Mt An 1-2 (3-10) Livestock Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released March 26, 2010, 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. Veal and Lamb and Mutton Production at Record Low for February Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.74 billion pounds in February, down 2 percent from the 3.83 billion pounds produced in February 2009. Beef production, at 1.96 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.55 million head, up 1 percent from February 2009. The average live weight was down 25 pounds from the previous year, at 1,285 pounds. Veal production totaled 10.7 million pounds, 2 percent below February a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 74,000 head, down slightly from February 2009. The average live weight was down 10 pounds from last year, at 247 pounds. Pork production totaled 1.76 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.69 million head, down 3 percent from February 2009. The average live weight was down 2 pounds from the previous year, at 270 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.3 million pounds, was down 3 percent from February 2009. Sheep slaughter totaled 178,400 head, 1 percent below last year. The average live weight was 139 pounds, down 3 pounds from February a year ago. January to February 2010 commercial red meat production was 7.65 billion pounds, down 4 percent from 2009. Accumulated beef production was down 2 percent from last year, veal was down 3 percent, pork was down 7 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 3 percent. February 2009 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. February 2010 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Contents Page Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S. .....................1 Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights, by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S. ............................2 Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S. .........................3 Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................4 Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................5 Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................6 Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ........................7 Federally Inspected Classification of Number and Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S. .............8 Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by Region and U.S. ...................................................9 Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by Species, U.S. ....................................................11 Reliability Statement.....................................................18 Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates..............19 Information Contacts......................................................20 Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : :Feb 10 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------------------------- Type : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : Feb : Jan : : :10 as % : : : : 2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : of 09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :------ Million Pounds ----- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,986.0 2,083.1 1,955.7 98 94 4,103.9 4,038.7 98 Veal : 11.0 11.6 10.7 98 92 23.0 22.3 97 Pork :1,817.3 *1,810.1 1,757.4 97 97 3,844.3 3,567.6 93 Lamb & Mutton : 12.7 12.8 12.3 97 96 26.0 25.2 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,827.0 *3,917.6 3,736.1 98 95 7,997.2 7,653.8 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Revised. 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding. Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : :Feb 10 % of : Jan - Feb 2/ : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------------------------- Type : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : Feb : Jan : : :10 as % : : : : 2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : of 09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :------ Million Pounds ----- Percent Million Pounds Percent : Beef :1,954.5 2,051.1 1,927.2 99 94 4,040.9 3,978.3 98 Veal : 10.8 11.3 10.4 97 92 22.5 21.8 97 Pork :1,803.5 *1,797.8 1,745.0 97 97 3,816.4 3,542.8 93 Lamb & Mutton : 12.2 12.2 11.9 97 97 25.0 24.1 97 : Total Red Meat 3/:3,780.9 *3,872.4 3,694.5 98 95 7,904.8 7,566.9 96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Revised. 1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter. 2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding. Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Feb : Jan - Feb 2/ : : Feb : Jan : Feb :10 as %:----------------------------- Species : Unit : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : of 09 : : :10 as % : : : : : : 2009 : 2010 : of 09 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Percent Percent : : Cattle No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,478.8 *2,656.7 2,503.0 101 5,146.9 5,159.8 100 Other : Thou : 49.7 50.5 44.6 90 99.2 95.1 96 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,528.5 2,707.2 2,547.6 101 5,246.2 5,254.9 100 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,314 1,293 1,287 98 1,311 1,290 98 Other : Lbs :1,137 1,131 1,136 100 1,137 1,133 100 Comm'l. : Lbs :1,310 1,290 1,285 98 1,308 1,287 98 : : Calves No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 73.0 81.6 72.9 100 156.6 154.5 99 Other : Thou : 1.0 1.2 1.1 107 2.1 2.3 109 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 74.1 82.8 74.0 100 158.7 156.8 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 255 235 244 96 249 240 96 Other : Lbs : 405 434 429 106 407 431 106 Comm'l. : Lbs : 257 238 247 96 251 243 97 : : Hogs No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,840.4 *8,837.7 8,618.6 97 18,686.5 17,456.3 93 Other : Thou : 78.5 71.9 72.6 93 159.7 144.5 91 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,918.9 *8,909.6 8,691.2 97 18,846.2 17,600.8 93 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 272 272 271 100 272 271 100 Other : Lbs : 245 240 239 98 244 240 98 Comm'l. : Lbs : 272 272 270 100 272 271 100 : : Sheep&Lambs No.: : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 169.1 173.2 167.3 99 347.5 340.5 98 Other : Thou : 10.5 13.4 11.1 106 21.1 24.5 116 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 179.5 186.6 178.4 99 368.7 365.0 99 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 145 141 143 99 144 142 99 Other : Lbs : 95 97 83 87 98 91 92 Comm'l. : Lbs : 142 138 139 98 141 139 98 : : Goats No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 44.4 42.9 39.3 89 92.1 82.2 89 Other : Thou : 14.6 14.4 9.3 64 25.5 23.7 93 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 59.0 57.3 48.6 82 117.6 105.9 90 Live Wt/Hd : : Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 61 63 101 62 62 101 Other : Lbs : 68 65 62 91 70 64 91 Comm'l. : Lbs : 63 62 63 99 63 62 98 : : Bison No. : : Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.2 4.7 4.1 98 8.6 8.8 102 Other : Thou : 1.3 1.2 1.1 81 2.8 2.3 82 Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.5 5.9 5.2 94 11.4 11.1 97 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb 10 as : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : % of 2009 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- Million Pounds ---------- Percent : AL : 1.8 1.8 1.5 86 AK : AZ : 29.2 31.0 29.9 102 AR : 5.4 4.8 4.7 88 CA : 133.3 137.8 126.4 95 CO : 165.1 175.3 169.5 103 DE-MD : 3.1 3.2 2.7 86 FL : 7.4 8.9 8.1 109 GA : 10.3 11.4 8.9 86 HI : 0.8 0.8 0.8 99 ID : 17.5 17.4 16.1 92 IL : 218.0 216.5 209.1 96 IN : 137.2 138.2 133.6 97 IA : 546.4 *546.3 528.8 97 KS : 396.4 433.9 402.9 102 KY : 43.4 45.3 43.3 100 LA : 0.5 0.4 0.5 98 MI : 38.6 40.6 36.7 95 MN : 199.1 206.5 203.6 102 MS : 2.1 1.8 1.9 90 MO : 136.0 140.8 128.1 94 MT : 0.9 1.4 1.4 146 NE : 541.1 560.3 528.7 98 NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 55 N ENG 3/ : 1.0 1.1 1.0 98 NJ : 3.5 3.9 3.8 110 NM : 0.4 0.4 0.4 102 NY : 2.7 2.8 2.4 92 NC : 206.2 209.1 205.8 100 ND : 2.4 2.4 3.2 132 OH : 23.7 24.2 22.9 96 OK : 86.0 89.6 89.6 104 OR : 4.3 4.5 4.0 94 PA : 100.2 102.1 97.3 97 SC : 19.2 19.8 18.5 97 SD : 88.2 74.9 70.3 80 TN : 16.6 17.4 17.3 104 TX : 396.0 385.7 365.5 92 UT : 39.1 38.7 38.6 99 VA : 37.1 35.4 38.3 103 WA : 60.3 65.6 66.3 110 WV : 0.6 0.8 0.5 75 WI : 105.0 114.1 102.5 98 WY : 0.6 0.6 0.5 90 : US : 3,827.0 *3,917.6 3,736.1 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton. 2/ Percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. Commercial Cattle Slaughter: By State and United States, February 2009 and 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ---- : AL : 0.5 0.6 466 515 898 884 AK : AZ : 40.0 41.6 52,266 53,592 1,310 1,294 AR : 0.9 0.7 913 714 976 966 CA : 130.2 126.4 167,598 159,253 1,308 1,284 CO : 185.9 195.7 253,654 259,538 1,366 1,327 DE-MD : 3.4 2.9 4,464 3,819 1,304 1,305 FL : GA : 18.8 15.7 18,514 15,814 990 1,011 HI : 0.9 1.0 1,094 1,075 1,160 1,097 ID : 23.5 22.2 29,701 27,427 1,287 1,254 IL : IN : 3.6 3.3 3,756 3,440 1,057 1,053 IA : KS : 469.5 491.2 610,811 626,056 1,301 1,275 KY : 2.0 1.6 1,872 1,522 918 970 LA : 0.6 0.4 473 355 769 800 MI : 44.7 41.9 61,739 58,002 1,393 1,393 MN : 67.1 69.1 94,400 97,923 1,415 1,424 MS : 0.1 0.1 110 94 767 954 MO : 8.4 6.5 10,144 7,770 1,215 1,201 MT : 1.2 1.7 1,420 2,087 1,205 1,224 NE : 497.9 514.4 681,712 680,560 1,371 1,325 NV : 0.2 0.1 143 74 950 1,059 N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.2 1,133 1,246 1,065 1,048 NJ : 2.5 2.6 2,814 2,939 1,147 1,157 NM : 0.4 0.5 446 516 1,029 1,100 NY : 2.4 2.4 2,808 2,770 1,211 1,182 NC : 17.3 16.7 19,786 19,555 1,150 1,176 ND : 1.3 2.1 1,512 2,759 1,207 1,304 OH : 9.3 9.1 11,120 10,918 1,201 1,207 OK : 2.6 2.3 2,888 2,215 1,128 978 OR : 2.8 2.6 3,401 2,968 1,249 1,190 PA : 74.2 68.4 94,227 85,604 1,284 1,267 SC : 11.5 12.2 12,821 13,504 1,124 1,121 SD : TN : 2.8 3.2 2,401 2,719 885 872 TX : 506.7 484.3 637,583 589,819 1,262 1,221 UT : 47.2 62,747 1,331 VA : 1.0 0.8 1,014 800 1,022 1,005 WA : 76.7 82.2 99,604 108,639 1,304 1,327 WV : 0.9 0.6 986 648 1,130 1,173 WI : 128.5 126.6 170,612 168,458 1,342 1,345 WY : 0.7 0.6 826 736 1,122 1,150 : US 3/ : 2,528.5 2,547.6 3,300,790 3,261,015 1,310 1,285 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Calf Slaughter: By State and United States, February 2009 and 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : CA : 19.5 20.7 2,156 2,084 112 103 CO : DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 52 55 267 261 FL : GA : 0.1 31 450 HI : ID : IL : 4.9 3.1 1,615 1,399 352 447 IN : IA : KS : KY : LA : 0.3 0.4 164 241 517 542 MI : 1.5 1.5 664 636 436 421 MN : MS : 0.1 31 415 MO : 0.1 0.1 22 23 367 375 MT : NE : NV : N ENG 2/ : 2.1 213 106 NJ : 5.1 5.3 2,129 2,254 421 421 NM : NY : 14.1 10.3 1,498 999 109 101 NC : 0.2 0.1 79 49 514 458 ND : OH : 4.2 9.9 1,967 2,225 470 228 OK : 0.1 20 392 OR : PA : 10.3 9.7 4,392 4,176 428 431 SC : SD : TN : 0.1 36 460 TX : 3.0 4.1 581 868 198 215 UT : VA : 0.1 26 373 WA : WV : WI : 6.0 2,614 438 WY : : US 3/ : 74.1 74.0 18,728 18,040 257 247 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Commercial Hog Slaughter: By State and United States, February 2009 and 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds --- : AL : 6.4 5.4 2,692 2,317 424 431 AK : 0.1 0.1 24 13 281 230 AZ : 0.1 0.1 21 24 242 278 AR : 16.5 14.3 7,362 6,614 445 462 CA : 202.1 202.5 49,000 47,465 243 235 CO : 0.6 0.7 146 174 254 263 DE-MD : 1.6 1.4 437 362 271 262 FL : 4.5 6.0 805 807 179 135 GA : 5.3 6.1 1,406 1,630 263 265 HI : 1.2 1.2 283 291 231 236 ID : 10.1 9.2 2,553 2,313 253 251 IL : 761.6 714.1 210,381 197,661 276 277 IN : 658.8 663.0 177,422 173,628 269 262 IA : 2,530.5 2,445.5 682,768 661,198 270 271 KS : KY : LA : 0.9 1.2 201 217 211 188 MI : 8.8 8.8 3,282 3,425 376 390 MN : 747.0 758.9 197,775 200,599 265 265 MS : 9.8 9.1 2,929 2,619 299 288 MO : 627.2 588.9 172,813 164,151 276 279 MT : 0.7 1.0 175 259 259 254 NE : 612.1 578.9 165,348 156,168 270 270 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.0 1.1 218 257 224 242 NJ : 5.7 9.2 597 900 105 98 NM : 0.1 0.1 29 16 256 254 NY : 1.6 1.8 311 320 200 176 NC : 970.3 991.3 258,873 259,703 267 262 ND : 8.9 8.7 2,279 2,265 256 261 OH : 82.6 79.6 22,438 21,202 272 267 OK : 399.4 418.0 111,034 116,066 278 278 OR : 12.5 12.7 3,147 3,161 252 250 PA : 223.9 230.2 57,777 60,228 258 262 SC : SD : 408.3 318.1 106,438 82,926 261 261 TN : 49.9 53.0 22,776 23,406 459 442 TX : 32.9 35.7 8,267 8,161 251 228 UT : 4.2 3.9 831 667 197 174 VA : 179.5 186.7 48,041 49,778 268 267 WA : 1.8 398 222 WV : 0.5 0.3 123 85 242 259 WI : 42.2 38.0 18,186 16,559 438 441 WY : 0.3 0.3 71 80 258 252 : US 3/ : 8,918.9 8,691.2 2,420,596 2,347,274 272 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2009 and 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : 0.1 0.1 7 16 102 108 AR : CA : 22.0 3,047 139 CO : 73.9 71.9 11,859 11,203 161 156 DE-MD : 2.6 2.8 256 275 98 100 FL : 0.2 12 56 GA : 0.3 0.2 18 14 71 65 HI : 0.1 0.1 8 10 146 149 ID : 0.2 0.2 21 20 133 130 IL : 6.3 862 136 IN : 2.1 2.6 230 293 112 115 IA : 26.4 25.5 4,081 4,019 155 158 KS : 0.2 0.2 20 21 98 94 KY : 0.9 0.7 112 80 128 118 LA : 0.3 0.3 23 24 77 88 MI : 14.3 13.6 1,915 1,814 134 134 MN : 1.5 0.9 181 117 121 135 MS : 0.1 0.1 5 8 93 65 MO : 0.3 0.3 41 41 121 126 MT : 0.2 0.1 16 10 85 96 NE : 0.1 8 135 NV : N ENG 2/ : 1.8 1.3 167 114 91 87 NJ : 8.2 8.6 690 704 84 82 NM : 1.0 1.1 151 167 150 150 NY : 2.1 2.1 186 198 90 96 NC : 0.4 0.5 33 37 82 75 ND : 0.1 8 107 OH : 0.8 0.7 90 73 109 107 OK : 0.1 0.1 9 11 88 106 OR : 1.5 1.6 220 215 144 137 PA : 3.1 1.8 322 177 103 100 SC : 0.1 11 88 SD : 0.2 0.2 25 24 119 137 TN : 1.0 0.9 73 74 76 81 TX : 3.5 5.4 254 279 72 52 UT : 2.8 2.7 400 374 143 141 VA : 1.3 0.9 134 83 103 97 WA : 0.9 0.7 134 119 144 160 WV : WI : 0.5 0.5 73 71 137 136 WY : 0.2 0.1 23 12 142 151 : US 3/ : 179.5 178.4 25,403 24,794 142 139 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter. 2/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT. 3/ States with no data printed are still included in the US total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. Classification of Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection: United States --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Feb 1/ : : : :Jan - Feb 1/ Item : Feb : Jan : Feb :---------------: Feb : Jan : Feb :------------ : 2009 :2010 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 :2009 :2010 :2010 : 2009 :2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :----------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------ : Class : Cattle : Steers :1,190 1,259 1,191 2,471 2,450 48.0 47.4 47.6 48.0 47.5 Heifers : 763 814 805 1,544 1,619 30.8 30.6 32.1 30.0 31.4 All Cows : 487 541 470 1,053 1,011 19.6 20.4 18.8 20.5 19.6 Dairy Cows : 243 232 223 524 455 9.8 8.7 8.9 10.2 8.8 Other Cows : 244 309 247 529 556 9.8 11.6 9.9 10.3 10.8 Bulls : 39 43 37 79 81 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 : Total 1/ :2,479 2,657 2,503 5,147 5,160 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Calves & : Vealers : 73 82 73 157 154 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Hogs : Barrows & : Gilts :8,569 *8,563 8,357 18,113 16,920 96.9 96.9 97.0 96.9 96.9 Sows : 239 242 229 506 471 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 Boars : 33 32 33 68 66 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 : Total 1/ :8,840 *8,838 8,619 18,687 17,456 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Sheep : Mature : Sheep : 8 11 12 17 23 4.9 6.5 7.2 4.8 6.8 Lambs & : Yrlngs : 161 162 155 331 317 95.1 93.5 92.8 95.2 93.2 : Total 1/ : 169 173 167 348 341 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : Avg Dressed : Weight : : ------------ Pounds ----------- : Cattle : 791 775 773 788 774 Steers 2/ : 853 838 830 853 834 Heifers 2/ : 796 780 771 793 775 All Cows 2/ : 625 610 621 619 615 Bulls 2/ : 874 859 867 874 863 : Calves & : Vealers : 150 140 145 146 143 : Hogs : 204 204 203 204 203 Barrows & : Gilts 3/ : 202 201 200 202 200 Sows 3/ : 300 307 303 301 305 Boars 3/ : 196 199 193 199 196 : Sheep : 72 71 71 72 71 Mature : Sheep 4/ : 68 64 68 67 66 Lambs & : Yrlngs 4/ : 72 71 71 72 71 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data. 2/ Included in cattle average dressed weight. 3/ Included in hog average dressed weight. 4/ Included in sheep average dressed weight. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, February 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.0 0.5 0.2 2 : 4.8 1.7 0.3 2.4 2.1 0.4 0.3 15.7 3 : 69.9 28.7 6.8 33.3 26.6 6.8 1.1 10.0 4 : 61.4 1.7 0.6 51.4 11.6 39.7 7.7 0.1 5 : 308.8 130.6 39.4 131.0 69.0 62.0 7.8 20.7 6 : 483.0 246.2 159.5 69.1 19.9 49.2 8.3 4.0 7 : 1,044.9 537.0 445.2 57.4 1.7 55.6 5.3 0.1 8 : 254.8 129.0 108.0 9 : 168.5 72.7 13.3 80.1 70.4 9.7 2.4 20.6 10 : 105.9 43.1 31.5 28.9 15.4 13.5 2.4 : US 2/ : 2,503.0 1,191.2 804.7 469.9 223.0 247.0 37.2 72.9 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- :Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.1 1.1 2 : 10.8 10.6 10.1 1.4 8.7 3 : 416.6 402.2 6.1 0.4 5.7 4 : 1,320.3 1,252.3 66.7 1.3 2.8 0.5 2.3 5 : 2,235.4 2,140.9 91.5 2.9 21.4 2.8 18.7 6 : 459.4 438.0 21.3 0.1 2.6 1.3 1.3 7 : 3,624.7 3,561.8 47.3 15.6 25.9 0.6 25.4 8 : 329.0 328.8 0.2 74.1 4.6 69.4 9 : 198.4 198.3 0.1 21.3 0.3 21.0 10 : 23.1 23.0 1.7 0.1 1.7 : US 2/ : 8,618.6 8,356.8 228.6 33.2 167.3 12.0 155.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States, January - February 2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Cattle :Calves Standard:---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal : : : : Cows : : Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total : : : : All : Dairy : Other : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 2.1 1.0 0.4 2 : 10.1 3.5 0.7 5.3 4.5 0.8 0.6 34.5 3 : 146.5 59.1 14.1 71.0 56.5 14.5 2.3 20.3 4 : 131.3 3.7 1.2 109.8 25.0 84.8 16.7 0.4 5 : 641.5 266.0 83.6 276.2 143.4 132.9 15.7 43.9 6 : 990.0 488.8 318.1 163.5 37.8 125.7 19.6 8.7 7 : 2,154.6 1,117.1 903.3 122.9 3.4 119.6 11.3 0.1 8 : 518.7 273.9 208.7 9 : 350.5 149.7 27.3 168.0 143.2 24.8 5.5 43.2 10 : 214.5 87.2 61.2 61.1 29.0 32.0 5.1 : US 2/ : 5,159.8 2,449.9 1,618.6 1,010.6 455.0 555.6 80.6 154.5 :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hogs : Sheep :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs & : : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : 1 : 1.8 1.7 0.1 2.6 0.3 2.2 2 : 19.1 18.8 21.6 2.8 18.8 3 : 821.5 792.8 13.2 0.8 12.4 4 : 2,653.7 2,517.5 133.7 2.6 5.6 1.2 4.5 5 : 4,534.3 4,337.7 190.8 5.8 44.9 5.2 39.7 6 : 916.3 873.9 42.2 0.2 5.2 2.7 2.5 7 : 7,389.4 7,258.0 100.8 30.7 54.6 0.7 53.9 8 : 677.2 676.8 0.4 147.6 8.7 138.9 9 : 397.4 397.2 0.2 42.0 0.7 41.4 10 : 45.5 45.4 0.1 3.2 0.3 2.9 : US 2/ : 17,456.3 16,919.7 471.0 65.5 340.5 23.2 317.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States included in regions are as follows: 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA, & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV, & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK, & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO, & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR, & WA. 2/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total, data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not add due to rounding. Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial Slaughter by Species, United States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Jan - Feb Species : Feb : Jan : Feb :------------------------ : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cattle : 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.1 98.2 Calves : 98.6 98.6 98.5 98.7 98.5 Hogs : 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.2 99.2 Sheep : 94.2 92.8 93.8 94.3 93.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 Terms and Definitions, 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 April 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 April. 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. Computer 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 non- sampling 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. Terms and Definitions Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole animal, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Commercial Production: Includes slaughter and meat production in federally inspected and other plants, but excludes animals slaughtered on farms. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Total Live Weight: The total live weight of animals, before slaughter. 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. 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