USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture - April 23, 2004
Mt An 1-2 (4-04)
Livestock Slaughter
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released April 23, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on Livestock Slaughter call Faye
Propsom at (515) 284-4340, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT.
Pork Production at Record Monthly High for March
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled
3.95 billion pounds in March, up 6 percent from the 3.71 billion
pounds produced in March 2003.
Beef production, at 2.11 billion pounds, was 3 percent above the
previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.87 million head, up
4 percent from March 2003. The average live weight was down
17 pounds from the previous year, at 1,217 pounds.
Veal production totaled 14.2 million pounds, 14 percent below March
a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 76,900 head, down 10 percent
from March 2003. The average live weight was 15 pounds below last
year, at 308 pounds.
Pork production totaled 1.80 billion pounds, up 11 percent from the
previous year, and set a record monthly high. Hog kill totaled
9.04 million head, 11 percent above March 2003. The average live
weight was unchanged the previous year, at 268 pounds.
Lamb and mutton production, at 22.1 million pounds, was up
22 percent from March 2003. Sheep slaughter totaled 306,800 head,
17 percent above last year. The average live weight was
144 pounds, up 6 pounds from March a year ago.
January to March 2004 commercial red meat production was
11.1 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 2003. Accumulated beef
production was down 7 percent from last year, veal was down
11 percent, pork was up 5 percent from last year, and lamb and
mutton production was up 6 percent.
March 2003 contained 21 weekdays (including no holidays) and 5
Saturdays.
March 2004 contained 23 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4
Saturdays.
Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : : Mar 04 % of : Jan - Mar 2/
: Mar : Feb : Mar :---------------------------------------
Class : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Mar : Feb : : :04 as %
: : : : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : of 03
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,048 1,803 2,109 103 117 6,282 5,836 93
Veal : 16.5 14.5 14.2 86 98 50.1 44.7 89
Pork :1,623 1,571 1,801 111 115 4,898 5,130 105
Lamb & Mutton : 18.1 14.8 22.1 122 149 49.2 52.4 106
:
Total Red Meat :3,706 3,403 3,946 106 116 11,279 11,064 98
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1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data.
Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : : Mar 04 % of : Jan - Mar 2/
: Mar : Feb : Mar :---------------------------------------
Class : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Mar : Feb : : :04 as %
: : : : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : of 03
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,018 1,775 2,077 103 117 6,186 5,746 93
Veal : 16.0 14.1 13.8 86 98 48.6 43.5 89
Pork :1,606 1,557 1,785 111 115 4,846 5,085 105
Lamb & Mutton : 17.6 14.1 21.5 122 153 47.3 50.4 107
:
Total Red Meat :3,657 3,360 3,897 107 116 11,128 10,925 98
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1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data.
Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/
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: : : : :Mar 04 % of: Jan - Mar 2/
: : Mar : Feb : Mar :------------------------------------
Species : Unit : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Mar : Feb : : : 04 %
: : : : :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 :of 03
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: : Percent Prcnt
: :
Cattle No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,724.5 *2,380.9 2,820.8 104 118 8,193.8 7,728.3 94
Other : Thou : 49.4 46.2 50.4 102 109 157.1 146.8 93
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,773.9 *2,427.1 2,871.2 104 118 8,350.9 7,875.1 94
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,236 1,235 1,219 99 99 1,256 1,234 98
Other : Lbs :1,097 1,104 1,098 100 100 1,094 1,100 101
Comm'l. : Lbs :1,234 1,233 1,217 99 99 1,255 1,232 98
: :
Calves No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 83.0 *70.1 75.2 91 107 255.8 222.7 87
Other : Thou : 2.0 1.5 1.7 88 117 5.9 4.8 81
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 85.0 *71.6 76.9 90 107 261.7 227.5 87
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 318 334 306 97 92 317 324 103
Other : Lbs : 408 419 423 104 101 426 422 99
Comm'l. : Lbs : 323 336 308 96 92 319 327 102
: :
Hogs No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,068.7 7,804.5 8,942.0 111 115 24,348.7 25,449.9 105
Other : Thou : 99.6 81.7 96.7 97 118 305.0 264.2 87
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,168.3 7,886.1 9,038.7 111 115 24,653.8 25,714.1 104
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 268 268 268 100 100 268 268 100
Other : Lbs : 240 236 233 97 99 236 234 99
Comm'l. : Lbs : 268 268 268 100 100 267 268 100
: :
Sheep&Lambs : :
No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 251.6 199.1 294.8 117 148 689.7 701.2 102
Other : Thou : 11.1 13.9 12.0 108 86 38.5 37.9 99
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 262.7 213.0 306.8 117 144 728.2 739.1 101
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 139 141 145 104 103 137 143 105
Other : Lbs : 109 108 108 99 100 105 106 101
Comm'l. : Lbs : 138 139 144 104 104 135 141 105
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* 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/
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: : : : Mar 04 as % of 2/
State : Mar : Feb : Mar :-----------------------
: 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Mar 2003 : Feb 2004
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: ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent ---
:
AL : 3.5 3.0 3.1 91 104
AK :
AZ : 33.1 25.7 31.6 95 123
AR : 6.2 5.4 5.4 88 101
CA : 114.8 105.6 122.9 107 116
CO : 157.9 145.0 170.8 108 118
DE-MD : 2.7 2.5 3.0 113 121
FL : 5.6 4.4 4.9 88 111
GA : 20.7 11.3 11.0 53 98
HI : 0.9 0.8 0.9 102 116
ID : 47.3 35.7 43.8 93 123
IL : 201.6 194.7 237.2 118 122
IN : 116.3 111.5 128.2 110 115
IA : 519.4 500.2 579.9 112 116
KS : 446.1 414.9 492.9 110 119
KY : 36.0 40.3 42.7 119 106
LA : 1.3 1.3 1.2 97 97
MI : 32.7 28.0 33.2 102 118
MN : 191.0 174.0 202.5 106 116
MS : 23.6 23.5 24.4 103 104
MO : 35.2 32.4 37.9 108 117
MT : 1.1 1.1 1.2 103 109
NE : 559.7 483.3 555.3 99 115
NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 129 148
N ENG 3/ : 1.4 0.8 1.0 76 129
NJ : 4.5 3.6 4.3 97 119
NM : 1.2 0.7 0.8 68 111
NY : 3.4 2.9 3.6 105 125
NC : 176.4 166.1 192.7 109 116
ND : 2.5 2.3 2.9 117 127
OH : 26.5 25.5 27.7 104 109
OK : 78.5 83.1 93.5 119 113
OR : 3.7 3.1 3.7 102 122
PA : 105.4 96.9 105.7 100 109
SC : 19.8 19.3 21.7 110 113
SD : 80.7 74.0 77.7 96 105
TN : 19.6 19.7 22.4 114 114
TX : 368.7 341.3 406.9 110 119
UT : 40.1 30.7 33.0 82 108
VA : 61.9 56.9 69.8 113 123
WA : 45.3 35.5 36.6 81 103
WV : 0.5 0.6 0.5 92 84
WI : 108.9 95.1 106.7 98 112
WY : 0.5 0.5 0.5 87 101
:
US : 3,706.1 3,403.4 3,946.2 106 116
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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,
March 2003 and 2004 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ----
:
AL :
AK : 0.1 0.1 67 58 1,203 983
AZ : 42.3 40.8 56,935 53,219 1,346 1,304
AR : 1.3 1.2 1,087 1,159 850 955
CA : 109.7 111.8 140,228 146,062 1,278 1,306
CO : 194.4 205.9 242,880 254,046 1,250 1,234
DE-MD : 2.9 3.4 3,673 4,363 1,260 1,271
FL : 7.5 6.9 8,591 7,546 1,150 1,091
GA : 30.7 14.0 36,495 16,993 1,190 1,211
HI : 0.8 0.9 884 1,004 1,059 1,101
ID : 61.4 57.4 77,811 71,688 1,268 1,250
IL :
IN :
IA :
KS : 582.3 653.9 694,098 767,077 1,192 1,173
KY : 1.6 1.7 1,408 1,458 873 874
LA : 1.1 1.1 1,021 979 914 863
MI : 36.8 38.2 50,622 49,444 1,375 1,295
MN : 63.1 56.9 88,289 80,515 1,398 1,415
MS : 0.2 0.2 202 179 996 829
MO :
MT : 1.4 1.4 1,588 1,619 1,169 1,153
NE : 579.2 576.1 739,682 722,846 1,277 1,255
NV : 0.1 0.1 93 129 1,015 1,043
N ENG 2/ : 1.5 1.1 1,657 1,106 1,078 1,028
NJ : 2.3 2.2 2,650 2,552 1,158 1,172
NM : 2.4 1.4 2,224 1,373 935 977
NY : 4.3 3.9 4,780 4,422 1,102 1,132
NC : 18.2 19.4 19,555 19,923 1,074 1,029
ND :
OH : 11.2 9.0 12,585 10,109 1,124 1,129
OK : 3.1 2.9 3,198 3,125 1,041 1,095
OR : 1.4 1.2 1,478 1,286 1,084 1,067
PA : 87.6 78.9 111,994 92,864 1,278 1,177
SC :
SD :
TN : 1.5 1.5 1,362 1,314 905 893
TX : 494.5 555.3 579,023 645,728 1,171 1,163
UT : 51.9 44.1 63,180 51,413 1,216 1,167
VA : 1.3 1.3 1,264 1,322 947 999
WA : 60.7 49.8 74,229 59,040 1,224 1,184
WV : 0.8 0.7 762 675 1,002 918
WI : 139.2 126.5 179,575 168,067 1,291 1,328
WY : 0.6 0.5 749 604 1,219 1,152
:
US 3/ : 2,773.9 2,871.2 3,421,834 3,493,209 1,234 1,217
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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,
March 2003 and 2004 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004
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: -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ :
AR :
CA : 11.2 9.6 1,607 1,690 143 176
CO :
DE-MD : 0.1 0.1 32 23 372 348
FL :
GA :
HI :
ID :
IL : 8.4 6.7 3,827 2,952 453 444
IN : 0.8 0.3 97 44 124 137
IA :
KS :
KY :
LA : 0.8 0.6 389 329 489 510
MI : 2.4 2.2 1,102 965 451 441
MN :
MS :
MO :
MT :
NE :
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 2.2 0.9 271 177 124 205
NJ : 8.2 9.5 3,748 3,168 457 335
NM :
NY : 12.6 14.2 1,175 1,455 93 102
NC : 0.1 0.1 42 64 396 460
ND :
OH : 5.2 5.4 2,121 2,228 411 416
OK : 0.1 0.2 48 70 467 443
OR :
PA : 15.4 14.3 5,680 4,781 369 335
SC :
SD :
TN : 0.1 0.1 64 62 504 594
TX : 1.9 1.6 1,018 961 547 608
UT :
VA :
WA :
WV :
WI : 12.2 9.5 5,461 4,306 448 454
WY :
:
US 3/ : 85.0 76.9 27,426 23,707 323 308
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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,
March 2003 and 2004 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds ---
:
AL : 9.6 10.0 4,900 4,732 510 471
AK :
AZ : 0.3 0.8 75 155 237 200
AR :
CA : 193.7 219.9 46,487 54,489 240 248
CO : 1.0 1.1 262 253 265 236
DE-MD : 1.5 1.5 411 401 283 272
FL : 8.8 8.5 1,669 1,598 190 187
GA : 12.0 13.9 3,015 3,388 251 244
HI : 2.3 2.3 512 450 218 197
ID :
IL : 680.4 820.4 187,665 225,568 276 275
IN : 577.1 636.0 150,899 166,242 261 261
IA : 2,373.9 2,591.3 634,621 695,459 267 268
KS : 27.6 31.9 8,828 10,968 319 344
KY : 176.4 211.6 46,926 55,958 266 264
LA : 2.2 2.4 517 529 237 225
MI : 9.4 10.5 3,480 3,924 369 373
MN : 736.4 817.9 194,270 216,358 264 265
MS :
MO : 154.8 169.7
MT : 1.0 1.1 227 268 229 237
NE : 561.7 579.8 149,663 154,123 266 266
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 1.8 1.5 458 357 257 234
NJ : 7.5 8.4 758 907 101 108
NM : 0.2 0.2 42 33 212 210
NY : 2.2 2.3 433 527 197 225
NC : 864.6 954.0 221,148 242,770 256 254
ND : 11.6 13.9 2,653 3,313 229 238
OH : 97.9 108.3 26,117 28,846 267 266
OK : 366.4 432.7 102,552 120,858 280 279
OR : 16.9 18.7 4,418 4,771 262 255
PA : 225.9 252.5 56,500 62,949 250 249
SC :
SD : 373.8 366.9 98,474 95,762 263 261
TN : 58.7 67.8 28,319 31,987 483 472
TX : 37.2 33.8 10,959 9,478 294 281
UT : 3.5 4.0 698 884 199 219
VA : 312.5 358.8 81,280 91,838 260 256
WA : 1.4 1.7 349 427 253 254
WV : 0.5 0.6 134 146 260 257
WI : 39.6 50.5 17,760 23,031 448 456
WY : 0.5 0.4 128 109 259 268
:
US 3/ : 8,168.3 9,038.7 2,186,800 2,419,497 268 268
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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,
March 2003 and 2004 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004
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: --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ : 0.1 0.2 15 14 108 70
AR :
CA :
CO : 67.6 114.4 10,184 18,069 151 158
DE-MD : 2.1 2.4 254 292 119 119
FL : 0.2 0.4 22 22 95 59
GA : 0.3 0.5 34 58 114 110
HI :
ID : 0.3 0.3 31 39 111 115
IL : 14.7 18.3 2,092 2,629 142 144
IN : 2.0 1.7 225 178 112 107
IA : 38.9 47.3 5,972 7,243 153 153
KS : 0.1 0.2 15 20 106 115
KY : 0.7 0.9 97 111 137 124
LA : 0.2 0.2 24 24 107 106
MI : 15.1 17.8 1,820 2,140 121 120
MN : 0.1 0.2 16 22 127 132
MS :
MO : 0.4 0.4 40 35 105 86
MT : 0.2 0.3 26 32 126 127
NE : 0.1 0.1 9 8 121 129
NV : 0.1 0.1 10 7 124 87
N ENG 2/ : 1.3 1.7 142 177 110 104
NJ : 7.2 9.2 687 849 95 93
NM : 2.3 2.2 242 222 105 102
NY : 1.7 3.1 160 317 92 103
NC : 0.2 18 79
ND :
OH : 0.8 0.7 93 77 112 108
OK : 0.1 0.1 17 13 147 134
OR : 0.7 1.5 93 200 132 137
PA : 5.9 6.0 644 705 109 117
SC :
SD : 1.0 1.1 117 127 118 119
TN : 0.5 0.4 39 41 79 91
TX : 34.1 36.3 4,516 5,052 132 139
UT : 2.7 3.1 340 403 127 131
VA : 0.7 0.6 67 64 100 101
WA : 0.5 0.3 64 41 121 154
WV :
WI : 0.7 0.8 96 116 135 137
WY : 0.1 0.1 18 16 127 158
:
US 3/ : 262.7 306.8 36,260 44,121 138 144
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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
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: : : :Jan - Mar 1/ : : : :Jan - Mar 1/
Item : Mar : Feb : Mar :-------------: Mar : Feb : Mar :------------
: 2003 :2004 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 :2003 :2004 :2004 : 2003 :2004
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:---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------
:
Class 2/ :
Cattle :
Steers :1,308 1,123 1,383 3,887 3,728 48.0 47.2 49.0 47.4 48.2
Heifers : 874 828 954 2,673 2,593 32.1 34.8 33.8 32.6 33.5
All Cows : 494 395 438 1,490 1,288 18.2 16.5 15.5 18.2 16.6
Dairy Cows : 250 206 218 743 643 9.2 8.6 7.7 9.1 8.3
Other Cows : 244 189 220 747 645 9.0 7.9 7.8 9.1 8.3
Bulls & Stags : 48 35 45 144 120 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6
:
Total 1/ :2,725 2,381 2,821 8,194 7,728 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Hogs :
Barrows & Gilts:7,780 7,528 8,615 23,523 24,565 96.4 96.5 96.3 96.6 96.5
Sows : 268 256 303 767 819 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.2
Stags & Boars : 21 21 25 59 66 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
:
Total 1/ :8,069 7,804 8,942 24,349 25,450 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Sheep :
Mature Sheep : 10 10 12 31 32 3.9 5.0 4.0 4.5 4.5
Lambs & Yrlngs : 242 189 283 659 669 96.1 95.0 96.0 95.5 95.5
:
Total 1/ : 252 199 295 690 701 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Average Dressed :
Weight 3/ :
: ----------- Pounds -----------
:
Cattle : 745 750 741 758 747
Steers 4/ : 798 798 784 815 796
Heifers 4/ : 738 735 725 754 733
All Cows 4/ : 598 624 622 599 618
Bulls & Stags4/: 924 883 894 927 896
:
Calves & Vealers: 195 207 190 194 199
:
Hogs : 200 200 200 200 201
Barrow Gilts 5/: 196 196 196 196 197
Sows 5/ : 313 317 313 314 315
Stags & Boars5/: 238 201 210 238 215
:
Sheep : 70 71 73 69 72
Mature Sheep6/ : 62 67 68 63 68
Lamb & Yrlngs6/: 70 71 73 69 72
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1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data.
2/ Species totals and classification reported by meat inspectors,
Inspection Operations, FSIS.
3/ Based on packer reports.
4/ Included in cattle average dressed weight.
5/ Included in hog average dressed weight.
6/ Included in sheep average dressed weight.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States,
March 2004 1/
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: Cattle :Calves
Standard:----------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal : : : : Cows : :
Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------:Bulls &: Total
: : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags :
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: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9
2 : 5.9 1.6 0.4 3.5 3.4 0.1 0.4 23.7
3 : 82.2 30.6 7.3 41.4 32.8 8.5 2.9 14.4
4 : 54.0 1.6 0.4 43.9 15.2 28.8 8.0 1.2
5 : 301.8 125.5 46.0 123.3 75.6 47.7 7.0 23.8
6 : 554.5 290.0 195.6 57.3 11.7 45.6 11.6 1.4
7 : 1,303.9 676.2 551.5 69.0 4.0 64.9 7.2
8 : 258.6 133.4 111.8 11.7 4.8 6.8 1.8
9 : 152.5 80.4 9.0 60.0 54.0 6.0 3.2 9.4
10 : 106.7 43.9 32.0 27.9 16.2 11.7 2.8 0.5
:
US 2/ : 2,820.8 1,383.4 954.2 438.2 217.9 220.3 45.1 75.2
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 1.2 1.2 1.6 0.3 1.3
2 : 10.5 10.2 0.2 0.1 11.3 1.2 10.1
3 : 612.1 610.4 1.7 8.7 0.8 7.9
4 : 1,440.4 1,346.7 91.9 1.8 2.4 1.1 1.4
5 : 2,408.2 2,272.6 133.0 2.6 36.2 4.3 31.9
6 : 469.2 447.6 21.6 35.2 1.3 33.9
7 : 3,364.8 3,294.5 50.2 20.0 47.7 47.7
8 : 382.4 378.5 3.9 117.9 2.2 115.7
9 : 215.9 215.7 0.1 32.3 0.6 31.8
10 : 37.2 37.1 0.1 1.5 0.1 1.4
:
US 2/ : 8,942.0 8,614.6 302.7 24.7 294.8 11.9 283.0
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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/ Totals may not add due to rounding.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States,
January - March 2004 * 1/
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: Cattle :Calves
Standard:----------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal : : : : Cows : :
Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------:Bulls &: Total
: : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags :
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: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 3.1 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.4 3.6
2 : 16.7 4.4 0.9 10.4 9.9 0.5 1.0 60.9
3 : 235.1 86.5 21.4 119.6 94.2 25.5 7.6 42.3
4 : 155.4 3.9 1.3 129.8 55.3 74.5 20.4 4.1
5 : 823.2 322.0 118.1 365.0 217.1 147.9 18.1 79.7
6 : 1,507.2 778.2 516.3 179.2 34.3 144.9 33.5 4.1
7 : 3,525.2 1,826.9 1,488.8 190.2 8.9 181.4 19.3 0.1
8 : 723.0 359.4 323.8 35.2 12.9 22.2 4.6
9 : 435.6 221.7 24.7 181.4 167.0 14.4 7.9 26.2
10 : 303.9 124.0 96.6 75.9 42.0 33.9 7.4 1.7
:
US 2/ : 7,728.3 3,727.9 2,592.5 1,287.8 642.5 645.3 120.0 222.7
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/:Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: :& Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep : Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 3.3 3.2 0.1 3.9 0.9 3.0
2 : 30.9 30.0 0.5 0.3 30.3 3.9 26.3
3 : 1,664.0 1,659.0 4.9 0.1 24.7 2.1 22.6
4 : 4,075.6 3,814.9 256.7 4.1 7.2 2.8 4.3
5 : 6,721.7 6,367.4 347.2 7.1 96.6 10.6 86.0
6 : 1,326.0 1,263.0 62.9 0.1 83.9 4.0 79.9
7 : 9,709.5 9,526.0 129.4 54.1 106.2 106.1
8 : 1,203.0 1,186.5 16.4 253.5 5.8 247.7
9 : 615.5 615.1 0.3 0.1 91.4 1.2 90.2
10 : 100.5 100.3 0.2 0.1 3.6 0.3 3.3
:
US 2/ :25,449.9 24,565.3 818.7 66.0 701.2 31.7 669.5
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* Accumulated totals based on unrounded data.
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/ Totals may not add due to rounding.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: By State and United States,
March 2004
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: Cattle : Calves
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : Cows : :
:Total 1/: Steers :Heifers:------------------------: Bulls & : Total
: : : : All : Dairy : Other : Stags :
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
AL :
AK : 0.1
AZ : 40.2 32.5 0.1 7.6 7.6
AR : 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1
CA : 111.2 47.4 8.6 52.2 46.4 5.8 3.0 9.4
CO : 205.3 113.9 90.6 0.7 0.5 0.2
DE-MD : 3.4 2.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
FL : 6.9 0.3 6.2 0.9 5.3 0.4
GA : 13.1 0.2 11.3 2.0 9.3 1.6
HI : 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
ID : 55.8 19.1 12.2 22.0 11.8 10.2 2.5
IL : 6.7
IN : 0.3
IA :
KS : 650.4 357.8 291.3 1.3 1.3
KY : 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1
LA :
MI : 36.1 23.2 5.1 7.7 3.8 3.9 0.1 2.1
MN : 54.5 8.6 3.6 37.5 16.9 20.6 4.6
MS :
MO :
MT : 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
NE : 574.3 274.4 237.5 55.8 3.5 52.3 6.7
NV : 0.1 0.1
N ENG 2/ : 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9
NJ : 2.2 1.0 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.2 9.5
NM : 1.0 0.9 0.9
NY : 3.7 0.6 0.2 2.7 2.7 0.2 14.2
NC : 18.8 0.1 0.1 14.5 7.3 7.2 4.1 0.1
ND :
OH : 3.8 0.3 0.3 3.2 2.0 1.2 0.1 5.3
OK : 0.2 0.1
OR : 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1
PA : 78.5 27.9 6.6 41.0 32.6 8.4 2.9 14.3
SC :
SD :
TN : 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1
TX : 552.7 289.8 195.5 55.9 10.7 45.2 11.5 1.4
UT : 43.3 19.0 20.8 3.1 1.9 1.2 0.4
VA : 0.2 0.1
WA : 49.8 24.6 19.7 5.3 3.9 1.4 0.2
WV : 0.1
WI : 123.2 43.4 2.8 74.9 52.9 22.0 2.1 9.5
WY :
:
US 3/ :2,820.8 1,383.4 954.2 438.2 217.9 220.3 45.1 75.2
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1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.
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.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: By State and United States,
March 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:---------------------------------------------------------------------
State :Total 1/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 1/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
AL : 9.2 7.6 1.6
AK :
AZ :
AR :
CA : 213.4 213.3 0.1
CO : 0.6 0.6 114.3 114.3
DE-MD : 1.5 1.4 2.4 0.1 2.4
FL : 8.5 8.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4
GA : 6.6 6.3 0.2
HI : 2.3 2.3
ID : 0.1 0.1
IL : 805.0 732.8 70.6 1.6 17.2 1.2 16.0
IN : 631.6 631.6 1.3 0.8 0.5
IA : 2,588.9 2,530.6 39.7 18.6 47.2 47.2
KS : 29.0 17.1 10.4 1.5 0.1 0.1
KY : 211.0 203.9 7.1 0.9 0.7 0.2
LA :
MI : 8.8 3.6 5.1 17.5 2.3 15.2
MN : 815.3 815.3 0.1 0.1
MS :
MO : 168.1 168.1 0.4 0.4
MT : 0.2 0.2
NE : 578.7 578.7
NV : 0.1 0.1
N ENG 2/ : 1.2 1.2 1.6 0.3 1.3
NJ : 8.3 8.1 0.2 0.1 9.1 0.8 8.3
NM :
NY : 2.2 2.1 2.1 0.4 1.7
NC : 945.0 938.6 6.4 0.2 0.2
ND : 13.6 13.6
OH : 102.2 88.8 12.4 1.0
OK : 428.9 424.0 4.9
OR : 18.6 18.5 1.4 0.1 1.2
PA : 252.1 251.7 0.4 6.0 0.7 5.3
SC :
SD : 365.6 362.1 3.5 0.9 0.9
TN : 67.7 0.8 66.9 0.4 0.1 0.3
TX : 27.3 22.1 5.1 35.1 1.3 33.8
UT : 2.3 2.0 0.3 2.7 2.2 0.5
VA : 358.5 357.2 1.3
WA : 1.6 1.6
WV : 0.1 0.1
WI : 45.3 0.5 44.8 0.2 0.2
WY :
:
US 3/ : 8,942.0 8,614.6 302.7 24.7 294.8 11.9 283.0
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1/ Totals may not add due to rounding.
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.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial
Slaughter by Species, United States
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : Jan - Mar
Species : Mar : Feb : Mar :------------------------
: 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : 2003 : 2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Percent
:
Cattle : 98.2 98.1 98.2 98.1 98.1
Calves : 97.7 97.9 97.8 97.7 97.9
Hogs : 98.8 99.0 98.9 98.8 99.0
Sheep : 95.8 93.5 96.1 94.7 94.9
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Livestock Slaughter Estimates
Data Sources: Primary data for the commercial livestock slaughter
estimates are obtained from the Weekly Livestock Slaughter Report
(LS-149) questionnaires completed by inspectors from the Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide actual
counts of animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants.
These counts are combined with data from State-administered
Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total
commercial slaughter estimates. Over 95 percent of the total U.S.
slaughter for any species is under FI. Number of head slaughtered
daily under FI are recorded on the LS-149 forms by species and
class. Head kill excluding animals condemned and total live and
dressed weights are also given.
There are 850 plants in the U.S. operating under Federal Inspection
and over 2,200 plants under State inspection. Slaughter from
State-inspected Talmedge-Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see
Types of Plants, page 22). To prevent duplication in reporting
between NFI and FI plants and assure all FI plants are included,
certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating status are
constantly monitored.
Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or
corrected data and are less than one-half of 1 percent. Revisions
for the previous month and the year-to-date totals are noted in
each monthly release by an (*) or a footnote. Final data are
published in the annual summary.
Procedures and Reliability: Individual inspectors may be contacted
by telephone if the LS-149 is not received by NASS in time for
summarization. This assures that all plants slaughtering a large
number of head or several species are accounted for each week.
All head kill data are tabulated on a weekly basis approximately
two weeks after the kill week. A computer edit compares each
plant's data with the historical data for that plant. The edit
provides a missing reports listing for follow-up telephone contact
and imputes missing weight data. In addition, data are checked for
unusual values for species, class, head kill, and pattern of kill,
generally based on each plant's past operating profile.
If no form is received by mail or other means, data for plants
slaughtering fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species
are imputed. Imputation of live and dressed weights may also be
necessary on partially completed forms for any plant. The
imputation is also based on the history of each respective plant
and represents the recent operating characteristics until final
data are tabulated. Imputed head kill for missing plants usually
is less than 1 percent of the U.S. head kill totals. Imputation
for live and dressed weight data for cattle is usually less than 10
percent and for hogs about 7 percent. The imputation for calves
and sheep is more frequent and variable.
Head kill for FI slaughter before condemnation is for the actual
days of the survey month, while head kill after condemnation and
live and dressed weight data are for full weeks only. Average live
and dressed weights and dressing percentages by State are compared
with the previous week as an additional check. Fluctuations are
frequently the result of plants permanently or temporarily closing
and a shift in the species reported.
FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total
for this release, while NFI data are summarized monthly only.
These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary,
and Statistics.
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, unless permission is granted, if less than
three plants slaughter a species in a State or if one plant has 60
percent or more of the total commercial slaughter for a species.
If not published, these data are included in U.S. totals. A review
of the data is made annually to determine publishibilty.
Types of 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
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.
Live Weight: The gross weight of a live animal when received at
the slaughter plant.
Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and
butchered.
Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after
slaughter including beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. It is
derived using the number of head times average dressed weight for
FI and NFI separately. FI head kill must be adjusted for
condemnations using the factor derived from the FSIS inspection
reports.
The FI meat production formula is (FI head kill) X (1 -
condemnation factor) X (average dressed weight) = FI red meat
production. The condemnation factor is the number of animals
condemned as a percentage of the total kill. It has been fairly
stable for the last five years; running about 1.90 head per 100
head for calves, .5 per 100 for cattle, .40 per 100 for hogs and
.20 per 100 for sheep. 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.
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.
Index
Page
Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total, and Average
Live weight, by State and U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Commercial Cattle 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S.. . . . . . . . 4
Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total,
and Average Live weight, by State and U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . 8
Data Sources, Revision Policy, and Procedures and
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Federally Inspected Classification of Number and
Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S.. . . . . .9
Federally Inspected Number by Species and Class, by
Regions and U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Federally Inspected Number by Species and Class, by
State and U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by
Species, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights,
by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Class, U.S.. . . . . .2
Terms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Types of Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The next Livestock Slaughter report will be released at 8:30 a.m.
on May 21, 2004.
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