Pou 2-1 (3-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 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 6 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during February 2005 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.08 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the amount certified in February 2004. Updated totals for January 2005 show that 3.30 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during February 2005 was 4.15 billion pounds, up 6 percent from 3.93 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.57 billion pounds, up 7 percent from February 2004, and mature chickens at 60.7 million pounds, were up 14 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 507 million pounds, down 2 percent, and ducks totaled 13.6 million pounds, up 4 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during February 2005 averaged 5.28 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from February 2004. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.62 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during February 2005 averaged 29.1 pounds per bird, up 4 percent from February 2004. Ante-mortem condemnations during February 2005 totaled 21.9 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.53 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.44 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 47.6 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.28 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.38 percent a year earlier. February 2005 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays, the same as February 2004. February 2004 was a leap year with the 29th being a Sunday. . Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, January 2005 . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2005. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, January 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, February 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Feb : Jan : Feb :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Feb : Jan : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 646,358 711,739 675,731 105 95 Mature : 9,755 11,087 10,807 111 97 Light : 5,249 5,833 5,489 105 94 Heavy : 4,506 5,254 5,318 118 101 Total : 656,113 722,826 686,538 105 95 : Turkeys : Young : 18,335 19,413 17,300 94 89 Old : 107 202 147 137 73 Total : 18,442 19,615 17,447 95 89 : Ducks : 1,940 2,295 2,019 104 88 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,347,079 3,800,315 3,565,916 107 94 Mature : 53,115 62,181 60,720 114 98 Light : 17,133 19,050 18,077 106 95 Heavy : 35,982 43,131 42,643 119 99 Total : 3,400,194 3,862,496 3,626,636 107 94 : Turkeys : Young : 511,819 558,938 502,927 98 90 Old : 2,830 5,727 3,824 135 67 Total : 514,649 564,665 506,751 98 90 : Ducks : 13,050 15,521 13,621 104 88 Other Poultry : 242 484 380 157 79 : Total Poultry : 3,928,135 4,443,166 4,147,388 106 93 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.18 5.34 5.28 102 99 Mature : 5.44 5.61 5.62 103 100 Light : 3.26 3.27 3.29 101 101 Heavy : 7.99 8.21 8.02 100 98 Total : 5.18 5.34 5.28 102 99 : Turkeys : Young : 27.91 28.79 29.07 104 101 Old : 26.37 28.29 26.06 99 92 Total : 27.90 28.79 29.05 104 101 : Ducks : 6.73 6.76 6.75 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 1,359,092 1,367,334 1,387,470 102 101 Mature : 26,588 21,080 21,894 82 104 Light : 15,040 11,087 11,322 75 102 Heavy : 11,548 9,993 10,572 92 106 Total : 1,385,680 1,388,414 1,409,364 102 102 : Turkeys : Young : 41,366 38,281 36,713 89 96 Old : 497 314 349 70 111 Total : 41,863 38,595 37,062 89 96 : Ducks : 4,126 4,093 4,314 105 105 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 7,050,062 7,170,896 7,366,231 104 103 Mature : 140,788 117,225 122,901 87 105 Light : 50,700 37,321 37,127 73 99 Heavy : 90,088 79,904 85,774 95 107 Total : 7,190,850 7,288,121 7,489,132 104 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,144,035 1,060,955 1,061,865 93 100 Old : 13,592 8,825 9,551 70 108 Total : 1,157,627 1,069,780 1,071,416 93 100 : Ducks : 27,187 27,658 29,142 107 105 Other Poultry : 1,669 464 864 52 186 : Total Poultry : 8,377,333 8,386,023 8,590,554 103 102 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.19 5.24 5.31 102 101 Mature : 5.30 5.56 5.61 106 101 Light : 3.37 3.37 3.28 97 97 Heavy : 7.80 8.00 8.11 104 101 Total : 5.19 5.25 5.31 102 101 : Turkeys : Young : 27.65 27.71 28.92 105 104 Old : 27.34 28.05 27.35 100 98 Total : 27.65 27.72 28.91 105 104 : Ducks : 6.59 6.76 6.76 103 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Feb : Jan : Feb :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Feb : Jan : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,259,042 2,572,131 2,413,197 107 94 Mature : 31,957 38,164 37,472 117 98 Light : 8,794 9,989 9,319 106 93 Heavy : 23,163 28,175 28,153 122 100 Total : 2,290,999 2,610,295 2,450,669 107 94 : Turkeys : Young : 213,428 252,801 228,271 107 90 Old : 2,033 4,064 2,526 124 62 Total : 215,461 256,865 230,797 107 90 : Ducks : 6,240 5,579 5,279 85 95 Other Poultry : 122 247 197 161 80 : Total Poultry : 2,512,822 2,872,986 2,686,942 107 94 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 208,709 235,052 222,506 107 95 Mature : 387 223 362 94 162 Light : 1 2 200 Heavy : 387 222 360 93 162 Total : 209,096 235,275 222,868 107 95 : Turkeys : Young : 182,348 186,184 166,575 91 89 Old : 154 232 349 227 150 Total : 182,502 186,416 166,924 91 90 : Ducks : 3,942 5,501 4,635 118 84 Other Poultry : 34 50 35 103 70 : Total Poultry : 395,574 427,242 394,462 100 92 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,467,751 2,807,183 2,635,703 107 94 Mature : 32,344 38,387 37,834 117 99 Light : 8,794 9,990 9,321 106 93 Heavy : 23,550 28,397 28,513 121 100 Total : 2,500,095 2,845,570 2,673,537 107 94 : Turkeys : Young : 395,776 438,985 394,846 100 90 Old : 2,187 4,296 2,875 131 67 Total : 397,963 443,281 397,721 100 90 : Ducks : 10,182 11,080 9,914 97 89 Other Poultry : 156 297 232 149 78 : Total Poultry : 2,908,396 3,300,228 3,081,404 106 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 4,699,980 4,812,264 4,985,328 106 104 Mature : 83,026 70,996 75,636 91 107 Light : 24,446 19,178 19,308 79 101 Heavy : 58,580 51,818 56,328 96 109 Total : 4,783,006 4,883,260 5,060,964 106 104 : Turkeys : Young : 473,838 452,680 481,072 102 106 Old : 8,658 5,856 6,590 76 113 Total : 482,496 458,536 487,662 101 106 : Ducks : 6,766 13,372 10,858 160 81 Other Poultry : 423 251 444 105 177 : Total Poultry : 5,272,691 5,355,419 5,559,928 105 104 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 494,093 479,086 457,558 93 96 Mature : 1,722 557 585 34 105 Light : 1,292 3 Heavy : 430 557 582 135 104 Total : 495,815 479,643 458,143 92 96 : Turkeys : Young : 427,436 378,583 352,759 83 93 Old : 1,265 875 581 46 66 Total : 428,701 379,458 353,340 82 93 : Ducks : 12,757 8,224 10,136 79 123 Other Poultry : 614 73 85 14 116 : Total Poultry : 937,887 867,398 821,704 88 95 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 5,194,073 5,291,350 5,442,886 105 103 Mature : 84,748 71,553 76,221 90 107 Light : 25,738 19,178 19,311 75 101 Heavy : 59,010 52,375 56,910 96 109 Total : 5,278,821 5,362,903 5,519,107 105 103 : Turkeys : Young : 901,274 831,263 833,831 93 100 Old : 9,923 6,731 7,171 72 107 Total : 911,197 837,994 841,002 92 100 : Ducks : 19,523 21,596 20,994 108 97 Other Poultry : 1,037 324 529 51 163 : Total Poultry : 6,210,578 6,222,817 6,381,632 103 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,480 18,341 19,463 134 106 31,213 37,804 121 Mature : 637 979 787 124 80 1,815 1,766 97 Light : 223 361 241 108 67 681 602 88 Heavy : 414 618 546 132 88 1,134 1,164 103 Total :15,117 19,320 20,250 134 105 33,028 39,570 120 : Turkeys : Young : 1,951 1,827 1,531 78 84 4,044 3,358 83 Old : 33 90 44 133 49 73 134 184 Total : 1,984 1,917 1,575 79 82 4,117 3,492 85 : Ducks : 30 33 27 90 82 55 60 109 Other Poultry : 1 2 1 2 200 : Total Poultry :17,132 21,272 21,852 128 103 37,201 43,124 116 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.43 0.48 0.55 128 115 0.44 0.51 116 Mature : 1.20 1.58 1.30 108 82 1.55 1.44 93 Light : 1.30 1.90 1.33 102 70 1.82 1.62 89 Heavy : 1.15 1.43 1.28 111 90 1.42 1.36 96 Total : 0.44 0.50 0.56 127 112 0.45 0.53 118 : Turkeys : Young : 0.38 0.33 0.30 79 91 0.38 0.32 84 Old : 1.15 1.58 1.16 101 73 0.82 1.41 172 Total : 0.39 0.34 0.31 79 91 0.38 0.33 87 : Ducks : 0.23 0.21 0.20 87 95 0.20 0.21 105 Other Poultry : 0.44 0.47 0.08 18 17 0.26 0.30 115 : Total Poultry : 0.44 0.48 0.53 120 110 0.44 0.50 114 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :36,179 37,775 35,984 99 95 68,263 73,759 108 Mature : 2,754 3,002 2,933 106 98 5,810 5,935 102 Light : 1,716 1,295 1,320 77 102 3,292 2,615 79 Heavy : 1,038 1,707 1,613 155 94 2,518 3,320 132 Total :38,933 40,777 38,917 100 95 74,073 79,694 108 : Turkeys : Young : 9,195 9,047 8,111 88 90 18,632 17,158 92 Old : 226 302 276 122 91 568 578 102 Total : 9,421 9,349 8,387 89 90 19,200 17,736 92 : Ducks : 348 402 322 93 80 698 724 104 Other Poultry : 5 6 5 100 83 8 11 138 : Total Poultry :48,707 50,534 47,631 98 94 93,979 98,165 104 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.20 1.10 1.12 93 102 1.06 1.11 105 Mature : 5.76 5.36 5.37 93 100 5.51 5.36 97 Light : 11.13 7.55 8.12 73 108 9.80 7.83 80 Heavy : 3.20 4.40 4.20 131 95 3.50 4.30 123 Total : 1.27 1.17 1.19 94 102 1.13 1.18 104 : Turkeys : Young : 2.00 1.80 1.79 90 99 1.95 1.80 92 Old : 8.87 5.85 8.02 90 137 7.15 6.72 94 Total : 2.03 1.84 1.84 91 100 1.99 1.84 92 : Ducks : 2.97 2.87 2.63 89 92 2.81 2.76 98 Other Poultry : 2.23 1.39 1.47 66 106 1.89 1.42 75 : Total Poultry : 1.38 1.26 1.28 93 102 1.25 1.27 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January :February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 86,199 85,823 454,867 430,081 5.28 5.01 AR : 95,152 91,869 473,880 459,869 4.98 5.01 CA : * * * * * * DE : 23,787 22,142 155,898 142,916 6.55 6.45 FL : * * * * * * GA : 100,811 96,135 510,861 481,788 5.07 5.01 KY : 22,325 21,632 119,555 117,710 5.36 5.44 LA : 15,980 15,635 89,481 87,672 5.60 5.61 MD : 11,865 11,438 55,746 53,622 4.70 4.69 MS : 62,741 58,782 350,822 325,422 5.59 5.54 MO : 31,999 30,965 152,677 144,906 4.77 4.68 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 58,120 51,924 365,397 334,446 6.29 6.44 OH : 3,403 3,228 19,157 17,628 5.63 5.46 PA : 10,049 9,656 53,924 51,539 5.37 5.34 SC : 20,162 20,247 123,985 119,251 6.15 5.89 TN : 19,842 17,942 105,255 93,194 5.30 5.19 TX : 51,538 49,731 272,362 260,953 5.28 5.25 VA : 27,736 25,010 138,822 123,259 5.01 4.93 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 70,030 63,572 357,626 321,660 5.11 5.06 : US : 711,739 675,731 3,800,315 3,565,916 5.34 5.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 338,474 321,430 4,575 4,400 1.12 1.14 AR : 342,782 332,234 4,768 4,855 1.12 1.17 CA : * * * * * * DE : 111,969 102,086 2,686 2,035 1.91 1.58 FL : * * * * * * GA : 368,019 349,612 3,669 3,737 0.80 0.86 KY : 90,511 90,046 862 867 0.80 0.82 LA : 63,841 62,358 491 523 0.61 0.66 MD : 40,071 38,778 757 1,052 1.51 2.18 MS : 258,132 236,295 2,750 2,488 0.87 0.85 MO : 111,133 106,437 1,319 1,327 0.96 1.02 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 283,875 260,400 4,864 3,708 1.48 1.23 OH : 14,143 13,068 270 233 1.57 1.47 PA : 37,455 35,797 885 769 1.82 1.66 SC : 89,806 89,767 629 669 0.56 0.62 TN : 81,318 70,893 923 835 0.97 1.00 TX : 211,715 202,389 2,858 3,316 1.17 1.41 VA : 103,281 91,531 1,873 1,129 1.50 1.02 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 260,658 232,582 3,596 4,041 1.12 1.40 : US : 2,807,183 2,635,703 37,775 35,984 1.10 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, January 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 111,565 58,339 1,144 * AR : 1,024 174,538 115,551 3,090 2,603 CA : * * 4,830 349 833 DE : 20,890 113,117 55,042 35 9,115 FL : * * * * * GA : * 72,500 51,047 * 4,658 IN : 10 * * * * KY : * 48,004 16,617 31 * LA : 69 18,116 5,335 66 * MD : * 49,452 33,056 87 * MS : * 63,480 39,491 507 796 MO : 1,096 88,783 20,883 * * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 532 110,040 96,305 * * OH : 15,551 * 32 * PA : * 35,257 24,733 * 432 SC : * 11,582 5,945 * * TN : 187 55,915 16,731 69 558 TX : 71 97,534 69,285 123 1,504 VA : * 59,217 28,386 42 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 18,504 228,493 35,491 2,254 31,871 : US : 42,383 1,353,144 677,067 7,829 52,370 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,490 189,733 20,010 87 92,053 Heavy : 1,811 55,744 2,018 44 7,846 : US : 4,301 245,477 22,028 131 99,899 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, January 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,478 31,607 20,491 5,499 132,467 368,276 AR : 6,054 24,082 25,345 3,474 60,612 416,373 CA : 525 * 1,657 * 15,177 158,512 DE : 2,164 11,609 10,496 2,015 69,586 294,069 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,555 41,023 8,988 5,770 83,163 271,464 IN : * * * * * 16,416 KY : * 7,316 2,991 * * 88,282 LA : 477 4,914 2,702 * 3,050 37,272 MD : * 8,532 * * * * MS : 1,675 12,454 11,168 * 36,848 167,463 MO : 1,395 9,418 9,010 388 23,654 157,997 NJ : 120 * * * * * NY : * * 2,317 * * 22,487 NC : 2,830 17,392 20,812 4,237 129,566 393,706 OH : 112 1,205 * * * 38,762 PA : 918 * 8,403 * 11,436 89,461 SC : 492 4,298 1,689 * 2,322 29,814 TN : 866 11,944 4,400 * * 119,047 TX : 805 6,223 7,048 838 12,532 195,963 VA : 1,424 9,590 5,752 * 14,715 124,769 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 3,783 27,198 37,478 18,468 164,842 382,544 : US : 29,673 228,805 180,747 40,689 759,970 3,372,677 : Mature Birds : Light : 4,026 7,212 111,962 1,115 60,053 488,741 Heavy : 1,629 25,123 15,156 69 51,673 161,113 : US : 5,655 32,335 127,118 1,184 111,726 649,854 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 311 107,389 87,834 * * AR : * 173,041 151,125 * 2,956 CA : * * 4,728 565 736 DE : * 95,662 55,607 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 229 64,858 45,069 138 4,492 IN : * * * * * KY : * 44,606 * 21 * LA : 94 21,559 7,515 * 714 MD : * 49,817 32,197 38 * MS : 276 57,727 39,756 383 845 MO : 883 89,964 22,231 235 * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * 81 * NC : 461 98,711 82,189 * * OH : * 12,071 * 26 * PA : * 31,904 20,070 * 359 SC : * 12,316 7,108 46 * TN : 163 48,961 19,357 * 647 TX : * 99,096 94,307 * 1,409 VA : * 52,948 29,810 34 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 53,210 210,257 54,164 6,109 39,159 : US : 55,627 1,270,887 753,067 7,676 51,317 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,533 205,961 28,419 167 76,679 Heavy : 513 61,813 2,436 48 7,914 : US : 3,046 267,774 30,855 215 84,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,205 23,835 20,088 7,113 120,574 374,694 AR : 5,904 21,844 29,411 2,413 57,361 448,452 CA : 728 * 1,918 * 9,493 * DE : 2,253 9,186 7,075 2,281 43,784 250,065 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,200 36,665 9,512 5,331 69,759 238,253 IN : * * * * 723 14,682 KY : * 5,960 2,602 1,470 * 85,078 LA : 345 3,955 3,290 * 3,039 40,629 MD : * 8,396 * * * * MS : 1,564 11,291 7,717 682 37,813 158,054 MO : 1,185 6,539 10,183 * 23,189 157,949 NJ : 115 * * * * NY : * * 1,901 390 * 24,892 NC : 2,939 17,528 16,558 4,316 111,267 348,542 OH : 82 * * * * 29,647 PA : 1,020 * 7,245 * 10,000 76,441 SC : * 3,080 * 1,675 2,148 29,122 TN : 791 8,408 4,580 * 13,326 98,323 TX : 781 6,066 7,088 827 17,852 228,358 VA : 1,056 9,145 5,507 * 7,792 111,733 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,235 20,295 38,131 10,642 138,325 520,647 : US : 28,403 192,193 172,806 37,140 666,445 3,235,561 : Mature Birds : Light : 5,172 5,229 101,396 466 60,550 486,572 Heavy : 1,434 22,683 17,647 327 59,011 173,826 : US : 6,606 27,912 119,043 793 119,561 660,398 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January :February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,945 2,395 55,825 46,193 18.96 19.29 MN : 2,663 2,471 77,837 70,344 29.22 28.47 MO : 1,636 1,392 46,322 45,796 28.32 32.90 : Oth Sts : 12,169 11,042 378,954 340,594 31.14 30.85 : US : 19,413 17,300 558,938 502,927 28.79 29.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 46,266 38,736 677 574 1.35 1.38 MN : 60,288 55,979 1,624 1,337 2.32 2.11 MO : 35,973 35,826 815 927 1.96 2.25 : Oth Sts : 296,458 264,305 5,931 5,273 1.74 1.72 : US : 438,985 394,846 9,047 8,111 1.80 1.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, United States, January 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 292 83 80,841 13,356 4,355 89 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 5 5,197 617 13 72 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : : Young (Mature) : : US : 576 4,552 5,023 1,797 15,167 126,131 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 22 65 148 2 1,319 7,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 1,191 16 65,965 12,036 4,254 62 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 4 4,294 569 32 69 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 515 3,463 3,943 1,161 17,435 110,041 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 11 32 142 6 1,753 6,912 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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