USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture - May 19, 2006
Mt An 1-2 (5-06)
Livestock
Slaughter
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
Released May 19, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Katy
Paulsen at (515) 284-4340, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT.
Red Meat Production Down From Previous Month
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled
3.61 billion pounds in April, down slightly from the 3.62 billion
pounds produced in April 2005.
Beef production, at 1.97 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the
previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.61 million head, up
2 percent from April 2005. The average live weight was up
28 pounds from the previous year, at 1,246 pounds.
Veal production totaled 10.9 million pounds, 16 percent below April
a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 47,500 head, down 23 percent
from April 2005. The average live weight was 26 pounds above last
year, at 379 pounds.
Pork production totaled 1.61 billion pounds, down 5 percent from
the previous year. Hog kill totaled 7.96 million head, 6 percent
below April 2005. The average live weight was 1 pound above the
previous year, at 272 pounds.
Lamb and mutton production, at 17.0 million pounds, was up
9 percent from April 2005. Sheep slaughter totaled 248,500 head,
13 percent above last year. The average live weight was
136 pounds, down 5 pounds from April a year ago.
January to April 2006 commercial red meat production was
15.1 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 2005. Accumulated beef
production was up 6 percent from last year, veal was down
6 percent, pork was up 1 percent from last year, and lamb and
mutton production was up 2 percent.
April 2005 contained 21 weekdays (including no holidays) and 5
Saturdays.
April 2006 contained 20 weekdays (including no holidays) and 5
Saturdays.
Contents
Page
Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Class, U.S...........1
Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights,
by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S......................2
Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S................3
Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average
Live Weight, by State and U.S..............................4
Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average
Live Weight, by State and U.S..............................5
Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average
Live Weight, by State and U.S..............................6
Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total
and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S..................7
Federally Inspected Classification of Number and
Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S.......8
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by
Region and U.S.............................................9
Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by
Species, U.S..............................................11
Data Sources, Revision Policy, and Procedures and Reliability..18
Types of Plants................................................19
Terms and Definitions..........................................20
Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : : Apr 06 % of : Jan - Apr 2/
: Apr : Mar : Apr :---------------------------------------
Class : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Apr : Mar : : :06 as %
: : : : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : of 05
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :1,888 2,209 1,973 105 89 7,612 8,051 106
Veal : 13.0 13.3 10.9 84 82 51.6 48.4 94
Pork :1,703 1,871 1,613 95 86 6,841 6,935 101
Lamb & Mutton : 15.5 18.2 17.0 109 93 64.6 66.1 102
:
Total Red Meat :3,620 4,112 3,614 100 88 14,570 15,100 104
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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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: : : : Apr 06 % of : Jan - Apr 2/
: Apr : Mar : Apr :---------------------------------------
Class : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Apr : Mar : : :06 as %
: : : : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : of 05
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:---- Million Pounds --- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :1,860 2,179 1,946 105 89 7,493 7,933 106
Veal : 12.6 13.0 10.6 84 82 50.3 47.3 94
Pork :1,691 1,856 1,601 95 86 6,786 6,880 101
Lamb & Mutton : 14.9 17.7 16.3 110 92 62.0 63.5 102
:
Total Red Meat :3,578 4,066 3,574 100 88 14,391 14,924 104
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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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: : : : :Apr 06 % of: Jan - Apr 2/
: : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------------------
Species : Unit : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Apr : Mar : : : 06 %
: : : : :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 :of 05
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: : Percent Prcnt
: :
Cattle No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :2,516.5 2,806.1 2,565.6 102 91 9,966.1 10,264.3 103
Other : Thou : 43.7 46.3 41.8 96 90 190.3 183.2 96
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :2,560.3 2,852.4 2,607.4 102 91 10,156.4 10,447.5 103
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs :1,220 1,275 1,247 102 98 1,246 1,273 102
Other : Lbs :1,112 1,140 1,137 102 100 1,109 1,132 102
Comm'l. : Lbs :1,218 1,273 1,246 102 98 1,242 1,271 102
: :
Calves No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 60.1 57.9 46.3 77 80 253.4 210.7 83
Other : Thou : 1.5 1.3 1.1 75 90 5.8 4.7 81
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 61.6 59.2 47.5 77 80 259.2 215.3 83
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 351 368 377 107 103 332 369 111
Other : Lbs : 400 417 420 105 101 396 415 105
Comm'l. : Lbs : 353 370 379 107 103 334 369 111
: :
Hogs No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :8,368.7 9,148.0 7,882.2 94 86 33,659.5 33,842.1 101
Other : Thou : 76.2 86.2 73.4 96 85 323.3 318.1 98
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :8,445.0 9,234.1 7,955.6 94 86 33,982.7 34,160.1 101
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 271 272 273 101 100 271 273 101
Other : Lbs : 231 240 235 102 98 235 237 101
Comm'l. : Lbs : 271 272 272 101 100 270 272 101
: :
Sheep&Lambs : :
No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 208.2 239.6 236.0 113 98 875.5 877.4 100
Other : Thou : 12.5 10.1 12.5 100 124 48.8 47.0 96
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 220.7 249.7 248.5 113 100 924.4 924.3 100
: :
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 145 147 138 95 94 142 144 102
Other : Lbs : 102 111 102 100 93 106 109 103
Comm'l. : Lbs : 141 145 136 97 94 139 142 102
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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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: : : : Apr 06 as % of 2/
State : Apr : Mar : Apr :-----------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Apr 2005 : Mar 2006
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: ----------- Million Pounds ---------- --- Percent ---
:
AL : 2.6 2.8 2.6 100 95
AK : 0.1
AZ : 27.5 35.4 28.7 105 81
AR : 3.9 5.1 4.1 104 81
CA : 115.0 144.1 123.1 107 85
CO : 130.2 150.9 142.8 110 95
DE-MD : 3.0 3.5 2.8 94 82
FL : 4.5 5.3 4.9 107 92
GA : 10.4 11.2 10.8 104 96
HI : 0.8 0.9 0.7 91 86
ID : 30.2 28.7 22.5 74 78
IL : 212.8 244.7 212.4 100 87
IN : 117.0 136.1 117.8 101 87
IA : 534.0 577.2 501.4 94 87
KS : 469.2 532.1 468.1 100 88
KY : 35.8 44.2 37.1 104 84
LA : 1.1 0.8 0.7 68 91
MI : 30.4 36.5 34.6 114 95
MN : 181.2 209.4 174.0 96 83
MS : 22.7 28.1 23.0 101 82
MO : 40.5 70.1 65.7 162 94
MT : 1.3 1.2 1.2 93 95
NE : 535.3 578.1 541.5 101 94
NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 91 78
N ENG 3/ : 0.8 0.9 0.9 116 102
NJ : 4.1 4.3 3.7 90 87
NM : 0.6 0.4 0.5 74 105
NY : 3.0 3.3 3.1 103 92
NC : 193.7 202.6 169.8 88 84
ND : 2.8 3.2 2.8 99 87
OH : 23.9 24.8 20.8 87 84
OK : 93.5 94.7 88.1 94 93
OR : 3.4 4.0 3.6 105 89
PA : 89.5 110.1 91.2 102 83
SC : 19.1 21.7 19.6 102 90
SD : 76.2 81.9 70.7 93 86
TN : 12.6 18.2 12.6 100 69
TX : 364.9 430.7 376.6 103 87
UT : 28.1 44.5 36.3 129 82
VA : 60.7 40.7 32.8 54 81
WA : 39.6 66.3 60.6 153 91
WV : 0.4 0.4 0.4 95 86
WI : 92.8 111.9 99.4 107 89
WY : 0.5 0.4 0.4 86 91
:
US : 3,619.7 4,111.7 3,614.4 100 88
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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,
April 2005 and 2006 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ----
:
AL : 0.5 0.4 398 411 847 982
AK :
AZ :
AR : 0.8 1.0 729 939 963 953
CA : 104.2 111.4 136,214 155,303 1,307 1,394
CO : 160.7 170.8 194,363 214,489 1,209 1,256
DE-MD : 3.5 3.1 4,532 4,176 1,308 1,346
FL :
GA : 18.6 19.5 15,499 16,284 832 836
HI : 0.9 0.8 933 824 1,095 1,072
ID : 37.8 26.3 48,974 32,704 1,297 1,242
IL :
IN : 2.6 2.5 2,708 2,580 1,034 1,033
IA :
KS : 617.2 603.5 735,164 728,737 1,191 1,207
KY : 1.5 1.3 1,320 1,260 901 939
LA : 1.2 0.7 1,134 633 936 878
MI : 34.8 38.5 46,706 52,921 1,344 1,373
MN : 45.9 47.5 64,373 67,338 1,403 1,419
MS : 0.1 102 931
MO : 6.7 6.2 8,685 8,257 1,288 1,332
MT : 1.5 1.4 1,751 1,629 1,156 1,147
NE : 541.9 548.0 671,959 696,582 1,240 1,271
NV : 0.1 0.1 94 93 1,217 1,222
N ENG 2/ : 0.9 0.9 909 935 1,040 1,023
NJ : 2.0 1.9 2,507 2,235 1,228 1,184
NM : 1.1 0.9 1,031 839 974 988
NY : 2.9 2.2 3,513 2,704 1,192 1,235
NC : 16.0 14.2 16,439 14,839 1,025 1,043
ND : 1.0 0.9 1,147 1,063 1,191 1,204
OH : 8.7 7.6 9,949 8,483 1,144 1,122
OK : 2.4 2.5 2,667 2,852 1,135 1,153
OR : 1.6 1.8 1,934 2,218 1,243 1,217
PA : 66.8 65.1 81,801 81,303 1,224 1,250
SC : 12.1 14,073 1,159
SD :
TN : 1.2 1.1 1,075 1,035 916 950
TX : 499.2 502.9 584,538 601,148 1,171 1,195
UT : 37.4 47.0 43,826 57,280 1,172 1,218
VA : 0.8 0.9 799 927 986 1,057
WA : 52.8 77.4 63,800 98,853 1,209 1,277
WV : 0.6 0.5 543 542 986 1,083
WI : 107.7 116.8 144,957 158,207 1,346 1,355
WY : 0.6 0.5 683 588 1,176 1,167
:
US 3/ : 2,560.3 2,607.4 3,118,373 3,248,884 1,218 1,246
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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,
April 2005 and 2006 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006
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: -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ :
AR : 0.1 31 515
CA : 7.3 5.7 1,279 971 174 170
CO :
DE-MD : 0.1 0.2 33 52 298 322
FL :
GA : 0.1 0.1 51 50 563 444
HI :
ID :
IL : 6.6 3.3 2,982 1,362 455 410
IN : 0.2 0.1 22 10 132 125
IA :
KS :
KY :
LA : 0.5 0.3 237 171 502 521
MI : 1.9 3.3 815 1,255 427 378
MN :
MS :
MO : 0.1 19 334
MT :
NE :
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 0.4 0.3 64 54 143 208
NJ : 6.7 6.0 2,883 2,593 431 429
NM :
NY : 8.8 5.2 1,174 1,276 134 243
NC : 0.1 26 456
ND :
OH : 4.4 1,773 402
OK : 0.1 0.1 44 32 442 467
OR :
PA : 13.9 12.1 5,569 5,218 400 431
SC :
SD :
TN : 0.1 0.1 55 35 615 479
TX : 0.7 0.7 388 405 569 588
UT :
VA :
WA :
WV :
WI : 9.1 9.1 4,139 4,183 454 461
WY :
:
US 3/ : 61.6 47.5 21,738 17,990 353 379
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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,
April 2005 and 2006 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds ---
:
AL : 9.2 9.0 4,252 4,206 465 466
AK : 0.2 0.1 43 30 227 266
AZ : 0.6 0.9 135 199 218 221
AR : 11.1 11.1 5,559 5,731 501 518
CA : 208.2 199.7 50,484 48,882 243 245
CO : 0.8 0.9 240 238 283 272
DE-MD : 1.0 0.9 231 227 239 254
FL : 7.9 7.4 1,091 1,021 138 139
GA : 9.9 9.6 2,346 2,233 236 233
HI : 1.9 1.7 399 380 211 225
ID : 11.8 12.2 3,841 4,002 326 328
IL : 763.5 734.9 214,591 208,498 281 284
IN : 570.9 575.2 152,272 153,103 267 266
IA : 2,429.4 2,278.6 663,146 625,707 273 275
KS : 23.8 9,160 385
KY : 173.3 179.8 46,744 48,380 270 269
LA : 1.4 1.5 265 280 195 188
MI : 8.6 8.8 3,016 3,365 350 383
MN : 746.3 698.2 198,381 185,209 266 265
MS :
MO :
MT : 1.0 1.1 275 266 264 252
NE : 604.6 548.8 163,130 149,425 270 272
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 1.1 1.3 230 265 208 205
NJ : 9.0 7.2 945 716 104 99
NM : 0.2 0.1 58 38 326 384
NY : 2.0 3.6 452 859 226 241
NC : 945.4 840.1 245,471 215,946 260 257
ND : 13.6 12.9 3,217 3,205 236 249
OH : 89.3 82.6 24,361 22,676 273 274
OK : 430.6 404.8 122,371 113,851 284 281
OR : 15.1 14.8 3,721 3,658 247 248
PA : 216.6 218.5 52,843 52,957 244 242
SC :
SD : 360.3 324.9 95,517 87,019 265 268
TN : 37.4 37.9 17,978 18,041 481 476
TX : 25.5 25.2 6,074 5,855 238 233
UT : 4.1 2.4 1,029 553 250 227
VA : 309.4 164.6 79,692 42,749 258 260
WA : 2.0 1.9 511 476 254 256
WV : 0.5 0.4 110 100 232 236
WI : 41.7 39.5 19,086 17,938 458 455
WY : 0.3 0.3 88 73 265 262
:
US 3/ : 8,445.0 7,955.6 2,285,822 2,167,521 271 272
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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,
April 2005 and 2006 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006
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: --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ : 0.3 0.2 35 20 135 115
AR :
CA :
CO : 88.4 93.3 14,366 14,866 162 159
DE-MD : 3.1 3.1 327 345 105 110
FL : 0.3 0.5 15 32 55 59
GA : 0.1 0.2 8 28 107 115
HI :
ID : 0.2 0.2 26 30 126 122
IL : 18.7 19.6 2,504 2,296 134 117
IN : 2.8 3.2 306 322 111 101
IA : 25.4 34.3 3,949 5,325 155 155
KS : 0.2 0.3 19 31 103 109
KY : 1.1 1.0 145 126 129 131
LA : 0.1 0.1 10 10 87 92
MI : 13.6 14.6 1,816 1,915 134 132
MN : 0.2 0.2 20 21 129 117
MS :
MO : 0.4 0.5 40 44 97 86
MT : 0.2 0.2 20 24 123 120
NE : 0.1 0.1 8 7 114 118
NV : 0.1 9 97
N ENG 2/ : 2.5 4.9 225 397 90 81
NJ : 11.0 12.6 853 965 78 77
NM : 1.5 0.5 191 60 126 125
NY : 5.9 8.5 407 528 69 62
NC : 0.3 0.4 27 37 90 86
ND :
OH : 1.0 1.6 96 161 95 103
OK : 0.1 0.1 9 10 117 123
OR : 1.3 2.0 190 301 148 149
PA : 7.3 7.3 675 691 93 95
SC :
SD : 0.6 0.9 93 122 155 129
TN : 0.8 0.9 69 67 91 79
TX : 1.3 4.9 136 581 108 118
UT : 2.4 2.7 321 366 132 137
VA : 1.1 0.9 134 93 127 101
WA : 0.3 0.1 31 14 124 113
WV :
WI : 0.7 0.9 95 132 134 142
WY : 0.1 0.1 11 16 140 151
:
US 3/ : 220.7 248.5 31,050 33,813 141 136
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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 - Apr 1/ : : : :Jan - Apr 1/
Item : Apr : Mar : Apr :-------------: Apr : Mar : Apr :------------
: 2005 :2006 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 :2005 :2006 :2006 : 2005 :2006
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:---------- 1,000 Head ---------- ------ Percent of Total ------
:
Class 2/ :
Cattle :
Steers :1,336 1,458 1,379 5,058 5,324 53.1 52.0 53.8 50.8 51.9
Heifers : 772 878 763 3,162 3,153 30.7 31.3 29.8 31.7 30.7
All Cows : 366 428 386 1,579 1,626 14.6 15.3 15.0 15.9 15.8
Dairy Cows : 173 207 170 773 749 6.9 7.4 6.6 7.8 7.3
Other Cows : 193 221 216 806 877 7.7 7.9 8.4 8.1 8.5
Bulls & Stags : 43 43 37 167 161 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6
:
Total 1/ :2,517 2,806 2,566 9,966 10,264 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Hogs :
Barrows & Gilts:8,095 8,836 7,614 32,545 32,721 96.7 96.6 96.6 96.7 96.7
Sows : 248 286 246 1,022 1,028 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0
Stags & Boars : 26 25 23 92 94 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
:
Total 1/ :8,369 9,148 7,882 33,659 33,842 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Sheep :
Mature Sheep : 11 9 10 41 36 5.4 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.1
Lambs & Yrlngs : 197 230 226 834 841 94.6 96.0 95.7 95.3 95.9
:
Total 1/ : 208 240 236 876 877 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Average Dressed :
Weight 3/ :
: ----------- Pounds -----------
:
Cattle : 743 780 761 757 776
Steers 4/ : 784 823 801 801 820
Heifers 4/ : 723 768 744 742 764
All Cows 4/ : 618 640 633 626 638
Bulls & Stags4/: 911 929 922 912 927
:
Calves & Vealers: 214 225 230 202 226
:
Hogs : 203 203 203 202 204
Barrow Gilts 5/: 200 200 200 199 200
Sows 5/ : 310 311 309 309 310
Stags & Boars5/: 210 217 215 210 217
:
Sheep : 73 74 69 71 72
Mature Sheep6/ : 70 68 68 68 68
Lamb & Yrlngs6/: 73 74 70 71 73
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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,
April 2006 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 : 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2
2 : 3.9 1.3 0.3 2.2 2.1 0.1 0.2 11.3
3 : 67.3 31.6 5.3 28.0 22.3 5.6 2.4 12.3
4 : 53.7 1.0 0.4 45.5 9.6 35.9 6.9
5 : 266.7 117.5 30.9 111.1 58.8 52.3 7.3 15.7
6 : 502.0 271.5 156.4 65.6 10.3 55.4 8.5 0.5
7 : 1,193.6 700.6 436.7 50.2 1.7 48.5 6.1
8 : 226.2 123.4 88.6
9 : 146.8 75.8 5.4 62.6 54.8 7.8 3.1 5.5
10 : 104.5 56.5 39.2 8.3 6.2 2.1 0.5
:
US 2/ : 2,565.6 1,379.2 763.3 386.1 170.1 216.0 37.0 46.3
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/ : Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 1.1 1.1
2 : 10.6 10.3 0.2 0.1 20.5 1.6 18.9
3 : 382.8 381.9 0.8 11.0 1.1 9.9
4 : 1,241.5 1,177.7 63.0 0.9 3.0 1.0 2.0
5 : 2,113.4 2,006.9 103.4 3.1 34.4 2.9 31.4
6 : 436.3 418.2 18.0 0.1 3.6 0.2 3.4
7 : 3,135.1 3,065.2 34.8 0.6 34.2
8 : 338.9 329.9 8.9 96.3 1.8 94.5
9 : 194.9 194.8
10 : 27.7 27.6 0.1 2.1 0.1 2.0
:
US 2/ : 7,882.2 7,613.6 246.0 22.6 236.0 10.1 225.9
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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 - April 2006 * 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 : 3.5 1.4 0.7 1.0
2 : 17.6 6.0 1.2 9.5 9.1 0.4 1.0 56.5
3 : 281.7 123.6 126.5 102.5 24.0 55.5
4 : 218.8 4.2 1.5 184.4 43.3 141.2 28.6
5 : 1,109.6 467.6 132.8 479.5 249.9 229.7 29.7 66.4
6 : 1,978.7 1,066.3 611.1 261.5 43.9 217.5 39.9 2.3
7 : 4,695.6 2,668.9 1,797.8 199.1 6.3 192.8 29.7 0.1
8 : 910.0 450.8 0.1
9 : 622.0 308.1 23.6 277.3 246.9 30.4 13.1 25.3
10 : 426.8 227.5 161.0 36.3 27.6 8.7 2.0
:
US 2/ :10,264.3 5,324.3 3,153.3 1,626.2 748.7 877.4 160.5 210.7
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: Hogs : Sheep
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:Total 2/:Barrows : : Stags & :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: :& Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep : Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 4.1 3.9 0.1 0.1
2 : 42.4 41.6 0.7 0.2 47.1 4.7 42.4
3 : 1,677.7 1,673.6 4.0 0.1 32.9 2.1 30.8
4 : 5,499.3 5,194.9 298.6 5.8 10.7 3.7 7.1
5 : 9,038.6 8,613.5 412.4 12.6 124.6 12.2 112.4
6 : 1,764.8 1,683.9 80.4 0.5 29.3 1.0 28.3
7 :13,297.6 13,016.2 147.2 2.4 144.8
8 : 1,578.1 1,554.7 23.4 370.2 7.5 362.7
9 : 819.6 819.3
10 : 119.8 119.2 0.5 0.1 6.6 0.3 6.3
:
US 2/ :33,842.1 32,720.8 1,027.6 93.7 877.4 36.4 841.0
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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: Percent of Total Commercial
Slaughter by Species, United States
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: : : : Jan - Apr
Species : Apr : Mar : Apr :------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006
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: Percent
:
Cattle : 98.3 98.4 98.4 98.1 98.2
Calves : 97.5 97.9 97.6 97.8 97.8
Hogs : 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.0 99.1
Sheep : 94.3 96.0 95.0 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 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 when an individual plant's data could be
divulged. If not published, these data are included in US totals.
A review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable
data.
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.
