Pou 2-1 (12-05) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 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 November 2005 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.47 billion pounds, up 4 percent from the amount certified in November 2004. Updated totals for October 2005 show that 3.58 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during November 2005 was 4.63 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 4.46 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.94 billion pounds, up 5 percent from November 2004, but mature chickens at 65.1 million pounds, were down 1 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 608 million pounds, down slightly. Ducks totaled 17.0 million pounds, up 15 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during November 2005 averaged 5.49 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from November 2004. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.76 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during November 2005 averaged 26.8 pounds per bird, 2 percent above November 2004. Ante-mortem condemnations during November 2005 totaled 15.1 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.33 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.38 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 44.1 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.06 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.20 percent a year earlier. November 2005 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays, the same as November 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, November 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Nov : Oct : Nov :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Nov : Oct : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 708,356 744,580 717,875 101 96 Mature : 11,443 11,198 11,307 99 101 Light : 5,705 4,998 5,467 96 109 Heavy : 5,738 6,200 5,840 102 94 Total : 719,799 755,778 729,182 101 96 : Turkeys : Young : 22,951 22,345 22,429 98 100 Old : 174 187 227 130 121 Total : 23,125 22,532 22,656 98 101 : Ducks : 2,185 2,369 2,509 115 106 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,765,566 4,098,221 3,941,740 105 96 Mature : 65,579 66,286 65,080 99 98 Light : 19,387 16,589 18,139 94 109 Heavy : 46,192 49,697 46,941 102 94 Total : 3,831,145 4,164,507 4,006,820 105 96 : Turkeys : Young : 604,605 601,680 601,524 99 100 Old : 4,823 4,818 6,019 125 125 Total : 609,428 606,498 607,543 100 100 : Ducks : 14,817 16,063 17,002 115 106 Other Poultry : 860 1,786 690 80 39 : Total Poultry : 4,456,250 4,788,854 4,632,055 104 97 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.32 5.50 5.49 103 100 Mature : 5.73 5.92 5.76 101 97 Light : 3.40 3.32 3.32 98 100 Heavy : 8.05 8.02 8.04 100 100 Total : 5.32 5.51 5.49 103 100 : Turkeys : Young : 26.34 26.93 26.82 102 100 Old : 27.80 25.90 26.52 95 102 Total : 26.35 26.92 26.82 102 100 : Ducks : 6.78 6.78 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, November 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 7,821,458 8,029,625 8,128,556 104 101 Mature : 136,140 131,053 134,157 99 102 Light : 70,673 66,298 67,338 95 102 Heavy : 65,467 64,755 66,819 102 103 Total : 7,957,598 8,160,678 8,262,713 104 101 : Turkeys : Young : 244,157 231,922 225,937 93 97 Old : 2,873 2,476 2,205 77 89 Total : 247,030 234,398 228,142 92 97 : Ducks : 22,089 23,582 25,335 115 107 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 40,560,448 42,274,934 43,606,372 108 103 Mature : 761,450 742,740 763,229 100 103 Light : 241,544 222,096 223,029 92 100 Heavy : 519,906 520,644 540,200 104 104 Total : 41,321,898 43,017,674 44,369,601 107 103 : Turkeys : Young : 6,541,635 6,277,808 6,321,919 97 101 Old : 77,067 66,407 57,898 75 87 Total : 6,618,702 6,344,215 6,379,817 96 101 : Ducks : 145,782 158,056 170,456 117 108 Other Poultry : 9,661 7,876 7,464 77 95 : Total Poultry : 48,096,043 49,527,821 50,927,338 106 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.19 5.26 5.36 103 102 Mature : 5.59 5.67 5.69 102 100 Light : 3.42 3.35 3.31 97 99 Heavy : 7.94 8.04 8.08 102 100 Total : 5.19 5.27 5.37 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 26.79 27.07 27.98 104 103 Old : 26.83 26.82 26.26 98 98 Total : 26.79 27.07 27.96 104 103 : Ducks : 6.60 6.70 6.73 102 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Nov : Oct : Nov :--------------- Commodity : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 : Nov : Oct : : : : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,537,646 2,733,169 2,643,627 104 97 Mature : 40,335 41,307 39,836 99 96 Light : 9,793 8,412 9,077 93 108 Heavy : 30,542 32,895 30,759 101 94 Total : 2,577,981 2,774,476 2,683,463 104 97 : Turkeys : Young : 289,551 285,488 291,432 101 102 Old : 2,728 2,649 3,443 126 130 Total : 292,279 288,137 294,875 101 102 : Ducks : 5,700 5,590 5,950 104 106 Other Poultry : 247 230 173 70 75 : Total Poultry : 2,876,207 3,068,433 2,984,461 104 97 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 259,215 307,422 289,587 112 94 Mature : 254 265 380 150 143 Light : 121 Heavy : 133 265 380 286 143 Total : 259,469 307,687 289,967 112 94 : Turkeys : Young : 190,066 193,596 186,811 98 96 Old : 847 998 1,160 137 116 Total : 190,913 194,594 187,971 98 97 : Ducks : 4,668 5,882 6,251 134 106 Other Poultry : 276 842 247 89 29 : Total Poultry : 455,326 509,005 484,436 106 95 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,796,861 3,040,591 2,933,214 105 96 Mature : 40,589 41,572 40,216 99 97 Light : 9,914 8,412 9,077 92 108 Heavy : 30,675 33,160 31,139 102 94 Total : 2,837,450 3,082,163 2,973,430 105 96 : Turkeys : Young : 479,617 479,084 478,243 100 100 Old : 3,575 3,647 4,603 129 126 Total : 483,192 482,731 482,846 100 100 : Ducks : 10,368 11,472 12,201 118 106 Other Poultry : 523 1,072 420 80 39 : Total Poultry : 3,331,533 3,577,438 3,468,897 104 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2003 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 27,059,503 28,433,228 29,323,845 108 103 Mature : 455,868 457,748 467,551 103 102 Light : 116,932 111,961 113,825 97 102 Heavy : 338,936 345,787 353,726 104 102 Total : 27,515,371 28,890,976 29,791,396 108 103 : Turkeys : Young : 2,712,636 2,694,835 2,855,500 105 106 Old : 48,092 40,477 34,929 73 86 Total : 2,760,728 2,735,312 2,890,429 105 106 : Ducks : 44,670 67,792 61,819 138 91 Other Poultry : 2,659 2,337 2,191 82 94 : Total Poultry : 30,323,428 31,696,417 32,745,835 108 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,925,915 2,793,188 3,092,098 106 111 Mature : 7,712 4,071 4,306 56 106 Light : 5,477 979 8 1 Heavy : 2,235 3,092 4,298 192 139 Total : 2,933,627 2,797,259 3,096,404 106 111 : Turkeys : Young : 2,440,340 2,269,752 2,154,629 88 95 Old : 9,924 8,964 8,874 89 99 Total : 2,450,264 2,278,716 2,163,503 88 95 : Ducks : 62,553 48,812 60,501 97 124 Other Poultry : 3,639 2,586 2,366 65 91 : Total Poultry : 5,450,083 5,127,373 5,322,774 98 104 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 29,985,418 31,226,416 32,415,943 108 104 Mature : 463,580 461,819 471,857 102 102 Light : 122,409 112,940 113,833 93 101 Heavy : 341,171 348,879 358,024 105 103 Total : 30,448,998 31,688,235 32,887,800 108 104 : Turkeys : Young : 5,152,976 4,964,587 5,010,129 97 101 Old : 58,016 49,441 43,803 76 89 Total : 5,210,992 5,014,028 5,053,932 97 101 : Ducks : 107,223 116,604 122,320 114 105 Other Poultry : 6,298 4,923 4,557 72 93 : Total Poultry : 35,773,511 36,823,790 38,068,609 106 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,514 12,327 12,733 88 103 169,571 154,104 91 Mature : 642 723 736 115 102 11,177 11,662 104 Light : 271 272 271 100 100 4,619 4,324 94 Heavy : 371 451 465 125 103 6,558 7,338 112 Total :15,156 13,050 13,469 89 103 180,748 165,766 92 : Turkeys : Young : 1,586 1,379 1,508 95 109 22,483 17,603 78 Old : 34 53 52 153 98 452 517 114 Total : 1,620 1,432 1,560 96 109 22,935 18,120 79 : Ducks : 27 30 27 100 90 392 357 91 Other Poultry : 3 7 1 33 14 27 19 70 : Total Poultry :16,806 14,519 15,057 90 104 204,102 184,262 90 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.39 0.30 0.32 82 107 0.40 0.35 88 Mature : 0.98 1.09 1.13 115 104 1.50 1.53 102 Light : 1.40 1.65 1.49 106 90 2.08 1.94 93 Heavy : 0.80 0.91 0.99 124 109 1.26 1.36 108 Total : 0.40 0.31 0.34 85 110 0.42 0.37 88 : Turkeys : Young : 0.26 0.23 0.25 96 109 0.36 0.28 78 Old : 0.71 1.08 0.86 121 80 0.68 0.89 131 Total : 0.27 0.24 0.26 96 108 0.36 0.28 78 : Ducks : 0.18 0.18 0.15 83 83 0.25 0.21 84 Other Poultry : 0.30 0.39 0.14 47 36 0.34 0.25 74 : Total Poultry : 0.38 0.30 0.33 87 110 0.41 0.36 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, November 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2004 : 2005 : 2005 :2004 :2005 : 2004 : 2005 : 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :34,771 32,251 32,288 93 100 403,737 378,676 94 Mature : 2,930 3,108 3,136 107 101 33,618 34,219 102 Light : 1,356 1,431 1,573 116 110 16,092 17,211 107 Heavy : 1,574 1,677 1,563 99 93 17,526 17,008 97 Total :37,701 35,359 35,424 94 100 437,355 412,895 94 : Turkeys : Young : 9,707 8,005 7,999 82 100 109,714 93,791 85 Old : 286 261 308 108 118 3,841 3,289 86 Total : 9,993 8,266 8,307 83 100 113,555 97,080 85 : Ducks : 409 405 405 99 100 3,775 4,078 108 Other Poultry : 8 12 6 75 50 90 77 86 : Total Poultry :48,111 44,042 44,142 92 100 554,775 514,130 93 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.03 0.87 0.91 88 105 1.06 0.96 91 Mature : 4.96 5.21 5.35 108 103 5.03 4.98 99 Light : 7.77 9.58 9.63 124 101 8.05 8.57 106 Heavy : 3.78 3.75 3.70 98 99 3.74 3.50 94 Total : 1.09 0.94 0.98 90 104 1.13 1.03 91 : Turkeys : Young : 1.78 1.48 1.48 83 100 1.94 1.65 85 Old : 6.59 6.02 5.69 86 95 6.43 6.31 98 Total : 1.82 1.51 1.52 84 101 1.99 1.69 85 : Ducks : 3.06 2.82 2.64 86 94 2.65 2.66 100 Other Poultry : 1.02 0.68 0.80 78 118 1.27 1.15 91 : Total Poultry : 1.20 1.02 1.06 88 104 1.24 1.12 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, November 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 93,070 89,398 505,396 483,246 5.43 5.41 AR : 99,994 96,245 538,725 508,183 5.39 5.28 CA : * * * * * * DE : 25,090 24,771 168,428 167,796 6.71 6.77 FL : * * * * * * GA : 104,729 101,922 545,808 534,431 5.21 5.24 KY : 23,501 23,549 131,952 130,580 5.61 5.54 LA : 17,174 15,639 97,452 87,847 5.67 5.62 MD : 12,558 12,246 62,898 60,158 5.01 4.91 MS : 63,437 58,728 369,413 331,162 5.82 5.64 MO : 35,370 33,448 167,144 158,285 4.73 4.73 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 55,776 55,701 372,256 380,637 6.67 6.83 OH : 3,806 2,559 20,337 12,476 5.34 4.88 PA : 9,858 9,802 55,185 54,245 5.60 5.53 SC : 22,796 22,055 138,418 136,878 6.07 6.21 TN : 23,273 21,693 118,202 112,165 5.08 5.17 TX : 56,738 55,770 301,228 293,007 5.31 5.25 VA : 25,599 26,074 135,876 138,461 5.31 5.31 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 71,811 68,275 369,503 352,183 5.15 5.16 : US : 744,580 717,875 4,098,221 3,941,740 5.50 5.49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, November 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 377,464 358,820 4,429 4,318 0.97 0.99 AR : 397,691 377,153 4,481 4,249 0.92 0.93 CA : * * * * * * DE : 121,827 121,586 1,879 1,894 1.24 1.25 FL : * * * * * * GA : 405,093 398,710 3,056 3,194 0.62 0.66 KY : 96,630 96,525 747 881 0.63 0.75 LA : 70,814 63,904 539 495 0.62 0.63 MD : 46,022 44,105 541 564 0.96 1.04 MS : 276,530 253,774 2,993 2,801 0.90 0.94 MO : 123,179 116,481 1,109 1,157 0.74 0.81 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 284,785 291,093 3,384 3,588 1.01 1.05 OH : 14,933 9,208 182 115 0.99 1.03 PA : 38,297 37,737 706 741 1.42 1.52 SC : 103,504 102,016 665 726 0.53 0.59 TN : 85,948 81,839 1,114 1,045 1.05 1.04 TX : 232,916 225,762 2,074 2,186 0.76 0.83 VA : 95,176 97,112 850 912 0.70 0.73 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 269,782 257,389 3,502 3,422 1.05 1.08 : US : 3,040,591 2,933,214 32,251 32,288 0.87 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, 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". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 161 106,011 50,034 798 4,082 AR : * 150,403 50,155 * 3,684 CA : * * * * * DE : * 115,656 27,192 * 6,330 FL : * * * * * GA : 434 73,334 42,551 158 4,862 IN : * * * * * KY : * 37,835 * * * LA : 60 14,562 4,340 * 343 MD : 447 33,416 * * * MS : * 59,315 35,161 420 1,395 MO : 1,073 73,144 10,412 180 1,462 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 389 91,989 30,325 * * OH : 4,290 * * 47 PA : 71 29,764 13,298 * 464 SC : * 10,896 4,542 14 * TN : * 64,867 28,726 181 726 TX : 160 67,901 35,618 * 2,095 VA : 313 45,414 12,128 50 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 7,783 195,541 76,177 5,659 30,292 : US : 10,891 1,174,338 420,659 7,460 55,782 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,898 214,966 46,381 157 67,767 Heavy : 624 51,400 2,141 44 6,279 : US : 3,522 266,366 48,522 201 74,046 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,870 16,930 16,207 6,849 147,430 351,372 AR : 4,322 20,714 24,798 4,325 83,407 344,631 CA : * * * * * * DE : 2,675 8,506 10,456 4,504 36,904 217,992 FL : * * * * * * GA : 1,924 29,342 9,017 4,849 85,391 251,862 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 3,992 3,360 * * * LA : 287 3,143 1,856 * * 29,167 MD : * 5,517 * * * * MS : 1,962 8,669 7,035 * 86,147 201,437 MO : 1,084 3,649 7,786 * * 157,757 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,033 19,137 13,618 5,678 96,906 274,735 OH : 60 * * * * 12,580 PA : 844 3,068 9,549 * 9,601 67,040 SC : 398 1,505 * 2,652 29,745 53,783 TN : 1,082 10,228 6,783 * * 128,353 TX : 743 4,864 6,713 * 39,782 158,833 VA : 1,097 4,221 5,011 2,510 * 107,499 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,588 14,559 37,353 13,348 258,254 573,926 : US : 25,969 158,044 159,542 44,715 873,567 2,930,967 : Mature Birds : Light : 10,562 5,510 134,558 1,533 57,297 541,629 Heavy : 1,122 9,276 16,641 651 67,382 155,560 : US : 11,684 14,786 151,199 2,184 124,679 697,189 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, November 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,879 2,933 58,050 56,450 20.16 19.24 MN : 3,309 3,169 86,218 84,071 26.06 26.53 MO : 1,542 1,439 47,302 45,431 30.68 31.58 : Oth Sts : 14,615 14,888 410,110 415,572 28.06 27.91 : US : 22,345 22,429 601,680 601,524 26.93 26.82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 47,567 46,016 780 768 1.49 1.51 MN : 69,293 67,405 1,236 1,393 1.59 1.84 MO : 37,261 35,833 708 588 1.66 1.44 : Oth Sts : 324,963 328,989 5,281 5,250 1.43 1.40 : US : 479,084 478,243 8,005 7,999 1.48 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, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, November 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 50 75,063 8,476 3,888 81 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 2,965 540 130 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 564 5,016 4,616 2,646 20,910 121,310 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 26 205 160 17 2,344 6,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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