Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 4, 2000, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call John Lange (202) 720-0585 or Mike Barker (202)720-3243, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 2 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during June (ready-to-cook weight), totaled 3.17 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in June 1999. Updated totals for May 2000 show that 3.28 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during June 2000 was 4.29 billion pounds, up 3 percent from a year ago. Inspections included 3.58 billion pounds of young chickens, 2 percent above last year; 81.9 million pounds of mature chickens, up 1 percent; 613 million pounds of turkeys, up 6 percent; and 13.8 million pounds of ducks, up 8 percent from June 1999. Young chickens slaughtered during June 2000 averaged 4.97 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from 5.00 pounds per bird in June 1999. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.42 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during June 2000 averaged 25.7 pounds per bird, up slightly from June 1999. Ante-mortem condemnations during June 2000 totaled 17.6 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.41 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.45 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 60.5 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.57 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.74 percent a year earlier. June 2000 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays, the same as June 1999. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 2000 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : May 2000 : 749,201 15,194 764,395 1,953 ----- Jun 1999 : 703,203 15,314 718,517 1,961 ----- Jun 2000 : 720,549 15,118 735,667 2,086 ----- : Jan-Jun 1999 : 4,050,302 91,189 4,141,491 11,455 ----- Jan-Jun 2000 : 4,164,683 86,723 4,251,405 11,910 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : May 2000 : 3,720,516 79,557 3,800,073 12,904 1,022 Jun 1999 : 3,513,578 80,788 3,594,366 12,829 1,113 Jun 2000 : 3,582,088 81,946 3,664,034 13,823 1,007 : Jan-Jun 1999 : 20,302,235 464,519 20,766,754 76,088 5,267 Jan-Jun 2000 : 20,818,283 451,272 21,269,555 79,218 5,718 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : May 2000 : 4.97 5.24 4.97 6.61 ----- Jun 1999 : 5.00 5.28 5.00 6.54 ----- Jun 2000 : 4.97 5.42 4.98 6.63 ----- : Jan-Jun 1999 : 5.01 5.09 5.01 6.64 ----- Jan-Jun 2000 : 5.00 5.20 5.00 6.65 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 2000 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : May 2000 : 16 23,704 149 23,869 ----- Jun 1999 : 28 22,344 154 22,526 ----- Jun 2000 : 31 23,588 188 23,807 ----- : Jan-Jun 1999 : 56 125,043 814 125,912 ----- Jan-Jun 2000 : 81 128,796 933 129,809 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : May 2000 : 130 619,687 4,049 623,866 4,437,864 Jun 1999 : 255 573,375 4,110 577,740 4,186,048 Jun 2000 : 255 607,667 4,806 612,729 4,291,594 : Jan-Jun 1999 : 491 3,204,956 21,801 3,227,248 24,075,357 Jan-Jun 2000 : 657 3,370,332 24,657 3,395,645 24,750,137 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : May 2000 : 8.13 26.14 27.09 26.14 ----- Jun 1999 : 8.97 25.66 26.69 25.65 ----- Jun 2000 : 8.26 25.76 25.60 25.74 ----- : Jan-Jun 1999 : 8.85 25.63 26.79 25.63 ----- Jan-Jun 2000 : 8.13 26.17 26.43 26.16 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1999: 6,309, June 2000: 6,924. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: June 1999: 42, June 2000: 8. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 2000 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds May 2000 : Chilled : 2,505,189 44,745 2,549,934 3,648 259 Frozen : 228,278 3,309 231,587 5,478 358 : Total : 2,733,467 48,054 2,781,521 9,127 618 : Jun 1999 : Chilled : 2,360,952 44,678 2,405,629 3,339 380 Frozen : 226,705 3,635 230,340 5,772 264 : Total : 2,587,657 48,313 2,635,969 9,110 644 : Jun 2000 : Chilled : 2,408,502 45,438 2,453,940 3,667 285 Frozen : 223,119 3,991 227,110 6,268 334 : Total : 2,631,621 49,430 2,681,051 9,935 618 : : Jan-Jun 1999 : Chilled : 13,593,474 258,981 13,852,455 20,710 1,909 Frozen : 1,295,150 20,477 1,315,627 32,694 1,119 : Total : 14,888,625 279,458 15,168,082 53,404 3,029 : Jan-Jun 2000 : Chilled : 13,986,040 252,104 14,238,144 21,812 1,632 Frozen : 1,321,680 19,070 1,340,750 34,624 1,887 : Total : 15,307,720 271,173 15,578,894 56,435 3,519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 2000 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds May 2000 : Chilled : 5 229,883 2,062 231,950 2,785,792 Frozen : 91 259,275 939 260,304 497,728 : Total : 96 489,158 3,001 492,255 3,283,520 : Jun 1999 : Chilled : 14 203,883 1,809 205,706 2,615,053 Frozen : 167 248,497 1,230 249,895 486,270 : Total : 182 452,379 3,039 455,600 3,101,323 : Jun 2000 : Chilled : 15 216,297 2,745 219,057 2,676,949 Frozen : 167 262,021 906 263,094 496,806 : Total : 182 478,318 3,651 482,151 3,173,754 : : Jan-Jun 1999 : Chilled : 35 1,163,244 11,463 1,174,741 15,049,816 Frozen : 313 1,362,156 4,832 1,367,301 2,716,742 : Total : 348 2,525,400 16,294 2,542,042 17,766,557 : Jan-Jun 2000 : Chilled : 219 1,280,358 13,130 1,293,707 15,555,294 Frozen : 276 1,376,145 5,228 1,381,648 2,758,908 : Total : 495 2,656,503 18,357 2,675,354 18,314,202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2000 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : May 2000 : 13,382 1,157 14,539 20 2 Jun 1999 : 15,420 1,960 17,381 20 10 Jun 2000 : 14,262 1,375 15,637 28 8 : Jan-Jun 1999 : 84,357 7,836 92,193 100 34 Jan-Jun 2000 : 79,641 6,357 85,998 126 22 : Percent 2/ : : Jun 1999 : 0.44 2.43 0.48 0.15 0.88 Jun 2000 : 0.40 1.68 0.43 0.20 0.76 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : May 2000 : 46,987 5,105 52,092 283 11 Jun 1999 : 49,049 5,052 54,101 265 9 Jun 2000 : 43,156 4,757 47,913 309 12 : Jan-Jun 1999 : 312,616 28,896 341,511 1,778 41 Jan-Jun 2000 : 291,589 29,348 320,937 1,743 63 : Percent 3/ : : Jun 1999 : 1.55 6.95 1.67 2.30 0.93 Jun 2000 : 1.34 6.45 1.45 2.48 1.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June 2000 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : May 2000 : --- 1,752 50 1,802 16,364 Jun 1999 : --- 1,573 59 1,633 19,043 Jun 2000 : 1 1,847 34 1,881 17,554 : Jan-Jun 1999 : 1 8,384 221 8,606 100,934 Jan-Jun 2000 : 17 9,107 260 9,384 95,531 : Percent 2/ : : Jun 1999 : 0.15 0.27 1.45 0.28 0.45 Jun 2000 : 0.25 0.30 0.71 0.31 0.41 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : May 2000 : 1 12,126 327 12,455 64,841 Jun 1999 : 3 10,939 320 11,262 65,637 Jun 2000 : 3 11,939 301 12,243 60,477 : Jan-Jun 1999 : 5 63,638 1,629 65,272 408,602 Jan-Jun 2000 : 9 70,163 1,702 71,874 394,616 : Percent 3/ : : Jun 1999 : 1.16 2.12 8.64 2.17 1.74 Jun 2000 : 1.27 2.18 6.97 2.22 1.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 79,817 85,244 407,456 428,222 5.10 5.02 AR : 97,766 103,157 477,450 500,838 4.88 4.86 DE : 22,929 23,171 131,091 136,495 5.72 5.89 FL : 10,880 10,805 57,775 57,898 5.31 5.36 GA : 102,859 98,753 511,861 486,109 4.98 4.92 LA : 15,679 13,179 69,614 57,731 4.44 4.38 MD : 17,776 19,116 85,461 87,356 4.81 4.57 MS : 60,730 63,642 301,661 310,438 4.97 4.88 MO : 31,560 31,869 142,443 140,585 4.51 4.41 NC : 56,511 59,313 325,772 344,731 5.76 5.81 PA : 9,419 9,600 48,633 50,242 5.16 5.23 SC : 19,822 19,245 93,337 97,420 4.71 5.06 TN : 18,622 20,329 91,052 95,401 4.89 4.69 TX : 46,858 51,576 218,223 243,178 4.66 4.71 VA : 30,582 31,611 151,584 156,391 4.96 4.95 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 703,203 720,549 3,513,578 3,582,088 5.00 4.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AL : 303,128 309,461 7,940 6,833 2.17 1.77 AR : 348,053 364,628 5,804 5,563 1.35 1.23 DE : 94,824 99,461 2,562 2,301 2.17 1.87 FL : 40,753 41,357 1,053 889 2.02 1.71 GA : 375,888 354,602 7,215 5,691 1.57 1.30 LA : 48,218 41,798 1,531 486 2.44 0.94 MD : 60,503 60,995 1,476 1,169 1.92 1.49 MS : 232,960 239,204 2,714 2,329 1.00 0.83 MO : 105,036 103,943 1,514 1,510 1.18 1.19 NC : 246,859 261,612 4,848 4,812 1.65 1.55 PA : 34,330 34,534 1,217 1,086 2.78 2.40 SC : 68,506 70,837 1,505 1,814 1.79 2.07 TN : 65,867 68,953 1,050 750 1.28 0.87 TX : 166,871 190,568 2,295 2,413 1.17 1.10 VA : 105,324 103,619 1,372 1,346 1.01 0.96 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 2,587,657 2,631,621 49,049 43,156 1.55 1.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 3,882 205,013 208,235 4,157 9,307 AR : --- 3,178 243,415 81,621 --- 4,437 DE : --- 5,911 124,435 37,215 --- --- FL : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- 2,844 135,772 168,725 1,181 11,955 LA : --- --- 20,258 7,847 167 365 MD : --- 6,845 79,855 19,335 41 8,093 MS : --- 846 88,958 22,687 446 1,577 MO : --- 1,892 84,771 30,103 2,274 --- NC : --- 3,452 167,750 81,073 499 29,870 PA : --- --- 35,337 13,412 206 --- SC : --- --- 42,141 --- --- --- TN : --- --- 45,934 17,218 653 1,047 TX : --- 699 155,484 40,944 801 2,065 VA : --- --- 69,555 17,618 --- --- WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 47,646 1,796,139 907,260 30,408 112,551 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 11,575 56,196 55,683 20,700 159,490 734,238 AR : 9,184 28,682 39,622 3,056 80,983 494,178 DE : 2,834 15,149 13,061 7,870 42,236 248,711 FL : 1,835 --- 5,952 1,442 24,949 34,178 GA : 11,696 30,149 31,571 10,527 162,016 566,436 LA : 673 3,015 3,834 238 --- 36,397 MD : 2,145 27,137 --- 1,250 22,230 166,931 MS : 4,027 14,771 15,969 1,849 50,060 201,190 MO : 2,320 15,083 19,250 1,121 32,706 189,520 NC : 10,070 51,025 38,335 11,612 124,611 518,297 PA : 1,941 3,522 10,225 193 32,190 97,026 SC : 5,435 17,625 13,766 10,759 49,984 139,710 TN : 2,306 17,701 --- 872 22,196 107,927 TX : 1,861 12,547 13,755 1,527 11,470 241,153 VA : 2,082 9,550 --- --- 18,271 117,076 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 75,097 346,728 367,561 78,962 936,420 4,698,772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 15,314 15,118 80,788 81,946 5.28 5.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 48,313 49,430 5,052 4,757 6.95 6.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 9,146 313,501 18,856 1,090 137,342 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : 42 --- 100 --- --- 142 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 41,510 53,827 196,825 1,133 79,454 852,684 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AR : 2,234 2,233 42,112 40,003 18.85 17.91 CA : 1,637 1,613 37,062 39,518 22.64 24.50 IA : 1,548 1,493 45,679 44,780 29.50 30.00 MN : 3,680 3,782 90,061 89,255 24.47 23.60 MO : 2,022 2,162 58,522 60,478 28.94 27.97 NC : 2,667 3,107 65,601 78,085 24.60 25.13 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 22,344 23,588 573,375 607,667 25.66 25.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 : 1999 : 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AR : 34,023 33,237 602 717 1.59 1.99 CA : 30,071 32,012 455 573 1.37 1.61 IA : 35,610 34,844 1,097 1,090 2.67 2.71 MN : 71,533 71,211 2,292 1,985 2.83 2.47 MO : 46,197 47,335 1,212 1,220 2.30 2.24 NC : 51,780 61,485 1,238 1,536 2.10 2.19 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 452,379 478,318 10,939 11,939 2.12 2.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 4,055 --- --- --- CA : --- --- 6,748 --- --- 6 IA : --- --- 6,395 --- --- 9 MN : --- --- 13,459 2,402 --- --- MO : --- --- 16,871 1,758 88 --- NC : --- --- 4,575 --- --- --- PA : --- --- --- --- 42 --- VA : --- --- 3,996 168 --- --- : US : --- 270 79,760 13,223 5,128 68 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- --- --- --- 4,055 CA : --- --- --- --- 261 7,015 IA : 85 --- --- --- --- 6,489 MN : 184 897 791 --- 1,417 19,150 MO : --- 300 759 --- 1,879 21,655 NC : 117 688 --- --- 1,374 6,754 PA : 80 --- --- --- --- 122 VA : 20 1,998 --- --- --- 6,182 : US : 808 7,955 9,409 2,811 13,209 132,641 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, June 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- --- 4,190 1,107 --- 218 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 10 148 290 42 719 6,724 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, June 2000............................ 12 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000....................... 11 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000........ 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, June 2000............................................... 15 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June 2000 with comparisons............................... 6 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June 2000 with comparisons............................... 4 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June 2000 with comparisons............................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, June 2000............................ 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000....................... 8 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000....................... 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, June 2000............................ 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000.......... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, June 1999-2000....... 13 The next " Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET on September 5, 2000. 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