Pou 2-1 (1-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 3, 2005, 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 14 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during November 2004 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.32 billion pounds, up 14 percent from the amount certified in November 2003. Updated totals for October 2004 show that 3.42 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during November 2004 was 4.44 billion pounds, up 13 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.76 billion pounds, up 15 percent from November 2003, and mature chickens at 65.1 million pounds, were up 19 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 606 million pounds, up 5 percent, and ducks totaled 14.8 million pounds, up 16 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during November 2004 averaged 5.31 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from November 2003. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.72 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during November 2004 averaged 26.3 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from November 2003. Ante-mortem condemnations during November 2004 totaled 16.8 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.38 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.33 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 48.0 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.20 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.02 percent a year earlier. November 2004 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays. November 2003 contained 20 weekdays (including two holidays) and five Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2004 .. . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2004 . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004. . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2004 . . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2004 . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post- Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2004. . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2004. . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2004 . . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Nov : Oct : Nov :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Nov : Oct : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 626,674 728,524 707,640 113 97 Mature : 9,387 12,135 11,388 121 94 Light : 4,356 5,922 5,705 131 96 Heavy : 5,031 6,213 5,683 113 91 Total : 636,061 740,659 719,028 113 97 : Turkeys : Young : 22,413 21,525 22,916 102 106 Old : 248 215 174 70 81 Total : 22,661 21,740 23,090 102 106 : Ducks : 1,875 2,086 2,184 116 105 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,274,121 3,926,659 3,755,805 115 96 Mature : 54,828 69,885 65,110 119 93 Light : 14,700 19,656 19,387 132 99 Heavy : 40,128 50,229 45,723 114 91 Total : 3,328,949 3,996,544 3,820,915 115 96 : Turkeys : Young : 570,816 581,292 601,307 105 103 Old : 6,729 6,010 4,823 72 80 Total : 577,545 587,302 606,130 105 103 : Ducks : 12,796 14,122 14,806 116 105 Other Poultry : 754 1,770 860 114 49 : Total Poultry : 3,920,044 4,599,738 4,442,711 113 97 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.22 5.39 5.31 102 99 Mature : 5.84 5.76 5.72 98 99 Light : 3.37 3.32 3.40 101 102 Heavy : 7.98 8.08 8.05 101 100 Total : 5.23 5.40 5.31 102 98 : Turkeys : Young : 25.47 27.00 26.24 103 97 Old : 27.13 27.91 27.80 102 100 Total : 25.49 27.01 26.25 103 97 : Ducks : 6.83 6.77 6.78 99 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 7,883,736 7,821,458 8,038,764 102 103 Mature : 156,729 136,140 131,459 84 97 Light : 89,298 70,673 66,298 74 94 Heavy : 67,431 65,467 65,161 97 100 Total : 8,040,465 7,957,598 8,170,223 102 103 : Turkeys : Young : 247,393 244,157 232,058 94 95 Old : 2,295 2,873 2,476 108 86 Total : 249,688 247,030 234,534 94 95 : Ducks : 21,899 22,089 23,581 108 107 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 40,267,970 40,560,448 42,253,601 105 104 Mature : 837,219 761,450 741,930 89 97 Light : 304,300 241,544 222,094 73 92 Heavy : 532,919 519,906 519,836 98 100 Total : 41,105,189 41,321,898 42,995,531 105 104 : Turkeys : Young : 6,606,582 6,541,635 6,249,933 95 96 Old : 62,332 77,067 66,407 107 86 Total : 6,668,914 6,618,702 6,316,340 95 95 : Ducks : 146,441 145,782 158,045 108 108 Other Poultry : 11,747 9,661 7,868 67 81 : Total Poultry : 47,932,291 48,096,043 49,477,784 103 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.11 5.19 5.26 103 101 Mature : 5.34 5.59 5.66 106 101 Light : 3.41 3.42 3.35 98 98 Heavy : 7.90 7.94 8.03 102 101 Total : 5.11 5.19 5.27 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 26.70 26.79 27.06 101 101 Old : 27.16 26.83 26.82 99 100 Total : 26.71 26.79 27.06 101 101 : Ducks : 6.69 6.60 6.70 100 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Nov : Oct : Nov :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Nov : Oct : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,215,656 2,623,725 2,533,690 114 97 Mature : 33,775 43,202 40,003 118 93 Light : 7,414 9,849 9,793 132 99 Heavy : 26,361 33,353 30,210 115 91 Total : 2,249,431 2,666,927 2,573,693 114 97 : Turkeys : Young : 252,989 260,658 288,512 114 111 Old : 3,463 3,276 2,728 79 83 Total : 256,452 263,934 291,240 114 110 : Ducks : 5,969 5,540 5,693 95 103 Other Poultry : 188 222 247 131 111 : Total Poultry : 2,512,040 2,936,623 2,870,873 114 98 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 208,282 273,887 256,430 123 94 Mature : 86 486 254 295 52 Light : 183 121 66 Heavy : 86 303 133 155 44 Total : 208,368 274,373 256,684 123 94 : Turkeys : Young : 197,275 200,877 190,066 96 95 Old : 1,777 1,339 847 48 63 Total : 199,052 202,216 190,913 96 94 : Ducks : 3,972 4,497 4,667 117 104 Other Poultry : 277 852 276 100 32 : Total Poultry : 411,669 481,938 452,540 110 94 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,423,938 2,897,612 2,790,120 115 96 Mature : 33,861 43,688 40,257 119 92 Light : 7,414 10,032 9,914 134 99 Heavy : 26,447 33,656 30,343 115 90 Total : 2,457,799 2,941,300 2,830,377 115 96 : Turkeys : Young : 450,264 461,535 478,578 106 104 Old : 5,240 4,615 3,575 68 77 Total : 455,504 466,150 482,153 106 103 : Ducks : 9,941 10,037 10,360 104 103 Other Poultry : 465 1,074 523 112 49 : Total Poultry : 2,923,709 3,418,561 3,323,413 114 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 26,867,010 27,059,503 28,429,416 106 105 Mature : 488,262 455,868 457,408 94 100 Light : 142,938 116,932 111,960 78 96 Heavy : 345,324 338,936 345,448 100 102 Total : 27,355,272 27,515,371 28,886,824 106 105 : Turkeys : Young : 2,666,833 2,712,636 2,689,655 101 99 Old : 37,857 48,092 40,477 107 84 Total : 2,704,690 2,760,728 2,730,132 101 99 : Ducks : 38,192 44,670 67,785 177 152 Other Poultry : 2,531 2,659 2,334 92 88 : Total Poultry : 30,100,685 30,323,428 31,687,075 105 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,845,361 2,925,915 2,790,972 98 95 Mature : 16,638 7,712 4,071 24 53 Light : 13,420 5,477 979 7 18 Heavy : 3,218 2,235 3,092 96 138 Total : 2,861,999 2,933,627 2,795,043 98 95 : Turkeys : Young : 2,535,020 2,440,340 2,263,396 89 93 Old : 9,666 9,924 8,964 93 90 Total : 2,544,686 2,450,264 2,272,360 89 93 : Ducks : 68,505 62,553 48,811 71 78 Other Poultry : 4,677 3,639 2,586 55 71 : Total Poultry : 5,479,867 5,450,083 5,118,800 93 94 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 29,712,371 29,985,418 31,220,388 105 104 Mature : 504,900 463,580 461,479 91 100 Light : 156,358 122,409 112,939 72 92 Heavy : 348,542 341,171 348,540 100 102 Total : 30,217,271 30,448,998 31,681,867 105 104 : Turkeys : Young : 5,201,853 5,152,976 4,953,051 95 96 Old : 47,523 58,016 49,441 104 85 Total : 5,249,376 5,210,992 5,002,492 95 96 : Ducks : 106,697 107,223 116,596 109 109 Other Poultry : 7,208 6,298 4,920 68 78 : Total Poultry : 35,580,552 35,773,511 36,805,875 103 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :11,049 14,752 14,497 131 98 156,529 172,932 110 Mature : 598 1,198 641 107 54 12,141 11,501 95 Light : 220 445 271 123 61 5,576 4,619 83 Heavy : 378 753 370 98 49 6,565 6,882 105 Total :11,647 15,950 15,138 130 95 168,670 184,433 109 : Turkeys : Young : 1,413 1,534 1,585 112 103 24,168 22,442 93 Old : 42 26 34 81 131 1,203 452 38 Total : 1,455 1,560 1,619 111 104 25,371 22,894 90 : Ducks : 24 23 27 113 117 313 392 125 Other Poultry : 3 7 3 100 43 31 27 87 : Total Poultry :13,129 17,540 16,787 128 96 194,385 207,746 107 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.34 0.38 0.39 115 103 0.39 0.40 103 Mature : 1.09 1.71 0.98 90 57 1.59 1.55 97 Light : 1.49 2.26 1.40 94 62 2.31 2.08 90 Heavy : 0.94 1.50 0.81 86 54 1.26 1.32 105 Total : 0.35 0.40 0.40 114 100 0.41 0.42 102 : Turkeys : Young : 0.25 0.26 0.26 104 100 0.37 0.36 97 Old : 0.62 0.43 0.71 115 165 1.56 0.68 44 Total : 0.25 0.27 0.27 108 100 0.38 0.36 95 : Ducks : 0.19 0.16 0.18 95 113 0.22 0.25 114 Other Poultry : 0.33 0.38 0.30 91 79 0.32 0.34 106 : Total Poultry : 0.33 0.38 0.38 115 100 0.40 0.41 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :23,745 38,193 34,688 146 91 330,961 407,073 123 Mature : 2,468 3,205 2,923 118 91 38,932 33,611 86 Light : 1,240 1,387 1,356 109 98 20,710 16,092 78 Heavy : 1,228 1,818 1,567 128 86 18,222 17,519 96 Total :26,213 41,398 37,611 143 91 369,893 440,684 119 : Turkeys : Young : 9,229 9,678 9,692 105 100 114,584 109,487 96 Old : 272 249 286 105 115 4,534 3,841 85 Total : 9,501 9,927 9,978 105 101 119,118 113,328 95 : Ducks : 280 368 409 146 111 3,155 3,775 120 Other Poultry : 7 12 8 114 67 131 88 67 : Total Poultry :36,001 51,705 48,006 133 93 492,297 557,875 113 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.81 1.08 1.03 127 95 0.91 1.06 116 Mature : 5.00 5.09 4.99 100 98 5.68 5.03 89 Light : 9.37 7.84 7.77 83 99 9.53 8.05 84 Heavy : 3.40 4.02 3.81 112 95 3.89 3.74 96 Total : 0.87 1.15 1.09 125 95 0.99 1.13 114 : Turkeys : Young : 1.80 1.85 1.79 99 97 1.95 1.94 99 Old : 4.50 4.62 6.59 146 143 6.53 6.43 98 Total : 1.83 1.88 1.83 100 97 2.00 1.99 100 : Ducks : 2.43 2.90 3.06 126 106 2.40 2.65 110 Other Poultry : 1.03 0.75 1.02 99 136 1.51 1.31 87 : Total Poultry : 1.02 1.25 1.20 118 96 1.14 1.24 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 89,463 88,965 479,560 463,764 5.36 5.21 AR : 101,135 97,812 517,952 497,396 5.12 5.09 CA : * * * * * * DE : 24,165 23,112 156,631 149,517 6.48 6.47 FL : * * * * * * GA : 103,636 99,988 535,228 503,886 5.16 5.04 KY : 23,056 21,248 125,822 116,302 5.46 5.47 LA : 15,839 15,714 89,975 88,630 5.68 5.64 MD : 12,796 11,940 63,206 56,887 4.94 4.76 MS : 64,960 61,807 364,277 342,809 5.61 5.55 MO : 33,849 33,579 162,173 152,218 4.79 4.53 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 55,878 54,033 368,187 350,530 6.59 6.49 OH : 3,342 3,146 18,555 17,428 5.55 5.54 PA : 10,162 9,378 54,551 49,590 5.37 5.29 SC : 21,247 21,000 124,976 125,524 5.88 5.98 TN : 18,222 20,011 94,845 102,706 5.20 5.13 TX : 55,438 53,313 282,832 276,956 5.10 5.19 VA : 28,123 27,042 144,670 139,263 5.14 5.15 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 67,213 65,552 343,219 322,399 5.11 4.92 : US : 728,524 707,640 3,926,659 3,755,805 5.39 5.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 351,673 345,797 4,884 4,376 1.13 1.05 AR : 375,367 358,512 5,692 5,094 1.22 1.14 CA : * * * * * * DE : 114,907 107,738 1,962 1,938 1.39 1.44 FL : * * * * * * GA : 388,307 367,940 4,004 3,422 0.83 0.75 KY : 94,952 88,470 1,287 1,114 1.14 1.06 LA : 64,060 63,224 561 437 0.69 0.55 MD : 45,335 41,104 752 709 1.32 1.38 MS : 271,525 258,057 2,907 2,465 0.89 0.80 MO : 117,511 113,569 1,143 1,133 0.78 0.83 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 277,991 269,146 3,577 3,452 1.08 1.09 OH : 13,789 12,799 217 260 1.30 1.66 PA : 39,424 35,339 714 747 1.45 1.67 SC : 93,758 94,929 1,703 692 1.51 0.61 TN : 72,736 79,310 701 758 0.82 0.82 TX : 219,974 216,896 2,842 2,712 1.12 1.09 VA : 108,306 103,419 1,733 1,282 1.33 1.02 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 247,997 233,871 3,514 4,097 1.14 1.41 : US : 2,897,612 2,790,120 38,193 34,688 1.08 1.03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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. 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 : 259 115,309 40,877 * * 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 : * 70,372 39,165 711 * MO : 1,411 70,818 10,680 * 2,040 NJ : * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 312 99,235 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 : 8,686 179,710 127,744 10,422 26,820 : US : 16,301 1,237,730 483,173 11,570 44,047 : 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 : 3,608 23,517 20,480 6,517 119,398 335,779 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 : 2,288 14,168 10,369 609 42,183 181,635 MO : 1,335 6,483 10,940 * 23,496 128,521 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 3,177 * * * NC : 2,827 17,213 16,954 4,275 70,859 260,648 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 15,020 129,487 374,418 : US : 33,043 208,968 192,806 49,355 589,779 2,866,772 : 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". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 234 106,087 36,781 * * AR : * 160,613 60,115 * 1,921 CA : * * 7,175 218 508 DE : 7,912 109,237 41,282 * 6,365 FL : * * * * * GA : 374 69,135 32,016 185 4,216 IN : 20 * * 43 * KY : * 42,777 * 30 * LA : 90 18,086 3,751 54 360 MD : 3,262 41,312 17,086 26 * MS : * 70,349 31,049 584 * MO : 1,093 73,301 14,255 371 * NJ : * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 329 99,644 42,621 * * OH : * 17,108 * 27 84 PA : * 27,283 18,430 325 394 SC : * * * 69 * TN : 140 53,433 9,240 73 480 TX : 153 92,924 50,629 171 1,680 VA : * 54,434 22,129 25 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,468 179,874 100,304 6,922 29,651 : US : 18,075 1,215,597 486,863 9,123 45,659 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,966 188,887 20,291 144 77,066 Heavy : 678 48,223 1,767 107 8,920 : US : 3,644 237,110 22,058 251 85,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,226 24,268 20,642 7,544 104,385 308,001 AR : 7,121 21,578 29,484 1,945 47,665 334,971 CA : 264 * 1,355 1,282 * 103,886 DE : 2,030 8,069 8,834 * 46,732 233,564 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,450 33,764 9,143 6,873 64,711 222,867 IN : * 565 182 * * * KY : 164 * 2,803 * * * LA : 255 3,038 2,615 * * 30,514 MD : * * * * * * MS : 2,007 14,602 12,637 1,064 36,333 170,289 MO : 1,343 6,951 11,062 * 27,086 138,224 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 2,673 323 5,236 17,376 NC : 2,632 15,742 15,779 7,076 75,811 271,422 OH : 84 698 * * * * PA : 952 4,792 5,364 * 11,817 72,038 SC : 568 4,079 2,768 1,184 4,285 34,927 TN : 1,037 9,186 4,904 * * 104,912 TX : 1,007 7,102 7,807 1,378 12,830 175,681 VA : 1,299 10,292 5,409 3,111 17,411 118,829 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 3,331 30,067 43,258 11,973 144,982 492,135 : US : 29,770 194,793 186,719 43,753 599,284 2,829,636 : Mature Birds : Light : 7,684 6,411 112,770 577 63,184 479,980 Heavy : 1,360 8,124 13,712 623 77,466 160,980 : US : 9,044 14,535 126,482 1,200 140,650 640,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,753 3,053 53,198 57,136 19.32 18.72 CA : 1,834 * 46,008 * 25.08 * IA : * * * * * * MN : 3,393 3,440 87,140 91,603 25.68 26.63 MO : 1,572 1,458 49,280 44,884 31.34 30.78 NC : 3,204 3,173 87,297 84,291 27.24 26.56 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 8,769 11,792 258,369 323,393 29.46 27.42 : US : 21,525 22,916 581,292 601,307 27.00 26.24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 43,737 46,755 1,066 849 2.23 1.65 CA : 37,203 * 995 * 2.40 * IA : * * * * * * MN : 70,312 73,286 1,511 2,043 1.93 2.48 MO : 38,405 35,621 967 849 2.18 2.10 NC : 70,270 68,703 957 805 1.22 1.06 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 201,608 254,213 4,182 5,146 1.80 1.77 : US : 461,535 478,578 9,678 9,692 1.85 1.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, 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 29,868 5,431 4,418 90 : US : 2,298 22 75,249 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 46,379 : US : 653 5,091 5,201 2,292 23,780 126,311 : 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". Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : 7,175 * 35 * CA : * 7,212 484 * 4 IA : 4,927 * * * MN : * 24,358 * 975 * MO : 10,953 * * NC : * 3,543 * * OH : * * * * * PA : * * * * * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 28 28,564 8,194 3,048 66 : US : 28 86,732 8,678 4,058 70 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 2 3,814 611 6 70 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * * 15,243 CA : * 709 170 25 1,188 9,857 IA : * 188 * * 150 * MN : 137 568 623 * 2,275 31,610 MO : * * * * * 17,773 NC : 51 896 568 * 1,590 7,432 OH : * 131 54 * * * PA : 139 * 223 17 1,896 * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 341 2,881 3,827 1,671 17,388 55,357 : US : 668 5,373 5,465 1,713 24,487 137,272 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 18 41 144 1 2,909 7,616 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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