HDR1012000150080904971500Poultry Slaughter Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 4, 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 2 Percent Poultry Certified Wholesome during July (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 2.84 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in July 1996. Updated totals for June 1997 show that 2.78 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total Live Weight of Poultry Inspected during July 1997 was 3.83 billion pounds. Inspections included 3.12 billion pounds of young chickens, 72.4 million pounds of mature chickens, 621 million pounds of turkeys, and 12.3 million pounds of ducks. Young chickens slaughtered during July 1997 averaged 4.69 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from the average live weight a year ago. The average live weight of mature chickens was down 4 percent from 5.37 pounds per bird the previous year to 5.17 pounds. Turkeys slaughtered during July 1997 averaged 23.4 pounds per bird, up slightly from July 1996. Ante-mortem condemnations during July 1997 totaled 16.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.43 percent of the live weight inspected, unchanged from a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 65.0 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.89 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.79 percent a year earlier. July 1997 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays, the same as July 1996. Each weekday represents approximately 5 percent of the month's total. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 1997 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jun 1997 : 639,730 15,223 654,953 1,689 ----- Jul 1996 : 655,381 12,744 668,125 1,746 ----- Jul 1997 : 665,777 13,985 679,762 1,910 ----- : Jan-Jul 1996 : 4,424,947 93,421 4,518,368 11,487 ----- Jan-Jul 1997 : 4,512,873 102,352 4,615,225 12,531 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jun 1997 : 3,051,563 77,218 3,128,781 11,307 1,264 Jul 1996 : 3,053,970 68,401 3,122,370 11,530 853 Jul 1997 : 3,119,555 72,368 3,191,924 12,347 1,552 : Jan-Jul 1996 : 21,090,991 489,053 21,580,044 76,886 5,050 Jan-Jul 1997 : 21,710,415 505,603 22,216,017 83,712 8,493 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jun 1997 : 4.77 5.07 4.78 6.69 ----- Jul 1996 : 4.66 5.37 4.67 6.60 ----- Jul 1997 : 4.69 5.17 4.70 6.46 ----- : Jan-Jul 1996 : 4.77 5.23 4.78 6.69 ----- Jan-Jul 1997 : 4.81 4.94 4.81 6.68 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 1997 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jun 1997 : 1 24,900 100 25,001 ----- Jul 1996 : 51 26,239 208 26,498 ----- Jul 1997 : --- 26,348 164 26,512 ----- : Jan-Jul 1996 : 140 165,111 1,059 166,309 ----- Jan-Jul 1997 : 66 163,255 876 164,196 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jun 1997 : 13 599,656 2,584 602,253 3,743,605 Jul 1996 : 439 613,254 5,210 618,903 3,753,657 Jul 1997 : --- 617,202 3,930 621,131 3,826,954 : Jan-Jul 1996 : 1,242 3,946,593 28,276 3,976,111 25,638,090 Jan-Jul 1997 : 640 3,941,353 22,906 3,964,898 26,273,120 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jun 1997 : 12.29 24.08 25.84 24.09 ----- Jul 1996 : 8.68 23.37 24.99 23.36 ----- Jul 1997 : --- 23.43 24.00 23.43 ----- : Jan-Jul 1996 : 8.90 23.90 26.69 23.91 ----- Jan-Jul 1997 : 9.69 24.14 26.16 24.15 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1996: 5,630, July 1997: 5,382. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: July 1996: 114, July 1997: 151. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 1997 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jun 1997 : Chilled : 2,012,388 43,823 2,056,212 2,870 411 Frozen : 226,725 2,889 229,614 5,247 268 : Total : 2,239,113 46,712 2,285,825 8,117 679 : Jul 1996 : Chilled : 2,044,291 39,441 2,083,732 2,614 234 Frozen : 189,017 2,610 191,627 5,672 254 : Total : 2,233,307 42,052 2,275,359 8,285 488 : Jul 1997 : Chilled : 2,078,827 41,925 2,120,751 2,931 505 Frozen : 216,955 2,719 219,673 5,864 379 : Total : 2,295,781 44,643 2,340,425 8,795 884 : : Jan-Jul 1996 : Chilled : 14,133,311 283,057 14,416,367 20,213 1,310 Frozen : 1,280,906 14,457 1,295,363 35,334 1,548 : Total : 15,414,217 297,513 15,711,730 55,547 2,858 : Jan-Jul 1997 : Chilled : 14,464,221 291,317 14,755,538 21,512 2,859 Frozen : 1,406,935 14,537 1,421,472 38,267 1,816 : Total : 15,871,156 305,853 16,177,009 59,779 4,675 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 1997 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jun 1997 : Chilled : 4 227,510 1,454 228,967 2,288,460 Frozen : 6 253,179 439 253,624 488,752 : Total : 9 480,689 1,893 482,591 2,777,212 : Jul 1996 : Chilled : --- 222,855 1,914 224,769 2,311,349 Frozen : 325 261,964 1,950 264,238 461,791 : Total : 325 484,819 3,864 489,007 2,773,140 : Jul 1997 : Chilled : --- 226,529 1,880 228,409 2,352,596 Frozen : --- 260,870 1,090 261,960 487,876 : Total : --- 487,399 2,970 490,368 2,840,473 : : Jan-Jul 1996 : Chilled : 3 1,493,790 14,826 1,508,619 15,946,510 Frozen : 955 1,620,817 6,407 1,628,178 2,960,423 : Total : 958 3,114,607 21,233 3,136,797 18,906,933 : Jan-Jul 1997 : Chilled : 73 1,502,097 13,045 1,515,215 16,295,124 Frozen : 395 1,607,603 4,288 1,612,286 3,073,841 : Total : 469 3,109,700 17,333 3,127,502 19,368,965 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 1997 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jun 1997 : 10,312 1,420 11,732 11 9 Jul 1996 : 12,894 1,396 14,290 16 3 Jul 1997 : 12,897 1,597 14,494 12 9 : Jan-Jul 1996 : 84,023 8,252 92,275 68 26 Jan-Jul 1997 : 75,728 8,632 84,361 75 40 : Percent 2/ : : Jul 1996 : 0.42 2.04 0.46 0.14 0.38 Jul 1997 : 0.41 2.21 0.45 0.10 0.57 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jun 1997 : 44,269 4,950 49,219 221 12 Jul 1996 : 44,877 3,827 48,704 181 8 Jul 1997 : 47,961 4,325 52,286 279 17 : Jan-Jul 1996 : 331,280 27,781 359,061 1,168 56 Jan-Jul 1997 : 339,915 31,127 371,042 1,737 82 : Percent 3/ : : Jul 1996 : 1.63 6.22 1.73 1.75 1.05 Jul 1997 : 1.71 6.64 1.82 2.51 1.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 1997 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jun 1997 : --- 1,885 20 1,905 13,657 Jul 1996 : 1 1,923 44 1,968 16,277 Jul 1997 : --- 1,996 38 2,034 16,549 : Jan-Jul 1996 : 5 11,925 313 12,243 104,612 Jan-Jul 1997 : 1 13,072 204 13,277 97,753 : Percent 2/ : : Jul 1996 : 0.15 0.31 0.84 0.32 0.43 Jul 1997 : --- 0.32 0.95 0.33 0.43 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jun 1997 : 1 11,428 204 11,632 61,084 Jul 1996 : 7 11,099 379 11,485 60,378 Jul 1997 : --- 12,209 247 12,456 65,037 : Jan-Jul 1996 : 18 77,148 1,867 79,033 439,318 Jan-Jul 1997 : 19 79,209 1,408 80,636 453,498 : Percent 3/ : : Jul 1996 : 1.68 2.01 8.09 2.06 1.79 Jul 1997 : --- 2.20 6.98 2.23 1.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 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 : 73,782 77,088 342,160 353,126 4.64 4.58 AR : 94,622 96,335 437,095 450,860 4.62 4.68 CA : 21,357 20,145 105,791 103,457 4.95 5.14 DE : 23,914 23,689 129,206 127,117 5.40 5.37 FL : 11,636 11,644 51,345 50,401 4.41 4.33 GA : 95,275 96,881 457,524 470,958 4.80 4.86 LA : 14,269 12,171 63,716 52,996 4.47 4.35 MD : 17,924 17,953 83,920 83,618 4.68 4.66 MS : 57,472 62,310 257,016 281,823 4.47 4.52 MO : 28,526 29,412 120,324 124,754 4.22 4.24 NC : 54,751 52,800 277,286 281,061 5.06 5.32 PA : 8,954 10,221 45,311 48,478 5.06 4.74 SC : 19,729 17,721 85,124 77,266 4.31 4.36 TN : 15,139 15,786 66,662 68,367 4.40 4.33 TX : 41,083 41,580 181,660 186,050 4.42 4.47 VA : 32,301 32,214 150,388 146,584 4.66 4.55 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 655,381 665,777 3,053,970 3,119,555 4.66 4.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 250,806 262,429 7,630 7,315 2.48 2.30 AR : 314,831 322,596 5,930 6,381 1.51 1.57 CA : 77,361 76,413 1,655 1,805 1.74 1.94 DE : 93,706 93,343 1,859 2,045 1.60 1.79 FL : 37,290 36,371 809 940 1.75 2.07 GA : 340,226 349,506 6,303 6,433 1.53 1.52 LA : 46,089 39,912 1,100 1,077 1.92 2.26 MD : 59,617 60,293 1,141 1,186 1.51 1.58 MS : 192,367 215,247 2,518 3,742 1.09 1.48 MO : 87,100 90,282 1,812 1,748 1.67 1.56 NC : 205,249 205,433 4,047 4,692 1.62 1.85 PA : 30,936 33,759 1,033 1,186 2.53 2.72 SC : 62,441 56,857 1,646 1,335 2.15 1.92 TN : 48,594 49,473 687 776 1.14 1.26 TX : 137,467 142,715 2,217 2,478 1.36 1.48 VA : 105,556 103,673 1,530 1,621 1.13 1.23 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 2,233,307 2,295,781 44,877 47,961 1.63 1.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 4,849 207,371 218,622 --- 7,908 AR : --- 6,231 322,945 121,661 17,034 --- CA : --- 4,878 108,100 12,194 1,402 4,798 DE : --- 17,258 121,340 68,655 --- --- FL : --- 799 --- --- 1,179 --- GA : --- 3,194 175,768 184,320 2,413 12,698 LA : --- 255 --- 13,885 1,131 2,053 MD : --- 19,191 107,846 32,673 48 7,215 MS : --- 2,713 118,755 53,989 2,795 9,026 MO : --- 4,469 --- 25,775 2,271 1,784 NC : --- 14,176 169,227 79,703 115 36,591 PA : --- 2,758 31,388 25,784 340 --- SC : --- --- 27,715 --- --- 2,565 TN : --- --- 50,205 --- --- --- TX : --- --- 131,267 33,706 1,568 1,968 VA : --- --- 80,184 20,665 --- --- WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 2,471 107,380 3,489,500 1,033,035 62,876 764,568 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 15,178 41,523 72,167 13,691 273,058 854,367 AR : 16,586 30,937 --- 9,411 140,933 665,738 CA : 598 8,021 2,611 --- 55,044 197,646 DE : 3,600 11,451 19,307 --- 40,566 282,177 FL : 1,911 2,735 8,321 2,736 --- 17,681 GA : 20,500 52,764 61,333 16,331 227,491 756,812 LA : 3,100 6,041 --- 367 --- 26,832 MD : 1,981 11,766 --- 1,435 18,167 200,322 MS : 9,726 25,072 34,633 2,217 173,579 432,505 MO : 3,683 10,593 25,618 --- 42,333 116,526 NC : 8,679 27,781 69,415 15,913 220,629 642,229 PA : 3,197 4,622 --- --- 39,346 107,435 SC : 4,153 17,316 21,360 --- 65,317 138,426 TN : 3,230 7,220 18,544 2,000 33,993 115,192 TX : 2,262 17,061 20,444 1,938 18,191 228,405 VA : 3,809 12,261 31,907 5,283 84,547 238,656 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 109,918 308,993 1,031,040 85,784 1,650,199 8,645,764 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 12,744 13,985 68,401 72,368 5.37 5.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 42,052 44,643 3,827 4,325 6.22 6.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- 11 --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 3,851 259,404 19,640 694 135,853 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : 71 --- --- --- --- 82 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 23,223 51,017 210,548 2,128 73,098 779,456 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 2,276 2,276 41,247 38,412 18.12 16.88 CA : 1,951 1,878 41,913 41,836 21.48 22.28 IA : 1,345 1,336 34,563 34,654 25.70 25.94 MN : 4,285 4,429 91,857 95,441 21.44 21.55 MO : 1,945 2,230 52,835 60,383 27.17 27.07 NC : 4,380 3,807 107,490 92,824 24.54 24.38 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,386 3,389 65,971 66,078 19.48 19.50 : US : 26,239 26,348 613,254 617,202 23.37 23.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, July 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 : 33,996 32,209 627 497 1.69 1.44 CA : 33,929 33,165 643 553 1.71 1.47 IA : 27,189 27,356 708 803 2.28 2.57 MN : 73,619 75,171 2,088 3,099 2.53 3.61 MO : 41,834 46,954 1,359 1,171 2.86 2.15 NC : 84,578 72,519 1,730 1,493 1.79 1.79 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 50,835 51,987 888 924 1.50 1.55 : US : 484,819 487,399 11,099 12,209 2.01 2.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 4,764 --- --- --- CA : --- --- 7,937 --- 40 --- IA : --- --- --- --- --- --- MN : --- --- 24,892 5,554 1,889 12 MO : --- --- 17,352 --- --- --- NC : --- --- 4,859 --- --- --- PA : --- --- 5,948 --- 190 --- VA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 158 103,677 20,517 9,014 79 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- --- --- 1,018 5,782 CA : 7 --- --- 67 --- 8,051 IA : --- --- 432 --- --- 432 MN : 249 1,932 2,774 --- 5,102 42,404 MO : 93 229 417 411 1,970 20,472 NC : 95 1,857 2,644 --- 962 10,417 PA : 127 --- --- --- 638 6,903 VA : 20 1,649 296 371 1,875 4,211 : US : 999 8,518 10,709 3,142 16,724 173,537 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, July 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- --- 3,138 744 10 57 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 11 89 1,177 23 1,445 6,694 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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., July 1996-1997.................................................... 11 Mature Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................................ 12 Mature Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, U.S., July 1996-1997.................................................... 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, U.S., July 1996-1997.................................................... 15 Poultry Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified (RTC) by Type, U.S., July 1996......................................................... 4 Poultry Slaughter Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, U.S., July 1996................................................ 6 Poultry Slaughter Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, U.S., July 1996.................................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................................ 8 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................................ 10 Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................................ 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Number Inspected, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Post-Mortem Condemnations by Cause, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................................ 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and U.S., July 1996-1997................................ 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter " report will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET on October 3, 1997. 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