Mt An 1-2 (1-10)
Livestock
Slaughter
Washington, D.C.
Released January 22, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For
information on "Livestock Slaughter" call Sherry Bertramsen at (515) 284-
4340, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.
Record High Beef Production for December
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.15 billion
pounds in December, down slightly from the 4.16 billion pounds produced in
December 2008.
Beef production, at 2.13 billion pounds, was 2 percent above the previous
year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.75 million head, up 3 percent from December
2008. The average live weight was down 7 pounds from the previous year, at
1,296 pounds.
Veal production totaled 13.1 million pounds, 2 percent below December a year
ago. Calf slaughter totaled 92,300 head, down 2 percent from December 2008.
The average live weight was down 5 pounds from last year, at 240 pounds.
Pork production totaled 1.99 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the previous
year. Hog kill totaled 9.83 million head, down 3 percent from December 2008.
The average live weight was unchanged from the previous year, at 270 pounds.
Lamb and mutton production, at 15.9 million pounds, was up 3 percent from
December 2008. Sheep slaughter totaled 235,300 head, 2 percent above last
year. The average live weight was 136 pounds, up 2 pounds from December a
year ago.
January to December 2009 commercial red meat production was 49.3 billion
pounds, down 2 percent from 2008. Accumulated beef production was down
2 percent from last year, veal was down 3 percent, pork was down 2 percent
from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 2 percent.
December 2008 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays.
December 2009 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays.
Contents
Page
Red Meat Production, Commercial and FI, by Type, U.S. .....................1
Livestock Slaughter, Number and Average Weights,
by Species and Type of Slaughter, U.S. ............................2
Commercial Red Meat Production, by State and U.S. .........................3
Commercial Cattle Slaughter, Number, Total and Average
Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................4
Commercial Calf Slaughter, Number, Total and Average
Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................5
Commercial Hog Slaughter, Number, Total and Average
Live Weight, by State and U.S. ....................................6
Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, Number, Total
and Average Live Weight, by State and U.S. ........................7
Federally Inspected Classification of Number and
Average Dressed Weight, by Species and Class and U.S. .............8
Federally Inspected Slaughter by Species and Class, by
Region and U.S. ...................................................9
Federally Inspected Percent of Total Commercial, by
Species, U.S. ....................................................11
Reliability Statement.....................................................18
Types of Livestock Slaughter Plants.......................................19
Terms and Definitions.....................................................20
Information Contacts......................................................20
Commercial Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : :Dec 09 % of : Jan - Dec 2/
: Dec : Nov : Dec :-------------------------------------------
Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Dec : Nov : : :09 as %
: : : : 2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08
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:------ Million Pounds ----- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,082.0 2,015.3 2,133.5 102 106 26,560.7 25,962.6 98
Veal : 13.3 11.8 13.1 98 111 143.1 138.3 97
Pork :2,052.1 1,921.4 1,985.0 97 103 23,347.0 22,992.6 98
Lamb & Mutton : 15.4 14.4 15.9 103 111 173.8 170.9 98
:
Total Red Meat 3/:4,162.8 *3,962.9 4,147.5 100 105 50,224.6 49,264.4 98
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* Revised.
1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data.
3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding.
Federally Inspected Red Meat Production: United States 1/
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: : : :Dec 09 % of : Jan - Dec 2/
: Dec : Nov : Dec :-------------------------------------------
Type : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : Dec : Nov : : :09 as %
: : : : 2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : of 08
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:------ Million Pounds ----- Percent Million Pounds Percent
:
Beef :2,051.3 1,988.1 2,102.5 102 106 26,200.0 25,598.0 98
Veal : 13.0 11.5 12.8 98 111 139.8 135.1 97
Pork :2,036.8 1,908.4 1,969.5 97 103 23,169.9 22,826.3 99
Lamb & Mutton : 14.5 13.5 15.0 103 111 165.7 161.7 98
:
Total Red Meat 3/:4,115.6 *3,921.5 4,099.8 100 105 49,675.4 48,721.1 98
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* Revised.
1/ Based on packers' dressed weights and excludes farm slaughter.
2/ Accumulated totals and percentages based on unrounded data.
3/ Totals may not equal sum of the parts due to rounding.
Livestock Slaughter: Number and Average Weights, United States 1/
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: : : : : Dec : Jan - Dec 2/
: : Dec : Nov : Dec :09 as %:-----------------------------
Species : Unit : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : of 08 : : :09 as %
: : : : : : 2008 : 2009 : of 08
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: : Percent Percent
: :
Cattle No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 2,623.0 *2,556.3 2,703.7 103 33,805.1 32,765.2 97
Other : Thou : 48.5 43.1 49.0 101 559.8 568.2 102
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 2,671.5 *2,599.4 2,752.8 103 34,364.9 33,333.4 97
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 1,306 1,301 1,299 99 1,284 1,296 101
Other : Lbs : 1,139 1,123 1,131 99 1,141 1,136 100
Comm'l. : Lbs : 1,303 1,298 1,296 99 1,282 1,293 101
: :
Calves No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 92.8 80.0 91.1 98 942.0 930.4 99
Other : Thou : 1.4 1.2 1.2 88 14.5 13.5 93
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 94.1 81.2 92.3 98 956.6 943.8 99
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 243 243 238 98 255 248 97
Other : Lbs : 415 408 409 99 413 410 99
Comm'l. : Lbs : 245 246 240 98 257 250 97
: :
Hogs No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou :10,053.4 9,385.4 9,742.3 97 115,420.7 112,610.9 98
Other : Thou : 91.5 75.1 90.5 99 1,031.2 972.6 94
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou :10,144.9 9,460.5 9,832.9 97 116,451.9 113,583.5 98
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 271 272 270 100 268 271 101
Other : Lbs : 232 243 238 103 238 238 100
Comm'l. : Lbs : 270 272 270 100 268 271 101
: :
Sheep&Lambs No.: :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 212.5 200.4 217.1 102 2,393.5 2,323.0 97
Other : Thou : 18.4 18.8 18.2 99 162.1 194.3 120
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 230.9 219.2 235.3 102 2,555.5 2,517.3 99
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 137 134 139 101 138 139 100
Other : Lbs : 100 97 99 99 103 98 95
Comm'l. : Lbs : 134 131 136 101 136 136 100
: :
Goats No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 70.9 59.1 58.3 82 670.7 659.3 98
Other : Thou : 23.6 18.5 18.9 80 195.1 175.1 90
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 94.6 77.6 77.2 82 865.8 834.4 96
Live Wt/Hd : :
Fed. Insp. : Lbs : 62 64 61 99 62 61 99
Other : Lbs : 72 72 76 105 68 72 105
Comm'l. : Lbs : 64 65 65 100 63 63 100
: :
Bison No. : :
Fed. Insp. : Thou : 4.5 4.5 4.9 111 54.8 53.5 98
Other : Thou : 1.4 1.2 1.3 97 15.3 14.8 96
Comm'l. 3/ : Thou : 5.8 5.6 6.3 107 70.1 68.3 97
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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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State : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec 09 as
: 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : % of 2008 2/
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: ----------- Million Pounds ---------- Percent
:
AL : 1.7 1.5 1.9 115
AK : 0.1 0.1
AZ : 33.7 28.9 29.7 88
AR : 5.7 4.2 5.2 91
CA : 149.6 137.2 151.8 101
CO : 164.3 151.1 165.7 101
DE-MD : 3.4 3.3 3.4 101
FL : 7.7 8.2 9.3 121
GA : 11.2 10.2 10.6 95
HI : 0.9 0.8 0.9 105
ID : 19.3 17.7 18.3 95
IL : 256.5 230.0 242.2 94
IN : 146.2 143.2 147.6 101
IA : 599.4 577.1 579.5 97
KS : 421.0 404.3 434.3 103
KY : 54.5 48.5 54.4 100
LA : 0.6 0.5 0.5 83
MI : 45.1 41.9 44.9 100
MN : 222.3 219.0 224.7 101
MS : 1.5 2.3 2.5 165
MO : 147.2 147.2 143.3 97
MT : 1.6 1.4 1.6 96
NE : 591.3 579.1 581.4 98
NV : 0.1 0.1 0.1 66
N ENG 3/ : 1.4 1.4 1.4 98
NJ : 4.6 4.0 4.7 102
NM : 0.5 0.5 0.4 70
NY : 3.5 3.1 3.2 93
NC : 221.8 224.3 229.6 104
ND : 2.2 1.9 2.5 117
OH : 26.4 24.4 27.2 103
OK : 98.2 91.6 98.4 100
OR : 4.8 5.0 4.9 101
PA : 116.7 105.0 114.5 98
SC : 20.5 19.8 22.0 107
SD : 87.6 75.1 79.7 91
TN : 21.1 23.8 19.7 93
TX : 399.3 374.8 414.8 104
UT : 42.3 33.1 34.7 82
VA : 46.4 41.5 46.3 100
WA : 65.3 65.2 69.3 106
WV : 0.9 0.9 0.9 91
WI : 113.9 109.2 119.0 104
WY : 0.6 0.5 0.6 92
:
US : 4,162.8 *3,962.9 4,147.5 100
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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 2008 and 2009 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009
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: ---- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds ----
:
AL : 0.5 0.4 412 342 863 889
AK : 0.1 77 1,134
AZ : 46.9 41.8 61,712 54,002 1,321 1,298
AR : 1.0 0.8 1,039 778 994 987
CA : 137.1 141.0 176,505 180,918 1,306 1,298
CO : 187.4 192.4 252,316 254,738 1,348 1,325
DE-MD : 3.7 3.8 4,783 4,881 1,278 1,290
FL :
GA : 19.0 18,811 991
HI : 0.9 1.0 1,040 1,172 1,100 1,150
ID : 25.7 25.1 32,193 31,015 1,271 1,255
IL :
IN : 4.2 4.3 4,387 4,500 1,056 1,057
IA :
KS : 501.0 518.7 653,605 675,271 1,305 1,302
KY : 2.0 1.8 1,868 1,747 939 952
LA : 0.6 0.4 415 264 741 714
MI : 52.8 52.0 72,444 71,666 1,383 1,383
MN : 66.4 75.5 91,255 104,494 1,380 1,391
MS : 0.1 39 774
MO : 7.9 8.1 9,295 9,595 1,186 1,185
MT : 2.1 2.0 2,379 2,344 1,125 1,152
NE : 543.8 549.2 735,056 736,744 1,353 1,343
NV : 0.1 0.1 143 96 1,179 1,026
N ENG 2/ : 1.5 1.6 1,546 1,525 1,029 978
NJ : 3.1 3.2 3,533 3,616 1,136 1,139
NM : 0.6 0.5 570 507 1,037 1,109
NY : 2.8 2.9 3,302 3,358 1,184 1,176
NC : 16.1 19.7 18,460 22,914 1,150 1,167
ND : 1.1 1.2 1,319 1,518 1,179 1,256
OH : 8.8 10.2 10,458 12,087 1,195 1,193
OK : 2.3 2.2 2,499 2,120 1,068 948
OR : 3.1 3.4 3,648 3,937 1,228 1,204
PA : 77.1 75.2 97,003 93,364 1,273 1,255
SC : 12.1 12.4 13,227 13,480 1,097 1,104
SD :
TN : 2.8 3.7 2,408 2,988 871 834
TX : 512.3 536.5 642,589 667,823 1,258 1,248
UT : 52.0 67,498 1,303
VA : 0.8 0.9 821 947 987 1,040
WA : 82.8 86.6 107,167 113,289 1,299 1,314
WV : 1.4 1.2 1,525 1,254 1,087 1,052
WI : 141.0 147.9 185,389 195,946 1,330 1,338
WY : 0.8 0.7 911 833 1,147 1,113
:
US 3/ : 2,671.5 2,752.8 3,468,180 3,556,432 1,303 1,296
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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,
December 2008 and 2009 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009
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: -- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ :
AR :
CA : 22.6 21.7 2,594 2,229 117 104
CO :
DE-MD : 0.2 0.2 48 64 267 270
FL : 0.1 0.5 19 45 318 88
GA : 0.1 0.1 46 22 445 409
HI :
ID :
IL : 7.8 2.1 1,868 955 243 452
IN :
IA : 0.1 26 328
KS :
KY :
LA : 0.4 0.4 207 210 524 502
MI : 1.3 1.7 531 745 423 452
MN :
MS :
MO : 0.1 0.1 37 23 409 414
MT :
NE :
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 0.3 0.5 74 99 245 182
NJ : 6.0 6.6 2,535 2,792 421 424
NM : 1.7 147 93
NY : 20.4 17.0 2,102 1,587 107 96
NC : 0.2 0.1 82 74 535 506
ND :
OH : 5.2 13.6 2,445 2,940 473 218
OK : 0.1 33 497
OR :
PA : 14.4 11.1 5,089 4,819 353 434
SC :
SD :
TN : 0.1 37 479
TX : 3.5 5.3 874 824 251 156
UT :
VA :
WA :
WV :
WI :
WY :
:
US 3/ : 94.1 92.3 22,713 21,904 245 240
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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,
December 2008 and 2009 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009
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: ---- 1,000 Head ---- --- 1,000 Pounds --- --- Pounds ---
:
AL : 6.0 7.2 2,644 3,211 438 444
AK : 0.1 0.1 26 21 207 233
AZ : 0.1 0.1 30 34 271 260
AR : 17.3 15.7 7,859 7,278 454 462
CA : 262.1 263.3 62,824 63,496 240 241
CO : 0.7 0.6 171 163 258 258
DE-MD : 1.8 1.6 477 403 262 256
FL : 6.0 8.0 967 1,160 161 144
GA : 6.8 6.9 1,821 1,838 266 266
HI : 1.8 1.7 404 377 222 224
ID : 13.4 11.4 3,388 2,858 253 252
IL : 936.4 837.9 258,603 232,840 276 278
IN : 707.9 733.5 189,826 191,263 268 261
IA : 2,791.4 2,675.9 751,634 721,761 269 270
KS :
KY :
LA : 1.8 1.5 258 249 140 161
MI : 10.6 10.5 3,809 3,874 361 368
MN : 878.9 856.4 231,508 225,277 264 264
MS : 7.2 11.9 2,142 3,562 300 300
MO : 687.6 660.0 188,093 183,804 274 279
MT : 1.2 1.2 331 312 271 251
NE : 692.8 647.0 187,144 173,234 270 268
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 2.1 2.2 427 417 200 186
NJ : 11.0 11.2 944 962 86 86
NM : 0.1 0.1 20 17 271 265
NY : 2.5 2.3 391 366 156 158
NC : 1,076.1 1,102.4 283,056 288,301 263 262
ND : 8.3 9.3 2,112 2,422 256 260
OH : 96.2 95.6 26,255 25,848 274 271
OK : 465.1 458.5 127,511 127,838 274 279
OR : 14.7 14.4 3,686 3,592 252 251
PA : 295.8 297.9 75,923 76,684 257 258
SC :
SD : 403.3 361.7 105,200 94,634 261 262
TN : 62.9 57.2 29,298 26,919 467 471
TX : 44.3 43.5 11,414 11,181 258 258
UT : 5.9 5.4 1,079 929 185 171
VA : 227.0 225.8 60,664 60,454 267 268
WA : 2.1 1.9 467 416 219 220
WV : 0.7 0.6 183 144 260 254
WI : 46.1 40.2 19,918 17,690 440 445
WY : 0.3 0.2 70 63 255 266
:
US 3/ : 10,144.9 9,832.9 2,739,561 2,653,968 270 270
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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,
December 2008 and 2009 1/
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: Number Slaughtered : Total Live Weight : Average Live Weight
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009
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: --- 1,000 Head -- -- 1,000 Pounds -- --- Pounds ---
:
AL :
AK :
AZ : 0.1 0.3 7 32 83 105
AR :
CA :
CO : 82.2 84.5 13,003 13,109 158 155
DE-MD : 4.0 4.1 385 387 97 95
FL : 0.3 0.2 19 12 57 57
GA : 0.3 0.5 22 29 79 65
HI : 0.1 9 125
ID : 0.2 0.2 26 26 130 122
IL :
IN : 3.1 4.1 343 467 112 113
IA : 32.8 37.5 4,837 5,697 148 152
KS : 0.3 0.3 38 30 115 95
KY : 1.3 1.1 155 127 123 113
LA : 0.4 0.3 22 18 62 60
MI : 15.8 16.3 2,011 2,108 128 130
MN : 1.1 0.8 132 105 117 125
MS :
MO : 0.6 0.5 72 59 117 117
MT : 0.4 0.4 55 40 129 110
NE : 0.1 0.1 10 10 99 125
NV :
N ENG 2/ : 3.5 3.1 306 261 87 84
NJ : 13.4 12.0 1,130 951 84 79
NM : 1.1 1.1 150 143 137 134
NY : 5.5 4.2 434 403 79 95
NC : 1.1 1.0 87 75 78 74
ND :
OH : 0.9 1.0 96 107 104 105
OK : 0.1 0.1 7 9 82 84
OR : 2.1 2.3 291 295 136 130
PA : 5.0 4.0 489 393 97 99
SC : 0.2 13 78
SD : 0.2 0.2 28 26 130 134
TN : 1.6 1.1 116 86 71 76
TX : 4.4 8.4 332 762 75 91
UT : 3.2 3.2 440 431 136 134
VA : 2.0 1.4 182 128 93 94
WA : 1.0 0.8 128 147 134 178
WV : 0.5 77 147
WI : 1.3 0.9 171 118 134 130
WY : 0.1 0.1 19 18 146 133
:
US 3/ : 230.9 235.3 30,876 31,853 134 136
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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 - Dec 1/ : : : :Jan - Dec 1/
Item : Dec : Nov : Dec :---------------: Dec : Nov : Dec :------------
: 2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 :2008 :2009 :2009 : 2008 :2009
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:----------- 1,000 Head ----------- ------ Percent of Total ------
:
Class :
Cattle :
Steers : 1,272 1,193 1,323 16,949 16,313 48.5 46.7 48.9 50.1 49.8
Heifers : 796 784 794 10,091 9,742 30.4 30.7 29.4 29.9 29.7
All Cows : 517 533 541 6,161 6,140 19.7 20.9 20.0 18.2 18.7
Dairy Cows : 229 209 231 2,591 2,815 8.7 8.2 8.5 7.7 8.6
Other Cows : 288 324 310 3,569 3,325 11.0 12.7 11.5 10.6 10.1
Bulls : 38 46 45 605 570 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7
:
Total 1/ : 2,623 2,556 2,704 33,805 32,765 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Calves & :
Vealers : 93 80 91 942 930 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Hogs :
Barrows & :
Gilts : 9,749 9,099 9,433 111,461 108,950 97.0 96.9 96.8 96.6 96.7
Sows : 271 257 274 3,502 3,242 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.9
Boars : 33 30 36 458 419 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
:
Total 1/ :10,053 9,385 9,742 115,421 112,611 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Sheep :
Mature :
Sheep : 11 20 14 122 158 5.2 9.8 6.5 5.1 6.8
Lambs & :
Yrlngs : 201 181 203 2,271 2,165 94.8 90.2 93.5 94.9 93.2
:
Total 1/ : 213 200 217 2,393 2,323 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
:
Avg Dressed :
Weight :
: ------------ Pounds -----------
:
Cattle : 785 780 780 778 784
Steers 2/ : 852 850 846 838 847
Heifers 2/ : 789 792 784 772 782
All Cows 2/ : 606 599 604 609 610
Bulls 2/ : 869 859 865 888 878
:
Calves & :
Vealers : 142 145 142 150 147
:
Hogs : 203 204 202 201 203
Barrows & :
Gilts 3/ : 200 201 199 198 200
Sows 3/ : 305 308 308 308 306
Boars 3/ : 201 203 199 208 199
:
Sheep : 68 67 69 69 70
Mature :
Sheep 4/ : 66 62 61 67 64
Lamb & :
Yrlngs 4/ : 69 68 70 69 70
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1/ Total and percentages based on unrounded data.
2/ Included in cattle average dressed weight.
3/ Included in hog average dressed weight.
4/ Included in sheep average dressed weight.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States,
December 2009 1/
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: Cattle :Calves
Standard:----------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal : : : : Cows : :
Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total
: : : : All : Dairy : Other : :
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: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.5
2 : 5.9 2.0 0.4 3.1 2.7 0.4 0.4 23.6
3 : 78.4 30.5 7.2 39.4 31.3 8.1 1.4 11.4
4 : 70.3 1.8 0.6 58.4 12.8 45.6 9.4 0.7
5 : 354.4 148.0 46.9 150.9 81.3 69.6 8.6 26.8
6 : 535.0 272.2 162.2 89.5 15.8 73.7 11.2 5.2
7 : 1,113.8 602.8 442.3 62.2 1.8 60.4 6.5
8 : 247.5 138.0 90.4
9 : 183.2 79.7 13.2 87.4 68.6 18.8 3.0 21.5
10 : 113.9 47.3 30.9 32.7 10.8 21.9 3.0
:
US 2/ : 2,703.7 1,322.8 794.5 541.3 231.2 310.1 45.2 91.1
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
:Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 1.9 1.9 2.8 0.3 2.6
2 : 13.3 13.2 0.1 15.5 1.9 13.6
3 : 524.6 509.3 1.5 13.7 10.3 0.6 9.7
4 : 1,501.4 1,422.2 77.6 1.7 4.0 0.9 3.1
5 : 2,541.4 2,425.6 112.3 3.5 27.3 3.6 23.7
6 : 508.5 485.2 23.3
7 : 3,994.0 3,918.2 59.2 16.6 38.1 0.4 37.7
8 : 374.3 374.1 0.2 87.0 2.5 84.5
9 : 255.9 255.8 0.1
10 : 27.0 27.0 2.4 0.3 2.1
:
US 2/ : 9,742.3 9,432.5 274.2 35.6 217.1 14.0 203.1
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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/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total,
data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not
add due to rounding.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: By Region and United States,
January - December 2009 1/
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: Cattle :Calves
Standard:----------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal : : : : Cows : :
Regions :Total 2/ : Steers :Heifers :--------------------------: Bulls : Total
: : : : All : Dairy : Other : :
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: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 13.5 6.1 2.8 30.5
2 : 64.5 21.5 3.9 34.0 29.4 4.6 5.1 208.6
3 : 959.4 385.4 83.8 473.3 376.4 96.9 16.9 133.1
4 : 808.1 20.2 7.6 663.3 150.6 512.7 116.9 4.1
5 : 4,090.7 1,807.6 546.0 1,631.2 872.2 759.0 105.8 252.8
6 : 6,599.0 3,408.0 2,004.9 1,058.1 236.9 821.2 128.0 44.1
7 :13,630.6 7,510.1 5,334.2 696.6 21.5 675.0 89.7
8 : 3,045.9 1,620.8 1,210.2
9 : 2,170.1 990.8 140.0 1,001.2 843.2 157.9 38.0 242.3
10 : 1,383.3 542.3 408.3 389.0 207.1 181.9 43.7
:
US 2/ :32,765.2 16,313.0 9,741.7 6,140.3 2,815.3 3,325.0 570.2 930.4
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Hogs : Sheep
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Total 2/ : Barrows : : :Total 2/ : Mature : Lambs &
: : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : : Sheep :Yearlings
:----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 Head
:
1 : 16.8 16.3 0.3 0.2 36.2 4.2 32.0
2 : 125.1 123.1 1.1 0.8 165.1 18.5 146.7
3 : 5,267.0 5,119.4 15.5 132.1 115.4 5.6 109.8
4 : 16,682.1 15,746.8 916.9 18.4 43.0 12.0 31.0
5 : 29,286.1 27,937.3 1,306.5 42.4 280.6 37.6 243.0
6 : 5,833.7 5,567.1 265.1 1.6
7 : 48,017.6 47,063.6 731.0 223.1 393.1 6.2 386.9
8 : 4,494.0 4,489.7 4.2 0.1 948.1 41.6 906.5
9 : 2,594.2 2,593.1 0.9 0.2
10 : 294.2 293.5 0.6 0.1 26.9 2.5 24.4
:
US 2/ :112,610.9 108,949.9 3,242.1 419.0 2,323.0 157.7 2,165.3
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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/ Regions with no data printed are still included in the US and Region total,
data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations. Totals may not
add due to rounding.
Federally Inspected Slaughter: Percent of Total Commercial
Slaughter by Species, United States
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: : : : Jan - Dec
Species : Dec : Nov : Dec :------------------------
: 2008 : 2009 : 2009 : 2008 : 2009
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: Percent
:
Cattle : 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.4 98.3
Calves : 98.6 98.5 98.7 98.5 98.6
Hogs : 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.1 99.1
Sheep : 92.0 91.4 92.3 93.7 92.3
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Reliability of Livestock Slaughter Estimates
Data Sources: Primary data for the commercial livestock slaughter estimates
are obtained from electronic reports completed by inspectors from the Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, which provide daily counts of
animals slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants, in addition to total
live and dressed weights. These counts are combined with data from State-
administered Non-Federally Inspected (NFI) slaughter plants to derive total
commercial slaughter estimates. More than 95 percent of the total U.S.
slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection.
There are nearly 800 livestock slaughter plants in the U.S. operating under
Federal Inspection and over 2,000 Non-Federally Inspected (State-inspected or
custom-exempt) slaughter plants. Slaughter from State-inspected Talmedge-
Aiken plants is included in FI totals (see Types of Plants, page 19). To
prevent duplication in reporting between FI and NFI plants and assure all FI
plants are included, certificates prepared by FSIS identifying operating
status are constantly monitored.
Revision Policy: Number of head slaughtered, live weights, and dressed
weights are subject to revision the following month after the monthly
release. Annual totals are published in the slaughter summary each March
which includes any revisions made to current and previous year's published
data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports received from
slaughter plants and are usually less than one-half of one percent. No
revisions will be made to the previous year's data after the publication of
the annual summary in March.
Procedures and Reliability: The livestock slaughter data is obtained
electronically on a daily basis and summarized approximately two weeks after
the week of slaughter. An edit compares each plant's data with the
historical data for that plant. Data are checked for unusual values for head
kill, patterns of kill, average weights, and dressing percent, based on each
plant's past operating profile. In addition, the edit provides a listing of
missing reports for follow-up contact with FSIS. Average live and dressed
weights and dressing percentages by State are compared with the previous
weeks as an additional check. Fluctuations are frequently the result of
plants permanently or temporarily closing and a shift in the species
reported.
The FSIS District Veterinary Medical Specialists (DVMS) are contacted by e-
mail or telephone for missing or potentially erroneous slaughter data. This
assures that plants slaughtering a large number of head or several species
are accounted for each week. Any corrections FSIS makes to the slaughter
data are included in the summary.
Imputation may be necessary for incomplete reports. The imputation of live
and dressed weights is based on the current week reported data of plants of
similar size and location. Imputation for live and dressed weight data for
cattle and hogs is less than 10 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The
imputation for calves and sheep is more frequent and variable. If no data is
received electronically or by other means, for plants slaughtering fewer than
50 total head weekly of only one species, data are imputed. The imputation
of head for any plant is based on the historical data for that particular
plant. The imputation of head slaughtered is rare but when necessary, the
imputed head kill for missing plants usually is less than 1 percent of the
U.S. head kill totals.
FI data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this
release. These weekly totals are published by USDA's Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) in Livestock, Meat, Wool Market News, Weekly Summary, and
Statistics and are also available on the NASS website. NFI data are
summarized monthly only.
Livestock slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and
therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors
such as omissions, duplications and mistakes in reporting, recording and
processing the data. These errors are minimized through rigid quality
controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all
reported data for consistency and reasonableness.
No data are published when an individual plant's data could be divulged. If
not published, these data are still included in US and region totals. A
review of the data is made annually to determine the publishable data.
Types of Livestock Slaughter 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 Used for Livestock Slaughter Estimates
Average Live Weight: Excludes post-mortem condemnations.
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.
Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations.
Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where animals are killed and butchered.
Red Meat: Red meat production is the carcass weight after slaughter
excluding condemnation and is comprised of beef, veal, pork, and lamb and
mutton. The FI red meat production is equal to the total carcass weight
after slaughter. The NFI meat production formula is (NFI head kill) X (live
weight) X (FI dressing percentage) = NFI red meat production.
Slaughter: Killing and butchering of animals primarily for food.
Slaughter, Farm: Animals slaughtered on farms primarily for home
consumption. Excludes custom slaughter for farmers at commercial
establishments, but includes mobile slaughtering on farms. These estimates
appear only in the annual slaughter release.
Total Live Weight: Excludes post-mortem condemnations.
Wholesome Meat Act: Legislation that specifies that all meat produced for
sale in the U.S. must be inspected. Meat that is transported interstate must
be inspected in compliance with Federal (USDA) Standards.
Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional
information.
Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch.........................(202) 720-3570
Scott Hollis, Head, Livestock Section.........................(202) 690-2424
Jim Collom - Dairy Products...........................(202) 690-3236
Joe Gaynor - Dairy Products Prices....................(202) 690-2168
Jason Hardegree - Cattle, Cattle on Feed..............(202) 720-3040
Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter...............(515) 284-4340
Mike Miller - Milk Production and Milk Cows...........(202) 720-3278
Everett Olbert - Sheep and Goats......................(202) 720-4751
Nicholas Streff - Hogs and Pigs.......................(202) 720-3106
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