Pou 2-1 (9-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 30, 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 4 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during August 2005 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.66 billion pounds, up 4 percent from the amount certified in August 2004. Updated totals for July 2005 show that 3.29 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during August 2005 was 4.90 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 4.73 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.19 billion pounds, up 3 percent from August 2004, and mature chickens at 76.1 million pounds, were up 3 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 617 million pounds, up 4 percent, and ducks totaled 15.9 million pounds, up 10 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during August 2005 averaged 5.28 pounds per bird, up slightly from August 2004. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.82 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during August 2005 averaged 26.6 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from August 2004. Ante-mortem condemnations during August 2005 totaled 20.6 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.42 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.43 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 47.1 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.07 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.24 percent a year earlier. August 2005 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays. August 2004 contained 22 weekdays and four 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, August 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Aug : Jul : Aug :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Aug : Jul : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 770,730 718,609 792,884 103 110 Mature : 12,894 11,730 13,072 101 111 Light : 6,388 5,540 6,153 96 111 Heavy : 6,506 6,190 6,919 106 112 Total : 783,624 730,339 805,956 103 110 : Turkeys : Young : 22,336 19,539 22,930 103 117 Old : 292 230 255 87 111 Total : 22,628 19,769 23,185 102 117 : Ducks : 2,190 2,150 2,369 108 110 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4,050,465 3,788,521 4,190,011 103 111 Mature : 73,818 68,562 76,087 103 111 Light : 21,280 18,226 20,522 96 113 Heavy : 52,538 50,336 55,565 106 110 Total : 4,124,283 3,857,083 4,266,098 103 111 : Turkeys : Young : 587,415 539,279 610,197 104 113 Old : 7,702 5,802 6,346 82 109 Total : 595,117 545,081 616,543 104 113 : Ducks : 14,505 14,169 15,894 110 112 Other Poultry : 995 295 836 84 283 : Total Poultry : 4,734,900 4,416,628 4,899,371 103 111 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.26 5.27 5.28 100 100 Mature : 5.73 5.84 5.82 102 100 Light : 3.33 3.29 3.34 100 102 Heavy : 8.08 8.13 8.03 99 99 Total : 5.26 5.28 5.29 101 100 : Turkeys : Young : 26.30 27.60 26.61 101 96 Old : 26.40 25.23 24.89 94 99 Total : 26.30 27.57 26.59 101 96 : Ducks : 6.62 6.59 6.71 101 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 5,683,698 5,836,010 5,915,900 104 101 Mature : 103,408 94,755 100,129 97 106 Light : 55,298 48,516 51,463 93 106 Heavy : 48,110 46,239 48,666 101 105 Total : 5,787,106 5,930,765 6,016,029 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 174,438 166,128 160,223 92 96 Old : 2,072 1,741 1,603 77 92 Total : 176,510 167,869 161,826 92 96 : Ducks : 15,936 17,101 18,144 114 106 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 29,372,289 30,544,132 31,511,538 107 103 Mature : 570,441 532,760 564,681 99 106 Light : 189,130 162,239 170,387 90 105 Heavy : 381,311 370,521 394,294 103 106 Total : 29,942,730 31,076,892 32,076,219 107 103 : Turkeys : Young : 4,724,402 4,524,732 4,550,227 96 101 Old : 55,424 46,560 42,211 76 91 Total : 4,779,826 4,571,292 4,592,438 96 100 : Ducks : 104,160 114,265 121,671 117 106 Other Poultry : 6,068 3,484 3,291 54 94 : Total Poultry : 34,832,784 35,765,933 36,793,619 106 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.17 5.23 5.33 103 102 Mature : 5.52 5.62 5.64 102 100 Light : 3.42 3.34 3.31 97 99 Heavy : 7.93 8.01 8.10 102 101 Total : 5.17 5.24 5.33 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.08 27.24 28.40 105 104 Old : 26.75 26.75 26.33 98 98 Total : 27.08 27.23 28.38 105 104 : Ducks : 6.54 6.68 6.71 103 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Aug : Jul : Aug :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Aug : Jul : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,710,737 2,534,951 2,805,249 103 111 Mature : 45,233 41,725 46,406 103 111 Light : 10,710 9,212 10,213 95 111 Heavy : 34,523 32,513 36,193 105 111 Total : 2,755,970 2,576,676 2,851,655 103 111 : Turkeys : Young : 244,887 238,375 267,807 109 112 Old : 5,189 3,479 3,551 68 102 Total : 250,076 241,854 271,358 109 112 : Ducks : 5,843 5,237 5,787 99 111 Other Poultry : 261 164 225 86 137 : Total Poultry : 3,012,150 2,823,931 3,129,025 104 111 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 278,721 274,145 304,851 109 111 Mature : 510 296 602 118 203 Light : 219 3 1 Heavy : 291 296 599 206 202 Total : 279,231 274,441 305,453 109 111 : Turkeys : Young : 218,843 189,174 215,845 99 114 Old : 663 904 1,224 185 135 Total : 219,506 190,078 217,069 99 114 : Ducks : 4,547 4,945 5,683 125 115 Other Poultry : 355 31 279 79 900 : Total Poultry : 503,639 469,495 528,484 105 113 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,989,458 2,809,096 3,110,100 104 111 Mature : 45,743 42,021 47,008 103 112 Light : 10,929 9,212 10,216 93 111 Heavy : 34,814 32,809 36,792 106 112 Total : 3,035,201 2,851,117 3,157,108 104 111 : Turkeys : Young : 463,730 427,549 483,652 104 113 Old : 5,852 4,384 4,776 82 109 Total : 469,582 431,933 488,428 104 113 : Ducks : 10,390 10,182 11,470 110 113 Other Poultry : 616 195 505 82 259 : Total Poultry : 3,515,789 3,293,427 3,657,511 104 111 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 19,564,724 20,561,413 21,227,662 108 103 Mature : 338,630 328,086 344,835 102 105 Light : 90,386 81,694 87,324 97 107 Heavy : 248,244 246,392 257,511 104 105 Total : 19,903,354 20,889,499 21,572,497 108 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,936,012 1,907,476 2,027,012 105 106 Old : 35,865 29,478 26,320 73 89 Total : 1,971,877 1,936,954 2,053,332 104 106 : Ducks : 25,872 50,624 44,655 173 88 Other Poultry : 1,718 1,619 1,561 91 96 : Total Poultry : 21,902,821 22,878,696 23,672,045 108 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,126,782 1,990,451 2,202,934 104 111 Mature : 7,192 2,953 3,407 47 115 Light : 5,374 572 8 1 Heavy : 1,818 2,381 3,399 187 143 Total : 2,133,974 1,993,404 2,206,341 103 111 : Turkeys : Young : 1,790,331 1,664,138 1,575,153 88 95 Old : 5,248 5,118 5,503 105 108 Total : 1,795,579 1,669,256 1,580,656 88 95 : Ducks : 48,934 35,012 42,694 87 122 Other Poultry : 2,040 636 480 24 75 : Total Poultry : 3,980,527 3,698,308 3,830,171 96 104 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 21,691,506 22,551,864 23,430,596 108 104 Mature : 345,822 331,039 348,243 101 105 Light : 95,760 82,266 87,332 91 106 Heavy : 250,062 248,773 260,911 104 105 Total : 22,037,328 22,882,903 23,778,839 108 104 : Turkeys : Young : 3,726,343 3,571,614 3,602,165 97 101 Old : 41,113 34,596 31,827 77 92 Total : 3,767,456 3,606,210 3,633,992 96 101 : Ducks : 74,806 85,636 87,349 117 102 Other Poultry : 3,758 2,255 2,042 54 91 : Total Poultry : 25,883,348 26,577,004 27,502,222 106 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :16,181 16,308 17,241 107 106 125,999 114,683 91 Mature : 1,237 1,702 1,500 121 88 8,636 9,122 106 Light : 550 608 540 98 89 3,457 3,367 97 Heavy : 687 1,094 960 140 88 5,179 5,755 111 Total :17,418 18,010 18,741 108 104 134,635 123,805 92 : Turkeys : Young : 3,101 1,708 1,758 57 103 17,426 13,188 76 Old : 41 45 60 146 133 355 383 108 Total : 3,142 1,753 1,818 58 104 17,781 13,571 76 : Ducks : 28 40 36 129 90 315 266 84 Other Poultry : 6 2 3 50 150 11 6 55 : Total Poultry :20,594 19,805 20,598 100 104 152,742 137,648 90 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.40 0.43 0.41 103 95 0.41 0.36 88 Mature : 1.68 2.48 1.97 117 79 1.62 1.62 100 Light : 2.58 3.34 2.64 102 79 2.13 1.98 93 Heavy : 1.31 2.17 1.73 132 80 1.40 1.46 104 Total : 0.42 0.47 0.44 105 94 0.43 0.39 91 : Turkeys : Young : 0.53 0.32 0.29 55 91 0.39 0.29 74 Old : 0.53 0.76 0.96 181 126 0.76 0.91 120 Total : 0.53 0.32 0.30 57 94 0.39 0.30 77 : Ducks : 0.19 0.29 0.23 121 79 0.27 0.22 81 Other Poultry : 0.55 0.68 0.36 65 53 0.33 0.18 55 : Total Poultry : 0.43 0.45 0.42 98 93 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, August 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :38,546 31,442 34,081 88 108 292,280 281,051 96 Mature : 3,062 2,783 3,112 102 112 24,427 25,202 103 Light : 1,332 1,336 1,552 117 116 11,989 12,926 108 Heavy : 1,730 1,447 1,560 90 108 12,438 12,276 99 Total :41,608 34,225 37,193 89 109 316,707 306,253 97 : Turkeys : Young :10,725 7,597 9,182 86 121 80,109 69,248 86 Old : 328 274 349 106 127 2,911 2,472 85 Total :11,053 7,871 9,531 86 121 83,020 71,720 86 : Ducks : 310 316 334 108 106 2,698 2,946 109 Other Poultry : 11 3 14 127 467 58 45 78 : Total Poultry :52,982 42,415 47,072 89 111 402,483 380,964 95 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.06 0.92 0.90 85 98 1.06 0.99 93 Mature : 4.61 4.51 4.54 98 101 5.09 4.96 97 Light : 6.96 8.15 8.40 121 103 8.21 8.43 103 Heavy : 3.66 3.20 3.12 85 98 3.73 3.46 93 Total : 1.12 0.99 0.97 87 98 1.13 1.06 94 : Turkeys : Young : 2.03 1.57 1.67 82 106 1.97 1.69 86 Old : 4.73 5.25 6.11 129 116 6.95 6.51 94 Total : 2.06 1.60 1.72 83 108 2.02 1.74 86 : Ducks : 2.37 2.48 2.34 99 94 2.62 2.69 103 Other Poultry : 1.24 0.75 1.86 150 248 1.94 1.52 78 : Total Poultry : 1.24 1.07 1.07 86 100 1.25 1.15 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 87,417 97,788 452,221 505,317 5.17 5.17 AR : 94,260 107,137 484,927 554,614 5.14 5.18 CA : * * * * * * DE : 24,642 27,545 155,623 173,181 6.32 6.29 FL : * * * * * * GA : 102,314 112,976 512,566 568,430 5.01 5.03 KY : 22,449 25,282 121,717 136,785 5.42 5.41 LA : 16,068 17,632 89,418 96,836 5.56 5.49 MD : 11,482 13,199 53,300 61,521 4.64 4.66 MS : 63,576 61,317 347,099 337,040 5.46 5.50 MO : 34,251 38,132 158,975 176,701 4.64 4.63 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 56,849 61,874 360,499 392,630 6.34 6.35 OH : 3,350 3,999 16,897 20,417 5.04 5.11 PA : 9,462 10,607 50,610 56,858 5.35 5.36 SC : 20,953 23,885 121,585 137,701 5.80 5.77 TN : 21,838 23,817 107,932 117,560 4.94 4.94 TX : 53,529 62,257 276,126 325,953 5.16 5.24 VA : 26,732 29,150 133,008 144,990 4.98 4.97 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 69,437 76,287 346,018 383,477 4.98 5.03 : US : 718,609 792,884 3,788,521 4,190,011 5.27 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, August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 337,591 376,268 3,632 4,375 0.89 0.96 AR : 355,843 409,410 4,307 5,245 0.99 1.05 CA : * * * * * * DE : 111,863 124,764 1,989 1,995 1.42 1.28 FL : * * * * * * GA : 382,118 421,468 3,059 3,334 0.66 0.65 KY : 89,345 100,263 747 798 0.68 0.65 LA : 65,412 70,375 784 714 0.97 0.82 MD : 38,552 44,767 509 579 1.06 1.05 MS : 260,235 256,998 2,639 2,510 0.84 0.83 MO : 116,916 130,021 1,178 1,232 0.82 0.77 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 275,986 300,708 3,594 3,689 1.11 1.04 OH : 12,426 15,077 194 223 1.28 1.22 PA : 34,866 39,279 713 778 1.56 1.52 SC : 91,385 102,859 666 768 0.61 0.62 TN : 78,523 85,734 886 910 0.91 0.86 TX : 213,423 251,658 2,224 2,530 0.89 0.86 VA : 92,374 101,223 1,078 1,008 0.90 0.77 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 252,238 279,228 3,243 3,393 1.04 0.98 : US : 2,809,096 3,110,100 31,442 34,081 0.92 0.90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, 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". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 293 114,097 48,398 1,106 3,739 AR : * 185,709 45,737 * 2,659 CA : * * * * * DE : 5,841 116,607 17,697 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 370 79,296 24,138 765 5,558 IN : * * * * * KY : * 42,502 6,992 * * LA : * 17,316 3,579 61 409 MD : * 39,943 * * * MS : 153 64,449 34,216 418 1,034 MO : 764 81,085 * 183 1,995 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 368 95,606 29,720 * * OH : * 9,888 * * 50 PA : 69 32,158 12,552 * 320 SC : * 13,664 3,379 25 * TN : * 57,624 15,699 * 844 TX : * 75,396 23,394 175 1,663 VA : * 43,104 8,735 28 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,613 190,259 45,932 7,139 38,335 : US : 13,471 1,258,703 320,168 9,900 56,606 : Mature Birds : Light : 4,116 185,998 38,136 140 87,664 Heavy : 393 56,913 1,725 89 7,799 : US : 4,509 242,911 39,861 229 95,463 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 3,757 16,931 20,711 9,362 142,459 360,853 AR : 8,162 21,908 31,351 5,514 91,221 396,734 CA : * * * * * * DE : 4,073 14,082 10,279 4,421 34,977 216,634 FL : * * * * * * GA : 3,301 32,638 10,065 7,592 100,008 263,731 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 5,509 6,570 821 2,876 68,920 LA : 477 3,683 2,814 * * 59,528 MD : * 11,082 * 1,267 * 130,650 MS : 1,952 9,390 8,506 1,326 75,437 196,881 MO : 1,464 4,506 11,849 * 64,124 179,824 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,528 22,476 19,580 8,767 94,147 285,931 OH : 86 * * * * 22,443 PA : 1,041 2,893 7,708 * 13,183 71,476 SC : 419 1,921 * 2,297 38,106 63,890 TN : 925 9,111 5,528 * 11,038 104,014 TX : 875 4,781 9,230 * 48,777 168,462 VA : 1,436 4,348 6,288 * * 107,161 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,471 22,793 43,130 17,348 200,273 354,685 : US : 35,967 188,052 193,609 58,715 916,626 3,051,817 : Mature Birds : Light : 6,326 7,256 108,263 546 85,390 523,835 Heavy : 1,089 12,634 14,063 913 69,107 164,725 : US : 7,415 19,890 122,326 1,459 154,497 688,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,252 2,793 44,410 53,917 19.72 19.30 MN : 3,192 3,636 81,590 92,302 25.56 25.39 MO : 1,429 1,641 43,628 48,488 30.53 29.55 : Oth Sts : 12,666 14,860 369,651 415,490 29.18 27.96 : US : 19,539 22,930 539,279 610,197 27.60 26.61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 36,299 43,708 578 723 1.45 1.49 MN : 65,446 74,074 1,148 1,492 1.56 1.80 MO : 34,099 37,850 875 1,002 2.23 2.30 : Oth Sts : 291,705 328,020 4,996 5,965 1.50 1.60 : US : 427,549 483,652 7,597 9,182 1.57 1.67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 67 75,348 10,708 3,187 94 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 4,774 734 2 125 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 429 5,089 3,935 2,634 23,781 125,272 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 17 138 135 27 706 6,658 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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!! 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