Mt An 1-2 (5-09) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released May 22, 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. Commercial Red Meat Production Down From Last Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.08 billion pounds in April, down 5 percent from the 4.30 billion pounds produced in April 2008. Beef production, at 2.13 billion pounds, was 5 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.77 million head, down 6 percent from April 2008. The average live weight was up 17 pounds from the previous year, at 1,276 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.2 million pounds, 6 percent below April a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 68,000 head, down 7 percent from April 2008. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from last year, at 281 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.92 billion pounds, down 5 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.43 million head, down 6 percent from April 2008. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 272 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 15.5 million pounds, was up 1 percent from April 2008. Sheep slaughter totaled 229,100 head, 4 percent above last year. The average live weight was 135 pounds, down 3 pounds from April a year ago. January to April 2009 commercial red meat production was 16.2 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 2008. Accumulated beef production was down 3 percent from last year, veal was up 2 percent, pork was down 4 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 6 percent. April 2008 contained 22 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4 Saturdays. April 2009 contained 22 weekdays (including no holidays) 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 09 % of : Jan - Apr 2/ : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Apr : Mar : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,255.4*2,144.6 2,133.1 95 99 8,627.4 8,381.2 97 Veal : 11.9 12.2 11.2 94 92 45.5 46.4 102 Pork :2,015.6 1,969.0 1,924.1 95 98 8,039.2 7,735.2 96 Lamb & Mutton : 15.3 15.9 15.5 101 97 61.0 57.4 94 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,298.2*4,141.6 4,083.9 95 99 16,773.116,220.2 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 09 % of : Jan - Apr 2/ : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Apr : Mar : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,224.5*2,112.6 2,102.1 94 100 8,505.0 8,255.7 97 Veal : 11.7 12.0 11.0 94 92 44.5 45.4 102 Pork :2,000.5 1,955.2 1,910.8 96 98 7,980.2 7,682.1 96 Lamb & Mutton : 14.6 15.3 14.7 101 96 58.7 54.9 94 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,251.3*4,095.1 4,038.6 95 99 16,588.416,038.1 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Apr 09 % of: Jan - Apr 2/ : : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Apr : Mar : : : 09 % : : : : :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,913.6 *2,680.8 2,724.4 94 102 11,042.7 10,552.1 96 Other : Thou : 47.4 49.4 47.7 101 97 188.8 195.9 104 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,961.1 *2,730.2 2,772.1 94 102 11,231.5 10,748.1 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,261 *1,307 1,278 101 98 1,280 1,302 102 Other : Lbs :1,144 1,147 1,143 100 100 1,145 1,141 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,259 1,305 1,276 101 98 1,278 1,299 102 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 72.2 78.8 67.1 93 85 280.4 302.5 108 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.0 0.9 82 88 4.6 4.1 90 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 73.3 79.8 68.0 93 85 284.9 306.7 108 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 276 261 279 101 107 271 259 95 Other : Lbs : 412 409 411 100 101 404 406 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 278 263 281 101 107 273 261 95 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,910.5 9,574.1 9,353.3 94 98 39,261.6 37,612.8 96 Other : Thou : 85.5 78.7 77.7 91 99 335.2 306.6 91 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,996.0 9,652.8 9,431.1 94 98 39,596.7 37,919.4 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 270 272 272 101 100 271 272 100 Other : Lbs : 244 243 238 98 98 244 241 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 269 272 272 101 100 271 272 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 207.1 209.7 212.8 103 101 829.6 770.0 93 Other : Thou : 14.1 12.3 16.3 115 132 47.0 50.7 108 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 221.2 222.0 229.1 104 103 876.6 820.7 94 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 141 146 138 98 95 142 143 101 Other : Lbs : 99 104 93 94 90 100 99 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 138 143 135 97 94 140 140 100 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 52.0 55.7 55.2 106 99 205.0 203.1 99 Other : Thou : 15.3 14.5 12.3 80 85 57.7 52.6 91 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 67.3 70.2 67.5 100 96 262.7 255.6 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 62 60 98 97 62 61 99 Other : Lbs : 81 69 70 87 102 70 70 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 66 63 62 94 98 64 63 99 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.9 4.7 4.4 90 95 19.4 17.7 91 Other : Thou : 1.4 1.2 1.4 100 111 5.8 5.5 95 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 6.3 5.9 5.8 92 98 25.2 23.2 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Apr 09 as % of 2/ State : Apr : Mar : Apr :----------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Apr 2008 : Mar 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.4 2.1 2.0 86 97 AK : AZ : 36.8 31.2 30.6 83 98 AR : 4.8 4.5 4.3 89 95 CA : 142.7 143.8 139.1 97 97 CO : 179.9 169.4 169.7 94 100 DE-MD : 3.0 3.5 3.1 101 87 FL : 8.0 8.1 8.5 106 105 GA : 13.0 9.4 12.0 92 128 HI : 0.9 0.9 0.8 90 89 ID : 18.9 19.3 19.2 102 99 IL : 261.8 238.6 240.5 92 101 IN : 139.6 145.6 144.0 103 99 IA : 612.1 586.7 576.7 94 98 KS : 449.5 425.3 443.9 99 104 KY : 50.1 48.5 46.7 93 96 LA : 0.6 0.7 0.6 92 83 MI : 44.1 43.6 43.1 98 99 MN : 212.7 215.0 205.5 97 96 MS : 1.3 1.4 1.1 89 85 MO : 146.0 154.2 148.9 102 97 MT : 1.8 1.0 0.9 49 92 NE : 622.4 596.4 580.8 93 97 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 63 82 N ENG 3/ : 1.0 1.2 1.2 120 100 NJ : 4.4 4.1 4.2 94 101 NM : 0.5 0.4 0.4 91 105 NY : 2.9 2.9 2.5 86 89 NC : 224.8 218.5 215.6 96 99 ND : 2.5 2.5 2.6 103 104 OH : 25.8 25.7 24.6 95 96 OK : 100.5 90.2 102.0 101 113 OR : 5.0 4.7 4.5 90 96 PA : 114.6 *106.3 106.4 93 100 SC : 22.1 19.3 19.8 90 103 SD : 90.1 98.6 80.4 89 82 TN : 16.9 18.7 15.8 93 84 TX : 460.1 433.6 432.0 94 100 UT : 40.4 41.9 35.5 88 85 VA : 46.1 39.2 36.9 80 94 WA : 63.3 70.4 64.8 102 92 WV : 0.4 0.6 0.5 124 91 WI : 123.7 113.1 111.5 90 99 WY : 0.5 0.5 0.5 108 106 : US : 4,298.2 *4,141.6 4,083.9 95 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, April 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 : 0.7 0.8 626 732 956 915 AK : AZ : 46.2 41.7 64,708 54,154 1,405 1,303 AR : 0.8 0.9 856 839 1,021 984 CA : 136.1 131.9 174,522 170,774 1,302 1,314 CO : 217.6 199.5 274,276 259,536 1,261 1,302 DE-MD : 3.3 3.4 4,392 4,468 1,316 1,314 FL : GA : 21.9 21,418 984 HI : 1.0 0.9 1,116 1,060 1,137 1,122 ID : 24.0 26.3 30,298 33,412 1,281 1,290 IL : IN : 3.5 3.7 3,678 3,878 1,052 1,054 IA : KS : 562.7 548.6 695,244 686,722 1,236 1,252 KY : 1.6 1.9 1,512 1,834 965 957 LA : 0.6 0.6 517 497 815 769 MI : 51.9 50.1 69,985 67,761 1,357 1,358 MN : 69.2 63.0 96,655 88,178 1,408 1,409 MS : 0.1 72 814 MO : 7.7 8.1 9,200 9,696 1,195 1,205 MT : 2.4 1.1 2,659 1,373 1,115 1,205 NE : 610.3 548.1 784,258 727,992 1,287 1,330 NV : 0.2 0.1 170 98 1,007 970 N ENG 2/ : 1.0 1.1 1,108 1,172 1,147 1,079 NJ : 2.6 2.8 3,012 3,194 1,163 1,147 NM : 0.5 0.6 489 600 1,058 1,099 NY : 2.4 2.3 2,873 2,770 1,200 1,213 NC : 19.1 18.7 21,876 21,546 1,152 1,157 ND : 1.3 1.2 1,587 1,560 1,221 1,256 OH : 9.9 8.5 11,722 10,246 1,190 1,215 OK : 2.4 2.5 2,840 2,875 1,162 1,157 OR : 2.9 2.8 3,514 3,364 1,235 1,243 PA : 86.3 78.0 108,890 97,385 1,272 1,263 SC : 13.3 12.1 14,994 13,348 1,131 1,120 SD : TN : 2.5 3.1 2,120 2,673 874 877 TX : 606.8 564.9 733,256 691,642 1,212 1,227 UT : 50.1 64,495 1,290 VA : 1.0 1.0 973 1,085 1,020 1,078 WA : 81.5 83.6 102,949 105,839 1,270 1,271 WV : 0.6 0.7 674 708 1,148 1,073 WI : 143.7 133.1 191,649 176,972 1,349 1,344 WY : 0.5 0.7 663 773 1,242 1,128 : US 3/ : 2,961.1 2,772.1 3,716,023 3,525,518 1,259 1,276 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 14.5 16.0 1,760 1,800 123 114 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 51 61 275 286 FL : 0.1 22 446 GA : 0.1 0.1 31 42 460 458 HI : ID : IL : 3.9 3.2 1,266 1,312 324 410 IN : IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.3 162 133 529 530 MI : 1.8 1.5 760 675 423 445 MN : 0.1 42 463 MS : MO : 0.1 0.1 26 25 389 398 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 2.6 69 257 337 99 NJ : 6.5 5.6 2,726 2,342 417 418 NM : 1.4 142 100 NY : 16.0 10.3 1,664 1,040 108 104 NC : 0.1 0.1 65 52 487 491 ND : OH : 0.1 4.7 32 2,221 350 479 OK : OR : PA : 14.0 10.7 5,760 4,523 411 424 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 0.1 33 39 442 475 TX : 1.3 2.4 733 505 572 211 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 73.3 68.0 20,133 18,883 278 281 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 : 8.3 6.8 3,621 2,896 436 427 AK : AZ : 0.5 0.2 109 47 236 244 AR : 14.6 12.7 6,627 5,779 455 455 CA : 218.8 216.2 53,018 52,913 243 245 CO : 0.6 0.7 167 182 259 258 DE-MD : 1.0 0.9 242 223 249 241 FL : 6.6 6.2 1,001 1,088 152 175 GA : 9.9 6.3 2,203 1,584 223 251 HI : 1.6 1.2 351 282 226 227 ID : 13.2 10.3 3,409 2,627 259 257 IL : 947.5 812.6 262,564 229,495 277 283 IN : 691.8 700.3 181,199 186,967 262 267 IA : 2,805.1 2,658.1 752,860 719,600 269 271 KS : KY : LA : 1.3 1.3 269 238 211 179 MI : 9.0 9.2 3,463 3,498 387 381 MN : 824.9 795.0 213,467 209,451 260 264 MS : 5.7 5.1 1,773 1,614 310 315 MO : 676.5 686.9 186,368 190,200 276 277 MT : 1.2 0.6 355 153 299 249 NE : 691.8 649.9 184,919 175,632 267 270 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.2 1.3 268 270 229 214 NJ : 8.3 7.8 842 752 102 97 NM : 0.1 0.1 24 17 241 251 NY : 2.0 1.9 389 353 200 188 NC : 1,078.3 1,019.7 283,378 270,229 263 265 ND : 9.3 9.3 2,360 2,424 255 260 OH : 98.0 87.5 26,624 24,136 273 277 OK : 464.7 473.9 130,369 131,722 281 278 OR : 15.9 13.3 4,067 3,400 257 256 PA : 250.1 242.5 63,736 62,250 255 257 SC : SD : 423.7 365.5 107,515 95,730 254 262 TN : 48.4 46.5 23,309 21,195 482 458 TX : 37.2 36.7 8,543 8,982 230 245 UT : 5.6 4.1 1,158 810 208 199 VA : 225.8 177.7 59,647 47,722 264 269 WA : 2.5 2.2 489 522 199 234 WV : 0.6 0.5 148 116 263 253 WI : 57.1 46.5 25,644 20,491 458 447 WY : 0.4 0.3 118 88 291 260 : US 3/ : 9,996.0 9,431.1 2,690,357 2,564,114 269 272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 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 0.2 15 27 122 136 AR : 0.1 6 116 CA : CO : 82.3 83.8 13,709 13,715 167 164 DE-MD : 3.6 3.8 357 365 98 97 FL : 0.3 0.4 19 19 60 51 GA : 0.5 0.4 50 33 108 85 HI : 0.1 8 142 ID : 0.2 0.2 24 27 127 135 IL : IN : 3.2 4.4 333 452 105 103 IA : 25.1 29.2 3,963 4,651 158 159 KS : 0.2 0.3 21 29 122 101 KY : 0.8 1.0 106 126 127 126 LA : 0.3 0.4 21 22 68 55 MI : 15.5 16.3 2,012 2,115 131 130 MN : 1.1 1.8 160 245 147 138 MS : 0.1 4 40 MO : 0.5 0.4 60 53 129 126 MT : 0.3 0.2 28 18 106 101 NE : 0.1 0.1 14 9 141 152 NV : 0.1 11 136 N ENG 2/ : 2.9 5.1 259 414 89 82 NJ : 15.8 16.5 1,223 1,207 77 73 NM : 1.4 1.3 204 189 143 150 NY : 4.7 5.6 320 421 69 75 NC : 0.6 0.7 51 57 83 77 ND : 0.1 10 125 OH : 1.3 1.9 131 207 103 109 OK : 0.1 0.1 12 14 113 109 OR : 1.8 1.9 261 262 144 142 PA : 5.4 6.2 477 543 88 88 SC : 0.2 17 82 SD : 0.2 0.2 23 26 114 127 TN : 1.1 1.1 84 74 76 69 TX : 3.1 4.8 296 353 95 74 UT : 3.0 3.1 408 434 137 140 VA : 1.1 2.0 98 187 89 95 WA : 0.6 0.5 89 90 152 173 WV : WI : 1.0 1.0 133 133 134 135 WY : 0.1 0.1 22 11 156 164 : US 3/ : 221.2 229.1 30,572 30,822 138 135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Apr 1/ : : : :Jan - Apr 1/ Item : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------: Apr : Mar : Apr :------------ : 2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 :2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,495 1,312 1,386 5,486 5,169 51.3 49.0 50.9 49.7 49.0 Heifers : 865 832 819 3,388 3,196 29.7 31.0 30.1 30.7 30.3 All Cows : 501 491 471 1,984 2,016 17.2 18.3 17.3 18.0 19.1 Dairy Cows : 219 238 215 884 978 7.5 8.9 7.9 8.0 9.3 Other Cows : 282 253 256 1,100 1,038 9.7 9.4 9.4 10.0 9.8 Bulls : 52 45 48 184 171 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,914 2,681 2,724 11,043 10,552 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 72 79 67 280 303 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :9,559 9,273 9,054 37,920 36,440 96.4 96.9 96.8 96.6 96.9 Sows : 310 267 262 1,183 1,034 3.1 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.7 Boars : 42 34 37 158 140 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :9,910 9,574 9,353 39,262 37,613 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 10 10 10 38 36 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 Lambs & Yrlngs : 197 200 203 792 734 95.0 95.3 95.4 95.4 95.3 : Total 1/ : 207 210 213 830 770 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 766 791 774 773 785 Steers 3/ : 817 848 829 826 845 Heifers 3/ : 753 790 767 766 786 All Cows 3/ : 621 *628 613 626 620 Bulls 3/ : 893 881 884 888 879 : Calves & Vealers: 164 154 165 161 152 : Hogs : 202 204 204 203 204 Barrow Gilts4/ : 199 202 202 200 202 Sows 4/ : 307 302 305 307 303 Boars 4/ : 205 199 200 209 199 : Sheep : 71 73 69 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 67 68 67 67 67 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 71 73 69 71 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, April 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 0.2 2.6 2 : 5.0 1.6 0.3 2.7 2.3 0.4 0.4 15.9 3 : 80.6 34.7 6.7 37.5 29.9 7.7 1.6 11.0 4 : 68.9 1.6 0.6 56.6 12.1 44.5 10.0 0.3 5 : 326.0 152.1 43.9 121.6 68.6 53.0 8.4 17.9 6 : 562.8 299.8 176.1 76.0 16.6 59.4 10.9 2.3 7 : 1,138.2 640.1 433.0 58.2 1.3 56.9 7.0 8 : 256.1 127.9 110.2 9 : 174.0 90.8 10.7 69.1 58.8 10.3 3.4 15.9 10 : 111.9 37.3 37.3 33.0 19.0 14.1 4.3 : US 2/ : 2,724.4 1,386.3 819.0 471.3 215.1 256.2 47.8 67.1 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.1 1.0 4.6 0.4 4.2 2 : 9.4 9.2 0.1 0.1 21.5 1.3 20.2 3 : 420.1 408.0 1.2 10.8 12.4 0.8 11.6 4 : 1,363.2 1,297.4 64.2 1.6 3.7 1.1 2.6 5 : 2,421.2 2,301.6 115.6 3.9 28.7 2.6 26.1 6 : 512.7 493.3 19.3 0.1 7 : 4,011.6 3,929.6 61.4 20.6 29.7 0.4 29.3 8 : 377.2 376.9 0.2 86.5 1.9 84.6 9 : 211.7 211.6 0.1 10 : 25.2 25.1 0.1 1.9 0.2 1.7 : US 2/ : 9,353.3 9,053.9 262.2 37.3 212.8 9.9 202.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- 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 - April 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 3.9 1.7 0.8 8.4 2 : 20.0 6.7 1.2 10.7 9.1 1.6 1.5 77.8 3 : 315.3 124.7 28.3 157.4 125.3 32.0 5.0 45.2 4 : 260.6 6.6 2.3 216.3 53.0 163.3 35.5 1.4 5 : 1,301.5 548.9 176.0 546.4 298.7 247.7 30.2 72.6 6 : 2,154.9 1,113.2 660.3 339.6 87.4 252.2 41.8 12.0 7 : 4,320.3 2,366.6 1,698.4 228.8 7.2 221.6 26.6 8 : 1,010.6 494.8 444.5 9 : 715.6 345.8 42.4 316.7 285.1 31.7 10.7 81.0 10 : 449.5 160.6 141.6 134.5 85.0 49.5 12.8 : US 2/ :10,552.1 5,169.4 3,195.6 2,015.8 977.6 1,038.2 171.3 302.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 3.8 3.7 0.1 0.1 11.1 1.0 10.1 2 : 38.4 37.6 0.4 0.4 53.7 4.7 48.9 3 : 1,706.4 1,663.0 5.2 38.1 37.1 1.8 35.4 4 : 5,454.7 5,156.5 291.3 6.9 12.8 3.6 9.1 5 : 9,674.3 9,236.1 423.7 14.5 98.1 10.8 87.3 6 : 1,925.8 1,839.8 85.0 1.0 7 : 16,111.8 15,807.2 226.3 78.4 120.7 1.2 119.5 8 : 1,744.6 1,743.6 1.1 338.0 7.2 330.8 9 : 853.9 853.5 0.3 0.1 10 : 99.0 98.7 0.3 7.3 0.6 6.7 : US 2/ : 37,612.8 36,439.6 1,033.6 139.5 770.0 36.4 733.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- 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 - Apr Species : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------ : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.4 98.2 98.3 98.3 98.2 Calves : 98.5 98.7 98.7 98.4 98.7 Hogs : 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 Sheep : 93.6 94.4 92.9 94.6 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 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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