Pou 2-1 (11-02) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 1, 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 6 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during September 2002 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.10 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the amount certified in September 2001. Updated totals for August 2002 show that 3.37 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during September 2002 was 4.17 billion pounds, up 6 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.51 billion pounds, up 6 percent from September 2001, and mature chickens at 75.8 million pounds, were up 13 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 565 million pounds, up 6 percent, and ducks totaled 13.5 million pounds, a 2 percent decrease. Young chickens slaughtered during September 2002 averaged 5.12 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from September 2001. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.47 pounds per bird, down slightly from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during September 2002 averaged 26.0 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from September 2001. Ante-mortem condemnations during September 2002 totaled 17.4 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.42 percent of the live weight inspected, unchanged from a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 43.4 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.16 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.24 percent a year earlier. September 2002 contained 21 weekdays and four Saturdays. September 2001 contained 20 weekdays and five Saturdays . Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2002. . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2002. . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Sep : Aug : Sep :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Sep : Aug : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 653,275 758,120 686,022 105 90 Mature : 12,267 14,715 13,839 113 94 Light : 6,889 7,724 7,512 109 97 Heavy : 5,378 6,991 6,327 118 91 Total : 665,542 772,835 699,861 105 91 : Turkeys : Young : 20,928 23,554 21,467 103 91 Old : 265 290 284 107 98 Total : 21,193 23,844 21,751 103 91 : Ducks : 2,056 1,988 2,029 99 102 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,301,361 3,829,661 3,509,202 106 92 Mature : 67,335 81,578 75,771 113 93 Light : 23,584 26,001 25,413 108 98 Heavy : 43,751 55,577 50,358 115 91 Total : 3,368,696 3,911,239 3,584,973 106 92 : Turkeys : Young : 528,328 602,904 557,479 106 92 Old : 6,729 7,779 7,558 112 97 Total : 535,057 610,683 565,037 106 93 : Ducks : 13,763 13,008 13,539 98 104 Other Poultry : 1,320 1,295 1,803 137 139 : Total Poultry : 3,918,836 4,536,225 4,165,352 106 92 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.05 5.05 5.12 101 101 Mature : 5.49 5.54 5.47 100 99 Light : 3.42 3.37 3.38 99 100 Heavy : 8.13 7.95 7.96 98 100 Total : 5.06 5.06 5.12 101 101 : Turkeys : Young : 25.24 25.59 25.97 103 101 Old : 25.35 26.92 26.52 105 99 Total : 25.24 25.61 25.97 103 101 : Ducks : 6.69 6.55 6.67 100 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 6,261,537 6,318,275 6,459,860 103 102 Mature : 127,967 120,145 129,528 101 108 Light : 73,355 68,239 74,897 102 110 Heavy : 54,612 51,906 54,631 100 105 Total : 6,389,504 6,438,420 6,589,388 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 196,749 196,384 198,718 101 101 Old : 1,592 1,726 1,806 113 105 Total : 198,341 198,110 200,524 101 101 : Ducks : 17,987 19,990 17,915 100 90 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 31,189,870 31,689,474 32,896,802 105 104 Mature : 678,027 643,891 687,106 101 107 Light : 250,579 233,840 255,351 102 109 Heavy : 427,448 410,051 431,755 101 105 Total : 31,867,897 32,333,365 33,583,908 105 104 : Turkeys : Young : 5,060,394 5,145,919 5,323,113 105 103 Old : 41,654 45,504 49,151 118 108 Total : 5,102,048 5,191,423 5,372,264 105 103 : Ducks : 118,848 131,810 119,597 101 91 Other Poultry : 9,992 9,149 8,415 84 92 : Total Poultry : 37,098,785 37,665,747 39,084,184 105 104 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4.98 5.02 5.09 102 101 Mature : 5.30 5.36 5.30 100 99 Light : 3.42 3.43 3.41 100 99 Heavy : 7.83 7.90 7.90 101 100 Total : 4.99 5.02 5.10 102 102 : Turkeys : Young : 25.72 26.20 26.79 104 102 Old : 26.16 26.36 27.22 104 103 Total : 25.72 26.20 26.79 104 102 : Ducks : 6.61 6.59 6.68 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Sep : Aug : Sep :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Sep : Aug : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,232,727 2,543,668 2,335,619 105 92 Mature : 39,446 47,593 44,610 113 94 Light : 10,651 11,879 11,793 111 99 Heavy : 28,795 35,714 32,817 114 92 Total : 2,272,173 2,591,261 2,380,229 105 92 : Turkeys : Young : 211,405 250,867 235,037 111 94 Old : 3,625 4,404 4,447 123 101 Total : 215,030 255,271 239,484 111 94 : Ducks : 3,578 3,138 3,322 93 106 Other Poultry : 286 255 248 87 97 : Total Poultry : 2,491,067 2,849,925 2,623,283 105 92 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 206,011 285,621 261,364 127 92 Mature : 1,498 1,567 1,791 120 114 Light : 1,381 1,391 1,233 89 89 Heavy : 117 176 558 477 317 Total : 207,509 287,188 263,155 127 92 : Turkeys : Young : 212,527 225,037 203,911 96 91 Old : 1,561 1,595 1,370 88 86 Total : 214,088 226,632 205,281 96 91 : Ducks : 6,126 6,134 6,478 106 106 Other Poultry : 515 533 842 163 158 : Total Poultry : 428,238 520,487 475,756 111 91 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,438,738 2,829,289 2,596,983 106 92 Mature : 40,944 49,160 46,401 113 94 Light : 12,032 13,270 13,026 108 98 Heavy : 28,912 35,890 33,375 115 93 Total : 2,479,682 2,878,449 2,643,384 107 92 : Turkeys : Young : 423,932 475,904 438,948 104 92 Old : 5,186 5,999 5,817 112 97 Total : 429,118 481,903 444,765 104 92 : Ducks : 9,704 9,272 9,800 101 106 Other Poultry : 801 788 1,090 136 138 : Total Poultry : 2,919,305 3,370,412 3,099,039 106 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 20,974,594 21,370,736 22,048,459 105 103 Mature : 380,088 377,381 399,054 105 106 Light : 115,200 111,340 119,775 104 108 Heavy : 264,888 266,041 279,279 105 105 Total : 21,354,682 21,748,117 22,447,513 105 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,892,854 1,956,790 2,110,888 112 108 Old : 20,997 27,712 30,515 145 110 Total : 1,913,851 1,984,502 2,141,403 112 108 : Ducks : 33,094 36,433 31,314 95 86 Other Poultry : 2,617 2,345 1,915 73 82 : Total Poultry : 23,304,244 23,771,397 24,622,145 106 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 1,977,035 2,032,388 2,309,599 117 114 Mature : 28,624 11,226 14,240 50 127 Light : 14,122 9,305 11,520 82 124 Heavy : 14,502 1,921 2,720 19 142 Total : 2,005,659 2,043,614 2,323,839 116 114 : Turkeys : Young : 2,092,667 2,115,882 2,096,802 100 99 Old : 10,347 7,226 7,048 68 98 Total : 2,103,014 2,123,108 2,103,850 100 99 : Ducks : 52,193 57,996 56,101 107 97 Other Poultry : 3,461 3,150 3,235 93 103 : Total Poultry : 4,164,327 4,227,868 4,487,025 108 106 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 22,951,629 23,403,124 24,358,058 106 104 Mature : 408,712 388,607 413,294 101 106 Light : 129,322 120,645 131,295 102 109 Heavy : 279,390 267,962 281,999 101 105 Total : 23,360,341 23,791,731 24,771,352 106 104 : Turkeys : Young : 3,985,521 4,072,672 4,207,690 106 103 Old : 31,344 34,938 37,563 120 108 Total : 4,016,865 4,107,610 4,245,253 106 103 : Ducks : 85,287 94,429 87,415 102 93 Other Poultry : 6,078 5,495 5,150 85 94 : Total Poultry : 27,468,571 27,999,265 29,109,170 106 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,903 17,425 13,637 98 78 135,530 137,708 102 Mature : 1,028 2,102 1,712 167 81 11,925 14,232 119 Light : 495 679 850 172 125 5,367 6,371 119 Heavy : 533 1,423 862 162 61 6,558 7,861 120 Total :14,931 19,527 15,349 103 79 147,455 151,940 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,572 2,171 1,972 125 91 17,904 17,673 99 Old : 40 57 81 203 142 564 508 90 Total : 1,612 2,228 2,053 127 92 18,468 18,181 98 : Ducks : 31 22 25 81 114 277 264 95 Other Poultry : 4 2 7 175 350 37 37 100 : Total Poultry :16,578 21,779 17,434 105 80 166,237 170,422 103 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.42 0.45 0.39 93 87 0.43 0.42 98 Mature : 1.53 2.58 2.26 148 88 1.85 2.07 112 Light : 2.10 2.61 3.34 159 128 2.29 2.49 109 Heavy : 1.22 2.56 1.71 140 67 1.60 1.82 114 Total : 0.44 0.50 0.43 98 86 0.46 0.45 98 : Turkeys : Young : 0.30 0.36 0.35 117 97 0.35 0.33 94 Old : 0.60 0.72 1.08 180 150 1.24 1.03 83 Total : 0.30 0.36 0.36 120 100 0.36 0.34 94 : Ducks : 0.22 0.17 0.19 86 112 0.21 0.22 105 Other Poultry : 0.29 0.26 0.45 155 173 0.40 0.44 110 : Total Poultry : 0.42 0.48 0.42 100 88 0.44 0.44 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :29,278 30,183 27,605 94 91 369,191 293,729 80 Mature : 3,341 4,112 4,190 125 102 33,531 35,144 105 Light : 1,673 1,722 2,114 126 123 16,383 18,077 110 Heavy : 1,668 2,390 2,076 124 87 17,148 17,067 100 Total :32,619 34,295 31,795 97 93 402,722 328,873 82 : Turkeys : Young :10,558 11,708 10,962 104 94 107,147 98,689 92 Old : 339 378 370 109 98 2,869 3,067 107 Total :10,897 12,086 11,332 104 94 110,016 101,756 92 : Ducks : 322 231 226 70 98 2,925 2,194 75 Other Poultry : 15 12 20 133 167 100 97 97 : Total Poultry :43,853 46,624 43,373 99 93 515,763 432,920 84 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.99 0.88 0.87 88 99 1.29 0.99 77 Mature : 5.51 5.61 6.14 111 109 5.79 5.68 98 Light : 7.88 7.37 9.24 117 125 7.79 7.87 101 Heavy : 4.24 4.78 4.58 108 96 4.65 4.39 94 Total : 1.08 0.97 0.99 92 102 1.38 1.09 79 : Turkeys : Young : 2.22 2.16 2.18 98 101 2.31 2.06 89 Old : 5.59 5.38 5.43 97 101 7.00 6.93 99 Total : 2.26 2.20 2.23 99 101 2.35 2.10 89 : Ducks : 2.60 1.97 1.85 71 94 2.47 2.04 83 Other Poultry : 1.31 1.18 1.20 92 102 1.21 1.28 106 : Total Poultry : 1.24 1.14 1.16 94 102 1.52 1.23 81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 88,872 80,986 445,450 408,409 5.01 5.04 AR : 102,971 96,589 506,106 481,225 4.92 4.98 CA : * * * * * * DE : 22,586 21,440 131,968 127,822 5.84 5.96 FL : 11,261 9,818 60,528 52,084 5.38 5.30 GA : 109,843 99,324 544,852 497,782 4.96 5.01 KY : 22,053 19,848 113,008 104,750 5.12 5.28 LA : 16,539 14,562 78,748 70,680 4.76 4.85 MD : 17,648 15,785 81,462 75,360 4.62 4.77 MS : 63,879 58,609 333,255 313,116 5.22 5.34 MO : 32,801 30,001 146,842 138,282 4.48 4.61 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 59,163 54,051 353,965 323,464 5.98 5.98 OH : 3,934 3,403 20,371 18,397 5.18 5.41 PA : 9,989 8,932 51,504 47,357 5.16 5.30 SC : 21,051 19,451 113,437 107,124 5.39 5.51 TN : 19,767 18,782 93,261 89,797 4.72 4.78 TX : 54,412 51,053 261,959 248,909 4.81 4.88 VA : 30,246 26,208 145,891 128,425 4.82 4.90 WA : 5,189 4,429 27,704 23,974 5.34 5.41 : Oth Sts : 65,916 52,751 319,350 252,245 4.84 4.78 : US : 758,120 686,022 3,829,661 3,509,202 5.05 5.12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 328,666 301,304 3,826 3,563 0.95 0.97 AR : 367,108 349,240 4,400 3,909 0.97 0.90 CA : * * * * * * DE : 95,787 91,953 1,677 1,559 1.41 1.36 FL : 42,616 37,247 621 492 1.14 1.05 GA : 400,399 366,147 3,599 3,317 0.73 0.74 KY : 83,676 76,014 691 698 0.68 0.74 LA : 57,365 51,176 335 307 0.47 0.48 MD : 58,255 54,563 750 700 1.02 1.03 MS : 246,517 233,481 1,938 1,930 0.65 0.68 MO : 107,832 101,950 911 978 0.69 0.79 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 272,795 250,954 3,206 2,962 1.01 1.02 OH : 14,737 12,874 318 224 1.73 1.35 PA : 35,439 32,501 1,007 988 2.17 2.32 SC : 81,017 77,931 715 704 0.70 0.73 TN : 68,407 64,797 675 579 0.80 0.72 TX : 206,480 195,717 1,879 1,603 0.80 0.72 VA : 105,170 93,139 1,188 977 0.90 0.85 WA : 20,690 17,952 291 288 1.17 1.33 : Oth Sts : 236,333 188,043 2,156 1,827 0.75 0.80 : US : 2,829,289 2,596,983 30,183 27,605 0.88 0.87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, August 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 118,461 39,572 * 4,652 AR : 1,834 209,187 56,706 5,546 2,394 CA : 5,053 * 4,297 * 784 DE : * 83,340 12,104 * 4,543 FL : 112 * * * * GA : 685 94,191 53,713 528 4,440 IN : 22 3,980 * * 204 KY : * 27,956 * * 1,769 LA : 79 15,328 6,212 * 355 MD : 2,660 47,050 13,797 35 * MS : 309 66,854 16,150 468 1,451 MO : 1,405 63,267 10,006 * * NJ : * * * * * NY : 369 * 1,094 * * NC : * 109,539 35,088 * 11,685 OH : * 19,919 1,808 71 341 PA : 275 25,107 8,932 268 * SC : 240 19,635 * * 1,311 TN : 301 43,073 * 367 595 TX : 192 124,081 60,665 356 1,533 VA : * 55,141 * 38 * WA : 40 * * 33 36 : Oth Sts : 4,992 188,713 66,348 6,534 17,766 : US : 18,568 1,314,822 386,492 14,244 53,859 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,912 188,424 16,769 220 84,907 Heavy : 853 85,143 3,478 444 11,748 : US : 2,765 273,567 20,247 664 96,655 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 6,353 26,931 28,518 6,150 67,600 300,359 AR : 8,333 31,600 35,206 4,401 46,777 401,984 CA : 275 * 2,496 * * 156,242 DE : 2,662 11,428 11,655 3,275 14,455 144,683 FL : 953 * 3,931 * 6,441 45,805 GA : 5,586 35,821 24,358 8,061 100,467 327,850 IN : * * * * * 8,905 KY : 248 15,556 5,103 1,460 5,831 74,888 LA : 575 3,390 3,541 * * 33,367 MD : 1,767 15,791 * * 12,718 117,610 MS : 3,222 12,621 10,881 581 40,504 153,041 MO : 1,416 14,393 13,130 951 38,674 147,545 NJ : * * * * * * NY : 696 * 3,780 * * 11,921 NC : 4,764 25,841 24,550 9,992 63,318 285,960 OH : 358 * * * * 42,097 PA : 1,727 4,726 6,091 * 57,755 105,843 SC : * 6,212 2,792 * 4,785 55,662 TN : 1,319 7,318 4,775 1,718 * 85,336 TX : 1,463 8,538 12,397 955 12,379 222,559 VA : 1,877 14,412 * * * 132,184 WA : * * * 14 * 21,055 : Oth Sts : 4,053 20,063 64,327 17,710 114,612 114,492 : US : 47,647 254,641 257,531 55,268 586,316 2,989,388 : Mature Birds : Light : 13,851 43,288 102,648 3,077 28,810 483,906 Heavy : 2,050 27,191 18,032 2,125 55,607 206,671 : US : 15,901 70,479 120,680 5,202 84,417 690,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 111,887 35,668 1,568 * AR : 2,099 180,818 55,197 5,174 2,403 CA : 4,064 * 3,832 * 813 DE : 665 78,196 10,664 * * FL : 72 * * * * GA : 512 87,111 49,891 438 5,051 IN : * 3,598 * * * KY : * 29,180 * * 1,700 LA : * 13,400 4,725 * 294 MD : 1,270 41,410 10,730 43 * MS : 341 56,413 18,930 406 1,467 MO : 1,241 58,732 * 669 * NJ : 10 * * * * NY : 170 * * 199 * NC : 805 90,995 29,016 * * OH : 722 14,280 1,542 * 283 PA : * 26,418 11,507 172 * SC : 148 * * * 1,254 TN : * 40,858 10,995 353 478 TX : * 103,105 44,827 345 1,425 VA : * 41,538 * * * WA : 32 * * * * : Oth Sts : 36,410 175,473 73,782 3,299 36,369 : US : 48,561 1,153,412 361,306 12,666 51,537 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,190 211,071 14,856 151 99,338 Heavy : 2,462 73,463 3,647 242 10,739 : US : 3,652 284,534 18,503 393 110,077 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 5,560 25,008 24,929 5,509 63,517 279,335 AR : 8,375 29,522 32,407 3,736 39,988 359,719 CA : 295 * 1,683 * * 128,200 DE : 2,462 10,328 11,665 1,870 12,549 132,810 FL : * 2,529 * * * 41,675 GA : 5,433 34,727 21,140 5,678 93,638 303,619 IN : * * * * * 8,228 KY : 204 13,246 3,247 * 6,480 73,592 LA : 534 4,725 3,570 * * 32,025 MD : 1,523 15,150 * 564 13,096 108,861 MS : 2,905 11,633 8,934 927 39,348 141,304 MO : 1,200 11,109 10,285 577 39,488 136,783 NJ : * * * * * * NY : 755 * * 310 * * NC : 4,112 21,351 24,429 8,057 55,770 245,885 OH : 251 * 736 138 * 25,148 PA : 1,378 4,335 6,668 283 55,840 107,733 SC : * 7,259 2,719 5,052 4,801 * TN : 1,175 8,976 4,565 * 7,844 76,472 TX : 1,237 7,450 11,344 * 11,196 216,485 VA : 1,571 9,561 * 2,719 12,234 97,681 WA : * * * * * 22,541 : Oth Sts : 4,209 12,660 69,998 8,353 81,785 181,800 : US : 43,179 229,569 238,319 43,773 537,574 2,719,896 : Mature Birds : Light : 11,887 28,743 158,693 1,228 43,754 570,911 Heavy : 1,796 15,290 20,335 1,583 58,464 188,021 : US : 13,683 44,033 179,028 2,811 102,218 758,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,077 2,885 53,855 49,328 17.50 17.10 CA : 1,482 * 36,786 * 24.82 * IA : 1,554 1,486 46,204 45,154 29.72 30.38 MN : 3,720 2,937 89,208 75,638 23.98 25.75 MO : 1,808 1,634 54,459 49,406 30.11 30.23 NC : 3,453 3,356 81,556 78,947 23.62 23.52 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : 2,695 2,610 58,036 57,100 21.53 21.88 : Oth Sts : 5,765 6,559 182,800 201,906 31.71 30.78 : US : 23,554 21,467 602,904 557,479 25.59 25.97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 45,203 41,197 841 772 1.74 1.74 CA : 30,247 * 643 * 1.94 * IA : 35,988 35,083 1,275 1,209 3.07 2.97 MN : 70,705 59,978 2,175 1,550 2.71 2.28 MO : 42,353 38,494 1,329 1,294 2.71 2.91 NC : 63,290 61,318 1,393 1,213 1.90 1.71 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : 44,536 44,292 778 1,056 1.49 2.06 : Oth Sts : 143,582 158,586 3,274 3,868 1.99 2.13 : US : 475,904 438,948 11,708 10,962 2.16 2.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, August 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : * 6,856 * 15 * IA : * 6,718 1,859 * * MN : * 25,191 2,585 1,038 * MO : 15,649 * * * NC : * * * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * * * * * VA : 2 1,971 * * * : Other States : 203 41,108 11,757 4,308 167 : US : 205 97,493 16,201 5,361 167 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 2 5,019 879 5 311 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 772 * * * * CA : * * * * * 9,228 IA : 98 287 486 * * 14,059 MN : 212 971 999 * 2,986 34,356 MO : 44 * 302 * * 20,110 NC : 75 * * 317 1,603 13,808 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * 6,710 VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 268 11,255 7,047 1,268 12,680 62,826 : US : 697 13,285 8,834 1,585 17,269 161,097 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 20 276 149 16 891 7,568 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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". Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 6,561 * * 3 CA : * 6,824 * 4 IA : 6,645 1,882 * * MN : * 16,383 1,275 * * MO : 15,553 * NC : * * * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * * 687 9 2 VA : 6 2,320 * * * : Other States : 190 37,117 13,739 5,716 140 : US : 196 91,403 17,583 5,725 149 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 5,636 1,013 2 321 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 988 * * * * CA : 17 * * * * 9,716 IA : * 310 522 * * 14,278 MN : 204 1,065 833 * 1,731 22,619 MO : * * * * * 21,156 NC : 71 1,184 * * 1,161 14,921 OH : * * * * * * PA : 70 * * * * 7,393 VA : * * * * * 5,404 : Other States : 492 8,381 7,359 1,589 15,120 60,666 : US : 854 11,928 8,714 1,589 18,012 156,153 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 18 187 152 112 650 8,091 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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. 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