Pou 2-1 (9-02) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 6, 2002, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call John Lange at 202-720-0585, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 8 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during July 2002 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.36 billion pounds, up 8 percent from the amount certified in July 2001. Updated totals for June 2002 show that 3.09 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during July 2002 was 4.52 billion pounds, up 8 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.82 billion pounds, up 9 percent from July 2001, while mature chickens at 80.0 million pounds, were up 14 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 605 million pounds, up 2 percent, and ducks totaled 12.8 million pounds, a 14 percent decrease. Young chickens slaughtered during July 2002 averaged 5.07 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from July 2001. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.47 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during July 2002 averaged 26.2 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from July 2001. Ante-mortem condemnations during July 2002 totaled 23.8 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.53 percent of the live weight inspected, compared with 0.55 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 46.9 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.15 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.42 percent a year earlier. July 2002 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays. July 2001 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, July 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, July 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, July 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, July 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 2002 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Jul : Jun : Jul :-------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Jul : Jun : : : : 2001 : 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 709,391 686,052 753,910 106 110 Mature : 12,507 13,305 14,635 117 110 Light : 6,516 7,273 8,034 123 110 Heavy : 5,991 6,032 6,601 110 109 Total : 721,898 699,357 768,545 106 110 : Turkeys : Young : 22,812 21,283 22,917 100 108 Old : 247 170 185 75 109 Total : 23,059 21,453 23,102 100 108 : Ducks : 2,263 1,762 1,964 87 111 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,509,421 3,487,105 3,820,918 109 110 Mature : 70,223 73,283 79,987 114 109 Light : 22,622 25,124 27,728 123 110 Heavy : 47,601 48,159 52,259 110 109 Total : 3,579,644 3,560,388 3,900,905 109 110 : Turkeys : Young : 587,064 569,203 600,600 102 106 Old : 6,397 4,480 4,841 76 108 Total : 593,461 573,683 605,441 102 106 : Ducks : 14,861 11,725 12,751 86 109 Other Poultry : 1,068 640 887 83 139 : Total Poultry : 4,189,034 4,146,436 4,519,984 108 109 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4.95 5.08 5.07 102 100 Mature : 5.61 5.51 5.47 98 99 Light : 3.47 3.45 3.45 99 100 Heavy : 7.95 7.98 7.92 100 99 Total : 4.96 5.09 5.08 102 100 : Turkeys : Young : 25.73 26.74 26.21 102 98 Old : 25.89 26.30 26.20 101 100 Total : 25.74 26.74 26.21 102 98 : Ducks : 6.57 6.65 6.49 99 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 4,842,846 4,888,782 5,014,399 104 103 Mature : 100,301 93,827 100,964 101 108 Light : 58,256 53,668 59,657 102 111 Heavy : 42,045 40,159 41,307 98 103 Total : 4,943,147 4,982,609 5,115,363 103 103 : Turkeys : Young : 150,206 150,676 153,437 102 102 Old : 1,095 1,203 1,222 112 102 Total : 151,301 151,879 154,659 102 102 : Ducks : 13,772 15,543 13,898 101 89 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 24,171,530 24,547,385 25,555,572 106 104 Mature : 527,043 498,963 529,628 100 106 Light : 198,651 184,004 203,923 103 111 Heavy : 328,392 314,959 325,705 99 103 Total : 24,698,573 25,046,348 26,085,200 106 104 : Turkeys : Young : 3,909,015 3,997,970 4,153,955 106 104 Old : 28,771 31,996 33,569 117 105 Total : 3,937,786 4,029,966 4,187,524 106 104 : Ducks : 91,360 102,555 93,050 102 91 Other Poultry : 6,769 5,992 5,297 78 88 : Total Poultry : 28,734,488 29,184,861 30,371,071 106 104 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4.99 5.02 5.10 102 102 Mature : 5.25 5.32 5.25 100 99 Light : 3.41 3.43 3.42 100 100 Heavy : 7.81 7.84 7.89 101 101 Total : 5.00 5.03 5.10 102 101 : Turkeys : Young : 26.02 26.53 27.07 104 102 Old : 26.27 26.60 27.47 105 103 Total : 26.03 26.53 27.08 104 102 : Ducks : 6.63 6.60 6.70 101 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Jul : Jun : Jul :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Jul : Jun : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,363,828 2,329,619 2,548,894 108 109 Mature : 40,990 42,475 45,687 111 108 Light : 10,306 11,627 12,375 120 106 Heavy : 30,684 30,848 33,312 109 108 Total : 2,404,818 2,372,094 2,594,581 108 109 : Turkeys : Young : 205,723 220,185 240,172 117 109 Old : 4,115 3,089 2,990 73 97 Total : 209,838 223,274 243,162 116 109 : Ducks : 4,117 3,009 3,227 78 107 Other Poultry : 321 177 192 60 108 : Total Poultry : 2,619,094 2,598,554 2,841,162 108 109 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 228,976 255,614 278,265 122 109 Mature : 1,488 1,557 1,796 121 115 Light : 1,282 1,103 1,311 102 119 Heavy : 206 454 485 235 107 Total : 230,464 257,171 280,061 122 109 : Turkeys : Young : 259,402 230,092 234,513 90 102 Old : 878 379 714 81 188 Total : 260,280 230,471 235,227 90 102 : Ducks : 6,470 5,328 5,905 91 111 Other Poultry : 327 231 323 99 140 : Total Poultry : 497,541 493,201 521,516 105 106 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,592,804 2,585,233 2,827,159 109 109 Mature : 42,478 44,032 47,483 112 108 Light : 11,588 12,730 13,686 118 108 Heavy : 30,890 31,302 33,797 109 108 Total : 2,635,282 2,629,265 2,874,642 109 109 : Turkeys : Young : 465,125 450,277 474,685 102 105 Old : 4,993 3,468 3,704 74 107 Total : 470,118 453,745 478,389 102 105 : Ducks : 10,587 8,337 9,132 86 110 Other Poultry : 648 408 515 79 126 : Total Poultry : 3,116,635 3,091,755 3,362,678 108 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 16,229,701 16,535,599 17,170,659 106 104 Mature : 294,879 292,737 306,027 104 105 Light : 91,864 88,200 95,394 104 108 Heavy : 203,015 204,537 210,633 104 103 Total : 16,524,580 16,828,336 17,476,686 106 104 : Turkeys : Young : 1,474,412 1,507,972 1,618,178 110 107 Old : 15,065 20,366 21,468 143 105 Total : 1,489,477 1,528,338 1,639,646 110 107 : Ducks : 25,285 28,562 24,854 98 87 Other Poultry : 2,001 1,586 1,411 71 89 : Total Poultry : 18,041,343 18,386,822 19,142,597 106 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 1,545,719 1,578,123 1,761,029 114 112 Mature : 22,363 8,371 10,927 49 131 Light : 10,684 6,800 8,896 83 131 Heavy : 11,679 1,571 2,031 17 129 Total : 1,568,082 1,586,494 1,771,956 113 112 : Turkeys : Young : 1,606,549 1,651,087 1,667,660 104 101 Old : 6,470 4,150 4,083 63 98 Total : 1,613,019 1,655,237 1,671,743 104 101 : Ducks : 40,040 45,188 43,489 109 96 Other Poultry : 2,135 1,970 1,850 87 94 : Total Poultry : 3,223,276 3,288,889 3,489,038 108 106 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 17,775,420 18,113,722 18,931,688 107 105 Mature : 317,242 301,108 316,954 100 105 Light : 102,548 95,000 104,290 102 110 Heavy : 214,694 206,108 212,664 99 103 Total : 18,092,662 18,414,830 19,248,642 106 105 : Turkeys : Young : 3,080,961 3,159,059 3,285,838 107 104 Old : 21,535 24,516 25,551 119 104 Total : 3,102,496 3,183,575 3,311,389 107 104 : Ducks : 65,325 73,750 68,343 105 93 Other Poultry : 4,136 3,556 3,261 79 92 : Total Poultry : 21,264,619 21,675,711 22,631,635 106 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :18,546 15,024 18,894 102 126 103,149 106,618 103 Mature : 2,022 1,684 2,434 120 145 9,056 10,410 115 Light : 783 761 1,180 151 155 3,995 4,842 121 Heavy : 1,239 923 1,254 101 136 5,061 5,568 110 Total :20,568 16,708 21,328 104 128 112,205 117,028 104 : Turkeys : Young : 2,427 1,974 2,355 97 119 13,858 13,498 97 Old : 73 57 51 70 89 435 370 85 Total : 2,500 2,031 2,406 96 118 14,293 13,868 97 : Ducks : 45 19 26 58 137 205 217 106 Other Poultry : 4 5 2 50 40 19 28 147 : Total Poultry :23,117 18,763 23,762 103 127 126,722 131,141 103 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.53 0.43 0.49 92 114 0.42 0.42 100 Mature : 2.88 2.30 3.04 106 132 1.81 1.97 109 Light : 3.46 3.03 4.25 123 140 2.17 2.37 109 Heavy : 2.60 1.92 2.40 92 125 1.61 1.71 106 Total : 0.57 0.47 0.55 96 117 0.45 0.45 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.41 0.35 0.39 95 111 0.35 0.32 91 Old : 1.14 1.28 1.05 92 82 1.36 1.10 81 Total : 0.42 0.35 0.40 95 114 0.35 0.33 94 : Ducks : 0.30 0.16 0.21 70 131 0.20 0.23 115 Other Poultry : 0.37 0.80 0.22 59 28 0.32 0.53 166 : Total Poultry : 0.55 0.45 0.53 96 118 0.43 0.43 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :38,535 29,035 31,577 82 109 302,038 235,899 78 Mature : 3,564 3,667 4,031 113 110 26,379 26,833 102 Light : 1,417 1,663 1,977 140 119 13,027 14,239 109 Heavy : 2,147 2,004 2,054 96 102 13,352 12,594 94 Total :42,099 32,702 35,608 85 109 328,417 262,732 80 : Turkeys : Young :10,884 10,101 10,767 99 107 85,143 75,862 89 Old : 348 291 280 80 96 2,160 2,313 107 Total :11,232 10,392 11,047 98 106 87,303 78,175 90 : Ducks : 288 211 242 84 115 2,287 1,737 76 Other Poultry : 13 8 11 85 138 65 65 100 : Total Poultry :53,632 43,313 46,908 87 108 418,072 342,709 82 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.22 0.93 0.92 75 99 1.37 1.03 75 Mature : 5.64 5.56 5.60 99 101 5.87 5.63 96 Light : 6.96 7.36 7.92 114 108 7.87 7.76 99 Heavy : 5.01 4.63 4.37 87 94 4.71 4.30 91 Total : 1.31 1.02 1.01 77 99 1.46 1.12 77 : Turkeys : Young : 2.06 1.97 1.99 97 101 2.37 2.03 86 Old : 6.05 7.22 6.43 106 89 7.50 7.66 102 Total : 2.10 2.01 2.03 97 101 2.41 2.07 86 : Ducks : 2.16 2.00 2.11 98 106 2.48 2.07 83 Other Poultry : 1.44 1.37 1.33 92 97 1.20 1.38 115 : Total Poultry : 1.42 1.16 1.15 81 99 1.59 1.25 79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 82,079 89,309 409,772 449,594 4.99 5.03 AR : 96,882 103,826 455,980 516,180 4.71 4.97 CA : * * * * * * DE : 21,349 22,511 126,422 134,741 5.92 5.99 FL : 10,305 11,139 55,315 58,109 5.37 5.22 GA : 104,147 109,387 507,099 546,661 4.87 5.00 KY : 19,904 22,383 104,640 113,670 5.26 5.08 LA : 15,066 16,388 69,509 78,044 4.61 4.76 MD : 16,808 16,957 80,347 78,020 4.78 4.60 MS : 63,368 64,476 311,885 340,107 4.92 5.27 MO : 30,629 32,301 136,608 144,900 4.46 4.49 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 58,491 61,009 337,192 361,932 5.76 5.93 OH : 3,039 3,789 15,523 19,701 5.11 5.20 PA : 9,277 9,468 48,007 49,083 5.17 5.18 SC : 19,835 20,987 105,174 114,450 5.30 5.45 TN : 19,759 20,327 91,426 95,734 4.63 4.71 TX : 51,843 56,037 243,612 272,119 4.70 4.86 VA : 29,268 29,621 141,173 142,966 4.82 4.83 WA : * 5,004 * 26,343 * 5.26 : Oth Sts : 57,342 58,991 269,737 278,564 4.70 4.72 : US : 709,391 753,910 3,509,421 3,820,918 4.95 5.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total Chilled and Frozen :----------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 Pounds ----------------- Percent : AL : 300,640 328,927 4,974 3,959 1.35 0.98 AR : 329,512 376,649 5,579 4,835 1.36 1.04 CA : * * * * * * DE : 91,714 97,406 1,838 1,875 1.62 1.55 FL : 40,034 40,788 705 580 1.42 1.11 GA : 372,599 402,673 4,303 3,741 0.94 0.76 KY : 77,138 83,717 867 804 0.92 0.79 LA : 49,647 56,465 597 319 0.95 0.45 MD : 57,120 56,344 790 732 1.09 1.04 MS : 238,353 255,574 3,584 2,004 1.28 0.65 MO : 99,242 106,857 1,579 905 1.28 0.69 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 262,159 276,521 3,708 3,221 1.22 0.99 OH : 11,245 14,402 215 297 1.54 1.68 PA : 33,751 34,356 1,166 1,062 2.70 2.40 SC : 74,553 83,982 888 859 0.94 0.83 TN : 66,055 69,527 991 635 1.20 0.74 TX : 190,224 214,857 2,962 2,464 1.35 1.01 VA : 101,009 102,449 1,136 1,143 0.89 0.89 WA : * 19,689 * 328 * 1.38 : Oth Sts : 197,809 205,976 2,653 1,814 1.09 0.72 : US : 2,592,804 2,827,159 38,535 31,577 1.22 0.92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 556 121,840 47,159 1,815 4,290 AR : 3,187 226,109 68,134 * * CA : 4,990 * 3,616 * 784 DE : 1,563 88,468 15,552 * 4,656 FL : * * 5,878 * * GA : 745 100,273 59,731 239 5,971 IN : 40 4,855 * * * KY : * 32,658 * * * LA : 80 13,890 6,780 * 268 MD : 7,075 44,357 11,409 26 * MS : * 72,508 18,423 469 * MO : 1,514 64,221 * 956 * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * 199 * NC : 1,243 107,178 43,095 * * OH : * 19,420 2,048 75 * PA : 326 25,847 8,690 * * SC : * 23,016 * * 1,196 TN : * 42,276 9,540 * 588 TX : * 126,962 69,731 346 1,509 VA : * 52,092 * 35 * WA : * * * * 80 : Oth Sts : 4,992 157,633 85,046 10,949 36,011 : US : 26,311 1,323,603 454,832 15,109 55,353 : Mature Birds : Light : 15,046 1,628 200,770 17,615 1,917 104,272 Heavy : 922 80,682 2,921 355 14,744 : US : 15,046 2,550 281,452 20,536 2,272 119,016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 6,677 25,437 30,228 6,572 79,876 324,450 AR : 8,053 29,426 32,403 4,489 51,583 432,994 CA : 251 * 1,578 * 18,682 118,598 DE : 2,607 11,210 12,026 * 17,085 159,084 FL : * 3,827 * * 7,357 45,892 GA : 5,608 40,107 18,456 5,936 110,460 347,526 IN : 68 * * * * * KY : 288 19,551 4,206 1,646 7,000 89,753 LA : 568 3,755 * * * 32,476 MD : * 16,093 * * * 121,958 MS : 2,972 12,859 12,643 620 52,046 174,543 MO : 1,473 12,703 13,346 2,875 35,881 147,946 NJ : * * * 9 * * NY : 687 * 3,950 * * 11,382 NC : 5,243 24,604 25,049 7,041 70,055 297,472 OH : 308 1,962 916 * * 35,254 PA : 1,738 5,087 5,473 344 61,379 109,816 SC : * 4,605 2,385 3,670 6,450 * TN : 1,453 8,627 4,813 828 13,610 82,531 TX : 1,244 8,643 14,194 * 13,483 239,101 VA : 1,652 10,854 * * 21,184 127,084 WA : * * * * * 27,145 : Oth Sts : 6,523 11,713 67,610 17,222 68,403 183,741 : US : 47,413 251,063 249,276 51,252 634,534 3,108,746 : Mature Birds : Light : 11,381 52,913 140,377 1,420 35,053 582,392 Heavy : 1,793 30,398 16,852 1,808 54,152 204,627 : US : 13,174 83,311 157,229 3,228 89,205 787,019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,421 2,770 42,446 49,340 17.53 17.81 CA : 1,376 * 32,434 * 23.57 * IA : 1,431 1,718 43,317 50,532 30.27 29.41 MN : 3,682 3,485 89,030 82,503 24.18 23.67 MO : 1,871 1,826 51,937 57,154 27.76 31.30 NC : 2,954 3,455 79,776 86,161 27.00 24.94 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : 3,037 2,615 66,672 58,201 21.95 22.26 : Oth Sts : 6,040 7,048 181,452 216,709 30.04 30.75 : US : 22,812 22,917 587,064 600,600 25.73 26.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations : Total Chilled and Frozen :----------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 Pounds ---------------- Percent : AR : 35,216 41,090 732 743 1.92 1.67 CA : 28,491 * 536 * 1.84 * IA : 33,769 39,284 1,065 1,247 2.73 2.74 MN : 70,562 65,585 2,303 1,890 2.87 2.55 MO : 40,498 44,774 1,042 1,366 2.23 2.66 NC : 63,086 67,403 1,110 1,304 1.55 1.68 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : 51,254 45,642 723 743 1.21 1.42 : Oth Sts : 142,249 170,907 3,373 3,474 2.07 1.78 : US : 465,125 474,685 10,884 10,767 2.06 1.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : * 4,825 * 10 * IA : * 7,149 1,996 * * MN : * 19,553 * 661 * MO : 12,373 * * 2 NC : * * * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * 492 6 * VA : * 1,478 125 * * : Other States : 975 34,095 10,491 4,787 68 : US : 975 79,473 13,104 5,464 70 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 150 3,771 907 7 119 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 794 * * * * CA : * * * * * 6,751 IA : 73 365 592 * * 15,412 MN : 265 1,031 970 * 2,433 28,904 MO : * * 294 * * 16,996 NC : * * * * 1,120 10,048 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * 2 * 4,912 VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 388 10,195 4,981 2,212 12,123 53,901 : US : 726 12,385 6,837 2,214 15,676 136,924 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 53 172 157 409 5,745 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for poultry slaughter estimates are obtained from the Poultry Inspection Form (FSIS 6000-21). This form is completed by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all 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. Data are summarized weekly and accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for 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 is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published 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. State data are published for selected states for young chickens and young turkeys. State data are not 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 live weight for that species. Data for all states not published are included in the "Other States" category. Also included in this category are data for published states that are confidential (denoted by an *). Data for all states are included in the U.S. totals. For 2001, young chickens were killed in 31 states, young turkeys in 21 states. Definitions 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. Included with young turkeys. 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 USDA 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. The next "Poultry Slaughter" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on October 4, 2002. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., 20250-9410, or call 202-720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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