Mt An 1-2 (8-08) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 22, 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. July Pork and Total Red Meat Production Above Previous Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.25 billion pounds in July, up 8 percent from the 3.94 billion pounds produced in July 2007. Beef production, at 2.37 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 3.06 million head, up 6 percent from July 2007. The average live weight was up 4 pounds from the previous year, at 1,273 pounds. Veal production totaled 12.3 million pounds, 16 percent above July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 87,900 head, up 41 percent from July 2007. The average live weight was down 46 pounds from last year, at 243 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.85 billion pounds, up 12 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.47 million head, up 13 percent from July 2007. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 262 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.7 million pounds, was up 1 percent from July 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 207,800 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 132 pounds, up 1 pound from July a year ago. January to July 2008 commercial red meat production was 29.3 billion pounds, up 6 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 3 percent from last year, veal was down 6 percent, pork was up 11 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 4 percent. July 2007 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. July 2008 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S. .....................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S. ............................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S. .........................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ........................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S. .............8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S. ...................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S. ....................................................11 Reliability Statement.....................................................18 Types of Plants...........................................................19 Terms and Definitions.....................................................20 Information Contacts......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 08 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Jul : Jun : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,256.7*2,262.7 2,372.7 105 105 15,142.115,641.3 103 Veal : 10.7 11.7 12.3 116 105 86.0 81.0 94 Pork :1,659.5 1,762.1 1,852.9 112 105 12,183.613,469.3 111 Lamb & Mutton : 13.5 13.1 13.7 101 104 106.9 103.0 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,940.4 4,049.6 4,251.6 108 105 27,518.629,294.6 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 08 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Jul : Jun : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,228.6 2,234.2 2,341.9 105 105 14,940.215,432.3 103 Veal : 10.5 11.5 12.1 115 105 84.4 79.3 94 Pork :1,644.9 1,747.9 1,837.4 112 105 12,087.413,367.5 111 Lamb & Mutton : 12.8 12.5 13.0 102 103 102.5 98.6 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,896.8*4,006.1 4,204.3 108 105 27,214.428,977.7 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Jul 08 % of: Jan - Jul 2/ : : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Jul : Jun : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,859.9 2,911.6 3,017.0 105 104 19,575.9 20,066.3 103 Other : Thou : 43.2 43.9 47.0 109 107 310.8 322.1 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,903.1 2,955.5 3,064.0 106 104 19,886.8 20,388.4 103 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,271 1,263 1,275 100 101 1,260 1,273 101 Other : Lbs :1,137 1,136 1,148 101 101 1,143 1,145 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,269 1,261 1,273 100 101 1,258 1,271 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 61.7 74.2 86.7 141 117 444.3 511.4 115 Other : Thou : 0.8 1.2 1.2 147 102 7.0 7.9 112 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 62.5 75.4 87.9 141 117 451.4 519.2 115 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 288 265 241 84 91 319 265 83 Other : Lbs : 384 377 415 108 110 397 401 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 289 266 243 84 91 320 267 84 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,311.8 8,800.5 9,373.1 113 107 60,039.0 66,415.3 111 Other : Thou : 87.2 84.3 92.2 106 109 569.6 589.1 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,399.0 *8,884.8 9,465.2 113 107 60,608.5 67,004.4 111 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 265 266 263 99 99 269 269 100 Other : Lbs : 233 233 234 100 100 234 239 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 264 266 262 99 99 269 269 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 191.2 180.7 193.1 101 107 1,452.9 1,398.5 96 Other : Thou : 14.8 11.7 14.7 99 126 87.9 85.7 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 206.0 192.4 207.8 101 108 1,540.8 1,484.2 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 133 139 134 101 97 141 141 100 Other : Lbs : 106 107 105 100 98 102 105 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 131 137 132 101 96 139 139 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 52.9 53.5 56.7 107 106 351.0 367.8 105 Other : Thou : 15.5 16.2 15.6 101 96 106.1 107.0 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 68.4 69.8 72.3 106 104 457.2 474.8 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 61 62 101 100 61 62 101 Other : Lbs : 52 58 51 98 88 59 62 105 Comm'l. : Lbs : 59 61 59 101 98 61 62 102 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.4 4.8 5.1 116 107 29.5 34.0 115 Other : Thou : 1.2 1.3 1.1 98 88 10.3 9.4 91 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.6 6.1 6.3 112 103 39.8 43.4 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 08 as % of 2/ State : Jul : Jun : Jul :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Jul 2007 : Jun 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.2 2.1 2.2 100 103 AK : 0.1 AZ : 36.2 34.0 34.9 96 103 AR : 4.5 5.8 5.7 127 97 CA : 133.4 135.6 133.5 100 98 CO : 161.6 196.1 198.3 123 101 DE-MD : 3.0 2.9 2.9 97 98 FL : 6.7 8.2 9.7 146 118 GA : 12.9 12.5 13.4 104 108 HI : 0.8 0.9 1.0 121 112 ID : 16.0 20.3 20.3 127 100 IL : 222.7 238.3 242.2 109 102 IN : 121.3 126.2 137.8 114 109 IA : 490.0 527.3 568.1 116 108 KS : 546.4 436.2 474.6 87 109 KY : 45.4 42.2 45.6 100 108 LA : 0.5 0.5 0.5 102 101 MI : 42.2 44.5 44.4 105 100 MN : 187.5 205.5 215.6 115 105 MS : 1.0 1.2 1.3 131 104 MO : 119.4 126.0 135.5 113 108 MT : 1.2 0.9 1.8 148 193 NE : 617.1 620.5 650.7 105 105 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 164 148 N ENG 3/ : 1.0 1.1 1.2 117 111 NJ : 4.2 3.5 3.8 89 109 NM : 0.4 0.4 0.4 108 102 NY : 2.7 3.0 3.3 123 108 NC : 178.6 186.1 195.7 110 105 ND : 2.4 2.0 2.3 94 111 OH : 23.4 26.2 27.4 117 105 OK : 78.1 88.1 89.0 114 101 OR : 4.7 4.8 4.9 105 104 PA : 104.1 105.2 112.6 108 107 SC : 20.0 20.1 20.4 102 102 SD : 76.3 80.3 77.8 102 97 TN : 16.3 15.9 16.2 99 102 TX : 390.9 457.5 474.9 121 104 UT : 38.9 44.4 48.0 123 108 VA : 35.3 36.7 36.7 104 100 WA : 76.2 64.9 71.3 94 110 WV : 0.5 0.3 0.4 94 150 WI : 113.9 120.7 124.7 110 103 WY : 0.5 0.5 0.6 117 118 : US : 3,940.4 4,049.6 4,251.6 108 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 0.4 0.4 376 374 1,002 908 AK : 0.1 98 1,037 AZ : 44.4 45.2 61,039 61,681 1,376 1,370 AR : 0.9 0.7 900 718 1,008 1,044 CA : 130.2 127.5 165,029 159,400 1,288 1,269 CO : 190.4 232.5 245,680 304,328 1,291 1,310 DE-MD : 3.3 3.2 4,283 4,061 1,307 1,288 FL : GA : 24.7 21,687 880 HI : 0.9 1.1 939 1,219 1,023 1,140 ID : 21.6 27.4 25,036 33,526 1,171 1,238 IL : IN : 3.1 3.7 3,309 3,934 1,054 1,061 IA : KS : 671.5 572.2 847,035 734,022 1,262 1,283 KY : 1.1 1.3 1,088 1,200 980 960 LA : 0.6 0.5 462 393 739 770 MI : 49.1 51.8 66,175 69,105 1,355 1,342 MN : 56.5 75.5 76,465 103,647 1,363 1,380 MS : 0.1 0.1 68 88 832 835 MO : 7.2 7.3 8,809 8,775 1,226 1,204 MT : 1.4 2.1 1,646 2,488 1,220 1,192 NE : 624.7 646.6 807,489 841,080 1,294 1,302 NV : 0.1 0.2 96 188 1,009 1,124 N ENG 2/ : 0.9 1.2 1,061 1,292 1,119 1,096 NJ : 2.4 2.5 2,925 2,775 1,214 1,109 NM : 0.8 0.4 629 460 877 1,082 NY : 2.1 2.4 2,388 2,780 1,164 1,191 NC : 17.3 21.2 20,169 24,271 1,169 1,151 ND : 0.9 0.9 1,115 1,138 1,198 1,230 OH : 9.2 10.6 10,838 12,504 1,184 1,184 OK : 1.6 2.2 1,722 2,367 1,068 1,084 OR : 2.6 3.4 3,003 4,044 1,182 1,214 PA : 79.9 86.7 98,715 106,528 1,243 1,240 SC : 12.4 13.8 13,867 14,968 1,123 1,088 SD : TN : 2.0 2.6 1,667 2,153 873 849 TX : 501.1 620.5 617,462 757,636 1,236 1,224 UT : 48.8 59.4 61,981 76,203 1,272 1,287 VA : 1.0 0.8 1,084 829 1,077 1,033 WA : 94.3 90.1 122,900 114,772 1,310 1,280 WV : 0.5 0.4 585 488 1,188 1,238 WI : 133.9 145.0 176,964 192,346 1,336 1,341 WY : 0.6 0.7 680 796 1,121 1,210 : US 3/ : 2,903.1 3,064.0 3,673,852 3,888,150 1,269 1,273 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 12.2 19.3 1,502 2,295 124 120 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 52 62 265 271 FL : 0.1 45 404 GA : 0.1 0.1 32 50 397 445 HI : ID : IL : 2.7 6.0 1,098 1,438 408 244 IN : IA : KS : KY : 0.1 40 534 LA : 0.1 0.4 65 228 469 524 MI : 1.8 1.5 755 619 421 423 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 23 395 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.1 0.2 35 50 266 255 NJ : 6.5 5.0 2,754 2,064 427 413 NM : 1.9 168 89 NY : 13.1 23.2 1,491 2,303 118 103 NC : 0.1 0.2 65 73 494 488 ND : OH : 4.8 2,147 448 OK : OR : PA : 14.1 12.4 5,254 4,557 375 367 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 27 44 424 436 TX : 0.6 0.7 339 403 602 552 UT : VA : 0.1 20 327 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 62.5 87.9 17,883 21,052 289 243 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 7.8 8.3 3,555 3,685 455 444 AK : AZ : 0.1 0.2 23 28 196 181 AR : 13.1 17.3 6,002 8,000 457 463 CA : 206.4 225.7 48,295 52,615 234 233 CO : 0.9 0.9 233 215 247 249 DE-MD : 1.5 1.4 333 323 217 225 FL : 6.8 9.2 1,024 987 152 107 GA : 11.4 9.8 2,532 2,255 221 229 HI : 1.8 1.7 388 384 211 225 ID : 13.1 12.9 3,214 3,158 247 245 IL : 765.8 842.0 210,811 228,499 276 272 IN : 616.5 698.2 157,899 178,511 256 256 IA : 2,241.6 2,690.9 594,127 702,334 265 261 KS : 18.2 8,144 450 KY : 226.3 59,253 262 LA : 1.0 1.0 187 166 193 172 MI : 11.2 11.5 3,863 4,141 347 361 MN : 749.1 818.5 192,942 210,889 258 258 MS : 6.0 1,742 288 MO : 562.2 650.9 150,983 172,847 269 266 MT : 1.4 1.8 343 424 237 235 NE : 566.4 649.5 149,066 169,630 263 262 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.6 2.1 317 407 198 193 NJ : 8.9 9.3 911 884 103 95 NM : 0.1 16 243 NY : 3.1 3.1 500 552 160 178 NC : 873.8 979.5 222,533 243,738 255 249 ND : 10.9 9.1 2,669 2,429 244 269 OH : 89.8 98.0 23,926 26,430 267 270 OK : 386.4 428.3 102,119 116,071 264 271 OR : 17.3 15.0 3,953 3,660 230 245 PA : 225.8 254.4 56,480 63,688 250 251 SC : SD : 364.1 358.0 91,526 90,227 252 252 TN : 48.1 46.6 22,866 22,322 476 481 TX : 33.8 36.2 8,066 8,245 239 228 UT : 5.5 6.3 1,034 1,176 188 188 VA : 179.3 184.3 45,990 47,688 257 259 WA : 2.1 2.7 428 498 202 183 WV : 0.8 0.7 208 195 254 262 WI : 49.7 59.3 21,743 26,336 444 451 WY : 0.4 0.4 99 114 262 262 : US 3/ : 8,399.0 9,465.2 2,217,224 2,480,080 264 262 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : CO : 71.5 68.3 10,480 10,470 147 153 DE-MD : 2.8 3.7 288 347 101 95 FL : 0.2 0.3 15 19 64 55 GA : 0.6 0.3 78 27 130 80 HI : ID : 1.1 0.7 126 88 114 118 IL : IN : 2.2 2.6 240 283 107 107 IA : 31.8 29.7 4,572 4,168 144 140 KS : 0.2 0.3 27 35 114 100 KY : 1.2 1.2 153 143 130 117 LA : 0.2 0.4 21 23 91 65 MI : 16.1 17.2 2,011 2,089 126 122 MN : 0.2 1.4 33 169 134 122 MS : MO : 0.5 0.7 58 74 110 108 MT : 0.2 0.4 30 51 136 126 NE : 0.1 15 129 NV : 0.2 0.2 21 18 112 117 N ENG 2/ : 2.4 2.1 252 210 104 99 NJ : 9.8 12.0 814 1,014 83 84 NM : 1.0 1.2 132 133 133 134 NY : 3.0 2.6 260 236 88 90 NC : 0.6 0.8 44 61 76 77 ND : 0.1 7 102 OH : 1.4 1.4 152 144 106 103 OK : 0.1 10 92 OR : 2.2 2.2 299 293 135 132 PA : 4.4 4.5 438 442 99 98 SC : SD : 0.8 0.3 96 39 117 121 TN : 1.1 1.2 86 95 78 76 TX : 2.9 3.1 207 249 71 81 UT : 2.4 2.8 332 380 137 136 VA : 1.1 1.1 108 110 102 97 WA : 0.8 0.5 98 86 129 159 WV : 0.1 0.4 8 55 143 134 WI : 1.6 1.5 216 213 135 138 WY : 0.2 0.2 23 27 151 149 : US 3/ : 206.0 207.8 26,985 27,411 131 132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Classification of Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection: United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Jan - Jul 1/ : : : :Jan - Jul 1/ Item : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------: Jul : Jun : Jul :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,556 1,553 1,580 10,179 10,273 54.4 53.3 52.4 52.0 51.2 Heifers : 842 820 861 5,858 5,947 29.4 28.2 28.5 29.9 29.6 All Cows : 416 485 520 3,227 3,499 14.6 16.7 17.2 16.5 17.4 Dairy Cows : 180 181 209 1,419 1,468 6.3 6.2 6.9 7.2 7.3 Other Cows : 236 304 311 1,808 2,031 8.3 10.5 10.3 9.2 10.1 Bulls : 45 53 57 312 347 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.7 : Total 1/ :2,860 2,912 3,017 19,576 20,066 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 62 74 87 444 511 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,008 8,458 9,025 57,864 64,049 96.3 96.1 96.3 96.4 96.4 Sows : 266 305 305 1,894 2,088 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 Boars : 38 37 43 281 278 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,312 8,800 9,373 60,039 66,415 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 9 11 11 65 70 4.9 5.9 5.5 4.5 5.0 Lambs & Yrlngs : 182 170 183 1,388 1,328 95.1 94.1 94.5 95.5 95.0 : Total 1/ : 191 181 193 1,453 1,399 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 782 770 779 766 772 Steers 3/ : 836 826 840 815 826 Heifers 3/ : 757 751 764 749 760 All Cows 3/ : 613 603 600 624 616 Bulls 3/ : 900 905 897 909 894 : Calves & Vealers: 172 157 141 191 157 : Hogs : 198 199 196 202 201 Barrow Gilts4/ : 194 195 192 198 198 Sows 4/ : 309 310 308 309 308 Boars 4/ : 218 208 205 214 210 : Sheep : 67 70 67 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 67 68 66 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 67 70 67 71 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 4.8 1.2 0.3 2.9 2.2 0.7 0.4 28.2 3 : 89.4 38.3 6.8 42.1 33.5 8.6 2.2 12.7 4 : 78.2 1.2 0.4 66.0 10.9 55.1 10.6 0.4 5 : 356.8 167.9 41.7 136.0 68.6 67.4 11.3 22.4 6 : 618.9 323.1 190.7 93.0 14.2 78.7 12.1 2.5 7 : 1,269.7 733.9 465.8 61.1 1.7 59.4 8.9 0.1 8 : 305.3 173.4 112.6 9 : 173.2 90.6 10.1 69.6 57.4 12.2 3.0 19.1 10 : 119.7 49.5 32.2 32.4 13.8 18.6 5.7 : US 2/ : 3,017.0 1,579.6 860.7 519.8 208.5 311.3 56.9 86.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.7 1.6 2.0 0.2 1.8 2 : 12.2 11.9 0.2 0.1 14.0 1.6 12.5 3 : 439.0 421.6 2.6 14.7 9.4 0.6 8.8 4 : 1,335.4 1,266.7 67.4 1.4 3.9 1.2 2.7 5 : 2,485.9 2,349.7 132.8 3.4 29.9 3.3 26.6 6 : 475.6 448.9 26.7 7 : 4,001.2 3,903.9 73.8 23.5 30.2 0.5 29.8 8 : 371.8 370.3 1.4 70.6 1.5 69.0 9 : 220.8 220.8 10 : 29.5 29.4 0.1 2.7 0.1 2.6 : US 2/ : 9,373.1 9,024.7 305.1 43.3 193.1 10.6 182.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, January - July 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 6.2 2.7 1.1 1.3 2 : 32.1 10.4 2.0 17.2 14.1 3.0 2.5 157.8 3 : 590.7 248.8 56.7 270.4 215.0 55.5 14.8 91.5 4 : 499.8 8.9 3.1 421.9 80.6 341.3 65.9 2.3 5 : 2,368.6 1,048.8 296.0 960.9 490.0 470.8 62.9 125.5 6 : 4,034.4 2,149.6 1,234.4 569.2 100.5 468.7 81.2 16.1 7 : 8,508.6 4,784.1 3,224.7 444.3 10.3 434.0 55.6 0.4 8 : 2,005.5 1,051.1 820.5 9 : 1,232.9 644.3 82.4 486.5 422.6 63.9 19.8 108.8 10 : 787.4 323.9 226.4 207.9 94.0 113.8 29.2 : US 2/ :20,066.3 10,272.7 5,947.3 3,499.1 1,468.2 2,030.9 347.2 511.4 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 7.8 7.5 13.6 0.8 12.8 2 : 76.6 74.7 1.1 0.8 97.8 9.7 88.1 3 : 3,182.9 3,078.7 17.5 86.7 59.9 3.0 57.0 4 : 9,528.0 9,029.2 486.4 12.3 22.1 7.3 14.8 5 : 17,588.0 16,651.9 911.8 24.3 212.7 22.4 190.3 6 : 3,352.6 3,176.6 169.1 6.9 7 : 28,109.2 27,467.4 495.5 146.3 195.4 2.9 192.5 8 : 2,874.7 2,869.3 5.4 0.1 585.9 11.2 574.7 9 : 1,490.3 1,489.5 10 : 205.0 204.2 0.8 0.1 15.4 0.9 14.5 : US 2/ : 66,415.3 64,049.0 2,088.4 277.9 1,398.5 70.5 1,328.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Jul Species : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.4 98.4 Calves : 98.7 98.5 98.7 98.4 98.5 Hogs : 99.0 99.1 99.0 99.1 99.1 Sheep : 92.8 93.9 92.9 94.3 94.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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