USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture - January 23, 2004
Mt An 1-2 (1-04)
Livestock Slaughter
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released January 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 December
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.88 billion
pounds in December, up slightly from the 3.86 billion pounds produced in
December 2002.
Beef production, at 1.97 billion pounds, was 6 percent below the previous
year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.67 million head, down 4 percent from
December 2002. The average live weight was down 21 pounds from the
previous year, at 1,244 pounds.
Veal production totaled 19.0 million pounds, 6 percent above December a
year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 97,500 head, down 1 percent from
December 2002. The average live weight was 17 pounds above last year, at
322 pounds.
Pork production totaled 1.87 billion pounds, up 9 percent from the
previous year. Hog kill totaled 9.35 million head, 8 percent above
December 2002. The average live weight was 1 pound above the previous
year, at 269 pounds.
Lamb and mutton production, at 18.0 million pounds, was down 3 percent
from December 2002. Sheep slaughter totaled 262,000 head, 6 percent
below last year. The average live weight was 137 pounds, up 4 pounds
from December a year ago.
January to December 2003 commercial red meat production was 46.5 billion
pounds, down 1 percent from 2002. Accumulated beef production was down
3 percent from last year, veal was down 2 percent, pork was up 1 percent
from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 9 percent.
December 2002 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4
Saturdays.
December 2003 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4
Saturdays.
Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : : Dec 03 % of : Jan - Dec 2/
: Dec : Nov : Dec :---------------------------------------
Class : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Dec : Nov : : :03 as %
: : : : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : of 02
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,107 *1,778 1,973 94 111 27,091 26,215 97
Veal : 18.0 15.2 19.0 106 125 195.9 191.8 98
Pork :1,715 1,715 1,866 109 109 19,664 19,912 101
Lamb & Mutton : 18.5 16.3 18.0 97 111 218.1 199.4 91
:
Total Red Meat :3,858 *3,525 3,876 100 110 47,169 46,518 99
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* Revised.
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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: : : : Dec 03 % of : Jan - Dec 2/
: Dec : Nov : Dec :---------------------------------------
Class : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Dec : Nov : : :03 as %
: : : : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : of 02
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,075 *1,751 1,943 94 111 26,714 25,854 97
Veal : 17.4 *14.7 18.5 106 125 189.5 185.4 98
Pork :1,694 1,699 1,848 109 109 19,437 19,703 101
Lamb & Mutton : 17.8 15.6 17.2 97 110 208.7 190.8 91
:
Total Red Meat :3,804 *3,481 3,826 101 110 46,549 45,933 99
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* Revised.
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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: : : : :Dec 03 % of: Jan - Dec 2/
: : Dec : Nov : Dec :------------------------------------
Species : Unit : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Dec : Nov : : : 03 %
: : : : :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 :of 02
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: : Percent Prcnt
: :
Cattle No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,718.8 2,379.6 2,618.1 96 110 35,120.3 34,863.4 99
Other : Thou : 53.0 46.2 50.1 95 108 614.4 590.2 96
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,771.8 2,425.8 2,668.2 96 110 35,734.6 35,453.7 99
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,268 1,239 1,247 98 101 1,253 1,234 98
Other : Lbs :1,087 1,080 1,088 100 101 1,087 1,093 101
Comm'l. : Lbs :1,265 1,236 1,244 98 101 1,251 1,231 98
: :
Calves No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 95.8 76.2 95.3 99 125 1,019.2 976.3 96
Other : Thou : 2.4 1.9 2.2 93 119 26.1 25.4 97
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 98.2 78.0 97.5 99 125 1,045.4 1,001.7 96
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 303 317 320 106 102 310 316 102
Other : Lbs : 415 413 408 98 99 411 414 101
Comm'l. : Lbs : 305 321 322 106 100 312 317 102
: :
Hogs No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,534.1 *8,490.2 9,237.0 108 109 98,914.8 99,535.0 101
Other : Thou : 123.3 91.0 109.6 89 121 1,347.9 1,242.2 92
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,657.4 *8,581.2 9,346.6 108 109 100,262.6100,777.1 101
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 268 270 269 100 100 265 267 100
Other : Lbs : 228 235 228 100 97 231 232 100
Comm'l. : Lbs : 268 269 269 101 100 265 266 100
: :
Sheep&Lambs : :
No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 262.3 222.8 245.9 94 110 3,092.3 2,805.2 91
Other : Thou : 16.4 13.6 16.1 98 119 194.0 169.0 87
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 278.7 236.3 262.0 94 111 3,286.3 2,974.2 91
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 136 139 140 103 100 135 136 100
Other : Lbs : 97 104 100 103 96 100 104 104
Comm'l. : Lbs : 133 138 137 103 100 133 134 100
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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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: : : : Dec 03 as % of 2/
State : Dec : Nov : Dec :-----------------------
: 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Dec 2002 : Nov 2003
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: ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent ---
:
AL : 3.4 3.3 3.4 100 102
AK : 0.1
AZ : 36.3 28.9 31.3 86 108
AR : 6.6 5.6 7.6 116 136
CA : 120.5 *109.8 123.7 103 113
CO : 160.9 *125.3 140.6 87 112
DE-MD : 3.0 2.5 2.7 93 110
FL : 5.8 5.1 6.0 104 116
GA : 19.2 15.7 15.9 83 101
HI : 1.0 0.8 0.9 92 110
ID : 50.6 42.4 42.6 84 101
IL : 220.1 *202.2 207.2 94 102
IN : 119.6 *121.6 135.5 113 111
IA : 528.1 *567.9 606.2 115 107
KS : 454.1 *387.4 438.6 97 113
KY : 39.8 46.2 47.3 119 102
LA : 1.3 1.2 1.2 93 101
MI : 34.1 28.5 32.8 96 115
MN : 202.3 191.6 209.6 104 109
MS : 25.5 24.3 26.9 106 111
MO : 39.8 37.8 41.6 105 110
MT : 1.7 1.4 1.6 96 113
NE : 597.4 *489.3 555.5 93 114
NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 97 90
N ENG 3/ : 1.9 1.7 1.8 93 103
NJ : 5.8 4.3 5.1 89 120
NM : 0.8 1.0 1.0 118 98
NY : 4.0 3.6 4.0 101 111
NC : 183.7 186.0 194.8 106 105
ND : 3.0 2.5 2.8 94 114
OH : 27.6 26.5 29.4 107 111
OK : 86.7 *83.8 90.1 104 108
OR : 3.4 3.1 3.3 97 107
PA : 110.9 97.1 110.6 100 114
SC : 20.9 19.4 21.4 102 110
SD : 73.6 80.6 98.8 134 122
TN : 20.5 19.1 20.0 98 105
TX : 369.6 *326.5 357.2 97 109
UT : 39.8 27.6 32.7 82 118
VA : 68.8 65.8 74.9 109 114
WA : 51.7 44.6 43.9 85 99
WV : 0.9 0.8 0.8 91 98
WI : 113.3 *91.1 104.0 92 114
WY : 0.5 0.5 0.6 103 122
:
US : 3,858.2 *3,524.7 3,876.0 100 110
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* 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,
December 2002 and 2003 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ----
:
AL : 0.5 0.4 392 341 850 830
AK : 0.1 62 998
AZ : 47.1 40.1 63,017 54,951 1,339 1,369
AR : 1.2 1.3 1,024 1,153 825 874
CA : 111.4 112.6 143,180 142,252 1,286 1,264
CO : 187.5 172.3 244,091 216,308 1,302 1,255
DE-MD : 3.1 3.0 3,920 3,838 1,264 1,265
FL : 8.4 8.2 8,985 8,923 1,068 1,091
GA : 27.0 22.0 32,247 26,315 1,193 1,197
HI : 0.8 0.7 858 803 1,028 1,073
ID : 67.3 56.2 84,438 69,795 1,255 1,242
IL : 71.2 71.5 90,131 88,701 1,265 1,241
IN : 3.6 3.9 3,810 4,093 1,052 1,050
IA : 52.8 79.5 68,326 98,877 1,294 1,244
KS : 560.5 557.5 703,793 686,304 1,256 1,231
KY : 1.8 1.8 1,495 1,562 850 864
LA : 1.1 1.1 913 911 818 840
MI : 37.6 37.7 52,100 49,980 1,386 1,327
MN : 71.9 67.7 97,440 91,027 1,355 1,344
MS 2/ :
MO : 8.2 7.9 10,372 10,412 1,265 1,316
MT : 2.0 2.0 2,344 2,260 1,163 1,153
NE : 592.6 555.4 778,460 713,094 1,314 1,284
NV : 0.1 0.1 86 82 1,035 1,047
N ENG 3/ : 2.0 2.0 2,104 2,066 1,068 1,031
NJ : 2.5 2.3 2,928 2,665 1,187 1,146
NM : 1.6 2.0 1,489 1,810 908 900
NY : 4.6 4.7 4,844 5,014 1,062 1,058
NC : 18.5 18.7 19,003 19,703 1,030 1,053
ND : 1.3 0.9 1,501 958 1,146 1,120
OH : 10.8 9.9 12,276 11,662 1,133 1,180
OK : 3.4 2.8 3,393 2,862 986 1,006
OR : 1.1 1.2 1,396 1,340 1,220 1,153
PA : 85.8 81.1 108,691 103,027 1,266 1,271
SC :
SD :
TN : 1.4 1.4 1,239 1,231 879 883
TX : 489.8 474.3 582,969 566,870 1,190 1,195
UT : 49.2 42.8 62,024 51,057 1,262 1,193
VA : 0.7 0.9 733 913 1,043 995
WA : 66.8 58.0 84,696 72,260 1,268 1,247
WV : 1.3 1.3 1,241 1,174 921 891
WI : 143.3 133.4 189,175 171,239 1,320 1,284
WY : 0.7 0.7 827 815 1,176 1,168
:
US 4/ : 2,771.8 2,668.2 3,506,036 3,320,134 1,265 1,244
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1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter,
excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations.
3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT.
4/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. States with
no data printed are still included in the US total.
Commercial Calf Slaughter: By State and United States,
December 2002 and 2003 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003
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: -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ :
AR :
CA : 11.9 10.6 1,663 2,351 140 222
CO :
DE-MD : 0.1 0.1 34 21 309 288
FL :
GA :
HI :
ID :
IL : 9.0 9.1 4,055 4,105 451 450
IN : 0.8 1.0 97 126 125 130
IA :
KS :
KY :
LA : 0.9 0.8 449 401 485 497
MI : 1.7 2.6 772 1,136 443 441
MN :
MS 2/ :
MO : 0.1 0.1 31 16 360 292
MT :
NE :
NV :
N ENG 3/ : 2.8 2.7 317 315 114 116
NJ : 10.9 11.2 5,050 4,252 464 381
NM :
NY : 15.9 14.5 1,589 1,397 100 96
NC : 0.1 0.1 54 62 388 470
ND :
OH : 4.6 6.8 1,895 2,917 414 432
OK : 0.1 0.1 62 43 470 457
OR :
PA : 18.1 19.4 5,921 6,296 328 324
SC :
SD :
TN : 0.1 0.1 58 45 411 446
TX : 3.2 2.1 1,126 1,135 352 549
UT :
VA :
WA :
WV :
WI : 13.1 13.7 5,935 6,193 452 453
WY :
:
US 4/ : 98.2 97.5 29,998 31,427 305 322
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1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter,
excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations.
3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT.
4/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. States with
no data printed are still included in the US total.
Commercial Hog Slaughter: By State and United States,
December 2002 and 2003 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds ---
:
AL : 9.3 9.9 4,869 4,995 526 507
AK :
AZ : 0.1 0.1 22 32 243 258
AR :
CA : 228.2 236.4 54,252 57,281 238 242
CO : 1.1 1.0 256 253 227 260
DE-MD : 1.9 1.8 527 485 280 270
FL : 9.1 13.7 1,559 2,381 171 174
GA : 15.0 14.8 3,688 3,594 245 243
HI : 3.1 2.9 652 587 210 201
ID :
IL : 797.5 720.8 216,302 199,971 271 277
IN : 595.0 665.9 155,644 176,127 262 264
IA : 2,432.2 2,703.6 651,849 731,635 268 271
KS : 26.3 27.2 8,803 8,959 335 329
KY : 196.0 232.7 52,232 61,870 266 266
LA : 3.0 2.6 555 488 183 185
MI : 10.5 11.1 3,874 4,330 369 391
MN : 775.3 825.7 204,907 219,541 264 266
MS 2/ :
MO : 176.4 185.8
MT : 1.4 1.5 322 356 238 243
NE : 610.4 614.1 163,255 165,276 267 269
NV :
N ENG 3/ : 2.7 2.4 708 584 267 243
NJ : 11.4 12.2 995 1,101 87 90
NM : 0.1 0.1 25 20 211 211
NY : 3.4 3.3 599 717 177 215
NC : 895.7 965.5 230,910 245,485 258 254
ND : 13.9 14.6 3,186 3,409 229 234
OH : 104.6 109.7 27,899 29,901 267 272
OK : 399.5 425.2 113,740 119,188 285 280
OR : 15.8 15.9 4,156 4,072 262 257
PA : 258.8 281.5 64,636 71,150 250 253
SC :
SD : 333.1 467.1 86,945 123,398 261 264
TN : 62.1 60.3 29,628 29,063 477 482
TX : 41.0 35.4 11,930 10,449 291 295
UT : 5.3 5.3 1,025 1,199 192 228
VA : 349.4 385.3 91,123 98,740 261 256
WA : 1.7 1.8 441 465 252 254
WV : 0.9 0.9 256 222 274 250
WI : 31.5 39.3 13,415 16,999 426 433
WY : 0.3 0.3 70 97 237 281
:
US 4/ : 8,657.4 9,346.6 2,316,087 2,513,068 268 269
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1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter,
excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations.
3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT.
4/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. States with
no data printed are still included in the US total.
Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter: By State and United States,
December 2002 and 2003 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003
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: --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ : 0.1 0.1 6 5 95 78
AR :
CA :
CO :
DE-MD : 3.0 2.5 331 291 111 117
FL :
GA : 0.8 0.5 86 60 111 122
HI :
ID : 0.4 0.4 44 40 120 113
IL : 12.2 17.7 1,618 2,478 133 140
IN : 4.0 2.7 455 286 113 106
IA : 40.0 38.1 5,929 5,747 148 151
KS : 0.1 0.2 10 20 121 84
KY : 0.9 1.0 110 112 122 117
LA : 0.1 0.1 8 6 79 73
MI : 17.0 18.2 2,038 2,188 120 120
MN : 0.3 0.4 36 43 109 110
MS 2/ :
MO : 0.6 0.6 64 44 104 80
MT : 0.4 0.4 53 51 127 125
NE : 0.1 0.1 10 8 127 122
NV : 0.1 0.1 10 9 131 101
N ENG 3/ : 2.6 2.5 258 245 101 97
NJ : 10.0 10.2 983 978 98 96
NM : 2.5 2.0 273 206 110 102
NY : 3.4 3.8 302 328 89 87
NC : 0.4 41 101
ND : 0.1 8 140
OH : 1.0 0.9 105 97 102 111
OK : 0.1 0.1 4 12 80 123
OR : 1.1 1.2 119 161 111 130
PA : 7.2 6.2 775 672 107 108
SC :
SD : 1.2 1.3 146 153 120 120
TN : 0.5 0.6 42 41 78 74
TX : 29.4 33.4 3,482 4,413 118 132
UT : 3.1 3.1 382 393 124 128
VA :
WA : 0.9 0.3 105 37 119 134
WV :
WI : 1.1 1.3 150 174 134 139
WY : 0.1 0.1 15 16 134 125
:
US 4/ : 278.7 262.0 37,145 35,954 133 137
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1/ Includes slaughter under Federal inspection and other Commercial slaughter,
excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations.
3/ N ENG includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT.
4/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data. States with
no data printed are still included in the US total.
Classification of Livestock Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection:
United States
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: : : :Jan - Dec 1/ : : : :Jan - Dec 1/
Item : Dec : Nov : Dec :-------------: Dec : Nov : Dec :------------
: 2002 :2003 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 :2002 :2003 :2003 : 2002 :2003
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:---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------
:
Class 2/ :
Cattle :
Steers :1,291 1,100 1,255 17,523 17,179 47.5 46.2 47.9 49.9 49.3
Heifers : 889 736 800 11,342 11,078 32.7 30.9 30.5 32.3 31.8
All Cows : 496 493 517 5,658 5,981 18.2 20.7 19.7 16.1 17.2
Dairy Cows : 234 231 244 2,607 2,857 8.6 9.7 9.3 7.4 8.2
Other Cows : 262 262 273 3,051 3,124 9.6 11.0 10.4 8.7 9.0
Bulls & Stags : 42 51 47 598 624 1.5 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.8
:
Total 1/ :2,719 2,380 2,618 35,120 34,863 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Hogs :
Barrows & Gilts:8,254 8,230 8,940 95,459 96,109 96.7 96.9 96.8 96.5 96.6
Sows : 260 *241 277 3,185 3,175 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.2
Stags & Boars : 21 *18 20 271 251 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
:
Total 1/ :8,534 *8,490 9,237 98,915 99,535 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Sheep :
Mature Sheep : 13 11 11 148 143 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.8 5.1
Lambs & Yrlngs : 249 211 234 2,944 2,662 94.9 94.9 95.3 95.2 94.9
:
Total 1/ : 262 223 246 3,092 2,805 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Average Dressed :
Weight 3/ :
: ----------- Pounds -----------
:
Cattle : 768 740 747 765 746
Steers 4/ : 835 807 810 823 803
Heifers 4/ : 764 735 738 753 732
All Cows 4/ : 585 583 592 590 590
Bulls & Stags4/: 892 872 876 912 904
:
Calves & Vealers: 188 196 200 190 194
:
Hogs : 199 201 201 197 199
Barrow Gilts 5/: 196 197 197 193 195
Sows 5/ : 314 318 316 317 315
Stags & Boars5/: 239 243 245 235 240
:
Sheep : 68 70 70 68 68
Mature Sheep6/ : 62 68 65 63 66
Lamb & Yrlngs6/: 68 70 71 68 68
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* Revised.
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,
December 2003 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 : 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.2 2.7
2 : 6.8 1.7 0.4 4.2 3.2 1.0 0.5 25.7
3 : 84.1 26.8 7.1 47.1 35.4 11.8 3.1 19.5
4 : 61.9 1.3 0.4 51.7 20.8 30.9 8.5 1.8
5 : 304.7 105.6 48.2 143.1 92.8 50.3 7.8 32.9
6 : 474.1 251.5 138.1 72.3 10.2 62.1 12.3 1.8
7 : 1,191.5 627.3 475.8 82.1 1.7 80.4 6.2
8 : 227.5 126.9 82.8 15.8 4.5 11.2 2.1
9 : 152.3 69.4 8.6 71.3 63.9 7.5 3.1 10.1
10 : 113.5 43.9 38.0 28.4 11.1 17.3 3.2 0.8
:
US 2/ : 2,618.1 1,254.6 799.5 516.9 244.4 272.5 47.0 95.3
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 2.0 2.0 2.3 0.3 2.0
2 : 15.3 14.9 0.4 0.1 12.6 1.5 11.1
3 : 667.8 665.7 2.0 9.0 0.5 8.4
4 : 1,476.3 1,393.4 81.1 1.8 2.7 0.9 1.8
5 : 2,335.0 2,223.6 108.6 2.8 35.8 3.5 32.3
6 : 472.6 442.8 29.8 31.1 1.9 29.2
7 : 3,522.3 3,463.7 43.5 15.1 38.6 38.6
8 : 483.7 471.7 11.9 73.1 2.0 71.1
9 : 227.7 227.6 0.1 39.3 0.6 38.8
10 : 34.5 34.4 0.1 1.4 0.1 1.2
:
US 2/ : 9,237.0 8,939.7 277.5 19.8 245.9 11.5 234.4
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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 - December 2003 * 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 : 18.3 3.7 2.3 10.0 9.6 0.4 2.2 27.3
2 : 79.3 19.5 3.9 49.8 39.1 10.7 6.2 243.0
3 : 1,088.0 444.5 86.1 519.2 390.0 129.2 38.1 190.7
4 : 839.0 16.9 3.7 694.8 251.8 443.0 123.5 22.9
5 : 3,873.2 1,537.2 542.2 1,681.1 1,088.3 592.8 112.8 332.3
6 : 6,498.1 3,306.2 2,202.1 845.4 135.4 710.1 144.5 20.2
7 :15,770.5 8,592.2 6,273.5 825.8 20.4 805.4 79.0 0.4
8 : 3,219.7 1,608.5 1,411.1 172.1 49.8 122.3 28.0 0.1
9 : 1,926.1 929.1 106.7 844.5 730.7 113.9 45.7 128.6
10 : 1,551.3 721.6 446.6 338.9 142.3 196.6 44.2 10.7
:
US 2/ :34,863.4 17,179.5 11,078.1 5,981.7 2,857.3 3,124.4 624.1 976.3
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/:Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: :& Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep : Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 20.6 20.3 0.2 0.1 22.3 5.3 17.0
2 : 134.2 130.4 2.9 0.9 135.3 18.7 116.6
3 : 6,609.1 6,588.6 19.7 0.8 114.2 9.4 104.8
4 :16,145.4 15,170.7 956.1 18.7 29.1 11.3 17.9
5 :25,675.6 24,388.1 1,251.3 36.2 391.5 46.4 345.0
6 : 5,117.5 4,839.9 267.5 10.0 360.9 19.7 341.2
7 :38,314.4 37,573.3 557.6 183.4 421.6 0.4 421.1
8 : 4,764.9 4,648.7 116.1 0.2 778.5 22.1 756.3
9 : 2,382.3 2,380.6 1.3 0.4 531.1 5.8 525.2
10 : 371.0 368.8 1.9 0.3 20.8 3.9 16.9
:
US 2/ :99,535.0 96,109.3 3,174.7 250.9 2,805.2 143.2 2,662.0
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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,
December 2003
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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 : 39.7 23.3 0.5 15.9 15.9
AR : 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1
CA : 111.9 45.8 7.8 55.3 47.9 7.4 3.0 10.1
CO : 171.8 105.4 65.8 0.5 0.5
DE-MD : 3.0 1.9 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.1
FL : 8.2 0.2 7.5 1.1 6.4 0.5
GA : 21.3 0.1 18.7 1.7 17.0 2.6
HI : 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
ID : 54.7 15.0 15.5 21.2 7.0 14.2 2.9
IL : 68.9 40.4 28.4 9.1
IN : 0.2 0.1 1.0
IA : 78.3 36.1 25.3 16.8 16.8
KS : 554.7 317.3 236.1 1.3 1.3
KY : 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1
LA :
MI : 35.8 19.7 11.8 4.1 4.1 0.1 2.5
MN : 65.0 7.4 5.3 47.2 20.2 27.0 5.1
MS :
MO : 5.3 0.9 0.5 3.4 0.6 2.8 0.6
MT : 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
NE : 553.2 273.1 213.9 60.6 1.1 59.5 5.6
NV : 0.1 0.1
N ENG 2/ : 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.2 2.7
NJ : 2.3 1.0 0.1 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.3 11.2
NM : 1.7 1.6 1.6
NY : 4.5 0.7 0.3 3.2 2.4 0.8 0.3 14.5
NC : 18.2 0.2 0.1 14.2 7.0 7.2 3.8 0.1
ND :
OH : 5.2 0.3 0.2 4.5 4.2 0.3 0.2 6.7
OK : 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3
OR : 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
PA : 80.8 24.7 6.3 46.7 35.0 11.7 3.0 19.4
SC :
SD :
TN : 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
TX : 471.2 251.2 137.9 70.0 8.4 61.6 12.2 1.8
UT : 41.9 21.2 16.6 3.7 1.9 1.8 0.4
VA : 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
WA : 57.9 28.5 22.3 6.8 3.8 3.0 0.2
WV : 0.1 0.1
WI : 129.6 37.6 2.3 87.4 64.4 23.0 2.3 13.6
WY :
:
US 3/ :2,618.1 1,254.6 799.5 516.9 244.4 272.5 47.0 95.3
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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,
December 2003
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:---------------------------------------------------------------------
State :Total 1/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 1/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
AL : 9.0 7.2 1.7
AK :
AZ :
AR :
CA : 224.7 224.6 0.1
CO : 0.6 0.5 0.1
DE-MD : 1.8 1.7 2.5 0.1 2.4
FL : 13.7 13.6 0.1
GA :
HI : 2.9 2.9
ID : 0.1 0.1
IL : 704.3 647.6 55.2 1.5 15.8 0.1 15.6
IN : 661.7 661.6 1.8 0.9 0.9
IA : 2,701.8 2,650.9 35.8 15.1 37.9 37.9
KS :
KY : 231.6 225.1 6.4 1.0 0.7 0.3
LA :
MI : 9.3 3.4 5.9 17.9 2.4 15.5
MN : 822.6 822.5 0.2 0.2
MS :
MO : 0.6 0.5
MT : 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
NE : 613.0 613.0
NV : 0.1 0.1
N ENG 2/ : 2.0 2.0 2.3 0.3 2.0
NJ : 12.2 11.8 0.3 0.1 10.2 1.0 9.2
NM :
NY : 3.1 3.1 2.5 0.6 1.9
NC : 954.5 951.6 2.8 0.4 0.4
ND : 13.8 13.8
OH : 103.3 88.0 14.5 0.9
OK : 423.7 418.1 5.6
OR : 15.7 15.6 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.0
PA : 281.0 280.7 0.3 6.2 0.4 5.8
SC :
SD : 466.0 454.5 11.5 1.2 1.2
TN : 60.0 1.1 58.9 0.6 0.5
TX : 30.4 23.0 7.4 31.1 1.9 29.1
UT : 3.0 2.7 0.3 2.5 2.0 0.5
VA : 384.9 383.2 1.7
WA : 1.6 1.6 0.1 0.1
WV : 0.1 0.1
WI : 33.8 0.4 33.0 0.4 0.1 0.1
WY :
:
US 3/ : 9,237.0 8,939.7 277.5 19.8 245.9 11.5 234.4
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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 - Dec
Species : Dec : Nov : Dec :------------------------
: 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Percent
:
Cattle : 98.1 98.1 98.1 98.3 98.3
Calves : 97.5 97.6 97.7 97.5 97.5
Hogs : 98.6 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.8
Sheep : 94.1 94.3 93.9 94.1 94.3
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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. The LS-149
forms collect number of head slaughtered daily under FI by species and
class as well as head kill after condemnation and total live and dressed
weights.
Slightly under 900 plants in the U.S. are operated under Federal
Inspection and over 2,300 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 Weekly Livestock Slaughter Report questionnaire 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.
Usually, if no form is received by mail, data for plants slaughtering
fewer than 50 total head weekly of only one species are imputed.
Imputation of live and dressed weight data may also be necessary on
partially completed forms for any plant. The imputation is also based on
the data 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
about 10 percent and for hogs about 3 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 weight 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 kind of animal
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.
Generally, no data are published if less than three plants operate for a
species in a State or if one plant has 60 percent or more of the total
commercial slaughter for a species. These data are included in U.S.
totals. A review of the reported data is made annually.
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: Is 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; and further, 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
February 20, 2004.
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