Mt An 1-2 (9-08) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released September 26, 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. August Total Red Meat Production Below Previous Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.10 billion pounds in August, down 5 percent from the 4.33 billion pounds produced in August 2007. Beef production, at 2.27 billion pounds, was 7 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.91 million head, down 7 percent from August 2007. The average live weight was up 5 pounds from the previous year, at 1,284 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.2 million pounds, 9 percent above August a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 79,200 head, up 21 percent from August 2007. The average live weight was down 23 pounds from last year, at 245 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.80 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.27 million head, down 1 percent from August 2007. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 261 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.3 million pounds, was down 10 percent from August 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 200,700 head, 12 percent below last year. The average live weight was 132 pounds, up 3 pounds from August a year ago. January to August 2008 commercial red meat production was 33.4 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 2 percent from last year, veal was down 4 percent, pork was up 9 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 4 percent. August 2007 contained 23 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4 Saturdays. August 2008 contained 21 weekdays (including no holidays) 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Aug 08 % of : Jan - Aug 2/ : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Aug : Jul : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,450.6 2,372.7 2,268.5 93 96 17,592.717,909.8 102 Veal : 10.3 12.3 11.2 109 91 96.3 92.3 96 Pork :1,850.0 1,852.9 1,804.4 98 97 14,033.615,273.8 109 Lamb & Mutton : 14.8 13.7 13.3 90 97 121.7 116.3 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,325.7 4,251.6 4,097.4 95 96 31,844.233,392.1 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Aug 08 % of : Jan - Aug 2/ : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Aug : Jul : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,421.6 2,341.9 2,238.8 92 96 17,361.717,671.2 102 Veal : 10.1 12.1 11.0 108 91 94.6 90.3 95 Pork :1,833.6 1,837.4 1,787.9 98 97 13,921.015,155.4 109 Lamb & Mutton : 13.9 13.0 12.5 90 97 116.4 111.1 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,279.2 4,204.3 4,050.2 95 96 31,493.633,027.9 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Aug 08 % of: Jan - Aug 2/ : : Aug : Jul : Aug :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Aug : Jul : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :3,087.9 *3,017.1 2,865.5 93 95 22,663.9 22,931.9 101 Other : Thou : 44.2 47.0 45.4 103 97 355.0 367.5 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :3,132.1 3,064.0 2,910.9 93 95 23,018.9 23,299.4 101 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,281 1,275 1,286 100 101 1,263 1,274 101 Other : Lbs :1,147 1,148 1,149 100 100 1,144 1,146 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,279 1,273 1,284 100 101 1,261 1,272 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 64.5 86.7 78.1 121 90 508.9 589.5 116 Other : Thou : 0.9 1.2 1.2 122 98 8.0 9.0 113 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 65.5 87.9 79.2 121 90 516.8 598.5 116 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 267 241 243 91 101 312 262 84 Other : Lbs : 386 415 408 106 98 396 402 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 268 243 245 91 101 314 265 84 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,295.6 9,373.1 9,170.3 99 98 69,334.6 75,585.6 109 Other : Thou : 98.9 92.2 97.3 98 106 668.5 686.4 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,394.5 *9,465.3 9,267.6 99 98 70,003.1 76,272.0 109 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 264 263 261 99 99 268 268 100 Other : Lbs : 230 234 236 103 101 233 239 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 263 262 261 99 99 268 268 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 212.0 193.1 186.1 88 96 1,664.9 1,584.6 95 Other : Thou : 16.1 14.7 14.7 91 100 103.9 100.3 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 228.1 207.8 200.7 88 97 1,768.9 1,684.9 95 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 130 134 134 103 100 139 140 101 Other : Lbs : 111 105 107 97 102 103 106 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 129 132 132 103 100 137 138 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 55.6 56.7 58.2 105 103 406.6 425.9 105 Other : Thou : 16.2 15.6 16.9 105 108 122.3 123.9 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 71.8 72.3 75.1 105 104 529.0 549.9 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 62 62 101 101 61 62 101 Other : Lbs : 52 51 56 108 110 58 62 106 Comm'l. : Lbs : 59 59 61 102 102 61 62 102 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.6 5.1 3.8 82 74 34.1 37.8 111 Other : Thou : 1.2 1.1 1.1 95 97 11.5 10.5 92 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.8 6.3 4.9 84 78 45.6 48.3 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Aug 08 as % of 2/ State : Aug : Jul : Aug :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Aug 2007 : Jul 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.1 2.2 1.9 92 88 AK : 0.1 0.1 0.1 126 99 AZ : 35.6 34.9 33.9 95 97 AR : 5.1 5.7 5.4 106 95 CA : 144.9 133.5 133.3 92 100 CO : 167.6 198.3 180.7 108 91 DE-MD : 3.2 2.9 3.1 96 108 FL : 7.3 9.7 9.1 124 94 GA : 14.5 13.4 13.7 94 102 HI : 0.9 1.0 0.9 101 94 ID : 16.3 20.3 20.0 123 99 IL : 263.4 242.2 236.4 90 98 IN : 131.7 137.8 131.4 100 95 IA : 552.6 568.1 558.3 101 98 KS : 589.4 474.6 467.0 79 98 KY : 45.6 45.6 44.5 98 98 LA : 0.6 0.5 0.5 92 106 MI : 46.3 44.4 44.1 95 99 MN : 201.2 215.6 206.5 103 96 MS : 1.3 1.3 1.2 96 95 MO : 124.5 135.5 123.8 99 91 MT : 1.3 1.8 1.8 132 98 NE : 680.3 650.7 625.0 92 96 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 132 77 N ENG 3/ : 1.1 1.2 1.1 101 97 NJ : 4.4 3.8 3.7 84 98 NM : 0.5 0.4 0.5 110 119 NY : 3.0 3.3 3.0 100 90 NC : 206.1 195.7 195.3 95 100 ND : 2.4 2.3 2.2 95 99 OH : 25.8 27.4 26.6 103 97 OK : 82.6 89.0 82.6 100 93 OR : 5.4 4.9 4.9 91 99 PA : 111.8 112.6 109.2 98 97 SC : 21.4 20.4 20.2 94 99 SD : 93.6 77.8 73.7 79 95 TN : 19.4 16.2 17.4 90 108 TX : 425.8 474.9 441.6 104 93 UT : 43.9 48.0 46.8 107 97 VA : 38.3 36.7 37.1 97 101 WA : 81.0 71.3 66.8 83 94 WV : 0.5 0.4 0.6 103 129 WI : 122.2 *124.8 120.4 99 97 WY : 0.9 0.6 0.9 98 149 : US : 4,325.7 4,251.6 4,097.4 95 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, August 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 0.4 349 406 877 953 AK : 0.1 75 1,103 AZ : 43.9 45.9 60,665 62,376 1,384 1,367 AR : 1.0 0.8 974 778 1,030 991 CA : 141.3 125.0 179,361 157,353 1,290 1,277 CO : 194.5 209.0 253,911 276,240 1,306 1,322 DE-MD : 3.5 3.4 4,571 4,305 1,293 1,275 FL : GA : 27.8 25,060 904 HI : 1.1 1.0 1,111 1,113 1,045 1,134 ID : 20.7 27.6 24,999 34,071 1,224 1,250 IL : IN : 3.8 3.5 4,046 3,704 1,054 1,057 IA : KS : 718.7 558.2 911,096 721,340 1,268 1,293 KY : 1.1 1.1 1,086 1,038 957 952 LA : 0.6 0.6 514 459 846 754 MI : 54.4 52.0 73,172 69,340 1,355 1,340 MN : 61.7 71.3 84,636 98,144 1,381 1,383 MS : 0.1 0.1 61 49 793 722 MO : 7.1 7.1 8,717 8,424 1,236 1,198 MT : 1.5 2.0 1,734 2,416 1,165 1,195 NE : 677.8 606.1 887,315 802,305 1,311 1,325 NV : 0.1 0.2 98 158 1,084 1,054 N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.1 1,197 1,216 1,080 1,107 NJ : 2.8 2.8 3,389 3,028 1,219 1,088 NM : 0.7 0.4 673 460 984 1,034 NY : 2.3 2.2 2,586 2,633 1,145 1,200 NC : 19.9 19.6 22,984 22,542 1,164 1,157 ND : 1.0 1.0 1,179 1,193 1,224 1,229 OH : 10.0 10.3 11,759 12,099 1,178 1,182 OK : 1.9 2.0 1,992 2,121 1,044 1,082 OR : 3.3 3.5 3,875 4,204 1,199 1,221 PA : 86.2 85.3 106,399 104,853 1,243 1,240 SC : 13.8 14.2 15,106 15,220 1,105 1,076 SD : TN : 2.2 2.4 1,957 2,001 912 853 TX : 539.3 571.5 672,161 703,777 1,250 1,235 UT : 54.5 56.6 69,753 74,089 1,283 1,311 VA : 0.9 0.7 963 693 1,095 985 WA : 98.7 84.1 130,895 108,349 1,332 1,294 WV : 0.6 0.6 681 672 1,136 1,166 WI : 148.0 142.8 193,266 187,488 1,319 1,326 WY : 0.8 0.8 970 1,015 1,255 1,299 : US 3/ : 3,132.1 2,910.9 3,993,828 3,726,689 1,279 1,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 : 11.5 17.0 1,399 1,986 122 118 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 49 55 281 269 FL : 0.1 33 500 GA : 0.1 0.1 39 39 415 501 HI : ID : IL : 3.0 4.8 1,254 1,109 419 235 IN : IA : KS : KY : 0.1 27 502 LA : 0.2 0.3 113 161 495 528 MI : 1.8 1.1 733 456 419 424 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 20 400 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 0.2 53 50 313 284 NJ : 6.1 4.5 2,550 1,863 416 418 NM : 2.2 191 87 NY : 17.7 18.8 1,725 1,857 100 103 NC : 0.1 0.1 62 72 533 494 ND : OH : 0.1 4.6 18 2,082 349 452 OK : OR : PA : 13.9 13.3 5,359 4,536 385 342 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 35 49 429 471 TX : 0.8 1.1 498 357 597 335 UT : VA : 0.1 19 322 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 65.5 79.2 17,435 19,135 268 245 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 : 7.7 7.2 3,418 3,159 444 440 AK : 0.1 0.1 30 28 219 217 AZ : 0.1 0.1 25 16 252 257 AR : 15.5 16.5 6,952 7,607 447 461 CA : 231.4 232.6 53,777 54,672 233 235 CO : 1.5 1.7 377 433 252 253 DE-MD : 1.9 1.8 428 431 230 241 FL : 7.5 6.9 1,064 769 143 111 GA : 11.0 8.9 2,506 2,098 228 235 HI : 1.9 1.7 397 398 209 228 ID : 14.1 11.6 3,460 2,849 247 246 IL : 912.1 828.4 248,030 222,629 272 269 IN : 666.9 670.9 170,691 170,887 256 255 IA : 2,531.3 2,664.4 667,732 689,484 264 259 KS : 19.3 8,374 437 KY : 227.9 59,554 262 LA : 1.1 0.9 224 180 206 192 MI : 12.4 11.8 4,209 4,156 339 352 MN : 799.4 788.3 206,416 203,050 259 258 MS : 5.6 1,665 295 MO : 594.8 597.2 158,346 158,183 266 265 MT : 1.6 1.8 382 418 236 238 NE : 635.4 648.5 167,259 168,345 263 260 NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.0 2.2 395 436 194 202 NJ : 9.8 8.4 981 829 100 98 NM : 0.1 0.4 31 101 243 251 NY : 3.5 2.9 572 535 164 183 NC : 1,013.5 988.7 256,954 244,238 254 247 ND : 10.2 9.2 2,537 2,311 248 252 OH : 99.1 97.1 26,450 25,629 267 265 OK : 406.4 400.7 107,814 107,670 265 269 OR : 18.5 14.5 4,234 3,502 230 243 PA : 248.0 243.9 61,916 61,707 250 253 SC : SD : 454.6 343.8 114,393 85,823 252 250 TN : 57.6 51.5 27,041 24,223 470 471 TX : 35.3 34.8 8,622 8,182 245 235 UT : 6.5 6.3 1,299 1,288 199 205 VA : 196.9 184.9 50,055 48,242 254 261 WA : 2.4 2.4 465 458 198 191 WV : 0.9 0.9 235 234 267 259 WI : 52.8 57.6 22,907 25,018 441 441 WY : 1.4 1.2 364 317 258 258 : US 3/ : 9,394.5 9,267.6 2,470,996 2,415,430 263 261 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 5 76 AR : 0.1 0.1 6 5 91 95 CA : CO : 79.8 65.4 11,231 9,855 141 151 DE-MD : 3.2 3.9 321 374 102 97 FL : 0.3 0.3 20 17 69 57 GA : 0.5 0.3 68 27 146 86 HI : ID : 0.7 0.6 83 79 127 126 IL : IN : 2.6 2.5 275 266 107 107 IA : 37.0 31.4 5,086 4,397 138 140 KS : 0.3 0.3 40 38 115 120 KY : 1.0 1.1 133 143 128 126 LA : 0.4 0.4 27 25 74 64 MI : 19.1 16.6 2,392 2,072 126 125 MN : 0.4 1.2 53 148 136 126 MS : MO : 0.6 0.6 64 65 110 117 MT : 0.4 0.5 60 62 143 128 NE : 0.1 15 135 NV : 0.2 0.1 27 17 128 121 N ENG 2/ : 2.4 2.2 223 197 94 90 NJ : 10.0 10.7 828 896 83 84 NM : 1.2 1.0 166 128 142 133 NY : 3.3 2.9 290 259 88 89 NC : 0.7 0.9 59 74 86 80 ND : 0.1 0.1 12 5 110 103 OH : 1.9 1.7 202 180 107 106 OK : 0.1 0.1 15 10 99 102 OR : 2.3 2.3 309 308 133 131 PA : 4.8 4.7 472 487 98 103 SC : SD : 1.2 0.3 143 31 116 123 TN : 1.2 1.2 93 89 75 78 TX : 2.5 3.0 275 281 108 93 UT : 3.5 3.3 471 449 135 137 VA : 1.2 1.2 123 119 100 100 WA : 0.7 0.6 104 88 141 159 WV : 0.1 0.4 10 60 111 139 WI : 1.6 1.5 199 213 127 139 WY : 0.4 0.4 53 52 139 139 : US 3/ : 228.1 200.7 29,314 26,507 129 132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Aug 1/ : : : :Jan - Aug 1/ Item : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------: Aug : Jul : Aug :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,646 1,580 1,449 11,825 11,722 53.3 52.4 50.6 52.2 51.1 Heifers : 924 861 836 6,782 6,784 29.9 28.5 29.2 29.9 29.6 All Cows : 465 520 521 3,692 4,020 15.1 17.2 18.2 16.3 17.5 Dairy Cows : 212 209 226 1,631 1,695 6.9 6.9 7.9 7.2 7.4 Other Cows : 254 311 295 2,062 2,325 8.2 10.3 10.3 9.1 10.1 Bulls : 52 57 59 364 406 1.7 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.8 : Total 1/ :3,088 3,017 2,866 22,664 22,932 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 65 87 78 509 589 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,960 9,025 8,845 66,824 72,894 96.4 96.3 96.4 96.4 96.4 Sows : 293 305 286 2,187 2,375 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 Boars : 42 43 40 323 318 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 : Total 1/ :9,296 9,373 9,170 69,335 75,586 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 10 11 11 75 81 4.8 5.5 5.7 4.5 5.1 Lambs & Yrlngs : 202 183 176 1,590 1,504 95.2 94.5 94.3 95.5 94.9 : Total 1/ : 212 193 186 1,665 1,585 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 787 779 784 769 773 Steers 3/ : 845 840 850 819 829 Heifers 3/ : 766 764 774 752 762 All Cows 3/ : 608 600 600 622 614 Bulls 3/ : 890 897 892 906 894 : Calves & Vealers: 159 141 143 187 155 : Hogs : 197 196 195 201 201 Barrow Gilts4/ : 194 192 192 197 197 Sows 4/ : 306 308 306 308 308 Boars 4/ : 213 205 203 214 209 : Sheep : 66 67 67 70 70 Mature Sheep5/ : 68 66 67 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 66 67 67 70 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 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 2.0 0.2 2.4 2.2 0.2 0.3 23.2 3 : 88.2 33.3 7.2 45.5 36.0 9.5 2.1 13.6 4 : 76.1 1.0 0.4 63.4 11.2 52.3 11.3 0.4 5 : 348.4 155.4 44.3 137.1 70.5 66.6 11.6 19.9 6 : 570.7 299.4 173.0 86.9 16.2 70.7 11.5 3.1 7 : 1,212.9 680.0 463.8 58.9 2.0 56.9 10.2 0.1 8 : 278.2 158.2 101.7 9 : 171.3 76.3 14.1 77.2 66.5 10.7 3.7 16.8 10 : 113.8 43.6 31.3 33.7 15.1 18.6 5.3 : US 2/ : 2,865.5 1,449.4 836.2 520.9 226.3 294.5 59.0 78.1 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.7 1.6 1.9 0.2 1.8 2 : 11.1 10.8 0.1 0.1 12.9 1.3 11.5 3 : 428.8 412.5 2.7 13.6 9.9 0.8 9.1 4 : 1,340.0 1,268.7 69.9 1.4 3.9 1.1 2.8 5 : 2,410.6 2,286.5 120.6 3.5 28.1 3.1 25.1 6 : 444.7 419.7 24.9 0.1 7 : 3,921.5 3,833.5 67.0 20.9 31.9 0.5 31.4 8 : 357.4 356.9 0.5 68.0 1.5 66.5 9 : 227.3 227.2 10 : 27.3 27.2 0.1 2.7 0.1 2.6 : US 2/ : 9,170.3 8,844.6 286.1 39.7 186.1 10.5 175.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, January - August 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 7.2 3.1 1.3 1.5 2 : 37.0 12.4 2.3 19.6 16.3 3.2 2.8 181.0 3 : 678.9 282.1 63.9 316.0 251.0 65.0 17.0 105.0 4 : 575.9 9.9 3.5 485.4 91.7 393.6 77.2 2.7 5 : 2,717.1 1,204.2 340.3 1,097.9 560.5 537.5 74.6 145.4 6 : 4,605.1 2,449.0 1,407.4 656.1 116.7 539.4 92.7 19.2 7 : 9,721.5 5,464.1 3,688.5 503.2 12.3 490.9 65.8 0.5 8 : 2,283.7 1,209.3 922.2 9 : 1,404.3 720.5 96.6 563.7 489.2 74.5 23.5 125.6 10 : 901.2 367.5 257.8 241.5 109.1 132.4 34.5 : US 2/ :22,931.9 11,722.1 6,783.6 4,019.9 1,694.5 2,325.4 406.2 589.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 9.5 9.1 15.5 1.0 14.6 2 : 87.7 85.5 1.2 0.9 110.7 11.1 99.6 3 : 3,611.8 3,491.2 20.3 100.3 69.9 3.8 66.1 4 : 10,868.0 10,298.0 556.3 13.7 26.0 8.4 17.7 5 : 19,998.7 18,938.4 1,032.4 27.8 240.9 25.5 215.4 6 : 3,797.3 3,596.3 193.9 7.1 7 : 32,030.7 31,300.9 562.6 167.3 227.3 3.4 223.9 8 : 3,232.1 3,226.1 5.9 0.1 653.9 12.7 641.2 9 : 1,717.6 1,716.7 10 : 232.3 231.4 0.9 0.1 18.1 1.0 17.1 : US 2/ : 75,585.6 72,893.6 2,374.5 317.5 1,584.6 81.0 1,503.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Aug Species : Aug : Jul : Aug :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.5 98.4 Calves : 98.6 98.7 98.5 98.5 98.5 Hogs : 98.9 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.1 Sheep : 92.9 92.9 92.7 94.1 94.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Livestock Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for the commercial livestock slaughter estimates are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State- administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total commercial slaughter estimates. More than 95 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection. There are nearly 800 livestock slaughter plants in the U.S. operating under Federal Inspection and over 2,000 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State-inspected Talmedge- Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Types of Plants, page 20). To prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are constantly monitored Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each March which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of the annual summary in March. Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after the week of slaughter. An edit compares each plant's data with the historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each plant's past operating profile. In addition, the edit provides a listing of missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species reported. The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e- mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter data are included in the summary. Imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the U.S. head kill totals. FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and Statistics and are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are summarized monthly only. Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If not published, these data are still included in US and region totals. A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data. Types of Livestock Slaughter Plants There are generally four types of slaughtering plants. (1) Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Any State whose commercial plants operate entirely under federal inspection may still have custom-exempt establishments for which NFI estimates are made. (2) Talmedge-Aiken (TA) Plants: Slaughter plants in which USDA is responsible for inspection. However, federal inspection is carried out by State employees. These plants are considered to be federally inspected. (3) Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) Plants: Plants which sell and transport only intrastate. State inspectors assure compliance with individual State standards for these NFI plants. Mobile slaughtering units are excluded and are considered farm slaughter. (4) Custom-Exempt Plants: Plants that do not sell meat but operate on a custom basis only are custom-exempt. The animals and meat are not inspected, but the facilities must meet health standards. These are considered NFI plants and head kill is included in NFI totals. Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates 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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