Mt An 1-2 (10-08) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 24, 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 September Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.27 billion pounds in September, up 11 percent from the 3.86 billion pounds produced in September 2007. Beef production, at 2.27 billion pounds, was 8 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.89 million head, up 8 percent from September 2007. The average live weight was up 8 pounds from the previous year, at 1,298 pounds. Veal production totaled 12.8 million pounds, 37 percent above September a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 87,500 head, up 56 percent from September 2007. The average live weight was down 33 pounds from last year, at 251 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.97 billion pounds, up 13 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.96 million head, up 14 percent from September 2007. The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 266 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 14.4 million pounds, was up 6 percent from September 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 221,000 head, 5 percent above last year. The average live weight was 129 pounds, up 1 pound from September a year ago. January to September 2008 commercial red meat production was 37.7 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 3 percent from last year, veal was down 1 percent, pork was up 9 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. September 2007 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. September 2008 contained 22 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 08 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Sep : Aug : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,094.7 2,268.5 2,269.8 108 100 19,687.020,179.6 103 Veal : 9.4 11.2 12.8 137 114 105.7 105.1 99 Pork :1,746.0 1,804.4 1,973.5 113 109 15,779.717,247.3 109 Lamb & Mutton : 13.6 13.3 14.4 106 108 135.2 130.6 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,863.6 4,097.4 4,270.4 111 104 35,707.637,662.5 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 08 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Sep : Aug : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,066.7 2,238.8 2,239.2 108 100 19,428.419,910.3 102 Veal : 9.1 11.0 12.5 137 114 103.7 102.7 99 Pork :1,731.1 1,787.9 1,958.0 113 110 15,652.017,113.4 109 Lamb & Mutton : 12.9 12.5 13.6 106 109 129.2 124.7 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,819.7 4,050.2 4,223.3 111 104 35,313.337,251.2 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Sep 08 % of: Jan - Sep 2/ : : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Sep : Aug : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,621.2 2,865.5 2,841.9 108 99 25,285.1 25,773.8 102 Other : Thou : 43.4 45.4 47.1 109 104 398.4 414.5 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,664.6 2,910.9 2,889.0 108 99 25,683.5 26,188.4 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,292 1,286 1,300 101 101 1,266 1,277 101 Other : Lbs :1,138 1,149 1,149 101 100 1,143 1,146 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,290 1,284 1,298 101 101 1,264 1,275 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 54.8 78.1 86.1 157 110 563.7 675.6 120 Other : Thou : 1.2 1.2 1.4 124 124 9.1 10.5 115 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 56.0 79.2 87.5 156 110 572.8 686.0 120 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 281 243 248 88 102 309 261 84 Other : Lbs : 390 408 427 109 105 395 406 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 284 245 251 89 102 311 263 85 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,683.4 *9,170.4 9,867.7 114 108 78,018.0 85,453.4 110 Other : Thou : 89.4 97.3 90.9 102 93 757.9 777.2 103 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,772.8 9,267.6 9,958.6 114 107 78,775.9 86,230.6 109 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 267 261 266 100 102 268 268 100 Other : Lbs : 233 236 236 102 100 233 238 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 266 261 266 100 102 268 267 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 196.7 186.1 206.9 105 111 1,861.6 1,791.6 96 Other : Thou : 14.0 14.7 14.0 100 96 118.0 114.3 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 210.7 200.7 221.0 105 110 1,979.6 1,905.9 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 130 134 131 101 98 138 139 101 Other : Lbs : 106 107 103 97 96 104 105 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 128 132 129 101 98 136 137 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 54.2 58.2 63.2 117 109 460.9 489.2 106 Other : Thou : 16.6 16.9 16.6 100 98 138.9 140.5 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 70.9 75.1 79.9 113 106 599.8 629.7 105 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 62 61 100 99 61 62 101 Other : Lbs : 48 56 76 159 135 57 63 111 Comm'l. : Lbs : 58 61 64 110 106 60 62 103 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.4 3.8 4.4 101 118 38.5 42.2 110 Other : Thou : 1.0 1.1 1.1 116 101 12.4 11.6 93 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.4 4.9 5.5 104 114 51.0 53.9 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 08 as % of 2/ State : Sep : Aug : Sep :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Sep 2007 : Aug 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 1.9 1.9 1.8 95 95 AK : 0.1 0.1 80 AZ : 34.8 33.9 33.5 96 99 AR : 5.0 5.4 6.1 121 113 CA : 122.1 133.3 136.3 112 102 CO : 157.7 180.7 177.8 113 98 DE-MD : 2.6 3.1 3.3 125 106 FL : 7.2 9.1 8.6 120 95 GA : 12.8 13.7 14.3 112 105 HI : 0.8 0.9 0.9 110 95 ID : 15.8 20.0 20.3 129 101 IL : 232.0 236.4 261.2 113 111 IN : 117.3 131.4 142.1 121 108 IA : 532.6 558.3 596.0 112 107 KS : 477.5 467.0 452.8 95 97 KY : 44.3 44.5 51.9 117 117 LA : 0.5 0.5 0.6 117 119 MI : 39.1 44.1 44.0 112 100 MN : 186.6 206.5 223.4 120 108 MS : 1.2 1.2 1.4 110 114 MO : 122.1 123.8 147.3 121 119 MT : 1.2 1.8 1.6 135 93 NE : 586.4 625.0 641.2 109 103 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 131 89 N ENG 3/ : 1.2 1.1 1.3 114 116 NJ : 3.9 3.7 4.3 110 116 NM : 0.3 0.5 0.5 197 97 NY : 2.7 3.0 3.2 122 109 NC : 183.8 195.3 210.0 114 107 ND : 2.1 2.2 2.4 114 106 OH : 21.7 26.6 25.0 115 94 OK : 80.8 82.6 93.0 115 113 OR : 4.7 4.9 5.2 111 105 PA : 101.0 109.2 113.8 113 104 SC : 19.9 20.2 21.2 106 105 SD : 86.0 73.7 85.0 99 115 TN : 19.3 17.4 22.7 117 130 TX : 369.9 441.6 433.2 117 98 UT : 42.9 46.8 46.3 108 99 VA : 42.0 37.1 40.2 96 108 WA : 72.6 66.8 73.2 101 110 WV : 0.6 0.6 0.7 113 130 WI : 106.2 120.4 122.2 115 102 WY : 0.5 0.9 0.5 111 58 : US : 3,863.6 4,097.4 4,270.4 111 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2007 and 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.3 0.5 257 468 867 877 AK : 0.1 76 1,185 AZ : 43.0 47.6 59,846 62,079 1,395 1,312 AR : 1.0 1.0 1,011 962 1,053 1,001 CA : 118.2 126.5 149,208 160,776 1,284 1,288 CO : 181.0 205.2 239,087 272,578 1,322 1,329 DE-MD : 2.9 3.6 3,726 4,545 1,271 1,275 FL : GA : 23.3 21,733 938 HI : 0.9 0.9 977 1,062 1,051 1,159 ID : 19.8 27.5 24,997 33,892 1,283 1,249 IL : IN : 3.3 3.5 3,531 3,726 1,055 1,058 IA : KS : 574.3 536.4 738,949 699,871 1,287 1,305 KY : 1.3 1.4 1,191 1,336 935 946 LA : 0.6 0.7 475 531 822 728 MI : 46.9 52.2 61,990 69,190 1,333 1,334 MN : 54.7 74.9 75,103 104,677 1,381 1,406 MS : 0.1 0.1 74 48 824 659 MO : 6.6 7.7 7,977 9,239 1,208 1,206 MT : 1.4 2.0 1,632 2,281 1,181 1,162 NE : 557.8 601.3 743,828 816,049 1,335 1,358 NV : 0.1 0.1 102 148 1,022 1,011 N ENG 2/ : 1.2 1.4 1,293 1,474 1,050 1,038 NJ : 2.5 3.2 2,920 3,558 1,195 1,105 NM : 0.3 0.5 293 480 1,025 1,046 NY : 2.4 2.5 2,666 2,991 1,118 1,199 NC : 18.8 18.9 21,226 21,744 1,133 1,152 ND : 0.9 1.0 1,005 1,253 1,174 1,210 OH : 8.4 8.0 9,728 9,505 1,165 1,199 OK : 1.5 2.1 1,602 2,261 1,039 1,104 OR : 3.0 3.7 3,524 4,186 1,194 1,160 PA : 77.0 86.5 95,313 106,862 1,246 1,247 SC : 13.2 13.7 14,101 14,832 1,074 1,085 SD : TN : 2.1 2.6 1,813 2,149 876 832 TX : 467.1 557.0 583,608 691,235 1,253 1,244 UT : 52.7 56.1 68,442 73,442 1,302 1,312 VA : 1.5 1.2 1,536 1,129 1,043 956 WA : 88.9 90.8 117,200 118,780 1,325 1,313 WV : 0.9 0.9 901 931 974 982 WI : 133.1 146.0 171,619 192,178 1,302 1,331 WY : 0.5 0.6 588 666 1,197 1,202 : US 3/ : 2,664.6 2,889.0 3,426,021 3,736,935 1,290 1,298 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2007 and 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : CA : 9.7 17.0 1,221 1,974 126 117 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.3 47 73 279 272 FL : 0.1 27 488 GA : 0.1 0.1 23 60 397 464 HI : ID : IL : 2.5 5.9 1,015 1,583 412 271 IN : IA : KS : KY : 0.1 25 499 LA : 0.3 0.5 141 268 514 522 MI : 2.2 1.2 916 508 424 436 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 36 424 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 0.2 47 65 291 305 NJ : 5.2 5.4 2,169 2,169 414 402 NM : 1.8 157 87 NY : 13.5 20.7 1,254 2,007 96 99 NC : 0.2 0.2 85 91 467 488 ND : OH : 0.1 4.9 26 2,226 349 458 OK : OR : PA : 12.0 15.0 4,925 5,002 412 334 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 32 35 461 451 TX : 0.9 1.8 465 536 535 299 UT : VA : 0.1 21 334 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 56.0 87.5 15,734 21,755 284 251 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Hog Slaughter: By State and United States, September 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 : 7.2 6.5 3,258 2,952 451 453 AK : 0.1 0.1 13 14 266 227 AZ : 0.3 0.2 57 42 214 254 AR : 15.0 18.5 6,808 8,425 455 456 CA : 201.4 233.8 47,286 56,038 235 240 CO : 1.0 1.1 268 288 259 253 DE-MD : 1.4 1.8 336 424 238 241 FL : 8.7 4.9 1,060 622 122 126 GA : 10.7 9.5 2,460 2,275 230 238 HI : 1.5 1.6 337 366 220 223 ID : 12.4 13.1 3,078 3,305 249 253 IL : 829.4 931.2 227,589 253,022 275 272 IN : 587.8 717.2 152,432 185,057 259 258 IA : 2,441.7 2,795.5 651,618 737,195 267 264 KS : 16.4 6,977 428 KY : 218.3 57,775 265 LA : 1.0 0.9 197 174 194 201 MI : 9.4 10.8 3,303 3,919 353 365 MN : 741.8 847.7 193,730 221,449 262 262 MS : 5.9 1,911 327 MO : 572.9 694.9 155,916 188,801 272 272 MT : 1.3 1.5 324 356 255 240 NE : 610.9 675.9 163,027 178,782 267 265 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.7 1.9 353 427 207 226 NJ : 8.6 8.4 852 827 99 98 NM : 0.1 0.3 32 80 244 252 NY : 2.8 2.9 496 542 176 185 NC : 901.6 1,048.5 229,359 264,494 255 252 ND : 9.0 9.7 2,293 2,464 255 253 OH : 83.8 94.5 22,397 25,353 268 269 OK : 392.4 443.0 105,484 121,311 269 274 OR : 15.2 15.0 3,573 3,752 235 251 PA : 225.9 255.8 57,199 65,765 254 257 SC : SD : 413.9 394.0 105,217 99,639 254 253 TN : 57.9 67.7 27,108 31,642 469 469 TX : 35.0 36.0 9,098 8,737 260 243 UT : 5.3 5.8 958 1,165 182 202 VA : 211.0 199.5 54,477 52,050 258 261 WA : 2.0 2.4 415 522 210 214 WV : 0.9 1.0 223 244 249 244 WI : 42.0 54.8 18,106 24,021 437 445 WY : 0.4 0.5 122 131 285 261 : US 3/ : 8,772.8 9,958.6 2,334,352 2,642,679 266 266 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 11 90 AR : 0.1 0.1 7 9 103 109 CA : CO : 74.6 75.5 10,620 11,116 142 147 DE-MD : 2.8 4.7 281 439 101 93 FL : 0.3 0.5 22 25 69 56 GA : 0.5 0.3 75 27 137 87 HI : ID : 0.5 0.6 68 67 125 116 IL : IN : 2.2 2.6 240 277 108 107 IA : 32.8 34.8 4,626 4,825 141 139 KS : 0.3 0.3 33 34 110 104 KY : 1.1 1.0 134 121 125 124 LA : 0.3 0.3 28 20 81 63 MI : 17.1 18.1 2,172 2,261 127 125 MN : 0.3 1.7 33 215 129 126 MS : MO : 0.5 0.7 57 78 104 113 MT : 0.4 0.6 48 66 130 116 NE : 0.1 14 133 NV : 0.1 0.1 16 12 124 117 N ENG 2/ : 2.4 3.0 240 279 99 94 NJ : 11.8 13.6 981 1,141 83 84 NM : 0.9 1.2 129 154 142 135 NY : 3.0 3.0 269 249 88 84 NC : 0.9 1.0 74 79 82 81 ND : 0.1 0.1 10 13 118 117 OH : 1.4 1.2 144 138 105 116 OK : 0.1 0.1 12 11 104 103 OR : 2.2 2.4 296 318 134 133 PA : 4.7 5.2 469 519 99 100 SC : SD : 0.7 0.3 78 36 104 117 TN : 1.3 1.7 94 130 72 77 TX : 2.4 3.0 199 285 82 94 UT : 2.6 2.8 350 373 137 131 VA : 1.1 1.5 107 157 98 101 WA : 1.0 0.8 138 103 145 131 WV : 0.1 0.6 7 91 101 148 WI : 1.4 1.3 174 161 125 126 WY : 0.1 0.2 16 22 135 137 : US 3/ : 210.7 221.0 27,052 28,531 128 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Sep 1/ : : : :Jan - Sep 1/ Item : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------: Sep : Aug : Sep :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,360 1,449 1,422 13,185 13,144 51.9 50.6 50.0 52.1 51.0 Heifers : 782 836 835 7,565 7,619 29.8 29.2 29.4 29.9 29.6 All Cows : 432 521 527 4,124 4,547 16.5 18.2 18.5 16.3 17.6 Dairy Cows : 200 226 224 1,830 1,918 7.6 7.9 7.9 7.2 7.4 Other Cows : 232 295 303 2,294 2,629 8.8 10.3 10.7 9.1 10.2 Bulls : 48 59 59 412 465 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.8 : Total 1/ :2,621 2,866 2,842 25,285 25,774 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 55 78 86 564 676 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,390 8,845 9,533 75,215 82,427 96.6 96.4 96.6 96.4 96.5 Sows : 257 286 298 2,444 2,673 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 Boars : 36 40 36 359 353 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,683 9,170 9,868 78,018 85,453 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 9 11 11 84 92 4.6 5.7 5.5 4.5 5.2 Lambs & Yrlngs : 188 176 196 1,777 1,699 95.4 94.3 94.5 95.5 94.8 : Total 1/ : 197 186 207 1,862 1,792 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 791 784 790 771 775 Steers 3/ : 853 850 859 822 832 Heifers 3/ : 780 774 786 755 765 All Cows 3/ : 606 600 598 620 612 Bulls 3/ : 871 892 890 902 894 : Calves & Vealers: 168 143 146 185 154 : Hogs : 200 195 199 201 200 Barrow Gilts4/ : 196 192 195 197 197 Sows 4/ : 306 306 306 308 308 Boars 4/ : 210 203 211 213 210 : Sheep : 65 67 66 69 70 Mature Sheep5/ : 68 67 66 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 65 67 66 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, September 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 2 : 5.6 2.2 0.3 2.6 2.2 0.5 0.4 26.1 3 : 89.0 32.7 5.5 48.4 38.2 10.2 2.4 15.3 4 : 75.9 1.3 0.5 62.9 10.6 52.3 11.2 0.4 5 : 356.0 155.5 46.3 141.3 71.4 69.8 12.9 22.7 6 : 556.3 286.1 173.8 85.2 14.5 70.7 11.2 3.4 7 : 1,188.1 686.1 435.1 57.9 1.5 56.3 9.1 0.1 8 : 275.0 133.7 122.0 9 : 174.4 79.3 12.7 78.8 64.7 14.1 3.6 16.8 10 : 120.5 44.2 38.6 32.7 14.3 18.4 5.0 : US 2/ : 2,841.9 1,421.6 834.9 526.7 223.5 303.2 58.7 86.1 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.5 1.4 2.7 0.2 2.6 2 : 11.1 10.8 0.1 0.1 15.7 1.4 14.4 3 : 455.3 441.3 2.2 11.9 11.8 0.9 10.9 4 : 1,449.8 1,361.0 87.3 1.5 4.6 1.0 3.5 5 : 2,617.9 2,494.9 119.3 3.7 31.7 3.5 28.3 6 : 489.2 461.2 27.6 0.3 7 : 4,177.4 4,097.7 61.3 18.4 35.5 0.5 35.0 8 : 407.2 406.8 0.4 77.9 1.5 76.3 9 : 228.9 228.8 10 : 29.5 29.4 0.1 2.7 0.3 2.4 : US 2/ : 9,867.7 9,533.3 298.5 35.9 206.9 11.4 195.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - September 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 8.3 3.6 1.5 1.7 2 : 42.6 14.6 2.6 22.2 18.5 3.7 3.2 207.0 3 : 767.9 314.8 69.3 364.4 289.2 75.2 19.4 120.4 4 : 651.8 11.3 3.9 548.3 102.3 446.0 88.4 3.2 5 : 3,073.1 1,359.7 386.7 1,239.2 631.9 607.3 87.5 168.1 6 : 5,161.4 2,735.1 1,581.2 741.3 131.2 610.0 103.9 22.6 7 :10,909.6 6,150.2 4,123.6 561.0 13.8 547.3 74.8 0.6 8 : 2,558.7 1,343.0 1,044.2 9 : 1,578.7 799.8 109.3 642.5 553.9 88.6 27.1 142.3 10 : 1,021.7 411.6 296.3 274.2 123.4 150.8 39.5 : US 2/ :25,773.8 13,143.7 7,618.5 4,546.6 1,918.1 2,628.6 465.0 675.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 11.0 10.5 18.3 1.1 17.2 2 : 98.8 96.3 1.4 1.0 126.5 12.5 114.0 3 : 4,067.1 3,932.5 22.5 112.1 81.6 4.6 77.0 4 : 12,317.8 11,658.9 643.6 15.2 30.6 9.4 21.2 5 : 22,616.6 21,433.4 1,151.7 31.5 272.6 29.0 243.6 6 : 4,286.4 4,057.5 221.6 7.4 7 : 36,208.1 35,398.6 623.9 185.7 262.9 3.9 259.0 8 : 3,639.3 3,632.9 6.3 0.1 731.8 14.2 717.6 9 : 1,946.5 1,945.5 10 : 261.8 260.8 0.9 0.1 20.8 1.3 19.5 : US 2/ : 85,453.4 82,426.9 2,673.0 353.5 1,791.6 92.4 1,699.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Sep Species : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4 Calves : 97.9 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.5 Hogs : 99.0 99.0 99.1 99.0 99.1 Sheep : 93.3 92.7 93.6 94.0 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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