Pou 2-1 (12-04) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 6, 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 Down 6 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during October 2004 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.42 billion pounds, down 6 percent from the amount certified in October 2003. Updated totals for September 2004 show that 3.49 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during October 2004 was 4.60 billion pounds, down 6 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.93 billion pounds, down 5 percent from October 2003, and mature chickens at 69.9 million pounds, were down 2 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 587 million pounds, down 12 percent, and ducks totaled 14.1 million pounds, down 7 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2004 averaged 5.38 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from October 2003. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.76 pounds per bird, down slightly from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2004 averaged 27.0 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from October 2003. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2004 totaled 17.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.38 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.35 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 51.7 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.25 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.06 percent a year earlier. October 2004 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays. October 2003 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2004 . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2004 . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004 . . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Oct : Sep : Oct :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Oct : Sep : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 781,906 753,919 730,381 93 97 Mature : 12,310 12,720 12,135 99 95 Light : 5,982 6,155 5,922 99 96 Heavy : 6,328 6,565 6,213 98 95 Total : 794,216 766,639 742,516 93 97 : Turkeys : Young : 25,122 21,298 21,521 86 101 Old : 267 346 215 81 62 Total : 25,389 21,644 21,736 86 100 : Ducks : 2,241 2,210 2,086 93 94 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4,122,769 4,025,997 3,928,579 95 98 Mature : 71,051 74,177 69,885 98 94 Light : 20,453 20,814 19,656 96 94 Heavy : 50,598 53,363 50,229 99 94 Total : 4,193,820 4,100,174 3,998,464 95 98 : Turkeys : Young : 662,629 566,422 581,228 88 103 Old : 7,025 9,014 6,010 86 67 Total : 669,654 575,436 587,238 88 102 : Ducks : 15,226 14,852 14,122 93 95 Other Poultry : 1,518 1,762 1,740 115 99 : Total Poultry : 4,880,218 4,692,224 4,601,564 94 98 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.27 5.34 5.38 102 101 Mature : 5.77 5.83 5.76 100 99 Light : 3.42 3.38 3.32 97 98 Heavy : 8.00 8.13 8.08 101 99 Total : 5.28 5.35 5.39 102 101 : Turkeys : Young : 26.38 26.59 27.00 102 102 Old : 26.33 26.02 27.91 106 107 Total : 26.38 26.58 27.01 102 102 : Ducks : 6.79 6.72 6.77 100 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 7,236,312 7,194,784 7,332,981 101 102 Mature : 144,905 126,753 120,071 83 95 Light : 83,287 66,317 60,593 73 91 Heavy : 61,618 60,436 59,478 97 98 Total : 7,381,217 7,321,537 7,453,052 101 102 : Turkeys : Young : 223,576 221,744 209,138 94 94 Old : 2,084 2,625 2,302 110 88 Total : 225,660 224,369 211,440 94 94 : Ducks : 20,103 20,214 21,397 106 106 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 36,930,335 37,286,327 38,499,716 104 103 Mature : 770,356 706,622 676,820 88 96 Light : 283,359 226,844 202,707 72 89 Heavy : 486,997 479,778 474,113 97 99 Total : 37,700,691 37,992,949 39,176,536 104 103 : Turkeys : Young : 5,987,196 5,970,819 5,648,562 94 95 Old : 56,635 70,338 61,584 109 88 Total : 6,043,831 6,041,157 5,710,146 94 95 : Ducks : 134,336 132,986 143,239 107 108 Other Poultry : 10,754 8,907 6,978 65 78 : Total Poultry : 43,889,612 44,175,999 45,036,899 103 102 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.10 5.18 5.26 103 102 Mature : 5.32 5.57 5.64 106 101 Light : 3.40 3.42 3.35 99 98 Heavy : 7.90 7.94 7.97 101 100 Total : 5.11 5.19 5.26 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 26.78 26.93 27.14 101 101 Old : 27.17 26.80 26.75 98 100 Total : 26.78 26.92 27.14 101 101 : Ducks : 6.68 6.58 6.69 100 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Oct : Sep : Oct :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Oct : Sep : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,772,827 2,701,840 2,620,906 95 97 Mature : 43,444 46,118 43,202 99 94 Light : 10,385 10,625 9,849 95 93 Heavy : 33,059 35,493 33,353 101 94 Total : 2,816,271 2,747,958 2,664,108 95 97 : Turkeys : Young : 288,573 236,564 260,613 90 110 Old : 4,124 4,995 3,276 79 66 Total : 292,697 241,559 263,889 90 109 : Ducks : 6,806 5,928 5,540 81 93 Other Poultry : 552 249 211 38 85 : Total Poultry : 3,116,326 2,995,694 2,933,748 94 98 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 279,926 268,331 273,775 98 102 Mature : 292 378 486 166 129 Light : 35 103 183 523 178 Heavy : 257 275 303 118 110 Total : 280,218 268,709 274,261 98 102 : Turkeys : Young : 234,217 214,671 200,868 86 94 Old : 1,526 1,660 1,339 88 81 Total : 235,743 216,331 202,207 86 93 : Ducks : 5,088 4,635 4,497 88 97 Other Poultry : 712 822 841 118 102 : Total Poultry : 521,761 490,497 481,806 92 98 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 3,052,753 2,970,171 2,894,681 95 97 Mature : 43,736 46,496 43,688 100 94 Light : 10,420 10,728 10,032 96 94 Heavy : 33,316 35,768 33,656 101 94 Total : 3,096,489 3,016,667 2,938,369 95 97 : Turkeys : Young : 522,790 451,235 461,481 88 102 Old : 5,650 6,655 4,615 82 69 Total : 528,440 457,890 466,096 88 102 : Ducks : 11,894 10,563 10,037 84 95 Other Poultry : 1,264 1,071 1,052 83 98 : Total Poultry : 3,638,087 3,486,191 3,415,554 94 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 24,649,484 24,843,847 25,892,907 105 104 Mature : 447,858 422,093 417,405 93 99 Light : 132,547 109,518 102,167 77 93 Heavy : 315,311 312,575 315,238 100 101 Total : 25,097,342 25,265,940 26,310,312 105 104 : Turkeys : Young : 2,391,702 2,459,647 2,401,098 100 98 Old : 34,390 44,629 37,749 110 85 Total : 2,426,092 2,504,276 2,438,847 101 97 : Ducks : 35,043 38,701 62,092 177 160 Other Poultry : 2,285 2,471 2,076 91 84 : Total Poultry : 27,560,762 27,811,388 28,813,327 105 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,607,369 2,717,633 2,534,430 97 93 Mature : 16,145 7,626 3,817 24 50 Light : 13,110 5,477 858 7 16 Heavy : 3,035 2,149 2,959 97 138 Total : 2,623,514 2,725,259 2,538,247 97 93 : Turkeys : Young : 2,322,201 2,243,065 2,073,321 89 92 Old : 8,778 8,147 8,117 92 100 Total : 2,330,979 2,251,212 2,081,438 89 92 : Ducks : 62,945 58,581 44,144 70 75 Other Poultry : 4,313 3,362 2,299 53 68 : Total Poultry : 5,021,751 5,038,414 4,666,128 93 93 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 27,256,853 27,561,480 28,427,337 104 103 Mature : 464,003 429,719 421,222 91 98 Light : 145,657 114,995 103,025 71 90 Heavy : 318,346 314,724 318,197 100 101 Total : 27,720,856 27,991,199 28,848,559 104 103 : Turkeys : Young : 4,713,903 4,702,712 4,474,419 95 95 Old : 43,168 52,776 45,866 106 87 Total : 4,757,071 4,755,488 4,520,285 95 95 : Ducks : 97,988 97,282 106,236 108 109 Other Poultry : 6,598 5,833 4,375 66 75 : Total Poultry : 32,582,513 32,849,802 33,479,455 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,471 14,259 14,750 109 103 145,480 158,433 109 Mature : 762 1,026 1,198 157 117 11,543 10,860 94 Light : 343 446 445 130 100 5,356 4,348 81 Heavy : 419 580 753 180 130 6,187 6,512 105 Total :14,233 15,285 15,948 112 104 157,023 169,293 108 : Turkeys : Young : 2,593 1,934 1,534 59 79 22,755 20,857 92 Old : 52 37 26 50 70 1,161 418 36 Total : 2,645 1,971 1,560 59 79 23,916 21,275 89 : Ducks : 30 27 23 77 85 289 365 126 Other Poultry : 5 6 7 140 117 28 24 86 : Total Poultry :16,913 17,289 17,538 104 101 181,256 190,957 105 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.33 0.35 0.38 115 109 0.39 0.40 103 Mature : 1.07 1.38 1.71 160 124 1.63 1.60 98 Light : 1.68 2.15 2.26 135 105 2.36 2.14 91 Heavy : 0.83 1.09 1.50 181 138 1.29 1.37 106 Total : 0.34 0.37 0.40 118 108 0.41 0.42 102 : Turkeys : Young : 0.39 0.34 0.26 67 76 0.38 0.37 97 Old : 0.74 0.41 0.43 58 105 1.65 0.68 41 Total : 0.39 0.34 0.27 69 79 0.40 0.37 93 : Ducks : 0.20 0.18 0.16 80 89 0.22 0.25 114 Other Poultry : 0.34 0.32 0.38 112 119 0.31 0.34 110 : Total Poultry : 0.35 0.37 0.38 109 103 0.41 0.42 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :31,552 38,405 38,189 121 99 307,216 372,381 121 Mature : 3,367 3,056 3,205 95 105 36,464 30,688 84 Light : 1,655 1,360 1,387 84 102 19,470 14,736 76 Heavy : 1,712 1,696 1,818 106 107 16,994 15,952 94 Total :34,919 41,461 41,394 119 100 343,680 403,069 117 : Turkeys : Young :11,085 10,175 9,678 87 95 105,355 99,795 95 Old : 330 395 249 75 63 4,262 3,555 83 Total :11,415 10,570 9,927 87 94 109,617 103,350 94 : Ducks : 320 300 368 115 123 2,875 3,366 117 Other Poultry : 11 12 11 100 92 124 79 64 : Total Poultry :46,665 52,343 51,700 111 99 456,296 509,864 112 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.85 1.06 1.08 127 102 0.92 1.06 115 Mature : 5.27 4.58 5.09 97 111 5.73 5.04 88 Light : 8.99 7.26 7.84 87 108 9.54 8.08 85 Heavy : 3.76 3.53 4.02 107 114 3.94 3.74 95 Total : 0.93 1.12 1.15 124 103 1.01 1.13 112 : Turkeys : Young : 1.86 2.00 1.85 99 93 1.96 1.96 100 Old : 5.21 4.87 4.62 89 95 6.73 6.42 95 Total : 1.89 2.04 1.88 99 92 2.02 2.01 100 : Ducks : 2.33 2.25 2.90 124 129 2.40 2.61 109 Other Poultry : 0.87 0.78 0.75 86 96 1.55 1.35 87 : Total Poultry : 1.06 1.24 1.25 118 101 1.15 1.25 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 92,824 89,456 487,260 479,457 5.25 5.36 AR : 101,277 101,135 515,135 517,952 5.09 5.12 CA : * * * * * * DE : 24,744 24,165 164,264 156,631 6.64 6.48 FL : * * * * * * GA : 108,574 103,636 552,454 535,228 5.09 5.16 KY : 24,189 23,056 128,838 125,822 5.33 5.46 LA : 15,821 15,839 87,167 89,975 5.51 5.68 MD : 13,126 12,796 67,020 63,206 5.11 4.94 MS : 67,033 64,826 370,071 363,304 5.52 5.60 MO : 34,941 33,849 167,479 162,173 4.79 4.79 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 58,163 55,878 372,501 368,187 6.40 6.59 OH : 3,513 3,342 19,069 18,555 5.43 5.55 PA : 10,062 10,162 54,415 54,551 5.41 5.37 SC : 22,048 21,247 129,316 124,976 5.87 5.88 TN : 19,875 18,222 101,722 97,845 5.12 5.37 TX : 57,625 57,438 298,416 282,832 5.18 4.92 VA : 29,290 28,123 151,284 144,670 5.17 5.14 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 70,814 67,211 359,586 343,215 5.08 5.11 : US : 753,919 730,381 4,025,997 3,928,579 5.34 5.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 358,510 351,590 5,330 4,884 1.22 1.13 AR : 374,855 375,367 5,289 5,692 1.14 1.22 CA : * * * * * * DE : 118,010 114,907 1,996 1,962 1.35 1.39 FL : * * * * * * GA : 400,165 388,307 4,473 4,004 0.90 0.83 KY : 95,194 94,952 1,029 1,287 0.89 1.14 LA : 61,001 64,060 813 561 1.04 0.69 MD : 48,491 45,335 705 752 1.17 1.32 MS : 274,120 270,685 3,467 2,903 1.04 0.89 MO : 121,187 117,511 1,280 1,143 0.85 0.78 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 287,289 275,991 4,223 3,577 1.26 1.08 OH : 14,028 13,789 211 217 1.23 1.30 PA : 38,953 39,420 690 714 1.41 1.45 SC : 97,061 93,758 775 1,703 0.67 1.51 TN : 78,522 72,736 738 701 0.81 0.80 TX : 233,259 219,974 2,561 2,842 0.95 1.12 VA : 110,960 108,306 1,134 1,733 0.83 1.33 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 258,566 247,993 3,691 3,514 1.14 1.14 : US : 2,970,171 2,894,681 38,405 38,189 1.06 1.08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 129,509 54,808 * 3,077 AR : * 153,731 50,616 * 1,787 CA : * * 6,365 * 464 DE : 3,847 110,468 24,286 42 * FL : * * * * * GA : * 72,487 24,622 * 4,081 IN : * 5,091 * * * KY : 35 45,342 * * * LA : * 18,819 2,819 59 197 MD : * 50,399 11,381 58 * MS : * 70,300 30,917 734 * MO : 1,387 66,762 11,893 * 2,071 NJ : * * * * * NY : 352 * 2,085 * * NC : 408 116,530 38,786 * * OH : 6 13,635 * * 28 PA : * 27,385 11,173 224 251 SC : * 15,535 * 43 * TN : * 47,675 10,262 122 329 TX : * 72,508 29,901 * 1,553 VA : * 46,500 9,352 17 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 9,914 172,557 86,237 11,310 28,406 : US : 15,981 1,235,233 405,503 12,609 42,244 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,039 157,930 16,563 500 93,642 Heavy : 1,313 54,141 2,427 177 10,347 : US : 3,352 212,071 18,990 677 103,989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,955 26,402 24,113 14,281 155,171 415,099 AR : 7,707 21,502 32,680 5,562 48,594 327,535 CA : 345 * 1,969 1,392 3,078 * DE : 2,369 18,883 12,735 * 35,317 221,088 FL : * * * * * * GA : 3,509 32,624 8,698 8,005 45,922 202,154 IN : * 672 442 * * * KY : * 9,258 2,976 * * * LA : 311 2,800 3,040 * 1,596 30,258 MD : * 8,994 * * * 123,887 MS : 2,326 13,221 13,350 455 33,833 167,049 MO : 1,419 6,994 11,600 * 26,800 129,841 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 3,681 562 10,161 24,553 NC : 3,425 22,716 20,777 6,952 73,924 292,864 OH : * * * * * 26,448 PA : 1,510 4,504 5,190 * 21,969 72,581 SC : 743 5,625 2,232 1,762 3,000 41,825 TN : 1,187 11,055 7,340 * 20,637 100,833 TX : 1,055 6,521 7,828 938 10,569 131,380 VA : 1,328 10,175 6,033 3,913 14,928 95,491 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,558 14,477 41,016 14,333 96,094 426,302 : US : 35,747 216,423 205,700 58,155 601,593 2,829,188 : Mature Birds : Light : 6,547 7,179 98,823 1,640 74,977 459,840 Heavy : 1,309 9,417 16,015 1,424 82,066 178,636 : US : 7,856 16,596 114,838 3,064 157,043 638,476 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 260 115,309 40,952 * * AR : * 157,323 52,260 * 1,784 CA : * * 6,277 * 615 DE : 4,476 114,635 33,408 * 5,873 FL : * * * * * GA : 405 75,021 34,114 232 4,184 IN : * * * * * KY : 54 44,735 * * * LA : 72 18,013 3,245 * 247 MD : * 48,546 16,167 * * MS : * 70,296 39,153 711 * MO : 1,411 70,818 10,680 * 2,040 NJ : * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 312 99,233 37,659 * * OH : 9 14,512 * 19 33 PA : * 29,168 13,477 * 291 SC : 170 15,187 * 120 * TN : 127 46,115 7,628 66 373 TX : * 85,093 44,644 * 1,787 VA : 320 53,938 15,828 * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 8,686 179,709 127,744 10,420 26,842 : US : 16,302 1,237,651 483,236 11,568 44,069 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,902 180,628 20,378 202 68,933 Heavy : 813 1,499 51,615 2,772 126 10,113 : US : 813 3,401 232,243 23,150 328 79,046 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,613 23,487 20,489 6,526 119,448 335,919 AR : 7,735 25,620 32,173 2,347 47,662 332,287 CA : 283 * 1,506 * 4,698 119,311 DE : 2,316 14,253 11,661 * 40,276 232,155 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,948 33,710 9,406 8,554 64,205 232,779 IN : * * 199 * * * KY : * * 3,033 * * * LA : 307 3,333 2,282 * 1,944 29,642 MD : * 9,096 * 2,378 * 133,917 MS : 2,287 14,165 10,368 609 42,130 181,489 MO : 1,335 6,483 10,940 * 23,496 128,521 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 3,177 * * * NC : 2,827 17,213 16,954 4,275 70,856 260,642 OH : * * * * * 27,088 PA : 1,170 4,431 4,590 1,030 13,963 69,907 SC : 625 3,824 2,118 * 3,609 39,546 TN : * 9,357 4,931 1,728 * 94,030 TX : 1,090 5,704 7,113 1,171 11,405 158,729 VA : 1,350 12,711 6,438 5,726 16,594 116,380 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,161 25,548 45,436 15,020 129,487 374,417 : US : 33,047 208,935 192,814 49,364 589,773 2,866,759 : Mature Birds : Light : 9,507 5,666 128,560 1,308 72,694 489,778 Heavy : 1,406 7,218 17,845 584 95,755 189,746 : US : 10,913 12,884 146,405 1,892 168,449 679,524 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,688 2,753 50,180 53,198 18.67 19.32 CA : * 1,834 * 46,008 * 25.08 IA : * * * * * * MN : 3,686 3,393 87,576 87,140 23.76 25.68 MO : 1,555 1,572 47,890 49,280 30.80 31.34 NC : 3,285 3,204 89,341 87,294 27.20 27.24 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 10,084 8,765 291,435 258,308 28.90 29.47 : US : 21,298 21,521 566,422 581,228 26.59 27.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 42,053 43,737 524 1,066 1.16 2.23 CA : * 37,203 * 995 * 2.40 IA : * * * * * * MN : 70,144 70,312 1,805 1,511 2.29 1.93 MO : 36,831 38,405 930 967 2.16 2.18 NC : 71,870 70,268 1,277 957 1.59 1.22 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 230,337 201,556 5,639 4,182 2.15 1.80 : US : 451,235 461,481 10,175 9,678 2.00 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, September 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 4,297 637 30 * CA : * * * * * IA : 3,917 541 * * MN : * 19,005 * * * MO : 11,664 * * NC : * * 4 OH : * * * * PA : * * * * VA : * * * : Other States : 30 31,149 6,211 3,914 171 : US : 30 70,032 7,389 3,944 175 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 21 4,097 831 12 139 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 15 649 * * * 10,078 CA : 22 240 * * * * IA : * 161 337 * * * MN : 88 641 547 * 2,937 25,983 MO : * * * * * 18,112 NC : 42 * 644 * 1,835 9,402 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 290 3,274 2,943 1,620 22,539 56,819 : US : 457 4,965 4,471 1,620 27,311 120,394 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 19 217 164 4 3,174 8,678 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 5,586 730 40 7 CA : * * * * * IA : 5,005 522 * * MN : * 20,493 * * * MO : * 10,309 * * NC : * * 3,988 * * OH : * * 68 * PA : * * 419 * * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 2,298 22 29,867 5,431 4,418 90 : US : 2,298 22 75,248 7,170 4,458 97 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 4 2,744 455 15 137 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * * 13,194 CA : * 535 224 * 1,157 11,087 IA : 56 232 236 * * * MN : * 494 610 * 2,462 27,166 MO : * * * * * 17,382 NC : 83 * 801 74 1,401 11,103 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * 140 * 1,374 * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 514 3,830 3,190 2,218 17,386 46,378 : US : 653 5,091 5,201 2,292 23,780 126,310 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 21 64 101 3 973 4,517 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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