Mt An 1-2 (6-08) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released June 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 at Record High for May Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.22 billion pounds in May, up 4 percent from the 4.08 billion pounds produced in May 2007. Beef production, at 2.38 billion pounds, was 4 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 3.14 million head, up 3 percent from May 2007. The average live weight was up 19 pounds from the previous year, at 1,251 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.5 million pounds, 7 percent below May a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 71,100 head, up 21 percent from May 2007. The average live weight was down 74 pounds from last year, at 275 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.82 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.06 million head, up 3 percent from May 2007. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 268 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 15.0 million pounds, was down 3 percent from May 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 206,400 head, 6 percent below last year. The average live weight was 146 pounds, up 4 pounds from May a year ago. January to May 2008 commercial red meat production was 21.0 billion pounds, up 7 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 4 percent from last year, veal was down 11 percent, pork was up 11 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 4 percent. May 2007 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. May 2008 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S. ....................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S. ...........................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S. ........................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ...................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ...................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ...................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. .......................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S. ............8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S. ..................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S. ...................................................11 Reliability Statement....................................................18 Types of Plants..........................................................19 Terms and Definitions....................................................20 Information Contacts.....................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 08 % of : Jan - May 2/ : May : Apr : May :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : May : Apr : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,285.1 2,254.5 2,380.3 104 106 10,537.0 11,006.0 104 Veal : 12.3 11.9 11.5 93 96 64.1 57.0 89 Pork :1,762.6 2,015.3 1,815.6 103 90 8,869.9 9,854.3 111 Lamb & Mutton : 15.5 15.3 15.0 97 98 79.6 76.1 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,075.5 4,297.0 4,222.3 104 98 19,550.620,993.4 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 08 % of : Jan - May 2/ : May : Apr : May :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : May : Apr : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,257.2 2,224.5 2,351.3 104 106 10,389.8 10,856.2 104 Veal : 12.1 11.7 11.2 93 96 62.9 55.7 89 Pork :1,749.3 2,000.5 1,801.6 103 90 8,801.3 9,782.1 111 Lamb & Mutton : 14.9 14.6 14.4 97 98 76.6 73.1 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,033.5 4,251.3 4,178.5 104 98 19,330.520,767.2 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :May 08 % of: Jan - May 2/ : : May : Apr : May :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : May : Apr : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :3,008.3 2,913.6 3,095.0 103 106 13,681.0 14,137.6 103 Other : Thou : 43.1 45.9 44.7 104 97 226.2 231.2 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :3,051.4 *2,959.5 3,139.7 103 106 13,907.2 14,368.8 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,234 1,261 1,253 102 99 1,259 1,274 101 Other : Lbs :1,136 1,147 1,143 101 100 1,147 1,146 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,232 1,259 1,251 102 99 1,257 1,272 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 58.0 72.2 70.0 121 97 322.3 350.4 109 Other : Thou : 0.9 1.1 1.1 120 99 5.3 5.5 105 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 58.9 73.3 71.1 121 97 327.6 355.9 109 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 348 276 273 79 99 327 272 83 Other : Lbs : 403 413 398 99 96 406 403 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 349 278 275 79 99 329 274 83 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,680.4 9,910.5 8,980.3 103 91 43,509.3 48,241.6 111 Other : Thou : 81.1 84.3 82.4 102 98 403.1 412.7 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,761.5 9,994.7 9,062.7 103 91 43,912.4 48,654.3 111 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 269 270 268 100 99 270 271 100 Other : Lbs : 226 243 235 104 97 235 242 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 269 269 268 100 99 270 270 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 205.1 207.1 194.8 95 94 1,073.4 1,024.5 95 Other : Thou : 13.4 14.3 11.6 87 81 60.7 59.2 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 218.5 221.4 206.4 94 93 1,134.1 1,083.7 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 145 141 148 102 105 142 143 100 Other : Lbs : 96 100 106 110 105 102 105 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 142 138 146 103 105 140 141 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 55.4 52.0 52.2 94 100 244.9 257.1 105 Other : Thou : 17.1 15.9 16.4 96 103 73.9 75.2 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 72.5 67.8 68.5 94 101 318.7 332.3 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 62 62 102 100 61 62 101 Other : Lbs : 70 81 59 85 73 62 66 105 Comm'l. : Lbs : 63 66 61 97 92 61 63 102 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 5.0 4.9 4.7 94 95 20.8 24.1 116 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.3 1.1 90 89 7.9 7.0 89 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 6.2 6.2 5.8 93 94 28.7 31.1 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : May 08 as % of 2/ State : May : Apr : May :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : May 2007 : Apr 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.5 2.4 2.0 81 86 AK : AZ : 33.1 36.8 36.6 111 99 AR : 4.4 4.8 5.0 113 103 CA : 141.9 142.7 138.6 98 97 CO : 158.1 179.9 197.3 125 110 DE-MD : 3.4 3.0 3.0 90 101 FL : 7.9 8.0 8.9 113 112 GA : 15.0 13.0 12.4 83 96 HI : 0.9 0.9 0.9 103 100 ID : 16.6 18.9 18.3 110 97 IL : 221.1 261.8 241.3 109 92 IN : 124.8 139.6 127.9 102 92 IA : 525.8 611.9 564.8 107 92 KS : 560.4 449.5 488.5 87 109 KY : 47.4 50.0 44.2 93 88 LA : 0.5 0.6 0.5 95 84 MI : 43.7 44.1 42.8 98 97 MN : 201.5 213.0 206.5 103 97 MS : 1.2 1.3 1.1 92 87 MO : 124.1 146.0 128.0 103 88 MT : 1.1 0.9 0.8 77 94 NE : 606.7 622.5 631.4 104 101 NV : 0.2 0.1 0.1 87 117 N ENG 3/ : 1.1 1.0 1.1 98 105 NJ : 4.9 4.4 3.8 76 85 NM : 0.4 0.5 0.4 80 74 NY : 2.9 2.9 2.8 98 96 NC : 188.5 224.8 200.2 106 89 ND : 2.8 2.5 2.4 86 98 OH : 23.7 25.8 25.6 108 99 OK : 86.5 100.5 91.2 105 91 OR : 4.7 5.2 4.7 100 91 PA : 108.9 114.4 111.3 102 97 SC : 22.6 22.1 21.1 93 95 SD : 78.8 90.1 75.3 96 84 TN : 16.3 16.9 16.1 99 96 TX : 419.4 460.1 490.1 117 106 UT : 34.7 40.4 41.1 118 102 VA : 38.3 46.1 41.4 108 90 WA : 73.8 63.3 66.8 90 106 WV : 0.3 0.4 0.3 105 77 WI : 124.0 123.2 124.9 101 101 WY : 0.5 0.5 0.5 106 102 : US : 4,075.5 4,297.0 4,222.3 104 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 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 0.5 462 503 986 958 AK : AZ : 40.9 46.0 56,079 63,164 1,374 1,377 AR : 0.9 0.8 887 778 1,008 1,005 CA : 135.1 131.5 172,042 168,167 1,294 1,298 CO : 195.4 242.4 238,374 302,264 1,220 1,248 DE-MD : 3.8 3.4 5,082 4,501 1,336 1,326 FL : GA : 29.3 25,923 888 HI : 1.0 1.0 1,061 1,115 1,085 1,098 ID : 21.2 24.5 25,716 30,278 1,230 1,252 IL : IN : 3.0 2.7 3,108 2,881 1,053 1,055 IA : KS : 722.4 615.3 872,915 758,533 1,209 1,233 KY : 1.3 1.5 1,247 1,420 945 938 LA : 0.6 0.6 492 472 792 737 MI : 50.6 49.5 68,264 66,899 1,359 1,356 MN : 63.5 75.5 85,152 102,913 1,349 1,371 MS : 0.1 0.1 127 71 878 867 MO : 7.3 7.6 8,798 8,950 1,205 1,185 MT : 1.3 1.0 1,629 1,203 1,220 1,189 NE : 625.1 652.6 782,761 835,968 1,253 1,283 NV : 0.2 0.2 240 179 1,119 1,025 N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.1 1,255 1,251 1,096 1,145 NJ : 2.5 2.4 3,053 2,508 1,241 1,070 NM : 0.8 0.3 732 336 992 1,057 NY : 2.6 2.3 2,835 2,639 1,144 1,181 NC : 18.8 19.1 22,187 22,337 1,184 1,171 ND : 1.2 1.0 1,439 1,286 1,157 1,266 OH : 8.4 10.4 9,943 12,246 1,197 1,190 OK : 2.2 2.6 2,457 2,954 1,123 1,147 OR : 2.5 3.3 2,854 3,820 1,208 1,212 PA : 78.2 84.7 96,383 105,578 1,239 1,257 SC : 13.9 14.2 16,229 16,312 1,174 1,151 SD : TN : 1.8 2.2 1,672 1,980 927 906 TX : 565.2 652.0 668,316 785,105 1,185 1,207 UT : 45.3 52.4 55,361 65,405 1,223 1,251 VA : 1.2 0.9 1,189 964 982 1,030 WA : 94.2 87.1 119,710 108,957 1,276 1,258 WV : 0.4 0.5 473 504 1,127 1,121 WI : 145.3 145.5 193,032 193,437 1,344 1,345 WY : 0.6 0.6 698 745 1,235 1,246 : US 3/ : 3,051.4 3,139.7 3,748,224 3,916,945 1,232 1,251 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 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 : 8.7 15.0 1,218 1,794 140 121 CO : DE-MD : 0.1 0.2 38 48 279 275 FL : 0.1 42 449 GA : 0.1 0.1 59 36 447 480 HI : ID : IL : 3.6 4.7 1,630 1,044 453 222 IN : IA : KS : KY : 0.1 31 503 LA : 0.2 0.3 121 137 500 532 MI : 1.8 1.5 790 600 429 409 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 24 376 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.1 0.2 28 71 273 344 NJ : 8.4 5.6 3,704 2,368 443 422 NM : 1.4 124 89 NY : 8.0 13.7 1,434 1,613 182 122 NC : 0.1 0.1 45 44 467 481 ND : OH : 0.1 3.5 18 1,572 348 454 OK : OR : PA : 15.0 11.3 6,114 4,472 407 395 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 46 28 471 453 TX : 0.7 0.7 400 413 598 570 UT : VA : 0.1 17 323 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 58.9 71.1 20,466 19,379 349 275 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 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 : 8.5 7.1 3,865 3,146 456 445 AK : 0.1 0.1 14 9 218 182 AZ : 0.4 0.3 95 58 215 226 AR : 13.2 15.1 5,992 6,915 455 458 CA : 221.4 216.2 54,141 51,916 245 240 CO : 0.7 0.6 188 155 253 253 DE-MD : 1.3 1.1 273 244 213 225 FL : 7.8 7.4 1,120 959 145 130 GA : 12.2 9.0 2,570 2,033 211 225 HI : 1.8 1.6 394 369 217 224 ID : 14.2 12.3 3,633 3,103 257 254 IL : 767.6 830.5 214,863 229,438 280 277 IN : 622.2 640.7 162,784 166,571 262 260 IA : 2,366.3 2,603.8 638,752 693,910 270 267 KS : 20.2 9,420 468 KY : 232.2 61,823 267 LA : 1.2 1.1 238 216 197 196 MI : 10.2 9.8 3,702 3,729 364 383 MN : 791.0 772.1 205,506 200,104 260 260 MS : 5.2 1,531 295 MO : 571.6 592.1 157,273 162,894 275 275 MT : 0.8 0.6 205 162 262 255 NE : 605.1 582.5 162,516 154,743 269 266 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.4 1.3 292 273 205 214 NJ : 8.9 8.7 883 816 99 94 NM : 0.1 0.1 16 14 249 249 NY : 2.4 2.3 409 466 170 201 NC : 910.3 966.5 234,793 250,258 258 259 ND : 12.0 9.7 2,979 2,510 249 258 OH : 92.9 89.6 25,064 24,471 270 274 OK : 412.8 422.7 112,068 118,008 272 279 OR : 17.1 13.9 4,102 3,501 240 253 PA : 254.9 245.6 63,997 62,278 251 254 SC : SD : 363.8 341.5 92,764 86,993 255 255 TN : 47.7 46.3 22,722 22,365 477 484 TX : 33.9 37.3 7,613 8,565 225 230 UT : 5.5 5.3 1,075 1,137 196 216 VA : 190.7 202.4 49,961 53,562 262 265 WA : 2.1 2.4 456 449 219 186 WV : 0.5 0.5 110 129 229 246 WI : 52.8 54.6 23,988 24,996 460 465 WY : 0.2 0.2 59 70 264 300 : US 3/ : 8,761.5 9,062.7 2,353,328 2,426,413 269 268 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter: By State and United States, May 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 10 126 AR : CA : CO : 89.2 85.9 14,780 14,381 166 168 DE-MD : 2.8 3.2 276 309 99 96 FL : 0.2 0.2 13 14 58 57 GA : 0.6 0.4 83 38 132 98 HI : ID : 0.4 0.3 56 45 130 136 IL : IN : 2.2 2.2 241 241 108 109 IA : 23.5 19.0 3,669 3,115 156 165 KS : 0.2 0.3 23 27 116 103 KY : 1.0 1.1 133 135 132 127 LA : 0.2 0.2 18 14 75 64 MI : 15.6 14.8 2,062 1,997 133 135 MN : 0.2 0.7 25 98 121 148 MS : MO : 0.5 0.4 66 57 122 134 MT : 0.1 0.2 16 22 124 94 NE : 0.1 10 144 NV : 0.1 0.1 17 18 119 158 N ENG 2/ : 2.4 1.9 247 195 103 100 NJ : 10.7 12.0 866 1,001 81 84 NM : 0.8 1.5 113 166 136 145 NY : 3.6 2.7 295 224 82 84 NC : 0.5 0.5 45 45 88 85 ND : 0.1 0.1 9 8 114 116 OH : 1.1 1.2 120 122 111 105 OK : 0.1 0.1 10 12 121 111 OR : 2.0 2.1 293 287 146 139 PA : 5.1 4.4 475 427 94 96 SC : SD : 1.7 0.2 232 19 139 115 TN : 1.0 0.9 80 64 79 71 TX : 3.2 2.9 180 270 55 92 UT : 3.0 2.8 409 384 138 139 VA : 0.9 1.0 86 92 97 93 WA : 0.7 0.6 95 96 127 158 WV : 0.1 18 135 WI : 0.7 0.8 96 104 134 132 WY : 0.1 0.1 13 15 148 146 : US 3/ : 218.5 206.4 30,978 29,975 142 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - May 1/ : : : :Jan - May 1/ Item : May : Apr : May :-------------: May : Apr : May :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,601 1,495 1,654 7,003 7,140 53.2 51.3 53.4 51.2 50.5 Heifers : 878 865 878 4,089 4,267 29.2 29.7 28.4 29.9 30.2 All Cows : 477 501 510 2,372 2,494 15.9 17.2 16.5 17.3 17.6 Dairy Cows : 191 219 195 1,065 1,079 6.4 7.5 6.3 7.8 7.6 Other Cows : 286 282 315 1,307 1,415 9.5 9.7 10.2 9.6 10.0 Bulls : 52 52 53 218 237 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 : Total 1/ :3,008 2,914 3,095 13,681 14,138 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 58 72 70 322 350 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,355 9,559 8,646 41,945 46,566 96.3 96.4 96.3 96.4 96.5 Sows : 283 310 295 1,362 1,478 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 Boars : 42 42 39 203 197 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,680 9,910 8,980 43,509 48,242 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 10 11 46 49 5.2 5.0 5.9 4.3 4.8 Lambs & Yrlngs : 194 197 183 1,027 975 94.8 95.0 94.1 95.7 95.2 : Total 1/ : 205 207 195 1,073 1,024 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 753 766 762 762 771 Steers 3/ : 800 817 814 810 823 Heifers 3/ : 730 753 744 749 761 All Cows 3/ : 618 621 609 628 622 Bulls 3/ : 905 893 902 909 892 : Calves & Vealers: 210 164 162 197 161 : Hogs : 202 202 201 203 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 198 199 197 199 200 Sows 4/ : 309 307 310 308 308 Boars 4/ : 213 205 209 213 212 : Sheep : 73 71 74 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 67 67 66 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 73 71 75 72 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 2 : 4.5 1.4 0.3 2.5 2.0 0.5 0.3 19.2 3 : 87.5 38.2 8.8 38.0 30.2 7.9 2.5 11.6 4 : 73.2 1.3 0.4 61.6 10.4 51.2 9.8 0.3 5 : 353.9 159.6 45.4 139.4 67.9 71.4 9.6 21.0 6 : 650.3 359.0 191.1 88.2 14.1 74.1 12.0 1.9 7 : 1,323.6 776.6 472.2 66.5 1.2 65.3 8.3 0.1 8 : 309.5 165.5 123.4 9 : 178.0 100.6 11.5 62.5 50.0 12.4 3.5 14.8 10 : 113.6 51.2 25.2 32.4 13.5 18.9 4.9 : US 2/ : 3,095.0 1,653.8 878.4 509.9 194.7 315.2 52.9 70.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.1 1.0 1.8 0.1 1.7 2 : 10.8 10.5 0.2 0.1 14.0 2.2 11.9 3 : 448.0 434.8 2.3 10.9 8.6 0.4 8.3 4 : 1,306.5 1,240.5 64.2 1.9 3.1 1.2 1.9 5 : 2,363.8 2,233.0 127.5 3.3 28.7 3.3 25.4 6 : 466.7 443.9 21.8 0.9 7 : 3,790.6 3,690.9 78.0 21.7 19.5 0.6 18.9 8 : 353.8 352.8 1.0 88.3 1.7 86.6 9 : 211.5 211.4 10 : 27.5 27.4 0.1 2.2 0.2 2.0 : US 2/ : 8,980.3 8,646.3 295.2 38.9 194.8 11.4 183.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - May 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 4.3 1.9 0.8 1.0 2 : 23.0 8.0 1.5 11.8 10.0 1.8 1.7 107.6 3 : 417.6 173.2 41.8 192.4 153.0 39.5 10.2 67.8 4 : 350.4 6.7 2.3 295.4 59.7 235.7 46.1 1.5 5 : 1,672.3 722.2 211.0 697.5 358.4 339.1 41.6 80.4 6 : 2,813.7 1,506.9 859.8 389.6 74.9 314.7 57.3 11.3 7 : 6,018.2 3,344.1 2,313.8 322.7 7.3 315.4 37.7 0.3 8 : 1,396.2 693.7 605.7 9 : 888.2 458.9 60.7 354.9 317.9 37.0 13.7 74.7 10 : 553.6 224.4 169.3 141.1 67.7 73.4 18.9 : US 2/ :14,137.6 7,139.9 4,266.6 2,493.9 1,078.8 1,415.1 237.2 350.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 4.8 4.5 9.9 0.5 9.4 2 : 52.9 51.6 0.8 0.6 70.3 6.8 63.5 3 : 2,325.9 2,252.5 12.4 60.9 42.0 1.8 40.2 4 : 6,936.2 6,572.9 354.0 9.3 14.8 4.9 9.8 5 : 12,718.6 12,059.5 641.8 17.2 154.1 15.8 138.3 6 : 2,414.7 2,291.9 116.5 6.3 7 : 20,460.9 20,010.0 348.2 102.7 144.6 1.9 142.7 8 : 2,117.9 2,114.6 3.2 444.7 8.2 436.5 9 : 1,061.5 1,060.9 10 : 148.2 147.6 0.5 0.1 10.1 0.7 9.5 : US 2/ : 48,241.6 46,566.1 1,478.2 197.3 1,024.5 49.3 975.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - May Species : May : Apr : May :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.6 98.4 98.6 98.4 98.4 Calves : 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.4 98.4 Hogs : 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.2 Sheep : 93.9 93.5 94.4 94.6 94.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch.................. 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