Pou 2-1 (10-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 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 1 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during September 2005 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.52 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the amount certified in September 2004. Updated totals for August 2005 show that 3.66 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during September 2005 was 4.71 billion pounds, up slightly from 4.70 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.05 billion pounds, up 1 percent from September 2004, and mature chickens at 67.2 million pounds, were down 9 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 573 million pounds, down slightly, and ducks totaled 15.7 million pounds, up 6 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during September 2005 averaged 5.41 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from September 2004. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.83 pounds per bird, unchanged from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during September 2005 averaged 27.1 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from September 2004. Ante-mortem condemnations during September 2005 totaled 17.0 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.36 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.37 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 45.0 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.06 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.24 percent a year earlier. September 2005 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and four Saturdays, the same as September 2004. 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, September 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Sep : Aug : Sep :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Sep : Aug : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 754,743 793,031 750,054 99 95 Mature : 12,720 13,072 11,523 91 88 Light : 6,155 6,153 5,410 88 88 Heavy : 6,565 6,919 6,113 93 88 Total : 767,463 806,103 761,577 99 94 : Turkeys : Young : 21,318 22,930 20,940 98 91 Old : 346 255 188 54 74 Total : 21,664 23,185 21,128 98 91 : Ducks : 2,210 2,369 2,313 105 98 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4,030,451 4,190,613 4,054,271 101 97 Mature : 74,177 76,087 67,182 91 88 Light : 20,814 20,522 17,914 86 87 Heavy : 53,363 55,565 49,268 92 89 Total : 4,104,628 4,266,700 4,121,453 100 97 : Turkeys : Young : 567,179 610,197 568,488 100 93 Old : 9,014 6,346 4,850 54 76 Total : 576,193 616,543 573,338 100 93 : Ducks : 14,852 15,894 15,720 106 99 Other Poultry : 1,762 842 1,691 96 201 : Total Poultry : 4,697,435 4,899,979 4,712,202 100 96 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.34 5.28 5.41 101 102 Mature : 5.83 5.82 5.83 100 100 Light : 3.38 3.34 3.31 98 99 Heavy : 8.13 8.03 8.06 99 100 Total : 5.35 5.29 5.41 101 102 : Turkeys : Young : 26.60 26.61 27.15 102 102 Old : 26.02 24.89 25.94 100 104 Total : 26.59 26.59 27.14 102 102 : Ducks : 6.72 6.71 6.80 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 6,412,878 6,590,753 6,666,101 104 101 Mature : 114,443 107,475 111,652 98 104 Light : 60,335 54,671 56,873 94 104 Heavy : 54,108 52,804 54,779 101 104 Total : 6,527,321 6,698,228 6,777,753 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 196,622 187,446 181,163 92 97 Old : 2,358 2,087 1,791 76 86 Total : 198,980 189,533 182,954 92 97 : Ducks : 17,973 19,311 20,457 114 106 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 33,163,558 34,574,583 35,566,411 107 103 Mature : 635,571 606,937 631,863 99 104 Light : 206,391 183,053 188,301 91 103 Heavy : 429,180 423,884 443,562 103 105 Total : 33,799,129 35,181,520 36,198,274 107 103 : Turkeys : Young : 5,308,190 5,091,911 5,118,715 96 101 Old : 63,313 55,574 47,061 74 85 Total : 5,371,503 5,147,485 5,165,776 96 100 : Ducks : 117,760 129,117 137,391 117 106 Other Poultry : 7,389 5,246 4,988 68 95 : Total Poultry : 39,295,781 40,463,368 41,506,429 106 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.17 5.25 5.34 103 102 Mature : 5.55 5.65 5.66 102 100 Light : 3.42 3.35 3.31 97 99 Heavy : 7.93 8.03 8.10 102 101 Total : 5.18 5.25 5.34 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.00 27.17 28.25 105 104 Old : 26.86 26.63 26.28 98 99 Total : 26.99 27.16 28.24 105 104 : Ducks : 6.55 6.69 6.72 103 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Sep : Aug : Sep :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Sep : Aug : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,704,708 2,805,672 2,718,964 101 97 Mature : 46,118 46,406 41,573 90 90 Light : 10,625 10,213 9,012 85 88 Heavy : 35,493 36,193 32,561 92 90 Total : 2,750,826 2,852,078 2,760,537 100 97 : Turkeys : Young : 237,150 267,807 251,568 106 94 Old : 4,995 3,551 2,517 50 71 Total : 242,145 271,358 254,085 105 94 : Ducks : 5,928 5,787 5,624 95 97 Other Poultry : 249 229 223 90 97 : Total Poultry : 2,999,148 3,129,452 3,020,469 101 97 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 269,369 304,851 292,155 108 96 Mature : 378 602 254 67 42 Light : 103 3 Heavy : 275 599 254 92 42 Total : 269,747 305,453 292,409 108 96 : Turkeys : Young : 214,671 215,845 199,069 93 92 Old : 1,660 1,224 1,213 73 99 Total : 216,331 217,069 200,282 93 92 : Ducks : 4,635 5,683 5,674 122 100 Other Poultry : 822 279 797 97 286 : Total Poultry : 491,535 528,484 499,162 102 94 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,974,077 3,110,523 3,011,119 101 97 Mature : 46,496 47,008 41,827 90 89 Light : 10,728 10,216 9,012 84 88 Heavy : 35,768 36,792 32,815 92 89 Total : 3,020,573 3,157,531 3,052,946 101 97 : Turkeys : Young : 451,821 483,652 450,637 100 93 Old : 6,655 4,776 3,730 56 78 Total : 458,476 488,428 454,367 99 93 : Ducks : 10,563 11,470 11,271 107 98 Other Poultry : 1,071 508 1,020 95 201 : Total Poultry : 3,490,683 3,657,937 3,519,604 101 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 22,071,020 23,266,121 23,947,049 108 103 Mature : 378,649 374,204 386,408 102 103 Light : 99,133 92,319 96,336 97 104 Heavy : 279,516 281,885 290,072 104 103 Total : 22,449,669 23,640,325 24,333,457 108 103 : Turkeys : Young : 2,171,074 2,144,626 2,278,580 105 106 Old : 40,505 34,473 28,837 71 84 Total : 2,211,579 2,179,099 2,307,417 104 106 : Ducks : 31,895 56,552 50,279 158 89 Other Poultry : 1,919 1,868 1,788 93 96 : Total Poultry : 24,695,062 25,877,844 26,692,941 108 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,437,707 2,259,820 2,495,089 102 110 Mature : 7,334 3,331 3,661 50 110 Light : 5,442 675 8 1 Heavy : 1,892 2,656 3,653 193 138 Total : 2,445,041 2,263,151 2,498,750 102 110 : Turkeys : Young : 2,008,848 1,878,809 1,774,222 88 94 Old : 6,621 6,778 6,716 101 99 Total : 2,015,469 1,885,587 1,780,938 88 94 : Ducks : 53,493 39,647 48,368 90 122 Other Poultry : 2,650 1,458 1,277 48 88 : Total Poultry : 4,516,653 4,189,843 4,329,333 96 103 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 24,508,727 25,525,941 26,442,138 108 104 Mature : 385,983 377,535 390,070 101 103 Light : 104,575 92,994 96,344 92 104 Heavy : 281,408 284,541 293,726 104 103 Total : 24,894,710 25,903,476 26,832,208 108 104 : Turkeys : Young : 4,179,922 4,023,435 4,052,802 97 101 Old : 47,126 41,251 35,557 75 86 Total : 4,227,048 4,064,686 4,088,359 97 101 : Ducks : 85,388 96,199 98,620 115 103 Other Poultry : 4,569 3,326 3,065 67 92 : Total Poultry : 29,211,715 30,067,687 31,022,252 106 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,282 17,242 14,360 101 83 140,281 129,044 92 Mature : 1,026 1,500 1,081 105 72 9,662 10,203 106 Light : 446 540 414 93 77 3,903 3,781 97 Heavy : 580 960 667 115 69 5,759 6,422 112 Total :15,308 18,742 15,441 101 82 149,943 139,247 93 : Turkeys : Young : 1,937 1,758 1,528 79 87 19,363 14,716 76 Old : 37 60 29 78 48 392 412 105 Total : 1,974 1,818 1,557 79 86 19,755 15,128 77 : Ducks : 27 36 34 126 94 342 300 88 Other Poultry : 6 3 5 83 167 17 11 65 : Total Poultry :17,315 20,599 17,037 98 83 170,057 154,686 91 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.35 0.41 0.35 100 85 0.41 0.36 88 Mature : 1.38 1.97 1.61 117 82 1.59 1.61 101 Light : 2.15 2.64 2.31 107 88 2.13 2.01 94 Heavy : 1.09 1.73 1.35 124 78 1.36 1.45 107 Total : 0.37 0.44 0.37 100 84 0.43 0.38 88 : Turkeys : Young : 0.34 0.29 0.27 79 93 0.38 0.29 76 Old : 0.41 0.96 0.62 151 65 0.70 0.88 126 Total : 0.34 0.30 0.27 79 90 0.38 0.29 76 : Ducks : 0.18 0.23 0.22 122 96 0.26 0.22 85 Other Poultry : 0.32 0.36 0.24 75 67 0.33 0.22 67 : Total Poultry : 0.37 0.42 0.36 97 86 0.42 0.37 88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :38,415 34,084 33,083 86 97 330,695 314,137 95 Mature : 3,056 3,112 2,773 91 89 27,483 27,975 102 Light : 1,360 1,552 1,281 94 83 13,349 14,207 106 Heavy : 1,696 1,560 1,492 88 96 14,134 13,768 97 Total :41,471 37,196 35,856 86 96 358,178 342,112 96 : Turkeys : Young :10,220 9,182 8,539 84 93 90,329 77,787 86 Old : 395 349 248 63 71 3,306 2,720 82 Total :10,615 9,531 8,787 83 92 93,635 80,507 86 : Ducks : 300 334 322 107 96 2,998 3,268 109 Other Poultry : 12 15 13 108 87 70 59 84 : Total Poultry :52,398 47,076 44,978 86 96 454,881 425,946 94 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.06 0.90 0.91 86 101 1.06 0.98 92 Mature : 4.58 4.54 4.59 100 101 5.03 4.92 98 Light : 7.26 8.40 7.96 110 95 8.10 8.38 103 Heavy : 3.53 3.12 3.36 95 108 3.70 3.45 93 Total : 1.12 0.97 0.97 87 100 1.13 1.05 93 : Turkeys : Young : 2.00 1.67 1.67 84 100 1.97 1.69 86 Old : 4.87 6.11 5.68 117 93 6.61 6.42 97 Total : 2.05 1.72 1.70 83 99 2.02 1.73 86 : Ducks : 2.25 2.34 2.28 101 97 2.58 2.64 102 Other Poultry : 0.78 1.85 0.79 101 43 1.55 1.31 85 : Total Poultry : 1.24 1.07 1.06 85 99 1.25 1.14 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 97,788 92,801 505,317 492,137 5.17 5.30 AR : 107,234 97,140 554,966 516,313 5.18 5.32 CA : * * * * * * DE : 27,545 25,352 173,181 162,962 6.29 6.43 FL : * * * * * * GA : 112,976 107,591 568,430 555,083 5.03 5.16 KY : 25,282 24,051 136,785 131,879 5.41 5.48 LA : 17,632 17,164 96,836 97,117 5.49 5.66 MD : 13,199 12,524 61,521 60,142 4.66 4.80 MS : 61,317 65,950 337,040 371,843 5.50 5.64 MO : 38,132 35,579 176,701 165,517 4.63 4.65 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 61,874 57,853 392,630 377,287 6.35 6.52 OH : 3,999 3,795 20,417 19,825 5.11 5.22 PA : 10,607 10,457 56,858 57,116 5.36 5.46 SC : 23,885 22,045 137,701 130,728 5.77 5.93 TN : 23,817 22,671 117,560 117,798 4.94 5.20 TX : 62,257 54,000 325,953 278,195 5.24 5.15 VA : 29,150 27,593 144,990 141,623 4.97 5.13 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 76,337 73,488 383,727 378,706 5.03 5.15 : US : 793,031 750,054 4,190,613 4,054,271 5.28 5.41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 376,268 367,608 4,375 4,297 0.96 0.97 AR : 409,656 382,423 5,247 4,558 1.05 0.98 CA : * * * * * * DE : 124,764 117,735 1,995 1,790 1.28 1.22 FL : * * * * * * GA : 421,468 412,327 3,334 3,102 0.65 0.62 KY : 100,263 96,631 798 706 0.65 0.59 LA : 70,375 70,991 714 827 0.82 0.95 MD : 44,767 43,694 579 515 1.05 0.95 MS : 256,998 280,261 2,510 3,318 0.83 0.99 MO : 130,021 121,837 1,232 1,111 0.77 0.75 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 300,708 289,087 3,689 3,648 1.04 1.07 OH : 15,077 14,656 223 184 1.22 1.03 PA : 39,279 39,982 778 749 1.52 1.46 SC : 102,859 97,902 768 658 0.62 0.56 TN : 85,734 85,656 910 1,101 0.86 1.04 TX : 251,658 213,590 2,530 2,016 0.86 0.81 VA : 101,223 99,694 1,008 884 0.77 0.69 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 279,405 277,045 3,394 3,619 0.98 1.06 : US : 3,110,523 3,011,119 34,084 33,083 0.90 0.91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, 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 : * 185,767 45,737 * 2,663 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 : 5,617 190,297 46,036 7,140 38,335 : US : 13,475 1,258,799 320,272 9,901 56,610 : 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 21,909 31,354 5,514 91,226 396,809 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 : 5,472 22,802 43,132 17,348 200,277 354,844 : US : 35,968 188,062 193,614 58,715 916,635 3,052,051 : 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". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 302 100,497 34,222 1,042 2,593 AR : 1,824 157,559 32,732 * 2,839 CA : * * * * * DE : 3,276 103,955 17,279 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 302 69,884 24,850 578 4,769 IN : * * * * * KY : * 35,402 6,101 41 * LA : * 20,922 3,475 * 341 MD : 792 35,322 * 38 * MS : * 84,849 31,325 * 1,041 MO : 861 69,287 * 189 1,583 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 348 85,495 21,123 * * OH : * 6,920 * * 47 PA : * 29,755 10,247 143 321 SC : * 12,184 3,783 * * TN : 227 60,202 * * 752 TX : 89 62,154 18,360 104 1,635 VA : 612 40,551 * * * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 2,194 188,069 68,163 6,192 35,594 : US : 10,827 1,163,007 271,660 8,327 51,515 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,345 171,923 36,681 301 59,495 Heavy : 441 47,954 2,396 35 6,775 : US : 2,786 219,877 39,077 336 66,270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, September 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,930 15,162 16,016 8,418 140,698 321,880 AR : 6,302 18,181 24,329 * 78,063 331,024 CA : * * * * * * DE : 3,274 10,840 10,166 4,565 35,741 196,311 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,668 27,094 8,250 2,105 92,202 232,702 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 4,554 4,096 * 3,439 57,824 LA : 452 3,622 2,380 108 * 61,805 MD : * * * 1,266 * 113,546 MS : 2,109 9,158 8,972 1,587 123,129 263,774 MO : 1,173 3,592 10,315 * 52,197 148,411 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,861 19,347 15,690 7,336 106,725 272,569 OH : * * 324 33 * 16,880 PA : 976 3,132 7,882 * 11,231 65,323 SC : 463 1,845 * 2,100 29,308 53,360 TN : 860 10,221 5,136 * * 131,249 TX : 749 4,854 6,807 1,180 25,078 121,010 VA : 1,169 4,072 5,596 3,073 * 96,780 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,169 31,453 42,076 24,923 219,932 361,642 : US : 31,155 167,127 168,035 56,694 917,743 2,846,090 : Mature Birds : Light : 6,958 5,408 108,107 1,665 54,510 447,393 Heavy : 1,094 7,905 14,857 1,143 60,089 142,689 : US : 8,052 13,313 122,964 2,808 114,599 590,082 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,793 2,415 53,917 47,715 19.30 19.76 MN : 3,636 3,181 92,302 83,735 25.39 26.32 MO : 1,641 1,551 48,488 47,486 29.55 30.62 : Oth Sts : 14,860 13,793 415,490 389,552 27.96 28.24 : US : 22,930 20,940 610,197 568,488 26.61 27.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 43,708 38,775 723 698 1.49 1.63 MN : 74,074 67,124 1,492 1,289 1.80 1.71 MO : 37,850 37,022 1,002 982 2.30 2.30 : Oth Sts : 328,020 307,716 5,965 5,570 1.60 1.59 : US : 483,652 450,637 9,182 8,539 1.67 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, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 27 71,111 11,116 3,360 132 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 2 2,014 652 5 89 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 373 4,752 3,808 1,340 19,947 115,966 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 12 127 127 38 1,131 4,197 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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