HDR1012000150080901951500Poultry Slaughter HDR2012000150080901951500Poultry Slaughter Narrative Released September 1, 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 July 1995 and updated June 1995 totals. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 2 Percent Poultry Certified Wholesome during July (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 2.37 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in July 1994. Updated totals for June 1995 show that 2.79 billion pounds were certified. The January through July cumulative total of pounds certified, at 17.7 billion pounds, was up 6 percent from the same period the previous year. The preliminary total Live Weight of Poultry Inspected during July 1995 was 3.22 billion pounds. Inspections included 2.63 billion pounds of young chickens, 63.6 million pounds of mature chickens, 519 million pounds of turkeys, and 9.80 million pounds of ducks. Young chickens slaughtered during July 1995 averaged 4.54 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from 4.51 pounds per bird a year ago. The average live weight of mature chickens increased 9 percent from 4.93 pounds per bird the previous year to 5.35 pounds. Turkeys slaughtered during July 1995 averaged 22.7 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from July 1994. Ante-mortem condemnations during July 1995 totaled 17.0 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.53 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.38 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 53.9 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.86 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.80 percent a year earlier. July 1995 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays, the same as July 1994 . Each weekday represents approximately 5 percent of the month's total. Pou 2-1 (9-95) HDR2012000150080901951500Number, Live Weight, & Average Live Weight Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jun 1995 : 664,472 14,346 678,818 1,676 ----- Jul 1994 : 570,384 12,754 583,138 1,558 ----- Jul 1995 : 578,792 11,878 590,669 1,517 ----- : Jan-Jul 1994 : 4,033,657 102,216 4,135,872 11,860 ----- Jan-Jul 1995 : 4,281,394 97,530 4,378,923 11,023 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jun 1995 : 3,086,384 73,652 3,160,036 10,972 456 Jul 1994 : 2,573,640 62,849 2,636,489 10,147 367 Jul 1995 : 2,629,997 63,600 2,693,597 9,798 546 : Jan-Jul 1994 : 18,605,339 489,669 19,095,009 78,801 2,288 Jan-Jul 1995 : 19,873,762 491,661 20,365,423 73,417 2,854 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jun 1995 : 4.64 5.13 4.66 6.55 ----- Jul 1994 : 4.51 4.93 4.52 6.51 ----- Jul 1995 : 4.54 5.35 4.56 6.46 ----- : Jan-Jul 1994 : 4.61 4.79 4.62 6.64 ----- Jan-Jul 1995 : 4.64 5.04 4.65 6.66 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jun 1995 : 68 25,630 166 25,864 ----- Jul 1994 : 31 22,818 142 22,991 ----- Jul 1995 : 75 22,562 190 22,827 ----- : Jan-Jul 1994 : 178 151,166 1,112 152,456 ----- Jan-Jul 1995 : 207 154,771 969 155,947 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jun 1995 : 499 605,645 4,366 610,510 3,781,974 Jul 1994 : 266 511,743 3,439 515,447 3,162,450 Jul 1995 : 685 513,787 4,563 519,035 3,222,976 : Jan-Jul 1994 : 1,657 3,461,277 27,277 3,490,211 22,666,308 Jan-Jul 1995 : 1,799 3,654,929 24,346 3,681,075 24,122,769 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jun 1995 : 7.33 23.63 26.30 23.60 ----- Jul 1994 : 8.55 22.43 24.17 22.42 ----- Jul 1995 : 9.14 22.77 23.96 22.74 ----- : Jan-Jul 1994 : 9.30 22.90 24.53 22.89 ----- Jan-Jul 1995 : 8.67 23.62 25.12 23.60 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: July 1994: 4,357, July 1995: 4,874. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: July 1994: 180, July 1995: 95. HDR2012000150080901951500Chilled and Frozen Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jun 1995 : Chilled : 2,062,656 41,964 2,104,621 2,361 67 Frozen : 188,008 2,957 190,965 5,560 212 : Total : 2,250,664 44,922 2,295,585 7,921 280 : Jul 1994 : Chilled : 1,730,401 35,302 1,765,703 1,907 78 Frozen : 151,114 3,509 154,622 5,356 147 : Total : 1,881,515 38,810 1,920,325 7,263 225 : Jul 1995 : Chilled : 1,751,954 34,608 1,786,562 1,993 100 Frozen : 166,920 3,546 170,465 5,007 227 : Total : 1,918,873 38,154 1,957,027 6,999 327 : : Jan-Jul 1994 : Chilled : 12,447,999 281,044 12,729,043 17,501 385 Frozen : 1,084,270 17,706 1,101,976 39,164 1,078 : Total : 13,532,269 298,750 13,831,019 56,665 1,463 : Jan-Jul 1995 : Chilled : 13,209,526 281,087 13,490,613 16,596 440 Frozen : 1,232,050 17,379 1,249,429 36,148 1,317 : Total : 14,441,576 298,466 14,740,042 52,745 1,757 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jun 1995 : Chilled : --- 222,304 2,402 224,706 2,331,755 Frozen : 366 256,109 880 257,355 454,092 : Total : 366 478,413 3,282 482,061 2,785,847 : Jul 1994 : Chilled : --- 181,661 923 182,584 1,950,272 Frozen : 197 221,204 1,607 223,008 383,133 : Total : 197 402,866 2,529 405,592 2,333,405 : Jul 1995 : Chilled : --- 181,402 2,120 183,522 1,972,176 Frozen : 551 225,191 1,293 227,035 402,733 : Total : 551 406,592 3,413 410,557 2,374,910 : : Jan-Jul 1994 : Chilled : --- 1,307,524 12,176 1,319,700 14,066,629 Frozen : 1,230 1,421,159 8,300 1,430,689 2,572,907 : Total : 1,230 2,728,683 20,476 2,750,389 16,639,536 : Jan-Jul 1995 : Chilled : --- 1,411,441 12,740 1,424,182 14,931,831 Frozen : 1,373 1,472,920 5,593 1,479,886 2,766,780 : Total : 1,373 2,884,361 18,333 2,904,067 17,698,611 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. HDR2012000150080901951500Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jun 1995 : 11,518 1,575 13,093 13 2 Jul 1994 : 9,445 1,056 10,502 11 2 Jul 1995 : 13,024 1,740 14,764 24 7 : Jan-Jul 1994 : 64,893 9,680 74,573 92 15 Jan-Jul 1995 : 74,461 8,471 82,932 89 17 : Percent 2/ : : Jul 1994 : 0.37 1.68 0.40 0.10 0.63 Jul 1995 : 0.50 2.74 0.55 0.24 1.31 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jun 1995 : 46,568 3,467 50,036 175 6 Jul 1994 : 37,959 2,940 40,900 160 6 Jul 1995 : 40,631 3,039 43,669 178 15 : Jan-Jul 1994 : 265,587 22,501 288,088 1,299 26 Jan-Jul 1995 : 315,347 23,504 338,851 1,215 46 : Percent 3/ : : Jul 1994 : 1.64 5.20 1.72 1.75 1.69 Jul 1995 : 1.72 5.31 1.80 2.02 3.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 1995 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jun 1995 : 2 1,817 58 1,877 14,984 Jul 1994 : 1 1,448 24 1,473 11,987 Jul 1995 : 1 2,160 39 2,201 16,995 : Jan-Jul 1994 : 5 9,528 221 9,755 84,435 Jan-Jul 1995 : 7 9,900 235 10,143 93,180 : Percent 2/ : : Jul 1994 : 0.20 0.28 0.69 0.29 0.38 Jul 1995 : 0.19 0.42 0.86 0.42 0.53 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jun 1995 : 11 10,697 301 11,009 61,225 Jul 1994 : 3 9,956 253 10,212 51,277 Jul 1995 : 7 9,702 311 10,019 53,882 : Jan-Jul 1994 : 23 68,659 1,970 70,653 360,067 Jan-Jul 1995 : 25 68,776 1,801 70,601 410,713 : Percent 3/ : : Jul 1994 : 1.31 2.16 8.18 2.20 1.80 Jul 1995 : 1.07 2.10 7.57 2.14 1.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. HDR2012000150080901951500Young Chickens Slaughtered Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 74,053 68,063 334,479 308,990 4.52 4.54 AR : 89,160 87,390 383,360 384,738 4.30 4.40 CA : 18,836 18,402 94,017 88,542 4.99 4.81 DE : 22,052 21,524 108,966 110,946 4.94 5.15 FL : 11,516 11,518 49,078 49,709 4.26 4.32 GA : 74,876 79,041 347,205 370,728 4.64 4.69 LA : 13,539 12,504 60,368 57,115 4.46 4.57 MD : 16,237 15,979 71,988 72,397 4.43 4.53 MS : 48,040 47,069 214,953 212,572 4.47 4.52 MO : 17,088 21,961 72,985 91,980 4.27 4.19 NC : 49,217 50,674 240,788 247,882 4.89 4.89 PA : 7,374 7,238 35,082 35,011 4.76 4.84 SC : 17,632 18,447 70,745 76,671 4.01 4.16 TN : 12,149 12,921 53,291 55,708 4.39 4.31 TX : 33,903 36,262 147,642 153,611 4.35 4.24 VA : 28,207 28,859 127,194 131,355 4.51 4.55 WA : 3,087 2,948 14,854 14,917 4.81 5.06 : US : 570,384 578,792 2,573,640 2,629,997 4.51 4.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 246,479 229,014 5,773 6,404 1.92 2.30 AR : 272,935 273,066 4,832 4,961 1.40 1.43 CA : 67,856 65,112 1,961 1,759 2.32 2.21 DE : 79,510 81,553 1,502 1,663 1.53 1.67 FL : 36,101 36,213 520 573 1.18 1.28 GA : 256,418 273,606 5,109 6,457 1.63 1.94 LA : 44,209 41,424 837 972 1.54 1.89 MD : 51,417 51,205 788 959 1.22 1.47 MS : 160,894 160,249 3,203 2,719 1.66 1.42 MO : 52,907 66,601 1,231 1,372 1.87 1.66 NC : 178,060 184,540 3,554 4,019 1.64 1.80 PA : 24,669 24,214 634 685 2.01 2.17 SC : 52,829 56,823 1,046 1,082 1.64 1.57 TN : 38,662 40,060 565 690 1.18 1.38 TX : 109,879 115,552 2,490 1,938 1.87 1.40 VA : 92,336 89,590 1,306 1,377 1.14 1.16 WA : 10,655 10,766 345 362 2.58 2.70 : US : 1,881,515 1,918,873 37,959 40,631 1.64 1.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 8,751 208,989 196,568 6,454 12,230 AR : --- 6,582 302,843 129,633 11,815 10,767 CA : --- 7,873 111,445 11,627 1,087 13,134 DE : --- 30,518 95,517 30,928 --- --- FL : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- 4,706 196,128 249,459 3,829 18,430 LA : --- 767 43,790 19,306 1,888 3,176 MD : --- 40,615 61,064 12,608 42 --- MS : --- 3,611 113,878 51,778 2,411 14,399 MO : --- 4,535 66,713 22,359 3,438 1,872 NC : --- 30,751 127,798 56,264 160 33,421 PA : --- 3,444 27,865 14,431 335 3,939 SC : --- 1,818 33,798 60,144 236 5,169 TN : --- --- 49,183 9,308 --- 1,550 TX : --- 842 124,899 46,441 730 2,497 VA : --- 8,829 69,907 17,982 --- --- WA : --- 3,938 23,022 --- --- 914 : US : --- 164,685 1,828,888 983,703 49,798 172,143 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 19,356 35,415 88,387 10,580 194,405 781,135 AR : 18,470 29,170 79,723 5,284 140,969 735,256 CA : 737 --- 3,947 --- 66,535 216,385 DE : 5,056 8,539 17,223 2,643 20,313 210,737 FL : 1,378 4,718 7,946 --- 37,463 51,505 GA : 25,233 51,958 75,010 15,153 186,115 826,021 LA : 2,822 4,013 11,608 --- 49,649 137,019 MD : 1,846 6,789 --- 1,651 10,388 135,003 MS : 8,963 20,466 51,581 6,085 107,579 380,751 MO : 3,836 16,692 17,178 --- 47,436 184,059 NC : 6,464 24,334 --- 9,484 122,295 410,971 PA : 2,735 1,709 --- 300 21,472 76,230 SC : 5,094 16,909 18,690 2,266 39,075 183,199 TN : 2,696 15,375 29,965 --- 34,726 142,803 TX : 1,942 12,630 16,211 2,316 5,462 213,970 VA : 5,037 10,207 31,052 3,445 36,479 182,938 WA : 403 839 639 --- 17,287 47,042 : US : 120,454 284,779 619,081 73,137 1,223,934 5,520,602 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080901951500Mature Chickens Slaughtered Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 12,754 11,878 62,849 63,600 4.93 5.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 38,810 38,154 2,940 3,039 5.20 5.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 2,834 186,065 8,446 1,133 86,369 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- 133 --- --- 133 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 23,516 41,411 124,407 3,841 39,585 517,607 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080901951500Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 1,962 1,888 39,102 37,983 19.93 20.12 CA : 1,645 1,636 35,762 34,376 21.74 21.01 IA : 1,286 1,256 35,398 33,478 27.52 26.66 MN : 3,671 3,695 73,497 76,191 20.02 20.62 MO : 1,613 1,515 37,704 37,282 23.37 24.61 NC : 3,872 3,919 89,252 89,875 23.05 22.93 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,071 3,024 55,530 57,791 18.08 19.11 : US : 22,818 22,562 511,743 513,787 22.43 22.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 31,390 30,707 827 765 2.35 2.24 CA : 28,529 27,460 532 486 1.65 1.57 IA : 27,472 25,807 754 743 2.37 2.46 MN : 58,405 60,721 1,544 1,648 2.33 2.40 MO : 29,760 30,258 1,141 974 3.36 2.90 NC : 70,387 71,203 1,487 1,508 1.85 1.86 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 42,563 45,447 794 750 1.59 1.44 : US : 402,866 406,592 9,956 9,702 2.16 2.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 5,770 --- --- --- CA : --- 7 8,093 220 71 10 IA : --- --- 4,690 3,026 --- --- MN : --- --- 15,245 5,186 878 --- MO : --- --- 15,728 4,713 --- --- NC : --- --- 5,749 1,984 --- --- PA : --- --- 4,055 --- 95 5 VA : --- --- 5,952 624 --- --- : US : --- 60 89,315 20,641 6,689 89 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 1,300 --- 693 7,763 CA : --- --- 503 --- --- 8,904 IA : 30 --- --- --- --- 7,746 MN : 230 1,690 2,242 423 2,489 28,383 MO : --- --- 929 603 --- 21,973 NC : 159 1,636 994 --- --- 10,522 PA : 49 --- --- --- --- 4,204 VA : 15 1,182 228 181 1,176 9,358 : US : 916 8,166 8,701 2,251 10,913 147,741 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080901951500Old Turkeys Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, July 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- 127 3,773 606 --- 109 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 10 181 267 52 2,362 7,487 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150080901951500Poultry 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. Frozen - Poultry products which have been at 0 degrees F. or below. 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. HDR2012000150080901951500Index Index Page Definitions.............................................................. 17 Mature Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 11 Mature Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 12 Mature Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, U.S., July 1994-1995.................................................... 15 Poultry Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified (RTC) by Type, U.S., July 1995......................................................... 4 Poultry Slaughter Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, U.S., July 1995................................................ 6 Poultry Slaughter Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, U.S., July 1995.................................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 8 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 10 Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1994-1995................................ 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 3, 1995. 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