HDR1012000150080805971500Poultry Slaughter Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 5, 1997, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 7 Percent Poultry Certified Wholesome during June (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 2.75 billion pounds, up 7 percent from the amount certified in June 1996. Updated totals for May 1997 show that 2.86 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total Live Weight of Poultry Inspected during June 1997 was 3.70 billion pounds. Inspections included 3.02 billion pounds of young chickens, 75.2 million pounds of mature chickens, 602 million pounds of turkeys, and 11.3 million pounds of ducks. Young chickens slaughtered during June 1997 averaged 4.77 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from the average live weight a year ago. The average live weight of mature chickens was down 8 percent from 5.49 pounds per bird the previous year to 5.03 pounds. Turkeys slaughtered during June 1997 averaged 24.1 pounds per bird, up one percent from June 1996. Ante-mortem condemnations during June 1997 totaled 13.4 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.36 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.38 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 60.2 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.80 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.74 percent a year earlier. June 1997 contained 21 weekdays and four Saturdays, while June 1996 contained 20 weekdays and five Saturdays. Each weekday represents approximately 5 percent of the month's total. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 1997 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : May 1997 : 665,120 15,743 680,863 1,906 ----- Jun 1996 : 599,799 12,098 611,897 1,579 ----- Jun 1997 : 632,599 14,963 647,562 1,689 ----- : Jan-Jun 1996 : 3,769,565 80,678 3,850,243 9,741 ----- Jan-Jun 1997 : 3,837,074 88,107 3,925,181 10,621 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : May 1997 : 3,201,709 76,626 3,278,336 12,907 1,186 Jun 1996 : 2,830,429 66,389 2,896,819 10,538 903 Jun 1997 : 3,015,231 75,248 3,090,478 11,307 1,213 : Jan-Jun 1996 : 18,037,021 420,652 18,457,673 65,356 4,196 Jan-Jun 1997 : 18,538,661 431,264 18,969,925 71,364 6,877 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : May 1997 : 4.81 4.87 4.81 6.77 ----- Jun 1996 : 4.72 5.49 4.73 6.67 ----- Jun 1997 : 4.77 5.03 4.77 6.69 ----- : Jan-Jun 1996 : 4.78 5.21 4.79 6.71 ----- Jan-Jun 1997 : 4.83 4.89 4.83 6.72 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 1997 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : May 1997 : 14 23,976 140 24,129 ----- Jun 1996 : --- 24,248 67 24,315 ----- Jun 1997 : 1 24,863 100 24,964 ----- : Jan-Jun 1996 : 89 138,872 851 139,811 ----- Jan-Jun 1997 : 66 136,869 712 137,647 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : May 1997 : 121 591,818 3,551 595,490 3,887,919 Jun 1996 : --- 577,247 1,880 579,127 3,487,387 Jun 1997 : 13 598,967 2,584 601,563 3,704,561 : Jan-Jun 1996 : 803 3,333,339 23,066 3,357,207 21,884,433 Jan-Jun 1997 : 640 3,323,462 18,976 3,343,077 22,391,244 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : May 1997 : 8.70 24.68 25.40 24.68 ----- Jun 1996 : --- 23.81 28.05 23.82 ----- Jun 1997 : 12.29 24.09 25.84 24.10 ----- : Jan-Jun 1996 : 9.03 24.00 27.11 24.01 ----- Jan-Jun 1997 : 9.69 24.28 26.66 24.29 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996: 5,629, June 1997: 5,501. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: June 1996: 131, June 1997: 62. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 1997 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds May 1997 : Chilled : 2,133,851 44,400 2,178,251 3,083 398 Frozen : 201,124 2,567 203,691 6,093 243 : Total : 2,334,976 46,967 2,381,943 9,176 641 : Jun 1996 : Chilled : 1,902,017 38,496 1,940,513 2,687 245 Frozen : 167,760 1,903 169,663 4,958 241 : Total : 2,069,777 40,399 2,110,176 7,645 486 : Jun 1997 : Chilled : 1,989,091 42,608 2,031,699 2,870 392 Frozen : 225,913 2,887 228,800 5,247 264 : Total : 2,215,004 45,495 2,260,499 8,117 656 : : Jan-Jun 1996 : Chilled : 12,089,020 243,615 12,332,635 17,600 1,076 Frozen : 1,091,890 11,846 1,103,736 29,662 1,294 : Total : 13,180,909 255,462 13,436,371 47,262 2,369 : Jan-Jun 1997 : Chilled : 12,351,058 248,176 12,599,234 18,581 2,328 Frozen : 1,189,212 11,816 1,201,028 32,403 1,433 : Total : 13,540,269 259,993 13,800,262 50,984 3,761 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 1997 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds May 1997 : Chilled : --- 224,634 1,935 226,569 2,408,301 Frozen : 88 240,472 707 241,267 451,294 : Total : 88 465,106 2,642 467,835 2,859,595 : Jun 1996 : Chilled : --- 208,241 1,059 209,299 2,152,744 Frozen : --- 246,437 376 246,813 421,676 : Total : --- 454,677 1,435 456,112 2,574,420 : Jun 1997 : Chilled : 4 227,510 1,454 228,967 2,263,928 Frozen : 6 252,618 439 253,062 487,373 : Total : 9 480,128 1,893 482,029 2,751,301 : : Jan-Jun 1996 : Chilled : 3 1,270,935 12,912 1,283,850 13,635,161 Frozen : 630 1,358,853 4,457 1,363,941 2,498,632 : Total : 633 2,629,788 17,369 2,647,790 16,133,793 : Jan-Jun 1997 : Chilled : 73 1,275,568 11,166 1,286,807 13,906,950 Frozen : 395 1,346,172 3,198 1,349,765 2,584,628 : Total : 469 2,621,739 14,364 2,636,572 16,491,578 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June 1997 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : May 1997 : 9,613 1,012 10,625 13 4 Jun 1996 : 10,068 1,261 11,329 13 4 Jun 1997 : 10,104 1,362 11,466 11 9 : Jan-Jun 1996 : 71,129 6,856 77,985 52 23 Jan-Jun 1997 : 62,584 6,977 69,561 63 31 : Percent 2/ : : Jun 1996 : 0.36 1.90 0.39 0.13 0.49 Jun 1997 : 0.34 1.81 0.37 0.10 0.72 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : May 1997 : 48,577 4,695 53,272 257 11 Jun 1996 : 40,181 3,843 44,024 171 8 Jun 1997 : 43,569 4,753 48,322 221 11 : Jan-Jun 1996 : 286,403 23,954 310,357 987 48 Jan-Jun 1997 : 291,075 26,605 317,680 1,458 65 : Percent 3/ : : Jun 1996 : 1.58 6.43 1.69 1.80 0.99 Jun 1997 : 1.61 7.02 1.74 2.17 1.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June 1997 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : May 1997 : --- 1,312 29 1,342 11,984 Jun 1996 : --- 1,895 47 1,943 13,289 Jun 1997 : --- 1,884 20 1,905 13,390 : Jan-Jun 1996 : 4 10,001 269 10,275 88,335 Jan-Jun 1997 : 1 11,075 167 11,243 80,898 : Percent 2/ : : Jun 1996 : --- 0.33 2.52 0.34 0.38 Jun 1997 : 0.54 0.31 0.78 0.32 0.36 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : May 1997 : 4 10,956 252 11,212 64,751 Jun 1996 : --- 10,174 116 10,289 54,492 Jun 1997 : 1 11,421 204 11,625 60,179 : Jan-Jun 1996 : 11 66,050 1,488 67,549 378,940 Jan-Jun 1997 : 19 66,993 1,161 68,173 387,376 : Percent 3/ : : Jun 1996 : --- 1.96 6.83 1.97 1.74 Jun 1997 : 5.86 2.12 8.76 2.15 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. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 69,226 70,442 327,063 336,818 4.72 4.78 AR : 88,104 95,573 414,789 458,829 4.71 4.80 CA : 18,876 20,189 95,592 99,993 5.06 4.95 DE : 21,979 22,898 115,511 123,561 5.26 5.40 FL : 10,388 11,228 45,997 49,570 4.43 4.41 GA : 85,740 88,927 417,878 434,853 4.87 4.89 LA : 13,743 11,792 62,649 49,993 4.56 4.24 MD : 15,523 17,106 71,492 81,782 4.61 4.78 MS : 52,809 58,158 236,947 269,206 4.49 4.63 MO : 27,657 29,183 117,399 124,143 4.24 4.25 NC : 50,954 50,111 261,508 269,785 5.13 5.38 PA : 8,239 9,536 41,239 47,771 5.01 5.01 SC : 17,698 18,319 78,509 82,749 4.44 4.52 TN : 13,299 13,266 58,526 60,354 4.40 4.55 TX : 35,169 39,031 157,273 174,547 4.47 4.47 VA : 28,264 30,046 135,252 139,799 4.79 4.65 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 599,799 632,599 2,830,429 3,015,231 4.72 4.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AL : 241,521 253,942 6,323 6,754 2.15 2.23 AR : 298,984 330,520 5,129 5,537 1.37 1.34 CA : 69,732 76,673 1,516 1,554 1.76 1.73 DE : 83,572 89,351 1,877 2,307 1.81 2.07 FL : 33,514 36,154 764 852 1.85 1.91 GA : 308,528 320,491 5,623 5,145 1.50 1.31 LA : 46,014 38,038 953 960 1.69 2.13 MD : 50,458 57,579 1,507 1,403 2.34 1.91 MS : 178,735 201,945 2,021 2,837 0.95 1.17 MO : 85,421 91,811 1,890 2,058 1.79 1.84 NC : 193,184 200,593 3,339 4,513 1.42 1.86 PA : 28,693 32,822 1,108 1,129 2.99 2.63 SC : 57,385 60,804 1,326 1,391 1.88 1.87 TN : 43,439 41,754 600 685 1.14 1.26 TX : 117,575 133,587 1,682 1,975 1.19 1.26 VA : 93,836 95,794 1,691 1,551 1.39 1.23 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 2,069,777 2,215,004 40,181 43,569 1.58 1.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 3,762 181,108 203,798 5,305 7,041 AR : --- 6,699 297,232 118,733 15,370 7,157 CA : --- --- 86,155 9,524 1,322 6,356 DE : --- 35,144 101,961 93,051 --- --- FL : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- 3,471 152,879 161,957 1,075 12,320 LA : --- 218 --- 14,230 --- 2,887 MD : --- 28,057 99,781 46,510 92 8,081 MS : --- 3,272 93,897 32,437 3,499 10,540 MO : --- 5,279 --- 23,301 1,710 1,887 NC : --- 17,854 152,287 96,019 205 41,507 PA : --- --- 32,647 29,019 286 --- SC : --- --- 32,407 --- --- 3,021 TN : --- --- 52,007 18,202 --- --- TX : --- --- 110,966 31,999 875 2,189 VA : --- --- 76,160 26,538 174 --- WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 1,314 152,328 2,202,692 1,040,036 45,273 153,936 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 12,198 28,660 65,934 8,157 214,849 730,812 AR : 13,902 28,177 --- 3,566 98,522 589,358 CA : 649 7,380 2,750 880 46,553 161,569 DE : 2,854 10,367 16,382 --- 46,829 306,588 FL : 1,592 3,663 8,075 2,275 --- 15,605 GA : 15,100 33,727 57,975 12,042 185,226 635,772 LA : 2,286 --- --- --- --- 19,621 MD : 1,942 11,543 --- 1,229 18,676 215,911 MS : 7,499 19,994 29,571 1,573 130,760 333,042 MO : 3,193 10,173 21,251 --- 36,817 103,611 NC : 7,235 26,079 53,768 7,268 180,606 582,828 PA : 3,696 3,922 --- 1,862 --- 71,432 SC : 3,482 13,745 18,530 7,249 62,561 140,995 TN : 2,521 4,610 --- --- 22,779 100,119 TX : 1,721 14,130 15,369 871 11,091 189,211 VA : 2,985 9,291 23,305 5,081 78,715 222,249 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 89,373 247,886 599,266 61,406 1,342,065 5,935,575 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 12,098 14,963 66,389 75,248 5.49 5.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 40,399 45,495 3,843 4,753 6.43 7.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- 39 --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 5,698 267,500 21,117 1,488 148,728 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- 56 --- --- --- 95 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 31,268 69,319 229,859 2,387 86,337 863,701 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AR : 2,167 2,031 38,981 36,338 17.99 17.89 CA : 1,841 1,678 38,968 38,228 21.17 22.78 IA : 1,103 1,183 30,744 32,714 27.88 27.65 MN : 3,855 4,254 84,352 91,516 21.88 21.51 MO : 1,835 2,085 50,047 57,467 27.28 27.57 NC : 4,126 3,835 102,174 98,878 24.77 25.78 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,078 3,087 60,384 61,726 19.62 19.99 : US : 24,248 24,863 577,247 598,967 23.81 24.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 : 1996 : 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AR : 32,021 29,554 452 417 1.29 1.27 CA : 31,610 31,110 506 592 1.44 1.72 IA : 23,562 25,598 649 684 2.35 2.32 MN : 66,218 74,476 1,954 2,588 2.57 3.14 MO : 38,849 46,237 1,438 1,196 3.19 2.31 NC : 80,307 78,220 1,521 1,663 1.65 1.87 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 46,643 47,658 789 796 1.45 1.43 : US : 454,677 480,128 10,174 11,421 1.96 2.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 4,036 271 76 --- CA : --- --- 5,519 --- --- --- IA : --- --- 4,071 2,514 --- --- MN : --- --- 20,569 --- 1,662 --- MO : --- --- 20,326 --- 165 --- NC : --- --- 4,938 --- --- --- PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- --- 4,724 --- --- --- : US : --- 421 93,918 17,221 7,113 97 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- 253 992 --- 1,085 6,713 CA : 8 --- --- 29 --- 5,556 IA : 52 --- 371 --- --- 7,008 MN : 344 1,696 2,401 1,565 2,792 31,029 MO : 103 186 --- --- 1,438 22,218 NC : 71 --- --- 252 773 6,034 PA : 60 --- --- --- 419 479 VA : 27 916 194 --- --- 5,861 : US : 1,021 7,919 10,531 3,768 12,916 154,925 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, June 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- --- 2,781 490 --- 16 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 9 44 111 --- 413 3,864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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., June 1996-1997.................................................... 11 Mature Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................................ 12 Mature Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, U.S., June 1996-1997.................................................... 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, U.S., June 1996-1997.................................................... 15 Poultry Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified (RTC) by Type, U.S., June 1996......................................................... 4 Poultry Slaughter Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, U.S., June 1996................................................ 6 Poultry Slaughter Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, U.S., June 1996.................................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................................ 8 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................................ 10 Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................................ 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................................ 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., June 1996-1997................................ 13 The next Poultry Slaughter report will be released at 3 P.M. 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