USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture - September 23, 2005
Mt An 1-2 (9-05)
Livestock
Slaughter
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released September 23, 2005, by the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S.
Department of Agriculture. For information on Livestock Slaughter
call Katy Bell at (515) 284-4340, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. CT.
Pork Production at Record High for August
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled
4.10 billion pounds in August, up 6 percent from the 3.88 billion
pounds produced in August 2004.
Beef production, at 2.32 billion pounds, was 8 percent above the
previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.99 million head, up
6 percent from August 2004. The average live weight was up
15 pounds from the previous year, at 1,267 pounds.
Veal production totaled 13.7 million pounds, 2 percent below August
a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 65,600 head, down 10 percent
from August 2004. The average live weight was 25 pounds above last
year, at 347 pounds.
Pork production totaled 1.75 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the
previous year. Hog kill totaled 8.98 million head, 3 percent above
August 2004. The average live weight was 1 pound above the
previous year, at 263 pounds.
Lamb and mutton production, at 15.4 million pounds, was up
1 percent from August 2004. Sheep slaughter totaled 229,300 head,
2 percent below last year. The average live weight was 134 pounds,
up 4 pounds from August a year ago.
January to August 2005 commercial red meat production was
30.0 billion pounds, up slightly from 2004. Accumulated beef
production was down slightly from last year, veal was down
8 percent, pork was up 1 percent from last year, and lamb and
mutton production was down 3 percent.
August 2004 contained 22 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4
Saturdays.
August 2005 contained 23 weekdays (including no holidays) and 4
Saturdays.
Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : : Aug 05 % of : Jan - Aug 2/
: Aug : Jul : Aug :---------------------------------------
Class : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Aug : Jul : : :05 as %
: : : : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : of 04
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,151 2,085 2,319 108 111 16,346 16,322 100
Veal : 14.0 12.4 13.7 98 110 112.8 104.1 92
Pork :1,699 1,505 1,751 103 116 13,304 13,414 101
Lamb & Mutton : 15.2 13.5 15.4 101 114 128.0 123.5 97
:
Total Red Meat :3,880 3,616 4,099 106 113 29,890 29,964 100
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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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: : : : Aug 05 % of : Jan - Aug 2/
: Aug : Jul : Aug :---------------------------------------
Class : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Aug : Jul : : :05 as %
: : : : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : of 04
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,122 2,058 2,291 108 111 16,113 16,096 100
Veal : 13.6 12.1 13.4 98 111 109.7 101.5 93
Pork :1,681 1,492 1,734 103 116 13,183 13,301 101
Lamb & Mutton : 14.4 12.8 14.6 102 115 122.0 118.3 97
:
Total Red Meat :3,831 3,575 4,052 106 113 29,527 29,616 100
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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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: : : : :Aug 05 % of: Jan - Aug 2/
: : Aug : Jul : Aug :------------------------------------
Species : Unit : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Aug : Jul : : : 05 %
: : : : :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 :of 04
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: : Percent Prcnt
: :
Cattle No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,774.8 2,676.7 2,947.2 106 110 21,639.7 21,232.7 98
Other : Thou : 45.7 41.7 42.9 94 103 373.0 357.2 96
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,820.5 2,718.4 2,990.1 106 110 22,012.7 21,589.8 98
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,254 1,257 1,269 101 101 1,229 1,248 102
Other : Lbs :1,126 1,116 1,149 102 103 1,106 1,117 101
Comm'l. : Lbs :1,252 1,254 1,267 101 101 1,227 1,246 102
: :
Calves No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 71.1 57.2 64.4 90 113 557.6 489.7 88
Other : Thou : 1.6 1.4 1.3 81 89 12.6 11.0 88
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 72.7 58.6 65.6 90 112 570.2 500.7 88
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 319 349 345 108 97 328 346 105
Other : Lbs : 420 416 404 96 97 415 401 97
Comm'l. : Lbs : 322 350 347 108 99 330 347 105
: :
Hogs No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,616.3 7,581.6 8,880.2 103 117 66,550.8 66,527.9 100
Other : Thou : 105.6 80.4 102.4 97 127 721.1 673.5 93
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,721.9 7,662.0 8,982.7 103 117 67,271.8 67,201.4 100
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 263 265 263 100 99 266 269 101
Other : Lbs : 232 224 232 100 103 231 232 100
Comm'l. : Lbs : 262 264 263 100 99 266 268 101
: :
Sheep&Lambs : :
No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 219.1 188.0 215.6 98 115 1,760.4 1,687.0 96
Other : Thou : 13.9 12.8 13.7 99 108 109.5 97.7 89
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 233.0 200.8 229.3 98 114 1,869.9 1,784.7 95
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 131 135 136 103 100 138 140 101
Other : Lbs : 109 107 108 99 101 110 107 97
Comm'l. : Lbs : 130 134 134 103 100 137 138 101
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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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: : : : Aug 05 as % of 2/
State : Aug : Jul : Aug :-----------------------
: 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Aug 2004 : Jul 2005
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: ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent ---
:
AL : 2.9 2.3 2.7 95 121
AK : 0.1 178 187
AZ : 29.5 29.3 33.8 115 115
AR : 4.2 4.1 4.8 114 116
CA : 122.0 115.2 128.1 105 111
CO : 176.1 158.5 167.3 95 106
DE-MD : 3.1 2.7 3.4 110 128
FL : 4.6 4.7 5.4 117 114
GA : 15.6 11.3 15.0 96 132
HI : 1.0 0.8 0.8 81 107
ID : 30.2 27.7 28.4 94 102
IL : 228.5 202.2 228.0 100 113
IN : 119.1 105.4 126.8 106 120
IA : 549.0 474.6 546.9 100 115
KS : 500.5 510.0 546.0 109 107
KY : 44.0 33.8 43.6 99 129
LA : 1.0 0.8 0.9 91 121
MI : 31.6 31.1 37.7 119 121
MN : 190.1 173.6 191.9 101 111
MS : 24.5 20.2 25.0 102 124
MO : 37.9 36.3 41.7 110 115
MT : 1.7 1.5 1.7 99 117
NE : 592.3 578.3 654.5 111 113
NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 110 95
N ENG 3/ : 1.2 0.9 1.1 95 130
NJ : 4.2 3.5 4.4 107 125
NM : 0.6 0.6 0.7 111 120
NY : 3.4 3.5 3.8 112 109
NC : 177.7 162.3 191.2 108 118
ND : 2.7 2.6 2.8 104 110
OH : 27.5 22.6 25.5 93 113
OK : 84.6 79.8 92.1 109 115
OR : 3.9 3.4 4.2 107 125
PA : 93.7 90.0 101.1 108 112
SC : 21.2 18.1 20.2 95 111
SD : 83.9 72.8 83.0 99 114
TN : 17.8 13.2 18.3 103 139
TX : 406.0 392.8 456.9 113 116
UT : 36.0 35.8 42.8 119 120
VA : 58.0 45.3 51.5 89 114
WA : 39.3 45.7 56.8 145 124
WV : 0.5 0.2 0.5 98 205
WI : 107.0 97.9 106.3 99 109
WY : 1.0 0.6 1.0 97 174
:
US : 3,879.6 3,615.9 4,098.7 106 113
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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,
August 2004 and 2005 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ----
:
AL : 0.4 0.3 319 289 832 962
AK : 0.1 70 1,035
AZ :
AR : 0.9 0.7 847 688 960 947
CA : 113.6 119.9 150,667 158,773 1,326 1,324
CO : 213.6 196.3 267,224 252,888 1,251 1,288
DE-MD : 3.5 3.7 4,222 4,886 1,221 1,312
FL :
GA : 22.2 23.6 26,083 23,494 1,178 996
HI : 1.1 0.8 1,139 918 1,073 1,106
ID : 37.6 33.0 47,535 41,098 1,266 1,246
IL :
IN :
IA :
KS : 630.3 671.4 778,556 850,194 1,235 1,266
KY : 1.1 1.0 990 939 870 900
LA : 1.0 1.0 885 886 849 902
MI : 35.5 42.8 47,476 58,135 1,336 1,358
MN : 60.3 51.0 83,082 70,626 1,378 1,385
MS :
MO :
MT : 1.9 1.9 2,161 2,126 1,129 1,143
NE : 595.6 662.5 767,161 857,960 1,288 1,295
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 1.2 1.1 1,211 1,158 1,046 1,035
NJ : 2.0 2.4 2,399 2,986 1,229 1,248
NM : 1.0 1.2 914 1,154 943 998
NY : 3.6 3.3 4,134 3,877 1,157 1,187
NC : 18.4 15.5 19,294 16,163 1,046 1,041
ND :
OH : 9.0 8.1 10,226 9,427 1,141 1,159
OK : 2.4 1.8 2,526 1,928 1,064 1,076
OR : 1.8 2.1 2,086 2,559 1,157 1,203
PA : 71.2 77.3 81,882 93,691 1,151 1,212
SC :
SD :
TN : 1.1 1.2 1,000 1,118 949 954
TX : 531.7 594.6 645,047 724,658 1,213 1,219
UT : 46.3 53.8 56,339 66,746 1,218 1,240
VA : 0.9 0.7 926 798 1,063 1,090
WA : 50.7 71.0 63,902 91,991 1,261 1,296
WV : 0.5 0.5 522 561 992 1,090
WI : 127.0 123.0 168,652 165,561 1,328 1,346
WY : 1.0 0.9 1,192 1,168 1,231 1,249
:
US 3/ : 2,820.5 2,990.1 3,530,871 3,788,210 1,252 1,267
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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,
August 2004 and 2005 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005
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: -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ :
AR : 0.1 26 520
CA : 8.9 7.2 1,185 1,023 133 141
CO :
DE-MD : 0.1 0.1 24 39 239 277
FL :
GA : 0.2 0.2 100 83 464 393
HI :
ID :
IL : 7.2 7.3 3,203 3,146 448 433
IN : 0.5 0.4 66 55 130 129
IA :
KS :
KY :
LA : 0.8 0.6 392 273 484 484
MI : 1.8 1.8 805 704 443 385
MN :
MS :
MO :
MT :
NE :
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 1.0 0.6 214 80 219 140
NJ : 6.6 7.2 2,915 3,096 439 433
NM :
NY : 12.6 11.6 1,058 1,743 84 150
NC : 0.1 0.1 72 34 531 463
ND :
OH : 5.8 3.3 2,325 1,300 400 398
OK : 0.1 45 362
OR :
PA : 13.8 12.6 5,049 5,388 365 428
SC :
SD :
TN : 0.1 0.1 56 57 569 531
TX : 0.9 0.7 572 409 630 606
UT :
VA :
WA :
WV :
WI : 11.1 10.7 5,143 4,940 464 464
WY :
:
US 3/ : 72.7 65.6 23,431 22,755 322 347
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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,
August 2004 and 2005 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds ---
:
AL : 9.7 9.8 4,585 4,570 473 466
AK : 0.1 0.1 21 37 273 263
AZ : 0.2 0.2 40 30 200 143
AR : 13.1 14.1 5,905 6,975 452 496
CA : 214.8 233.9 50,985 54,172 237 232
CO : 2.7 2.3 623 608 231 261
DE-MD : 2.3 2.3 567 530 246 234
FL : 7.7 10.3 1,271 1,937 166 188
GA : 12.9 10.3 3,110 2,416 240 234
HI : 2.5 1.8 515 408 207 226
ID : 13.5 14.1 4,398 4,552 325 323
IL : 789.5 801.1 214,701 216,557 272 270
IN : 603.6 634.6 154,769 165,090 256 260
IA : 2,511.5 2,553.5 662,881 674,678 264 264
KS :
KY : 221.8 219.8 57,930 57,488 261 261
LA : 1.5 1.3 290 255 196 195
MI : 12.5 12.6 4,332 4,254 346 339
MN : 751.8 801.9 195,615 207,767 260 259
MS :
MO :
MT : 2.1 2.0 475 461 223 230
NE : 596.1 609.9 155,439 160,208 261 263
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 2.3 2.3 456 468 198 201
NJ : 10.7 9.3 1,057 945 99 101
NM : 0.4 0.3 117 86 314 310
NY : 4.0 3.8 881 841 218 219
NC : 901.6 980.4 222,741 243,398 247 248
ND : 14.1 14.9 3,345 3,495 237 234
OH : 107.2 101.9 28,426 27,136 265 266
OK : 414.0 443.0 111,435 121,325 269 274
OR : 19.6 18.3 4,440 4,370 227 238
PA : 230.4 238.1 56,179 57,466 244 241
SC :
SD : 407.2 405.8 104,485 103,963 257 256
TN : 53.0 54.6 25,652 26,691 484 489
TX : 33.5 39.6 8,086 9,975 241 252
UT : 4.2 5.0 949 1,179 225 236
VA : 306.4 270.0 76,198 67,460 249 250
WA : 2.1 2.3 524 581 252 254
WV : 1.1 1.0 277 259 257 252
WI : 51.6 46.0 22,703 20,350 440 442
WY : 1.6 1.5 396 364 253 249
:
US 3/ : 8,721.9 8,982.7 2,287,070 2,358,233 262 263
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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,
August 2004 and 2005 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005
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: --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ :
AR : 0.1 6 112
CA :
CO : 67.2 81.9 9,890 12,337 147 151
DE-MD : 3.3 3.2 335 322 103 100
FL : 0.1 0.2 7 14 65 64
GA :
HI :
ID : 0.6 0.6 71 69 121 119
IL : 15.5 18.3 1,974 2,299 127 126
IN : 2.7 2.5 293 263 109 107
IA : 37.6 40.2 5,477 5,738 146 143
KS : 0.4 0.3 45 36 111 111
KY : 1.0 1.3 119 174 125 132
LA : 0.2 0.2 13 14 79 77
MI : 16.8 16.1 1,993 2,086 118 130
MN : 0.3 0.2 33 31 123 127
MS :
MO : 0.6 0.7 54 63 92 92
MT : 0.5 0.5 69 68 126 130
NE : 0.2 0.1 19 16 111 118
NV : 0.2 0.2 16 21 97 108
N ENG 2/ : 1.8 2.5 182 233 98 92
NJ : 9.2 9.4 748 789 81 84
NM : 1.7 1.3 160 129 96 96
NY : 2.7 2.8 220 270 81 96
NC : 0.4 0.6 36 50 86 86
ND :
OH : 1.5 1.4 178 162 117 115
OK : 0.1 0.1 9 11 112 101
OR : 1.6 2.0 156 259 100 128
PA : 6.5 4.8 568 475 88 99
SC :
SD : 1.4 0.9 177 104 126 121
TN : 0.6 1.0 55 76 87 78
TX : 27.5 1.1 3,441 96 125 90
UT : 2.7 2.8 356 396 130 141
VA : 0.5 1.1 44 120 90 108
WA : 0.3 0.2 34 30 134 145
WV :
WI : 1.6 1.2 203 160 129 134
WY : 0.4 0.5 53 61 140 127
:
US 3/ : 233.0 229.3 30,190 30,664 130 134
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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 - Aug 1/ : : : :Jan - Aug 1/
Item : Aug : Jul : Aug :-------------: Aug : Jul : Aug :------------
: 2004 :2005 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 :2004 :2005 :2005 : 2004 :2005
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:---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------
:
Class 2/ :
Cattle :
Steers :1,457 1,476 1,638 11,021 11,272 52.5 55.2 55.6 50.9 53.1
Heifers : 849 812 873 6,933 6,546 30.6 30.3 29.6 32.0 30.8
All Cows : 413 351 392 3,317 3,078 14.9 13.2 13.4 15.4 14.5
Dairy Cows : 200 162 190 1,552 1,454 7.2 6.1 6.5 7.2 6.8
Other Cows : 213 189 202 1,765 1,624 7.7 7.1 6.9 8.2 7.7
Bulls & Stags : 56 37 45 369 336 2.0 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6
:
Total 1/ :2,775 2,677 2,947 21,640 21,233 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Hogs :
Barrows & Gilts:8,317 7,327 8,582 64,197 64,290 96.5 96.6 96.6 96.5 96.6
Sows : 278 234 274 2,184 2,054 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1
Stags & Boars : 21 20 24 170 184 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
:
Total 1/ :8,616 7,582 8,880 66,551 66,528 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Sheep :
Mature Sheep : 13 9 12 100 87 5.9 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.2
Lambs & Yrlngs : 206 179 204 1,660 1,600 94.1 95.0 94.5 94.3 94.8
:
Total 1/ : 219 188 216 1,760 1,687 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Average Dressed :
Weight 3/ :
: ----------- Pounds -----------
:
Cattle : 769 773 782 749 763
Steers 4/ : 821 821 829 796 807
Heifers 4/ : 747 747 757 729 741
All Cows 4/ : 612 622 623 614 626
Bulls & Stags4/: 896 903 901 900 912
:
Calves & Vealers: 194 219 212 201 212
:
Hogs : 196 198 196 199 201
Barrow Gilts 5/: 192 194 192 195 197
Sows 5/ : 309 308 307 313 309
Stags & Boars5/: 230 219 218 223 213
:
Sheep : 66 68 68 69 70
Mature Sheep6/ : 65 70 70 66 70
Lamb & Yrlngs6/: 66 68 68 70 70
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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,
August 2005 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 0.4 0.1 0.6
2 : 5.6 1.8 0.2 3.2 3.0 0.2 0.3 18.7
3 : 80.4 37.4 34.8 27.9 6.9 12.8
4 : 59.8 0.9 0.3 50.5 11.1 39.4 8.2
5 : 292.3 134.1 37.3 113.6 60.4 53.2 7.3 23.3
6 : 595.5 332.3 194.4 57.8 12.3 45.5 11.0 0.7
7 : 1,386.7 838.6 499.1 40.7 2.3 38.3 8.3
8 : 257.7 141.5
9 : 163.4 82.4 5.1 71.8 61.5 10.3 4.1 7.0
10 : 104.8 68.2 26.6 9.3 7.3 2.0 0.7
:
US 2/ : 2,947.2 1,637.6 872.5 392.5 190.4 202.1 44.6 64.4
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 2.0 1.9
2 : 12.9 12.6 0.2 0.1 11.3 1.6 9.6
3 : 509.0 507.7 1.2 8.9 0.4 8.5
4 : 1,463.1 1,379.2 82.2 1.8 3.5 1.4 2.1
5 : 2,356.3 2,245.0 108.4 2.9 34.3 5.1 29.2
6 : 485.9 463.5 22.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
7 : 3,363.8 3,292.3 40.8 0.4 40.3
8 : 424.2 417.2 7.0 84.8 1.8 83.0
9 : 229.4 229.3
10 : 33.7 33.7 0.1 2.5 0.2 2.3
:
US 2/ : 8,880.2 8,582.4 274.2 23.7 215.6 11.9 203.7
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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 - August 2005 * 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 : 6.9 2.5 1.3 3.7
2 : 40.6 12.4 2.2 23.5 22.2 1.3 2.5 121.6
3 : 570.6 247.7 258.0 209.3 48.7 106.6
4 : 441.7 8.3 2.4 370.6 81.2 289.4 60.3
5 : 2,170.9 940.9 270.3 902.6 476.8 425.8 57.0 183.7
6 : 4,143.9 2,269.7 1,361.8 432.4 93.4 339.0 80.0 5.5
7 :10,041.8 5,799.1 3,815.1 370.0 24.6 345.4 57.6 0.2
8 : 1,865.0 979.3
9 : 1,196.6 630.0 53.0 488.1 433.8 54.3 25.6 60.6
10 : 754.7 381.9 214.8 140.1 81.2 58.9 18.0
:
US 2/ :21,232.7 11,272.0 6,546.4 3,078.4 1,454.0 1,624.4 335.9 489.7
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/:Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: :& Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep : Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 10.2 9.9 0.2 0.2
2 : 93.8 91.3 1.3 1.2 94.2 11.4 82.8
3 : 4,119.0 4,108.0 10.7 0.3 69.4 3.9 65.6
4 :10,703.8 10,118.5 572.6 12.7 23.1 9.4 13.7
5 :17,516.9 16,636.6 860.0 20.3 253.3 38.7 214.6
6 : 3,586.5 3,426.2 159.6 0.6 18.8 0.8 18.1
7 :25,472.6 24,916.9 274.0 2.1 271.9
8 : 3,132.6 3,091.6 40.9 0.1 700.8 13.9 686.9
9 : 1,655.4 1,654.8
10 : 237.0 236.2 0.6 0.1 13.2 1.0 12.2
:
US 2/ :66,527.9 64,290.1 2,053.6 184.2 1,687.0 87.3 1,599.7
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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: Percent of Total Commercial
Slaughter by Species, United States
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: : : : Jan - Aug
Species : Aug : Jul : Aug :------------------------
: 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : 2004 : 2005
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: Percent
:
Cattle : 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.3
Calves : 97.8 97.5 98.0 97.8 97.8
Hogs : 98.8 99.0 98.9 98.9 99.0
Sheep : 94.0 93.6 94.0 94.1 94.5
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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 20). 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.....19
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 Percent of Total Commercial, by
Species, U.S.....................................................12
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.............................................21
Types of Plants...................................................20
