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Beef cattle & sheep production Introduction

Beef cattle & sheep production Introduction. Animal Science 144 Beef Cattle & Sheep Production J. W. Oltjen Lecture 01. U.S. Cattle and Beef Industry. The beef industry continues to be the largest single segment of American agriculture, and the largest industry in many states.

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Beef cattle & sheep production Introduction

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  1. Beef cattle & sheep productionIntroduction Animal Science 144 Beef Cattle & Sheep Production J. W. Oltjen Lecture 01

  2. U.S. Cattle and Beef Industry • The beef industry continues to be the largest single segment of American agriculture, and the largest industry in many states. • The beef industry accounted for 20.3% of total U.S. cash receipts from farming with annual sales of $63.6 billion in 2004-6. • The sheep industry accounted for 0.22% of total U.S. cash receipts from farming with annual sales of $0.5 billion in 2004-6. • Total cattle numbers Jan. 1, 2006, were 97.1 million, down from 115 million in 1982; however, USDA figures show total beef tonnage produced has increased from slightly more than 22 billion pounds in 1982 to 24.79 billion pounds in 2006.

  3. U.S. Cattle and Beef Industry, 2002-2007 Retail equivalent value of U.S. beef industry:    2002: $60 billion    2003: $63 billion    2004: $70 billion    2005: $71 billion    2006: $71 billion     2007: $74 billion Value of U.S. cattle and calf production:    2002: $27.1 billion     2003: $32.1 billion    2004: $34.8 billion    2005: $36.6 billion     2006: $35.7 billion U.S. beef production (commercial carcass weight):    2002: 27.09 billion pounds     2003: 26.24 billion pounds      2004: 24.55 billion pounds    2005: 24.68 billion pounds    2006: 24.79 billion pounds U.S. commercial slaughter • 2002: 35.735 million head (including 29.4 million steers and heifers and 5.76 million cull beef and dairy cows) • 2003: 35.49 million head (including 28.7 million steers and heifers and 6.1 million cull beef and dairy cows) • 2004: 32.727 million head (27 million steers and heifers and 5.2 million cull beef and dairy cows) • 2005: 32.387 million head (27 million steers and heifers and 4.86 million cull beef and dairy cows) • 2006: 33.698 million head (27 million steers and heifers and 5.43 million cull beef and dairy cows) • 2007: 34.3 million head (27.9 million steers and heifers and 5.8 million cull beef and dairy cows)

  4. U.S. Cattle and Beef Industry U.S. beef production (commercial carcass weight):    2002: 27.09 billion pounds     2003: 26.24 billion pounds      2004: 24.55 billion pounds    2005: 24.68 billion pounds    2006: 24.79 billion pounds Total U.S. beef consumption:    2002: 27.9 billion pounds    2003: 27.0 billion pounds    2004: 27.8 billion pounds    2005: 27.8 billion pounds     2006: 28.0 billion pounds    2007: 28.1 billion pounds U.S. beef exports (commercial carcass weight and value):    2002: 2.447 billion pounds, $2.629 billion, 9.0% of production    2003: 2.518 billion pounds, $3.186 billion, 9.6% of production    2004: 460 million pounds, $631 million, 1.9% of production    2005: 697 million pounds, $1.031 billion, 2.8% of production    2006: 1.144 billion pounds, $1.616 billion, 4.4% of production    2007: 1.431 billion pounds, $2.175 billion

  5. U.S. Cattle and Beef Industry Retail equivalent value of U.S. beef industry:    2002: $60 billion    2003: $63 billion    2004: $70 billion    2005: $71 billion    2006: $71 billion     2007: $74 billion Value of U.S. cattle and calf production:    2002: $27.1 billion     2003: $32.1 billion    2004: $34.8 billion    2005: $36.6 billion     2006: $35.7 billion

  6. Total U.S. consumer food expenditures in 2000 averaged $957.5 billion. • Away-from-home meals and snacks captured 47.5 percent of the U.S. food dollar in 2000, up from 37 percent in 1976. • In 2000, meat consumption totaled a record 225.1 pounds per person, one-tenth pound more than the previous 1994 record and 28.7 pounds more than 1980 consumption. • Compared to consumption in 1980, each American consumed an average of 11.6 pounds less red meat, but 41.1 pounds more poultry.

  7. Meat consumption in the US is increasing, but the increase has been entirely due to the growth of the poultry industries: Source: Iowa Farm Outlook, Econ. Info. 1928, Feb 16, 2006

  8. Seedstock producers (120,000) Cow-calf operators (830,000 + 105,000 dairy) Stocker operators (???) Feedlots (1,780 > 1,000 hd) Packers (795) Retailers (128,000 stores) Consumers (6 billion)

  9. Beef production = cattle numbers x turn-off x carcass wt:

  10. Source: http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/beefbackground.html

  11. Source:http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/livestockoutlook/html/022805/022805.htmlSource:http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/marketing/livestockoutlook/html/022805/022805.html

  12. Source: http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/beefbackground.html

  13. Source: http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ag101/beefbackground.html

  14. Commercial cattle harvest by sex class. Source: Colorado State University.

  15. Processing of carcasses into retail cuts has been centralized:

  16. The Big Five packers now process the majority (80%) of all beef in the US:

  17. Top US Beef Packers Ranked by Slaughter Capacity Source: http://www.ilfb.org/viewdocument.asp?did=3757&r=0.1858026

  18. 2007 JBS 2008 http://www.ilfb.org/viewdocument.asp?did=3757&r=0.1858026&r=0.3645441

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