Pou 2-1 (10-06) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released October 31, 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. Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 4 Percent From Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during September 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.39 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the amount certified in September 2005. August 2006 revised certified total at 3.70 billion pounds, was up 1 percent from August 2005. The August revision represented a decrease of 33.7 million pounds or 0.9 percent from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during September 2006 was 4.59 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 4.71 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.93 billion pounds, down 3 percent from September 2005. Mature chickens, at 62.1 million pounds, were down 8 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 584 million pounds, up 2 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 15.2 million pounds, down 3 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during September 2006 averaged 5.52 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from September 2005. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.23 pounds per bird, up 7 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during September 2006 averaged 27.8 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from September 2005. Ante-mortem condemnations during September 2006 totaled 14.3 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.31 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.36 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 41.1 million pounds, were 1.20 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.26 percent a year earlier. September 2006 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while September 2005 had 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep :Sep :Aug :---------------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005:2006: 2005 : 2006 :2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 750,057 793,371 711,232 95 90 6,669,899 6,666,948 100 Mature : 11,616 11,571 9,976 86 86 112,332 99,771 89 Light : 5,431 4,329 4,020 74 93 57,040 41,717 73 Heavy : 6,185 7,242 5,956 96 82 55,292 58,054 105 Total : 761,673 804,942 721,208 95 90 6,782,231 6,766,719 100 : Turkeys : Young : 20,952 23,099 20,819 99 90 181,673 185,635 102 Old : 188 307 213 113 69 1,791 1,928 108 Total : 21,140 23,406 21,032 99 90 183,464 187,563 102 : Ducks : 2,313 2,414 2,263 98 94 20,457 21,067 103 : : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :4,054,261 4,250,058 3,926,646 97 92 35,589,767 36,325,919 102 Mature : 67,855 73,649 62,145 92 84 636,630 608,886 96 Light : 17,991 14,459 13,455 75 93 188,846 139,307 74 Heavy : 49,864 59,190 48,690 98 82 447,784 469,579 105 Total :4,122,116 4,323,707 3,988,791 97 92 36,226,397 36,934,805 102 : Turkeys : Young : 568,585 622,907 578,717 102 93 5,131,535 5,271,473 103 Old : 4,850 7,561 5,614 116 74 47,077 50,498 107 Total : 573,435 630,468 584,331 102 93 5,178,612 5,321,971 103 : Ducks : 15,720 15,511 15,225 97 98 137,391 141,647 103 Other : Poultry 2/: 1,745 407 1,327 76 326 5,180 3,993 77 : Total : Poultry :4,713,016 4,970,093 4,589,674 97 92 41,547,580 42,402,416 102 : : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.41 5.36 5.52 102 103 5.34 5.45 102 Mature : 5.84 6.36 6.23 107 98 5.67 6.10 108 Light : 3.31 3.34 3.35 101 100 3.31 3.34 101 Heavy : 8.06 8.17 8.17 101 100 8.10 8.09 100 Total : 5.41 5.37 5.53 102 103 5.34 5.46 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.14 26.97 27.80 102 103 28.25 28.40 101 Old : 25.94 24.63 26.36 102 107 26.29 26.19 100 Total : 27.13 26.94 27.78 102 103 28.23 28.37 100 : Ducks : 6.80 6.43 6.73 99 105 6.72 6.72 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, squab, and any other voluntary poultry. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date : Pct Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep :Sep :Aug :---------------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005:2006: 2005 : 2006 :2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : : Chickens : Young :2,718,969 2,832,966 2,596,706 96 92 23,962,196 24,389,484 102 Mature : 41,981 45,940 39,441 94 86 389,391 379,193 97 Light : 9,054 7,346 6,895 76 94 96,629 71,049 74 Heavy : 32,927 38,594 32,546 99 84 292,762 308,144 105 Total :2,760,950 2,878,906 2,636,147 95 92 24,351,587 24,768,677 102 : Turkeys : Young : 251,572 271,483 257,451 102 95 2,283,207 2,319,265 102 Old : 2,517 5,002 3,168 126 63 28,837 31,817 110 Total : 254,089 276,485 260,619 103 94 2,312,044 2,351,082 102 : Ducks : 5,624 5,396 5,222 93 97 50,275 51,069 102 Other : Poultry 2/: 251 181 171 68 94 1,888 1,583 84 : Total : Poultry :3,020,914 3,160,968 2,902,159 96 92 26,715,794 27,172,411 102 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 292,155 308,047 284,627 97 92 2,498,947 2,556,424 102 Mature : 254 342 267 105 78 3,661 3,343 91 Light : 23 8 122 1,525 Heavy : 254 342 244 96 71 3,653 3,221 88 Total : 292,409 308,389 284,894 97 92 2,502,608 2,559,767 102 : Turkeys : Young : 199,177 222,124 199,191 100 90 1,780,709 1,855,296 104 Old : 1,213 756 1,146 94 152 6,716 6,629 99 Total : 200,390 222,880 200,337 100 90 1,787,425 1,861,925 104 : Ducks : 5,674 5,733 5,577 98 97 48,368 50,403 104 Other : Poultry 2/: 797 32 544 68 1,700 1,275 773 61 : Total : Poultry : 499,270 537,034 491,352 98 91 4,339,676 4,472,868 103 : Total : Chilled and: Frozen : : Chickens : Young :3,011,124 3,141,013 2,881,333 96 92 26,461,143 26,945,908 102 Mature : 42,235 46,282 39,708 94 86 393,052 382,536 97 Light : 9,054 7,346 6,918 76 94 96,637 71,171 74 Heavy : 33,181 38,936 32,790 99 84 296,415 311,365 105 Total :3,053,359 3,187,295 2,921,041 96 92 26,854,195 27,328,444 102 : Turkeys : Young : 450,749 493,607 456,642 101 93 4,063,916 4,174,561 103 Old : 3,730 5,758 4,314 116 75 35,553 38,446 108 Total : 454,479 499,365 460,956 101 92 4,099,469 4,213,007 103 : Ducks : 11,298 11,129 10,799 96 97 98,643 101,472 103 Other : Poultry 2/: 1,048 213 715 68 336 3,163 2,356 74 : Total : Poultry :3,520,184 3,698,002 3,393,511 96 92 31,055,470 31,645,279 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, squab, and any other voluntary poultry. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,278 20,027 11,891 83 59 129,101 129,219 100 Mature : 1,085 1,805 752 69 42 10,259 9,395 92 Light : 415 578 214 52 37 3,792 2,860 75 Heavy : 670 1,227 538 80 44 6,467 6,535 101 Total :15,363 21,832 12,643 82 58 139,360 138,614 99 : Turkeys : Young : 1,529 2,044 1,580 103 77 14,714 15,891 108 Old : 29 124 44 152 35 412 602 146 Total : 1,558 2,168 1,624 104 75 15,126 16,493 109 : Ducks : 34 52 47 138 90 300 341 114 Other Poultry : 5 4 80 11 5 45 : Total Poultry :16,960 24,052 14,318 84 60 154,797 155,453 100 : : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.35 0.47 0.30 86 64 0.36 0.36 100 Mature : 1.60 2.45 1.21 76 49 1.61 1.54 96 Light : 2.31 4.00 1.59 69 40 2.01 2.05 102 Heavy : 1.34 2.07 1.10 82 53 1.44 1.39 97 Total : 0.37 0.50 0.32 86 64 0.38 0.38 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.27 0.33 0.27 100 82 0.29 0.30 103 Old : 0.62 1.64 0.78 126 48 0.88 1.19 135 Total : 0.27 0.34 0.28 104 82 0.29 0.31 107 : Ducks : 0.22 0.34 0.31 141 91 0.22 0.24 109 Other Poultry : 0.23 0.30 130 0.21 0.13 62 : Total Poultry : 0.36 0.48 0.31 86 65 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, September, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :33,080 33,490 29,283 89 87 314,148 312,202 99 Mature : 2,777 3,090 2,752 99 89 28,017 26,268 94 Light : 1,281 1,139 1,097 86 96 14,210 11,115 78 Heavy : 1,496 1,951 1,655 111 85 13,807 15,153 110 Total :35,857 36,580 32,035 89 88 342,165 338,470 99 : Turkeys : Young : 8,544 9,268 8,534 100 92 77,843 77,456 100 Old : 248 319 208 84 65 2,720 2,168 80 Total : 8,792 9,587 8,742 99 91 80,563 79,624 99 : Ducks : 322 388 363 113 94 3,268 3,447 105 Other Poultry : 13 4 9 69 225 60 49 82 : Total Poultry :44,984 46,559 41,149 91 88 426,056 421,590 99 : : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.09 1.05 1.01 93 95 1.17 1.15 98 Mature : 6.17 6.26 6.48 105 104 6.65 6.43 97 Light : 12.39 13.42 13.69 110 102 12.82 13.51 105 Heavy : 4.31 4.77 4.80 111 101 4.45 4.64 104 Total : 1.16 1.13 1.08 93 96 1.26 1.22 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.86 1.84 1.83 99 100 1.88 1.82 97 Old : 6.23 5.25 4.60 74 88 7.11 5.34 75 Total : 1.90 1.88 1.86 98 99 1.93 1.85 96 : Ducks : 2.77 3.37 3.25 117 97 3.21 3.29 102 Other Poultry : 1.23 1.84 1.24 101 67 1.86 2.04 109 : Total Poultry : 1.26 1.24 1.20 95 96 1.35 1.31 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 99,129 86,056 520,508 468,620 5.25 5.45 AR : 103,277 92,499 534,659 498,192 5.18 5.39 DE : 27,197 24,662 174,716 165,169 6.42 6.70 GA : 117,583 105,768 599,859 552,464 5.10 5.22 KY : 25,221 22,178 134,653 122,443 5.34 5.52 LA : 16,308 15,224 90,469 87,432 5.55 5.74 MD : 12,452 11,391 59,124 54,213 4.75 4.76 MS : 66,222 59,590 375,392 346,635 5.67 5.82 MO : 36,651 33,425 167,656 157,463 4.57 4.71 NC : 62,095 56,174 411,614 382,605 6.63 6.81 OH : 4,040 3,795 20,739 20,083 5.13 5.29 PA : 10,732 9,551 58,748 54,123 5.47 5.67 SC : 24,937 22,143 148,043 137,150 5.94 6.19 TN : 23,482 22,000 118,801 113,105 5.06 5.14 TX : 59,230 52,434 308,781 277,831 5.21 5.30 VA : 28,687 26,062 144,671 136,480 5.04 5.24 : Oth Sts : 76,128 68,280 381,625 352,638 5.01 5.16 : US : 793,371 711,232 4,250,058 3,926,646 5.36 5.52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, August-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 385,358 345,534 4,010 3,334 1.03 0.96 AR : 387,995 360,995 4,863 4,420 1.24 1.21 DE : 125,868 119,336 1,963 1,501 1.54 1.24 GA : 446,759 408,754 3,305 2,930 0.73 0.71 KY : 101,117 88,557 812 774 0.80 0.87 LA : 66,013 63,683 501 415 0.75 0.65 MD : 43,152 39,388 482 399 1.10 1.00 MS : 266,349 248,654 3,376 2,901 1.25 1.15 MO : 123,631 115,098 1,154 1,099 0.92 0.95 NC : 320,327 291,218 4,004 3,582 1.23 1.22 OH : 15,402 14,731 297 222 1.89 1.48 PA : 40,069 37,192 742 752 1.82 1.98 SC : 110,542 100,910 816 706 0.73 0.69 TN : 90,222 81,507 846 718 0.93 0.87 TX : 238,740 212,524 2,360 1,922 0.98 0.90 VA : 100,975 95,657 812 737 0.80 0.76 : Oth Sts : 278,494 257,595 3,147 2,871 1.12 1.10 : US : 3,141,013 2,881,333 33,490 29,283 1.05 1.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : * 367 93,373 80,371 AR : * * 163,851 131,169 DE : 4,892 1,917 101,721 80,856 GA : 456 345 86,632 73,911 KY : * * 41,312 32,531 LA : * * 18,608 14,382 MD : * 596 25,603 21,434 MS : * * 67,343 56,128 MO : 839 546 64,400 63,012 NC : 472 306 102,109 92,659 OH : * * 6,991 6,244 PA : * 100 16,339 16,813 SC : 119 186 10,295 8,663 TN : 211 * 56,264 44,810 TX : * 100 56,514 44,443 VA : * * 42,221 32,871 : Oth Sts : 4,508 1,926 184,755 154,949 : US : 11,497 6,389 1,138,331 955,246 : Mature : Light : 1,043 1,130 136,560 137,143 Heavy : 657 464 49,511 39,351 : US : 1,700 1,594 186,071 176,494 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 29,790 27,884 588 750 3,718 2,925 AR : 26,940 19,789 * * 3,331 3,056 DE : 16,108 13,547 * * * 6,942 GA : 37,431 29,560 450 381 6,517 6,990 KY : * * * * * * LA : 3,554 3,430 * 101 448 397 MD : * * * 17 * * MS : 27,589 17,750 287 115 835 741 MO : 5,095 4,304 295 * 1,593 1,474 NC : 28,709 27,068 51 * 9,750 * OH : 2,070 * 15 * 65 63 PA : 7,798 9,238 83 * 310 283 SC : * * 65 51 * * TN : 11,758 9,716 124 * 544 556 TX : 11,661 10,994 105 * 1,184 1,042 VA : 8,254 6,341 * * * * : Oth Sts : 40,019 39,315 5,928 6,450 24,411 22,538 : US : 256,776 218,936 7,991 7,865 52,706 47,007 : Mature : Light : 28,315 29,723 112 131 58,293 61,775 Heavy : 2,347 1,530 160 79 6,277 6,118 : US : 30,662 31,253 272 210 64,570 67,893 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, August-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 2,907 2,281 12,023 9,040 17,299 11,887 AR : 5,394 4,170 26,650 26,948 31,634 23,766 DE : 2,363 1,619 7,834 4,628 7,352 5,957 GA : 1,749 1,631 21,663 20,761 11,628 11,978 KY : * * 4,664 4,517 6,997 5,857 LA : 382 219 5,221 3,297 2,671 1,490 MD : * * 3,086 * * * MS : 2,462 2,038 5,591 3,566 6,574 5,694 MO : 1,089 996 3,885 3,537 8,001 8,401 NC : 2,100 1,968 20,673 18,079 14,733 18,403 OH : * * 1,734 992 * * PA : 507 504 2,242 2,456 5,458 5,866 SC : 540 384 4,566 3,074 1,852 1,374 TN : 649 584 3,017 3,574 5,626 3,734 TX : 741 682 3,731 3,289 7,940 7,291 VA : 1,318 1,038 3,275 2,859 6,173 4,919 : Oth Sts : 4,418 3,964 12,399 13,847 34,382 32,861 : US : 26,619 22,078 142,254 124,464 168,320 149,478 : Mature : Light : 12,379 8,619 3,129 3,156 86,789 87,549 Heavy : 630 648 11,919 9,891 11,487 9,865 : US : 13,009 9,267 15,048 13,047 98,276 97,414 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : * 10,116 132,524 104,775 314,463 250,396 AR : 4,516 9,461 107,667 96,604 374,695 318,763 DE : * * 26,726 28,838 181,466 145,964 GA : 5,521 7,621 67,859 58,351 239,906 211,529 KY : 800 * * * * * LA : 112 * 1,398 1,427 32,549 24,836 MD : 470 * * * * * MS : * * 81,102 67,677 194,650 154,568 MO : * 636 * * 150,295 138,391 NC : 7,523 8,894 95,147 86,800 281,267 262,722 OH : * * * * 21,983 16,591 PA : * * 7,062 10,353 40,363 46,542 SC : 2,086 2,865 29,058 23,151 56,476 46,928 TN : 887 765 6,438 4,489 85,518 68,452 TX : * * 50,081 41,268 137,757 111,920 VA : 1,982 2,224 * * 84,977 70,906 : Oth Sts : 44,437 14,464 259,811 228,434 541,336 472,168 : US : 68,334 57,046 864,873 752,167 2,737,701 2,340,676 : Mature : Light : 745 1,719 56,222 46,103 383,587 377,048 Heavy : 697 1,649 64,771 61,309 148,456 130,904 : US : 1,442 3,368 120,993 107,412 532,043 507,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add to total for "Other States." Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, August-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,940 2,584 53,543 50,108 18.21 19.39 MN : 3,457 3,053 87,211 80,498 25.23 26.37 MO : 1,579 1,400 47,122 42,522 29.85 30.37 : Oth Sts : 15,123 13,782 435,031 405,589 28.77 29.43 : US : 23,099 20,819 622,907 578,717 26.97 27.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, August-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 44,388 40,730 822 750 1.82 1.81 MN : 69,451 64,486 1,603 1,272 2.26 1.93 MO : 37,002 33,330 890 821 2.35 2.40 : Oth Sts : 342,766 318,096 5,953 5,691 1.71 1.76 : US : 493,607 456,642 9,268 8,534 1.84 1.83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, by State and United States, August-September 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young : Old :----------------------------------------------------------- Cause : August : September : August : September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : 78 52 2 Septicaemia : 73,080 68,430 3,390 2,314 Airsacculitis : 14,269 13,747 522 408 Synovitis : 4,178 3,808 16 Tumors : 100 104 193 80 Bruises : 394 424 27 19 Cadaver : 4,435 3,858 80 90 Contamination : 4,581 3,398 131 58 Overscald : 3,723 2,478 1 6 Other : 27,148 24,950 2,261 33 : Total : 131,986 121,249 6,621 3,010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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