Pou 2-1 (4-06) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 28, 2006, 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 March 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.70 billion pounds, up 4 percent from the amount certified in March 2006. Updated totals for February 2005 show that 3.21 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during March 2006 was 4.94 billion pounds, up 4 percent from 4.76 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.23 billion pounds, up 4 percent from March 2005. However, mature chickens, at 71.4 million pounds, were down 6 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 621 million pounds, up 6 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 17.2 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during March 2006 averaged 5.44 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from March 2005. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.14 pounds per bird, up 11 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during March 2006 averaged 28.6 pounds per bird, 1 percent below March 2005. Ante-mortem condemnations during March 2006 totaled 16.2 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.33 percent of the live weight inspected, compared to 0.35 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 52.4 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.18 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.23 percent a year earlier. March 2006 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays, the same as March 2005. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Young Chickens Slaughtered . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem. 12 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered . . . . . . . . . 16 Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem . 17 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Information Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, March 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------- Commodity : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Mar : Feb : : : : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 768,776 678,287 777,579 101 115 Mature : 13,681 10,000 11,617 85 116 Light : 7,381 4,483 4,624 63 103 Heavy : 6,300 5,517 6,993 111 127 Total : 782,457 688,287 789,196 101 115 : Turkeys : Young : 20,044 17,579 21,544 107 123 Old : 179 132 202 113 153 Total : 20,223 17,711 21,746 108 123 : Ducks : 2,416 2,148 2,520 104 117 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4,081,612 3,696,298 4,232,333 104 115 Mature : 75,804 58,650 71,360 94 122 Light : 24,480 15,176 15,357 63 101 Heavy : 51,324 43,474 56,003 109 129 Total : 4,157,416 3,754,948 4,303,693 104 115 : Turkeys : Young : 581,135 522,538 615,810 106 118 Old : 4,799 3,427 5,493 114 160 Total : 585,934 525,965 621,303 106 118 : Ducks : 16,378 14,529 17,163 105 118 Other Poultry : 368 256 312 85 122 : Total Poultry : 4,760,096 4,295,698 4,942,471 104 115 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.31 5.45 5.44 102 100 Mature : 5.54 5.87 6.14 111 105 Light : 3.32 3.39 3.32 100 98 Heavy : 8.15 7.88 8.01 98 102 Total : 5.31 5.46 5.45 103 100 : Turkeys : Young : 28.99 29.73 28.58 99 96 Old : 27.11 25.96 27.19 100 105 Total : 28.98 29.70 28.57 99 96 : Ducks : 6.78 6.76 6.81 100 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, March 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 2,132,363 2,160,817 2,200,620 103 102 Mature : 33,267 35,903 34,185 103 95 Light : 17,235 18,806 15,544 90 83 Heavy : 16,032 17,097 18,641 116 109 Total : 2,165,630 2,196,720 2,234,805 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 60,060 56,829 57,644 96 101 Old : 543 540 525 97 97 Total : 60,603 57,369 58,169 96 101 : Ducks : 6,330 6,734 7,015 111 104 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 11,126,955 11,528,981 12,023,217 108 104 Mature : 185,377 201,191 200,130 108 99 Light : 57,942 62,355 51,832 89 83 Heavy : 127,435 138,836 148,298 116 107 Total : 11,312,332 11,730,172 12,223,347 108 104 : Turkeys : Young : 1,651,906 1,664,714 1,699,083 103 102 Old : 14,928 14,870 14,146 95 95 Total : 1,666,834 1,679,584 1,713,229 103 102 : Ducks : 42,570 45,574 47,574 112 104 Other Poultry : 833 1,024 860 103 84 : Total Poultry : 13,022,569 13,456,354 13,985,010 107 104 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.22 5.34 5.46 105 102 Mature : 5.57 5.60 5.85 105 104 Light : 3.36 3.32 3.33 99 100 Heavy : 7.95 8.12 7.96 100 98 Total : 5.22 5.34 5.47 105 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.50 29.29 29.48 107 101 Old : 27.49 27.54 26.94 98 98 Total : 27.50 29.28 29.45 107 101 : Ducks : 6.73 6.77 6.78 101 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, March 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Mar : Feb : Mar :--------------- Commodity : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Mar : Feb : : : : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,753,726 2,486,403 2,850,685 104 115 Mature : 46,124 36,763 45,051 98 123 Light : 12,413 7,918 8,017 65 101 Heavy : 33,711 28,845 37,034 110 128 Total : 2,799,850 2,523,166 2,895,736 103 115 : Turkeys : Young : 269,368 232,672 278,362 103 120 Old : 3,095 2,180 3,404 110 156 Total : 272,463 234,852 281,766 103 120 : Ducks : 5,949 5,246 6,378 107 122 Other Poultry : 200 137 169 85 123 : Total Poultry : 3,078,462 2,763,401 3,184,049 103 115 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 282,715 256,715 294,381 104 115 Mature : 349 208 481 138 231 Light : 40 Heavy : 349 208 441 126 212 Total : 283,064 256,923 294,862 104 115 : Turkeys : Young : 190,096 179,720 209,530 110 117 Old : 545 401 703 129 175 Total : 190,641 180,121 210,233 110 117 : Ducks : 5,745 5,157 5,873 102 114 Other Poultry : 26 23 28 108 122 : Total Poultry : 479,476 442,224 510,996 107 116 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 3,036,441 2,743,118 3,145,066 104 115 Mature : 46,473 36,971 45,532 98 123 Light : 12,413 7,918 8,057 65 102 Heavy : 34,060 29,053 37,475 110 129 Total : 3,082,914 2,780,089 3,190,598 103 115 : Turkeys : Young : 459,464 412,392 487,892 106 118 Old : 3,640 2,581 4,107 113 159 Total : 463,104 414,973 491,999 106 119 : Ducks : 11,694 10,403 12,251 105 118 Other Poultry : 226 160 197 87 123 : Total Poultry : 3,557,938 3,205,625 3,695,045 104 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, March 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 7,484,948 7,803,784 8,102,877 108 104 Mature : 115,536 123,058 124,140 107 101 Light : 29,633 32,077 26,618 90 83 Heavy : 85,903 90,981 97,522 114 107 Total : 7,600,484 7,926,842 8,227,017 108 104 : Turkeys : Young : 713,247 761,697 756,272 106 99 Old : 9,472 10,049 8,890 94 88 Total : 722,719 771,746 765,162 106 99 : Ducks : 20,483 16,773 17,412 85 104 Other Poultry : 461 554 470 102 85 : Total Poultry : 8,344,147 8,715,915 9,010,061 108 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 709,578 784,673 834,052 118 106 Mature : 1,108 964 1,121 101 116 Light : 64 5 42 66 840 Heavy : 1,044 959 1,079 103 113 Total : 710,686 785,637 835,173 118 106 : Turkeys : Young : 584,566 554,701 586,987 100 106 Old : 1,563 1,162 1,760 113 151 Total : 586,129 555,863 588,747 100 106 : Ducks : 12,726 15,814 16,593 130 105 Other Poultry : 98 77 71 72 92 : Total Poultry : 1,309,639 1,357,391 1,440,584 110 106 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 8,194,526 8,588,457 8,936,929 109 104 Mature : 116,644 124,022 125,261 107 101 Light : 29,697 32,082 26,660 90 83 Heavy : 86,947 91,940 98,601 113 107 Total : 8,311,170 8,712,479 9,062,190 109 104 : Turkeys : Young : 1,297,813 1,316,398 1,343,259 104 102 Old : 11,035 11,211 10,650 97 95 Total : 1,308,848 1,327,609 1,353,909 103 102 : Ducks : 33,209 32,587 34,005 102 104 Other Poultry : 559 631 541 97 86 : Total Poultry : 9,653,786 10,073,306 10,450,645 108 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, March 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Mar : Feb : Mar : Mar : Feb :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,895 12,353 13,380 96 108 40,441 38,696 96 Mature : 885 635 794 90 125 2,487 2,198 88 Light : 367 170 190 52 112 928 652 70 Heavy : 518 465 604 117 130 1,559 1,546 99 Total :14,780 12,988 14,174 96 109 42,928 40,894 95 : Turkeys : Young : 1,678 1,655 1,905 114 115 5,090 5,260 103 Old : 57 28 77 135 275 189 148 78 Total : 1,735 1,683 1,982 114 118 5,279 5,408 102 : Ducks : 29 28 32 110 114 89 88 99 Other Poultry : 1 : Total Poultry :16,544 14,699 16,188 98 110 48,297 46,390 96 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.34 0.33 0.32 94 97 0.35 0.32 91 Mature : 1.17 1.08 1.11 95 103 1.24 1.10 89 Light : 1.50 1.12 1.24 83 111 1.49 1.26 85 Heavy : 1.01 1.07 1.08 107 101 1.12 1.04 93 Total : 0.36 0.35 0.33 92 94 0.37 0.33 89 : Turkeys : Young : 0.29 0.32 0.31 107 97 0.31 0.31 100 Old : 1.19 0.82 1.40 118 171 1.27 1.05 83 Total : 0.30 0.32 0.32 107 100 0.31 0.32 103 : Ducks : 0.18 0.19 0.19 106 100 0.20 0.18 90 Other Poultry : 0.10 : Total Poultry : 0.35 0.34 0.33 94 97 0.36 0.33 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, March 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Mar : Feb : Mar : Mar : Feb :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :39,026 35,404 39,272 101 111 109,364 111,483 102 Mature : 3,634 2,497 3,005 83 120 9,409 8,813 94 Light : 1,974 1,175 1,134 57 97 4,595 4,039 88 Heavy : 1,660 1,322 1,871 113 142 4,814 4,774 99 Total :42,660 37,901 42,277 99 112 118,773 120,296 101 : Turkeys : Young : 9,483 8,040 9,405 99 117 26,864 25,967 97 Old : 258 186 275 107 148 856 696 81 Total : 9,741 8,226 9,680 99 118 27,720 26,663 96 : Ducks : 429 399 440 103 110 1,150 1,240 108 Other Poultry : 5 3 3 60 100 14 9 64 : Total Poultry :52,835 46,529 52,400 99 113 147,657 148,208 100 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.06 1.06 1.03 97 97 1.05 1.03 98 Mature : 5.33 4.73 4.68 88 99 5.20 4.89 94 Light : 8.97 8.60 8.20 91 95 8.19 8.66 106 Heavy : 3.59 3.38 3.71 103 110 3.85 3.58 93 Total : 1.14 1.12 1.09 96 97 1.13 1.09 96 : Turkeys : Young : 1.81 1.71 1.70 94 99 1.79 1.70 95 Old : 5.93 6.03 5.54 93 92 6.40 5.47 85 Total : 1.85 1.74 1.73 94 99 1.83 1.73 95 : Ducks : 2.91 3.06 2.84 98 93 2.80 2.90 104 Other Poultry : 1.51 0.87 1.07 71 123 1.52 1.16 76 : Total Poultry : 1.23 1.20 1.18 96 98 1.22 1.18 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March :February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 82,897 94,133 449,273 507,276 5.42 5.39 AR : 90,194 103,042 465,447 531,467 5.16 5.16 CA : * * * * * * DE : 23,118 26,139 153,733 173,719 6.65 6.65 FL : * * * * * * GA : 96,449 111,714 492,881 572,784 5.11 5.13 KY : 20,629 24,722 113,448 135,918 5.50 5.50 LA : 14,981 17,351 85,312 101,083 5.69 5.83 MD : 11,147 12,650 53,350 60,552 4.79 4.79 MS : 58,412 67,431 338,231 385,362 5.79 5.71 MO : 31,666 36,959 147,630 173,455 4.66 4.69 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 54,521 60,339 369,205 410,197 6.77 6.80 OH : 3,479 3,986 18,523 21,077 5.32 5.29 PA : 9,211 10,649 50,957 58,762 5.53 5.52 SC : 20,946 24,236 131,180 149,783 6.26 6.18 TN : 21,492 23,735 108,183 119,976 5.03 5.05 TX : 50,878 59,564 266,032 314,573 5.23 5.28 VA : 24,820 28,074 129,471 146,411 5.22 5.22 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 63,447 72,855 323,442 369,938 5.10 5.08 : US : 678,287 777,579 3,696,298 4,232,333 5.45 5.44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, March 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 337,264 380,894 4,486 4,732 1.11 1.04 AR : 342,333 391,786 5,170 5,675 1.23 1.19 CA : * * * * * * DE : 110,605 125,021 2,454 2,839 1.77 1.82 FL : * * * * * * GA : 368,345 428,106 3,193 3,554 0.72 0.69 KY : 83,010 99,767 736 939 0.72 0.77 LA : 62,455 74,158 717 744 0.93 0.82 MD : 38,726 43,491 875 854 1.82 1.57 MS : 254,071 291,463 3,131 3,941 1.03 1.14 MO : 108,554 127,398 1,328 1,440 1.00 0.92 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 282,601 313,122 3,947 4,507 1.19 1.22 OH : 13,703 15,720 172 182 1.03 0.96 PA : 35,483 41,731 739 827 1.61 1.56 SC : 97,323 111,632 638 670 0.54 0.50 TN : 79,077 87,887 1,083 961 1.11 0.89 TX : 203,562 239,921 2,282 2,645 0.95 0.93 VA : 90,335 102,946 1,051 1,044 0.90 0.79 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 235,671 270,023 3,402 3,718 1.17 1.12 : US : 2,743,118 3,145,066 35,404 39,272 1.06 1.03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 170 106,794 90,255 753 4,657 AR : 1,003 185,825 106,048 1,739 4,008 CA : * * * * * DE : * 121,295 53,302 * 8,234 FL : * * * * * GA : 466 73,114 63,384 363 7,159 IN : * * * * * KY : * 31,006 15,010 * * LA : * 20,886 7,949 72 422 MD : 1,045 * * 25 * MS : * 67,508 60,386 237 1,129 MO : 1,185 95,474 18,863 254 1,290 NJ : * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 506 83,149 65,145 * * OH : * 6,791 * * 94 PA : * 23,797 15,949 219 323 SC : * 8,525 * * * TN : 432 67,221 40,739 * 1,071 TX : 123 72,500 52,122 * 2,045 VA : * 48,019 * 13 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 29,041 247,940 127,449 1,930 36,392 : US : 33,971 1,259,844 716,601 5,605 66,824 : Mature Birds : Light : 3,050 147,571 16,725 213 48,227 Heavy : 1,022 47,831 1,330 52 6,529 : US : 4,072 195,402 18,055 265 54,756 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2006 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,863 12,172 14,164 4,708 168,594 405,130 AR : 4,297 18,908 27,942 2,296 124,629 476,695 CA : * * * * * * DE : 2,377 7,800 9,475 2,352 56,413 288,772 FL : * * * * * * GA : 2,034 28,013 7,761 2,815 83,931 269,040 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 3,056 3,151 * * 60,319 LA : 256 2,802 2,345 38 * 38,249 MD : * 7,562 * * * * MS : 1,696 6,769 4,318 * 112,065 255,094 MO : 1,048 3,947 7,676 * * 215,269 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,117 17,227 10,577 7,162 110,185 310,294 OH : 79 * * * * 17,464 PA : 791 2,615 * * 8,296 62,349 SC : 489 1,567 * 1,317 34,704 60,216 TN : 821 7,412 5,052 * * 141,024 TX : 517 3,341 7,601 * 39,040 178,540 VA : 923 4,127 4,890 1,220 * 133,417 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 4,716 16,586 49,106 12,148 308,182 574,054 : US : 25,024 143,904 154,058 34,056 1,046,039 3,485,926 : Mature Birds : Light : 9,868 6,371 85,867 1,690 64,281 383,863 Heavy : 841 9,939 9,989 320 74,117 151,970 : US : 10,709 16,310 95,856 2,010 138,398 535,833 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, March 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 109,878 71,723 * 5,410 AR : 966 195,829 93,305 2,234 4,604 CA : * * * * * DE : * 123,261 52,855 * 9,421 FL : * * * * * GA : 629 78,173 74,300 199 8,492 IN : * * * * * KY : * 40,672 18,049 * * LA : * 26,998 8,130 * 478 MD : 1,640 45,615 * 33 * MS : 167 75,962 94,718 229 1,431 MO : 745 110,767 19,401 264 1,492 NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : * 95,281 60,423 51 * OH : 3 7,428 * * 91 PA : * 28,702 18,301 161 535 SC : * * * * * TN : 436 65,059 24,301 * 1,097 TX : * 81,381 53,716 176 1,741 VA : * 57,207 * 16 * WA : * * * * * : Oth Sts : 45,501 234,188 139,792 3,193 38,482 : US : 50,087 1,376,401 729,014 6,556 73,274 : Mature Birds : Light : 2,694 139,182 18,266 148 62,824 Heavy : 711 56,726 2,134 45 7,411 : US : 3,405 195,908 20,400 193 70,235 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, March 2006 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,617 12,285 17,008 9,621 185,158 415,085 AR : 5,281 20,814 35,406 4,363 153,846 516,648 CA : * * * * * * DE : 2,473 7,652 11,482 * 60,337 310,454 FL : * * * * * * GA : 1,959 26,130 8,620 3,793 89,210 291,505 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 3,711 4,250 1,321 * 94,724 LA : 401 3,711 2,128 77 3,216 45,293 MD : * 9,825 * * * * MS : 1,831 6,281 5,725 1,105 129,806 317,255 MO : 1,154 4,268 8,090 * * 229,004 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 2,234 18,573 11,465 6,554 118,973 329,807 OH : 72 420 * * * 16,634 PA : 850 4,656 7,750 * 11,166 72,868 SC : 530 * * * * 66,417 TN : 896 6,072 4,811 618 * 117,928 TX : 555 3,719 10,287 * 41,978 196,177 VA : 1,017 3,443 5,145 1,395 * 133,796 WA : * * * * * * : Oth Sts : 5,118 18,957 45,668 12,786 372,456 644,856 : US : 26,988 150,517 177,835 41,633 1,166,146 3,798,451 : Mature Birds : Light : 6,230 6,921 90,846 1,825 60,854 389,790 Heavy : 974 11,379 11,487 658 93,497 185,022 : US : 7,204 18,300 102,333 2,483 154,351 574,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, March 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March :February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,301 2,724 47,110 54,893 20.47 20.16 MN : 1,808 3,023 58,237 85,184 32.21 28.18 MO : 1,365 1,530 44,469 49,396 32.59 32.29 : Oth Sts : 12,105 14,267 372,722 426,337 30.79 29.88 : US : 17,579 21,544 522,538 615,810 29.73 28.58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, March 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 38,517 44,833 731 778 1.72 1.57 MN : 46,409 67,938 1,073 1,625 2.05 2.12 MO : 34,974 38,807 684 851 1.71 1.91 : Oth Sts : 292,492 336,314 5,552 6,151 1.66 1.60 : US : 412,392 487,892 8,040 9,405 1.71 1.70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, February 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 34 65,361 9,014 4,170 332 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 1 1,884 476 4 45 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : : Young (Mature) : : US : 437 3,348 3,095 1,552 19,193 106,536 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 12 22 75 27 1,193 3,739 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, March 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 22 74,606 11,342 4,617 185 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 3 2,860 639 12 89 : :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : : US : 488 3,417 4,141 1,904 20,509 121,231 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 19 47 107 6 1,575 5,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 320 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2005. Young chickens were killed in 35 states, young turkeys in 24 states. 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 February and reflect any late reports or corrections which occurred after the monthly revisions were published. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data electronically 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 a shift determined to be similar to the one missing. 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. 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. 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