Pou 2-1 (10-01) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 5, 2001, 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 August 2001 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.38 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in August 2000. Updated totals for July 2001 show that 3.10 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during August 2001 was 4.56 billion pounds, up 2 percent from a year ago. Inspections included 3.81 billion pounds of young chickens, 2 percent above last year; 77.5 million pounds of mature chickens, down 8 percent; 658 million pounds of turkeys, up 6 percent; and 16.0 million pounds of ducks, up 14 percent from August 2000. Young chickens slaughtered during August 2001 averaged 4.94 pounds per bird, up slightly from August 2000. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.52 pounds per bird, down slightly from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during August 2001 averaged 26.1 pounds per bird, up 6 percent from August 2000. Ante-mortem condemnations during August 2001 totaled 22.7 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.50 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.56 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 53.5 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.30 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.56 percent a year earlier. August 2001 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays. August 2000 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2001 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jul 2001 : 705,147 12,506 717,653 2,311 ----- Aug 2000 : 760,702 15,229 775,930 2,147 ----- Aug 2001 : 769,860 14,051 783,911 2,442 ----- : Jan-Aug 2000 : 5,603,555 115,525 5,719,080 15,920 ----- Jan-Aug 2001 : 5,638,289 107,878 5,746,168 18,034 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jul 2001 : 3,484,458 70,223 3,554,681 15,271 1,365 Aug 2000 : 3,745,636 84,206 3,829,842 13,960 1,307 Aug 2001 : 3,805,955 77,528 3,883,483 15,969 1,805 : Jan-Aug 2000 : 27,917,163 611,251 28,528,415 105,321 8,077 Jan-Aug 2001 : 28,227,583 576,493 28,804,075 118,934 8,090 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jul 2001 : 4.94 5.61 4.95 6.61 ----- Aug 2000 : 4.92 5.53 4.94 6.50 ----- Aug 2001 : 4.94 5.52 4.95 6.54 ----- : Jan-Aug 2000 : 4.98 5.29 4.99 6.62 ----- Jan-Aug 2001 : 5.01 5.34 5.01 6.60 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2001 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Jul 2001 : 12 22,826 247 23,085 ----- Aug 2000 : --- 24,917 261 25,178 ----- Aug 2001 : --- 24,921 258 25,179 ----- : Jan-Aug 2000 : 81 175,045 1,357 176,482 ----- Jan-Aug 2001 : 12 175,615 1,461 177,088 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Jul 2001 : 94 606,379 6,397 612,870 4,184,186 Aug 2000 : --- 612,861 6,559 619,420 4,464,529 Aug 2001 : --- 650,793 6,779 657,573 4,558,830 : Jan-Aug 2000 : 657 4,521,216 35,328 4,557,201 33,199,014 Jan-Aug 2001 : 94 4,668,083 38,774 4,706,951 33,638,050 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Jul 2001 : 7.94 26.57 25.89 26.55 ----- Aug 2000 : --- 24.60 25.13 24.60 ----- Aug 2001 : --- 26.11 26.25 26.12 ----- : Jan-Aug 2000 : 8.13 25.83 26.04 25.82 ----- Jan-Aug 2001 : 7.94 26.58 26.54 26.58 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: August 2000: 7,138, August 2001: 6,369. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: August 2000: 73, August 2001: 61. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2001 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jul 2001 : Chilled : 2,346,054 40,990 2,387,044 4,117 320 Frozen : 229,217 1,488 230,705 6,465 327 : Total : 2,575,271 42,479 2,617,750 10,583 648 : Aug 2000 : Chilled : 2,521,279 47,525 2,568,805 4,015 264 Frozen : 233,114 3,829 236,944 6,118 522 : Total : 2,754,393 51,355 2,805,748 10,132 786 : Aug 2001 : Chilled : 2,574,390 45,191 2,619,581 4,282 477 Frozen : 249,057 1,353 250,409 6,580 665 : Total : 2,823,447 46,543 2,869,991 10,862 1,142 : : Jan-Aug 2000 : Chilled : 18,750,980 342,400 19,093,380 29,296 2,273 Frozen : 1,778,832 26,192 1,805,024 46,155 2,660 : Total : 20,529,811 368,593 20,898,404 75,452 4,933 : Jan-Aug 2001 : Chilled : 19,045,338 337,928 19,383,266 32,823 2,062 Frozen : 1,827,281 9,725 1,837,007 51,765 2,635 : Total : 20,872,620 347,653 21,220,273 84,587 4,697 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2001 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Jul 2001 : Chilled : 8 207,115 4,115 211,237 2,602,720 Frozen : 61 259,740 878 260,680 498,177 : Total : 68 466,855 4,993 471,917 3,100,897 : Aug 2000 : Chilled : --- 217,326 3,105 220,430 2,793,513 Frozen : --- 264,249 1,876 266,124 509,708 : Total : --- 481,574 4,981 486,555 3,303,221 : Aug 2001 : Chilled : --- 232,453 3,721 236,174 2,860,514 Frozen : --- 256,092 1,515 257,607 515,261 : Total : --- 488,545 5,236 493,781 3,375,775 : : Jan-Aug 2000 : Chilled : 219 1,691,521 18,168 1,709,908 20,834,857 Frozen : 276 1,870,522 8,345 1,879,143 3,732,982 : Total : 495 3,562,043 26,513 3,589,051 24,567,839 : Jan-Aug 2001 : Chilled : 8 1,740,115 24,087 1,764,210 21,182,361 Frozen : 61 1,906,693 5,664 1,912,418 3,803,825 : Total : 68 3,646,808 29,751 3,676,628 24,986,186 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2001 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jul 2001 : 18,489 2,022 20,511 45 4 Aug 2000 : 19,869 2,753 22,622 30 5 Aug 2001 : 18,199 1,835 20,034 41 14 : Jan-Aug 2000 : 116,149 10,712 126,861 177 31 Jan-Aug 2001 : 121,024 10,890 131,914 246 33 : Percent 2/ : : Aug 2000 : 0.53 3.27 0.59 0.21 0.42 Aug 2001 : 0.48 2.37 0.52 0.26 0.75 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jul 2001 : 38,249 3,564 41,814 287 14 Aug 2000 : 45,169 4,630 49,800 332 12 Aug 2001 : 37,532 3,807 41,339 313 20 : Jan-Aug 2000 : 376,912 38,123 415,034 2,325 82 Jan-Aug 2001 : 338,239 30,186 368,425 2,599 85 : Percent 3/ : : Aug 2000 : 1.34 6.11 1.44 2.64 1.04 Aug 2001 : 1.10 5.46 1.18 2.18 1.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2001 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Jul 2001 : --- 2,426 73 2,499 23,059 Aug 2000 : --- 2,254 74 2,328 24,986 Aug 2001 : --- 2,487 89 2,576 22,665 : Jan-Aug 2000 : 17 13,077 358 13,452 140,520 Jan-Aug 2001 : --- 16,345 524 16,870 149,063 : Percent 2/ : : Aug 2000 : --- 0.37 1.13 0.38 0.56 Aug 2001 : --- 0.38 1.32 0.39 0.50 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Jul 2001 : 1 10,883 348 11,232 53,347 Aug 2000 : --- 12,134 371 12,504 62,648 Aug 2001 : --- 11,451 370 11,821 53,493 : Jan-Aug 2000 : 9 92,975 2,308 95,292 512,733 Jan-Aug 2001 : 1 96,587 2,529 99,117 470,226 : Percent 3/ : : Aug 2000 : --- 2.20 6.28 2.24 1.56 Aug 2001 : --- 1.96 6.06 2.00 1.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 88,981 91,323 444,289 459,448 4.99 5.03 AR : 105,868 107,121 496,711 508,521 4.69 4.75 DE : 24,406 23,602 141,575 137,332 5.80 5.82 FL : 11,457 11,713 60,645 62,775 5.29 5.36 GA : 106,019 112,385 522,421 553,134 4.93 4.92 LA : 17,522 16,790 74,949 79,099 4.28 4.71 MD : 19,470 18,193 92,307 85,782 4.74 4.72 MS : 64,682 69,772 319,449 343,393 4.94 4.92 MO : 32,559 33,840 141,626 147,936 4.35 4.37 NC : 62,333 60,731 361,825 352,600 5.80 5.81 PA : 10,079 10,098 52,415 51,573 5.20 5.11 SC : 19,818 20,006 98,372 106,746 4.96 5.34 TN : 20,810 21,595 94,094 98,622 4.52 4.57 TX : 53,362 56,209 243,138 265,822 4.56 4.73 VA : 33,215 33,304 163,511 160,372 4.92 4.82 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 760,702 769,860 3,745,636 3,805,955 4.92 4.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AL : 323,938 335,101 6,830 6,071 1.71 1.47 AR : 359,891 368,318 5,955 5,003 1.33 1.09 DE : 102,807 100,107 2,245 1,840 1.76 1.49 FL : 42,439 44,395 958 731 1.75 1.29 GA : 385,255 407,749 5,240 4,727 1.11 0.95 LA : 52,417 56,584 697 552 1.03 0.78 MD : 65,171 61,184 988 946 1.19 1.23 MS : 250,520 265,532 2,490 2,659 0.87 0.86 MO : 102,984 108,667 1,780 1,190 1.40 0.89 NC : 272,490 270,870 4,983 3,800 1.53 1.20 PA : 36,238 36,211 1,114 978 2.36 2.11 SC : 72,251 78,842 1,326 787 1.50 0.82 TN : 67,875 72,925 711 830 0.84 0.94 TX : 191,042 207,037 2,553 2,654 1.17 1.11 VA : 109,785 115,163 1,359 1,164 0.92 0.81 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 2,754,393 2,823,447 45,169 37,532 1.34 1.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Percentages based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, August 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 1,147 152,894 58,523 1,839 6,628 AR : --- 2,131 241,274 88,729 7,913 3,506 DE : --- 2,895 92,152 23,550 75 7,054 FL : --- --- --- --- 1,406 --- GA : --- 1,180 122,647 79,094 370 8,582 LA : --- 128 25,381 11,272 --- 1,114 MD : --- 4,660 55,411 13,346 49 4,152 MS : --- 536 93,014 24,181 --- 1,700 MO : --- 2,166 79,142 35,662 1,851 3,249 NC : --- 1,515 132,379 44,584 --- 12,417 PA : --- 266 27,586 9,224 215 958 SC : --- 180 19,614 --- --- --- TN : --- 224 47,408 18,559 677 1,181 TX : --- 444 150,250 65,346 --- --- VA : --- --- 63,666 17,058 64 --- WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 25,791 1,547,536 534,318 21,076 70,877 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 8,229 37,516 48,872 10,541 109,687 435,876 AR : 8,798 39,556 43,623 5,618 68,670 509,818 DE : 2,973 10,807 10,903 --- 15,674 166,083 FL : 1,207 4,719 4,565 1,596 11,754 25,247 GA : 8,026 36,307 27,375 6,474 121,810 411,865 LA : 729 4,641 4,425 553 7,263 55,506 MD : 1,854 16,806 --- --- 19,384 115,662 MS : 3,809 13,247 14,498 1,122 79,105 231,212 MO : 2,290 14,997 12,390 444 45,520 197,711 NC : 5,952 37,912 31,370 10,659 56,015 332,803 PA : 1,988 5,114 7,910 289 46,411 99,961 SC : --- 3,284 --- 5,747 7,783 36,608 TN : 2,218 9,313 9,319 2,138 17,106 108,143 TX : 1,904 12,497 19,253 --- 12,654 262,348 VA : 2,198 11,676 --- 2,726 16,524 113,912 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 59,002 287,238 336,115 67,266 717,528 3,666,747 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 15,229 14,051 84,206 77,528 5.53 5.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 51,355 46,543 4,630 3,807 6.11 5.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 2,941 251,335 11,348 3,938 126,380 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : 21 120 279 --- --- 420 GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 20,750 38,901 143,502 1,986 81,729 682,810 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Average : Number : Live Weight : Live Weight State : Inspected : Inspected : Inspected 1/ :-----------------------:---------------------------:------------------- : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ------ ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AR : 2,349 2,731 40,752 45,327 17.35 16.60 CA : 1,854 1,614 40,803 68,360 22.01 42.34 IA : 1,561 1,530 44,765 45,723 28.68 29.89 MN : 3,890 4,152 90,536 95,000 23.28 22.88 MO : 2,317 2,047 58,232 53,854 25.13 26.31 NC : 3,112 3,086 74,344 79,915 23.89 25.90 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 3,489 3,335 75,554 71,666 21.66 21.49 : US : 24,917 24,921 612,861 650,793 24.60 26.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total :----------------------------------------- State : Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :-----------------------------:----------------------------------------- : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 : 2000 : 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------------ 1,000 Pounds ------------------ -- Percent -- : AR : 33,949 37,820 615 796 1.68 1.95 CA : 33,113 33,083 569 795 1.55 1.29 IA : 34,840 35,655 1,142 1,091 2.83 2.65 MN : 71,027 75,999 2,370 2,087 2.91 2.44 MO : 45,989 38,216 1,214 937 2.32 1.93 NC : 58,029 63,546 1,631 1,191 2.44 1.66 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 58,534 55,370 910 819 1.34 1.27 : US : 481,574 488,545 12,134 11,451 2.20 1.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 6,734 --- 4 --- CA : --- --- 6,594 1,081 --- --- IA : --- --- 4,775 2,613 --- --- MN : --- --- 14,675 2,201 --- --- MO : --- --- 13,039 --- --- --- NC : --- --- --- --- --- --- PA : --- 4 --- 682 32 --- VA : --- --- 3,111 207 --- --- : US : --- 211 83,952 16,550 5,615 213 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : 50 1,039 --- --- --- 7,827 CA : 18 --- 234 --- 240 8,167 IA : 57 --- 463 --- --- 7,908 MN : 181 1,149 1,172 --- 1,712 21,090 MO : 28 --- --- --- --- 13,067 NC : --- --- --- --- 1,112 1,112 PA : --- --- 222 --- --- 940 VA : --- 1,493 426 --- 1,392 6,629 : US : 842 10,400 11,797 4,941 16,512 151,033 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, August 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- 88 3,120 1,734 38 184 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 17 233 280 128 513 6,335 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2001.......................... 12 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001..................... 11 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001...... 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, August 2001............................................. 15 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2001 with comparisons............................. 6 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2001 with comparisons............................. 4 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2001 with comparisons............................. 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, August 2001.......................... 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001..................... 8 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001..................... 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, August 2001.......................... 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001........ 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, August 2000-2001..... 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET on November 2, 2001. 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