Mt An 1-2 (10-09) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released October 23, 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. Pork Production Sets Record High for September Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.26 billion pounds in September, down slightly from the 4.27 billion pounds produced in September 2008. Beef production, at 2.23 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.81 million head, down 3 percent from September 2008. The average live weight was up 14 pounds from the previous year, at 1,311 pounds. Veal production totaled 11.7 million pounds, 8 percent below September a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 81,200 head, down 7 percent from September 2008. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from last year, at 244 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.00 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.94 million head, down slightly from September 2008. The average live weight was up 4 pounds from the previous year, at 270 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 14.8 million pounds, was up 2 percent from September 2008. Sheep slaughter totaled 225,400 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 130 pounds, up 1 pound from September a year ago. January to September 2009 commercial red meat production was 36.8 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2008. Accumulated beef production was down 3 percent from last year, veal was down 4 percent, pork was down 1 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. September 2008 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. September 2009 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S. .....................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S. ............................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S. .........................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ........................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S. .............8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S. ...................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S. ....................................................11 Reliability Statement.....................................................18 Types of Livestock Slaughter Plants.......................................19 Terms and Definitions.....................................................20 Information Contacts......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 09 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :---------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Sep : Aug : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,269.9 2,184.2 2,234.0 98 102 20,178.9 19,538.3 97 Veal : 12.8 10.6 11.7 92 111 105.0 101.2 96 Pork :1,975.8 1,868.4 2,001.3 101 107 17,248.7 16,997.0 99 Lamb & Mutton : 14.5 13.3 14.8 102 111 130.5 126.4 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,272.9 4,076.6 4,261.8 100 105 37,663.1 36,762.9 98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 09 % of : Jan - Sep 2/ : Sep : Aug : Sep :---------------------------------------- Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Sep : Aug : : :09 as % : : : : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :2,239.0 2,155.4 2,202.3 98 102 19,910.2 19,268.1 97 Veal : 12.5 10.3 11.4 91 111 102.7 98.9 96 Pork :1,960.1 1,853.5 1,986.4 101 107 17,115.2 16,874.8 99 Lamb & Mutton : 13.6 12.6 13.9 102 111 124.7 119.7 96 : Total Red Meat 3/:4,225.2 4,031.8 4,214.1 100 105 37,252.9 36,361.5 98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : :Sep 09 % of: Jan - Sep 2/ : : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------------------ Species : Unit : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Sep : Aug : : : 09 % : : : : :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :of 08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Prcnt : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,841.7 2,737.9 2,765.9 97 101 25,773.6 24,676.1 96 Other : Thou : 47.7 44.0 48.5 102 110 414.3 419.4 101 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,889.4 2,781.9 2,814.4 97 101 26,187.9 25,095.5 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,300 1,296 1,313 101 101 1,277 1,293 101 Other : Lbs :1,143 1,147 1,147 100 100 1,143 1,138 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,297 1,293 1,311 101 101 1,275 1,290 101 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 86.1 75.6 79.9 93 106 675.6 677.1 100 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.1 1.2 99 109 10.2 9.7 95 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 87.4 76.7 81.2 93 106 685.8 686.8 100 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 248 231 242 97 104 261 249 96 Other : Lbs : 429 397 432 101 109 411 411 100 Comm'l. : Lbs : 251 234 244 97 105 263 252 96 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :9,878.1 9,250.3 9,848.4 100 106 85,464.3 83,253.4 97 Other : Thou : 91.4 86.7 87.1 95 100 773.6 717.2 93 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :9,969.5 9,337.0 9,935.6 100 106 86,237.9 83,970.6 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 266 268 270 102 101 268 271 101 Other : Lbs : 238 240 238 100 99 239 237 99 Comm'l. : Lbs : 266 268 270 102 101 267 270 101 : : Sheep&Lambs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 206.9 186.6 206.6 100 111 1,791.6 1,704.3 95 Other : Thou : 16.8 16.3 18.8 112 115 115.3 139.7 121 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 223.7 202.9 225.4 101 111 1,906.9 1,844.0 97 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 131 135 134 102 99 139 140 101 Other : Lbs : 105 95 94 90 99 103 97 94 Comm'l. : Lbs : 129 132 130 101 99 137 137 100 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 63.2 60.5 60.1 95 99 489.2 487.6 100 Other : Thou : 19.8 13.2 15.0 76 113 140.7 120.1 85 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 83.1 73.8 75.1 90 102 629.8 607.7 96 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 61 62 62 101 100 62 61 99 Other : Lbs : 75 72 71 94 98 67 71 107 Comm'l. : Lbs : 65 64 64 99 100 63 63 100 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.4 3.9 4.3 97 112 42.2 39.2 93 Other : Thou : 1.0 1.1 1.0 92 84 11.4 11.1 97 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.5 5.0 5.3 96 105 53.7 50.3 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Sep 09 as % of 2/ State : Sep : Aug : Sep :----------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Sep 2008 : Aug 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent --- : AL : 1.8 1.9 2.2 119 116 AK : 0.1 0.1 90 AZ : 33.5 30.7 29.0 86 94 AR : 6.1 5.2 5.5 90 106 CA : 136.0 137.4 140.1 103 102 CO : 177.8 176.8 173.3 97 98 DE-MD : 3.3 3.4 3.3 102 98 FL : 8.6 9.0 8.7 101 97 GA : 14.3 9.7 10.1 71 105 HI : 0.9 0.9 0.8 93 97 ID : 20.2 18.3 19.5 96 107 IL : 261.7 236.1 248.2 95 105 IN : 142.1 142.1 154.6 109 109 IA : 596.5 586.1 615.5 103 105 KS : 452.8 450.6 454.6 100 101 KY : 51.9 43.4 49.5 95 114 LA : 0.6 0.5 0.5 90 115 MI : 44.0 43.7 46.1 105 106 MN : 223.1 212.4 228.5 102 108 MS : 1.4 2.2 2.0 148 91 MO : 147.3 145.0 148.9 101 103 MT : 1.2 1.4 1.3 108 93 NE : 642.8 593.6 628.5 98 106 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 101 83 N ENG 3/ : 1.3 1.4 1.7 128 124 NJ : 4.3 4.1 4.5 105 112 NM : 0.5 0.4 0.4 85 108 NY : 3.2 2.7 2.9 90 109 NC : 210.0 198.2 217.5 104 110 ND : 2.4 2.4 2.5 103 105 OH : 25.0 24.7 26.5 106 107 OK : 93.0 89.6 97.5 105 109 OR : 5.1 4.9 4.9 96 100 PA : 113.7 100.5 113.2 100 113 SC : 20.9 18.2 20.4 98 112 SD : 85.0 75.4 78.6 92 104 TN : 22.7 22.8 22.0 97 97 TX : 433.9 430.7 428.7 99 100 UT : 46.3 36.1 33.4 72 92 VA : 40.2 32.8 42.9 107 131 WA : 73.2 66.6 73.1 100 110 WV : 0.8 0.6 1.0 126 157 WI : 123.0 113.4 118.8 97 105 WY : 0.5 0.9 0.5 99 59 : US : 4,272.9 4,076.6 4,261.8 100 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2008 and 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.5 0.6 468 508 877 894 AK : 0.1 76 1,185 AZ : 47.6 41.7 62,079 52,975 1,312 1,276 AR : 1.0 0.9 962 885 1,001 971 CA : 126.4 135.6 160,604 171,931 1,288 1,284 CO : 205.2 195.9 272,578 263,681 1,329 1,347 DE-MD : 3.6 3.6 4,545 4,616 1,275 1,291 FL : GA : 17.9 18,368 1,029 HI : 0.9 0.9 1,062 1,044 1,159 1,164 ID : 27.4 26.4 33,793 32,950 1,250 1,269 IL : IN : 3.5 4.2 3,726 4,425 1,058 1,058 IA : KS : 536.4 531.0 699,877 701,705 1,305 1,322 KY : 1.4 1.5 1,336 1,503 946 988 LA : 0.7 0.6 531 406 728 733 MI : 52.2 52.9 69,207 72,293 1,334 1,376 MN : 74.6 72.8 104,248 102,394 1,405 1,412 MS : 0.1 0.1 48 39 659 616 MO : 7.7 7.1 9,239 8,620 1,206 1,218 MT : 1.4 1.5 1,586 1,743 1,130 1,187 NE : 600.6 581.6 815,120 799,170 1,358 1,375 NV : 0.1 0.1 148 149 1,011 1,004 N ENG 2/ : 1.4 1.6 1,474 1,628 1,038 1,039 NJ : 3.2 3.2 3,558 3,602 1,105 1,130 NM : 0.5 0.5 480 567 1,046 1,136 NY : 2.5 2.9 2,992 3,417 1,199 1,184 NC : 18.9 19.1 21,744 22,322 1,152 1,175 ND : 1.1 1.3 1,306 1,609 1,208 1,238 OH : 8.0 8.5 9,505 10,059 1,199 1,190 OK : 2.1 2.2 2,261 2,402 1,104 1,085 OR : 3.7 3.7 4,134 4,288 1,161 1,193 PA : 86.3 80.9 106,557 99,523 1,248 1,245 SC : 13.7 13.2 14,768 14,669 1,086 1,120 SD : TN : 2.7 3.0 2,160 2,563 833 879 TX : 557.5 549.1 691,663 686,251 1,244 1,253 UT : 56.1 73,442 1,312 VA : 1.2 0.9 1,129 910 956 1,004 WA : 90.8 89.9 118,790 117,774 1,313 1,315 WV : 1.0 1.3 1,043 1,300 1,048 1,033 WI : 146.7 144.1 193,115 192,894 1,331 1,351 WY : 0.6 0.6 666 674 1,202 1,187 : US 3/ : 2,889.4 2,814.4 3,737,069 3,676,548 1,297 1,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : 16.9 20.9 1,941 2,121 116 104 CO : DE-MD : 0.3 0.2 73 62 272 280 FL : 0.1 27 488 GA : 0.1 0.1 60 30 464 498 HI : ID : IL : 5.9 2.2 1,584 984 271 439 IN : IA : 0.1 22 333 KS : KY : 0.1 25 499 LA : 0.5 0.5 268 255 522 537 MI : 1.2 1.4 508 590 436 432 MN : MS : MO : 0.1 0.1 36 21 424 356 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 0.2 3.7 65 345 305 94 NJ : 5.4 6.0 2,169 2,573 402 432 NM : 1.8 157 87 NY : 20.7 9.0 2,007 859 99 99 NC : 0.2 0.1 91 62 488 472 ND : OH : 4.9 11.4 2,226 2,419 458 212 OK : 0.1 36 422 OR : PA : 15.0 11.3 5,002 4,830 334 427 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 35 451 TX : 1.7 4.1 475 558 287 136 UT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 87.4 81.2 21,683 19,646 251 244 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2008 and 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 6.5 7.9 2,952 3,436 453 438 AK : 0.1 0.1 14 20 227 252 AZ : 0.2 0.2 42 56 254 240 AR : 18.5 16.4 8,425 7,508 456 459 CA : 232.7 221.1 55,836 53,778 240 243 CO : 1.1 1.3 288 320 253 254 DE-MD : 1.8 1.9 424 456 241 239 FL : 4.9 8.5 622 1,039 126 123 GA : 9.5 6.2 2,275 1,566 238 254 HI : 1.6 1.3 366 300 223 225 ID : 13.0 10.2 3,264 2,582 253 254 IL : 931.5 827.7 253,104 230,014 272 278 IN : 717.2 764.3 185,057 201,053 258 263 IA : 2,795.8 2,845.5 737,289 768,245 264 270 KS : KY : LA : 0.9 1.1 174 191 201 179 MI : 10.8 12.3 3,921 4,713 365 384 MN : 847.4 866.5 221,362 229,033 262 265 MS : 5.9 9.5 1,911 2,845 327 300 MO : 694.9 690.0 188,801 192,035 272 279 MT : 1.2 1.2 282 300 236 244 NE : 686.5 658.1 181,569 176,427 265 268 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.9 2.3 428 514 225 222 NJ : 8.4 9.3 837 906 99 98 NM : 0.3 0.2 80 60 252 258 NY : 2.9 2.8 542 548 185 195 NC : 1,048.5 1,073.0 264,494 273,641 252 255 ND : 9.8 8.9 2,467 2,273 253 255 OH : 94.5 96.2 25,353 26,731 269 279 OK : 443.0 463.0 121,311 127,194 274 275 OR : 15.0 13.1 3,733 3,314 251 254 PA : 255.8 269.8 65,765 69,902 257 259 SC : SD : 394.0 360.4 99,639 93,401 253 259 TN : 67.7 66.1 31,643 30,399 469 461 TX : 37.9 33.7 9,279 8,918 245 265 UT : 5.8 5.6 1,165 1,101 202 198 VA : 199.5 211.5 52,050 55,680 261 264 WA : 2.4 2.1 522 451 214 217 WV : 1.0 0.9 246 238 247 252 WI : 56.0 42.3 24,343 18,347 441 439 WY : 0.5 0.4 131 119 261 269 : US 3/ : 9,969.5 9,935.6 2,645,765 2,678,810 266 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 77 AK : AZ : 0.1 0.4 11 35 90 100 AR : 0.1 0.1 9 11 109 112 CA : CO : 75.5 80.2 11,116 12,002 147 150 DE-MD : 4.7 4.6 439 421 93 93 FL : 0.5 0.4 25 21 56 53 GA : 0.3 0.3 27 24 87 77 HI : 0.1 10 123 ID : 0.5 0.4 60 55 115 127 IL : IN : 2.6 3.7 277 397 107 107 IA : 34.9 38.5 4,830 5,471 139 142 KS : 0.3 0.3 34 38 104 112 KY : 1.0 1.0 121 117 124 120 LA : 0.3 0.4 21 27 64 60 MI : 18.1 18.0 2,261 2,334 125 130 MN : 1.8 0.8 224 103 125 133 MS : 0.1 3 69 MO : 0.7 0.6 78 76 113 123 MT : 0.5 0.4 52 52 101 128 NE : 0.2 0.1 25 10 131 138 NV : 0.1 0.1 12 8 117 116 N ENG 2/ : 3.0 4.1 279 367 94 90 NJ : 13.6 13.0 1,141 1,046 84 81 NM : 1.2 1.3 154 170 135 136 NY : 3.0 3.1 249 284 84 93 NC : 1.0 1.0 79 76 81 79 ND : 0.1 0.1 13 11 117 137 OH : 1.2 1.3 138 137 116 105 OK : 0.1 0.1 11 12 103 103 OR : 2.3 2.2 307 289 134 133 PA : 5.2 3.8 519 373 100 98 SC : 0.2 12 79 SD : 0.3 0.3 36 35 117 114 TN : 1.7 1.5 130 106 77 73 TX : 6.0 7.3 626 538 104 74 UT : 2.8 3.0 373 412 131 135 VA : 1.5 1.3 157 128 101 98 WA : 0.8 0.9 103 123 131 145 WV : 0.6 91 149 WI : 1.5 1.7 188 214 127 129 WY : 0.2 0.1 22 21 137 156 : US 3/ : 223.7 225.4 28,846 29,359 129 130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Sep 1/ : : : :Jan - Sep 1/ Item : Sep : Aug : Sep :-------------: Sep : Aug : Sep :------------ : 2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 :2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class 2/ : Cattle : Steers :1,422 1,386 1,388 13,144 12,437 50.0 50.6 50.2 51.0 50.4 Heifers : 835 800 817 7,619 7,294 29.4 29.2 29.5 29.6 29.6 All Cows : 526 501 507 4,546 4,519 18.5 18.3 18.3 17.6 18.3 Dairy Cows : 223 239 236 1,918 2,148 7.9 8.7 8.5 7.4 8.7 Other Cows : 303 262 271 2,628 2,371 10.7 9.6 9.8 10.2 9.6 Bulls : 59 50 54 465 426 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 : Total 1/ :2,842 2,738 2,766 25,774 24,676 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & Vealers: 86 76 80 676 677 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrow & Gilts :9,544 8,929 9,519 82,438 80,514 96.6 96.5 96.7 96.5 96.7 Sows : 298 288 294 2,673 2,421 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 Boars : 36 33 35 353 318 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :9,878 9,250 9,848 85,464 83,253 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature Sheep : 11 13 15 92 101 5.5 7.0 7.3 5.2 5.9 Lambs & Yrlngs : 196 173 191 1,699 1,604 94.5 93.0 92.7 94.8 94.1 : Total 1/ : 207 187 207 1,792 1,704 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Average Dressed : Weight : : ----------- Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 790 790 799 775 783 Steers 3/ : 859 856 867 832 845 Heifers 3/ : 786 784 797 765 778 All Cows 3/ : 598 604 606 612 612 Bulls 3/ : 890 890 880 894 883 : Calves & Vealers: 146 137 144 154 148 : Hogs : 199 201 202 200 203 Barrow Gilts4/ : 195 197 199 197 200 Sows 4/ : 306 305 309 308 305 Boars 4/ : 211 199 198 208 198 : Sheep : 66 67 67 70 70 Mature Sheep5/ : 66 61 65 67 65 Lamb & Yrlngs5/: 66 68 68 70 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.3 0.7 0.2 3.7 2 : 6.0 2.0 0.4 3.1 2.7 0.4 0.4 14.9 3 : 83.6 35.4 6.2 40.6 32.3 8.3 1.4 11.7 4 : 67.7 1.7 0.8 54.4 12.1 42.3 10.9 0.2 5 : 357.7 164.7 48.7 132.8 74.0 58.8 11.6 23.1 6 : 547.4 277.6 169.6 89.7 20.2 69.5 10.5 4.0 7 : 1,157.7 641.6 448.9 58.0 2.4 55.7 9.1 8 : 248.0 133.4 97.5 9 : 177.8 79.5 11.1 83.8 71.2 12.6 3.4 20.7 10 : 118.8 51.5 33.3 30.3 15.3 15.0 3.6 : US 2/ : 2,765.9 1,388.0 816.8 507.5 236.5 271.0 53.6 79.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.8 1.7 3.8 0.4 3.4 2 : 11.8 11.6 0.1 0.1 15.4 1.5 13.9 3 : 481.7 469.7 1.3 10.7 10.6 0.4 10.2 4 : 1,457.5 1,370.4 85.6 1.5 4.1 1.1 3.0 5 : 2,570.6 2,450.3 116.7 3.6 22.6 3.1 19.6 6 : 508.2 483.2 25.0 0.1 7 : 4,202.9 4,119.1 64.4 19.4 39.1 0.6 38.5 8 : 372.6 372.2 0.4 82.7 6.3 76.4 9 : 217.0 216.9 0.1 10 : 24.3 24.3 0.1 2.7 0.3 2.4 : US 2/ : 9,848.4 9,519.3 293.8 35.4 206.6 15.1 191.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: By Region and United States, January - September 2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 9.5 4.2 1.8 26.1 2 : 47.2 15.6 2.8 25.1 21.7 3.4 3.8 149.8 3 : 719.9 288.8 64.8 353.8 281.5 72.3 12.5 99.9 4 : 600.2 14.9 5.6 492.5 114.1 378.3 87.2 2.6 5 : 3,023.2 1,356.9 402.6 1,185.7 645.6 540.0 78.0 177.3 6 : 5,029.2 2,632.0 1,524.8 776.8 191.6 585.1 95.6 28.4 7 :10,271.0 5,722.7 3,967.9 512.9 16.1 496.8 67.6 8 : 2,305.5 1,234.9 912.0 9 : 1,629.3 757.9 102.0 740.6 646.1 94.5 28.7 181.7 10 : 1,041.0 409.0 309.4 289.6 171.7 118.0 33.0 : US 2/ :24,676.1 12,437.0 7,293.7 4,519.0 2,148.3 2,370.6 426.5 677.1 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 11.6 11.3 0.2 0.1 26.9 3.4 23.5 2 : 91.1 89.4 0.9 0.7 123.8 13.1 110.6 3 : 3,785.0 3,679.9 11.1 94.1 86.3 3.7 82.6 4 : 12,150.7 11,475.2 661.7 13.8 31.7 9.3 22.4 5 : 21,648.5 20,628.6 987.7 32.2 207.1 26.2 180.9 6 : 4,348.6 4,150.5 196.7 1.3 7 : 35,678.5 34,945.2 558.2 175.0 283.5 3.8 279.7 8 : 3,408.9 3,405.2 3.6 0.1 696.8 22.3 674.5 9 : 1,912.6 1,911.7 0.7 0.2 10 : 217.9 217.3 0.5 0.1 19.5 1.8 17.7 : US 2/ : 83,253.4 80,514.4 2,421.4 317.6 1,704.3 100.7 1,603.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - Sep Species : Sep : Aug : Sep :------------------------ : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.4 98.4 98.3 98.4 98.3 Calves : 98.6 98.5 98.5 98.5 98.6 Hogs : 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1 Sheep : 92.5 92.0 91.7 94.0 92.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19). 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 Weight: 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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