COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK, NUMBER SLAUGHTERED, 1998-1999

		Cattle		Hogs		Sheep
Month		1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	
        	-thousand head-	-thousand head- -thousand head-	

 January	2.0	2.3	367.4  	354.3	1.7	1.2	
 February	1.9	2.1	297.5	305.7	1.4	1.1	
 March		1.8	2.1	355.3	350.7	1.4	1.2	
 April		1.3	1.3	336.6	330.7	1.9	1.0	
 May		1.2	1.2	311.5	292.4	1.4	0.9	
 June		1.0	1.5	302.0	322.2	1.6	1.0	
 July		1.0	1.3	330.9	305.5	1.6	0.9	
 August		1.1	1.6	322.1	312.7	1.1	1.1	
 September	1.5	1.9	361.0	305.0	1.4	1.3	
 October	2.1	2.3	416.2	342.6	1.4	1.2	
 November	2.1	2.6	383.0	364.7	1.1	1.2	
 December	2.3	2.7	389.4	342.9	1.1	1.0
Year  1/       19.3    22.9   4,172.7 3,929.4  17.0    13.0

	

COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER, TOTAL LIVEWEIGHT, 1998-1999 2/
   MONTH            CATTLE         HOGS              SHEEP
                1998    1999     1998    1999     1998    1999 
             -thousand pounds- -thousand pounds- -thousand pounds-
										
 January	1,839	2,116	91,870	86,056	167	116
 February	1,842	1,989	72,443	74,500	141	111
 March		1,793	2,037	86,551	86,530	139	117
 April		1,275	1,264	82,067	81,847	185	100
 May		1,147	1,226	76,037	72,171	140	 89
 June	    	993	1,452	72,656	79,582	157	 94
 July		1,006	1,198	78,875	75,099	168	 90
 August		1,053	1,560	77,019	75,360	107	111
 September	1,373	1,778	87,465	74,775	141	132
 October	1,958	2,312  102,676 	85,948	143	120
 November	1,918	2,608	95,802	92,110	107	120
 December	2,134	2,553	95,847	86,529	108	100

Year 1/	       18,331  22,094 1,019,308 970,508 1,703 1,302

1/ Figures may not sum to the total due to rounding.
2/ Includes slaughter in Federally inspected and in other slaughter plants,
 but excludes animals slaughtered on farms.




               RED MEAT PRODUCTION, 1994-1999 1/

Month		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999		
	                 -thousand pounds-		
						
 January	62,147	75,506	73,300	73,800	69,900	65,700
 February	56,890	64,452	60,400	66,000	55,200	56,800
 March		72,119	84,718	66,000	60,200	65,700	66,000
 April		66,290	70,661	67,900	64,000	62,100	62,000
 May		66,468	73,228	67,400	60,400	57,600	54,700
 June		65,708	76,749	57,600	56,400	55,100	60,400
 July		61,942	63,145	66,200	60,300	59,700	57,000
 August		74,731	70,820	70,900	62,500	58,300	57,400
 September	77,481	71,506	72,600	64,900	66,400	56,900
 October	78,899	79,020	78,500	72,300	78,000	65,500
 November	82,178	79,696	69,300	65,400	73,000	70,200
 December	75,573	71,750	69,600	69,000	73,100	66,000
 Total 2/      840,427 881,251 819,800 775,400 774,100 738,500

 1/  Includes total beef, veal, pork, lamb, and mutton, excluding farm slaughter.
 2/  Totals may not add due to rounding.