Mt An 1-2 (3-09) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released March 20, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Sherry Bertramsen at (515) 284-4340, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Lamb and Mutton Production at All-Time Record Low Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.83 billion pounds in February, down 4 percent from the 3.97 billion pounds produced in February 2008. Beef production, at 1.99 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.53 million head, down 4 percent from February 2008. The average live weight was up 25 pounds from the previous year, at 1,310 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.0 million pounds, slightly below February a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 74,100 head, up 7 percent from February 2008. The average live weight was down 15 pounds from last year, at 257 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.82 billion pounds, down 5 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.91 million head, down 5 percent from February 2008. The average live weight was up 1 pound from the previous year, at 272 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.8 million pounds, was down 15 percent from February 2008. Sheep slaughter totaled 180,100 head, 15 percent below last year. The average live weight was 142 pounds, unchanged from February a year ago. January to February 2009 commercial red meat production was 7.99 billion pounds, down 5 percent from 2008. Accumulated beef production was down 4 percent from last year, veal was up 3 percent, pork was down 5 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 12 percent. February 2008 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. February 2009 contained 20 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 Livestock Slaughter Plants.......................................19 Terms and Definitions.....................................................20 Information Contacts......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 09 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Feb : Jan : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,038.6 2,118.4 1,985.2 97 94 4,271.4 4,103.6 96 Veal : 11.0 12.0 11.0 100 92 22.3 23.0 103 Pork :1,902.7 2,026.0 1,816.1 95 90 4,061.7 3,842.1 95 Lamb & Mutton : 15.0 13.3 12.8 85 96 29.7 26.0 88 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,967.4 4,169.6 3,825.1 96 92 8,385.1 7,994.8 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 09 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Feb : Jan : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,009.6 2,086.5 1,954.6 97 94 4,209.0 4,041.0 96 Veal : 10.8 11.7 10.8 100 92 21.8 22.5 103 Pork :1,888.5 2,012.9 1,803.2 95 90 4,031.9 3,816.1 95 Lamb & Mutton : 14.5 *12.8 12.2 84 96 28.7 25.0 87 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,923.3 4,123.8 3,780.7 96 92 8,291.4 7,904.5 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Feb 09 % of: Jan - Feb 2/ : : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Feb : Jan : : : 09 % : : : : :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,597.9 2,668.1 2,478.8 95 93 5,445.4 5,146.9 95 Other : Thou : 44.8 50.3 48.5 108 96 96.7 98.8 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,642.7 2,718.4 2,527.3 96 93 5,542.1 5,245.7 95 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,287 1,309 1,314 102 100 1,291 1,311 102 Other : Lbs :1,147 1,141 1,131 99 99 1,145 1,136 99 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,285 1,306 1,310 102 100 1,288 1,308 102 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 67.9 83.6 73.0 108 87 138.3 156.7 113 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.1 1.1 87 102 2.4 2.2 93 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 69.1 84.7 74.1 107 88 140.6 158.8 113 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 270 243 255 94 105 269 249 93 Other : Lbs : 390 404 401 103 99 401 402 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 272 245 257 94 105 271 251 93 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,297.4 9,845.8 8,839.5 95 90 19,771.7 18,685.3 95 Other : Thou : 80.0 76.5 73.7 92 96 168.4 150.2 89 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,377.4 9,922.3 8,913.2 95 90 19,940.1 18,835.5 94 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 271 272 272 100 100 272 272 100 Other : Lbs : 246 239 242 99 101 245 241 98 Comm'l. : Lbs : 271 272 272 100 100 272 272 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 201.6 178.5 169.1 84 95 403.2 347.5 86 Other : Thou : 10.0 11.0 11.0 110 100 21.6 22.1 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 211.6 189.5 180.1 85 95 424.8 369.6 87 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 144 143 145 100 101 143 144 101 Other : Lbs : 102 101 102 99 101 97 101 105 Comm'l. : Lbs : 142 141 142 100 101 140 141 101 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 44.9 47.7 44.4 99 93 94.0 92.1 98 Other : Thou : 14.9 11.1 14.7 98 132 27.5 25.8 94 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 59.8 58.8 59.1 99 100 121.5 117.9 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 61 62 101 101 62 62 99 Other : Lbs : 69 73 69 100 94 70 71 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 63 64 64 100 100 64 64 100 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.9 4.4 4.2 86 95 9.7 8.6 89 Other : Thou : 1.5 1.6 1.4 93 87 3.2 3.0 93 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 6.4 6.0 5.6 88 93 12.8 11.6 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Feb 09 as % of 2/ State : Feb : Jan : Feb :----------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Feb 2008 : Jan 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.0 1.8 1.8 90 96 AK : 0.1 AZ : 35.4 31.5 29.2 82 92 AR : 5.2 5.5 5.1 99 93 CA : 134.4 147.9 133.5 99 90 CO : 171.2 170.4 165.1 96 97 DE-MD : 3.0 3.2 3.1 105 98 FL : 6.7 8.3 7.4 110 89 GA : 12.5 12.0 10.3 83 86 HI : 0.8 0.8 0.8 105 101 ID : 18.1 20.5 17.4 96 85 IL : 245.0 249.6 218.0 89 87 IN : 134.9 145.9 137.2 102 94 IA : 571.7 611.7 546.4 96 89 KS : 406.9 417.2 396.4 97 95 KY : 45.0 48.7 43.4 96 89 LA : 0.7 0.5 0.5 80 110 MI : 41.5 41.7 38.6 93 92 MN : 203.0 217.4 199.2 98 92 MS : 1.3 1.4 1.1 86 80 MO : 141.5 155.8 136.0 96 87 MT : 1.0 1.1 1.0 102 96 NE : 568.4 584.8 541.3 95 93 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 96 102 N ENG 3/ : 0.9 1.2 1.0 115 83 NJ : 3.9 4.0 3.5 90 88 NM : 0.4 0.5 0.4 83 76 NY : 2.5 3.1 2.7 107 85 NC : 212.9 220.2 206.2 97 94 ND : 2.3 2.5 2.4 106 97 OH : 24.6 25.4 23.7 96 93 OK : 89.8 99.5 86.0 96 86 OR : 4.4 4.5 4.3 99 95 PA : 102.1 105.0 100.2 98 95 SC : 21.9 20.1 19.2 87 95 SD : 84.1 101.6 88.2 105 87 TN : 16.8 20.8 16.7 99 80 TX : 383.2 414.8 396.0 103 95 UT : 43.5 41.3 39.1 90 95 VA : 44.4 44.0 37.1 84 84 WA : 66.0 68.0 60.3 91 89 WV : 0.5 0.8 0.6 136 80 WI : 112.7 113.5 103.9 92 92 WY : 0.5 0.6 0.6 110 90 : US : 3,967.4 4,169.6 3,825.1 96 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2008 and 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.5 0.5 439 455 937 900 AK : AZ : 44.9 40.0 63,151 52,266 1,413 1,310 AR : 0.9 0.9 964 913 1,030 976 CA : 128.9 130.3 163,116 167,695 1,288 1,308 CO : 201.5 185.9 261,882 253,654 1,300 1,366 DE-MD : 3.2 3.4 4,240 4,450 1,314 1,305 FL : GA : 18.8 18,526 991 HI : 0.8 0.9 943 1,094 1,131 1,160 ID : 23.2 23.4 28,933 29,627 1,273 1,289 IL : IN : 3.0 3.6 3,199 3,756 1,052 1,057 IA : KS : 500.8 469.5 630,207 610,797 1,259 1,301 KY : 1.6 2.0 1,510 1,872 951 918 LA : 0.5 0.6 438 465 819 762 MI : 47.2 44.7 65,581 61,737 1,396 1,393 MN : 63.1 67.3 90,121 94,623 1,439 1,415 MS : 0.1 0.1 85 47 880 752 MO : 7.6 8.4 9,082 10,144 1,203 1,215 MT : 1.2 1.3 1,473 1,535 1,259 1,201 NE : 541.2 498.1 719,554 682,011 1,332 1,371 NV : 0.1 0.2 148 143 1,124 950 N ENG 2/ : 0.9 1.1 1,041 1,141 1,113 1,066 NJ : 2.5 2.5 3,003 2,814 1,225 1,147 NM : 0.5 0.5 497 467 1,073 1,029 NY : 2.0 2.3 2,424 2,803 1,212 1,211 NC : 17.9 17.3 20,654 19,786 1,160 1,150 ND : 1.2 1.3 1,455 1,536 1,228 1,206 OH : 9.3 9.3 10,959 11,120 1,190 1,201 OK : 2.2 2.6 2,486 2,888 1,118 1,128 OR : 2.5 2.9 2,991 3,482 1,233 1,247 PA : 73.7 74.1 93,584 94,235 1,279 1,286 SC : 12.9 11.5 14,353 12,821 1,121 1,124 SD : TN : 2.3 2.8 2,035 2,404 920 886 TX : 499.2 506.7 611,919 637,428 1,229 1,262 UT : 54.6 70,022 1,285 VA : 1.1 1.0 1,111 1,014 1,057 1,022 WA : 83.3 76.7 107,596 99,609 1,298 1,304 WV : 0.7 0.9 712 927 1,040 1,062 WI : 132.2 127.0 177,991 168,647 1,362 1,343 WY : 0.6 0.7 709 826 1,219 1,122 : US 3/ : 2,642.7 2,527.3 3,382,701 3,299,293 1,285 1,310 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2008 and 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : CA : 15.6 19.6 1,793 2,183 116 113 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 43 52 268 267 FL : 0.1 20 390 GA : 0.1 0.1 40 31 450 450 HI : ID : IL : 2.6 4.9 1,092 1,615 428 352 IN : IA : 0.1 23 331 KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 160 164 512 517 MI : 1.6 1.5 630 664 399 436 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 22 367 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 2.1 67 212 333 106 NJ : 5.5 5.1 2,289 2,129 413 421 NM : 0.7 63 87 NY : 14.2 14.1 1,406 1,498 103 109 NC : 0.1 0.2 57 79 486 514 ND : OH : 0.1 4.2 27 1,967 350 470 OK : OR : PA : 13.9 10.3 5,561 4,389 401 428 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 31 36 397 460 TX : 1.8 3.0 883 581 492 198 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 69.1 74.1 18,616 18,749 272 257 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2008 and 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 6.9 6.3 3,020 2,687 437 424 AK : 0.1 0.1 16 24 252 281 AZ : 0.1 0.1 27 21 229 242 AR : 15.3 15.6 7,078 6,931 462 444 CA : 208.2 202.5 50,946 49,104 245 243 CO : 0.7 0.6 177 146 245 254 DE-MD : 1.5 1.6 407 431 269 270 FL : 7.5 4.5 1,009 805 136 179 GA : 9.9 5.3 2,237 1,421 225 266 HI : 1.5 1.2 339 283 225 231 ID : 12.8 10.0 3,331 2,529 261 253 IL : 890.9 761.6 248,591 210,381 279 276 IN : 660.1 658.8 174,902 177,422 265 269 IA : 2,606.7 2,530.5 703,419 682,773 270 270 KS : KY : LA : 1.6 0.9 381 201 238 211 MI : 9.2 8.8 3,620 3,282 393 376 MN : 789.3 747.1 205,771 197,805 261 265 MS : 5.8 4.8 1,785 1,543 306 324 MO : 652.8 627.2 180,128 172,813 276 276 MT : 0.8 0.7 219 168 290 245 NE : 645.7 612.2 173,311 165,373 269 270 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.0 235 220 217 224 NJ : 8.0 5.7 804 597 100 105 NM : 0.1 0.1 33 18 258 253 NY : 2.0 1.6 371 311 188 200 NC : 1,016.7 970.3 267,730 258,873 264 267 ND : 8.4 9.0 2,189 2,293 259 256 OH : 91.9 82.6 25,290 22,438 276 272 OK : 417.4 399.4 116,502 111,034 279 278 OR : 13.8 12.5 3,576 3,134 260 252 PA : 232.2 224.1 59,206 57,748 255 258 SC : SD : 386.4 408.3 98,838 106,438 256 261 TN : 48.9 49.9 23,268 22,776 476 459 TX : 36.7 32.9 9,677 8,323 264 253 UT : 3.3 4.2 593 831 181 197 VA : 218.1 179.5 57,495 48,041 264 268 WA : 2.3 1.8 418 398 184 222 WV : 0.5 0.5 137 123 268 242 WI : 45.8 41.7 20,426 18,051 453 440 WY : 0.4 0.3 101 71 274 258 : US 3/ : 9,377.4 8,913.2 2,534,860 2,418,807 271 272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2008 and 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.1 0.1 8 7 104 102 AR : CA : CO : 90.2 73.9 14,014 11,859 156 161 DE-MD : 2.4 2.6 243 256 102 98 FL : 0.1 0.2 6 12 59 56 GA : 0.3 0.3 26 17 94 69 HI : 0.1 8 146 ID : 0.2 0.2 28 21 126 133 IL : IN : 1.7 2.1 187 230 112 112 IA : 32.7 26.4 5,117 4,081 157 155 KS : 0.1 0.2 13 20 110 98 KY : 0.7 0.9 94 112 126 128 LA : 0.4 0.3 38 23 96 77 MI : 16.0 14.3 2,181 1,915 136 134 MN : 1.0 1.5 129 176 132 121 MS : 0.1 5 93 MO : 0.3 0.3 36 41 117 121 MT : 0.2 0.3 21 30 95 104 NE : 0.1 0.1 10 9 145 103 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.3 1.8 141 165 108 93 NJ : 8.4 8.2 717 690 85 84 NM : 1.4 1.0 201 152 143 150 NY : 2.1 2.1 175 186 82 90 NC : 0.5 0.4 46 33 84 82 ND : 0.1 6 122 OH : 0.7 0.8 77 90 106 109 OK : 0.1 0.1 6 9 101 88 OR : 1.9 1.5 266 222 139 143 PA : 3.6 3.2 359 325 100 102 SC : 0.1 11 88 SD : 0.2 0.2 17 25 114 119 TN : 0.9 1.0 73 73 78 76 TX : 2.8 3.5 243 314 87 89 UT : 2.6 2.8 366 400 140 143 VA : 0.9 1.3 92 134 99 103 WA : 0.6 1.0 79 139 139 138 WV : WI : 0.6 0.6 85 77 133 137 WY : 0.1 0.2 15 23 145 142 : US 3/ : 211.6 180.1 30,084 25,527 142 142 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Feb 1/ : : : :Jan - Feb 1/ Item : Feb : Jan : Feb :-------------: Feb : Jan : Feb :------------ : 2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 :2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,274 1,281 1,190 2,665 2,471 49.0 48.0 48.0 48.9 48.0 Heifers : 818 781 763 1,685 1,544 31.5 29.3 30.8 31.0 30.0 All Cows : 465 566 487 1,010 1,053 17.9 21.2 19.6 18.5 20.5 Dairy Cows : 214 281 244 450 525 8.2 10.5 9.8 8.3 10.2 Other Cows : 251 285 243 560 529 9.7 10.7 9.8 10.3 10.3 Bulls : 40 40 39 85 79 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 : Total 1/ :2,598 2,668 2,479 5,445 5,147 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 68 84 73 138 157 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,992 9,544 8,569 19,120 18,113 96.7 96.9 96.9 96.7 96.9 Sows : 270 267 238 574 505 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7 Boars : 35 35 33 78 68 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :9,297 9,846 8,839 19,772 18,685 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 9 8 8 18 17 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.4 4.8 Lambs & Yrlngs : 193 170 161 386 331 95.7 95.3 95.1 95.6 95.2 : Total 1/ : 202 178 169 403 348 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 776 785 791 776 788 Steers 3/ : 827 853 853 830 853 Heifers 3/ : 773 790 796 773 793 All Cows 3/ : 631 614 625 627 619 Bulls 3/ : 885 874 874 881 874 : Calves & Vealers: 160 142 150 159 146 : Hogs : 203 205 204 204 204 Barrow Gilts4/ : 200 202 202 201 202 Sows 4/ : 308 303 300 307 301 Boars 4/ : 213 202 196 213 199 : Sheep : 72 72 72 71 72 Mature Sheep5/ : 67 65 68 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 72 72 72 71 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data. 2/ Species totals and classification reported by food inspectors, Inspection Operations, FSIS. 3/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 4/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 5/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, February 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.9 0.4 2.0 2 : 4.7 1.5 0.3 2.5 2.2 0.3 0.3 19.2 3 : 76.2 28.6 6.2 40.3 32.4 8.0 1.1 10.5 4 : 61.8 1.6 0.5 51.5 13.3 38.2 8.2 0.3 5 : 308.2 123.6 43.9 134.0 73.6 60.4 6.7 17.6 6 : 504.8 255.5 154.9 84.6 20.6 64.0 9.7 2.9 7 : 1,005.1 543.3 404.3 51.1 1.7 49.4 6.4 8 : 244.5 118.8 109.0 9 : 170.7 81.5 10.3 76.9 71.3 5.5 2.1 19.4 10 : 101.9 35.2 33.5 30.7 21.9 8.7 2.6 : US 2/ : 2,478.8 1,190.0 763.1 486.9 243.5 243.4 38.8 73.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.7 1.7 0.2 1.5 2 : 7.1 6.9 0.1 0.1 9.8 1.1 8.7 3 : 403.3 393.2 1.2 8.9 7.5 0.3 7.2 4 : 1,294.5 1,224.5 68.5 1.5 2.7 0.8 1.8 5 : 2,270.5 2,172.6 94.5 3.5 22.0 2.6 19.4 6 : 440.8 419.6 21.0 0.2 7 : 3,781.3 3,710.5 52.0 18.8 26.8 0.2 26.5 8 : 419.7 419.3 0.3 76.3 1.7 74.6 9 : 198.0 198.0 10 : 23.6 23.5 0.1 1.7 0.1 1.5 : US 2/ : 8,839.5 8,568.8 237.8 32.9 169.1 8.3 160.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - February 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 2.0 0.9 2.4 2 : 9.8 3.3 0.6 5.3 4.5 0.8 0.7 43.5 3 : 155.5 59.8 13.6 80.1 64.0 16.1 2.0 22.4 4 : 131.4 3.1 1.1 110.7 29.0 81.7 16.4 0.7 5 : 646.1 257.3 86.8 287.6 155.6 131.9 14.4 36.4 6 : 1,037.6 520.4 311.9 184.7 53.5 131.2 20.6 6.6 7 : 2,082.3 1,129.8 826.8 113.9 3.9 110.0 11.8 8 : 501.6 248.7 216.6 9 : 360.6 165.8 21.5 169.0 156.2 12.8 4.4 42.9 10 : 219.9 81.6 65.0 68.4 44.2 24.1 4.9 : US 2/ : 5,146.9 2,470.7 1,544.2 1,053.2 524.6 528.6 78.8 156.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.8 1.8 4.0 0.4 3.6 2 : 18.8 18.4 0.2 0.2 20.0 2.2 17.8 3 : 852.6 832.9 2.6 17.1 15.2 0.6 14.6 4 : 2,697.1 2,542.5 151.0 3.7 5.6 1.6 3.9 5 : 4,783.9 4,577.8 199.2 6.9 45.2 5.2 40.0 6 : 956.2 909.9 45.4 0.8 7 : 8,004.7 7,860.2 105.5 39.0 56.1 0.5 55.6 8 : 898.0 897.3 0.6 156.1 3.4 152.6 9 : 423.8 423.6 0.1 10 : 48.5 48.3 0.2 3.3 0.3 3.0 : US 2/ : 18,685.3 18,112.7 504.8 67.8 347.5 16.7 330.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Feb Species : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------ : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.3 98.1 98.1 98.3 98.1 Calves : 98.2 98.7 98.5 98.3 98.6 Hogs : 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 Sheep : 95.3 94.2 93.9 94.9 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 18). 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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