Pou 2-1 (10-04) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 4, 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 8 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during August 2004 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.51 billion pounds, up 8 percent from the amount certified in August 2003. Updated totals for July 2004 show that 3.39 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during August 2004 was 4.73 billion pounds, up 8 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.05 billion pounds, up 9 percent from August 2003, and mature chickens at 73.8 million pounds, were up 8 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 593 million pounds, up 2 percent, and ducks totaled 14.5 million pounds, up 17 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during August 2004 averaged 5.25 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from August 2003. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.73 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during August 2004 averaged 26.3 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from August 2003. Ante-mortem condemnations during August 2004 totaled 20.6 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.44 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.48 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 52.9 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.24 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.07 percent a year earlier. August 2004 contained 22 weekdays and four Saturdays. August 2003 contained 21 weekdays and five Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2004. . . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2004. . . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2004. . . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Aug : Jul : Aug :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Aug : Jul : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 723,786 742,666 770,555 106 104 Mature : 11,685 12,524 12,894 110 103 Light : 5,515 6,346 6,388 116 101 Heavy : 6,170 6,178 6,506 105 105 Total : 735,471 755,190 783,449 107 104 : Turkeys : Young : 22,019 21,716 22,246 101 102 Old : 339 284 292 86 103 Total : 22,358 22,000 22,538 101 102 : Ducks : 1,893 2,149 2,190 116 102 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,716,037 3,880,161 4,047,547 109 104 Mature : 68,573 70,881 73,818 108 104 Light : 19,260 20,972 21,280 110 101 Heavy : 49,313 49,909 52,538 107 105 Total : 3,784,610 3,951,042 4,121,365 109 104 : Turkeys : Young : 570,004 578,224 585,257 103 101 Old : 8,583 7,330 7,702 90 105 Total : 578,587 585,554 592,959 102 101 : Ducks : 12,431 14,258 14,505 117 102 Other Poultry : 859 508 995 116 196 : Total Poultry : 4,376,487 4,551,362 4,729,824 108 104 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.13 5.22 5.25 102 101 Mature : 5.87 5.66 5.73 98 101 Light : 3.49 3.31 3.33 95 101 Heavy : 7.99 8.08 8.08 101 100 Total : 5.15 5.23 5.26 102 101 : Turkeys : Young : 25.89 26.63 26.31 102 99 Old : 25.35 25.81 26.40 104 102 Total : 25.88 26.62 26.31 102 99 : Ducks : 6.56 6.63 6.62 101 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 5,776,359 5,683,698 5,848,580 101 103 Mature : 115,689 103,408 95,216 82 92 Light : 67,385 55,298 48,516 72 88 Heavy : 48,304 48,110 46,700 97 97 Total : 5,892,048 5,787,106 5,943,796 101 103 : Turkeys : Young : 177,301 174,438 166,319 94 95 Old : 1,521 2,072 1,741 114 84 Total : 178,822 176,510 168,060 94 95 : Ducks : 15,937 15,936 17,101 107 107 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 29,416,149 29,372,289 30,543,309 104 104 Mature : 611,335 570,441 532,758 87 93 Light : 229,938 189,130 162,237 71 86 Heavy : 381,397 381,311 370,521 97 97 Total : 30,027,484 29,942,730 31,076,067 103 104 : Turkeys : Young : 4,767,180 4,724,402 4,500,710 94 95 Old : 41,594 55,424 46,560 112 84 Total : 4,808,774 4,779,826 4,547,270 95 95 : Ducks : 106,428 104,160 114,265 107 110 Other Poultry : 6,724 6,068 3,476 52 57 : Total Poultry : 34,949,410 34,832,784 35,741,078 102 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.09 5.17 5.22 103 101 Mature : 5.28 5.52 5.60 106 101 Light : 3.41 3.42 3.34 98 98 Heavy : 7.90 7.93 7.93 100 100 Total : 5.10 5.17 5.23 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 26.89 27.08 27.11 101 100 Old : 27.34 26.75 26.75 98 100 Total : 26.89 27.08 27.11 101 100 : Ducks : 6.68 6.54 6.68 100 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Aug : Jul : Aug :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Aug : Jul : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,464,953 2,622,440 2,708,065 110 103 Mature : 41,108 43,351 45,233 110 104 Light : 9,599 10,578 10,710 112 101 Heavy : 31,509 32,773 34,523 110 105 Total : 2,506,061 2,665,791 2,753,298 110 103 : Turkeys : Young : 230,126 238,551 244,288 106 102 Old : 4,926 4,700 5,189 105 110 Total : 235,052 243,251 249,477 106 103 : Ducks : 3,366 5,608 5,843 174 104 Other Poultry : 229 278 261 114 94 : Total Poultry : 2,744,708 2,914,928 3,008,879 110 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 277,354 252,607 278,555 100 110 Mature : 256 176 510 199 290 Light : 90 23 219 243 952 Heavy : 166 153 291 175 190 Total : 277,610 252,783 279,065 101 110 : Turkeys : Young : 219,161 216,891 217,874 99 100 Old : 1,433 835 663 46 79 Total : 220,594 217,726 218,537 99 100 : Ducks : 5,670 4,620 4,547 80 98 Other Poultry : 315 56 355 113 634 : Total Poultry : 504,189 475,185 502,504 100 106 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,742,307 2,875,047 2,986,620 109 104 Mature : 41,364 43,527 45,743 111 105 Light : 9,689 10,601 10,929 113 103 Heavy : 31,675 32,926 34,814 110 106 Total : 2,783,671 2,918,574 3,032,363 109 104 : Turkeys : Young : 449,287 455,442 462,162 103 101 Old : 6,359 5,535 5,852 92 106 Total : 455,646 460,977 468,014 103 102 : Ducks : 9,036 10,228 10,390 115 102 Other Poultry : 544 334 616 113 184 : Total Poultry : 3,248,897 3,390,113 3,511,383 108 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 19,665,391 19,564,724 20,568,546 105 105 Mature : 354,444 338,630 328,085 93 97 Light : 107,981 90,386 81,693 76 90 Heavy : 246,463 248,244 246,392 100 99 Total : 20,019,835 19,903,354 20,896,631 104 105 : Turkeys : Young : 1,862,667 1,936,012 1,903,920 102 98 Old : 26,067 35,865 29,478 113 82 Total : 1,888,734 1,971,877 1,933,398 102 98 : Ducks : 28,010 25,872 50,624 181 196 Other Poultry : 1,744 1,718 1,616 93 94 : Total Poultry : 21,938,323 21,902,821 22,882,269 104 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,041,693 2,126,782 1,992,158 98 94 Mature : 12,449 7,192 2,953 24 41 Light : 10,287 5,374 572 6 11 Heavy : 2,162 1,818 2,381 110 131 Total : 2,054,142 2,133,974 1,995,111 97 93 : Turkeys : Young : 1,892,211 1,790,331 1,657,782 88 93 Old : 5,679 5,248 5,118 90 98 Total : 1,897,890 1,795,579 1,662,900 88 93 : Ducks : 49,901 48,934 35,012 70 72 Other Poultry : 2,393 2,040 636 27 31 : Total Poultry : 4,004,326 3,980,527 3,693,659 92 93 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 21,707,084 21,691,506 22,560,704 104 104 Mature : 366,893 345,822 331,038 90 96 Light : 118,268 95,760 82,265 70 86 Heavy : 248,625 250,062 248,773 100 99 Total : 22,073,977 22,037,328 22,891,742 104 104 : Turkeys : Young : 3,754,878 3,726,343 3,561,702 95 96 Old : 31,746 41,113 34,596 109 84 Total : 3,786,624 3,767,456 3,596,298 95 95 : Ducks : 77,911 74,806 85,636 110 114 Other Poultry : 4,137 3,758 2,252 54 60 : Total Poultry : 25,942,649 25,883,348 26,575,928 102 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :16,626 18,086 16,177 97 89 119,555 129,421 108 Mature : 1,748 1,608 1,237 71 77 10,030 8,636 86 Light : 644 607 550 85 91 4,740 3,457 73 Heavy : 1,104 1,001 687 62 69 5,290 5,179 98 Total :18,374 19,694 17,414 95 88 129,585 138,057 107 : Turkeys : Young : 2,310 2,045 3,096 134 151 18,404 17,389 94 Old : 98 63 41 42 65 1,020 355 35 Total : 2,408 2,108 3,137 130 149 19,424 17,744 91 : Ducks : 32 30 28 88 93 226 315 139 Other Poultry : 1 3 6 600 200 19 11 58 : Total Poultry :20,815 21,835 20,585 99 94 149,254 156,127 105 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.45 0.47 0.40 89 85 0.41 0.41 100 Mature : 2.55 2.27 1.68 66 74 1.76 1.62 92 Light : 3.34 2.89 2.58 77 89 2.51 2.13 85 Heavy : 2.24 2.01 1.31 58 65 1.39 1.40 101 Total : 0.49 0.50 0.42 86 84 0.43 0.43 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.40 0.35 0.53 133 151 0.39 0.39 100 Old : 1.14 0.85 0.53 46 62 1.84 0.76 41 Total : 0.42 0.36 0.53 126 147 0.41 0.39 95 : Ducks : 0.26 0.21 0.19 73 90 0.22 0.27 123 Other Poultry : 0.16 0.63 0.56 350 89 0.31 0.33 106 : Total Poultry : 0.48 0.48 0.44 92 92 0.43 0.43 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :28,642 36,239 38,518 134 106 247,151 295,768 120 Mature : 2,972 2,820 3,062 103 109 30,123 24,427 81 Light : 1,438 1,266 1,332 93 105 16,353 11,989 73 Heavy : 1,534 1,554 1,730 113 111 13,770 12,438 90 Total :31,614 39,059 41,580 132 106 277,274 320,195 115 : Turkeys : Young : 9,862 10,018 10,688 108 107 83,183 79,942 96 Old : 428 417 328 77 79 3,538 2,911 82 Total :10,290 10,435 11,016 107 106 86,721 82,853 96 : Ducks : 245 308 310 127 101 2,276 2,698 119 Other Poultry : 9 12 11 122 92 98 56 57 : Total Poultry :42,158 49,814 52,917 126 106 366,369 405,802 111 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.86 1.04 1.06 123 102 0.93 1.06 114 Mature : 4.82 4.42 4.61 96 104 5.87 5.09 87 Light : 8.30 6.71 6.96 84 104 9.61 8.21 85 Heavy : 3.46 3.46 3.66 106 106 4.01 3.73 93 Total : 0.93 1.10 1.12 120 102 1.03 1.13 110 : Turkeys : Young : 1.92 1.92 2.03 106 106 1.96 1.97 101 Old : 5.53 6.33 4.73 86 75 7.09 6.95 98 Total : 1.98 1.98 2.06 104 104 2.02 2.02 100 : Ducks : 2.19 2.40 2.37 108 99 2.43 2.62 108 Other Poultry : 1.14 2.67 1.24 109 46 1.80 1.94 108 : Total Poultry : 1.07 1.22 1.24 116 102 1.17 1.25 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 90,019 97,686 466,207 500,413 5.18 5.12 AR : 100,513 105,398 503,683 530,404 5.01 5.03 CA : * * * * * * DE : 24,290 25,746 152,418 169,305 6.27 6.58 FL : * * * * * * GA : 106,733 108,460 531,826 545,693 4.98 5.03 KY : 23,254 24,517 123,257 126,551 5.30 5.16 LA : 16,109 16,719 84,386 94,072 5.24 5.63 MD : 12,428 13,238 62,670 66,868 5.04 5.05 MS : 66,647 68,629 359,428 375,641 5.39 5.47 MO : 34,860 37,386 163,966 171,703 4.70 4.59 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 57,333 57,877 357,684 363,641 6.24 6.28 OH : 3,479 3,470 18,458 18,830 5.31 5.43 PA : 10,014 8,946 52,060 46,759 5.20 5.23 SC : 22,007 22,775 124,731 127,851 5.67 5.61 TN : 20,330 21,102 98,755 106,765 4.86 5.06 TX : 56,286 58,850 291,215 301,055 5.17 5.12 VA : 28,617 29,145 140,567 147,207 4.91 5.05 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 69,747 70,611 348,850 354,789 5.00 5.02 : US : 742,666 770,555 3,880,161 4,047,547 5.22 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, August 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 344,444 370,338 4,753 4,742 1.13 1.05 AR : 361,912 381,536 4,812 5,474 1.06 1.15 CA : * * * * * * DE : 110,401 121,876 1,819 2,640 1.33 1.73 FL : * * * * * * GA : 385,861 395,391 4,195 4,329 0.88 0.88 KY : 91,398 94,676 697 728 0.63 0.64 LA : 62,526 63,436 405 392 0.53 0.46 MD : 45,239 47,688 591 658 1.05 1.09 MS : 271,096 283,396 2,651 2,748 0.82 0.81 MO : 122,433 125,151 1,256 1,298 0.85 0.84 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 277,256 281,942 4,032 4,796 1.25 1.47 OH : 13,540 13,816 204 194 1.23 1.14 PA : 36,045 32,459 1,180 720 2.52 1.71 SC : 93,834 95,186 1,281 760 1.14 0.66 TN : 76,470 82,060 765 760 0.86 0.79 TX : 224,667 231,243 3,046 2,631 1.16 0.97 VA : 105,285 109,422 1,144 1,201 0.90 0.91 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 252,640 257,004 3,408 4,447 1.09 1.39 : US : 2,875,047 2,986,620 36,239 38,518 1.04 1.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, July 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 233 125,739 88,554 * * AR : * 152,638 47,940 * 1,733 CA : * * 4,115 191 744 DE : 5,386 91,904 20,423 * * FL : * * * * * GA : * 79,163 26,655 * 3,448 IN : * 4,667 * * * KY : * 36,947 7,115 * 1,763 LA : * 19,925 3,083 * 176 MD : * 38,653 8,358 64 * MS : 308 73,757 19,412 690 1,014 MO : 1,254 68,306 12,936 436 * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 570 114,741 39,860 * * OH : 7 10,586 * 53 24 PA : 1,300 24,973 10,684 * 330 SC : * 17,699 * 110 * TN : * 44,342 * 150 288 TX : * 79,861 * 228 1,361 VA : * 41,225 6,761 * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 9,198 174,360 69,870 9,261 26,254 : US : 18,256 1,199,486 365,766 11,183 37,135 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,817 157,797 17,281 165 78,311 Heavy : 725 60,076 2,778 125 9,026 : US : 3,542 217,873 20,059 290 87,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,303 38,151 26,545 4,801 113,019 405,510 AR : 7,619 18,733 29,444 2,066 46,508 311,947 CA : 437 7,453 2,205 * * * DE : 2,459 20,050 11,776 5,032 31,224 193,951 FL : * * * * * * GA : 3,830 34,077 9,917 10,711 60,185 228,623 IN : * * 209 * * * KY : 215 10,282 * * 4,514 67,090 LA : 427 2,474 3,201 110 * 31,441 MD : * 8,734 * 1,805 * 112,421 MS : 2,458 13,317 9,774 802 36,661 158,193 MO : * 10,784 16,709 1,251 25,101 140,846 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 1,867 * * * NC : 3,460 25,335 21,716 7,627 83,441 305,410 OH : * 1,224 * * * * PA : 1,318 * 6,897 196 35,012 85,900 SC : 759 4,686 * 2,873 4,012 42,609 TN : 1,424 9,466 * * * 98,807 TX : 1,428 7,009 8,402 1,801 10,316 139,580 VA : 1,418 11,960 7,465 * 11,736 88,803 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,454 12,341 48,230 15,897 117,313 332,151 : US : 37,009 236,076 204,357 54,972 579,042 2,743,282 : Mature Birds : Light : 10,314 5,085 97,342 949 71,941 442,002 Heavy : 1,254 9,419 16,727 559 70,950 171,639 : US : 11,568 14,504 114,069 1,508 142,891 613,641 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, August 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 385 126,366 47,996 * * AR : * 156,074 50,168 * 1,773 CA : 663 * 3,480 413 604 DE : 4,332 108,062 26,025 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 254 69,998 24,266 381 4,153 IN : * 5,294 * * * KY : * 38,310 10,058 * 2,124 LA : * 18,795 3,349 74 225 MD : 7,791 43,955 9,027 49 * MS : * 68,277 29,403 952 * MO : 1,325 81,776 13,101 300 2,218 NJ : * * * * * NY : 335 * * * * NC : 343 108,210 36,938 * * OH : * 11,642 * * 43 PA : 109 24,907 11,886 254 338 SC : * 16,897 * * * TN : 117 48,965 * 157 297 TX : * 80,486 29,089 * 1,577 VA : * 43,190 7,966 * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 2,485 179,318 49,420 9,826 25,678 : US : 18,151 1,230,522 352,172 12,406 39,030 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,328 171,143 20,280 229 70,651 Heavy : 814 62,145 2,439 242 9,983 : US : 3,142 233,288 22,719 471 80,634 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,440 31,504 23,727 10,273 118,587 368,625 AR : 7,813 19,613 32,448 4,033 53,610 330,464 CA : 434 7,505 1,731 * * * DE : 2,522 17,975 11,491 3,835 35,974 215,501 FL : * * * * * * GA : 3,519 34,359 9,091 15,930 42,671 204,622 IN : * 727 223 * * * KY : * 9,211 3,218 * 6,043 69,777 LA : 449 2,834 4,000 * * 32,565 MD : * 9,498 * 839 * 110,430 MS : 2,521 13,386 10,394 1,517 37,996 166,064 MO : 1,618 9,356 15,676 413 29,316 155,099 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 2,235 592 * * NC : 3,162 22,590 18,903 6,553 87,360 292,383 OH : * * * * * 24,323 PA : 1,470 * 4,366 200 * 78,418 SC : 781 5,733 * * 3,778 45,866 TN : 1,296 12,079 7,050 * * 105,027 TX : 1,354 7,693 8,919 1,103 9,612 140,304 VA : 1,380 14,654 7,091 3,167 14,192 95,795 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,478 14,058 38,322 10,857 172,069 356,435 : US : 37,237 232,775 198,885 59,312 611,208 2,791,698 : Mature Birds : Light : 7,643 5,412 105,257 1,536 67,023 451,502 Heavy : 1,511 8,061 19,957 933 83,575 189,660 : US : 9,154 13,473 125,214 2,469 150,598 641,162 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, August 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,596 2,711 48,103 49,576 18.53 18.29 CA : * 1,200 * 32,276 * 26.90 IA : * * * * * * MN : 3,334 3,726 85,663 88,314 25.69 23.70 MO : 1,580 1,715 49,500 52,648 31.33 30.70 NC : 3,285 3,356 84,796 87,564 25.82 26.09 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 10,921 9,538 310,162 274,879 28.40 28.82 : US : 21,716 22,246 578,224 585,257 26.63 26.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, August 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 40,132 42,436 611 589 1.41 1.32 CA : * 26,340 * 852 * 2.93 IA : * * * * * * MN : 67,738 68,780 1,510 1,651 1.96 2.08 MO : 38,159 41,097 1,042 993 2.34 2.09 NC : 68,639 68,981 1,259 2,054 1.65 2.61 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 240,774 214,528 5,596 4,549 2.00 1.84 : US : 455,442 462,162 10,018 10,688 1.92 2.03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 3,971 * * 2 CA : * 5,496 * 7 * IA : 4,456 1,227 * * MN : * 15,235 * * * MO : 9,100 * NC : * * OH : * * * * PA : * * * * * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 35 31,250 5,738 3,950 76 : US : 35 69,508 6,965 3,957 78 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 1 4,917 733 20 175 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 32 605 * * 1,232 * CA : 15 * 78 * 590 6,918 IA : * 270 * * 443 8,842 MN : 88 425 601 * 2,703 21,925 MO : * * * * * 12,616 NC : 20 * 450 * 2,336 8,580 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 309 5,311 3,194 2,694 11,181 54,239 : US : 464 6,611 4,323 2,694 18,485 113,120 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 25 152 103 1 3,548 9,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, August 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 4,230 511 25 10 CA : * 6,140 226 * * IA : 4,074 726 * MN : * 19,613 * 1,153 * MO : 9,796 * NC : * * * OH : * * * * * PA : * * * * * VA : * * * * : Other States : 28 27,754 6,371 3,590 173 : US : 28 71,607 7,834 4,768 183 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 7 3,801 727 18 144 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 24 913 * * 1,407 8,579 CA : * 207 117 6 * 8,081 IA : 38 183 * * 239 * MN : * 557 564 41 3,166 27,216 MO : * * * * 1,669 13,032 NC : * * 547 * 1,707 9,688 OH : * * * * * * PA : 79 * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 347 4,667 3,007 778 8,868 46,955 : US : 488 6,527 4,235 825 17,056 113,551 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 22 313 132 11 1,012 6,187 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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