Pou 2-1 (8-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 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 Down 3 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during July 2005 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.29 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the amount certified in July 2004. Updated totals for June 2005 show that 3.61 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during July 2005 was 4.42 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 4.55 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.79 billion pounds, down 2 percent from July 2004, and mature chickens at 68.6 million pounds, were down 3 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 545 million pounds, down 7 percent, and ducks totaled 14.2 million pounds, down 1 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during July 2005 averaged 5.27 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from July 2004. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.84 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during July 2005 averaged 27.6 pounds per bird, up 4 percent from July 2004. Ante-mortem condemnations during July 2005 totaled 19.8 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.45 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.48 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 42.4 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.07 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.22 percent a year earlier. July 2005 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays. July 2004 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter . . . . . . . 1 Young Chickens Slaughtered . . . 7 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered 13 Reliability Statement. . . . . .15 Definitions . . . . . . . . . .16 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Jul : Jun : Jul :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Jul : Jun : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 741,776 773,739 718,609 97 93 Mature : 12,524 13,939 11,730 94 84 Light : 6,346 7,178 5,540 87 77 Heavy : 6,178 6,761 6,190 100 92 Total : 754,300 787,678 730,339 97 93 : Turkeys : Young : 21,749 21,736 19,539 90 90 Old : 284 204 230 81 113 Total : 22,033 21,940 19,769 90 90 : Ducks : 2,149 2,397 2,150 100 90 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,880,719 4,125,928 3,788,521 98 92 Mature : 70,882 78,222 68,562 97 88 Light : 20,973 23,559 18,226 87 77 Heavy : 49,909 54,663 50,336 101 92 Total : 3,951,601 4,204,150 3,857,083 98 92 : Turkeys : Young : 579,512 613,062 539,279 93 88 Old : 7,330 5,454 5,802 79 106 Total : 586,842 618,516 545,081 93 88 : Ducks : 14,258 15,817 14,169 99 90 Other Poultry : 508 409 295 58 72 : Total Poultry : 4,553,209 4,838,892 4,416,628 97 91 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.23 5.33 5.27 101 99 Mature : 5.66 5.61 5.84 103 104 Light : 3.31 3.28 3.29 99 100 Heavy : 8.08 8.09 8.13 101 100 Total : 5.24 5.34 5.28 101 99 : Turkeys : Young : 26.65 28.20 27.60 104 98 Old : 25.81 26.61 25.23 98 95 Total : 26.63 28.19 27.57 104 98 : Ducks : 6.63 6.60 6.59 99 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 4,959,912 5,065,280 5,123,016 103 101 Mature : 91,723 81,861 87,057 95 106 Light : 49,783 42,128 45,310 91 108 Heavy : 41,940 39,733 41,747 100 105 Total : 5,051,635 5,147,141 5,210,073 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 152,419 143,792 137,293 90 95 Old : 1,733 1,449 1,348 78 93 Total : 154,152 145,241 138,641 90 95 : Ducks : 14,043 14,911 15,775 112 106 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 25,656,252 26,493,667 27,321,527 106 103 Mature : 501,868 458,942 488,594 97 106 Light : 169,870 140,959 149,865 88 106 Heavy : 331,998 317,983 338,729 102 107 Total : 26,158,120 26,952,609 27,810,121 106 103 : Turkeys : Young : 4,154,398 3,937,317 3,940,030 95 100 Old : 46,841 38,858 35,865 77 92 Total : 4,201,239 3,976,175 3,975,895 95 100 : Ducks : 91,729 99,760 105,777 115 106 Other Poultry : 5,209 2,489 2,455 47 99 : Total Poultry : 30,456,297 31,031,033 31,894,248 105 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.17 5.23 5.33 103 102 Mature : 5.47 5.61 5.61 103 100 Light : 3.41 3.35 3.31 97 99 Heavy : 7.92 8.00 8.11 102 101 Total : 5.18 5.24 5.34 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.26 27.38 28.70 105 105 Old : 27.02 26.82 26.61 98 99 Total : 27.25 27.38 28.68 105 105 : Ducks : 6.53 6.69 6.71 103 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Jul : Jun : Jul :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Jul : Jun : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,623,233 2,765,670 2,534,951 97 92 Mature : 43,352 47,591 41,725 96 88 Light : 10,579 11,983 9,212 87 77 Heavy : 32,773 35,608 32,513 99 91 Total : 2,666,585 2,813,261 2,576,676 97 92 : Turkeys : Young : 239,549 268,525 238,375 100 89 Old : 4,700 3,425 3,479 74 102 Total : 244,249 271,950 241,854 99 89 : Ducks : 5,608 5,860 5,237 93 89 Other Poultry : 278 219 164 59 75 : Total Poultry : 2,916,720 3,091,290 2,823,931 97 91 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 252,607 295,349 274,145 109 93 Mature : 176 474 296 168 62 Light : 23 Heavy : 153 474 296 193 62 Total : 252,783 295,823 274,441 109 93 : Turkeys : Young : 216,891 217,250 189,174 87 87 Old : 835 792 904 108 114 Total : 217,726 218,042 190,078 87 87 : Ducks : 4,620 5,511 4,945 107 90 Other Poultry : 56 34 31 55 91 : Total Poultry : 475,185 519,410 469,495 99 90 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,875,840 3,061,019 2,809,096 98 92 Mature : 43,528 48,065 42,021 97 87 Light : 10,602 11,983 9,212 87 77 Heavy : 32,926 36,082 32,809 100 91 Total : 2,919,368 3,109,084 2,851,117 98 92 : Turkeys : Young : 456,440 485,775 427,549 94 88 Old : 5,535 4,218 4,384 79 104 Total : 461,975 489,993 431,933 93 88 : Ducks : 10,228 11,371 10,182 100 90 Other Poultry : 334 253 195 58 77 : Total Poultry : 3,391,905 3,610,701 3,293,427 97 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 17,099,771 17,850,676 18,422,413 108 103 Mature : 297,522 282,853 298,429 100 106 Light : 80,787 70,984 77,111 95 109 Heavy : 216,735 211,869 221,318 102 104 Total : 17,397,293 18,133,529 18,720,842 108 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,705,886 1,662,589 1,759,205 103 106 Old : 30,939 24,289 22,769 74 94 Total : 1,736,825 1,686,878 1,781,974 103 106 : Ducks : 22,506 44,781 38,868 173 87 Other Poultry : 1,489 1,358 1,336 90 98 : Total Poultry : 19,158,113 19,866,546 20,543,020 107 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 1,849,428 1,711,730 1,898,083 103 111 Mature : 6,936 2,443 2,805 40 115 Light : 5,284 353 5 1 Heavy : 1,652 2,090 2,800 169 134 Total : 1,856,364 1,714,173 1,900,888 102 111 : Turkeys : Young : 1,571,170 1,445,295 1,359,308 87 94 Old : 3,815 4,455 4,279 112 96 Total : 1,574,985 1,449,750 1,363,587 87 94 : Ducks : 43,264 30,465 37,011 86 121 Other Poultry : 1,725 281 201 12 72 : Total Poultry : 3,476,338 3,194,669 3,301,687 95 103 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 18,949,199 19,562,406 20,320,496 107 104 Mature : 304,458 285,296 301,235 99 106 Light : 86,071 71,337 77,116 90 108 Heavy : 218,387 213,959 224,119 103 105 Total : 19,253,657 19,847,702 20,621,731 107 104 : Turkeys : Young : 3,277,056 3,107,884 3,118,513 95 100 Old : 34,754 28,744 27,051 78 94 Total : 3,311,810 3,136,628 3,145,564 95 100 : Ducks : 65,770 75,246 75,879 115 101 Other Poultry : 3,214 1,639 1,537 48 94 : Total Poultry : 22,634,451 23,061,215 23,844,711 105 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :18,086 16,351 16,308 90 100 109,818 97,442 89 Mature : 1,608 1,546 1,702 106 110 7,399 7,622 103 Light : 607 562 608 100 108 2,907 2,827 97 Heavy : 1,001 984 1,094 109 111 4,492 4,795 107 Total :19,694 17,897 18,010 91 101 117,217 105,064 90 : Turkeys : Young : 2,048 1,722 1,708 83 99 14,325 11,430 80 Old : 63 37 45 71 122 314 323 103 Total : 2,111 1,759 1,753 83 100 14,639 11,753 80 : Ducks : 30 41 40 133 98 287 230 80 Other Poultry : 3 2 67 5 3 60 : Total Poultry :21,838 19,697 19,805 91 101 132,148 117,050 89 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.47 0.40 0.43 91 108 0.41 0.36 88 Mature : 2.27 1.98 2.48 109 125 1.61 1.56 97 Light : 2.89 2.38 3.34 116 140 2.06 1.89 92 Heavy : 2.01 1.80 2.17 108 121 1.41 1.42 101 Total : 0.50 0.43 0.47 94 109 0.43 0.38 88 : Turkeys : Young : 0.35 0.28 0.32 91 114 0.36 0.29 81 Old : 0.85 0.70 0.76 89 109 0.81 0.90 111 Total : 0.36 0.28 0.32 89 114 0.37 0.30 81 : Ducks : 0.21 0.25 0.29 138 116 0.29 0.22 76 Other Poultry : 0.63 0.68 108 0.24 0.12 50 : Total Poultry : 0.48 0.41 0.45 94 110 0.43 0.37 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :36,240 35,500 31,442 87 89 253,734 246,970 97 Mature : 2,820 3,533 2,783 99 79 21,365 22,090 103 Light : 1,266 1,922 1,336 106 70 10,657 11,374 107 Heavy : 1,554 1,611 1,447 93 90 10,708 10,716 100 Total :39,060 39,033 34,225 88 88 275,099 269,060 98 : Turkeys : Young :10,057 8,757 7,597 76 87 69,384 60,066 87 Old : 417 251 274 66 109 2,583 2,123 82 Total :10,474 9,008 7,871 75 87 71,967 62,189 86 : Ducks : 308 374 316 103 84 2,388 2,612 109 Other Poultry : 12 5 3 25 60 47 31 66 : Total Poultry :49,854 48,420 42,415 85 88 349,501 333,892 96 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.04 0.96 0.92 88 96 1.06 1.00 94 Mature : 4.42 5.02 4.51 102 90 5.17 5.02 97 Light : 6.71 9.06 8.15 121 90 8.40 8.43 100 Heavy : 3.46 3.28 3.20 92 98 3.74 3.52 94 Total : 1.10 1.03 0.99 90 96 1.13 1.07 95 : Turkeys : Young : 1.93 1.59 1.57 81 99 1.96 1.69 86 Old : 6.33 5.09 5.25 83 103 7.39 6.58 89 Total : 1.98 1.62 1.60 81 99 2.01 1.74 87 : Ducks : 2.40 2.63 2.48 103 94 2.66 2.74 103 Other Poultry : 2.67 1.37 0.75 28 55 2.22 1.40 63 : Total Poultry : 1.22 1.11 1.07 88 96 1.25 1.16 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 93,759 87,417 492,932 452,221 5.26 5.17 AR : 104,368 94,260 536,360 484,927 5.14 5.14 CA : * * * * * * DE : 26,116 24,642 170,616 155,623 6.53 6.32 FL : * * * * * * GA : 109,014 102,314 549,010 512,566 5.04 5.01 KY : 24,731 22,449 134,697 121,717 5.45 5.42 LA : 17,455 16,068 97,636 89,418 5.59 5.56 MD : 12,785 11,482 60,337 53,300 4.72 4.64 MS : 67,522 63,576 376,324 347,099 5.57 5.46 MO : 36,612 34,251 170,040 158,975 4.64 4.64 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 60,598 56,849 395,411 360,499 6.53 6.34 OH : 3,778 3,350 19,490 16,897 5.16 5.04 PA : 10,935 9,462 58,591 50,610 5.36 5.35 SC : 23,109 20,953 137,644 121,585 5.96 5.80 TN : 23,376 21,838 116,727 107,932 4.99 4.94 TX : 57,179 53,529 293,381 276,126 5.13 5.16 VA : 28,362 26,732 144,032 133,008 5.08 4.98 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 74,040 69,437 372,700 346,018 5.03 4.98 : US : 773,739 718,609 4,125,928 3,788,521 5.33 5.27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 367,532 337,591 4,155 3,632 0.94 0.89 AR : 393,755 355,843 4,742 4,307 0.98 0.99 CA : * * * * * * DE : 122,610 111,863 2,218 1,989 1.44 1.42 FL : * * * * * * GA : 408,125 382,118 3,311 3,059 0.67 0.66 KY : 99,173 89,345 907 747 0.75 0.68 LA : 71,200 65,412 855 784 0.97 0.97 MD : 43,450 38,552 830 509 1.53 1.06 MS : 283,551 260,235 3,010 2,639 0.89 0.84 MO : 125,299 116,916 1,225 1,178 0.80 0.82 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 302,657 275,986 3,948 3,594 1.11 1.11 OH : 14,370 12,426 215 194 1.23 1.28 PA : 40,815 34,866 806 713 1.53 1.56 SC : 103,434 91,385 783 666 0.63 0.61 TN : 85,561 78,523 988 886 0.94 0.91 TX : 227,464 213,423 2,569 2,224 0.97 0.89 VA : 99,685 92,374 1,344 1,078 1.04 0.90 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 272,338 252,238 3,594 3,243 1.07 1.04 : US : 3,061,019 2,809,096 35,500 31,442 0.96 0.92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, June 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 244 102,148 40,754 1,054 2,622 AR : * 182,812 57,442 * 3,178 CA : * * * * * DE : 17,841 119,822 34,843 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 375 84,105 30,738 1,086 5,669 IN : * * * * * KY : * 45,029 10,498 * * LA : 111 16,538 3,437 * 501 MD : * 42,163 * 15 * MS : 209 68,079 49,751 434 1,128 MO : 1,205 79,554 9,104 * 1,456 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 404 98,455 37,160 * * OH : * 11,127 * * 37 PA : * 29,394 13,414 * 279 SC : * 13,048 4,972 * * TN : 277 57,624 20,176 99 657 TX : 74 87,623 41,143 111 1,594 VA : * 47,995 * 32 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 36,262 204,812 132,838 9,686 35,516 : US : 57,002 1,290,328 486,270 12,517 52,637 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,980 286,008 39,428 168 102,238 Heavy : 615 73,286 3,002 80 8,083 : US : 2,595 359,294 42,430 248 110,321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, June 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,526 16,159 18,125 5,620 184,704 374,956 AR : 6,652 21,603 28,185 2,753 87,414 396,565 CA : * * * * * * DE : 2,729 11,003 12,038 6,109 40,118 252,297 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,811 34,938 9,569 5,142 111,694 286,127 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 7,697 5,524 2,037 * 81,243 LA : 472 4,012 3,235 * * * MD : * * * * * * MS : 1,893 13,280 7,374 1,263 80,898 224,309 MO : 1,687 6,095 11,619 * 58,981 171,435 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,498 19,636 17,719 5,385 119,899 314,392 OH : * * 504 24 * 22,908 PA : 1,092 * 8,768 * 14,253 75,169 SC : 475 2,393 1,987 2,859 36,622 63,889 TN : 957 11,340 5,800 * * 117,008 TX : 733 5,301 7,197 2,586 56,102 202,464 VA : 1,001 4,612 5,669 * * 177,029 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,660 44,719 41,449 22,131 267,500 671,793 : US : 31,186 202,788 184,762 55,909 1,058,185 3,431,584 : Mature Birds : Light : 5,717 9,843 159,424 424 96,962 702,192 Heavy : 1,389 13,288 18,013 384 80,065 198,205 : US : 7,106 23,131 177,437 808 177,027 900,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 237 93,251 40,034 1,702 3,166 AR : * 153,938 40,637 * 2,685 CA : * * * * * DE : 14,132 113,605 23,775 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 296 72,024 25,578 282 4,682 IN : * * * * * KY : 50 35,203 6,474 * * LA : * 17,155 3,138 * * MD : * 34,814 * 29 * MS : 154 67,683 46,594 403 931 MO : 869 70,092 9,855 * 1,554 NJ : * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 692 88,672 28,813 * * OH : * 11,251 * * * PA : * 26,809 10,532 * 245 SC : * 11,663 3,879 48 * TN : 163 54,709 20,831 * 652 TX : 72 75,138 * 128 1,465 VA : * 48,450 19,005 * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 11,313 186,929 64,139 7,004 32,000 : US : 27,978 1,161,386 343,284 9,596 47,380 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,961 182,790 28,936 129 72,262 Heavy : 384 55,600 2,710 52 6,315 : US : 2,345 238,390 31,646 181 78,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,596 14,905 17,995 7,805 137,537 320,228 AR : 6,488 18,628 27,260 2,618 79,592 336,201 CA : * * * * * * DE : 3,351 13,464 10,218 4,766 32,476 222,718 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,813 31,993 9,741 5,466 104,735 257,610 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 5,539 5,784 2,182 3,866 62,381 LA : 424 * 4,061 * * * MD : * 8,086 * 882 * * MS : 1,943 9,834 6,360 1,925 63,575 199,402 MO : 1,347 4,094 11,620 * * 163,618 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,421 21,532 19,631 4,509 99,739 277,322 OH : 59 * 378 * * 19,096 PA : 871 3,054 7,997 * 11,532 65,674 SC : 395 * * 4,089 32,047 58,348 TN : 986 7,575 4,580 * 13,095 105,109 TX : 814 5,397 9,090 * 32,378 153,834 VA : 1,170 4,073 5,632 * * 117,948 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,561 24,948 35,399 19,701 271,060 545,817 : US : 31,239 173,122 175,746 53,943 881,632 2,905,306 : Mature Birds : Light : 7,745 8,261 113,484 741 69,690 485,999 Heavy : 1,121 10,660 16,720 332 78,379 172,273 : US : 8,866 18,921 130,204 1,073 148,069 658,272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,540 2,252 51,701 44,410 20.36 19.72 MN : 3,511 3,192 91,802 81,590 26.15 25.56 MO : 1,620 1,429 50,974 43,628 31.46 30.53 : Oth Sts : 14,065 12,666 418,585 369,651 29.76 29.18 : US : 21,736 19,539 613,062 539,279 28.20 27.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 42,096 36,299 634 578 1.36 1.45 MN : 73,607 65,446 1,416 1,148 1.71 1.56 MO : 39,841 34,099 1,050 875 2.29 2.23 : Oth Sts : 330,231 291,705 5,657 4,996 1.50 1.50 : US : 485,775 427,549 8,757 7,597 1.59 1.57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 30 69,018 6,866 3,386 78 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 3,825 604 40 334 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : : Young (Mature) : : US : 512 4,123 3,762 1,954 18,680 108,409 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 21 117 131 71 618 5,761 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 974 61,749 7,771 3,111 168 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 3 3,688 708 6 277 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 382 4,403 3,124 1,449 17,097 100,228 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 33 142 138 13 1,301 6,309 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are collected by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected (FI) plants using laptop computers. Over 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. The number of head slaughtered daily, by species and class, as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights are obtained by shift for each plant. 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 revisions were published. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data exectronically for each shift a plant operates. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are 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. Estimates for missing shifts are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on an "normal" shift's data. 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 2004, young chickens were killed in 34 states, young turkeys in 22 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. Young Turkeys (Mature) - Young birds grown to a matured market age, about 5 months. ACCESS TO REPORTS!! For your convenience, there are several ways to obtain NASS reports, data products, and services: INTERNET ACCESS All NASS reports are available free of charge on the worldwide Internet. For access, connect to the Internet and go to the NASS Home Page at: www.usda.gov/nass/. Select "Today's Reports" or Publications and then Reports Calendar or Publications and then Search, by Title or Subject. E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION All NASS reports are available by subscription free of charge direct to your e-mail address. Starting with the NASS Home Page at www.usda.gov/nass/, click on Publications, then click on the Subscribe by E-mail button which takes you to the page describing e-mail delivery of reports. Finally, click on Go to the Subscription Page and follow the instructions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PRINTED REPORTS OR DATA PRODUCTS CALL OUR TOLL-FREE ORDER DESK: 800-999-6779 (U.S. and Canada) Other areas, please call 703-605-6220 FAX: 703-605-6900 (Visa, MasterCard, check, or money order acceptable for payment.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ASSISTANCE For assistance with general agricultural statistics or further information about NASS or its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 800-727-9540, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, or e-mail: nass@nass.usda.gov. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.