Pou 2-1 (12-02) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 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 1 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during October 2002 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.52 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the amount certified in October 2001. Updated totals for September 2002 show that 3.10 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during October 2002 was 4.72 billion pounds, up 1 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.96 billion pounds, up 1 percent from October 2001, and mature chickens at 83.1 million pounds, were up 8 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 668 million pounds, down 2 percent, and ducks totaled 14.4 million pounds, a 4 percent decrease. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2002 averaged 5.18 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from October 2001. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.41 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2002 averaged 26.8 pounds per bird, up 5 percent from October 2001. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2002 totaled 16.8 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.36 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.34 percent from a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 47.9 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.13 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.23 percent a year earlier. October 2002 contained 23 weekdays and five Saturdays the same as a October a year ago. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2002 . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Oct : Sep : Oct :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Oct : Sep : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 769,536 686,737 764,199 99 111 Mature : 14,542 13,841 15,350 106 111 Light : 8,373 7,512 8,379 100 112 Heavy : 6,169 6,329 6,971 113 110 Total : 784,078 700,578 779,549 99 111 : Turkeys : Young : 26,395 21,503 24,641 93 115 Old : 253 284 279 110 98 Total : 26,648 21,787 24,920 94 114 : Ducks : 2,226 2,031 2,134 96 105 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,912,113 3,513,264 3,955,160 101 113 Mature : 77,185 75,787 83,092 108 110 Light : 28,351 25,413 27,970 99 110 Heavy : 48,834 50,374 55,122 113 109 Total : 3,989,298 3,589,051 4,038,252 101 113 : Turkeys : Young : 675,685 558,005 660,026 98 118 Old : 6,900 7,558 7,482 108 99 Total : 682,585 565,563 667,508 98 118 : Ducks : 14,997 13,544 14,359 96 106 Other Poultry : 2,511 1,804 2,152 86 119 : Total Poultry : 4,689,391 4,169,962 4,722,271 101 113 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.08 5.12 5.18 102 101 Mature : 5.31 5.47 5.41 102 99 Light : 3.39 3.38 3.34 99 99 Heavy : 7.92 7.96 7.91 100 99 Total : 5.09 5.12 5.18 102 101 : Turkeys : Young : 25.60 25.95 26.79 105 103 Old : 27.24 26.52 26.93 99 102 Total : 25.61 25.96 26.79 105 103 : Ducks : 6.74 6.67 6.73 100 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 6,968,032 7,087,811 7,224,774 104 102 Mature : 141,120 134,687 144,880 103 108 Light : 80,249 76,612 83,276 104 109 Heavy : 60,871 58,075 61,604 101 106 Total : 7,109,152 7,222,498 7,369,654 104 102 : Turkeys : Young : 221,922 222,779 223,395 101 100 Old : 1,837 1,979 2,085 114 105 Total : 223,759 224,758 225,480 101 100 : Ducks : 20,055 22,216 20,051 100 90 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 34,745,730 35,601,587 36,856,024 106 104 Mature : 750,535 721,076 770,214 103 107 Light : 274,005 262,191 283,321 103 108 Heavy : 476,530 458,885 486,893 102 106 Total : 35,496,265 36,322,663 37,626,238 106 104 : Turkeys : Young : 5,687,437 5,821,604 5,983,665 105 103 Old : 48,065 52,404 56,633 118 108 Total : 5,735,502 5,874,008 6,040,298 105 103 : Ducks : 132,507 146,807 133,961 101 91 Other Poultry : 12,340 11,660 10,568 86 91 : Total Poultry : 41,376,614 42,355,138 43,811,065 106 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4.99 5.02 5.10 102 102 Mature : 5.32 5.35 5.32 100 99 Light : 3.41 3.42 3.40 100 99 Heavy : 7.83 7.90 7.90 101 100 Total : 4.99 5.03 5.11 102 102 : Turkeys : Young : 25.63 26.13 26.79 105 103 Old : 26.16 26.47 27.16 104 103 Total : 25.63 26.13 26.79 105 103 : Ducks : 6.61 6.61 6.68 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Oct : Sep : Oct :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Oct : Sep : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,641,339 2,338,038 2,626,101 99 112 Mature : 45,312 44,637 48,691 107 109 Light : 13,483 11,793 12,746 95 108 Heavy : 31,829 32,844 35,945 113 109 Total : 2,686,651 2,382,675 2,674,792 100 112 : Turkeys : Young : 264,169 234,965 294,026 111 125 Old : 3,407 4,447 3,877 114 87 Total : 267,576 239,412 297,903 111 124 : Ducks : 4,028 3,324 3,707 92 112 Other Poultry : 318 249 238 75 96 : Total Poultry : 2,958,573 2,625,660 2,976,640 101 113 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 255,832 261,953 304,046 119 116 Mature : 1,649 1,792 1,912 116 107 Light : 1,423 1,233 1,590 112 129 Heavy : 226 559 322 142 58 Total : 257,481 263,745 305,958 119 116 : Turkeys : Young : 271,942 204,399 224,975 83 110 Old : 1,801 1,370 1,729 96 126 Total : 273,743 205,769 226,704 83 110 : Ducks : 6,547 6,480 6,565 100 101 Other Poultry : 1,256 842 1,078 86 128 : Total Poultry : 539,027 476,836 540,305 100 113 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,897,171 2,599,991 2,930,147 101 113 Mature : 46,961 46,429 50,603 108 109 Light : 14,906 13,026 14,336 96 110 Heavy : 32,055 33,403 36,267 113 109 Total : 2,944,132 2,646,420 2,980,750 101 113 : Turkeys : Young : 536,111 439,364 519,001 97 118 Old : 5,208 5,817 5,606 108 96 Total : 541,319 445,181 524,607 97 118 : Ducks : 10,575 9,804 10,272 97 105 Other Poultry : 1,574 1,091 1,316 84 121 : Total Poultry : 3,497,600 3,102,496 3,516,945 101 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 23,381,075 24,012,075 24,676,979 106 103 Mature : 421,495 422,693 447,772 106 106 Light : 126,514 124,823 132,521 105 106 Heavy : 294,981 297,870 315,251 107 106 Total : 23,802,570 24,434,768 25,124,751 106 103 : Turkeys : Young : 2,139,481 2,220,959 2,404,842 112 108 Old : 24,101 31,119 34,392 143 111 Total : 2,163,582 2,252,078 2,439,234 113 108 : Ducks : 36,825 40,461 35,023 95 87 Other Poultry : 3,041 2,663 2,154 71 81 : Total Poultry : 26,006,018 26,729,970 27,601,162 106 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,203,082 2,288,220 2,614,234 119 114 Mature : 31,351 12,875 16,153 52 125 Light : 15,041 10,728 13,110 87 122 Heavy : 16,310 2,147 3,043 19 142 Total : 2,234,433 2,301,095 2,630,387 118 114 : Turkeys : Young : 2,340,741 2,387,824 2,322,265 99 97 Old : 12,159 9,027 8,777 72 97 Total : 2,352,900 2,396,851 2,331,042 99 97 : Ducks : 58,324 64,543 62,668 107 97 Other Poultry : 4,474 4,406 4,313 96 98 : Total Poultry : 4,650,131 4,766,895 5,028,410 108 105 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 25,584,157 26,300,295 27,291,213 107 104 Mature : 452,846 435,568 463,925 102 107 Light : 141,555 135,551 145,631 103 107 Heavy : 311,291 300,017 318,294 102 106 Total : 26,037,003 26,735,863 27,755,138 107 104 : Turkeys : Young : 4,480,222 4,608,783 4,727,107 106 103 Old : 36,260 40,146 43,169 119 108 Total : 4,516,482 4,648,929 4,770,276 106 103 : Ducks : 95,149 105,004 97,691 103 93 Other Poultry : 7,515 7,069 6,467 86 91 : Total Poultry : 30,656,149 31,496,865 32,629,572 106 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :12,999 13,649 13,764 106 101 148,529 151,484 102 Mature : 1,060 1,702 1,178 111 69 12,985 15,400 119 Light : 579 850 496 86 58 5,946 6,867 115 Heavy : 481 852 682 142 80 7,039 8,533 121 Total :14,059 15,351 14,942 106 97 161,514 166,884 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,679 1,969 1,800 107 91 19,583 19,470 99 Old : 57 81 58 102 72 621 566 91 Total : 1,736 2,050 1,858 107 91 20,204 20,036 99 : Ducks : 35 25 23 66 92 312 287 92 Other Poultry : 7 7 15 214 214 44 52 118 : Total Poultry :15,837 17,433 16,838 106 97 182,074 187,259 103 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.33 0.39 0.35 106 90 0.42 0.41 98 Mature : 1.37 2.24 1.42 104 63 1.80 2.00 111 Light : 2.04 3.34 1.77 87 53 2.27 2.42 107 Heavy : 0.98 1.69 1.24 127 73 1.53 1.75 114 Total : 0.35 0.43 0.37 106 86 0.44 0.44 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.25 0.35 0.27 108 77 0.34 0.33 97 Old : 0.82 1.08 0.76 93 70 1.19 1.00 84 Total : 0.25 0.36 0.28 112 78 0.34 0.33 97 : Ducks : 0.23 0.19 0.16 70 84 0.21 0.21 100 Other Poultry : 0.29 0.45 0.64 221 142 0.37 0.49 132 : Total Poultry : 0.34 0.42 0.36 106 86 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, October 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :34,974 27,638 30,595 87 111 404,165 324,357 80 Mature : 4,176 4,189 4,651 111 111 37,707 39,794 106 Light : 2,110 2,114 2,252 107 107 18,493 20,329 110 Heavy : 2,066 2,075 2,399 116 116 19,214 19,465 101 Total :39,150 31,827 35,246 90 111 441,872 364,151 82 : Turkeys : Young :12,063 10,970 12,037 100 110 119,210 110,734 93 Old : 371 370 364 98 98 3,240 3,431 106 Total :12,434 11,340 12,401 100 109 122,450 114,165 93 : Ducks : 268 226 268 100 119 3,193 2,462 77 Other Poultry : 29 20 29 100 145 129 126 98 : Total Poultry :51,881 43,413 47,944 92 110 567,644 480,904 85 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.99 0.87 0.86 87 99 1.26 0.98 78 Mature : 6.01 6.14 6.22 103 101 5.81 5.74 99 Light : 8.27 9.24 8.95 108 97 7.84 7.97 102 Heavy : 4.70 4.58 4.84 103 106 4.65 4.44 95 Total : 1.09 0.99 0.97 89 98 1.35 1.08 80 : Turkeys : Young : 1.98 2.18 2.03 103 93 2.28 2.06 90 Old : 5.97 5.43 5.40 90 99 6.87 6.73 98 Total : 2.02 2.23 2.06 102 92 2.32 2.10 91 : Ducks : 1.98 1.86 2.08 105 112 2.42 2.04 84 Other Poultry : 1.30 1.20 1.54 118 128 1.23 1.32 107 : Total Poultry : 1.23 1.16 1.13 92 97 1.49 1.22 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 80,956 90,780 408,219 463,458 5.04 5.11 AR : 96,589 106,326 481,225 533,659 4.98 5.02 CA : * * * * * * DE : 21,440 23,933 127,822 145,620 5.96 6.08 FL : 9,818 11,150 52,084 61,000 5.30 5.47 GA : 99,275 113,183 497,293 566,824 5.01 5.01 KY : 20,007 19,538 105,388 108,322 5.27 5.54 LA : 14,684 16,560 71,325 81,574 4.86 4.93 MD : 15,785 18,242 75,360 87,787 4.77 4.81 MS : 58,607 66,021 313,096 355,792 5.34 5.39 MO : 30,371 34,541 139,834 162,804 4.60 4.71 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 54,319 57,788 325,234 354,612 5.99 6.14 OH : 3,403 4,194 18,397 22,557 5.41 5.38 PA : 8,932 10,165 47,357 54,502 5.30 5.36 SC : 19,489 21,417 107,299 120,699 5.51 5.64 TN : 18,782 20,882 89,797 100,881 4.78 4.83 TX : 51,051 56,919 248,882 279,210 4.88 4.91 VA : 26,208 29,556 128,425 149,115 4.90 5.05 WA : 4,429 4,900 23,974 26,410 5.41 5.39 : Oth Sts : 52,592 58,104 252,253 280,334 4.80 4.82 : US : 686,737 764,199 3,513,264 3,955,160 5.12 5.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 301,172 347,092 3,558 3,940 0.97 0.94 AR : 349,240 385,908 3,909 4,056 0.90 0.84 CA : * * * * * * DE : 91,953 106,256 1,559 1,810 1.36 1.38 FL : 37,247 43,070 492 725 1.05 1.32 GA : 365,858 417,864 3,313 3,509 0.74 0.69 KY : 76,550 79,714 700 814 0.74 0.84 LA : 51,613 59,074 310 336 0.48 0.46 MD : 54,563 64,729 700 874 1.03 1.11 MS : 233,463 266,840 1,930 2,104 0.68 0.66 MO : 102,976 119,584 992 953 0.79 0.65 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 252,301 276,825 2,980 3,268 1.02 1.02 OH : 12,874 16,382 224 337 1.35 1.66 PA : 32,501 37,478 988 1,053 2.32 2.15 SC : 78,059 89,237 705 744 0.73 0.68 TN : 64,797 69,053 579 645 0.72 0.71 TX : 195,684 217,397 1,607 1,774 0.72 0.71 VA : 93,139 107,177 977 1,298 0.85 0.97 WA : 17,952 19,751 288 271 1.33 1.14 : Oth Sts : 188,049 206,716 1,827 2,084 0.80 0.83 : US : 2,599,991 2,930,147 27,638 30,595 0.87 0.86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 111,809 35,624 1,569 * 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 86,960 49,915 439 5,046 IN : * 3,598 * * * KY : * 29,247 * * 1,704 LA : * 13,476 4,736 * 300 MD : 1,270 41,410 10,730 43 * MS : 342 56,334 18,915 406 1,467 MO : 1,282 59,353 * 678 * NJ : 10 * * * * NY : 171 * * 199 * NC : 806 91,427 29,067 * * OH : 722 14,280 1,542 * 283 PA : * 26,418 11,507 172 * SC : 150 * * * 1,255 TN : * 40,858 10,995 353 478 TX : * 103,528 44,960 344 1,425 VA : * 41,538 * * * WA : 32 * * * * : Oth Sts : 36,411 175,513 74,061 3,300 36,490 : US : 48,608 1,154,763 361,745 12,677 51,664 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,190 211,071 14,856 151 99,338 Heavy : 2,464 73,349 3,647 244 10,647 : US : 3,654 284,420 18,503 395 109,985 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 5,559 24,984 24,918 5,490 63,395 279,035 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 : 5,428 34,788 21,145 5,695 93,711 303,639 IN : * * * * * 8,228 KY : 205 13,270 3,264 * 6,512 73,741 LA : 536 4,737 3,586 * * 32,158 MD : 1,523 15,150 * 564 13,096 108,861 MS : 2,905 11,635 8,935 927 39,303 141,169 MO : 1,221 11,223 10,659 578 39,958 138,760 NJ : * * * * * * NY : 756 * * 318 * * NC : 4,140 21,441 24,514 8,065 56,013 246,866 OH : 251 * 736 138 * 25,148 PA : 1,378 4,335 6,668 283 55,840 107,733 SC : * 7,261 2,726 5,052 4,822 * TN : 1,175 8,976 4,565 * 7,844 76,472 TX : 1,250 7,480 11,361 * 11,274 217,183 VA : 1,571 9,561 * 2,719 12,234 97,681 WA : * * * * * 22,541 : Oth Sts : 4,212 12,660 70,006 8,356 81,798 181,926 : US : 43,242 229,880 238,838 43,791 538,337 2,723,545 : Mature Birds : Light : 11,887 28,743 158,693 1,228 43,754 570,911 Heavy : 1,787 15,355 20,331 1,586 58,431 187,841 : US : 13,674 44,098 179,024 2,814 102,185 758,752 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 121,245 39,656 1,311 * AR : * 193,192 64,737 4,398 2,609 CA : 4,274 * 3,907 198 790 DE : 982 92,754 15,549 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 767 99,693 59,000 384 5,502 IN : * 5,430 * * 187 KY : * 33,103 * * 1,752 LA : * 14,547 5,204 * 297 MD : 1,571 57,520 15,027 50 * MS : 321 66,570 21,478 461 1,451 MO : 1,590 69,304 * 686 * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 734 99,205 28,883 * * OH : * 20,596 1,996 * * PA : 211 31,563 16,887 259 * SC : * 23,861 * * 1,112 TN : 161 39,145 9,333 310 596 TX : * 100,773 47,857 270 1,565 VA : * 57,978 * 58 * WA : * * 761 11 * : Oth Sts : 7,677 189,634 110,903 3,649 41,866 : US : 18,288 1,316,113 441,178 12,045 57,727 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,849 230,366 19,247 172 117,796 Heavy : 1 1,191 87,703 3,736 404 11,872 : US : 1 3,040 318,069 22,983 576 129,668 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 5,680 24,354 27,627 7,382 75,192 308,341 AR : 8,240 25,031 30,305 * 36,087 371,048 CA : 357 * 1,498 * * 133,629 DE : 2,854 9,585 11,296 1,746 17,783 158,608 FL : * 4,650 * 217 7,068 48,963 GA : 5,684 37,324 25,146 5,668 107,232 346,400 IN : 46 * * * * * KY : * 14,216 2,889 576 9,857 91,354 LA : 539 4,996 3,503 * * 32,965 MD : 1,950 18,248 * * 15,273 141,807 MS : 3,249 14,723 11,025 274 45,143 164,695 MO : 1,302 12,206 11,565 * 40,613 159,057 NJ : 793 * * * * 17,106 NY : 882 * 3,825 286 * * NC : 4,574 23,264 21,355 4,478 55,662 250,006 OH : 390 * * * * 35,333 PA : 1,624 4,863 7,147 779 * 129,655 SC : 1,387 5,556 1,972 4,332 4,696 * TN : 1,280 12,897 5,245 876 6,702 76,545 TX : 1,102 6,654 9,611 * 9,532 181,039 VA : 2,015 13,023 * * 15,983 137,847 WA : * * * * * 20,057 : Oth Sts : 2,602 13,039 81,699 13,653 148,753 223,626 : US : 46,550 244,629 255,708 40,267 595,576 3,028,081 : Mature Birds : Light : 14,483 30,988 165,747 1,564 50,335 632,547 Heavy : 2,187 16,980 22,420 2,552 60,254 209,300 : US : 16,670 47,968 188,167 4,116 110,589 841,847 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,867 3,005 48,955 54,314 17.08 18.07 CA : * 1,838 * 45,763 * 24.90 IA : 1,486 1,708 45,154 53,670 30.38 31.42 MN : 2,996 3,296 76,601 87,926 25.57 26.68 MO : 1,634 1,801 49,406 56,633 30.23 31.44 NC : 3,349 * 78,851 * 23.55 * OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : 2,610 3,140 57,100 68,224 21.88 21.73 : Oth Sts : 6,561 9,853 201,938 293,496 30.78 29.79 : US : 21,503 24,641 558,005 660,026 25.95 26.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 40,876 44,288 767 908 1.74 1.86 CA : * 36,871 * 838 * 2.04 IA : 35,083 41,428 1,209 1,361 2.97 2.82 MN : 60,763 70,401 1,567 1,789 2.27 2.26 MO : 38,494 44,136 1,294 1,401 2.91 2.75 NC : 61,244 * 1,208 * 1.70 * OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : 44,292 52,850 1,056 1,014 2.06 1.65 : Oth Sts : 158,612 229,027 3,869 4,726 2.13 1.79 : US : 439,364 519,001 10,970 12,037 2.18 2.03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, September 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 6,586 * * 3 CA : * 6,824 * 4 IA : 6,645 1,882 * * MN : * 16,629 1,299 * * MO : 15,553 * NC : * * * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * * 687 9 2 VA : 6 2,320 * * * : Other States : 191 37,096 13,731 5,723 140 : US : 197 91,653 17,599 5,732 149 : 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 : 206 1,075 839 * 1,767 22,950 MO : * * * * * 21,156 NC : 71 1,178 * * 1,159 14,764 OH : * * * * * * PA : 70 * * * * 7,393 VA : * * * * * 5,404 : Other States : 492 8,382 7,227 1,627 15,122 60,721 : US : 856 11,933 8,588 1,627 18,048 156,382 : 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". Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : * 9,153 * * 4 IA : 6,346 1,614 * 4 MN : * 20,475 1,346 * * MO : 14,837 * * * NC : 6 * * * 4 OH : * * 204 * PA : * * * 11 4 VA : * * * * 5 : Other States : 24 49,267 9,843 7,409 50 : US : 30 100,078 13,007 7,420 71 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 1 4,259 1,186 11 359 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 821 * * * * CA : 30 * * * * 12,295 IA : 155 285 762 * 1,110 13,487 MN : 187 1,243 1,023 * 2,329 28,185 MO : * * 490 * * 21,046 NC : 88 1,174 * 134 1,470 * OH : * * * * * * PA : 55 * 149 * * * VA : * * * * 2,904 8,257 : Other States : 260 9,096 5,098 2,065 11,001 79,265 : US : 775 12,619 7,522 2,199 18,814 162,535 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 18 274 149 82 992 7,331 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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