HDR1012000150080702961500Poultry Slaughter Released July 2, 1996, 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@NASS.USDA.GOV. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 4 Percent Poultry Certified Wholesome during May (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 2.81 billion pounds, up 4 percent from the amount certified in May 1995. Updated totals for April 1996 show that 2.71 billion pounds were certified. The January through May cumulative total of pounds certified, at 13.6 billion pounds, was up 8 percent from the same period the previous year. The preliminary total Live Weight of Poultry Inspected during May 1996 was 3.81 billion pounds. Inspections included 3.11 billion pounds of young chickens, 69.8 million pounds of mature chickens, 614 million pounds of turkeys, and 11.6 million pounds of ducks. Young chickens slaughtered during May 1996 averaged 4.75 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from the average live weight a year ago. The average live weight of mature chickens was up 1 percent from 5.07 pounds per bird the previous year to 5.10 pounds. Turkeys slaughtered during May 1996 averaged 24.1 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from May 1995. Ante-mortem condemnations during May 1996 totaled 13.2 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.35 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.33 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 63.4 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.85 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.89 percent a year earlier. May 1996 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays, the same as May 1995. Each weekday represents approximately 5 percent of the month's total. Pou 2-1 (7-96) Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Apr 1996 : 631,470 14,332 645,803 1,621 ----- May 1995 : 654,542 14,720 669,262 1,708 ----- May 1996 : 655,214 13,697 668,911 1,724 ----- : Jan-May 1995 : 3,037,882 71,306 3,109,188 7,829 ----- Jan-May 1996 : 3,166,746 68,775 3,235,522 8,155 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Apr 1996 : 3,034,819 73,395 3,108,214 10,962 604 May 1995 : 3,046,176 74,622 3,120,799 11,521 424 May 1996 : 3,111,026 69,794 3,180,820 11,558 902 : Jan-May 1995 : 14,155,788 354,410 14,510,198 52,647 1,851 Jan-May 1996 : 15,187,139 355,836 15,542,976 54,769 3,282 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Apr 1996 : 4.81 5.12 4.81 6.76 ----- May 1995 : 4.65 5.07 4.66 6.75 ----- May 1996 : 4.75 5.10 4.76 6.70 ----- : Jan-May 1995 : 4.66 4.97 4.67 6.72 ----- Jan-May 1996 : 4.80 5.17 4.80 6.72 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Apr 1996 : 24 22,992 255 23,270 ----- May 1995 : 5 23,447 97 23,550 ----- May 1996 : 21 25,345 103 25,469 ----- : Jan-May 1995 : 64 106,579 613 107,256 ----- Jan-May 1996 : 89 114,857 784 115,730 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Apr 1996 : 201 552,762 7,382 560,345 3,680,125 May 1995 : 47 559,433 2,600 562,080 3,694,824 May 1996 : 178 610,666 2,847 613,692 3,806,971 : Jan-May 1995 : 614 2,535,498 15,418 2,551,530 17,116,226 Jan-May 1996 : 803 2,762,037 21,185 2,784,025 18,385,052 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Apr 1996 : 8.53 24.04 28.98 24.08 ----- May 1995 : 9.74 23.86 26.71 23.87 ----- May 1996 : 8.52 24.09 27.72 24.10 ----- : Jan-May 1995 : 9.56 23.79 25.17 23.79 ----- Jan-May 1996 : 9.03 24.05 27.03 24.06 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: May 1995: 5,314, May 1996: 5,266. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: May 1995: 37, May 1996: 86. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Apr 1996 : Chilled : 2,038,955 42,897 2,081,852 2,895 160 Frozen : 176,847 1,786 178,634 5,042 188 : Total : 2,215,803 44,683 2,260,486 7,937 348 : May 1995 : Chilled : 2,027,490 42,664 2,070,154 2,566 50 Frozen : 184,159 2,345 186,504 5,740 210 : Total : 2,211,649 45,009 2,256,658 8,306 261 : May 1996 : Chilled : 2,097,005 40,352 2,137,357 3,031 230 Frozen : 176,815 2,287 179,103 5,384 261 : Total : 2,273,821 42,640 2,316,460 8,415 491 : : Jan-May 1995 : Chilled : 9,393,404 204,515 9,597,919 12,243 273 Frozen : 877,432 10,875 888,307 25,581 878 : Total : 10,270,836 215,391 10,486,226 37,824 1,151 : Jan-May 1996 : Chilled : 10,177,923 206,257 10,384,179 14,913 825 Frozen : 920,900 9,943 930,842 24,670 1,052 : Total : 11,098,822 216,199 11,315,022 39,583 1,877 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Apr 1996 : Chilled : 1 206,681 4,847 211,529 2,296,436 Frozen : 157 228,630 685 229,471 413,335 : Total : 158 435,310 5,532 441,000 2,709,771 : May 1995 : Chilled : --- 214,376 1,259 215,635 2,288,405 Frozen : 35 227,069 677 227,780 420,235 : Total : 35 441,445 1,935 443,415 2,708,640 : May 1996 : Chilled : 2 227,676 1,431 229,109 2,369,727 Frozen : 138 255,276 699 256,113 440,862 : Total : 139 482,953 2,131 485,223 2,810,589 : : Jan-May 1995 : Chilled : --- 1,007,736 8,218 1,015,953 10,626,388 Frozen : 456 991,620 3,420 995,496 1,910,263 : Total : 456 1,999,356 11,638 2,011,449 12,536,651 : Jan-May 1996 : Chilled : 3 1,064,263 11,853 1,076,119 11,476,037 Frozen : 630 1,115,244 4,081 1,119,956 2,076,520 : Total : 633 2,179,507 15,934 2,196,075 13,552,557 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Apr 1996 : 10,498 988 11,486 6 4 May 1995 : 9,669 1,177 10,846 9 2 May 1996 : 10,439 1,153 11,593 9 6 : Jan-May 1995 : 49,915 5,156 55,071 53 8 Jan-May 1996 : 61,119 5,604 66,723 39 18 : Percent 2/ : : May 1995 : 0.32 1.58 0.35 0.07 0.35 May 1996 : 0.34 1.65 0.36 0.07 0.66 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Apr 1996 : 48,152 4,072 52,224 162 5 May 1995 : 48,906 3,654 52,560 187 5 May 1996 : 47,714 3,803 51,516 176 9 : Jan-May 1995 : 228,131 16,998 245,129 862 25 Jan-May 1996 : 246,210 20,189 266,400 816 39 : Percent 3/ : : May 1995 : 1.78 5.44 1.87 1.80 1.27 May 1996 : 1.70 6.05 1.80 1.69 1.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, May 1996 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Apr 1996 : --- 1,356 44 1,400 12,896 May 1995 : --- 1,178 41 1,219 12,075 May 1996 : 2 1,602 25 1,629 13,236 : Jan-May 1995 : 4 5,923 138 6,065 61,197 Jan-May 1996 : 4 8,115 222 8,342 75,122 : Percent 2/ : : May 1995 : 0.28 0.21 1.56 0.22 0.33 May 1996 : 1.04 0.26 0.89 0.27 0.35 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Apr 1996 : 3 10,500 438 10,942 63,333 May 1995 : 1 9,734 212 9,947 62,699 May 1996 : 4 11,494 202 11,699 63,401 : Jan-May 1995 : 7 48,376 1,189 49,572 295,588 Jan-May 1996 : 11 56,008 1,372 57,392 324,647 : Percent 3/ : : May 1995 : 1.81 1.93 9.07 1.97 1.89 May 1996 : 2.42 2.09 7.87 2.12 1.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, May 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 80,697 75,563 374,768 359,802 4.64 4.76 AR : 101,258 99,137 453,253 468,535 4.48 4.73 CA : 21,143 22,101 105,465 115,152 4.99 5.21 DE : 25,241 24,027 136,779 130,223 5.42 5.42 FL : 13,177 11,010 57,173 48,865 4.34 4.44 GA : 87,426 89,943 419,665 436,247 4.80 4.85 LA : 12,277 14,667 56,405 67,401 4.59 4.60 MD : 18,815 17,845 87,789 84,313 4.67 4.72 MS : 53,849 56,467 245,383 256,244 4.56 4.54 MO : 23,886 29,693 99,582 125,629 4.17 4.23 NC : 56,337 55,225 287,707 284,631 5.11 5.15 PA : 8,571 8,788 43,111 44,355 5.03 5.05 SC : 20,372 20,496 85,532 92,027 4.20 4.49 TN : 14,581 15,044 65,556 66,071 4.50 4.39 TX : 38,984 38,940 171,376 172,547 4.40 4.43 VA : 32,799 32,404 152,715 155,674 4.66 4.80 WA : 3,494 3,232 17,283 16,858 4.95 5.22 : US : 654,542 655,214 3,046,176 3,111,026 4.65 4.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, May 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AL : 278,219 265,004 8,458 7,131 2.51 2.20 AR : 322,056 336,916 5,558 6,187 1.36 1.47 CA : 75,514 83,738 2,719 1,531 2.86 1.48 DE : 98,870 94,201 2,499 2,592 2.03 2.21 FL : 41,007 36,079 533 743 1.04 1.69 GA : 311,813 324,097 6,952 6,422 1.84 1.64 LA : 40,827 48,551 880 1,008 1.73 1.66 MD : 61,448 59,727 1,540 1,628 1.95 2.15 MS : 185,270 193,702 2,898 2,561 1.31 1.11 MO : 72,177 91,311 1,414 1,790 1.58 1.58 NC : 203,121 210,738 4,588 3,847 1.77 1.50 PA : 30,360 31,307 950 1,403 2.45 3.52 SC : 63,299 65,613 1,409 1,429 1.83 1.72 TN : 46,786 48,166 801 637 1.36 1.07 TX : 129,914 131,776 2,022 1,910 1.31 1.23 VA : 103,455 106,448 2,112 3,690 1.54 2.63 WA : 12,897 12,488 401 464 2.58 3.06 : US : 2,211,649 2,273,821 48,906 47,714 1.78 1.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 9,952 222,388 212,064 5,002 17,331 AR : --- 7,399 309,387 182,807 11,733 8,100 CA : --- --- 87,957 7,650 1,704 --- DE : --- 69,510 128,985 102,537 --- --- FL : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- 185,697 261,554 2,756 16,110 LA : --- 917 49,696 26,978 593 3,039 MD : --- 55,742 108,043 45,070 --- 10,916 MS : --- 5,618 98,367 32,043 1,012 18,356 MO : --- 6,125 96,303 40,584 2,456 2,061 NC : --- 22,146 123,112 57,335 114 44,640 PA : --- 5,261 44,453 37,868 455 3,463 SC : --- 1,869 31,490 --- --- 4,428 TN : --- --- 54,395 9,575 --- --- TX : --- 1,048 111,301 40,963 648 2,646 VA : --- --- 84,558 46,513 226 --- WA : --- --- 27,519 --- 237 1,391 : US : --- 252,441 1,963,330 1,247,814 43,018 189,132 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 15,098 26,497 88,979 9,208 264,510 871,029 AR : 15,631 27,553 79,415 2,540 123,506 768,071 CA : 780 8,806 4,215 --- 35,352 146,464 DE : 4,166 13,523 17,272 3,570 36,583 376,146 FL : --- 2,499 7,613 --- --- 10,112 GA : 16,690 37,995 63,972 12,663 215,640 813,077 LA : 2,471 2,804 16,574 47 --- 103,119 MD : 2,052 --- --- --- 36,907 258,730 MS : 5,876 18,732 26,807 2,478 104,398 313,687 MO : 3,141 14,862 22,387 1,686 27,230 216,835 NC : 6,923 26,866 80,604 3,733 177,952 543,425 PA : 3,638 2,561 --- 278 33,598 131,575 SC : 4,078 20,541 18,427 2,051 53,965 136,849 TN : 2,502 4,960 --- 475 26,795 98,702 TX : 1,425 7,612 13,242 2,117 5,709 186,711 VA : 3,571 7,116 26,262 2,211 --- 170,457 WA : 519 972 832 1,264 19,486 52,220 : US : 97,367 253,418 575,518 51,409 1,412,358 6,085,805 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, May 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 14,720 13,697 74,622 69,794 5.07 5.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, May 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 45,009 42,640 3,654 3,803 5.44 6.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 6,574 219,257 17,737 930 123,499 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 24,574 48,958 200,065 2,861 35,206 679,661 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, May 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AR : 2,251 2,377 46,798 46,124 20.79 19.41 CA : 1,616 1,798 34,648 38,289 21.43 21.29 IA : 1,219 1,164 37,908 33,431 31.10 28.71 MN : 3,128 3,702 68,100 81,050 21.77 21.89 MO : 1,717 2,018 44,474 54,743 25.91 27.12 NC : 4,213 4,380 101,074 110,615 23.99 25.26 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,238 3,484 61,351 67,177 18.95 19.28 : US : 23,447 25,345 559,433 610,666 23.86 24.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, May 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AR : 38,787 37,870 916 1,041 2.18 2.51 CA : 28,120 31,199 513 484 1.64 1.40 IA : 29,689 25,706 872 801 2.56 2.66 MN : 54,382 64,336 1,312 2,008 2.14 2.75 MO : 34,831 43,087 832 1,419 2.08 2.88 NC : 79,111 87,139 1,371 1,622 1.51 1.63 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 48,318 52,697 774 853 1.40 1.41 : US : 441,445 482,953 9,734 11,494 1.93 2.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 7,199 418 --- --- CA : --- --- 6,119 63 --- 32 IA : --- --- --- 3,746 --- --- MN : --- --- 14,584 --- 1,714 --- MO : --- --- 27,622 3,710 --- --- NC : --- 5 6,118 764 --- 4 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- --- 5,909 451 --- --- : US : --- 129 102,497 18,858 9,316 157 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 1,263 --- 1,256 10,136 CA : --- --- --- --- --- 6,214 IA : --- --- --- --- --- 3,746 MN : 305 1,420 1,589 390 --- 20,002 MO : 133 --- 735 322 939 33,461 NC : --- 1,874 1,364 508 1,502 12,139 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 27 909 221 --- --- 7,517 : US : 1,375 8,059 8,597 2,520 14,345 165,853 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, May 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- --- 3,315 193 --- 78 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 8 98 97 --- 964 4,753 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for commercial poultry slaughter estimates are obtained from the Poultry Inspection Form (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 revision 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. Index Page Definitions.............................................................. 17 Mature Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, U.S., May 1995-1996..................................................... 11 Mature Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996................................. 12 Mature Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, U.S., May 1995-1996..................................................... 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, U.S., May 1995-1996..................................................... 15 Poultry Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified (RTC) by Type, U.S., May 1996.......................................................... 4 Poultry Slaughter Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, U.S., May 1996................................................. 6 Poultry Slaughter Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, U.S., May 1996..................................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996................................. 8 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996................................. 10 Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996................................. 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996.................... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996................................. 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., May 1995-1996................................. 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on August 5, 1996. 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