Pou 2-1 (9-06)a Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 29, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call Fleming Gibson at 202-690-3237, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Update Alert Due to technical difficulties with processing the data from FSIS, some of the August preliminary estimates were revised. The data most impacted are live weight, chilled (ready-to-cook weights) and ante-mortem condemnations. This affects estimates at both the State and U.S. level. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 2 Percent From Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during August 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.73 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in August 2005. Totals for July 2006 were up slightly with 3.37 billion pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during August 2006 was 4.97 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 4.90 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.25 billion pounds, up 1 percent from August 2005. Mature chickens, at 73.6 million pounds, were down 4 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 630 million pounds, an increase of 2 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 15.5 million pounds, down 2 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during August 2006 averaged 5.36 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from August 2005. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.36 pounds per bird, up 9 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during August 2006 averaged 26.9 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from August 2005. Ante-mortem condemnations during August 2006 totaled 24.7 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.50 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.42 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 48.1 million pounds, were 1.27 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.27 percent a year earlier. August 2006 contained 23 weekdays and four Saturdays, the same as August 2005. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Aug : Jul : Aug :--------------- Commodity : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Aug : Jul : : : : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 793,735 716,838 793,328 100 111 Mature : 13,111 9,842 11,571 88 118 Light : 6,153 3,721 4,329 70 116 Heavy : 6,958 6,121 7,242 104 118 Total : 806,846 726,680 804,899 100 111 : Turkeys : Young : 22,929 20,538 23,099 101 112 Old : 255 276 307 120 111 Total : 23,184 20,814 23,406 101 112 : Ducks : 2,369 2,168 2,414 102 111 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4,194,625 3,856,973 4,248,434 101 110 Mature : 76,397 62,711 73,629 96 117 Light : 20,522 12,622 14,439 70 114 Heavy : 55,875 50,089 59,190 106 118 Total : 4,271,022 3,919,684 4,322,063 101 110 : Turkeys : Young : 610,113 571,435 622,819 102 109 Old : 6,346 7,209 7,561 119 105 Total : 616,459 578,644 630,380 102 109 : Ducks : 15,894 14,232 15,511 98 109 Other Poultry : 867 363 407 47 112 : Total Poultry : 4,904,242 4,512,923 4,968,361 101 110 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.28 5.38 5.36 102 100 Mature : 5.83 6.37 6.36 109 100 Light : 3.34 3.39 3.34 100 99 Heavy : 8.03 8.18 8.17 102 100 Total : 5.29 5.39 5.37 102 100 : Turkeys : Young : 26.61 27.82 26.96 101 97 Old : 24.89 26.12 24.63 99 94 Total : 26.59 27.80 26.93 101 97 : Ducks : 6.71 6.56 6.43 96 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 5,836,010 5,919,842 5,955,673 102 101 Mature : 94,755 100,716 89,795 95 89 Light : 48,516 51,609 37,697 78 73 Heavy : 46,239 49,107 52,098 113 106 Total : 5,930,765 6,020,558 6,045,468 102 100 : Turkeys : Young : 166,128 160,721 164,816 99 103 Old : 1,741 1,603 1,715 99 107 Total : 167,869 162,324 166,531 99 103 : Ducks : 17,101 18,144 18,804 110 104 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 30,544,132 31,535,506 32,397,649 106 103 Mature : 532,760 568,775 546,721 103 96 Light : 162,239 170,855 125,832 78 74 Heavy : 370,521 397,920 420,889 114 106 Total : 31,076,892 32,104,281 32,944,370 106 103 : Turkeys : Young : 4,524,732 4,562,950 4,692,668 104 103 Old : 46,560 42,227 44,884 96 106 Total : 4,571,292 4,605,177 4,737,552 104 103 : Ducks : 114,265 121,671 126,422 111 104 Other Poultry : 3,484 3,435 2,666 77 78 : Total Poultry : 35,765,933 36,834,564 37,811,010 106 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.23 5.33 5.44 104 102 Mature : 5.62 5.65 6.09 108 108 Light : 3.34 3.31 3.34 100 101 Heavy : 8.01 8.10 8.08 101 100 Total : 5.24 5.33 5.45 104 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.24 28.39 28.47 105 100 Old : 26.75 26.34 26.17 98 99 Total : 27.23 28.37 28.45 104 100 : Ducks : 6.68 6.71 6.72 101 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Aug : Jul : Aug :--------------- Commodity : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 : Aug : Jul : : : : 2005 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,808,594 2,579,266 2,865,220 102 111 Mature : 46,615 38,688 45,945 99 119 Light : 10,213 6,297 7,351 72 117 Heavy : 36,402 32,391 38,594 106 119 Total : 2,855,209 2,617,954 2,911,165 102 111 : Turkeys : Young : 267,741 250,849 271,492 101 108 Old : 3,551 4,531 5,021 141 111 Total : 271,292 255,380 276,513 102 108 : Ducks : 5,787 4,978 5,396 93 108 Other Poultry : 243 203 184 76 91 : Total Poultry : 3,132,531 2,878,515 3,193,258 102 111 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 304,666 278,067 308,559 101 111 Mature : 602 514 342 57 67 Light : 3 Heavy : 599 514 342 57 67 Total : 305,268 278,581 308,901 101 111 : Turkeys : Young : 215,845 202,687 223,064 103 110 Old : 1,224 991 756 62 76 Total : 217,069 203,678 223,820 103 110 : Ducks : 5,683 5,286 5,733 101 108 Other Poultry : 279 25 32 11 128 : Total Poultry : 528,299 487,570 538,486 102 110 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 3,113,260 2,857,333 3,173,779 102 111 Mature : 47,217 39,202 46,287 98 118 Light : 10,216 6,297 7,351 72 117 Heavy : 37,001 32,905 38,936 105 118 Total : 3,160,477 2,896,535 3,220,066 102 111 : Turkeys : Young : 483,586 453,536 494,556 102 109 Old : 4,775 5,522 5,777 121 105 Total : 488,361 459,058 500,333 102 109 : Ducks : 11,470 10,264 11,129 97 108 Other Poultry : 522 228 216 41 95 : Total Poultry : 3,660,830 3,366,085 3,731,744 102 111 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August 2006 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2004 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 20,561,413 21,243,227 21,825,032 106 103 Mature : 328,086 347,410 339,757 104 98 Light : 81,694 87,575 64,159 79 73 Heavy : 246,392 259,835 275,598 112 106 Total : 20,889,499 21,590,637 22,164,789 106 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,907,476 2,031,635 2,061,823 108 101 Old : 29,478 26,320 28,668 97 109 Total : 1,936,954 2,057,955 2,090,491 108 102 : Ducks : 50,624 44,651 45,847 91 103 Other Poultry : 1,619 1,637 1,415 87 86 : Total Poultry : 22,878,696 23,694,880 24,302,542 106 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 1,990,451 2,206,792 2,272,309 114 103 Mature : 2,953 3,407 3,076 104 90 Light : 572 8 99 17 1,238 Heavy : 2,381 3,399 2,977 125 88 Total : 1,993,404 2,210,199 2,275,385 114 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,664,138 1,581,532 1,657,045 100 105 Old : 5,118 5,503 5,483 107 100 Total : 1,669,256 1,587,035 1,662,528 100 105 : Ducks : 35,012 42,694 44,826 128 105 Other Poultry : 636 478 229 36 48 : Total Poultry : 3,698,308 3,840,406 3,982,968 108 104 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 22,551,864 23,450,019 24,097,341 107 103 Mature : 331,039 350,817 342,833 104 98 Light : 82,266 87,583 64,258 78 73 Heavy : 248,773 263,234 278,575 112 106 Total : 22,882,903 23,800,836 24,440,174 107 103 : Turkeys : Young : 3,571,614 3,613,167 3,718,868 104 103 Old : 34,596 31,823 34,151 99 107 Total : 3,606,210 3,644,990 3,753,019 104 103 : Ducks : 85,636 87,345 90,673 106 104 Other Poultry : 2,255 2,115 1,644 73 78 : Total Poultry : 26,577,004 27,535,286 28,285,510 106 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :17,285 18,943 20,392 118 108 114,823 117,693 102 Mature : 1,515 1,585 1,805 119 114 9,174 8,643 94 Light : 540 444 578 107 130 3,377 2,646 78 Heavy : 975 1,141 1,227 126 108 5,797 5,997 103 Total :18,800 20,528 22,197 118 108 123,997 126,336 102 : Turkeys : Young : 1,758 2,080 2,313 132 111 13,185 14,580 111 Old : 60 99 124 207 125 383 558 146 Total : 1,818 2,179 2,437 134 112 13,568 15,138 112 : Ducks : 36 50 52 144 104 266 294 111 Other Poultry : 3 6 1 17 : Total Poultry :20,657 22,757 24,686 120 108 137,837 141,769 103 : : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.41 0.49 0.48 117 98 0.36 0.36 100 Mature : 1.98 2.53 2.45 124 97 1.61 1.58 98 Light : 2.64 3.52 4.00 152 114 1.98 2.10 106 Heavy : 1.74 2.28 2.07 119 91 1.46 1.42 97 Total : 0.44 0.52 0.51 116 98 0.39 0.38 97 : Turkeys : Young : 0.29 0.36 0.37 128 103 0.29 0.31 107 Old : 0.96 1.37 1.64 171 120 0.91 1.24 136 Total : 0.30 0.38 0.39 130 103 0.29 0.32 110 : Ducks : 0.23 0.35 0.34 148 97 0.22 0.23 105 Other Poultry : 0.35 0.17 0.04 24 : Total Poultry : 0.42 0.50 0.50 119 100 0.37 0.37 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :34,160 31,516 35,058 103 111 281,068 284,487 101 Mature : 3,116 2,602 3,090 99 119 25,240 23,516 93 Light : 1,552 1,013 1,139 73 112 12,929 10,018 77 Heavy : 1,564 1,589 1,951 125 123 12,311 13,498 110 Total :37,276 34,118 38,148 102 112 306,308 308,003 101 : Turkeys : Young : 9,180 7,924 9,268 101 117 69,299 68,922 99 Old : 349 247 319 91 129 2,472 1,960 79 Total : 9,529 8,171 9,587 101 117 71,771 70,882 99 : Ducks : 334 305 388 116 127 2,946 3,084 105 Other Poultry : 15 3 4 27 133 47 40 85 : Total Poultry :47,154 42,597 48,127 102 113 381,072 382,009 100 : : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.09 1.09 1.09 101 100 1.18 1.17 99 Mature : 6.19 6.22 6.26 101 101 6.71 6.42 96 Light : 13.19 13.86 13.42 102 97 12.86 13.49 105 Heavy : 4.06 4.61 4.77 118 104 4.47 4.62 103 Total : 1.17 1.16 1.17 100 101 1.27 1.24 98 : Turkeys : Young : 1.86 1.72 1.84 99 107 1.88 1.82 97 Old : 6.81 4.28 5.23 77 122 7.21 5.43 75 Total : 1.91 1.75 1.88 98 108 1.93 1.85 96 : Ducks : 2.83 2.89 3.37 119 117 3.26 3.29 101 Other Poultry : 2.79 1.30 1.82 65 140 2.17 2.38 109 : Total Poultry : 1.27 1.25 1.27 100 102 1.37 1.33 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, August 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 88,423 99,129 466,908 520,508 5.28 5.25 AR : 93,202 103,277 482,360 534,659 5.18 5.18 DE : 23,938 27,197 154,642 174,716 6.46 6.42 GA : 106,617 117,583 546,392 599,730 5.12 5.10 KY : 22,542 25,221 122,899 134,653 5.45 5.34 LA : 13,576 16,308 76,412 90,300 5.63 5.54 MD : 10,771 12,452 50,766 59,124 4.71 4.75 MS : 60,055 66,222 340,427 375,192 5.67 5.67 MO : 33,208 36,651 153,043 167,656 4.61 4.57 NC : 56,309 62,052 373,562 410,933 6.63 6.62 OH : 3,832 4,040 20,148 20,739 5.26 5.13 PA : 9,271 10,732 51,228 58,748 5.53 5.47 SC : 22,617 24,937 137,647 148,043 6.09 5.94 TN : 22,290 23,482 113,136 118,801 5.08 5.06 TX : 55,760 59,230 291,572 308,781 5.23 5.21 VA : 25,665 28,687 129,991 144,671 5.06 5.04 : Oth Sts : 68,762 76,128 345,840 381,180 5.03 5.01 : US : 716,838 793,328 3,856,973 4,248,434 5.38 5.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, August 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 347,723 386,434 3,818 4,010 1.09 1.03 AR : 356,007 418,412 4,239 4,905 1.18 1.16 DE : 111,211 125,868 2,000 1,963 1.77 1.54 GA : 405,659 447,071 3,137 3,300 0.77 0.73 KY : 90,392 101,117 790 812 0.87 0.80 LA : 57,089 66,182 441 501 0.77 0.75 MD : 36,891 42,928 417 482 1.12 1.11 MS : 253,102 265,984 3,376 3,376 1.32 1.25 MO : 112,417 123,631 1,041 1,154 0.92 0.92 NC : 286,048 321,018 3,566 4,860 1.23 1.49 OH : 15,012 15,402 269 297 1.76 1.89 PA : 35,114 40,069 713 742 1.99 1.82 SC : 101,829 110,542 750 816 0.73 0.73 TN : 82,589 90,624 857 1,346 1.03 1.46 TX : 223,757 238,886 2,237 2,421 0.99 1.00 VA : 90,446 100,975 749 812 0.82 0.80 : Oth Sts : 252,047 278,636 3,116 3,261 1.22 1.16 : US : 2,857,333 3,173,779 31,516 35,058 1.09 1.09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 251 91,229 35,626 833 * AR : * 145,686 32,552 * 2,748 DE : * 103,062 19,117 * * GA : 375 75,853 37,520 198 5,826 KY : 37 * * * * LA : * 18,512 4,253 * 389 MD : 2,172 21,900 * 27 * MS : * 61,118 29,384 171 690 MO : 531 63,979 5,341 241 1,287 NC : * 81,271 34,695 * 8,093 OH : * 6,182 * 15 64 PA : 94 13,641 7,343 * 176 SC : * * 6,132 11 * TN : 163 49,924 14,846 * 566 TX : * 50,485 13,477 105 1,222 VA : * 37,899 9,971 * * : Oth Sts : 16,578 235,270 37,231 6,298 27,233 : US : 20,201 1,056,011 287,488 7,899 48,294 : Mature Birds : Light : 788 135,052 25,362 93 52,532 Heavy : 412 44,532 2,533 16 5,007 : US : 1,200 179,584 27,895 109 57,539 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2006 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,774 12,864 14,818 * 126,633 311,323 AR : 4,667 20,872 29,591 5,551 85,191 330,505 DE : 2,351 9,668 8,221 3,361 26,191 194,149 GA : 1,827 19,735 10,273 4,477 74,465 230,549 KY : * 3,376 6,708 917 * * LA : 336 2,330 2,550 47 1,665 30,341 MD : * 3,655 * 1,116 * * MS : 1,538 7,556 6,213 * * 216,028 MO : 1,031 2,989 8,771 * * 138,138 NC : 1,769 15,156 11,720 9,720 93,371 256,276 OH : 55 1,547 * * * 19,700 PA : 526 1,761 4,276 * 7,228 37,223 SC : 678 6,017 * 4,371 23,165 53,307 TN : 553 3,582 4,938 * 5,502 81,080 TX : 685 3,610 6,705 * 34,280 114,495 VA : 1,159 2,939 5,372 * * 82,368 : Oth Sts : 4,259 10,747 35,965 41,446 327,778 509,619 : US : 24,208 128,404 156,121 71,006 805,469 2,605,101 : Mature Birds : Light : 8,362 3,365 76,216 842 60,705 363,317 Heavy : 580 5,704 8,059 554 51,591 118,988 : US : 8,942 9,069 84,275 1,396 112,296 482,305 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 93,373 29,790 588 3,718 AR : * 163,851 26,940 * 3,331 DE : 4,892 101,721 16,108 * * GA : 456 86,632 37,431 450 6,517 KY : * 41,312 * * * LA : * 18,608 3,554 * 448 MD : * 25,603 * * * MS : * 67,343 27,589 287 835 MO : 839 94,400 5,095 295 1,593 NC : 471 102,159 28,743 51 9,748 OH : * 6,991 2,070 15 65 PA : * 16,339 7,798 83 310 SC : 119 10,295 * 65 * TN : 211 56,264 11,758 124 544 TX : * 56,514 11,661 105 1,184 VA : * 42,221 8,254 * * : Oth Sts : 4,508 184,755 40,019 5,928 24,411 : US : 11,496 1,168,381 256,810 7,991 52,704 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,043 136,560 28,315 112 58,293 Heavy : 657 49,511 2,347 160 6,277 : US : 1,700 186,071 30,662 272 64,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August 2006 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 2,907 12,023 17,299 * 132,524 314,463 AR : 5,394 26,650 31,634 4,516 107,667 374,695 DE : 2,363 7,834 7,352 * 26,726 181,466 GA : 1,749 21,663 11,628 5,521 67,859 239,906 KY : * 4,664 6,997 800 * * LA : 382 5,221 2,671 112 1,398 32,549 MD : * 3,086 * 470 * * MS : 2,462 5,591 6,574 * 81,102 194,650 MO : 1,089 3,885 8,001 * * 180,295 NC : 2,099 20,734 14,721 7,523 95,138 281,387 OH : * 1,734 * * * 21,983 PA : 507 2,242 5,458 * 7,062 40,363 SC : 540 4,566 1,852 2,086 29,058 56,476 TN : 649 3,017 5,626 887 6,438 85,518 TX : 741 3,731 7,940 * 50,081 137,757 VA : 1,318 3,275 6,173 1,982 * 84,977 : Oth Sts : 4,418 12,399 34,382 44,437 259,811 541,336 : US : 26,618 142,315 168,308 68,334 864,864 2,767,821 : Mature Birds : Light : 12,379 3,129 86,789 745 56,222 383,587 Heavy : 630 11,919 11,487 697 64,771 148,456 : US : 13,009 15,048 98,276 1,442 120,993 532,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, August 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,491 2,940 47,539 53,388 19.09 18.16 MN : 3,116 3,457 79,869 87,211 25.64 25.23 MO : 1,385 1,579 43,406 47,189 31.33 29.89 : Oth Sts : 13,546 15,123 400,621 435,031 29.57 28.77 : US : 20,538 23,099 571,435 622,819 27.82 26.96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, August 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 39,410 45,036 616 822 1.54 1.79 MN : 63,606 69,451 1,438 1,603 2.21 2.26 MO : 33,965 37,041 718 890 2.07 2.35 : Oth Sts : 316,555 343,028 5,152 5,953 1.60 1.71 : US : 453,536 494,556 7,924 9,268 1.72 1.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, July 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : 90 58,345 8,203 3,433 72 Old : 2,913 292 18 176 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : 445 4,260 3,752 1,900 18,610 99,110 Old : 48 103 119 13 141 3,823 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, August 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : 78 73,080 14,269 4,178 100 Old : 3,390 522 16 193 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : 394 4,435 4,581 3,723 27,148 131,986 Old : 27 80 131 1 2,261 6,621 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of 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. 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. Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates: 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. 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