Pou 2-1 (11-01) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 2, 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 Down 1 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during September 2001 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 2.88 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the amount certified in September 2000. Updated totals for August 2001 show that 3.37 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during September 2001 was 3.90 billion pounds, unchanged from a year ago. Inspections included 3.28 billion pounds of young chickens, unchanged from last year; 66.5 million pounds of mature chickens, unchanged; 538 million pounds of turkeys, down 1 percent; and 13.7 million pounds of ducks, up 1 percent from September 2000. Young chickens slaughtered during September 2001 averaged 5.04 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from September 2000. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.51 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during September 2001 averaged 25.1 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from September 2000. Ante-mortem condemnations during September 2001 totaled 16.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.42 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.39 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 43.8 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.25 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.49 percent a year earlier. September 2001 contained 20 weekdays and five Saturdays. September 2000 contained 21 weekdays and five Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature 2/ : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Aug 2001 : 769,827 14,051 783,877 2,461 ----- Sep 2000 : 657,987 12,438 670,426 2,068 ----- Sep 2001 : 650,634 12,070 662,704 2,046 ----- : Jan-Sep 2000 : 6,261,542 127,963 6,389,505 17,988 ----- Jan-Sep 2001 : 6,288,990 119,948 6,408,938 20,098 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Aug 2001 : 3,805,799 77,593 3,883,392 16,096 1,823 Sep 2000 : 3,272,702 66,778 3,339,480 13,527 1,914 Sep 2001 : 3,279,131 66,480 3,345,611 13,673 1,079 : Jan-Sep 2000 : 31,189,865 678,030 31,867,895 118,849 9,991 Jan-Sep 2001 : 31,507,133 643,036 32,150,169 132,734 9,187 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Aug 2001 : 4.94 5.52 4.95 6.54 ----- Sep 2000 : 4.97 5.37 4.98 6.54 ----- Sep 2001 : 5.04 5.51 5.05 6.68 ----- : Jan-Sep 2000 : 4.98 5.30 4.99 6.61 ----- Jan-Sep 2001 : 5.01 5.36 5.02 6.60 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young 3/ : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head Number Inspected : : Aug 2001 : --- 24,780 258 25,038 ----- Sep 2000 : --- 21,625 234 21,859 ----- Sep 2001 : 7 21,151 259 21,417 ----- : Jan-Sep 2000 : 81 196,670 1,591 198,342 ----- Jan-Sep 2001 : 19 196,600 1,720 198,339 ----- : : 1,000 Pounds Live Weight : : Aug 2001 : --- 619,621 6,779 626,401 4,527,711 Sep 2000 : --- 538,521 6,325 544,846 3,899,767 Sep 2001 : 63 531,191 6,552 537,807 3,898,169 : Jan-Sep 2000 : 657 5,059,737 41,653 5,102,047 37,098,781 Jan-Sep 2001 : 157 5,148,692 45,326 5,194,175 37,486,266 : : Pounds Average Live Weight : : Aug 2001 : --- 25.01 26.25 25.02 ----- Sep 2000 : --- 24.90 26.98 24.92 ----- Sep 2001 : 8.59 25.11 25.31 25.11 ----- : Jan-Sep 2000 : 8.13 25.73 26.18 25.72 ----- Jan-Sep 2001 : 8.19 26.19 26.36 26.19 ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: September 2000: 5,428, September 2001: 5,338. 3/ Of the Young Turkeys inspected, the number reported in thousands as young breeders was: September 2000: 51, September 2001: 76. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :---------------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Aug 2001 : Chilled : 2,574,280 45,198 2,619,478 4,287 486 Frozen : 249,114 1,357 250,471 6,674 665 : Total : 2,823,394 46,555 2,869,949 10,961 1,151 : Sep 2000 : Chilled : 2,223,614 37,682 2,261,296 3,794 353 Frozen : 198,201 2,431 200,632 6,035 803 : Total : 2,421,816 40,113 2,461,929 9,830 1,156 : Sep 2001 : Chilled : 2,200,620 38,953 2,239,574 3,654 4,756 Frozen : 207,088 3,362 210,449 6,126 379 : Total : 2,407,708 42,315 2,450,023 9,780 5,135 : : Jan-Sep 2000 : Chilled : 20,974,594 380,082 21,354,676 33,091 2,626 Frozen : 1,977,033 28,623 2,005,656 52,191 3,463 : Total : 22,951,627 408,706 23,360,332 85,281 6,089 : Jan-Sep 2001 : Chilled : 21,246,231 376,889 21,623,120 36,483 6,828 Frozen : 2,034,444 13,091 2,047,535 57,985 3,014 : Total : 23,280,675 389,980 23,670,655 94,467 9,842 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Aug 2001 : Chilled : --- 233,413 3,721 237,134 2,861,386 Frozen : --- 252,269 1,515 253,784 511,594 : Total : --- 485,682 5,236 490,918 3,372,980 : Sep 2000 : Chilled : --- 201,114 2,828 203,942 2,469,386 Frozen : --- 221,871 2,002 223,872 431,343 : Total : --- 422,985 4,829 427,815 2,900,729 : Sep 2001 : Chilled : 45 199,702 3,484 203,231 2,451,215 Frozen : --- 209,541 1,561 211,102 428,056 : Total : 45 409,243 5,044 414,332 2,879,271 : : Jan-Sep 2000 : Chilled : 219 1,892,635 20,996 1,913,850 23,304,243 Frozen : 276 2,092,393 10,347 2,103,015 4,164,325 : Total : 495 3,985,028 31,343 4,016,865 27,468,568 : Jan-Sep 2001 : Chilled : 53 1,940,777 27,571 1,968,401 23,634,831 Frozen : 61 2,112,411 7,225 2,119,697 4,228,231 : Total : 113 4,053,188 34,796 4,088,097 27,863,062 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Totals may not add due to rounding. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Chickens : : Other :------------------------------------: Ducks : Poultry : Young : Mature : Total : : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Aug 2001 : 18,218 1,841 20,059 41 14 Sep 2000 : 12,058 1,550 13,607 28 5 Sep 2001 : 13,856 1,020 14,875 30 19 : Jan-Sep 2000 : 128,207 12,262 140,468 205 36 Jan-Sep 2001 : 134,899 11,916 146,815 277 51 : Percent 2/ : : Sep 2000 : 0.37 2.32 0.41 0.21 0.27 Sep 2001 : 0.42 1.53 0.44 0.22 1.74 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Aug 2001 : 37,534 3,812 41,346 314 20 Sep 2000 : 36,647 3,782 40,429 356 22 Sep 2001 : 29,013 3,308 32,321 321 209 : Jan-Sep 2000 : 413,559 41,905 455,463 2,681 104 Jan-Sep 2001 : 367,257 33,499 400,755 2,922 294 : Percent 3/ : : Sep 2000 : 1.24 6.29 1.35 2.92 1.29 Sep 2001 : 0.98 5.53 1.07 2.61 *.** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. -- continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2001 with Comparisons 1/ (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : :--------------------------------------------: Total : Fryer- : : : Total : Poultry : Roasters : Young : Old : Turkeys : :------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Ante-Mortem : (Live Weight) : : Aug 2001 : --- 2,473 89 2,562 22,676 Sep 2000 : --- 1,616 56 1,672 15,312 Sep 2001 : 1 1,517 40 1,558 16,482 : Jan-Sep 2000 : 17 14,693 413 15,124 155,833 Jan-Sep 2001 : 2 17,848 564 18,413 165,556 : Percent 2/ : : Sep 2000 : --- 0.30 0.88 0.31 0.39 Sep 2001 : 2.22 0.29 0.61 0.29 0.42 : : 1,000 Pounds Post-Mortem : (N.Y. Dressed Weight) : : Aug 2001 : --- 11,446 370 11,816 53,496 Sep 2000 : --- 11,136 352 11,487 52,294 Sep 2001 : 2 10,625 336 10,963 43,814 : Jan-Sep 2000 : 9 104,111 2,660 106,780 565,028 Jan-Sep 2001 : 3 107,207 2,865 110,074 514,045 : Percent 3/ : : Sep 2000 : --- 2.30 6.18 2.34 1.49 Sep 2001 : 3.31 2.22 5.70 2.26 1.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 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 : 77,863 76,970 397,620 390,501 5.11 5.07 AR : 93,257 90,354 436,710 441,814 4.68 4.89 DE : 21,048 19,653 126,162 114,715 5.99 5.84 FL : 9,979 9,840 53,177 53,229 5.33 5.41 GA : 89,451 93,075 444,461 459,163 4.97 4.93 LA : 12,248 13,231 53,401 62,347 4.36 4.71 MD : 17,010 15,410 82,009 71,623 4.82 4.65 MS : 58,197 58,093 289,824 292,993 4.98 5.04 MO : 28,092 27,956 122,928 127,402 4.38 4.56 NC : 54,526 51,598 317,067 301,016 5.81 5.83 PA : 9,240 8,578 47,972 45,682 5.19 5.33 SC : 17,794 17,452 90,420 90,972 5.08 5.21 TN : 18,103 18,618 82,639 90,114 4.56 4.84 TX : 45,716 47,199 206,946 229,553 4.53 4.86 VA : 27,884 25,830 136,924 126,161 4.91 4.88 WA : 4,204 3,943 21,111 20,564 5.02 5.22 : US : 657,987 650,634 3,272,702 3,279,131 4.97 5.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, September 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 : 290,492 285,219 5,401 4,497 1.51 1.28 AR : 319,521 321,107 5,119 4,034 1.30 1.01 DE : 90,972 82,932 1,925 1,502 1.70 1.45 FL : 37,532 37,547 844 712 1.76 1.49 GA : 331,339 336,334 4,114 3,709 1.03 0.90 LA : 39,196 45,033 484 379 1.01 0.68 MD : 58,608 49,569 931 783 1.26 1.21 MS : 225,060 203,539 2,063 1,697 0.79 0.64 MO : 89,449 94,055 1,476 785 1.33 0.68 NC : 241,212 232,603 4,174 3,204 1.46 1.18 PA : 33,504 32,371 1,036 897 2.40 2.18 SC : 65,783 58,427 973 635 1.20 0.78 TN : 59,889 63,799 620 639 0.83 0.79 TX : 161,929 185,180 2,055 1,623 1.10 0.79 VA : 95,238 93,557 1,103 872 0.90 0.77 WA : 15,787 15,307 269 280 1.42 1.51 : US : 2,421,815 2,407,708 36,647 29,013 1.24 0.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : --- 1,050 126,878 49,819 1,293 5,763 AR : --- 1,754 199,150 61,997 4,894 2,959 DE : --- 1,431 81,244 19,448 51 6,768 FL : --- 145 --- --- --- --- GA : --- 1,477 100,119 68,888 353 6,424 LA : --- --- 18,894 9,924 --- 788 MD : --- 2,109 43,489 12,827 42 --- MS : --- 482 64,488 17,019 700 1,218 MO : --- 1,593 50,310 14,366 880 2,378 NC : --- 856 107,274 36,979 --- 12,647 PA : --- 260 22,692 7,751 --- 770 SC : --- 82 14,872 --- --- --- TN : --- 523 37,643 10,287 435 856 TX : --- 205 84,756 31,336 --- 2,044 VA : --- --- 48,506 13,785 78 --- WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 19,504 1,209,861 392,515 14,473 58,497 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 6,417 29,791 43,554 9,115 104,214 377,894 AR : 6,685 30,268 31,720 --- 53,190 392,617 DE : 2,341 11,123 8,356 7,050 13,600 151,412 FL : 998 5,062 3,537 427 8,578 18,747 GA : 6,417 33,394 22,880 5,054 98,667 343,673 LA : 584 3,588 --- 98 --- 33,876 MD : 1,381 12,409 --- 1,097 17,635 90,989 MS : 3,373 10,915 --- --- 37,172 135,367 MO : 1,309 7,448 7,112 341 16,132 101,869 NC : 5,088 32,815 26,551 10,976 60,755 293,941 PA : 1,641 5,226 4,259 490 38,788 81,877 SC : --- --- 5,078 3,825 11,228 35,085 TN : 1,702 8,574 5,100 1,252 10,354 76,726 TX : 1,297 8,754 --- --- 8,732 137,124 VA : 1,535 8,588 --- --- 13,468 85,960 WA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 45,175 235,587 259,059 56,849 576,562 2,868,082 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, September 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 : 12,438 12,070 66,778 66,480 5.37 5.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, September 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 : 40,113 42,315 3,782 3,308 6.29 5.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : --- 2,198 244,171 13,398 1,729 111,531 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : CA : --- --- --- --- --- --- GA : --- --- --- --- --- --- : US : 17,925 28,334 136,335 1,422 70,916 627,959 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, September 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 : 1,987 2,253 35,014 39,499 17.62 17.53 CA : 1,530 1,524 36,033 37,659 23.56 24.71 IA : 1,417 1,488 40,794 40,058 28.80 26.93 MN : 3,420 3,361 81,595 79,431 23.86 23.64 MO : 1,951 1,791 49,136 50,041 25.19 27.94 NC : 2,772 2,704 67,209 66,578 24.25 24.63 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 2,977 2,902 64,488 61,788 21.66 21.29 : US : 21,625 21,151 538,521 531,191 24.90 25.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Average weight based on unrounded data. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, September 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 : 29,008 32,320 631 746 2.00 2.10 CA : 28,681 33,530 582 1,035 1.80 3.05 IA : 31,527 29,265 977 916 2.66 2.54 MN : 64,134 66,188 1,892 1,774 2.58 2.48 MO : 37,588 31,311 1,164 992 2.63 2.20 NC : 52,809 53,263 1,781 1,014 2.94 1.69 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : 50,325 46,424 831 766 1.43 1.38 : US : 422,985 409,243 11,136 10,625 2.30 2.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- --- 8,002 --- --- --- CA : --- --- 11,843 3,686 --- --- IA : --- --- 4,963 1,896 --- --- MN : --- --- 13,180 1,839 --- 9 MO : --- --- 11,742 --- --- --- NC : --- --- 4,272 --- --- --- PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- --- 3,509 --- --- 15 : US : --- 500 86,665 19,470 4,432 520 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AR : --- 954 --- --- --- 8,956 CA : --- --- --- 584 --- 16,113 IA : 127 --- 316 --- --- 7,302 MN : 139 1,031 757 --- 1,473 18,428 MO : 30 260 --- --- --- 12,032 NC : --- --- --- --- --- 4,272 PA : --- --- --- --- --- --- VA : --- 1,456 360 --- 1,419 6,759 : US : 958 10,382 11,979 3,481 18,880 157,267 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, September 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis : Septicemia : culitis : Synovitis : Tumors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : --- 204 3,492 1,695 26 295 :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination : Overscald : Other : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : US : 31 171 150 15 257 6,336 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2001....................... 12 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, September 2000-2001.................. 11 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, September 2000-2001... 11 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, United States, September 2001.......................................... 15 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2001 with comparisons.......................... 6 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2001 with comparisons.......................... 4 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2001 with comparisons.......................... 2 Reliability Statement.................................................... 16 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, September 2001....................... 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, September 2000-2001.................. 8 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, September 2000-2001.................. 9 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Selected States and United States, September 2001....................... 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, Selected States and United States, September 2000-2001..... 13 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, Selected States and United States, September 2000-2001.. 13 The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET on December 7, 2001. 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