Mt An 1-2 (7-09) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released July 24, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Rex Patterson at (515) 284-4340, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Record High Red Meat Production for June Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.16 billion pounds in June, up 3 percent from the 4.05 billion pounds produced in June 2008. Beef production, at 2.29 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.98 million head, up 1 percent from June 2008. The average live weight was up 8 pounds from the previous year, at 1,269 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.5 million pounds, 2 percent below June a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 77,200 head, up 2 percent from June 2008. The average live weight was down 16 pounds from last year, at 251 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.85 billion pounds, up 5 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.18 million head, up 3 percent from June 2008. The average live weight was up 3 pounds from the previous year, at 269 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.9 million pounds, was up 6 percent from June 2008. Sheep slaughter totaled 203,000 head, 6 percent above last year. The average live weight was 137 pounds, unchanged from June a year ago. January to June 2009 commercial red meat production was 24.3 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 2008. Accumulated beef production was down 3 percent from last year, veal was down 1 percent, pork was down 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 5 percent. June 2008 contained 21 weekdays (including zero holidays) and 4 Saturdays. June 2009 contained 22 weekdays (including zero 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jun 09 % of : Jan - Jun 2/ : Jun : May : Jun :-------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jun : May : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,263.4 2,179.7 2,288.7 101 105 13,270.812,849.6 97 Veal : 11.7 10.3 11.5 98 112 68.7 68.1 99 Pork :1,761.8 1,716.3 1,847.5 105 108 11,616.711,299.0 97 Lamb & Mutton : 13.1 13.0 13.9 106 106 89.1 84.3 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,050.0 3,919.3 4,161.5 103 106 25,045.324,301.0 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jun 09 % of : Jan - Jun 2/ : Jun : May : Jun :-------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jun : May : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,234.2 2,151.3 2,260.1 101 105 13,090.412,667.1 97 Veal : 11.5 10.0 11.2 98 112 67.2 66.6 99 Pork :1,747.9 1,704.6 1,834.2 105 108 11,529.811,220.8 97 Lamb & Mutton : 12.5 12.3 12.9 103 105 85.6 80.2 94 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,006.2 3,878.1 4,118.4 103 106 24,773.124,034.7 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Jun 09 % of: Jan - Jun 2/ : : Jun : May : Jun :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jun : May : : : 09 % : : : : :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,911.7 2,805.7 2,936.4 101 105 17,049.3 16,294.2 96 Other : Thou : 45.0 43.9 44.5 99 101 278.4 284.4 102 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,956.6 2,849.6 2,981.0 101 105 17,327.7 16,578.6 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,263 1,266 1,272 101 100 1,272 1,290 101 Other : Lbs :1,137 1,135 1,123 99 99 1,143 1,137 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,261 1,264 1,269 101 100 1,270 1,288 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 74.2 64.1 76.0 102 119 424.6 442.7 104 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.0 1.2 106 119 6.7 6.3 94 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 75.3 65.1 77.2 102 119 431.3 449.0 104 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 265 266 249 94 94 270 258 95 Other : Lbs : 397 429 401 101 94 403 408 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 267 268 251 94 94 272 260 95 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,800.6 8,379.3 9,101.0 103 109 57,042.7 55,093.0 97 Other : Thou : 82.5 71.7 80.0 97 112 499.2 458.3 92 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,883.1 8,451.0 9,180.9 103 109 57,541.9 55,551.3 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 266 272 270 101 99 270 272 101 Other : Lbs : 233 228 232 99 102 241 237 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 266 271 269 101 99 270 271 101 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 180.7 167.0 185.1 102 111 1,205.4 1,122.2 93 Other : Thou : 11.7 17.7 17.9 153 101 70.4 86.2 123 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 192.4 184.7 203.0 106 110 1,275.8 1,208.4 95 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 139 147 140 101 95 142 143 100 Other : Lbs : 104 84 105 101 124 101 97 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 137 141 137 100 97 140 140 100 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 53.5 49.7 57.2 107 115 311.1 309.9 100 Other : Thou : 15.7 13.4 12.8 81 95 89.6 78.7 88 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 69.2 63.1 70.0 101 111 400.7 388.7 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 60 60 98 100 62 61 99 Other : Lbs : 63 71 71 113 100 67 71 105 Comm'l. : Lbs : 62 63 62 101 100 63 63 100 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.8 4.4 4.4 91 100 28.9 26.5 92 Other : Thou : 1.4 1.2 1.2 89 101 8.4 7.9 95 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 6.1 5.6 5.6 91 100 37.3 34.4 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jun 09 as % of 2/ State : Jun : May : Jun :----------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jun 2008 : May 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.1 1.6 2.0 95 124 AK : AZ : 34.0 30.4 31.6 93 104 AR : 5.8 4.2 5.7 98 138 CA : 135.4 137.8 146.9 109 107 CO : 196.1 162.1 175.4 89 108 DE-MD : 2.9 3.0 3.3 113 110 FL : 8.2 8.4 8.3 101 100 GA : 12.5 10.2 12.0 97 118 HI : 0.9 0.8 0.8 94 104 ID : 20.2 18.5 19.1 94 103 IL : 238.3 211.6 232.3 97 110 IN : 126.2 128.8 141.8 112 110 IA : 527.3 515.7 564.5 107 109 KS : 436.2 454.6 480.2 110 106 KY : 42.2 41.1 45.5 108 111 LA : 0.5 0.5 0.5 104 100 MI : 44.5 43.0 44.4 100 103 MN : 205.3 196.2 210.6 103 107 MS : 1.2 0.8 1.7 138 209 MO : 126.0 133.5 138.2 110 104 MT : 1.7 0.8 1.0 57 116 NE : 620.3 587.5 612.3 99 104 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 123 108 N ENG 3/ : 1.1 1.2 1.4 131 116 NJ : 3.5 4.0 4.4 126 109 NM : 0.4 0.4 0.3 82 96 NY : 3.0 2.3 2.7 90 119 NC : 186.1 188.3 201.8 108 107 ND : 2.1 2.3 2.6 126 116 OH : 26.2 22.4 25.1 96 112 OK : 88.1 94.8 93.0 105 98 OR : 4.6 4.1 4.8 105 118 PA : 105.2 102.9 107.4 102 104 SC : 19.7 18.8 18.9 96 100 SD : 80.3 68.8 73.5 91 107 TN : 15.9 15.1 16.2 102 107 TX : 457.4 454.0 463.0 101 102 UT : 44.4 34.6 36.8 83 106 VA : 36.7 32.9 31.1 85 95 WA : 64.9 67.2 75.1 116 112 WV : 0.3 0.4 0.4 121 86 WI : 121.6 113.2 124.5 102 110 WY : 0.5 0.5 0.5 99 98 : US : 4,050.0 3,919.3 4,161.5 103 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 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 : 0.6 0.7 567 626 987 940 AK : AZ : 42.4 46.4 58,703 58,182 1,387 1,259 AR : 0.8 0.9 732 816 962 959 CA : 128.8 145.0 164,582 183,655 1,294 1,285 CO : 236.0 211.6 302,610 269,634 1,283 1,275 DE-MD : 3.3 3.7 4,255 4,817 1,304 1,299 FL : GA : 21.7 21,516 994 HI : 0.9 0.9 1,066 1,006 1,177 1,121 ID : 28.1 26.3 34,405 32,707 1,239 1,260 IL : IN : 3.0 3.2 3,205 3,353 1,056 1,058 IA : KS : 537.9 588.5 676,959 744,963 1,259 1,266 KY : 1.2 1.5 1,128 1,501 939 979 LA : 0.6 0.6 461 427 769 732 MI : 51.3 51.7 69,425 70,464 1,360 1,373 MN : 69.2 60.8 94,454 83,079 1,372 1,376 MS : 0.1 0.2 63 114 723 536 MO : 7.2 7.3 8,423 8,690 1,178 1,203 MT : 2.1 1.2 2,423 1,381 1,165 1,180 NE : 633.0 601.0 810,142 789,364 1,281 1,315 NV : 0.1 0.2 143 180 1,159 962 N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.3 1,214 1,382 1,112 1,051 NJ : 2.1 3.0 2,326 3,438 1,100 1,168 NM : 0.4 0.4 457 487 1,076 1,101 NY : 2.2 2.6 2,654 3,042 1,203 1,185 NC : 19.0 19.0 22,282 21,975 1,176 1,160 ND : 1.1 1.6 1,310 1,819 1,227 1,167 OH : 9.9 8.8 11,694 10,532 1,194 1,204 OK : 2.4 2.5 2,702 2,798 1,116 1,100 OR : 3.0 3.4 3,614 3,907 1,249 1,203 PA : 81.0 82.2 100,673 100,964 1,253 1,244 SC : 13.7 12.4 15,066 13,897 1,107 1,128 SD : TN : 2.2 2.7 1,822 2,189 849 835 TX : 603.5 608.8 731,819 743,788 1,216 1,224 UT : 56.1 70,589 1,261 VA : 0.7 0.9 710 873 1,007 1,015 WA : 84.0 96.0 105,375 120,963 1,262 1,266 WV : 0.3 0.3 385 413 1,257 1,298 WI : 139.1 146.6 185,105 195,242 1,344 1,344 WY : 0.6 0.7 728 748 1,198 1,121 : US 3/ : 2,956.6 2,981.0 3,718,140 3,772,109 1,261 1,269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 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 : 15.1 19.6 1,746 2,087 117 108 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 49 64 263 276 FL : 0.1 25 438 GA : 0.1 0.1 42 58 457 445 HI : ID : IL : 5.5 2.1 1,295 843 236 407 IN : IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.4 0.4 176 180 499 506 MI : 1.6 1.7 685 749 431 439 MN : MS : 0.1 22 321 MO : MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.1 3.4 34 314 275 94 NJ : 4.7 5.9 1,984 2,543 421 428 NM : 1.4 124 87 NY : 17.2 10.5 1,961 1,073 118 105 NC : 0.1 0.1 62 54 455 521 ND : OH : 4.6 9.1 1,982 2,260 428 248 OK : OR : PA : 10.7 11.0 4,303 4,535 403 414 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 37 473 TX : 1.1 2.7 482 470 455 171 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 75.3 77.2 19,832 19,222 267 251 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Hog Slaughter: By State and United States, June 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 : 7.5 6.9 3,261 2,970 438 429 AK : 0.1 13 230 AZ : 0.1 0.1 36 16 260 256 AR : 17.9 17.4 8,244 7,963 461 458 CA : 211.9 217.8 49,975 53,761 236 247 CO : 0.6 0.8 159 226 256 274 DE-MD : 1.3 1.4 290 306 218 212 FL : 7.8 6.3 915 859 117 137 GA : 9.9 6.6 2,321 1,623 235 245 HI : 1.7 1.5 361 324 217 222 ID : 11.2 9.6 2,782 2,445 249 256 IL : 835.2 772.4 229,021 215,555 274 279 IN : 632.9 702.5 164,029 184,474 259 263 IA : 2,444.7 2,597.7 650,482 700,405 266 270 KS : KY : LA : 1.0 0.9 192 177 186 191 MI : 11.1 10.2 4,090 3,618 368 354 MN : 786.7 827.9 203,661 217,796 259 263 MS : 5.6 7.4 1,688 2,289 300 310 MO : 597.7 641.7 160,647 176,994 269 276 MT : 1.3 0.7 317 173 251 247 NE : 593.2 612.1 156,799 164,073 265 268 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.7 1.8 342 369 206 206 NJ : 8.9 8.7 861 833 97 96 NM : 0.1 22 257 NY : 2.8 2.4 513 452 186 192 NC : 925.4 1,006.4 232,521 253,294 251 252 ND : 7.9 8.9 1,984 2,245 250 254 OH : 93.2 89.6 25,439 24,562 274 275 OK : 417.1 431.1 114,563 120,171 275 279 OR : 14.1 13.6 3,456 3,466 248 256 PA : 233.8 242.8 58,234 61,402 249 253 SC : SD : 372.7 331.0 94,825 85,711 255 259 TN : 46.2 47.6 22,105 22,284 479 469 TX : 35.3 33.2 8,291 8,170 235 247 UT : 6.7 4.8 1,254 1,011 187 211 VA : 184.3 153.8 47,891 40,522 260 264 WA : 2.8 2.2 510 467 183 211 WV : 0.5 0.4 120 97 234 227 WI : 58.8 55.2 26,537 24,213 459 444 WY : 0.2 0.2 66 45 267 258 : US 3/ : 8,883.1 9,180.9 2,358,556 2,470,317 266 269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 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 15 118 AR : 0.1 6 111 CA : CO : 68.7 63.6 10,790 10,450 157 165 DE-MD : 3.1 3.8 294 359 93 94 FL : 0.2 0.2 13 12 54 50 GA : 0.3 0.2 27 15 89 86 HI : 0.1 12 152 ID : 0.6 0.2 76 32 118 136 IL : IN : 2.1 3.0 227 326 109 110 IA : 20.3 30.9 2,846 4,662 140 151 KS : 0.2 0.2 22 25 110 107 KY : 1.1 1.0 141 128 128 128 LA : 0.3 0.5 17 29 64 62 MI : 15.2 15.7 1,912 1,981 126 127 MN : 1.1 2.1 131 306 115 147 MS : 0.1 3 57 MO : 0.4 0.5 50 59 114 116 MT : 0.3 0.2 30 17 109 103 NE : 0.1 0.1 17 12 144 138 NV : 0.1 10 132 N ENG 2/ : 1.9 3.2 191 307 101 95 NJ : 11.3 12.5 985 975 88 78 NM : 1.5 1.1 167 154 143 145 NY : 2.5 2.8 222 259 87 93 NC : 0.7 0.8 48 64 70 77 ND : 0.1 6 106 OH : 1.1 1.0 115 100 104 104 OK : 0.1 0.2 13 16 97 96 OR : 2.0 2.0 269 276 135 140 PA : 4.2 4.1 417 395 100 97 SC : 0.1 11 83 SD : 0.3 0.3 39 36 124 125 TN : 1.1 1.4 77 93 70 68 TX : 2.8 10.2 201 1,036 73 102 UT : 2.4 3.1 331 429 141 138 VA : 1.1 1.2 101 118 95 97 WA : 0.5 0.6 98 104 181 161 WV : 0.3 44 138 WI : 1.0 1.0 149 140 143 137 WY : 0.1 0.1 15 16 148 164 : US 3/ : 192.4 203.0 26,240 27,737 137 137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Jun 1/ : : : :Jan - Jun 1/ Item : Jun : May : Jun :-------------: Jun : May : Jun :------------ : 2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 :2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,553 1,469 1,525 8,693 8,164 53.3 52.4 51.9 51.0 50.1 Heifers : 820 817 850 5,087 4,863 28.2 29.1 28.9 29.8 29.8 All Cows : 485 470 511 2,979 2,997 16.7 16.8 17.4 17.5 18.4 Dairy Cows : 181 212 256 1,260 1,445 6.2 7.5 8.7 7.4 8.9 Other Cows : 304 259 255 1,720 1,552 10.5 9.2 8.7 10.1 9.5 Bulls : 53 49 50 290 271 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 : Total 1/ :2,912 2,806 2,936 17,049 16,294 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 74 64 76 425 443 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :8,458 8,105 8,779 55,025 53,324 96.1 96.7 96.5 96.5 96.8 Sows : 305 240 285 1,783 1,558 3.5 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.8 Boars : 37 35 37 235 211 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,801 8,379 9,101 57,043 55,093 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 10 12 60 59 5.9 6.2 6.5 5.0 5.2 Lambs & Yrlngs : 170 157 173 1,146 1,063 94.1 93.8 93.5 95.0 94.8 : Total 1/ : 181 167 185 1,205 1,122 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 770 769 772 770 780 Steers 3/ : 826 823 832 823 839 Heifers 3/ : 751 754 756 760 775 All Cows 3/ : 603 612 607 619 616 Bulls 3/ : 905 889 891 894 883 : Calves & Vealers: 157 158 149 160 152 : Hogs : 199 204 202 202 204 Barrow Gilts4/ : 195 201 198 199 201 Sows 4/ : 310 304 306 308 303 Boars 4/ : 208 193 200 209 198 : Sheep : 70 74 70 71 72 Mature Sheep5/ : 68 64 66 67 66 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 70 74 70 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, June 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.1 0.5 0.2 3.3 2 : 5.4 1.8 0.3 2.8 2.5 0.3 0.5 16.4 3 : 85.4 34.3 9.5 40.1 31.9 8.2 1.6 11.3 4 : 69.4 1.7 0.7 56.8 14.7 42.1 10.2 0.3 5 : 345.8 168.2 44.5 124.8 69.5 55.3 8.3 21.2 6 : 606.7 326.5 180.5 89.1 26.0 63.1 10.6 2.7 7 : 1,235.2 702.0 468.5 55.8 1.5 54.3 8.8 8 : 270.8 159.3 93.4 9 : 191.8 81.5 13.9 93.4 81.4 12.0 3.1 19.5 10 : 124.7 49.6 38.3 32.6 21.3 11.3 4.3 : US 2/ : 2,936.4 1,525.3 849.7 511.2 256.0 255.2 50.1 76.0 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.5 1.5 3.1 0.5 2.6 2 : 10.8 10.6 0.1 0.1 14.6 1.6 13.0 3 : 397.2 385.2 1.1 10.9 10.0 0.4 9.6 4 : 1,344.4 1,277.6 65.4 1.4 3.7 1.1 2.5 5 : 2,425.9 2,296.6 125.4 3.9 21.6 3.1 18.5 6 : 473.4 450.6 22.8 0.1 7 : 3,866.6 3,776.5 69.4 20.7 31.3 0.4 30.9 8 : 342.8 342.2 0.6 66.1 1.8 64.3 9 : 213.6 213.5 0.1 10 : 24.7 24.6 2.2 0.2 2.0 : US 2/ : 9,101.0 8,779.0 284.9 37.1 185.1 12.1 173.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - June 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 6.0 2.5 1.2 14.9 2 : 30.5 10.2 1.8 16.1 13.8 2.3 2.4 108.7 3 : 479.7 192.7 45.7 233.0 185.4 47.6 8.2 66.2 4 : 395.8 10.0 3.7 326.6 78.5 248.1 55.6 1.9 5 : 1,976.5 874.0 263.3 792.6 430.9 361.7 46.6 111.0 6 : 3,357.0 1,762.9 1,023.9 506.5 130.5 376.0 63.7 17.0 7 : 6,740.6 3,748.0 2,610.3 339.4 9.8 329.7 42.9 8 : 1,534.2 793.8 634.0 9 : 1,085.0 511.5 67.0 489.1 434.1 55.0 17.4 116.4 10 : 688.9 258.1 211.9 197.4 122.6 74.8 21.5 : US 2/ :16,294.2 8,163.6 4,862.7 2,997.4 1,445.3 1,552.2 270.5 442.7 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 6.5 6.3 0.1 0.1 17.0 2.0 15.0 2 : 57.8 56.8 0.5 0.5 81.5 8.3 73.2 3 : 2,501.5 2,435.8 7.4 58.3 55.7 2.5 53.1 4 : 8,016.1 7,589.9 416.4 9.8 19.9 5.9 14.0 5 : 14,256.0 13,583.0 651.7 21.3 139.4 16.6 122.8 6 : 2,873.5 2,747.1 125.2 1.2 7 : 23,561.9 23,088.3 353.8 119.8 171.6 2.1 169.5 8 : 2,407.4 2,405.3 2.0 0.1 476.8 10.9 465.9 9 : 1,266.7 1,266.1 0.5 0.1 10 : 145.7 145.2 0.4 11.4 1.1 10.3 : US 2/ : 55,093.0 53,323.8 1,558.0 211.2 1,122.2 58.8 1,063.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Jun Species : Jun : May : Jun :------------------------ : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.4 98.3 Calves : 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.6 Hogs : 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.2 Sheep : 93.9 90.4 91.2 94.5 92.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food. Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates appear only in the annual slaughter release. Total Live Weight: Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for sale in the U.S. must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch.................. 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