Mt An 1-2 (12-08) Livestock Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 29, 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. November Total Red Meat Production Below Previous Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.87 billion pounds in November, down 10 percent from the 4.30 billion pounds produced in November 2007. Beef production, at 1.96 billion pounds, was 12 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.52 million head, down 11 percent from November 2007. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 1,302 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.3 million pounds, 13 percent above November a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 81,400 head, up 38 percent from November 2007. The average live weight was down 51 pounds from last year, at 240 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.89 billion pounds, down 8 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.32 million head, down 7 percent from November 2007. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 271 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.9 million pounds, was down 20 percent from November 2007. Sheep slaughter totaled 193,700 head, 18 percent below last year. The average live weight was 133 pounds, down 3 pounds from November a year ago. January to November 2008 commercial red meat production was 46.1 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 2007. Accumulated beef production was up 1 percent from last year, veal was up 2 percent, pork was up 7 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 5 percent. November 2007 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and 4 Saturdays. November 2008 contained 20 weekdays (including two 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Nov 08 % of : Jan - Nov 2/ : Nov : Oct : Nov :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Nov : Oct : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,228.8 2,342.0 1,960.9 88 84 24,359.124,482.5 101 Veal : 10.1 13.6 11.3 113 83 126.8 130.0 102 Pork :2,045.2*2,160.1 1,886.5 92 87 19,970.121,296.0 107 Lamb & Mutton : 16.1 15.0 12.9 80 86 167.8 158.5 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,300.2*4,530.7 3,871.6 90 85 44,623.846,067.0 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Nov 08 % of : Jan - Nov 2/ : Nov : Oct : Nov :-------------------------------------- Type : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Nov : Oct : : :08 as % : : : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 : of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,201.5 2,305.4 1,933.1 88 84 24,037.324,148.9 100 Veal : 9.7 13.2 10.9 112 83 124.1 126.8 102 Pork :2,030.7*2,144.1 1,873.7 92 87 19,810.621,133.3 107 Lamb & Mutton : 15.4 14.2 12.2 79 86 160.2 151.1 94 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,257.4*4,476.9 3,830.0 90 86 44,132.145,560.2 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Nov 08 % of: Jan - Nov 2/ : : Nov : Oct : Nov :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Nov : Oct : : : 08 % : : : : :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :of 07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 2,787.3 2,933.4 2,475.0 89 84 31,118.2 31,182.2 100 Other : Thou : 43.4 57.4 44.0 101 77 497.9 516.0 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 2,830.7 2,990.8 2,519.0 89 84 31,616.1 31,698.2 100 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 1,307 1,306 1,305 100 100 1,273 1,282 101 Other : Lbs : 1,117 1,138 1,122 101 99 1,139 1,143 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 1,304 1,303 1,302 100 100 1,271 1,280 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 57.5 93.9 79.7 139 85 684.9 849.2 124 Other : Thou : 1.4 1.8 1.7 118 94 12.1 13.9 115 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 58.9 95.7 81.4 138 85 697.1 863.2 124 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 287 241 236 82 98 305 256 84 Other : Lbs : 430 424 424 99 100 400 410 103 Comm'l. : Lbs : 291 244 240 83 98 307 259 84 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 9,964.4*10,653.5 9,249.5 93 87 98,537.6105,366.8 107 Other : Thou : 84.8 93.4 75.5 89 81 944.1 946.2 100 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :10,049.2*10,747.0 9,325.0 93 87 99,481.7106,312.9 107 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 273 270 271 99 101 269 268 100 Other : Lbs : 237 238 237 100 100 234 238 102 Comm'l. : Lbs : 272 269 271 99 101 268 268 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 222.5 209.4 179.9 81 86 2,316.4 2,180.9 94 Other : Thou : 14.1 15.6 13.8 97 88 148.2 143.7 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 236.7 225.0 193.7 82 86 2,464.6 2,324.6 94 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 138 135 136 98 100 138 139 101 Other : Lbs : 103 104 103 100 100 104 105 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 136 133 133 98 100 136 137 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 55.8 57.0 53.5 96 94 577.5 599.8 104 Other : Thou : 15.0 18.9 19.4 130 103 170.7 178.9 105 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 70.7 75.9 73.0 103 96 748.2 778.6 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 61 62 100 101 61 62 101 Other : Lbs : 51 70 74 146 106 56 65 117 Comm'l. : Lbs : 59 63 65 110 103 60 62 104 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.2 4.1 4.0 94 97 46.5 50.3 108 Other : Thou : 1.4 1.4 1.2 79 84 15.4 14.1 92 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.7 5.5 5.2 91 94 61.9 64.5 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Nov 08 as % of 2/ State : Nov : Oct : Nov :----------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : Nov 2007 : Oct 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.1 1.9 1.6 76 86 AK : 0.1 0.1 0.1 88 107 AZ : 34.1 32.6 29.6 87 91 AR : 5.6 5.8 3.9 69 66 CA : 140.7 148.3 129.4 92 87 CO : 165.5 177.1 149.8 91 85 DE-MD : 3.1 3.2 3.0 99 96 FL : 8.2 9.3 7.6 93 82 GA : 13.5 14.8 12.2 90 83 HI : 0.8 1.0 0.8 97 83 ID : 18.8 22.9 18.4 98 80 IL : 268.1 279.3 241.1 90 86 IN : 147.0 160.2 138.7 94 87 IA : 625.8 *650.3 555.5 89 85 KS : 505.6 462.2 377.0 75 82 KY : 51.8 56.7 49.1 95 87 LA : 0.6 0.7 0.6 98 94 MI : 42.1 44.3 42.1 100 95 MN : 217.8 239.4 210.5 97 88 MS : 1.2 1.6 1.1 95 72 MO : 139.6 152.2 135.6 97 89 MT : 1.5 1.4 1.4 88 96 NE : 625.9 666.3 575.1 92 86 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 167 76 N ENG 3/ : 1.3 1.5 1.3 102 89 NJ : 3.7 4.0 3.7 99 92 NM : 0.3 0.6 0.5 172 88 NY : 2.9 3.7 2.9 101 78 NC : 217.0 232.0 207.5 96 89 ND : 2.1 2.9 2.1 99 70 OH : 24.0 28.2 23.4 98 83 OK : 89.4 103.8 92.5 103 89 OR : 4.8 5.4 4.6 95 85 PA : 108.6 123.6 110.1 101 89 SC : 22.1 22.5 19.0 86 84 SD : 101.6 99.3 81.5 80 82 TN : 22.3 24.7 19.3 86 78 TX : 404.7 454.1 361.3 89 80 UT : 43.4 44.6 38.4 88 86 VA : 44.0 43.2 40.6 92 94 WA : 72.5 75.1 63.2 87 84 WV : 0.8 1.2 0.8 99 66 WI : 114.8 128.6 114.3 100 89 WY : 0.4 0.3 0.4 92 144 : US : 4,300.2 *4,530.7 3,871.6 90 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, November 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 0.4 325 300 843 837 AK : 0.1 0.1 108 102 982 1,129 AZ : 42.9 42.3 60,123 54,711 1,404 1,299 AR : 0.7 0.6 710 531 1,076 967 CA : 130.6 122.1 166,312 157,349 1,296 1,306 CO : 186.9 171.5 250,480 229,188 1,341 1,337 DE-MD : 3.3 3.3 4,348 4,299 1,312 1,289 FL : GA : 24.4 23,021 945 HI : 0.9 0.9 902 973 1,030 1,143 ID : 25.5 24.5 30,873 30,773 1,227 1,273 IL : IN : 2.9 2.8 3,060 2,979 1,057 1,056 IA : KS : 599.8 448.9 786,182 586,215 1,311 1,306 KY : 1.4 1.4 1,319 1,338 925 931 LA : 0.6 0.7 483 473 779 723 MI : 49.3 50.4 66,341 67,721 1,356 1,354 MN : 68.8 66.1 92,778 90,765 1,356 1,378 MS : 0.1 64 798 MO : 6.1 5.1 7,340 6,157 1,208 1,222 MT : 1.9 1.7 2,183 1,933 1,155 1,140 NE : 586.2 532.0 791,852 724,688 1,353 1,364 NV : 0.1 0.1 79 136 1,020 1,040 N ENG 2/ : 1.4 1.4 1,413 1,484 1,038 1,027 NJ : 2.5 2.7 3,011 3,126 1,215 1,152 NM : 0.4 0.5 357 552 988 1,045 NY : 2.4 2.3 2,829 2,751 1,184 1,196 NC : 18.0 16.6 20,634 18,963 1,152 1,150 ND : 0.8 0.8 982 970 1,212 1,221 OH : 8.5 10.0 9,935 11,674 1,177 1,175 OK : 1.4 1.9 1,552 2,058 1,079 1,084 OR : 3.1 3.4 3,545 4,020 1,174 1,220 PA : 77.5 83.5 98,054 105,435 1,275 1,274 SC : 13.2 12.3 14,161 13,370 1,078 1,097 SD : TN : 2.3 2.4 1,914 2,005 863 852 TX : 514.7 469.0 645,260 582,050 1,258 1,245 UT : 53.4 47.4 69,329 61,154 1,302 1,294 VA : 1.3 0.9 1,288 943 1,026 1,012 WA : 90.3 79.1 117,741 103,478 1,309 1,312 WV : 1.3 1.1 1,298 1,170 1,019 1,026 WI : 142.3 144.2 186,138 189,187 1,322 1,325 WY : 0.6 0.5 644 600 1,164 1,160 : US 3/ : 2,830.7 2,519.0 3,677,465 3,267,744 1,304 1,302 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 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 16.5 1,240 1,861 129 114 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 48 54 248 281 FL : GA : 0.1 0.1 26 44 444 449 HI : ID : IL : 2.3 5.9 966 1,422 418 247 IN : IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.4 0.5 186 265 500 524 MI : 1.5 1.1 615 451 412 422 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 26 455 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 0.2 65 53 268 234 NJ : 4.6 4.6 1,860 1,874 409 410 NM : 2.6 234 91 NY : 14.7 19.6 1,528 1,873 108 98 NC : 0.2 0.1 77 69 490 517 ND : OH : 0.1 4.3 22 1,980 347 460 OK : OR : PA : 12.4 12.8 5,103 4,291 411 337 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 29 27 409 479 TX : 1.5 3.4 816 943 569 279 UT : VA : 0.1 31 323 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 58.9 81.4 16,919 19,313 291 240 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 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 5.9 3,465 2,611 450 442 AK : AZ : 0.2 0.1 44 18 212 275 AR : 17.4 11.8 7,965 5,422 458 460 CA : 234.9 207.5 57,836 50,608 246 244 CO : 0.8 0.8 200 215 261 260 DE-MD : 1.7 1.6 458 429 274 273 FL : 8.3 5.7 1,137 856 138 150 GA : 12.0 6.0 2,721 1,583 227 264 HI : 1.7 1.4 401 300 232 218 ID : 13.0 12.4 3,382 3,193 261 258 IL : 961.8 877.0 270,615 242,694 282 277 IN : 720.6 678.3 191,935 181,003 267 267 IA : 2,840.1 2,588.9 772,812 697,542 272 270 KS : 15.3 6,842 448 KY : 250.0 67,398 270 LA : 1.7 1.4 305 244 183 173 MI : 10.9 9.4 4,359 3,589 400 383 MN : 849.4 816.1 224,404 215,632 265 265 MS : 5.6 1,573 279 MO : 640.4 637.5 179,467 175,685 280 276 MT : 1.3 1.2 348 298 268 252 NE : 671.0 642.5 181,817 174,132 271 271 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.8 1.7 418 417 228 247 NJ : 9.7 7.8 892 748 92 96 NM : 0.1 0.1 31 36 258 272 NY : 2.4 2.0 447 346 186 176 NC : 1,043.8 1,002.9 274,537 263,960 263 263 ND : 9.1 8.8 2,325 2,244 255 254 OH : 90.1 78.5 25,502 21,735 284 278 OK : 427.3 436.6 117,614 120,476 275 276 OR : 15.1 12.3 3,881 3,151 258 257 PA : 256.4 236.7 66,111 61,909 258 262 SC : SD : 474.5 371.5 122,625 96,635 259 260 TN : 66.5 57.7 31,376 26,786 473 466 TX : 40.5 36.4 11,173 8,833 276 243 UT : 5.0 4.8 870 913 173 191 VA : 215.5 197.4 57,420 53,083 267 269 WA : 2.5 1.9 487 429 192 221 WV : 0.9 0.7 204 183 223 268 WI : 43.5 39.2 19,408 17,373 453 451 WY : 0.3 0.2 73 65 261 263 : US 3/ : 10,049.2 9,325.0 2,734,844 2,524,617 272 271 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 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 8 92 AR : CA : CO : 95.9 75.0 14,559 11,503 152 154 DE-MD : 2.7 3.0 272 294 100 97 FL : 0.1 0.3 11 16 78 58 GA : 0.6 0.3 56 24 101 92 HI : ID : 0.3 0.4 41 50 123 119 IL : IN : 1.9 2.0 205 232 111 114 IA : 36.0 27.2 5,152 3,829 143 141 KS : 0.2 0.3 21 35 108 116 KY : 1.0 1.0 120 120 125 124 LA : 0.2 0.3 12 18 76 68 MI : 16.1 13.6 2,108 1,724 132 127 MN : 0.3 1.2 42 149 132 124 MS : MO : 0.4 0.5 43 50 116 110 MT : 0.4 0.4 33 39 85 99 NE : 0.1 7 127 NV : 0.1 6 118 N ENG 2/ : 2.5 3.0 229 251 90 84 NJ : 9.4 9.9 790 830 84 84 NM : 1.1 1.0 161 136 144 132 NY : 3.3 2.8 254 235 78 85 NC : 0.7 0.7 56 51 79 78 ND : 0.1 0.1 12 10 122 119 OH : 1.3 1.5 145 163 108 105 OK : 0.1 0.1 11 12 87 93 OR : 1.9 1.7 252 228 132 134 PA : 4.3 3.9 423 391 97 99 SC : SD : 1.0 0.2 118 24 121 121 TN : 0.9 1.2 68 91 78 79 TX : 3.9 4.0 396 399 101 101 UT : 3.0 2.5 400 335 133 132 VA : 1.3 1.3 128 121 98 96 WA : 0.7 0.5 102 64 137 130 WV : 0.5 66 141 WI : 1.2 0.9 145 110 125 121 WY : 0.1 0.1 15 11 149 139 : US 3/ : 236.7 193.7 32,168 25,802 136 133 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Nov 1/ : : : :Jan - Nov 1/ Item : Nov : Oct : Nov :-------------: Nov : Oct : Nov :------------ : 2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 :2007 :2008 :2008 : 2007 :2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,340 1,397 1,137 16,006 15,677 48.1 47.6 45.9 51.4 50.3 Heifers : 873 898 778 9,408 9,294 31.3 30.6 31.4 30.2 29.8 All Cows : 527 583 514 5,192 5,644 18.9 19.9 20.8 16.7 18.1 Dairy Cows : 217 236 208 2,292 2,362 7.8 8.1 8.4 7.4 7.6 Other Cows : 310 347 306 2,900 3,281 11.1 11.8 12.4 9.3 10.5 Bulls : 47 55 46 513 567 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.8 : Total 1/ :2,787 2,933 2,475 31,118 31,182 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 58 94 80 685 849 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :9,634*10,304 8,970 95,051101,711 96.7 96.7 97.0 96.5 96.5 Sows : 290 310 247 3,045 3,230 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.1 3.1 Boars : 41 40 32 442 426 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :9,964*10,654 9,249 98,538105,367 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 10 10 9 105 111 4.3 4.8 4.8 4.5 5.1 Lambs & Yrlngs : 213 199 171 2,212 2,070 95.7 95.2 95.2 95.5 94.9 : Total 1/ : 223 209 180 2,316 2,181 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 793 *789 784 775 777 Steers 3/ : 858 860 856 829 836 Heifers 3/ : 801 795 794 763 770 All Cows 3/ : 603 597 598 617 610 Bulls 3/ : 865 866 872 895 889 : Calves & Vealers: 171 142 139 183 151 : Hogs : 204 201 203 201 201 Barrow Gilts4/ : 201 198 200 198 197 Sows 4/ : 307 308 308 308 308 Boars 4/ : 214 211 205 213 209 : Sheep : 69 68 68 69 69 Mature Sheep5/ : 66 66 65 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 69 68 68 69 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data. 2/ Species totals and classification reported by food inspectors, Inspection Operations, FSIS. 3/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 4/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 5/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, November 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 2 : 4.8 1.9 0.3 2.2 1.7 0.5 0.4 24.1 3 : 85.6 33.9 7.2 42.9 34.1 8.8 1.7 13.0 4 : 66.8 1.1 0.5 55.6 10.0 45.6 9.6 0.3 5 : 329.5 126.8 46.6 146.5 76.4 70.1 9.7 19.1 6 : 466.8 222.6 152.4 82.6 11.5 71.1 9.1 5.6 7 : 1,018.5 524.1 429.9 57.1 1.2 55.9 7.4 0.1 8 : 231.5 108.3 104.5 9 : 164.7 74.6 8.4 79.0 56.9 22.1 2.7 16.2 10 : 105.6 42.8 27.8 31.0 11.7 19.3 3.9 : US 2/ : 2,475.0 1,136.6 777.9 514.1 208.2 305.9 46.4 79.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.3 1.3 2.8 0.1 2.6 2 : 9.5 9.3 0.1 0.1 11.8 1.0 10.8 3 : 434.3 422.7 1.8 9.7 8.5 0.6 8.0 4 : 1,365.8 1,290.3 74.2 1.3 3.4 0.9 2.4 5 : 2,469.3 2,369.6 96.3 3.4 24.7 2.7 21.9 6 : 477.8 456.1 20.2 1.5 7 : 3,880.3 3,810.0 54.3 15.9 27.5 0.4 27.1 8 : 383.1 382.8 0.3 77.1 1.3 75.7 9 : 202.4 202.3 10 : 25.7 25.6 0.1 1.9 0.1 1.8 : US 2/ : 9,249.5 8,969.9 247.4 32.1 179.9 8.7 171.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - November 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 10.7 4.8 2.0 2.2 2 : 53.0 18.6 3.2 27.1 22.3 4.8 4.1 260.5 3 : 948.7 383.8 84.1 457.3 363.1 94.2 23.5 149.2 4 : 799.8 14.1 5.0 671.1 124.0 547.0 109.7 3.8 5 : 3,773.3 1,641.3 478.8 1,544.4 788.5 756.0 108.7 211.3 6 : 6,213.2 3,248.3 1,918.9 921.6 158.2 763.4 124.3 32.8 7 :13,141.4 7,321.7 5,046.8 683.0 16.5 666.5 89.9 0.7 8 : 3,059.9 1,585.4 1,263.2 9 : 1,927.9 960.6 127.5 807.1 675.3 131.8 32.8 177.2 10 : 1,254.3 498.8 364.9 342.8 149.3 193.5 47.8 : US 2/ :31,182.2 15,677.4 9,294.5 5,643.8 2,362.5 3,281.4 566.5 849.2 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 13.8 13.3 23.6 1.4 22.1 2 : 119.8 116.8 1.7 1.3 150.6 14.7 135.9 3 : 4,988.0 4,827.5 26.5 134.0 99.6 6.0 93.6 4 : 15,247.2 14,416.4 812.7 18.1 37.7 11.3 26.3 5 : 27,917.1 26,509.9 1,368.5 38.7 325.3 34.6 290.6 6 : 5,301.5 5,023.7 268.0 9.8 7 : 44,568.1 43,601.5 743.3 223.3 326.2 4.8 321.5 8 : 4,496.3 4,489.1 7.1 0.1 898.8 17.2 881.6 9 : 2,397.2 2,396.0 10 : 317.9 316.6 1.1 0.1 25.4 1.6 23.9 : US 2/ :105,366.8 101,710.9 3,230.2 425.7 2,180.9 111.2 2,069.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Nov Species : Nov : Oct : Nov :------------------------ : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.1 98.3 98.4 98.4 Calves : 97.6 98.1 97.9 98.3 98.4 Hogs : 99.2 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.1 Sheep : 94.0 93.1 92.9 94.0 93.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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