Pou 2-1 (4-03) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 4, 2003, 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 Down 3 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during February 2003 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 2.86 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the amount certified in February 2002. Updated totals for January 2003 show that 3.31 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during February 2003 was 3.86 billion pounds, down 3 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.25 billion pounds, down 3 percent from February 2002, and mature chickens at 63.7 million pounds, were down 7 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 537 million pounds, down 6 percent, and ducks totaled 12.7 million pounds, a slight increase. Young chickens slaughtered during February 2003 averaged 5.18 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from February 2002. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.30 pounds per bird, up 4 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during February 2003 averaged 27.0 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from February 2002. Ante-mortem condemnations during February 2003 totaled 16.6 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.43 percent of the live weight inspected, unchanged from a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 42.3 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.22 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.33 percent a year earlier. February 2003 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays. The same as February 2002. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, January 2003 . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, January 2003 . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2003. . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Feb : Jan : Feb :--------------- Commodity : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Feb : Jan : : : : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 655,606 725,193 626,732 96 86 Mature : 13,392 14,362 12,008 90 84 Light : 8,188 8,224 6,773 83 82 Heavy : 5,204 6,138 5,235 101 85 Total : 668,998 739,555 638,740 95 86 : Turkeys : Young : 20,547 21,342 19,694 96 92 Old : 158 319 171 108 54 Total : 20,705 21,661 19,865 96 92 : Ducks : 1,888 2,135 1,970 104 92 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,336,562 3,763,513 3,249,551 97 86 Mature : 68,559 75,243 63,688 93 85 Light : 27,687 27,999 22,465 81 80 Heavy : 40,872 47,244 41,223 101 87 Total : 3,405,121 3,838,756 3,313,239 97 86 : Turkeys : Young : 566,284 600,502 531,849 94 89 Old : 4,411 8,631 4,770 108 55 Total : 570,695 609,133 536,619 94 88 : Ducks : 12,714 14,264 12,742 100 89 Other Poultry : 653 890 382 58 43 : Total Poultry : 3,989,183 4,463,043 3,862,982 97 87 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.09 5.19 5.18 102 100 Mature : 5.12 5.24 5.30 104 101 Light : 3.38 3.40 3.32 98 98 Heavy : 7.85 7.70 7.87 100 102 Total : 5.09 5.19 5.19 102 100 : Turkeys : Young : 27.56 28.14 27.00 98 96 Old : 28.00 27.04 27.88 100 103 Total : 27.56 28.12 27.01 98 96 : Ducks : 6.73 6.69 6.47 96 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 1,338,063 1,393,450 1,351,925 101 97 Mature : 26,733 29,177 26,370 99 90 Light : 15,864 18,001 14,997 95 83 Heavy : 10,869 11,176 11,373 105 102 Total : 1,364,796 1,422,627 1,378,295 101 97 : Turkeys : Young : 40,279 42,065 41,036 102 98 Old : 302 388 490 162 126 Total : 40,581 42,453 41,526 102 98 : Ducks : 4,326 3,984 4,105 95 103 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 6,717,708 7,115,623 7,013,064 104 99 Mature : 138,451 148,579 138,931 100 94 Light : 54,566 61,247 50,464 92 82 Heavy : 83,885 87,332 88,467 105 101 Total : 6,856,159 7,264,202 7,151,995 104 98 : Turkeys : Young : 1,090,460 1,173,316 1,132,351 104 97 Old : 8,033 10,934 13,401 167 123 Total : 1,098,493 1,184,250 1,145,752 104 97 : Ducks : 28,658 27,034 27,006 94 100 Other Poultry : 1,633 1,398 1,272 78 91 : Total Poultry : 7,984,943 8,476,884 8,326,025 104 98 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.02 5.11 5.19 103 102 Mature : 5.18 5.09 5.27 102 104 Light : 3.44 3.40 3.36 98 99 Heavy : 7.72 7.81 7.78 101 100 Total : 5.02 5.11 5.19 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.07 27.89 27.59 102 99 Old : 26.60 28.23 27.35 103 97 Total : 27.07 27.90 27.59 102 99 : Ducks : 6.63 6.79 6.58 99 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Feb : Jan : Feb :--------------- Commodity : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Feb : Jan : : : : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,231,655 2,506,199 2,148,050 96 86 Mature : 39,794 44,299 37,471 94 85 Light : 13,246 13,480 10,875 82 81 Heavy : 26,548 30,819 26,596 100 86 Total : 2,271,449 2,550,498 2,185,521 96 86 : Turkeys : Young : 216,302 257,580 211,857 98 82 Old : 2,632 5,499 3,034 115 55 Total : 218,934 263,079 214,891 98 82 : Ducks : 3,527 3,691 3,016 86 82 Other Poultry : 179 183 122 68 67 : Total Poultry : 2,494,089 2,817,451 2,403,550 96 85 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 221,909 268,662 237,668 107 88 Mature : 1,012 911 849 84 93 Light : 874 729 563 64 77 Heavy : 138 182 286 207 157 Total : 222,921 269,573 238,517 107 88 : Turkeys : Young : 228,509 215,986 210,137 92 97 Old : 776 774 463 60 60 Total : 229,285 216,760 210,600 92 97 : Ducks : 6,129 6,668 6,012 98 90 Other Poultry : 237 353 119 50 34 : Total Poultry : 458,572 493,354 455,248 99 92 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,453,564 2,774,861 2,385,718 97 86 Mature : 40,806 45,210 38,320 94 85 Light : 14,120 14,209 11,438 81 80 Heavy : 26,686 31,001 26,882 101 87 Total : 2,494,370 2,820,071 2,424,038 97 86 : Turkeys : Young : 444,811 473,566 421,994 95 89 Old : 3,408 6,273 3,497 103 56 Total : 448,219 479,839 425,491 95 89 : Ducks : 9,656 10,359 9,028 93 87 Other Poultry : 416 536 241 58 45 : Total Poultry : 2,952,661 3,310,805 2,858,798 97 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 4,520,333 4,762,706 4,654,249 103 98 Mature : 80,625 86,320 81,770 101 95 Light : 26,350 29,715 24,355 92 82 Heavy : 54,275 56,605 57,415 106 101 Total : 4,600,958 4,849,026 4,736,019 103 98 : Turkeys : Young : 425,878 451,160 469,437 110 104 Old : 5,337 6,875 8,533 160 124 Total : 431,215 458,035 477,970 111 104 : Ducks : 7,857 7,692 6,707 85 87 Other Poultry : 358 368 305 85 83 : Total Poultry : 5,040,388 5,315,121 5,221,001 104 98 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 424,039 470,770 506,330 119 108 Mature : 1,734 2,463 1,760 101 71 Light : 1,396 1,985 1,292 93 65 Heavy : 338 478 468 138 98 Total : 425,773 473,233 508,090 119 107 : Turkeys : Young : 438,361 471,548 426,123 97 90 Old : 905 1,370 1,237 137 90 Total : 439,266 472,918 427,360 97 90 : Ducks : 12,677 12,879 12,680 100 98 Other Poultry : 574 498 472 82 95 : Total Poultry : 878,290 959,528 948,602 108 99 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 4,944,372 5,233,476 5,160,579 104 99 Mature : 82,359 88,783 83,530 101 94 Light : 27,746 31,700 25,647 92 81 Heavy : 54,613 57,083 57,883 106 101 Total : 5,026,731 5,322,259 5,244,109 104 99 : Turkeys : Young : 864,239 922,708 895,560 104 97 Old : 6,242 8,245 9,770 157 118 Total : 870,481 930,953 905,330 104 97 : Ducks : 20,534 20,571 19,387 94 94 Other Poultry : 932 866 777 83 90 : Total Poultry : 5,918,678 6,274,649 6,169,603 104 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------: of : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,424 18,996 13,409 93 71 30,314 32,405 107 Mature : 1,123 1,178 998 89 85 2,418 2,176 90 Light : 467 685 499 107 73 1,106 1,184 107 Heavy : 656 493 499 76 101 1,312 992 76 Total :15,547 20,174 14,407 93 71 32,732 34,581 106 : Turkeys : Young : 1,586 2,163 2,010 127 93 3,604 4,173 116 Old : 35 269 114 326 42 107 383 358 Total : 1,621 2,432 2,124 131 87 3,711 4,556 123 : Ducks : 19 35 22 116 63 88 57 65 Other Poultry : 2 2 1 50 50 3 3 100 : Total Poultry :17,189 22,643 16,554 96 73 36,534 39,197 107 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.43 0.50 0.41 95 82 0.43 0.46 107 Mature : 1.64 1.57 1.57 96 100 1.63 1.57 96 Light : 1.69 2.45 2.22 131 91 1.81 2.35 130 Heavy : 1.61 1.05 1.21 75 115 1.50 1.12 75 Total : 0.46 0.53 0.43 93 81 0.45 0.48 107 : Turkeys : Young : 0.28 0.36 0.38 136 106 0.31 0.37 119 Old : 0.79 3.12 2.37 300 76 0.98 2.86 292 Total : 0.28 0.40 0.40 143 100 0.31 0.40 129 : Ducks : 0.15 0.24 0.16 107 67 0.32 0.21 66 Other Poultry : 0.29 0.24 0.30 103 125 0.20 0.24 120 : Total Poultry : 0.43 0.51 0.43 100 84 0.43 0.47 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------: of : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :33,177 35,039 28,488 86 81 70,551 63,527 90 Mature : 3,563 4,589 3,555 100 77 7,858 8,144 104 Light : 2,073 2,539 2,022 98 80 4,525 4,561 101 Heavy : 1,490 2,050 1,533 103 75 3,333 3,583 108 Total :36,740 39,628 32,043 87 81 78,409 71,671 91 : Turkeys : Young :10,513 10,871 9,595 91 88 21,925 20,466 93 Old : 296 579 354 120 61 742 933 126 Total :10,809 11,450 9,949 92 87 22,667 21,399 94 : Ducks : 232 284 267 115 94 496 551 111 Other Poultry : 8 14 5 63 36 16 19 119 : Total Poultry :47,789 51,376 42,264 88 82 101,588 93,640 92 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.10 1.03 0.97 88 94 1.10 1.01 92 Mature : 5.77 6.78 6.21 108 92 5.88 6.51 111 Light : 8.32 10.08 10.01 120 99 8.21 10.04 122 Heavy : 4.05 4.82 4.13 102 86 4.24 4.50 106 Total : 1.20 1.15 1.07 89 93 1.20 1.11 93 : Turkeys : Young : 2.06 2.01 2.00 97 100 2.08 2.01 97 Old : 7.46 7.45 8.27 111 111 7.54 7.74 103 Total : 2.10 2.09 2.06 98 99 2.13 2.08 98 : Ducks : 2.03 2.21 2.33 115 105 2.04 2.27 111 Other Poultry : 1.50 1.82 1.76 117 97 1.34 1.66 124 : Total Poultry : 1.33 1.28 1.22 92 95 1.33 1.25 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January :February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 83,976 74,837 433,893 384,810 5.17 5.14 AR : 96,123 83,733 473,527 410,892 4.93 4.91 CA : * * * * * * DE : 23,666 19,467 143,674 118,671 6.07 6.10 FL : 11,086 8,944 62,633 49,274 5.65 5.51 GA : 108,550 90,060 545,489 456,480 5.03 5.07 KY : 21,423 19,071 113,296 99,542 5.29 5.22 LA : 14,397 13,082 75,593 69,929 5.25 5.35 MD : 16,780 14,397 79,001 68,057 4.71 4.73 MS : 61,870 56,329 331,372 300,777 5.36 5.34 MO : 33,184 29,277 161,300 139,668 4.86 4.77 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 59,798 51,732 366,040 306,707 6.12 5.93 OH : 3,213 2,741 18,869 15,018 5.87 5.48 PA : 9,409 7,418 49,576 39,358 5.27 5.31 SC : 20,845 17,487 120,584 101,885 5.78 5.83 TN : 17,939 15,416 95,815 84,408 5.34 5.48 TX : 53,561 47,640 258,251 235,888 4.82 4.95 VA : 27,642 25,258 135,088 122,819 4.89 4.86 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 61,731 49,843 299,512 245,368 4.85 4.92 : US : 725,193 626,732 3,763,513 3,249,551 5.19 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, February 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 317,838 281,518 4,167 3,499 1.07 1.01 AR : 342,799 294,487 4,270 3,781 1.00 1.02 CA : * * * * * * DE : 104,477 85,377 2,474 1,893 1.91 1.77 FL : 44,314 35,124 807 561 1.43 1.26 GA : 401,218 330,495 3,693 3,085 0.75 0.75 KY : 82,752 73,909 780 699 0.77 0.78 LA : 55,541 49,937 587 350 0.86 0.56 MD : 56,844 48,815 1,090 1,000 1.53 1.63 MS : 246,289 222,513 2,130 1,670 0.71 0.62 MO : 116,382 102,444 1,524 1,243 1.05 0.99 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 283,307 240,588 4,681 3,272 1.42 1.19 OH : 13,141 10,667 486 345 2.86 2.55 PA : 34,551 27,186 1,010 742 2.26 2.09 SC : 89,184 75,171 777 610 0.72 0.66 TN : 70,179 61,847 784 616 0.91 0.81 TX : 197,478 182,407 2,083 1,890 0.90 0.89 VA : 97,464 89,037 1,257 1,127 1.03 1.02 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 221,103 174,196 2,439 2,105 0.90 0.95 : US : 2,774,861 2,385,718 35,039 28,488 1.03 0.97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 134,855 81,311 1,072 * AR : 4,299 217,939 122,047 3,799 3,212 CA : * * 4,259 505 867 DE : 3,946 130,363 45,767 86 9,153 FL : 142 * * * * GA : 682 105,566 90,326 376 5,839 IN : * * * * * KY : * 28,974 * * 2,377 LA : * 14,812 9,201 * 211 MD : 2,524 70,713 41,772 * * MS : 238 57,851 57,743 293 1,648 MO : 1,538 106,799 89,655 772 * NJ : * * * * * NY : 242 * * * * NC : 584 112,344 86,975 * * OH : * 24,985 2,875 * * PA : 198 33,671 24,106 240 * SC : 162 24,830 * 28 1,278 TN : * 43,177 10,844 253 1,169 TX : 121 131,865 81,812 469 2,706 VA : * 54,347 * * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 10,932 218,835 127,476 3,884 50,982 : US : 25,608 1,511,926 876,169 11,837 79,442 : Mature Birds : Light : 4 2,903 250,221 19,052 434 111,414 Heavy : 1,052 77,008 3,199 399 11,794 : US : 4 3,955 327,229 22,251 833 123,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, January 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,591 26,662 28,854 4,812 106,286 395,604 AR : 7,460 29,766 30,331 1,617 46,785 467,255 CA : 364 * 2,034 * 2,994 137,602 DE : 2,937 17,548 13,000 2,273 25,978 251,051 FL : * 3,930 * * 16,359 74,591 GA : 4,846 45,689 25,180 6,384 120,039 404,927 IN : 133 * * * * 20,209 KY : 173 10,836 2,759 399 6,205 73,617 LA : 365 2,996 4,225 237 * 35,610 MD : * 25,511 * * 21,516 197,223 MS : 2,793 13,903 9,874 438 59,807 204,588 MO : 1,362 15,093 11,532 * 39,222 271,667 NJ : * * * * * * NY : 747 * 3,578 196 * * NC : 4,537 29,904 21,590 4,891 82,665 361,506 OH : 290 * 1,664 * * 48,218 PA : 1,439 * 6,147 289 * 100,624 SC : 849 * * 2,609 6,640 77,370 TN : 1,297 15,736 4,737 * 9,505 87,201 TX : 1,304 9,685 12,722 846 19,030 260,560 VA : 1,758 12,497 * 4,014 22,639 156,758 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,489 36,993 81,141 10,025 70,678 173,030 : US : 42,734 296,749 259,368 39,030 656,348 3,799,211 : Mature Birds : Light : 15,125 24,860 161,473 1,129 75,739 662,354 Heavy : 2,087 26,289 25,427 798 55,045 203,098 : US : 17,212 51,149 186,900 1,927 130,784 865,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, February 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 110,957 77,076 1,197 * AR : 4,377 190,840 110,542 4,331 2,834 CA : 1,078 * 4,279 * 712 DE : 3,971 98,399 39,625 * * FL : 85 * * * * GA : 343 81,087 88,991 273 4,761 IN : 20 * * * * KY : * 27,735 * 47 * LA : * 14,139 9,737 * 173 MD : 2,057 57,300 41,550 * 5,427 MS : 142 55,808 39,881 368 1,156 MO : 1,139 103,953 * 609 * NJ : * * * 4 * NY : 206 * * 154 * NC : * 94,080 74,839 62 * OH : * 19,346 * * * PA : * 20,988 18,278 189 * SC : 65 16,667 * 11 934 TN : * 37,940 9,178 146 695 TX : 57 126,365 60,006 * 2,218 VA : * 46,685 * 30 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 7,931 181,958 157,455 2,411 73,377 : US : 21,471 1,284,247 733,042 9,832 92,287 : Mature Birds : Light : 1 2,441 188,576 18,751 858 77,753 Heavy : 28 1,158 65,240 3,818 252 9,907 : US : 29 3,599 253,816 22,569 1,110 87,660 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,069 21,611 22,378 5,656 90,353 340,092 AR : 6,308 20,063 27,004 2,874 41,546 410,719 CA : 198 * 1,532 * 3,169 * DE : 2,147 12,432 8,843 2,879 19,121 194,835 FL : * 3,490 * 365 15,858 57,022 GA : 3,082 31,130 13,662 2,363 86,263 311,955 IN : * * * * * 15,941 KY : 163 8,315 * 468 5,482 70,508 LA : 370 2,608 4,010 * * 34,559 MD : 1,673 20,289 * 1,458 18,686 169,344 MS : 2,479 14,319 8,346 163 45,664 168,326 MO : 1,156 12,091 10,761 994 29,169 210,635 NJ : * * * * * * NY : 547 * 2,962 * * * NC : 3,655 24,638 17,275 5,467 71,349 311,727 OH : 182 * 949 * * 37,073 PA : 975 3,107 4,567 125 * 69,041 SC : * * 1,580 2,179 * 51,966 TN : 894 9,758 4,160 * 9,696 73,869 TX : 1,051 7,251 8,611 * 17,476 224,401 VA : 1,349 9,213 * * 21,150 154,444 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,438 22,545 77,831 7,363 78,967 292,792 : US : 34,736 222,860 214,471 32,354 553,949 3,199,249 : Mature Birds : Light : 14,227 19,665 155,408 1,792 69,207 548,679 Heavy : 1,842 21,183 21,510 1,773 48,729 175,440 : US : 16,069 40,848 176,918 3,565 117,936 724,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, February 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January :February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,785 2,756 49,313 49,269 17.71 17.88 CA : 929 * 23,862 * 25.69 * IA : 1,375 1,317 48,927 35,547 35.58 26.99 MN : 2,984 2,444 85,945 67,758 28.80 27.72 MO : 1,543 1,558 48,502 48,547 31.43 31.17 NC : 3,198 3,197 88,953 85,209 27.81 26.65 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 8,528 8,422 255,000 245,519 29.90 29.15 : US : 21,342 19,694 600,502 531,849 28.14 27.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 41,355 41,276 707 739 1.59 1.67 CA : 19,299 * 453 * 2.11 * IA : 37,868 27,889 1,395 872 3.17 2.73 MN : 67,139 54,165 1,839 1,348 2.38 2.21 MO : 37,878 37,918 1,005 1,092 2.30 2.50 NC : 70,101 67,364 1,324 1,190 1.65 1.55 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 199,926 193,382 4,148 4,354 1.81 1.97 : US : 473,566 421,994 10,871 9,595 2.01 2.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, January 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 6,216 * * * CA : 2 3,204 72 * * IA : 7,857 2,113 * MN : 19 21,452 4,208 * 29 MO : 13,883 * * NC : 2 * * 10 2 OH : * * * * * PA : 20 * 709 * 4 VA : * * * * * : Other States : 7 43,226 7,800 6,704 78 : US : 50 95,838 14,902 6,714 113 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 64 9,265 2,086 62 550 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 467 * * * * CA : 16 * * * * 4,578 IA : 142 426 628 * 705 15,770 MN : 151 565 916 * 1,849 30,723 MO : * * 235 * * 17,150 NC : 239 1,718 * 233 1,828 12,544 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * 251 * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 385 4,978 4,987 2,465 12,617 72,653 : US : 933 8,154 7,017 2,698 16,999 153,418 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 26 187 276 29 1,671 14,216 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, February 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * 2 CA : * 3,105 * * * IA : 6,796 1,433 * * MN : 16,550 2,499 * * MO : 17,211 * NC : * * * * * OH : * * * PA : * * 530 * * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 767 47,154 8,789 4,523 128 : US : 767 90,816 13,251 4,523 130 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 46 7,160 891 21 66 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 545 * * * * CA : * * * 6 * 4,558 IA : 98 421 583 75 305 11,414 MN : 62 562 482 531 1,246 23,048 MO : 38 * 345 * * 19,932 NC : 316 * * * * 11,865 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * 853 * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 367 5,260 5,130 1,072 11,668 68,635 : US : 881 6,788 6,540 1,684 14,072 139,452 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 11 215 186 6 1,223 9,825 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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