HDR1012000150080804951500Poultry Slaughter HDR2012000150080804951500Poultry Slaughter Narrative Released August 4, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call Jim Brewster at (202) 720-8784, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. This summary relates to preliminary inspection totals for June 1995 and updated May 1995 totals. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 7 Percent Poultry Certified Wholesome during June (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 2.76 billion pounds, up 7 percent from the amount certified in June 1994. Updated totals for May 1995 show that 2.71 billion pounds were certified. The January through June cumulative total of pounds certified, at 15.3 billion pounds, was up 7 percent from the same period the previous year. The preliminary total Live Weight of Poultry Inspected during June 1995 was 3.75 billion pounds. Inspections included 3.05 billion pounds of young chickens, 73.7 million pounds of mature chickens, 610 million pounds of turkeys, and 11.0 million pounds of ducks. Young chickens slaughtered during June 1995 averaged 4.64 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from 4.53 pounds per bird a year ago. The average live weight of mature chickens increased 2 percent from 5.01 pounds per bird the previous year to 5.13 pounds. Turkeys slaughtered during June 1995 averaged 23.6 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from June 1994. Ante-mortem condemnations during June 1995 totaled 14.8 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.40 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.37 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 60.8 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.80 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.64 percent a year earlier. June 1995 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays, the same as June 1994 . Each weekday represents approximately 5 percent of the month's total. Pou 2-1 (8-95) HDR2012000150080804951500Number, Live Weight, & Average Live Weight Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : 3/ :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : May 1995 : 654,790 14,720 669,510 1,708 ----- Jun 1994 : 628,900 15,260 644,160 1,808 ----- Jun 1995 : 657,652 14,346 671,998 1,676 ----- : Jan-Jun 1994 : 3,463,273 89,462 3,552,734 10,302 ----- Jan-Jun 1995 : 3,695,781 85,652 3,781,433 9,505 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : May 1995 : 3,047,769 74,622 3,122,392 11,521 421 Jun 1994 : 2,850,554 76,412 2,926,966 11,883 405 Jun 1995 : 3,053,942 73,652 3,127,593 10,969 430 : Jan-Jun 1994 : 16,031,700 426,820 16,458,520 68,653 1,921 Jan-Jun 1995 : 17,211,315 428,061 17,639,376 63,616 2,277 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : May 1995 : 4.65 5.07 4.66 6.75 ----- Jun 1994 : 4.53 5.01 4.54 6.57 ----- Jun 1995 : 4.64 5.13 4.65 6.55 ----- : Jan-Jun 1994 : 4.63 4.77 4.63 6.66 ----- Jan-Jun 1995 : 4.66 5.00 4.66 6.69 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 1995 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 4/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : May 1995 : 5 23,447 95 23,547 ----- Jun 1994 : 32 24,987 287 25,306 ----- Jun 1995 : 68 25,615 166 25,849 ----- : Jan-Jun 1994 : 147 128,349 969 129,465 ----- Jan-Jun 1995 : 132 132,194 776 133,103 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : May 1995 : 47 559,433 2,552 562,032 3,696,366 Jun 1994 : 319 573,844 6,225 580,389 3,519,643 Jun 1995 : 499 605,183 4,366 610,048 3,749,041 : Jan-Jun 1994 : 1,391 2,949,534 23,838 2,974,763 19,503,858 Jan-Jun 1995 : 1,114 3,140,681 19,735 3,161,530 20,866,800 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : May 1995 : 9.74 23.86 26.85 23.87 ----- Jun 1994 : 9.91 22.97 21.72 22.94 ----- Jun 1995 : 7.33 23.63 26.30 23.60 ----- : Jan-Jun 1994 : 9.45 22.98 24.59 22.98 ----- Jan-Jun 1995 : 8.41 23.76 25.42 23.75 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Of the Mature Chickens inspected, the number reported in thousands as heavy fowl (broiler breeding stock) was: June 1994: 5,317, June 1995: 5,456. 3/ Includes Ratites beginning with January 1995. 4/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: June 1994: 133, June 1995: 120. HDR2012000150080804951500Chilled and Frozen Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds May 1995 : Chilled : 2,029,002 42,664 2,071,665 2,566 49 Frozen : 183,850 2,345 186,196 5,740 210 : Total : 2,212,852 45,009 2,257,861 8,306 259 : Jun 1994 : Chilled : 1,913,090 43,706 1,956,796 2,056 90 Frozen : 160,233 2,731 162,964 6,447 170 : Total : 2,073,323 46,437 2,119,760 8,503 260 : Jun 1995 : Chilled : 2,042,024 41,964 2,083,989 2,361 54 Frozen : 185,434 2,957 188,391 5,560 211 : Total : 2,227,458 44,922 2,272,380 7,921 265 : : Jan-Jun 1994 : Chilled : 10,717,598 245,742 10,963,340 15,594 306 Frozen : 933,157 14,197 947,354 33,808 931 : Total : 11,650,755 259,939 11,910,694 49,402 1,238 : Jan-Jun 1995 : Chilled : 11,436,935 246,480 11,683,414 14,604 324 Frozen : 1,062,557 13,833 1,076,390 31,142 1,089 : Total : 12,499,491 260,312 12,759,804 45,745 1,413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 1995 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds May 1995 : Chilled : --- 214,376 1,229 215,605 2,289,885 Frozen : 35 227,069 669 227,773 419,919 : Total : 35 441,445 1,898 443,378 2,709,804 : Jun 1994 : Chilled : --- 203,108 2,765 205,874 2,164,816 Frozen : 236 249,693 2,089 252,018 421,599 : Total : 236 452,801 4,854 457,892 2,586,415 : Jun 1995 : Chilled : --- 222,021 2,402 224,423 2,310,827 Frozen : 366 256,067 880 257,314 451,476 : Total : 366 478,089 3,282 481,737 2,762,303 : : Jan-Jun 1994 : Chilled : --- 1,125,862 11,254 1,137,116 12,116,356 Frozen : 1,033 1,199,955 6,694 1,207,681 2,189,774 : Total : 1,033 2,325,817 17,947 2,344,797 14,306,131 : Jan-Jun 1995 : Chilled : --- 1,229,757 10,590 1,240,347 12,938,689 Frozen : 822 1,247,688 4,293 1,252,802 2,361,423 : Total : 822 2,477,445 14,883 2,493,149 15,300,111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. HDR2012000150080804951500Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : May 1995 : 9,672 1,177 10,850 9 2 Jun 1994 : 9,818 1,606 11,424 18 3 Jun 1995 : 11,361 1,575 12,935 13 2 : Jan-Jun 1994 : 55,448 8,624 64,072 81 12 Jan-Jun 1995 : 61,279 6,731 68,010 66 9 : Percent 2/ : : Jun 1994 : 0.34 2.10 0.39 0.15 0.67 Jun 1995 : 0.37 2.14 0.41 0.12 0.35 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : May 1995 : 48,923 3,654 52,577 187 5 Jun 1994 : 38,123 3,355 41,479 186 6 Jun 1995 : 46,165 3,467 49,633 175 6 : Jan-Jun 1994 : 227,628 19,561 247,189 1,139 21 Jan-Jun 1995 : 274,313 20,465 294,779 1,037 30 : Percent 3/ : : Jun 1994 : 1.49 4.88 1.57 1.74 1.76 Jun 1995 : 1.68 5.23 1.76 1.77 1.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June 1995 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : May 1995 : --- 1,178 36 1,214 12,074 Jun 1994 : 1 1,649 39 1,688 13,133 Jun 1995 : 2 1,814 58 1,873 14,823 : Jan-Jun 1994 : 5 8,080 198 8,282 72,447 Jan-Jun 1995 : 6 7,737 191 7,933 76,019 : Percent 2/ : : Jun 1994 : 0.21 0.29 0.63 0.29 0.37 Jun 1995 : 0.31 0.30 1.32 0.31 0.40 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : May 1995 : 1 9,734 207 9,942 62,710 Jun 1994 : 4 10,071 284 10,358 52,029 Jun 1995 : 11 10,673 301 10,985 60,798 : Jan-Jun 1994 : 20 58,704 1,717 60,441 308,790 Jan-Jun 1995 : 18 59,050 1,484 60,552 356,398 : Percent 3/ : : Jun 1994 : 1.38 1.95 5.07 1.98 1.64 Jun 1995 : 2.49 1.96 7.65 2.00 1.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Totals may not add due to rounding. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds (live weight) inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. 3/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. HDR2012000150080804951500Young Chickens Slaughtered Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 81,682 80,207 371,335 373,864 4.55 4.66 AR : 97,543 104,681 425,844 472,166 4.37 4.51 CA : 21,280 21,762 107,336 109,055 5.04 5.01 DE : 24,080 24,760 123,888 132,066 5.14 5.33 FL : 12,852 12,968 55,135 56,067 4.29 4.32 GA : 83,116 88,378 385,993 421,304 4.64 4.77 LA : 14,409 11,712 65,209 51,653 4.53 4.41 MD : 17,936 18,723 80,884 85,146 4.51 4.55 MS : 51,328 54,208 227,026 249,684 4.42 4.61 MO : 18,515 24,345 77,507 103,209 4.19 4.24 NC : 55,502 55,340 266,481 282,896 4.80 5.11 PA : 8,527 8,585 40,304 42,942 4.73 5.00 SC : 19,232 20,422 76,207 85,343 3.96 4.18 TN : 13,988 15,076 61,192 65,939 4.37 4.37 TX : 34,986 40,649 154,086 178,940 4.40 4.40 VA : 32,104 33,323 147,836 150,158 4.60 4.51 WA : 3,423 3,397 16,929 17,231 4.95 5.07 : US : 628,900 657,652 2,850,554 3,053,942 4.53 4.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AL : 274,289 281,503 6,080 7,385 1.82 2.19 AR : 300,542 334,606 4,576 5,470 1.19 1.29 CA : 78,459 78,823 1,875 2,482 1.94 2.53 DE : 90,320 96,407 1,714 2,099 1.54 1.77 FL : 39,172 40,588 491 583 0.99 1.16 GA : 282,861 309,103 5,050 7,007 1.45 1.85 LA : 47,764 38,232 795 655 1.35 1.41 MD : 57,142 60,552 900 1,444 1.24 1.88 MS : 169,517 188,317 3,118 3,097 1.53 1.38 MO : 56,236 74,681 1,302 1,447 1.87 1.56 NC : 192,046 206,775 3,476 4,277 1.45 1.68 PA : 28,495 30,309 718 914 1.98 2.36 SC : 55,947 63,754 999 1,301 1.46 1.69 TN : 43,289 46,693 631 823 1.15 1.39 TX : 116,310 134,807 1,828 2,234 1.32 1.39 VA : 106,984 103,008 1,452 1,717 1.09 1.27 WA : 12,428 12,764 422 436 2.77 2.81 : US : 2,073,323 2,227,458 38,123 46,165 1.49 1.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, June 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 17,222 231,807 239,777 6,130 17,952 AR : --- 8,531 343,997 143,365 10,013 12,866 CA : --- 11,408 141,617 16,957 1,207 17,263 DE : --- 57,484 101,157 47,511 --- --- FL : --- 1,273 --- 10,441 --- --- GA : --- 24,097 202,787 294,128 3,486 20,049 LA : --- 750 35,654 18,312 --- --- MD : --- 123,495 75,567 21,422 110 --- MS : --- 5,919 128,713 60,188 1,586 20,547 MO : --- 6,428 74,066 21,523 3,262 2,275 NC : --- 63,649 130,206 54,197 --- 42,583 PA : --- 4,260 34,471 26,445 416 4,942 SC : --- --- 33,495 82,102 281 7,714 TN : --- --- 47,283 15,902 --- 1,731 TX : --- 1,944 142,185 61,132 1,316 3,203 VA : --- 19,805 83,335 31,628 179 --- WA : --- --- --- --- 225 1,488 : US : --- 371,957 2,018,363 1,171,036 47,194 225,108 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 16,823 35,301 81,110 10,574 210,759 867,455 AR : 20,459 31,848 85,132 4,765 137,674 798,650 CA : 862 12,828 4,600 785 126,120 333,647 DE : 4,819 9,393 19,285 7,136 28,281 275,066 FL : 1,440 5,236 7,752 3,713 33,041 62,896 GA : 21,599 47,400 72,849 15,105 198,360 899,860 LA : --- --- --- 44 21,125 75,885 MD : 2,071 9,213 --- 528 14,140 246,546 MS : 8,885 20,559 47,315 1,707 134,810 430,229 MO : 3,106 20,454 17,139 1,181 53,799 203,233 NC : 6,133 26,648 40,562 7,837 166,547 538,362 PA : 2,751 2,390 19,450 --- --- 95,125 SC : 4,206 13,800 19,335 1,835 52,505 215,273 TN : 2,731 9,179 18,211 1,898 46,339 143,274 TX : 1,892 14,639 17,078 3,196 12,419 259,004 VA : 4,526 12,587 30,142 2,771 44,407 229,380 WA : 402 990 --- 507 19,938 23,550 : US : 113,938 287,278 546,944 69,302 1,411,344 6,262,464 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080804951500Mature Chickens Slaughtered Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 15,260 14,346 76,412 73,652 5.01 5.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 46,437 44,922 3,355 3,467 4.88 5.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, June 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- 68 --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 2,928 226,678 12,172 491 100,394 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- 68 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 30,184 39,535 159,378 2,839 52,713 627,312 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080804951500Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AR : 2,270 2,199 45,869 46,125 20.21 20.97 CA : 1,449 1,679 31,093 36,074 21.46 21.49 IA : 1,442 1,404 40,067 40,613 27.79 28.92 MN : 4,011 3,967 80,336 84,091 20.03 21.20 MO : 1,804 1,775 43,557 45,100 24.14 25.41 NC : 4,621 4,592 108,010 113,566 23.37 24.73 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,189 3,417 60,603 65,252 19.01 19.10 : US : 24,987 25,615 573,844 605,183 22.97 23.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1994-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 : 1994 : 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AR : 37,081 36,951 814 903 1.97 2.17 CA : 25,280 28,924 488 520 1.74 1.60 IA : 31,301 31,584 834 897 2.31 2.46 MN : 63,938 67,131 1,631 1,667 2.26 2.20 MO : 33,327 35,937 1,063 864 2.71 2.13 NC : 85,421 89,815 1,619 1,857 1.67 1.82 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 47,366 51,187 768 832 1.41 1.42 : US : 452,801 478,089 10,071 10,673 1.95 1.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, June 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 9,266 891 --- --- CA : --- 17 8,274 72 --- 11 IA : --- --- 5,097 2,196 --- --- MN : --- --- 14,469 3,215 925 14 MO : --- --- 13,580 2,255 --- --- NC : --- 13 6,676 2,470 --- --- PA : --- --- --- 949 --- --- VA : --- 5 7,317 586 --- --- : US : --- 63 99,665 15,486 7,403 181 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- 1,110 1,599 --- --- 12,866 CA : --- --- --- --- --- 8,374 IA : --- --- --- --- --- 7,293 MN : 304 1,650 2,280 --- 2,661 25,518 MO : --- 733 1,283 --- --- 17,851 NC : 173 2,450 1,144 --- 1,327 14,253 PA : 62 --- --- --- 291 1,302 VA : --- --- 240 --- 1,196 9,344 : US : 1,310 9,985 9,452 1,945 16,042 161,532 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, June 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- --- 4,274 545 9 73 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 16 167 203 30 595 5,912 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080804951500Poultry Slaughter Estimates Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for commercial poultry slaughter estimates are obtained from the Poultry Inspection-Daily Summary forms (FSIS 6000-21) completed by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA. This form provides actual counts of birds slaughtered in Federally Inspected (FI) plants. Over 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. The FSIS 6000-21 forms collect number of head slaughtered daily under FI by species and class as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights. Approximately 350 plants in the U.S. are operated under Federal Inspection. Annual totals of poultry slaughtered under State-administered Non-Federal Inspection (NFI) are published in the April release. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late reports received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent of the preliminary totals. Revisions for the previous month and year-to-date totals are published in each monthly release. Final data are published in the annual summary released in April and reflect any late reports or corrections which occurred after the monthly revisions were published. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit forms (FSIS 6000-21) weekly summarizing the plant's activity. When inconsistencies in the data are detected, the reports are returned to the inspectors for correction. Inspectors correct or validate the report and resubmit it. The reports cover weekly activities through Saturday night and reported data are allocated to the appropriate month as it enters the database. A NASS computer program provides a review of current data with historical data for each plant. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. The program also generates a missing reports listing for a telephone follow-up. Data are summarized weekly and accumulated to a monthly total for this release. Major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are accounted for each week. Estimates for missing weeks are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on either the previous week's information or a week determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there will continue to be a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it is expected to have only a minimal impact on the final totals. Poultry 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 strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Generally, no State data are published if less than three plants operate for a species in a State, or if one plant has 60 percent or more of the total head for that species. These data are included in the U.S. totals. Definitions Used To Report Federally Inspected Slaughter Ante-Mortem Condemnations - Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Certified Ready-to-Cook - The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Ducks - Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. New York Dressed Weight - Carcass weight after only feathers and blood are removed. This weight is approximately 90% of live weight. Old Turkeys (Breeders) - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Other Poultry - Includes all other ready-to-cook products which bear the U.S.D.A. Inspected for Wholesomeness legend. Post-Mortem Condemnations - Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Young Chickens - Commercially grown broilers-fryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. Young Turkeys (Mature) - Young birds grown to a matured market age, about 5 months. HDR2012000150080804951500Index Index Page Definitions.............................................................. 17 Mature Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 11 Mature Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 12 Mature Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, U.S., June 1994-1995.................................................... 15 Poultry Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified (RTC) by Type, U.S., June 1995......................................................... 4 Poultry Slaughter Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, U.S., June 1995................................................ 6 Poultry Slaughter Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, U.S., June 1995.................................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 8 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 10 Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., June 1994-1995................................ 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 1, 1995. 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