.6 349.9 9 : 850.0 849.5 10 : 120.7 120.2 0.4 8.0 0.5 7.5 : US 2/ : 39,261.3 37,919.9 1,183.0 158.4 829.6 37.8 791.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Apr Species : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.3 98.3 Calves : 98.2 98.4 98.5 98.4 98.4 Hogs : 99.1 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.2 Sheep : 93.6 95.0 93.5 94.8 94.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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