Pou 2-1 (11-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 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 October 2005 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.58 billion pounds, up 4 percent from the amount certified in October 2004. Updated totals for September 2005 show that 3.52 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during October 2005 was 4.79 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 4.61 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.10 billion pounds, up 4 percent from October 2004, and mature chickens at 66.3 million pounds, were down 6 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 606 million pounds, up 3 percent. Ducks totaled 16.1 million pounds, up 14 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2005 averaged 5.50 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from October 2004. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.92 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2005 averaged 26.9 pounds per bird, down slightly from October 2004. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2005 totaled 14.6 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.31 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.37 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 44.0 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.02 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.25 percent a year earlier. October 2005 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and five Saturdays, the same as October 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, October 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Oct : Sep : Oct :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Oct : Sep : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 730,516 750,054 744,580 102 99 Mature : 12,135 11,523 11,198 92 97 Light : 5,922 5,410 4,998 84 92 Heavy : 6,213 6,113 6,200 100 101 Total : 742,651 761,577 755,778 102 99 : Turkeys : Young : 21,525 20,940 22,345 104 107 Old : 215 188 187 87 99 Total : 21,740 21,128 22,532 104 107 : Ducks : 2,086 2,313 2,369 114 102 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,934,785 4,054,271 4,098,221 104 101 Mature : 70,224 67,182 66,286 94 99 Light : 19,656 17,914 16,589 84 93 Heavy : 50,568 49,268 49,697 98 101 Total : 4,005,009 4,121,453 4,164,507 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 581,292 568,488 601,680 104 106 Old : 6,010 4,850 4,818 80 99 Total : 587,302 573,338 606,498 103 106 : Ducks : 14,122 15,720 16,063 114 102 Other Poultry : 1,770 1,691 1,786 101 106 : Total Poultry : 4,608,203 4,712,202 4,788,854 104 102 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.39 5.41 5.50 102 102 Mature : 5.79 5.83 5.92 102 102 Light : 3.32 3.31 3.32 100 100 Heavy : 8.14 8.06 8.02 99 100 Total : 5.39 5.41 5.51 102 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.00 27.15 26.93 100 99 Old : 27.91 25.94 25.90 93 100 Total : 27.01 27.14 26.92 100 99 : Ducks : 6.77 6.80 6.78 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 7,194,784 7,321,269 7,410,681 103 101 Mature : 126,753 119,610 122,850 97 103 Light : 66,317 60,593 61,871 93 102 Heavy : 60,436 59,017 60,979 101 103 Total : 7,321,537 7,440,879 7,533,531 103 101 : Turkeys : Young : 221,744 208,971 203,508 92 97 Old : 2,625 2,302 1,978 75 86 Total : 224,369 211,273 205,486 92 97 : Ducks : 20,214 21,397 22,826 113 107 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 37,286,327 38,509,368 39,664,632 106 103 Mature : 706,622 677,161 698,149 99 103 Light : 226,844 202,709 204,890 90 101 Heavy : 479,778 474,452 493,259 103 104 Total : 37,992,949 39,186,529 40,362,781 106 103 : Turkeys : Young : 5,970,819 5,673,203 5,720,395 96 101 Old : 70,338 61,584 51,879 74 84 Total : 6,041,157 5,734,787 5,772,274 96 101 : Ducks : 132,986 143,239 153,454 115 107 Other Poultry : 8,907 7,016 6,774 76 97 : Total Poultry : 44,175,999 45,071,571 46,295,283 105 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.18 5.26 5.35 103 102 Mature : 5.57 5.66 5.68 102 100 Light : 3.42 3.35 3.31 97 99 Heavy : 7.94 8.04 8.09 102 101 Total : 5.19 5.27 5.36 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 26.93 27.15 28.11 104 104 Old : 26.80 26.75 26.23 98 98 Total : 26.92 27.14 28.09 104 104 : Ducks : 6.58 6.69 6.72 102 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Oct : Sep : Oct :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Oct : Sep : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,629,461 2,718,964 2,733,169 104 101 Mature : 43,209 41,573 41,307 96 99 Light : 9,849 9,012 8,412 85 93 Heavy : 33,360 32,561 32,895 99 101 Total : 2,672,670 2,760,537 2,774,476 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 260,658 251,568 285,488 110 113 Old : 3,276 2,517 2,649 81 105 Total : 263,934 254,085 288,137 109 113 : Ducks : 5,540 5,624 5,590 101 99 Other Poultry : 222 223 230 104 103 : Total Poultry : 2,942,366 3,020,469 3,068,433 104 102 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 274,153 292,155 307,422 112 105 Mature : 486 254 265 55 104 Light : 183 Heavy : 303 254 265 87 104 Total : 274,639 292,409 307,687 112 105 : Turkeys : Young : 200,877 199,069 193,596 96 97 Old : 1,339 1,213 998 75 82 Total : 202,216 200,282 194,594 96 97 : Ducks : 4,497 5,674 5,882 131 104 Other Poultry : 852 797 842 99 106 : Total Poultry : 482,204 499,162 509,005 106 102 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,903,614 3,011,119 3,040,591 105 101 Mature : 43,695 41,827 41,572 95 99 Light : 10,032 9,012 8,412 84 93 Heavy : 33,663 32,815 33,160 99 101 Total : 2,947,309 3,052,946 3,082,163 105 101 : Turkeys : Young : 461,535 450,637 479,084 104 106 Old : 4,615 3,730 3,647 79 98 Total : 466,150 454,367 482,731 104 106 : Ducks : 10,037 11,298 11,472 114 102 Other Poultry : 1,074 1,020 1,072 100 105 : Total Poultry : 3,424,570 3,519,631 3,577,438 104 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 24,843,847 25,895,582 26,680,218 107 103 Mature : 422,093 417,413 427,715 101 102 Light : 109,518 102,168 104,748 96 103 Heavy : 312,575 315,245 322,967 103 102 Total : 25,265,940 26,312,995 27,107,933 107 103 : Turkeys : Young : 2,459,647 2,405,284 2,564,068 104 107 Old : 44,629 37,749 31,486 71 83 Total : 2,504,276 2,443,033 2,595,554 104 106 : Ducks : 38,701 62,092 55,869 144 90 Other Poultry : 2,471 2,090 2,018 82 97 : Total Poultry : 27,811,388 28,820,210 29,761,374 107 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,717,633 2,533,973 2,802,511 103 111 Mature : 7,626 3,817 3,926 51 103 Light : 5,477 858 8 1 Heavy : 2,149 2,959 3,918 182 132 Total : 2,725,259 2,537,790 2,806,437 103 111 : Turkeys : Young : 2,243,065 2,079,686 1,967,818 88 95 Old : 8,147 8,117 7,714 95 95 Total : 2,251,212 2,087,803 1,975,532 88 95 : Ducks : 58,581 44,144 54,250 93 123 Other Poultry : 3,362 2,310 2,119 63 92 : Total Poultry : 5,038,414 4,672,047 4,838,338 96 104 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 27,561,480 28,429,555 29,482,729 107 104 Mature : 429,719 421,230 431,641 100 102 Light : 114,995 103,026 104,756 91 102 Heavy : 314,724 318,204 326,885 104 103 Total : 27,991,199 28,850,785 29,914,370 107 104 : Turkeys : Young : 4,702,712 4,484,970 4,531,886 96 101 Old : 52,776 45,866 39,200 74 85 Total : 4,755,488 4,530,836 4,571,086 96 101 : Ducks : 97,282 106,236 110,119 113 104 Other Poultry : 5,833 4,400 4,137 71 94 : Total Poultry : 32,849,802 33,492,257 34,599,712 105 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,776 14,360 12,432 84 87 155,057 141,476 91 Mature : 873 1,081 723 83 67 10,535 10,926 104 Light : 445 414 272 61 66 4,348 4,053 93 Heavy : 428 667 451 105 68 6,187 6,873 111 Total :15,649 15,441 13,155 84 85 165,592 152,402 92 : Turkeys : Young : 1,534 1,528 1,379 90 90 20,897 16,095 77 Old : 26 29 53 204 183 418 465 111 Total : 1,560 1,557 1,432 92 92 21,315 16,560 78 : Ducks : 23 34 30 130 88 365 330 90 Other Poultry : 7 5 7 100 140 24 18 75 : Total Poultry :17,239 17,037 14,624 85 86 187,296 169,310 90 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.38 0.35 0.30 79 86 0.40 0.36 90 Mature : 1.24 1.61 1.09 88 68 1.56 1.56 100 Light : 2.26 2.31 1.65 73 71 2.14 1.98 93 Heavy : 0.85 1.35 0.91 107 67 1.30 1.39 107 Total : 0.39 0.37 0.32 82 86 0.42 0.38 90 : Turkeys : Young : 0.26 0.27 0.23 88 85 0.37 0.28 76 Old : 0.43 0.62 1.08 251 174 0.68 0.90 132 Total : 0.27 0.27 0.24 89 89 0.37 0.29 78 : Ducks : 0.16 0.22 0.18 113 82 0.25 0.22 88 Other Poultry : 0.38 0.24 0.39 103 163 0.34 0.27 79 : Total Poultry : 0.37 0.36 0.31 84 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, October 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :38,271 33,083 32,251 84 97 368,966 346,388 94 Mature : 3,205 2,773 3,108 97 112 30,688 31,083 101 Light : 1,387 1,281 1,431 103 112 14,736 15,638 106 Heavy : 1,818 1,492 1,677 92 112 15,952 15,445 97 Total :41,476 35,856 35,359 85 99 399,654 377,471 94 : Turkeys : Young : 9,678 8,539 8,005 83 94 100,007 85,792 86 Old : 249 248 261 105 105 3,555 2,981 84 Total : 9,927 8,787 8,266 83 94 103,562 88,773 86 : Ducks : 368 322 405 110 126 3,366 3,673 109 Other Poultry : 12 13 12 100 92 82 71 87 : Total Poultry :51,783 44,978 44,042 85 98 506,664 469,988 93 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.08 0.91 0.87 81 96 1.06 0.97 92 Mature : 5.07 4.59 5.21 103 114 5.03 4.95 98 Light : 7.84 7.96 9.58 122 120 8.08 8.48 105 Heavy : 3.99 3.36 3.75 94 112 3.74 3.48 93 Total : 1.15 0.97 0.94 82 97 1.13 1.04 92 : Turkeys : Young : 1.85 1.67 1.48 80 89 1.96 1.67 85 Old : 4.62 5.68 6.02 130 106 6.42 6.38 99 Total : 1.88 1.70 1.51 80 89 2.01 1.71 85 : Ducks : 2.90 2.28 2.82 97 124 2.61 2.66 102 Other Poultry : 0.75 0.79 0.68 91 86 1.35 1.16 86 : Total Poultry : 1.25 1.06 1.02 82 96 1.25 1.13 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 92,801 93,070 492,137 505,396 5.30 5.43 AR : 97,140 99,994 516,313 538,725 5.32 5.39 CA : * * * * * * DE : 25,352 25,090 162,962 168,428 6.43 6.71 FL : * * * * * * GA : 107,591 104,729 555,083 545,808 5.16 5.21 KY : 24,051 23,501 131,879 131,952 5.48 5.61 LA : 17,164 17,174 97,117 97,452 5.66 5.67 MD : 12,524 12,558 60,142 62,898 4.80 5.01 MS : 65,950 63,437 371,843 369,413 5.64 5.82 MO : 35,579 35,370 165,517 167,144 4.65 4.73 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 57,853 55,776 377,287 372,256 6.52 6.67 OH : 3,795 3,806 19,825 20,337 5.22 5.34 PA : 10,457 9,858 57,116 55,185 5.46 5.60 SC : 22,045 22,796 130,728 138,418 5.93 6.07 TN : 22,671 23,273 117,798 118,202 5.20 5.08 TX : 54,000 56,738 278,195 301,228 5.15 5.31 VA : 27,593 25,599 141,623 135,876 5.13 5.31 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 73,488 71,811 378,706 369,503 5.15 5.15 : US : 750,054 744,580 4,054,271 4,098,221 5.41 5.50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, October 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 367,608 377,464 4,297 4,429 0.97 0.97 AR : 382,423 397,691 4,558 4,481 0.98 0.92 CA : * * * * * * DE : 117,735 121,827 1,790 1,879 1.22 1.24 FL : * * * * * * GA : 412,327 405,093 3,102 3,056 0.62 0.62 KY : 96,631 96,630 706 747 0.59 0.63 LA : 70,991 70,814 827 539 0.95 0.62 MD : 43,694 46,022 515 541 0.95 0.96 MS : 280,261 276,530 3,318 2,993 0.99 0.90 MO : 121,837 123,179 1,111 1,109 0.75 0.74 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 289,087 284,785 3,648 3,384 1.07 1.01 OH : 14,656 14,933 184 182 1.03 0.99 PA : 39,982 38,297 749 706 1.46 1.42 SC : 97,902 103,504 658 665 0.56 0.53 TN : 85,656 85,948 1,101 1,114 1.04 1.05 TX : 213,590 232,916 2,016 2,074 0.81 0.76 VA : 99,694 95,176 884 850 0.69 0.70 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 277,045 269,782 3,619 3,502 1.06 1.05 : US : 3,011,119 3,040,591 33,083 32,251 0.91 0.87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, 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". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 180 102,997 38,415 748 3,548 AR : * 153,631 39,591 * 3,344 CA : * * * * * DE : 2,635 116,656 17,403 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 283 70,079 28,213 291 5,114 IN : * * * * * KY : * 38,388 9,022 * * LA : * 16,551 3,425 56 346 MD : 629 32,211 * 17 * MS : 176 68,608 31,174 521 1,219 MO : 945 67,180 8,768 332 1,732 NJ : * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 270 79,817 19,117 * * OH : * 5,677 * 26 54 PA : 89 28,007 11,477 * 358 SC : * 10,705 3,049 * * TN : * 65,808 * * 764 TX : 78 65,727 22,528 117 1,771 VA : 391 40,860 7,297 24 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 2,412 188,952 60,908 6,162 36,116 : US : 8,088 1,151,854 300,387 8,294 54,366 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,688 168,183 26,707 84 72,091 Heavy : 604 59,087 3,121 56 5,969 : US : 3,292 227,270 29,828 140 78,060 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,852 14,284 15,512 6,177 146,721 331,434 AR : 4,788 19,728 26,359 3,525 81,638 336,343 CA : * * * * * * DE : 3,106 8,496 11,403 * 30,274 202,246 FL : * * * * * * GA : 1,988 27,007 7,825 5,020 77,507 223,327 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 4,349 3,276 930 4,335 64,057 LA : 372 3,219 2,343 * * 32,227 MD : * 6,946 * 529 * * MS : 2,064 10,204 8,469 1,952 93,580 217,967 MO : 1,110 3,677 8,742 332 58,201 151,019 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 1,955 14,143 12,221 7,045 98,706 248,100 OH : 39 * 485 25 * 14,508 PA : 873 3,957 7,219 * 10,026 62,995 SC : 381 1,677 * * 27,215 50,576 TN : 885 10,893 6,215 * * 129,929 TX : 717 5,476 6,043 224 30,163 132,844 VA : 1,096 5,125 4,237 3,264 * 93,139 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,808 18,296 34,423 23,500 192,495 474,945 : US : 27,034 157,477 154,772 52,523 850,861 2,765,656 : Mature Birds : Light : 5,614 5,130 125,227 1,003 63,009 469,736 Heavy : 821 10,265 17,030 1,226 69,868 168,047 : US : 6,435 15,395 142,257 2,229 132,877 637,783 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, October 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,415 2,879 47,715 58,050 19.76 20.16 MN : 3,181 3,309 83,735 86,218 26.32 26.06 MO : 1,551 1,542 47,486 47,302 30.62 30.68 : Oth Sts : 13,793 14,615 389,552 410,110 28.24 28.06 : US : 20,940 22,345 568,488 601,680 27.15 26.93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, October 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 38,775 47,567 698 780 1.63 1.49 MN : 67,124 69,293 1,289 1,236 1.71 1.59 MO : 37,022 37,261 982 708 2.30 1.66 : Oth Sts : 307,716 324,963 5,570 5,281 1.59 1.43 : US : 450,637 479,084 8,539 8,005 1.67 1.48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, October 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 211 67,177 9,085 3,319 57 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 3,052 497 8 57 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 459 4,502 4,096 1,038 21,466 111,410 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 17 136 124 28 2,112 6,031 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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