Pou 2-1 (1-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 31, 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 2 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during December 2004 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.33 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in December 2003. Updated totals for November 2004 show that 3.33 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during December 2004 was 4.47 billion pounds, up 2 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.83 billion pounds, up 2 percent from December 2003, and mature chickens at 68.9 million pounds, were up 8 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 552 million pounds, down 1 percent, and ducks totaled 16.2 million pounds, up 7 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during December 2004 averaged 5.30 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from December 2003. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.62 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during December 2004 averaged 27.7 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from December 2003. Ante-mortem condemnations during December 2004 totaled 21.1 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.47 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.38 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 51.5 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.28 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.11 percent a year earlier. December 2004 contained 23 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays. December 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, December 2004 . 4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December 2004 . 6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2004. . . . . . 8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2004. . . . . . 9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 200410 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, December 200411 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 200412 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 200414 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 200416 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, December 200416 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 200417 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 200418 Reliability Statement. . . . . .19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . .20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, December 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Dec : Nov : Dec :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Dec : Nov : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 715,407 708,218 722,753 101 102 Mature : 11,429 11,443 12,259 107 107 Light : 5,932 5,705 6,140 104 108 Heavy : 5,497 5,738 6,119 111 107 Total : 726,836 719,661 735,012 101 102 : Turkeys : Young : 20,596 22,951 19,641 95 86 Old : 155 174 269 174 155 Total : 20,751 23,125 19,910 96 86 : Ducks : 2,212 2,185 2,385 108 109 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,757,083 3,764,849 3,833,824 102 102 Mature : 63,523 65,561 68,920 108 105 Light : 19,782 19,387 20,619 104 106 Heavy : 43,741 46,174 48,301 110 105 Total : 3,820,606 3,830,410 3,902,744 102 102 : Turkeys : Young : 551,796 604,605 544,364 99 90 Old : 4,413 4,823 7,290 165 151 Total : 556,209 609,428 551,654 99 91 : Ducks : 15,089 14,817 16,175 107 109 Other Poultry : 355 860 528 149 61 : Total Poultry : 4,392,259 4,455,515 4,471,101 102 100 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.25 5.32 5.30 101 100 Mature : 5.56 5.73 5.62 101 98 Light : 3.33 3.40 3.36 101 99 Heavy : 7.96 8.05 7.89 99 98 Total : 5.26 5.32 5.31 101 100 : Turkeys : Young : 26.79 26.34 27.72 103 105 Old : 28.49 27.80 27.08 95 97 Total : 26.80 26.35 27.71 103 105 : Ducks : 6.82 6.78 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, December 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 8,546,240 8,536,865 8,762,095 103 103 Mature : 169,859 147,569 143,773 85 97 Light : 96,448 76,605 72,438 75 95 Heavy : 73,411 70,964 71,335 97 101 Total : 8,716,099 8,684,434 8,905,868 102 103 : Turkeys : Young : 268,675 264,753 251,734 94 95 Old : 2,569 3,028 2,745 107 91 Total : 271,244 267,781 254,479 94 95 : Ducks : 23,998 24,301 25,967 108 107 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 43,715,247 44,317,531 46,096,469 105 104 Mature : 907,955 824,973 811,301 89 98 Light : 328,387 261,326 242,713 74 93 Heavy : 579,568 563,647 568,588 98 101 Total : 44,623,202 45,142,504 46,907,770 105 104 : Turkeys : Young : 7,189,257 7,093,431 6,797,595 95 96 Old : 69,926 81,480 73,697 105 90 Total : 7,259,183 7,174,911 6,871,292 95 96 : Ducks : 160,319 160,871 174,231 109 108 Other Poultry : 12,667 10,016 8,396 66 84 : Total Poultry : 52,055,371 52,488,302 53,961,689 104 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.12 5.19 5.27 103 102 Mature : 5.35 5.59 5.66 106 101 Light : 3.40 3.41 3.35 99 98 Heavy : 7.89 7.94 8.03 102 101 Total : 5.12 5.20 5.27 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 26.76 26.80 27.12 101 101 Old : 27.21 26.92 26.84 99 100 Total : 26.76 26.80 27.12 101 101 : Ducks : 6.68 6.62 6.71 100 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Dec : Nov : Dec :--------------- Commodity : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 : Dec : Nov : : : : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,490,164 2,537,131 2,582,480 104 102 Mature : 38,916 40,324 42,169 108 105 Light : 10,029 9,793 10,653 106 109 Heavy : 28,887 30,531 31,516 109 103 Total : 2,529,080 2,577,455 2,624,649 104 102 : Turkeys : Young : 247,107 289,551 258,020 104 89 Old : 2,209 2,728 4,382 198 161 Total : 249,316 292,279 262,402 105 90 : Ducks : 7,391 5,700 6,104 83 107 Other Poultry : 182 247 287 158 116 : Total Poultry : 2,785,969 2,875,681 2,893,442 104 101 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 273,414 259,215 254,075 93 98 Mature : 159 254 295 186 116 Light : 102 121 Heavy : 57 133 295 518 222 Total : 273,573 259,469 254,370 93 98 : Turkeys : Young : 188,954 190,066 176,424 93 93 Old : 1,095 847 1,139 104 134 Total : 190,049 190,913 177,563 93 93 : Ducks : 4,393 4,668 5,322 121 114 Other Poultry : 55 276 58 105 21 : Total Poultry : 468,070 455,326 437,313 93 96 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,763,578 2,796,346 2,836,555 103 101 Mature : 39,075 40,578 42,464 109 105 Light : 10,131 9,914 10,653 105 107 Heavy : 28,944 30,664 31,811 110 104 Total : 2,802,653 2,836,924 2,879,019 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 436,061 479,617 434,444 100 91 Old : 3,304 3,575 5,521 167 154 Total : 439,365 483,192 439,965 100 91 : Ducks : 11,784 10,368 11,426 97 110 Other Poultry : 237 523 345 146 66 : Total Poultry : 3,254,039 3,331,007 3,330,755 102 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December 2004 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 29,140,868 29,549,667 31,015,337 106 105 Mature : 529,762 494,784 499,898 94 101 Light : 154,690 126,961 122,613 79 97 Heavy : 375,072 367,823 377,285 101 103 Total : 29,670,630 30,044,451 31,515,235 106 105 : Turkeys : Young : 2,919,181 2,959,743 2,948,714 101 100 Old : 42,235 50,301 44,859 106 89 Total : 2,961,416 3,010,044 2,993,573 101 99 : Ducks : 41,833 52,061 73,896 177 142 Other Poultry : 2,751 2,841 2,621 95 92 : Total Poultry : 32,676,630 33,109,397 34,585,325 106 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 3,098,854 3,199,329 3,047,832 98 95 Mature : 17,347 7,871 4,366 25 55 Light : 13,969 5,579 979 7 18 Heavy : 3,378 2,292 3,387 100 148 Total : 3,116,201 3,207,200 3,052,198 98 95 : Turkeys : Young : 2,740,537 2,629,294 2,439,820 89 93 Old : 10,779 11,019 10,103 94 92 Total : 2,751,316 2,640,313 2,449,923 89 93 : Ducks : 75,026 66,946 54,134 72 81 Other Poultry : 4,994 3,694 2,644 53 72 : Total Poultry : 5,947,537 5,918,153 5,558,899 93 94 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 32,239,722 32,748,996 34,063,169 106 104 Mature : 547,109 502,655 504,264 92 100 Light : 168,659 132,540 123,592 73 93 Heavy : 378,450 370,115 380,672 101 103 Total : 32,786,831 33,251,651 34,567,433 105 104 : Turkeys : Young : 5,659,718 5,589,037 5,388,534 95 96 Old : 53,014 61,320 54,962 104 90 Total : 5,712,732 5,650,357 5,443,496 95 96 : Ducks : 116,859 119,007 128,030 110 108 Other Poultry : 7,745 6,535 5,265 68 81 : Total Poultry : 38,624,167 39,027,550 40,144,224 104 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,196 14,514 18,437 130 127 170,725 191,386 112 Mature : 621 642 974 157 152 12,762 12,476 98 Light : 263 271 313 119 115 5,839 4,932 84 Heavy : 358 371 661 185 178 6,923 7,544 109 Total :14,817 15,156 19,411 131 128 183,487 203,862 111 : Turkeys : Young : 1,742 1,586 1,493 86 94 25,910 23,936 92 Old : 35 34 46 131 135 1,238 498 40 Total : 1,777 1,620 1,539 87 95 27,148 24,434 90 : Ducks : 25 27 159 636 589 338 551 163 Other Poultry : 3 1 33 31 28 90 : Total Poultry :16,619 16,806 21,110 127 126 211,004 228,875 108 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.38 0.39 0.48 126 123 0.39 0.41 105 Mature : 0.98 0.98 1.41 144 144 1.55 1.50 97 Light : 1.33 1.40 1.52 114 109 2.23 2.03 91 Heavy : 0.82 0.80 1.37 167 171 1.23 1.27 103 Total : 0.39 0.40 0.50 128 125 0.41 0.43 105 : Turkeys : Young : 0.32 0.26 0.27 84 104 0.37 0.35 95 Old : 0.80 0.71 0.63 79 89 1.52 0.67 44 Total : 0.32 0.27 0.28 88 104 0.38 0.35 92 : Ducks : 0.16 0.18 0.98 613 544 0.21 0.32 152 Other Poultry : 0.10 0.30 0.12 120 40 0.31 0.32 103 : Total Poultry : 0.38 0.38 0.47 124 124 0.40 0.42 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December 2004 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2003 : 2004 : 2004 :2003 :2004 : 2003 : 2004 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :31,295 34,771 38,633 123 111 362,256 445,789 123 Mature : 2,975 2,929 3,044 102 104 41,907 36,661 87 Light : 1,543 1,356 1,566 101 115 22,253 17,658 79 Heavy : 1,432 1,573 1,478 103 94 19,654 19,003 97 Total :34,270 37,700 41,677 122 111 404,163 482,450 119 : Turkeys : Young : 9,189 9,707 9,002 98 93 123,773 118,504 96 Old : 201 286 369 184 129 4,735 4,210 89 Total : 9,390 9,993 9,371 100 94 128,508 122,714 95 : Ducks : 348 409 474 136 116 3,503 4,249 121 Other Poultry : 5 8 6 120 75 136 94 69 : Total Poultry :44,013 48,110 51,528 117 107 536,310 609,507 114 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.93 1.03 1.12 120 109 0.91 1.07 118 Mature : 5.20 4.96 4.91 94 99 5.64 5.02 89 Light : 8.67 7.77 8.44 97 109 9.46 8.08 85 Heavy : 3.64 3.79 3.40 93 90 3.87 3.71 96 Total : 1.00 1.09 1.19 119 109 1.00 1.13 113 : Turkeys : Young : 1.85 1.78 1.84 99 103 1.94 1.93 99 Old : 5.06 6.59 5.63 111 85 6.45 6.35 98 Total : 1.88 1.82 1.89 101 104 1.99 1.98 99 : Ducks : 2.56 3.06 3.26 127 107 2.42 2.71 112 Other Poultry : 1.64 1.02 1.25 76 123 1.51 1.31 87 : Total Poultry : 1.11 1.20 1.28 115 107 1.14 1.25 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Pounds --- : AL : 88,845 89,505 463,764 467,679 5.22 5.23 AR : 97,926 98,558 498,421 488,910 5.09 4.96 CA : * * * * * * DE : 23,112 24,254 149,517 154,485 6.47 6.37 FL : * * * * * * GA : 101,471 106,096 511,265 539,294 5.04 5.08 KY : 21,248 21,890 116,302 119,108 5.47 5.44 LA : 15,714 16,229 88,630 92,344 5.64 5.69 MD : 11,940 11,983 56,887 57,220 4.76 4.77 MS : 61,807 63,078 342,809 353,383 5.55 5.60 MO : 33,579 33,482 152,218 157,524 4.53 4.70 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 54,034 54,486 350,531 351,807 6.49 6.46 OH : 3,146 3,214 17,428 17,674 5.54 5.50 PA : 9,378 9,720 49,619 51,831 5.29 5.33 SC : 21,000 20,294 125,524 121,045 5.98 5.96 TN : 20,011 19,864 102,706 104,664 5.13 5.27 TX : 53,413 54,970 277,566 277,344 5.20 5.05 VA : 27,042 27,889 139,263 139,395 5.15 5.00 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 64,552 67,241 322,399 340,117 4.99 5.06 : US : 708,218 722,753 3,764,849 3,833,824 5.32 5.30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- Percent --- : AL : 345,797 347,972 4,376 5,080 1.05 1.21 AR : 359,179 352,992 5,110 5,113 1.14 1.16 CA : * * * * * * DE : 107,738 111,103 1,938 2,225 1.44 1.60 FL : * * * * * * GA : 373,010 392,894 3,483 4,518 0.76 0.93 KY : 88,470 88,626 1,114 1,096 1.06 1.02 LA : 63,224 66,387 437 485 0.55 0.58 MD : 41,104 41,545 709 599 1.38 1.16 MS : 258,057 262,060 2,465 2,750 0.80 0.86 MO : 113,569 117,047 1,133 1,413 0.83 1.00 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 269,147 270,532 3,452 4,695 1.09 1.48 OH : 12,799 12,728 260 342 1.66 2.15 PA : 35,339 36,089 747 844 1.67 1.81 SC : 94,929 91,367 692 702 0.61 0.64 TN : 79,310 79,938 758 908 0.82 0.96 TX : 217,384 215,556 2,718 2,739 1.09 1.10 VA : 103,419 103,526 1,282 1,786 1.02 1.42 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 233,871 246,193 4,097 3,338 1.41 1.09 : US : 2,796,346 2,836,555 34,771 38,633 1.03 1.12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 234 106,087 36,781 * * AR : * 160,853 60,115 * 1,921 CA : * * 7,175 218 508 DE : 7,912 109,237 41,282 * 6,365 FL : * * * * * GA : 374 70,444 32,396 185 4,219 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 : 154 93,208 50,658 171 1,683 VA : * 54,434 22,129 25 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,469 179,874 100,304 6,922 29,651 : US : 18,077 1,217,430 487,272 9,123 45,665 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,966 188,887 20,291 144 77,066 Heavy : 678 48,779 1,767 107 9,062 : US : 3,644 237,666 22,058 251 86,128 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21,593 29,485 1,945 47,679 335,242 CA : 264 * 1,355 1,282 * 103,886 DE : 2,030 8,069 8,834 * 46,732 233,564 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,515 34,726 9,267 6,875 65,265 226,266 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 7,117 7,823 1,378 15,475 178,674 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 : 29,835 195,785 186,860 43,755 602,497 2,836,299 : Mature Birds : Light : 7,684 6,411 112,770 577 63,184 479,980 Heavy : 1,372 8,151 13,717 623 77,495 161,751 : US : 9,056 14,562 126,487 1,200 140,679 641,731 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 349 108,809 60,538 * * AR : 1,638 184,910 101,693 4,244 2,383 CA : * * 6,524 188 734 DE : * 111,153 52,899 * 7,361 FL : * * * * * GA : 345 76,422 62,537 175 4,505 IN : * * * * * KY : 53 54,187 * 43 * LA : 96 18,824 4,341 * * MD : * 44,321 25,859 * * MS : 245 68,453 35,186 597 1,189 MO : 1,196 95,365 25,135 * 2,390 NJ : * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 321 105,906 64,164 * * OH : 10 16,934 * 13 50 PA : * 34,870 21,271 406 315 SC : 75 * * 75 * TN : 161 52,791 11,543 125 529 TX : 272 88,219 45,680 105 1,715 VA : 248 56,944 26,750 * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 28,869 216,499 90,867 3,233 25,106 : US : 33,878 1,334,607 634,987 9,204 46,277 : Mature Birds : Light : 1 2,822 217,723 21,192 189 87,563 Heavy : 3,439 61,792 2,443 85 10,322 : US : 1 6,261 279,515 23,635 274 97,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2004 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,243 26,418 20,578 7,149 120,805 352,050 AR : 8,252 28,624 29,879 4,023 54,393 420,039 CA : 357 * 1,829 1,448 9,830 * DE : 2,418 11,297 10,512 2,213 52,825 272,103 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,672 42,162 8,715 5,685 67,582 270,800 IN : * * * * * * KY : 186 9,286 3,416 1,374 * * LA : 289 3,763 2,570 * * 32,651 MD : * 8,497 * * * * MS : 1,708 16,399 11,936 1,962 38,296 175,971 MO : 1,355 8,109 9,737 * 24,245 168,526 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * 3,111 274 * 26,401 NC : 2,939 16,626 16,103 5,372 108,698 330,141 OH : 89 * * * * * PA : 1,003 * 6,753 * 12,955 83,308 SC : * 4,646 1,941 1,653 4,687 36,530 TN : 961 11,734 4,623 * * 126,664 TX : 811 7,278 7,838 1,615 16,764 170,297 VA : 1,376 9,926 5,536 2,475 19,954 127,498 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,139 21,554 44,165 6,043 191,990 677,643 : US : 31,798 226,319 189,242 41,286 723,024 3,270,622 : Mature Birds : Light : 7,854 6,499 128,530 2,170 67,379 541,922 Heavy : 1,505 13,274 21,444 300 79,189 193,793 : US : 9,359 19,773 149,974 2,470 146,568 735,715 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,053 3,012 57,136 55,155 18.72 18.31 CA : * 1,298 * 31,613 * 24.36 IA : * * * * * * MN : 3,440 2,745 91,603 77,387 26.63 28.20 MO : 1,458 1,460 44,884 46,725 30.78 32.00 NC : 3,173 * 86,291 * 27.19 * OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 11,827 11,126 324,691 333,484 27.45 29.97 : US : 22,951 19,641 604,605 544,364 26.34 27.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- Percent --- : AR : 46,755 45,840 849 575 1.65 1.16 CA : * 26,165 * 650 * 2.29 IA : * * * * * * MN : 73,286 61,848 2,043 1,944 2.48 2.79 MO : 35,621 36,602 849 848 2.10 2.02 NC : 68,703 * 805 * 1.04 * OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * * * VA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 255,252 263,989 5,161 4,985 1.77 1.66 : US : 479,617 434,444 9,707 9,002 1.78 1.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 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 28,639 8,196 3,048 66 : US : 28 86,807 8,680 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 : 343 2,901 3,829 1,671 17,403 55,473 : US : 670 5,393 5,467 1,713 24,502 137,388 : 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". Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, December 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 6,504 669 * 9 CA : * 4,545 * * IA : 5,745 1,101 * * MN : * * 21,768 * * 4 MO : 9,405 * * NC : * * * * OH : 2 * * * * PA : * * 1,124 * * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 319 48 28,938 4,476 4,437 29 : US : 319 50 76,905 7,370 4,437 42 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 6 4,287 904 12 166 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 1,170 * * 2,487 * CA : * 184 116 * * 6,086 IA : 83 * * * 113 10,383 MN : * 395 440 * 1,985 27,103 MO : * 120 236 * 11,351 NC : 49 579 * 537 1,838 5,904 OH : 7 * 10 * * * PA : 128 * 206 * * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 378 2,305 3,689 1,731 12,267 59,349 : US : 645 4,753 4,697 2,268 18,690 120,176 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 21 81 218 1 2,212 7,908 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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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