United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Slaughter
Data Relating to July, 2018

Southern Plains Regional Field Office · Post Office Box 70, Austin, Texas 78767 · 800-626-3142 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and Texas Department of Agriculure

U.S. Commercial Red Meat Production Up 6 Percent

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provide you with the timely data that is necessary in today's fast moving economy. This report is a summary of
slaughter reports for Oklahoma, and Texas, which together comprise the Southern Plains region. Additionally,
this report includes a summary of national data.

Commercial Red Meat Production, July 2017 and 2018

July June July July 2018 as
2017 2018 2018 % of 2017
million pounds million pounds million pounds percent
Oklahoma 79.0 105.4 94.4 120
Texas 362.6 392.5 391.4 108
United States 3,989.4 4,327.1 4,235.9 106

Commercial Cattle Slaughter, July 2017 and 2018

Number Slaughtered Total Live Weight Average Live Weight
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018
head pounds pounds
Oklahoma 2,000 2,500 2,099,000 2,572,000 1,037 1,034
Texas 452,200 494,600 588,774,000 632,335,000 1,305 1,281
United States 2,612,000 2,766,300 3,475,109,000 3,672,690,000 1,333 1,330

Commercial Hog Slaughter, July 2017 and 2018

Number Slaughtered Total Live Weight Average Live Weight
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018
head pounds pounds
Oklahoma 386,600 449,300 102,074,000 122,372,000 264 272
Texas 23,000 23,100 5,328,000 5,689,000 232 247
United States 9,017,900 9,595,700 2,494,304,000 2,657,354,000 277 277

Commercial Sheep and Lamb Slaughter, July 2017 and 2018

Number Slaughtered Total Live Weight Average Live Weight
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018
head pounds pounds
Oklahoma 200 1,000 23,000 136,000 114 134
Texas 12,300 10,800 1,078,000 850,000 88 79
United States 166,900 178,900 21,940,000 24,083,000 132 135

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 Cattle: Live Weight per Head, Southern Plains and U.S., 2017-2018
1,450
1,350
1,250
pounds

1,150
Oklahoma
1,050
Texas
950
United States
850
750

Hogs: Live Weight per Head, Southern Plains and U.S., 2017-2018
300

280

260
pounds

Oklahoma
240
Texas
220 United States

200

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Slaughter (August 2018)

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