Pou 2-1 (6-03) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 6, 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 2 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during April 2003 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.25 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the amount certified in April 2002. Updated totals for March 2003 show that 3.10 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during April 2003 was 4.37 billion pounds, down 2 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.68 billion pounds, down 1 percent from April 2002, and mature chickens at 73.3 million pounds, were down 8 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 600 million pounds, down 4 percent, and ducks totaled 13.5 million pounds, up 3 percent. Young chickens slaughtered during April 2003 averaged 5.18 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from April 2002. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.25 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during April 2003 averaged 27.2 pounds per bird, up slightly from April 2002. Ante-mortem condemnations during April 2003 totaled 16.4 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.38 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.37 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 47.2 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.20 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.28 percent a year earlier. April 2003 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays. The same as April 2002. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, April 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, April 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, March 2003 . . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, March 2003 . . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, April 2003 . . . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, April 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Apr : Mar : Apr :--------------- Commodity : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Apr : Mar : : : : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 733,131 681,866 710,657 97 104 Mature : 15,488 12,559 13,955 90 111 Light : 9,630 6,963 8,334 87 120 Heavy : 5,858 5,596 5,621 96 100 Total : 748,619 694,425 724,612 97 104 : Turkeys : Young : 22,944 21,458 21,908 95 102 Old : 233 189 171 73 90 Total : 23,177 21,647 22,079 95 102 : Ducks : 1,948 1,964 2,023 104 103 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,727,960 3,497,276 3,679,394 99 105 Mature : 79,289 67,748 73,303 92 108 Light : 32,995 23,584 28,539 86 121 Heavy : 46,294 44,164 44,764 97 101 Total : 3,807,249 3,565,024 3,752,697 99 105 : Turkeys : Young : 621,454 588,777 595,677 96 101 Old : 6,450 5,217 4,559 71 87 Total : 627,904 593,994 600,236 96 101 : Ducks : 13,058 12,860 13,493 103 105 Other Poultry : 873 775 843 97 109 : Total Poultry : 4,449,084 4,172,653 4,367,269 98 105 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.08 5.13 5.18 102 101 Mature : 5.12 5.39 5.25 103 97 Light : 3.43 3.39 3.42 100 101 Heavy : 7.90 7.89 7.97 101 101 Total : 5.09 5.13 5.18 102 101 : Turkeys : Young : 27.09 27.44 27.19 100 99 Old : 27.69 27.55 26.58 96 96 Total : 27.09 27.44 27.19 100 99 : Ducks : 6.70 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, April 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 2,714,698 2,815,179 2,749,833 101 98 Mature : 54,076 58,519 53,077 98 91 Light : 31,977 36,009 30,336 95 84 Heavy : 22,099 22,510 22,741 103 101 Total : 2,768,774 2,873,698 2,802,910 101 98 : Turkeys : Young : 82,196 85,734 84,683 103 99 Old : 638 759 857 134 113 Total : 82,834 86,493 85,540 103 99 : Ducks : 8,703 7,996 8,114 93 101 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 13,644,701 14,357,656 14,216,461 104 99 Mature : 281,754 299,366 281,627 100 94 Light : 109,678 122,705 102,822 94 84 Heavy : 172,076 176,661 178,805 104 101 Total : 13,926,455 14,657,022 14,498,088 104 99 : Turkeys : Young : 2,215,643 2,358,907 2,327,807 105 99 Old : 17,194 21,251 23,367 136 110 Total : 2,232,837 2,380,158 2,351,174 105 99 : Ducks : 57,516 54,048 53,538 93 99 Other Poultry : 3,131 2,958 3,192 102 108 : Total Poultry : 16,219,939 17,094,186 16,905,992 104 99 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.03 5.10 5.17 103 101 Mature : 5.21 5.12 5.31 102 104 Light : 3.43 3.41 3.39 99 99 Heavy : 7.79 7.85 7.86 101 100 Total : 5.03 5.10 5.17 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 26.96 27.51 27.49 102 100 Old : 26.96 28.01 27.27 101 97 Total : 26.96 27.52 27.49 102 100 : Ducks : 6.61 6.76 6.60 100 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, April 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Apr : Mar : Apr :--------------- Commodity : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Apr : Mar : : : : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,506,186 2,339,270 2,449,335 98 105 Mature : 45,785 40,184 41,957 92 104 Light : 15,669 11,221 12,803 82 114 Heavy : 30,116 28,963 29,154 97 101 Total : 2,551,971 2,379,454 2,491,292 98 105 : Turkeys : Young : 230,577 245,660 247,817 107 101 Old : 4,284 3,410 2,886 67 85 Total : 234,861 249,070 250,703 107 101 : Ducks : 3,365 2,971 3,438 102 116 Other Poultry : 254 161 181 71 112 : Total Poultry : 2,790,451 2,631,656 2,745,614 98 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 245,611 246,509 272,275 111 110 Mature : 1,556 952 1,639 105 172 Light : 1,350 781 1,411 105 181 Heavy : 206 171 228 111 133 Total : 247,167 247,461 273,914 111 111 : Turkeys : Young : 255,814 218,913 223,121 87 102 Old : 623 417 413 66 99 Total : 256,437 219,330 223,534 87 102 : Ducks : 6,130 5,994 6,304 103 105 Other Poultry : 291 295 329 113 112 : Total Poultry : 510,025 473,080 504,081 99 107 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,751,797 2,585,779 2,721,610 99 105 Mature : 47,341 41,136 43,596 92 106 Light : 17,019 12,002 14,214 84 118 Heavy : 30,322 29,134 29,382 97 101 Total : 2,799,138 2,626,915 2,765,206 99 105 : Turkeys : Young : 486,391 464,573 470,938 97 101 Old : 4,907 3,827 3,299 67 86 Total : 491,298 468,400 474,237 97 101 : Ducks : 9,495 8,965 9,742 103 109 Other Poultry : 545 456 510 94 112 : Total Poultry : 3,300,476 3,104,736 3,249,695 98 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, April 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 9,162,632 9,629,917 9,479,207 103 98 Mature : 165,337 173,408 165,024 100 95 Light : 53,210 58,647 48,469 91 83 Heavy : 112,127 114,761 116,555 104 102 Total : 9,327,969 9,803,325 9,644,231 103 98 : Turkeys : Young : 869,296 903,956 967,231 111 107 Old : 11,005 13,484 14,953 136 111 Total : 880,301 917,440 982,184 112 107 : Ducks : 16,011 14,909 13,173 82 88 Other Poultry : 754 822 697 92 85 : Total Poultry : 10,225,035 10,736,496 10,640,285 104 99 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 886,023 940,425 1,012,877 114 108 Mature : 3,656 5,535 4,312 118 78 Light : 3,003 4,730 3,484 116 74 Heavy : 653 805 828 127 103 Total : 889,679 945,960 1,017,189 114 108 : Turkeys : Young : 878,802 949,346 868,958 99 92 Old : 2,191 2,629 2,093 96 80 Total : 880,993 951,975 871,051 99 91 : Ducks : 25,561 25,564 25,054 98 98 Other Poultry : 1,068 1,012 1,237 116 122 : Total Poultry : 1,797,301 1,924,511 1,914,531 107 99 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 10,048,655 10,570,342 10,492,084 104 99 Mature : 168,993 178,943 169,336 100 95 Light : 56,213 63,377 51,953 92 82 Heavy : 112,780 115,566 117,383 104 102 Total : 10,217,648 10,749,285 10,661,420 104 99 : Turkeys : Young : 1,748,098 1,853,302 1,836,189 105 99 Old : 13,196 16,113 17,046 129 106 Total : 1,761,294 1,869,415 1,853,235 105 99 : Ducks : 41,572 40,473 38,227 92 94 Other Poultry : 1,822 1,834 1,934 106 105 : Total Poultry : 12,022,336 12,661,007 12,554,816 104 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, April 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Apr : Mar : Apr : Apr : Mar :---------------: of : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,192 13,038 13,319 101 102 59,526 58,898 99 Mature : 1,433 856 1,087 76 127 5,085 4,155 82 Light : 766 508 614 80 121 2,349 2,320 99 Heavy : 667 348 473 71 136 2,736 1,835 67 Total :14,625 13,894 14,406 99 104 64,611 63,053 98 : Turkeys : Young : 1,772 3,079 1,859 105 60 6,993 9,132 131 Old : 70 108 84 120 78 227 575 253 Total : 1,842 3,187 1,943 105 61 7,220 9,707 134 : Ducks : 17 21 34 200 162 155 113 73 Other Poultry : 5 2 2 40 100 11 10 91 : Total Poultry :16,489 17,104 16,385 99 96 71,997 72,883 101 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.35 0.37 0.36 103 97 0.41 0.41 100 Mature : 1.81 1.26 1.48 82 117 1.70 1.48 87 Light : 2.32 2.15 2.15 93 100 1.91 2.26 118 Heavy : 1.44 0.79 1.06 74 134 1.55 1.03 66 Total : 0.38 0.39 0.38 100 97 0.44 0.43 98 : Turkeys : Young : 0.28 0.52 0.31 111 60 0.30 0.39 130 Old : 1.09 2.11 1.83 168 87 1.07 2.46 230 Total : 0.29 0.54 0.32 110 59 0.30 0.41 137 : Ducks : 0.13 0.16 0.25 192 156 0.28 0.21 75 Other Poultry : 0.61 0.34 0.23 38 68 0.39 0.31 79 : Total Poultry : 0.37 0.41 0.38 103 93 0.42 0.43 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, April 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Apr : Mar : Apr : Apr : Mar :---------------: of : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :35,326 31,326 31,003 88 99 141,214 125,978 89 Mature : 3,917 3,593 4,429 113 123 15,027 16,278 108 Light : 2,178 2,011 2,620 120 130 8,514 9,179 108 Heavy : 1,739 1,582 1,809 104 114 6,513 7,099 109 Total :39,243 34,919 35,432 90 101 156,241 142,256 91 : Turkeys : Young :11,385 11,221 11,093 97 99 43,847 42,910 98 Old : 425 438 363 85 83 1,462 1,762 121 Total :11,810 11,659 11,456 97 98 45,309 44,672 99 : Ducks : 244 274 316 130 115 995 1,147 115 Other Poultry : 11 17 17 155 100 35 58 166 : Total Poultry :51,308 46,869 47,221 92 101 202,580 188,133 93 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.05 1.00 0.94 90 94 1.09 0.98 90 Mature : 5.49 5.89 6.71 122 114 5.58 6.42 115 Light : 7.33 9.47 10.20 139 108 7.71 9.92 129 Heavy : 4.17 3.98 4.49 108 113 4.10 4.41 108 Total : 1.15 1.09 1.05 91 96 1.18 1.09 92 : Turkeys : Young : 2.04 2.12 2.07 101 98 2.07 2.05 99 Old : 7.33 9.35 8.85 121 95 7.65 8.38 110 Total : 2.09 2.18 2.12 101 97 2.12 2.11 100 : Ducks : 2.08 2.37 2.60 125 110 2.05 2.38 116 Other Poultry : 1.35 2.61 2.27 168 87 1.35 2.02 150 : Total Poultry : 1.28 1.25 1.20 94 96 1.32 1.24 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, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 81,066 84,289 413,618 431,334 5.10 5.12 AR : 92,029 98,738 452,542 494,012 4.92 5.00 CA : * * * * * * DE : 21,504 21,768 128,485 130,953 5.97 6.02 FL : 9,648 9,835 54,677 54,173 5.67 5.51 GA : 98,248 102,635 486,910 513,359 4.96 5.00 KY : 20,482 21,609 107,770 114,627 5.26 5.30 LA : 15,634 15,616 80,280 81,179 5.13 5.20 MD : 15,763 16,264 74,590 78,012 4.73 4.80 MS : 58,510 60,746 311,300 322,439 5.32 5.31 MO : 29,950 29,991 136,081 141,462 4.54 4.72 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 54,353 54,883 323,604 333,739 5.95 6.08 OH : 3,006 3,257 17,524 19,375 5.83 5.95 PA : 8,460 8,413 44,008 44,145 5.20 5.25 SC : 20,101 20,739 115,662 115,848 5.75 5.59 TN : 17,076 18,395 87,021 93,862 5.10 5.10 TX : 51,806 54,638 254,540 275,626 4.91 5.04 VA : 26,690 28,280 129,689 139,009 4.86 4.92 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 57,540 60,561 278,975 296,240 4.85 4.89 : US : 681,866 710,657 3,497,276 3,679,394 5.13 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, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 301,857 316,127 3,428 3,550 0.92 0.91 AR : 327,262 357,325 4,264 4,728 1.05 1.06 CA : * * * * * * DE : 93,901 94,793 1,985 2,047 1.72 1.74 FL : 37,899 38,252 590 597 1.20 1.23 GA : 355,216 380,075 3,286 3,116 0.75 0.67 KY : 77,279 83,601 741 777 0.76 0.75 LA : 59,146 58,564 433 411 0.60 0.56 MD : 52,732 55,915 1,030 1,222 1.53 1.74 MS : 236,266 239,127 2,303 2,472 0.82 0.85 MO : 99,395 103,500 1,338 1,227 1.09 0.96 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 255,123 262,371 3,948 3,173 1.36 1.06 OH : 12,336 13,918 347 306 2.20 1.75 PA : 31,212 31,182 791 701 2.00 1.76 SC : 84,905 84,178 625 725 0.60 0.70 TN : 63,022 68,985 1,153 667 1.47 0.79 TX : 197,973 211,860 1,910 2,041 0.83 0.82 VA : 93,149 101,887 1,118 1,173 0.96 0.94 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 207,106 219,950 2,036 2,070 0.81 0.78 : US : 2,585,779 2,721,610 31,326 31,003 1.00 0.94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 108,245 54,103 1,374 * AR : 3,842 208,334 122,858 4,006 2,867 CA : 1,388 * 3,994 300 944 DE : 6,311 92,247 42,660 * * FL : 104 * * * * GA : 371 86,412 80,975 226 5,550 IN : 16 6,825 * * 127 KY : * 31,023 16,825 65 * LA : * 15,496 10,302 128 264 MD : 4,384 62,649 36,220 * * MS : 224 66,328 38,356 435 1,090 MO : 1,101 105,194 * 652 * NJ : * * * * * NY : 249 * * * * NC : 631 93,334 57,347 * * OH : * 20,918 * * * PA : 255 21,702 18,064 228 511 SC : * 17,069 13,811 14 944 TN : * 44,605 12,830 216 * TX : * 136,763 57,263 486 2,378 VA : * 49,928 23,905 * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 3,158 178,696 108,415 2,338 57,895 : US : 22,098 1,345,768 697,928 10,468 72,570 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,236 171,466 14,330 194 72,586 Heavy : 999 72,641 3,516 201 9,533 : US : 3,235 244,107 17,846 395 82,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, March 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,307 22,480 21,218 7,550 86,024 311,162 AR : 7,081 18,483 27,591 2,787 47,261 445,110 CA : 231 * 1,777 * 3,459 * DE : 2,369 12,146 11,010 * 24,569 205,501 FL : * 3,405 * 495 13,958 52,344 GA : 3,528 32,598 20,827 3,494 83,888 317,869 IN : 64 * * * * 13,713 KY : 187 8,164 * * * 72,732 LA : 338 2,957 2,461 * 2,364 35,383 MD : 1,956 19,182 * 2,671 20,225 178,729 MS : 2,980 10,296 8,938 431 56,658 185,736 MO : 1,116 11,481 11,384 1,042 34,518 249,361 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 2,643 * * * NC : 3,469 19,553 17,983 5,612 57,479 275,197 OH : * * * * * 37,793 PA : 1,101 * 4,616 99 * 67,272 SC : * 4,267 1,888 4,098 5,364 48,627 TN : 896 7,407 3,700 * * 89,166 TX : 1,130 7,334 9,768 * 17,469 233,477 VA : 1,392 10,297 * * 17,012 126,214 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,845 16,799 80,231 14,535 78,121 265,503 : US : 37,990 206,849 226,035 42,814 548,369 3,210,889 : Mature Birds : Light : 14,797 26,040 154,823 1,006 127,285 584,763 Heavy : 1,946 14,662 23,131 1,746 66,056 194,431 : US : 16,743 40,702 177,954 2,752 193,341 779,194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 565 111,733 45,032 * * AR : 2,974 195,988 99,962 4,022 3,357 CA : * * 4,567 497 911 DE : * 97,970 35,240 91 * FL : 143 * * * * GA : 639 82,436 53,017 299 4,836 IN : * 5,868 * * 122 KY : 84 34,116 14,910 50 * LA : * 14,422 8,455 127 258 MD : 4,181 65,322 36,547 * 6,230 MS : 338 64,858 40,549 431 961 MO : 1,094 98,793 * 672 * NJ : * * * * * NY : 175 * * 124 * NC : 761 89,094 46,789 * * OH : * 19,848 * * * PA : * 19,169 13,947 159 383 SC : 57 17,395 12,263 * 1,042 TN : * 45,963 10,185 143 727 TX : * 131,801 41,407 731 2,435 VA : 388 56,592 21,746 22 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 9,824 186,642 74,505 4,510 44,253 : US : 21,223 1,338,010 559,121 11,878 65,515 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,577 217,355 19,099 408 96,778 Heavy : 733 72,163 4,869 1,100 8,371 : US : 3,310 289,518 23,968 1,508 105,149 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, April 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,470 24,116 28,731 5,536 85,579 313,105 AR : 6,984 18,425 30,266 3,399 49,905 415,282 CA : 489 * 2,030 * 4,909 * DE : 2,337 17,884 11,429 * 34,360 219,175 FL : * 2,902 3,069 532 13,658 51,664 GA : 3,945 31,274 17,763 6,354 71,683 272,246 IN : 92 * * 7 * * KY : 165 10,311 * 738 * 80,054 LA : 324 2,750 * * * 34,181 MD : 1,913 18,220 * * 22,627 179,461 MS : 2,977 12,659 9,470 777 62,423 195,443 MO : 1,144 12,026 9,648 285 37,726 210,770 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 2,931 * * * NC : 4,025 23,392 17,370 5,577 70,053 272,178 OH : 142 * * * * 32,803 PA : 1,073 2,362 * 72 12,172 54,269 SC : * 4,632 1,930 1,941 4,900 45,266 TN : 904 9,166 3,921 368 * 91,560 TX : 1,021 8,599 7,398 * 17,260 212,552 VA : 1,479 11,517 * * 14,800 129,239 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,115 14,630 73,178 16,200 72,465 285,403 : US : 38,599 224,865 219,134 41,786 574,520 3,094,651 : Mature Birds : Light : 22,602 25,311 178,521 2,912 87,814 653,377 Heavy : 1,531 18,382 24,710 1,241 58,888 191,988 : US : 24,133 43,693 203,231 4,153 146,702 845,365 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,701 3,002 50,220 55,846 18.59 18.60 CA : * * * * * * IA : 1,469 1,510 48,507 48,632 33.03 32.21 MN : 2,793 3,031 79,542 83,984 28.47 27.71 MO : 1,658 1,694 51,298 54,291 30.94 32.05 NC : 3,364 3,287 84,596 82,955 25.15 25.24 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 9,473 9,384 274,614 269,969 28.99 28.77 : US : 21,458 21,908 588,777 595,677 27.44 27.19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 41,877 46,079 791 833 1.75 1.66 CA : * * * * * * IA : 38,107 37,764 1,192 1,646 2.73 3.76 MN : 60,921 66,209 1,583 1,802 2.21 2.38 MO : 40,025 42,436 1,191 1,168 2.58 2.39 NC : 67,585 65,988 1,081 1,016 1.42 1.36 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 216,058 212,462 5,383 4,628 2.18 1.90 : US : 464,573 470,938 11,221 11,093 2.12 2.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, March 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : 4 * * * 5 IA : * 6,635 2,194 * * MN : * 16,667 3,103 * 26 MO : 17,658 * * * NC : * * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * 490 11 * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 1 349 53,520 9,676 4,664 34 : US : 1 353 94,480 15,463 4,675 65 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 9 3,869 1,174 105 98 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 14 665 * * * * CA : * * * * * * IA : * 577 535 88 680 12,879 MN : * 645 659 * 1,465 24,254 MO : * * 407 7 * 21,370 NC : 197 * * 59 1,285 9,864 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 735 5,534 3,791 1,837 10,976 76,826 : US : 946 7,421 5,392 1,991 14,406 145,193 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 39 310 396 18 1,712 7,730 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, April 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : * * * * * IA : * 7,468 2,108 * * MN : * 18,219 2,370 * 12 MO : * 14,196 * * NC : 4 * * * 4 OH : * * * * * PA : * * 492 * * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 194 46,633 6,898 5,480 39 : US : 198 86,516 11,868 5,480 55 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 5,682 1,251 96 250 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 610 * * * * CA : * * 90 * * * IA : * * 479 * * 14,971 MN : 128 607 869 * 1,987 25,594 MO : 51 * * * * 18,547 NC : * 1,049 484 * 630 * OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 597 4,226 3,198 2,838 12,437 75,285 : US : 776 6,492 5,120 2,838 15,054 134,397 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 26 217 321 79 1,616 9,538 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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