Mt An 1-2 (8-09) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released August 21, 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. July Red Meat Production Below Previous Year Level Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.12 billion pounds in July, down 3 percent from the 4.25 billion pounds produced in July 2008. Beef production, at 2.27 billion pounds, was 4 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.92 million head, down 5 percent from July 2008. The average live weight was up 9 pounds from the previous year, at 1,282 pounds. Veal production totaled 10.8 million pounds, 12 percent below July a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 79,900 head, down 9 percent from July 2008. The average live weight was down 13 pounds from last year, at 230 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.83 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.15 million head, down 3 percent from July 2008. The average live weight was up 5 pounds from the previous year, at 267 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 13.9 million pounds, was up 2 percent from July 2008. Sheep slaughter totaled 207,400 head, slightly above last year. The average live weight was 135 pounds, up 3 pounds from July a year ago. January to July 2009 commercial red meat production was 28.4 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 2008. Accumulated beef production was down 3 percent from last year, veal was down 3 percent, pork was down 3 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 4 percent. July 2008 contained 23 weekdays (including one holidays) and 4 Saturdays. July 2009 contained 23 weekdays (including one 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 09 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :---------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jul : Jun : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,371.6 2,288.7 2,270.5 96 99 15,642.2 15,120.1 97 Veal : 12.3 11.5 10.8 88 94 81.0 78.9 97 Pork :1,852.5 1,847.5 1,828.3 99 99 13,469.0 13,127.2 97 Lamb & Mutton : 13.7 13.9 13.9 102 101 102.8 98.2 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,250.1 4,161.5 4,123.6 97 99 29,295.0 28,424.5 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 09 % of : Jan - Jul 2/ : Jul : Jun : Jul :---------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jul : Jun : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,341.9 2,260.1 2,243.3 96 99 15,432.4 14,910.4 97 Veal : 12.1 11.2 10.6 88 94 79.3 77.2 97 Pork :1,837.4 1,834.2 1,814.1 99 99 13,367.2 13,034.9 98 Lamb & Mutton : 13.0 12.9 13.1 101 101 98.6 93.3 95 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,204.3 4,118.4 4,081.0 97 99 28,977.4 28,115.7 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Jul 09 % of: Jan - Jul 2/ : : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jul : Jun : : : 09 % : : : : :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :3,017.1 2,936.4 2,878.1 95 98 20,066.4 19,172.3 96 Other : Thou : 45.4 44.5 42.5 94 95 323.8 326.9 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :3,062.5 *2,980.9 2,920.6 95 98 20,390.2 19,499.2 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,275 1,272 1,284 101 101 1,273 1,289 101 Other : Lbs :1,142 1,123 1,125 98 100 1,143 1,135 99 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,273 1,269 1,282 101 101 1,270 1,287 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 86.7 76.0 78.9 91 104 511.4 521.6 102 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.2 1.0 93 88 7.8 7.3 94 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 87.9 77.2 79.9 91 104 519.2 528.9 102 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 241 249 228 94 91 265 253 95 Other : Lbs : 422 401 419 99 104 406 410 101 Comm'l. : Lbs : 243 251 230 95 92 268 256 96 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,373.1 9,101.0 9,061.7 97 100 66,415.8 64,154.7 97 Other : Thou : 89.6 80.0 85.1 95 106 588.9 543.3 92 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,462.8 9,180.9 9,146.7 97 100 67,004.7 64,698.0 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 263 270 268 102 99 269 271 101 Other : Lbs : 234 232 233 100 100 240 237 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 262 269 267 102 99 269 271 101 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 193.1 185.1 189.0 98 102 1,398.6 1,311.2 94 Other : Thou : 14.0 17.9 18.4 131 103 84.4 104.6 124 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 207.1 203.0 207.4 100 102 1,482.9 1,415.7 95 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 134 140 139 103 99 141 142 101 Other : Lbs : 103 105 96 94 92 102 97 96 Comm'l. : Lbs : 132 137 135 102 99 139 139 100 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 56.7 57.2 56.9 100 99 367.8 366.9 100 Other : Thou : 15.0 12.8 13.1 88 103 104.6 91.9 88 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 71.7 70.0 70.1 98 100 472.4 458.8 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 60 60 97 99 62 61 98 Other : Lbs : 65 71 72 111 102 67 71 106 Comm'l. : Lbs : 62 62 62 100 100 63 63 100 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 5.1 4.4 4.6 90 106 34.0 31.1 91 Other : Thou : 1.1 1.2 1.0 98 86 9.4 9.0 95 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 6.2 5.6 5.7 92 101 43.5 40.1 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jul 09 as % of 2/ State : Jul : Jun : Jul :----------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Jul 2008 : Jun 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 2.2 2.0 1.9 88 95 AK : 0.1 AZ : 34.9 31.6 32.2 92 102 AR : 5.7 5.7 5.1 90 89 CA : 133.3 146.9 144.6 108 98 CO : 198.3 175.4 178.8 90 102 DE-MD : 2.9 3.3 3.0 105 90 FL : 9.7 8.3 9.1 94 109 GA : 13.4 12.0 11.2 83 93 HI : 1.0 0.8 0.9 91 110 ID : 20.2 19.1 20.1 99 105 IL : 242.2 232.3 223.0 92 96 IN : 137.8 141.8 144.6 105 102 IA : 568.5 564.5 565.9 100 100 KS : 474.6 480.2 476.2 100 99 KY : 45.6 45.5 43.4 95 95 LA : 0.5 0.5 0.5 101 100 MI : 44.4 44.4 44.9 101 101 MN : 215.2 210.6 215.2 100 102 MS : 1.3 1.7 1.9 152 114 MO : 135.5 138.2 135.5 100 98 MT : 1.3 1.0 1.3 101 133 NE : 650.4 612.3 624.9 96 102 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 78 94 N ENG 3/ : 1.2 1.4 1.4 120 102 NJ : 3.8 4.4 4.0 105 91 NM : 0.4 0.3 0.3 77 96 NY : 3.3 2.7 2.5 77 93 NC : 195.7 201.8 202.5 104 100 ND : 2.3 2.6 2.4 105 93 OH : 27.4 25.1 26.5 97 106 OK : 89.0 93.0 93.8 105 101 OR : 4.8 4.8 4.8 98 99 PA : 112.5 107.4 103.4 92 96 SC : 20.1 18.9 18.8 93 99 SD : 77.8 73.5 59.2 76 81 TN : 16.2 16.2 17.9 110 110 TX : 474.9 463.0 442.2 93 96 UT : 48.0 36.8 35.0 73 95 VA : 36.7 31.1 30.6 83 98 WA : 71.3 75.1 73.9 104 98 WV : 0.4 0.4 0.4 107 118 WI : 124.6 124.5 118.9 95 95 WY : 0.6 0.5 0.6 95 113 : US : 4,250.1 4,161.5 4,123.6 97 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 0.4 0.6 374 547 908 909 AK : 0.1 0.1 99 66 1,040 1,054 AZ : 45.2 44.9 61,689 57,120 1,370 1,277 AR : 0.7 0.7 717 728 1,044 987 CA : 127.5 141.3 159,381 178,492 1,268 1,281 CO : 232.5 209.7 304,328 273,359 1,310 1,304 DE-MD : 3.2 3.3 4,061 4,297 1,288 1,301 FL : GA : 20.5 20,195 987 HI : 1.1 1.0 1,229 1,160 1,138 1,148 ID : 27.3 27.6 33,427 34,207 1,238 1,261 IL : IN : 3.7 3.8 3,934 4,061 1,061 1,059 IA : KS : 572.3 570.9 734,073 734,763 1,283 1,287 KY : 1.3 1.4 1,200 1,321 960 967 LA : 0.5 0.6 420 456 769 712 MI : 51.8 52.4 69,105 71,426 1,342 1,372 MN : 75.0 67.5 102,975 93,467 1,380 1,390 MS : 0.1 0.2 88 107 835 603 MO : 7.3 7.0 8,775 8,379 1,204 1,197 MT : 1.4 1.5 1,645 1,753 1,160 1,203 NE : 646.2 607.9 840,612 803,521 1,302 1,323 NV : 0.2 0.2 188 149 1,124 965 N ENG 2/ : 1.2 1.2 1,301 1,310 1,095 1,058 NJ : 2.5 3.0 2,775 3,337 1,109 1,139 NM : 0.4 0.4 460 486 1,082 1,111 NY : 2.4 2.6 2,780 3,162 1,191 1,217 NC : 21.2 18.7 24,271 21,603 1,151 1,163 ND : 1.0 1.2 1,193 1,423 1,230 1,212 OH : 10.6 9.9 12,504 11,783 1,184 1,202 OK : 2.2 2.3 2,367 2,305 1,084 1,023 OR : 3.3 3.5 3,935 4,059 1,216 1,203 PA : 86.6 76.6 106,434 93,605 1,240 1,240 SC : 13.8 13.2 14,926 14,326 1,089 1,097 SD : TN : 2.6 3.4 2,153 2,897 849 886 TX : 620.5 574.9 757,604 708,333 1,224 1,235 UT : 59.4 76,203 1,287 VA : 0.8 0.7 829 669 1,033 1,009 WA : 90.2 92.0 114,792 118,751 1,280 1,297 WV : 0.4 0.4 485 477 1,281 1,204 WI : 144.8 143.2 192,061 190,012 1,341 1,340 WY : 0.7 0.7 796 782 1,210 1,151 : US 3/ : 3,062.5 2,920.6 3,886,174 3,731,439 1,273 1,282 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 19.3 23.0 2,276 2,236 119 99 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 62 63 271 268 FL : 0.1 45 404 GA : 0.1 0.1 50 21 445 428 HI : ID : IL : 6.0 2.4 1,438 953 244 400 IN : IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.4 0.4 228 183 524 507 MI : 1.5 1.5 619 632 423 423 MN : MS : 0.1 20 361 MO : 0.1 23 395 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 4.3 51 388 256 91 NJ : 5.0 5.2 2,064 2,168 413 418 NM : 1.9 168 89 NY : 23.2 6.8 2,303 629 103 95 NC : 0.2 0.1 73 54 488 466 ND : OH : 4.8 12.8 2,147 2,467 448 194 OK : 0.1 29 439 OR : PA : 12.4 10.8 4,556 4,607 367 429 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 44 436 TX : 0.7 3.9 403 545 552 140 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 87.9 79.9 21,032 18,216 243 230 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 6.6 3,685 2,883 444 435 AK : 0.1 12 224 AZ : 0.2 0.1 28 17 181 238 AR : 17.3 15.1 8,000 7,041 463 467 CA : 224.8 223.1 52,446 54,539 233 245 CO : 0.9 0.8 215 207 249 246 DE-MD : 1.4 1.4 323 298 225 218 FL : 9.2 7.6 987 936 107 124 GA : 9.8 6.1 2,255 1,519 229 248 HI : 1.7 1.5 384 316 225 215 ID : 12.8 9.8 3,117 2,502 245 255 IL : 842.1 748.2 228,500 207,032 272 277 IN : 698.2 725.0 178,511 187,928 256 259 IA : 2,691.4 2,615.3 702,454 701,138 261 268 KS : KY : LA : 1.0 0.8 168 162 173 200 MI : 11.5 10.8 4,141 3,853 361 356 MN : 818.7 830.0 210,927 217,030 258 262 MS : 6.0 9.2 1,742 2,646 288 288 MO : 650.9 634.1 172,847 173,739 266 274 MT : 1.5 1.3 349 309 228 236 NE : 649.6 627.8 169,641 167,077 262 266 NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.1 2.1 413 409 193 199 NJ : 9.3 8.0 884 788 95 99 NM : 0.1 16 243 NY : 3.1 2.8 552 497 178 178 NC : 979.5 1,008.7 243,738 254,114 249 252 ND : 9.2 9.1 2,460 2,337 269 258 OH : 98.0 95.3 26,430 25,390 270 267 OK : 428.3 445.6 116,071 121,803 271 273 OR : 14.9 13.0 3,627 3,273 245 254 PA : 254.3 243.2 63,641 61,899 251 255 SC : SD : 358.0 259.5 90,227 66,692 252 257 TN : 46.6 50.9 22,322 24,190 481 477 TX : 36.2 34.8 8,294 9,018 229 259 UT : 6.3 4.8 1,176 1,019 188 211 VA : 184.3 153.2 47,688 40,051 259 262 WA : 2.7 2.1 505 439 184 206 WV : 0.7 0.6 171 150 233 237 WI : 59.4 46.1 26,351 20,259 451 445 WY : 0.4 0.4 114 105 262 237 : US 3/ : 9,462.8 9,146.7 2,479,550 2,444,531 262 267 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 0.1 4 73 AK : AZ : 0.2 17 103 AR : 0.1 5 98 CA : CO : 68.3 67.5 10,470 10,919 153 162 DE-MD : 3.7 3.7 347 354 95 96 FL : 0.3 0.3 19 14 55 49 GA : 0.3 0.2 27 18 80 73 HI : 0.1 9 137 ID : 0.7 0.7 81 91 117 140 IL : IN : 2.6 3.6 283 384 107 108 IA : 29.8 36.7 4,174 5,425 140 148 KS : 0.3 0.3 35 31 100 108 KY : 1.2 1.1 143 117 117 110 LA : 0.4 0.3 23 18 65 56 MI : 17.2 16.3 2,089 2,122 122 131 MN : 1.4 1.3 171 167 122 127 MS : 0.1 7 59 MO : 0.7 0.6 74 75 108 117 MT : 0.3 0.3 37 40 117 123 NE : 0.2 0.1 19 14 121 137 NV : 0.2 18 117 N ENG 2/ : 2.1 3.3 210 292 99 90 NJ : 12.0 10.6 1,014 846 84 80 NM : 1.2 1.0 133 135 134 138 NY : 2.6 2.5 236 231 90 93 NC : 0.8 0.9 61 63 77 69 ND : 0.1 0.1 8 13 102 120 OH : 1.4 1.4 144 160 103 111 OK : 0.1 0.1 10 11 92 85 OR : 2.1 2.0 272 280 132 139 PA : 4.5 3.7 442 370 99 99 SC : 0.1 10 72 SD : 0.3 0.3 39 41 121 126 TN : 1.3 1.2 96 79 76 69 TX : 3.1 10.2 249 904 81 89 UT : 2.8 3.1 380 417 136 133 VA : 1.1 0.9 110 89 97 96 WA : 0.5 0.7 90 112 166 159 WV : 0.4 55 136 WI : 1.4 1.3 196 179 138 137 WY : 0.2 0.1 27 18 149 144 : US 3/ : 207.1 207.4 27,305 27,937 132 135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Jul 1/ : : : :Jan - Jul 1/ Item : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------: Jul : Jun : Jul :------------ : 2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 :2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,580 1,525 1,499 10,273 9,663 52.4 51.9 52.1 51.2 50.4 Heifers : 861 850 814 5,947 5,677 28.5 28.9 28.3 29.6 29.6 All Cows : 520 511 513 3,499 3,510 17.2 17.4 17.8 17.4 18.3 Dairy Cows : 209 256 228 1,468 1,673 6.9 8.7 7.9 7.3 8.7 Other Cows : 311 255 285 2,031 1,837 10.3 8.7 9.9 10.1 9.6 Bulls : 57 50 52 347 323 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 : Total 1/ :3,017 2,936 2,878 20,066 19,172 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 87 76 79 511 522 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :9,025 8,779 8,742 64,049 62,066 96.3 96.5 96.5 96.4 96.7 Sows : 305 285 282 2,088 1,840 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 Boars : 43 37 38 278 249 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :9,373 9,101 9,062 66,416 64,155 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 12 14 71 72 5.5 6.5 7.2 5.0 5.5 Lambs & Yrlngs : 183 173 175 1,328 1,239 94.5 93.5 92.8 95.0 94.5 : Total 1/ : 193 185 189 1,399 1,311 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 779 772 782 772 780 Steers 3/ : 840 832 845 826 840 Heifers 3/ : 764 756 769 760 774 All Cows 3/ : 600 607 604 616 614 Bulls 3/ : 897 891 882 894 883 : Calves & Vealers: 141 149 135 157 150 : Hogs : 196 202 200 201 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 192 198 197 198 200 Sows 4/ : 308 306 310 308 304 Boars 4/ : 205 200 195 209 198 : Sheep : 67 70 69 71 71 Mature Sheep5/ : 66 66 63 67 66 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 67 70 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, July 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 4.3 2 : 5.5 1.7 0.3 3.0 2.6 0.4 0.5 12.0 3 : 79.8 31.3 7.3 39.6 31.5 8.1 1.5 11.1 4 : 70.7 1.7 0.6 57.7 12.3 45.4 10.7 0.2 5 : 346.2 161.7 44.0 130.6 70.6 60.1 9.9 23.4 6 : 573.7 303.2 164.7 94.8 20.6 74.2 10.9 3.9 7 : 1,226.6 702.5 457.2 59.6 1.6 58.0 7.3 8 : 265.8 154.5 92.8 9 : 186.6 89.7 13.0 79.7 64.8 14.9 4.2 22.8 10 : 122.2 52.4 33.9 31.8 16.7 15.1 4.1 : US 2/ : 2,878.1 1,499.3 813.9 512.9 227.8 285.1 52.0 78.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.7 1.6 3.1 0.5 2.6 2 : 10.5 10.3 0.1 0.1 12.4 1.5 10.9 3 : 397.0 382.1 1.3 13.6 9.3 0.4 8.9 4 : 1,341.2 1,268.6 71.3 1.3 3.7 1.2 2.5 5 : 2,417.3 2,302.0 111.6 3.7 21.6 3.2 18.4 6 : 488.7 466.1 22.4 0.2 7 : 3,890.4 3,796.8 74.3 19.2 37.2 0.7 36.5 8 : 271.8 271.2 0.6 70.1 2.8 67.3 9 : 218.9 218.9 0.1 10 : 24.2 24.2 2.7 0.2 2.5 : US 2/ : 9,061.7 8,741.7 281.8 38.2 189.0 13.7 175.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - July 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 7.1 3.0 1.3 19.2 2 : 35.9 11.8 2.1 19.1 16.4 2.7 2.9 120.6 3 : 559.5 224.1 53.0 272.6 216.9 55.7 9.7 77.3 4 : 466.5 11.7 4.2 384.2 90.7 293.5 66.3 2.2 5 : 2,322.7 1,035.7 307.2 923.2 501.4 421.8 56.5 134.4 6 : 3,930.6 2,066.1 1,188.6 601.3 151.1 450.2 74.6 20.8 7 : 7,967.2 4,450.5 3,067.4 399.0 11.3 387.7 50.2 8 : 1,800.1 948.3 726.8 9 : 1,271.6 601.2 80.0 568.8 498.9 69.9 21.7 139.3 10 : 811.1 310.5 245.8 229.2 139.3 89.9 25.6 : US 2/ :19,172.3 9,662.9 5,676.6 3,510.3 1,673.0 1,837.3 322.5 521.6 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 8.2 8.0 0.2 0.1 20.1 2.5 17.6 2 : 68.4 67.1 0.7 0.6 93.9 9.8 84.2 3 : 2,898.5 2,817.9 8.7 71.9 64.9 2.9 62.0 4 : 9,357.3 8,858.4 487.7 11.1 23.6 7.0 16.6 5 : 16,673.2 15,885.0 763.2 25.0 161.0 19.8 141.3 6 : 3,362.2 3,213.2 147.5 1.4 7 : 27,452.3 26,885.2 428.1 139.0 208.8 2.7 206.0 8 : 2,679.2 2,676.5 2.6 0.1 546.9 13.6 533.2 9 : 1,485.7 1,485.0 0.5 0.2 10 : 169.9 169.4 0.4 0.1 14.1 1.3 12.8 : US 2/ : 64,154.7 62,065.5 1,839.8 249.4 1,311.2 72.4 1,238.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Jul Species : Jul : Jun : Jul :------------------------ : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.4 98.3 Calves : 98.7 98.5 98.7 98.5 98.6 Hogs : 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.2 Sheep : 93.2 91.2 91.1 94.3 92.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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