Pou 2-1 (2-04) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released February 9, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call John Lange at 202-720-0585, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 6 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during December 2003 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.22 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the amount certified in December 2002. Updated totals for November 2003 show that 2.92 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during December 2003 was 4.34 billion pounds, up 5 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.71 billion pounds, up 8 percent from December 2002, mature chickens at 63.5 million pounds, were down 10 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 554 million pounds, down 6 percent, and ducks totaled 15.1 million pounds, up 9 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during December 2003 averaged 5.25 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from December 2002. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.56 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during December 2003 averaged 26.9 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from December 2002. Ante-mortem condemnations during December 2003 totaled 16.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.38 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.46 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 43.7 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.12 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.21 percent a year earlier. December 2003 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays. December 2002 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, December 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2003. . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2003. . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2003. . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, December 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Dec : Nov : Dec :--------------- Commodity : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Dec : Nov : : : : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 662,504 625,960 706,615 107 113 Mature : 13,130 9,387 11,429 87 122 Light : 7,150 4,356 5,932 83 136 Heavy : 5,980 5,031 5,497 92 109 Total : 675,634 635,347 718,044 106 113 : Turkeys : Young : 21,282 22,413 20,451 96 91 Old : 274 248 155 57 63 Total : 21,556 22,661 20,606 96 91 : Ducks : 2,099 1,875 2,212 105 118 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,447,277 3,271,052 3,709,529 108 113 Mature : 70,736 54,828 63,523 90 116 Light : 24,087 14,700 19,782 82 135 Heavy : 46,649 40,128 43,741 94 109 Total : 3,518,013 3,325,880 3,773,052 107 113 : Turkeys : Young : 582,675 570,816 549,718 94 96 Old : 7,594 6,729 4,413 58 66 Total : 590,269 577,545 554,131 94 96 : Ducks : 13,878 12,796 15,089 109 118 Other Poultry : 920 754 355 39 47 : Total Poultry : 4,123,080 3,916,975 4,342,627 105 111 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.20 5.23 5.25 101 100 Mature : 5.39 5.84 5.56 103 95 Light : 3.37 3.37 3.33 99 99 Heavy : 7.80 7.98 7.96 102 100 Total : 5.21 5.23 5.25 101 100 : Turkeys : Young : 27.38 25.47 26.88 98 106 Old : 27.67 27.13 28.49 103 105 Total : 27.38 25.49 26.89 98 105 : Ducks : 6.61 6.83 6.82 103 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, December 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 8,406,313 8,546,240 8,512,945 101 100 Mature : 160,069 169,859 147,562 92 87 Light : 91,594 96,448 76,604 84 79 Heavy : 68,475 73,411 70,958 104 97 Total : 8,566,382 8,716,099 8,660,507 101 99 : Turkeys : Young : 266,932 268,675 264,547 99 98 Old : 2,370 2,569 3,028 128 118 Total : 269,302 271,244 267,575 99 99 : Ducks : 26,260 23,998 24,302 93 101 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 42,335,507 43,715,247 44,199,048 104 101 Mature : 854,308 907,955 824,872 97 91 Light : 313,651 328,387 261,323 83 80 Heavy : 540,657 579,568 563,549 104 97 Total : 43,189,815 44,623,202 45,023,920 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 6,965,326 7,189,257 7,089,621 102 99 Old : 63,367 69,926 81,479 129 117 Total : 7,028,693 7,259,183 7,171,100 102 99 : Ducks : 173,983 160,319 160,868 92 100 Other Poultry : 13,498 12,667 9,911 73 78 : Total Poultry : 50,405,989 52,055,371 52,365,799 104 101 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.04 5.12 5.19 103 101 Mature : 5.34 5.35 5.59 105 104 Light : 3.42 3.40 3.41 100 100 Heavy : 7.90 7.89 7.94 101 101 Total : 5.04 5.12 5.20 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 26.09 26.76 26.80 103 100 Old : 26.73 27.21 26.92 101 99 Total : 26.10 26.76 26.80 103 100 : Ducks : 6.63 6.68 6.62 100 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Dec : Nov : Dec :--------------- Commodity : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 : Dec : Nov : : : : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,273,858 2,213,525 2,460,509 108 111 Mature : 41,500 33,775 38,916 94 115 Light : 11,752 7,414 10,029 85 135 Heavy : 29,748 26,361 28,887 97 110 Total : 2,315,358 2,247,300 2,499,425 108 111 : Turkeys : Young : 252,348 252,989 246,679 98 98 Old : 4,378 3,463 2,209 50 64 Total : 256,726 256,452 248,888 97 97 : Ducks : 3,641 5,969 7,391 203 124 Other Poultry : 220 188 182 83 97 : Total Poultry : 2,575,945 2,509,909 2,755,886 107 110 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 253,493 208,282 265,935 105 128 Mature : 709 86 159 22 185 Light : 549 102 19 Heavy : 160 86 57 36 66 Total : 254,202 208,368 266,094 105 128 : Turkeys : Young : 205,517 197,275 187,588 91 95 Old : 1,113 1,777 1,095 98 62 Total : 206,630 199,052 188,683 91 95 : Ducks : 6,521 3,972 4,393 67 111 Other Poultry : 317 277 55 17 20 : Total Poultry : 467,670 411,669 459,225 98 112 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,527,351 2,421,807 2,726,444 108 113 Mature : 42,209 33,861 39,075 93 115 Light : 12,301 7,414 10,131 82 137 Heavy : 29,908 26,447 28,944 97 109 Total : 2,569,560 2,455,668 2,765,519 108 113 : Turkeys : Young : 457,865 450,264 434,267 95 96 Old : 5,491 5,240 3,304 60 63 Total : 463,356 455,504 437,571 94 96 : Ducks : 10,162 9,941 11,784 116 119 Other Poultry : 537 465 237 44 51 : Total Poultry : 3,043,615 2,921,578 3,215,111 106 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 28,524,594 29,140,868 29,471,501 103 101 Mature : 500,941 529,762 494,722 99 93 Light : 149,558 154,690 126,959 85 82 Heavy : 351,383 375,072 367,763 105 98 Total : 29,025,535 29,670,630 29,966,223 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 2,679,054 2,919,181 2,956,618 110 101 Old : 37,733 42,235 50,299 133 119 Total : 2,716,787 2,961,416 3,006,917 111 102 : Ducks : 48,926 41,833 52,058 106 124 Other Poultry : 3,130 2,751 2,764 88 100 : Total Poultry : 31,794,378 32,676,630 33,027,962 104 101 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,741,215 3,098,854 3,191,222 116 103 Mature : 14,855 17,347 7,870 53 45 Light : 12,437 13,969 5,579 45 40 Heavy : 2,418 3,378 2,291 95 68 Total : 2,756,070 3,116,201 3,199,092 116 103 : Turkeys : Young : 2,833,934 2,740,537 2,627,752 93 96 Old : 10,979 10,779 11,017 100 102 Total : 2,844,913 2,751,316 2,638,769 93 96 : Ducks : 75,215 75,026 66,945 89 89 Other Poultry : 5,085 4,994 3,693 73 74 : Total Poultry : 5,681,283 5,947,537 5,908,499 104 99 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 31,265,809 32,239,722 32,662,723 104 101 Mature : 515,796 547,109 502,592 97 92 Light : 161,995 168,659 132,538 82 79 Heavy : 353,801 378,450 370,054 105 98 Total : 31,781,605 32,786,831 33,165,315 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 5,512,988 5,659,718 5,584,370 101 99 Old : 48,712 53,014 61,316 126 116 Total : 5,561,700 5,712,732 5,645,686 102 99 : Ducks : 124,141 116,859 119,003 96 102 Other Poultry : 8,215 7,745 6,457 79 83 : Total Poultry : 37,475,661 38,624,167 38,936,461 104 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,968 11,043 14,112 94 128 178,884 170,434 95 Mature : 1,246 598 621 50 104 17,477 12,733 73 Light : 586 220 263 45 120 7,833 5,839 75 Heavy : 660 378 358 54 95 9,644 6,894 71 Total :16,214 11,641 14,733 91 127 196,361 183,167 93 : Turkeys : Young : 2,467 1,413 1,735 70 123 23,528 25,894 110 Old : 58 42 35 60 83 675 1,235 183 Total : 2,525 1,455 1,770 70 122 24,203 27,129 112 : Ducks : 27 24 25 93 104 331 339 102 Other Poultry : 6 3 63 28 44 : Total Poultry :18,772 13,123 16,528 88 126 220,958 210,663 95 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.43 0.34 0.38 88 112 0.41 0.39 95 Mature : 1.76 1.09 0.98 56 90 1.92 1.55 81 Light : 2.43 1.49 1.33 55 89 2.39 2.23 93 Heavy : 1.41 0.94 0.82 58 87 1.66 1.23 74 Total : 0.46 0.35 0.39 85 111 0.44 0.41 93 : Turkeys : Young : 0.42 0.25 0.32 76 128 0.33 0.37 112 Old : 0.76 0.62 0.80 105 129 0.97 1.52 157 Total : 0.43 0.25 0.32 74 128 0.33 0.38 115 : Ducks : 0.19 0.19 0.16 84 84 0.21 0.21 100 Other Poultry : 0.65 0.33 0.10 15 30 0.51 0.31 61 : Total Poultry : 0.46 0.34 0.38 83 112 0.42 0.40 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2002 : 2003 : 2003 :2002 :2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :29,905 23,735 30,996 104 131 381,610 361,636 95 Mature : 3,869 2,468 2,975 77 121 47,327 41,894 89 Light : 1,952 1,240 1,543 79 124 23,916 22,249 93 Heavy : 1,917 1,228 1,432 75 117 23,411 19,645 84 Total :33,774 26,203 33,971 101 130 428,937 403,530 94 : Turkeys : Young :10,529 9,229 9,170 87 99 131,941 123,714 94 Old : 412 272 201 49 74 4,165 4,733 114 Total :10,941 9,501 9,371 86 99 136,106 128,447 94 : Ducks : 280 280 348 124 124 2,992 3,504 117 Other Poultry : 13 7 5 38 71 156 132 85 : Total Poultry :45,008 35,991 43,695 97 121 568,191 535,613 94 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.96 0.81 0.93 97 115 0.97 0.91 94 Mature : 6.08 5.00 5.20 86 104 5.79 5.64 97 Light : 9.00 9.37 8.67 96 93 8.09 9.46 117 Heavy : 4.57 3.40 3.64 80 107 4.49 3.87 86 Total : 1.07 0.88 1.00 93 114 1.07 1.00 93 : Turkeys : Young : 2.01 1.80 1.85 92 103 2.04 1.94 95 Old : 6.03 4.50 5.06 84 112 6.62 6.45 97 Total : 2.06 1.83 1.88 91 103 2.08 1.99 96 : Ducks : 2.24 2.43 2.56 114 105 2.07 2.42 117 Other Poultry : 1.65 1.03 1.64 99 159 1.39 1.51 109 : Total Poultry : 1.21 1.02 1.12 93 110 1.21 1.14 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, December 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 75,780 86,864 393,574 451,329 5.19 5.20 AR : 86,362 95,809 429,887 482,376 4.98 5.03 CA : * * * * * * DE : 20,326 23,721 130,998 153,653 6.44 6.48 FL : 9,328 10,331 52,745 58,087 5.65 5.62 GA : 89,376 101,792 450,168 511,821 5.04 5.03 KY : 18,311 19,505 97,999 106,346 5.35 5.45 LA : 13,979 15,864 71,776 80,063 5.13 5.05 MD : 12,701 15,256 62,535 75,484 4.92 4.95 MS : 54,553 62,889 295,804 338,407 5.42 5.38 MO : 30,096 33,288 139,764 159,637 4.64 4.80 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 50,644 58,066 314,690 364,567 6.21 6.28 OH : 3,222 3,697 17,324 19,975 5.38 5.40 PA : 7,800 8,952 41,053 47,847 5.26 5.34 SC : 18,345 16,214 108,772 92,333 5.93 5.69 TN : 15,602 17,949 81,203 94,453 5.20 5.26 TX : 47,618 53,207 233,715 263,410 4.91 4.95 VA : 24,464 27,155 118,421 134,088 4.84 4.94 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 47,453 56,056 230,624 275,653 4.86 4.92 : US : 625,960 706,615 3,271,052 3,709,529 5.23 5.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, December 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 291,768 323,913 3,001 3,965 0.85 0.98 AR : 313,152 350,794 2,895 3,728 0.75 0.86 CA : * * * * * * DE : 94,320 110,006 1,548 1,957 1.31 1.42 FL : 36,823 41,806 577 668 1.22 1.28 GA : 331,256 372,303 2,577 4,482 0.64 0.97 KY : 74,445 77,430 547 660 0.62 0.69 LA : 52,153 58,898 243 305 0.38 0.42 MD : 44,722 53,984 673 823 1.20 1.21 MS : 218,461 252,332 2,057 2,286 0.77 0.75 MO : 102,742 117,413 855 1,079 0.68 0.75 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 241,673 283,489 2,827 3,678 1.00 1.12 OH : 12,433 14,448 216 246 1.39 1.37 PA : 29,491 34,020 596 709 1.61 1.65 SC : 80,526 68,243 505 668 0.52 0.80 TN : 58,935 68,690 566 771 0.77 0.91 TX : 181,344 205,680 1,402 1,652 0.67 0.70 VA : 86,867 91,057 929 1,171 0.87 0.97 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 170,696 201,938 1,721 2,148 0.83 0.87 : US : 2,421,807 2,726,444 23,735 30,996 0.81 0.93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, November 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 92,778 31,327 * * AR : 993 128,932 58,440 2,545 1,841 CA : * 73,554 4,763 255 677 DE : 753 81,634 26,991 * * FL : 86 * * * * GA : * 68,120 34,842 * 3,524 IN : * 5,344 * * * KY : * 30,189 9,586 31 * LA : 195 11,593 3,259 * 108 MD : 783 39,313 17,389 47 3,160 MS : 530 55,195 20,369 349 584 MO : 1,313 52,040 13,391 397 * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 499 72,666 32,833 129 12,951 OH : * 15,638 2,150 * * PA : 116 15,572 8,687 * 436 SC : * * * * 793 TN : 108 29,347 7,816 117 451 TX : * 69,907 18,024 207 1,904 VA : 230 42,608 * 100 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 29,415 88,235 51,640 4,058 21,035 : US : 35,021 972,665 341,507 8,235 47,464 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,648 149,684 12,024 101 68,244 Heavy : 487 56,733 2,690 235 8,666 : US : 2,135 206,417 14,714 336 76,910 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,229 18,135 16,650 5,872 70,482 243,473 AR : 5,908 15,935 24,706 2,494 34,716 276,510 CA : * * 1,698 * * 104,106 DE : 1,679 12,142 8,870 1,660 18,389 157,178 FL : 953 3,902 * 1,493 11,043 53,705 GA : 2,663 29,990 8,880 5,554 45,979 200,351 IN : * * 387 * * * KY : 147 6,367 2,408 * 3,691 55,313 LA : 284 * * * 1,853 24,199 MD : * 8,618 * * 13,599 102,793 MS : 2,533 17,207 12,097 743 50,161 159,768 MO : 1,050 8,287 9,149 * 20,665 108,346 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * 2,587 343 * * NC : 3,150 21,438 15,036 4,590 80,430 243,722 OH : * 690 * * * 30,415 PA : 805 2,566 3,540 129 * 43,361 SC : 372 5,037 * * * * TN : 739 7,793 3,275 202 5,992 55,840 TX : 884 8,814 5,978 * 7,179 140,067 VA : 1,400 8,701 * 4,091 12,852 104,535 WA : * 593 * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,664 13,757 60,685 8,444 61,140 172,374 : US : 31,460 189,972 175,946 35,615 438,171 2,276,056 : Mature Birds : Light : 5,606 6,823 121,117 248 68,066 433,561 Heavy : 1,560 9,694 19,030 705 48,571 148,371 : US : 7,166 16,517 140,147 953 116,637 581,932 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 118,240 52,274 1,411 * AR : 1,133 168,766 94,133 3,325 2,344 CA : * 74,986 5,297 789 739 DE : 3,262 104,241 44,792 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 516 79,578 47,655 443 3,811 IN : * 6,566 * * * KY : * 33,257 * 50 * LA : * 13,984 5,297 * 137 MD : * 50,197 22,175 * 3,904 MS : 227 61,537 32,303 345 549 MO : 1,578 67,240 18,966 * 1,825 NJ : * * * * * NY : 217 * * * * NC : 698 91,806 69,032 109 15,641 OH : 29 18,824 2,672 21 * PA : 219 23,350 15,946 120 487 SC : * * * * * TN : 104 40,543 11,087 136 * TX : * 80,017 46,892 * 2,273 VA : 384 53,998 * 21 * WA : 32 * 3,868 * * : Oth Sts : 6,010 110,829 101,733 4,549 24,904 : US : 14,409 1,197,959 574,122 11,319 56,614 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,523 206,573 12,828 133 89,079 Heavy : 699 61,940 4,759 376 10,052 : US : 3,222 268,513 17,587 509 99,131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,589 21,204 20,928 7,686 102,087 332,314 AR : 6,574 19,094 26,261 3,044 41,678 366,352 CA : * 5,813 * * 14,572 109,315 DE : 2,004 17,905 9,926 2,311 23,771 213,754 FL : * 3,865 * * 12,754 61,568 GA : 3,193 34,519 11,379 4,317 71,541 256,952 IN : 83 * * * * * KY : 205 8,569 3,183 1,339 3,798 68,563 LA : 449 3,578 * * * 28,488 MD : * 18,392 * 1,198 16,322 140,061 MS : 2,681 17,740 10,922 406 45,918 172,628 MO : 1,233 * 9,720 437 22,070 141,675 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 3,094 338 * * NC : 3,531 32,384 16,672 5,536 108,827 344,236 OH : * 577 * * * 31,550 PA : 1,377 4,855 3,576 936 14,303 65,169 SC : * 3,972 * * * * TN : 951 11,958 3,986 * 13,051 84,857 TX : 1,107 7,296 7,776 1,885 11,213 159,604 VA : 1,476 10,928 * * 16,009 134,955 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 8,583 24,413 67,908 12,874 71,579 253,611 : US : 37,036 247,062 195,331 42,307 589,493 2,965,652 : Mature Birds : Light : 6,664 10,205 121,023 1,566 78,424 529,018 Heavy : 1,749 10,027 21,250 2,527 59,282 172,661 : US : 8,413 20,232 142,273 4,093 137,706 701,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, December 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,884 2,781 51,313 50,360 17.79 18.11 CA : 2,369 * 50,697 * 21.40 * IA : 1,422 1,432 43,138 45,140 30.33 31.52 MN : 3,092 2,700 80,483 78,605 26.03 29.12 MO : 1,430 1,435 41,366 43,051 28.93 30.00 NC : 3,080 2,867 80,000 77,867 25.97 27.16 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 8,136 9,236 223,819 254,695 27.51 27.58 : US : 22,413 20,451 570,816 549,718 25.47 26.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, December 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 41,711 41,847 732 733 1.58 1.62 CA : 40,099 * 1,018 * 2.23 * IA : 33,327 33,672 903 1,052 2.32 2.59 MN : 64,308 62,375 1,368 1,340 1.89 1.89 MO : 32,330 33,582 966 986 2.60 2.54 NC : 62,968 61,485 993 1,020 1.38 1.46 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 175,521 201,306 3,249 4,039 1.61 1.76 : US : 450,264 434,267 9,229 9,170 1.80 1.85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, November 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 7,467 556 * * CA : 7 10,529 607 * * IA : 5,731 1,416 * * MN : * * * 683 15 MO : 9,097 * NC : * 3,634 * * OH : * * 49 * * PA : * * 270 * * VA : * * * * : Other States : 250 47,112 7,023 2,795 167 : US : 257 83,570 9,921 3,478 182 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 1 3,241 607 255 101 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 28 * * * 1,610 13,126 CA : * 524 349 * 1,438 13,945 IA : 72 365 434 * * 10,404 MN : * 712 814 * 2,180 24,150 MO : * * 233 5 * 14,305 NC : * * 342 * 725 5,989 OH : 15 89 47 * * * PA : 114 * * 26 * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 523 4,610 3,547 1,250 8,699 44,219 : US : 752 6,300 5,766 1,281 14,652 126,159 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 21 147 90 13 498 4,974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, December 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 9,289 1,053 * * CA : * 6,822 275 * IA : 7,168 1,859 * MN : * 16,378 * * * MO : 13,104 * NC : * 3,434 * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * * 607 * 2 VA : * * * * * : Other States : 432 32,235 5,650 4,282 52 : US : 432 88,430 9,444 4,282 54 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 2 2,425 590 12 82 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 960 * * * 14,107 CA : * 290 275 * 982 9,122 IA : 103 365 900 * 634 12,745 MN : * 444 567 * 1,670 21,544 MO : 28 500 230 * 1,041 15,700 NC : 33 694 385 * 1,241 6,423 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * 201 18 947 * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 543 2,985 2,762 1,576 5,858 49,233 : US : 707 6,238 5,320 1,594 12,373 128,874 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 39 100 90 15 593 3,948 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 2002, young chickens were killed in 34 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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