Pou 2-1 (11-06) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 30, 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 Up 5 Percent From Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during October 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.77 billion pounds, up 5 percent from the amount certified in October 2005. September 2006 revised certified total at 3.40 billion pounds, was down 4 percent from September 2005. The September revision represented an increase of 3.26 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during October 2006 was 5.09 billion pounds, up 6 percent from 4.80 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.32 billion pounds, up 5 percent from October 2005. Mature chickens, at 69.7 million pounds, were up 5 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 684 million pounds, up 12 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 15.3 million pounds, down 5 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2006 averaged 5.58 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from October 2005. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.20 pounds per bird, up 5 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2006 averaged 27.4 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from October 2005. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2006 totaled 15.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.30 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.30 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 45.0 million pounds, were 1.18 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.22 percent a year earlier. October 2006 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays, while October 2005 had 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct :Oct :Sep :---------------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005:2006: 2005 : 2006 :2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 745,843 712,263 774,492 104 109 7,415,742 7,442,471 100 Mature : 11,198 9,976 11,246 100 113 123,530 111,017 90 Light : 4,998 4,020 4,440 89 110 62,038 46,157 74 Heavy : 6,200 5,956 6,806 110 114 61,492 64,860 105 Total : 757,041 722,239 785,738 104 109 7,539,272 7,553,488 100 : Turkeys : Young : 22,345 20,819 24,730 111 119 204,018 210,365 103 Old : 267 213 222 83 104 2,058 2,150 104 Total : 22,612 21,032 24,952 110 119 206,076 212,515 103 : Ducks : 2,369 2,236 2,286 96 102 22,826 23,326 102 : : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :4,103,760 3,931,348 4,323,758 105 110 39,693,527 40,654,379 102 Mature : 66,286 62,145 69,720 105 112 702,916 678,606 97 Light : 16,589 13,455 14,594 88 108 205,435 153,901 75 Heavy : 49,697 48,690 55,126 111 113 497,481 524,705 105 Total :4,170,046 3,993,493 4,393,478 105 110 40,396,443 41,332,985 102 : Turkeys : Young : 601,680 578,122 677,821 113 117 5,733,215 5,948,699 104 Old : 6,764 5,614 6,000 89 107 53,841 56,498 105 Total : 608,444 583,736 683,821 112 117 5,787,056 6,005,197 104 : Ducks : 16,063 15,020 15,318 95 102 153,454 156,760 102 Other : Poultry 2/: 1,786 1,327 1,539 86 116 6,966 5,532 79 : Total : Poultry :4,796,339 4,593,576 5,094,156 106 111 46,343,919 47,500,474 102 : : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.50 5.52 5.58 101 101 5.35 5.46 102 Mature : 5.92 6.23 6.20 105 100 5.69 6.11 107 Light : 3.32 3.35 3.29 99 98 3.31 3.33 101 Heavy : 8.02 8.17 8.10 101 99 8.09 8.09 100 Total : 5.51 5.53 5.59 101 101 5.36 5.47 102 : Turkeys : Young : 26.93 27.77 27.41 102 99 28.10 28.28 101 Old : 25.43 26.36 27.03 106 103 26.16 26.28 100 Total : 26.91 27.75 27.41 102 99 28.08 28.26 101 : Ducks : 6.78 6.72 6.70 99 100 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, October, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date : Pct Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct :Oct :Sep :---------------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005:2006: 2005 : 2006 :2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : : Chickens : Young :2,737,105 2,599,385 2,855,970 104 110 26,699,301 27,248,133 102 Mature : 41,307 39,441 43,397 105 110 430,698 422,590 98 Light : 8,412 6,895 7,305 87 106 105,041 78,354 75 Heavy : 32,895 32,546 36,092 110 111 325,657 344,236 106 Total :2,778,412 2,638,826 2,899,367 104 110 27,129,999 27,670,723 102 : Turkeys : Young : 285,488 257,420 317,038 111 123 2,568,695 2,636,272 103 Old : 4,214 3,168 3,637 86 115 33,051 35,454 107 Total : 289,702 260,588 320,675 111 123 2,601,746 2,671,726 103 : Ducks : 5,590 5,083 5,218 93 103 55,865 56,148 101 Other : Poultry 2/: 230 171 176 77 103 2,118 1,759 83 : Total : Poultry :3,073,934 2,904,668 3,225,436 105 111 29,789,728 30,400,356 102 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 307,550 285,476 319,078 104 112 2,806,497 2,876,351 102 Mature : 265 267 608 229 228 3,926 3,951 101 Light : 23 51 222 8 173 2,163 Heavy : 265 244 557 210 228 3,918 3,778 96 Total : 307,815 285,743 319,686 104 112 2,810,423 2,880,302 102 : Turkeys : Young : 193,596 199,090 218,719 113 110 1,974,305 2,073,914 105 Old : 998 1,146 1,003 101 88 7,714 7,632 99 Total : 194,594 200,236 219,722 113 110 1,982,019 2,081,546 105 : Ducks : 5,882 5,577 5,693 97 102 54,250 56,096 103 Other : Poultry 2/: 842 544 703 83 129 2,117 1,476 70 : Total : Poultry : 509,133 492,100 545,804 107 111 4,848,809 5,019,420 104 : Total : Chilled and: Frozen : : Chickens : Young :3,044,655 2,884,861 3,175,048 104 110 29,505,798 30,124,484 102 Mature : 41,572 39,708 44,005 106 111 434,624 426,541 98 Light : 8,412 6,918 7,356 87 106 105,049 78,527 75 Heavy : 33,160 32,790 36,649 111 112 329,575 348,014 106 Total :3,086,227 2,924,569 3,219,053 104 110 29,940,422 30,551,025 102 : Turkeys : Young : 479,084 456,510 535,757 112 117 4,543,000 4,710,186 104 Old : 5,212 4,314 4,640 89 108 40,765 43,086 106 Total : 484,296 460,824 540,397 112 117 4,583,765 4,753,272 104 : Ducks : 11,472 10,660 10,911 95 102 110,115 112,244 102 Other : Poultry 2/: 1,072 715 879 82 123 4,235 3,235 76 : Total : Poultry :3,583,067 3,396,768 3,771,240 105 111 34,638,537 35,419,776 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, squab, and any other voluntary poultry. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :12,349 11,905 12,743 103 107 141,450 141,976 100 Mature : 723 752 917 127 122 10,982 10,312 94 Light : 272 214 270 99 126 4,064 3,130 77 Heavy : 451 538 647 143 120 6,918 7,182 104 Total :13,072 12,657 13,660 104 108 152,432 152,288 100 : Turkeys : Young : 1,379 1,580 1,703 123 108 16,093 17,594 109 Old : 58 44 50 86 114 470 652 139 Total : 1,437 1,624 1,753 122 108 16,563 18,246 110 : Ducks : 30 47 42 140 89 330 383 116 Other Poultry : 7 4 4 57 100 18 9 50 : Total Poultry :14,546 14,332 15,459 106 108 169,343 170,926 101 : : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.30 0.30 0.29 97 97 0.36 0.35 97 Mature : 1.09 1.21 1.32 121 109 1.56 1.52 97 Light : 1.65 1.59 1.85 112 116 1.98 2.03 103 Heavy : 0.91 1.10 1.17 129 106 1.39 1.37 99 Total : 0.31 0.32 0.31 100 97 0.38 0.37 97 : Turkeys : Young : 0.23 0.27 0.25 109 93 0.28 0.30 107 Old : 0.84 0.78 0.83 99 106 0.87 1.15 132 Total : 0.24 0.28 0.26 108 93 0.29 0.30 103 : Ducks : 0.18 0.31 0.27 150 87 0.22 0.24 109 Other Poultry : 0.39 0.30 0.26 67 87 0.26 0.16 62 : Total Poultry : 0.30 0.31 0.30 100 97 0.37 0.36 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :32,286 29,317 31,957 99 109 346,434 344,193 99 Mature : 3,108 2,752 3,170 102 115 31,125 29,438 95 Light : 1,431 1,097 1,240 87 113 15,641 12,355 79 Heavy : 1,677 1,655 1,930 115 117 15,484 17,083 110 Total :35,394 32,069 35,127 99 110 377,559 373,631 99 : Turkeys : Young : 8,005 8,534 9,274 116 109 85,848 86,730 101 Old : 294 208 183 62 88 3,014 2,351 78 Total : 8,299 8,742 9,457 114 108 88,862 89,081 100 : Ducks : 405 363 373 92 103 3,673 3,820 104 Other Poultry : 12 9 18 150 200 72 67 93 : Total Poultry :44,110 41,183 44,975 102 109 470,166 466,599 99 : : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.05 1.01 1.00 95 99 1.16 1.13 97 Mature : 6.96 6.48 6.72 97 104 6.68 6.46 97 Light : 14.54 13.69 14.43 99 105 12.96 13.59 105 Heavy : 4.81 4.80 5.00 104 104 4.49 4.68 104 Total : 1.13 1.08 1.08 95 100 1.25 1.21 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.64 1.84 1.70 104 93 1.85 1.81 97 Old : 5.34 4.60 3.79 71 82 6.88 5.17 75 Total : 1.68 1.86 1.72 102 92 1.90 1.84 97 : Ducks : 3.41 3.29 3.31 97 100 3.23 3.29 102 Other Poultry : 1.11 1.24 2.01 181 161 1.67 2.03 121 : Total Poultry : 1.22 1.20 1.18 97 98 1.34 1.30 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, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 86,931 94,305 472,537 525,564 5.44 5.57 AR : 92,499 102,733 498,192 550,985 5.39 5.36 DE : 24,662 25,770 165,169 176,118 6.70 6.83 GA : 105,768 115,828 552,465 612,448 5.22 5.29 KY : 22,178 24,535 122,443 137,986 5.52 5.62 LA : 15,224 16,909 87,432 98,652 5.74 5.83 MD : 11,391 12,308 54,213 58,934 4.76 4.79 MS : 59,590 66,478 346,635 391,488 5.82 5.89 MO : 33,425 35,849 157,463 167,136 4.71 4.66 NC : 56,174 61,529 382,606 426,754 6.81 6.94 OH : 3,795 3,844 20,083 20,578 5.29 5.35 PA : 9,551 10,074 54,123 56,673 5.67 5.63 SC : 22,143 24,424 137,149 154,093 6.19 6.31 TN : 22,000 24,160 113,105 124,832 5.14 5.17 TX : 52,434 58,222 277,751 311,813 5.30 5.36 VA : 26,062 26,979 136,480 144,552 5.24 5.36 : Oth Sts : 68,436 70,545 353,502 365,152 5.17 5.18 : US : 712,263 774,492 3,931,348 4,323,758 5.52 5.58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 348,443 387,501 3,364 3,629 0.96 0.93 AR : 360,995 399,708 4,420 4,795 1.21 1.19 DE : 119,336 127,326 1,501 1,626 1.24 1.26 GA : 408,731 451,781 2,930 3,339 0.71 0.73 KY : 88,557 99,622 774 1,069 0.87 1.06 LA : 63,683 71,680 415 408 0.65 0.57 MD : 39,388 42,772 399 500 1.00 1.16 MS : 248,654 281,462 2,901 2,981 1.15 1.05 MO : 115,098 123,154 1,099 1,084 0.95 0.87 NC : 291,218 326,317 3,582 3,719 1.22 1.13 OH : 14,731 15,170 222 273 1.48 1.77 PA : 37,191 38,671 752 796 1.98 2.02 SC : 100,910 114,644 706 774 0.69 0.67 TN : 81,507 90,299 718 809 0.87 0.89 TX : 212,524 237,482 1,922 2,246 0.90 0.94 VA : 95,657 101,155 737 795 0.76 0.78 : Oth Sts : 258,238 266,304 2,875 3,114 1.10 1.16 : US : 2,884,861 3,175,048 29,317 31,957 1.01 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 367 130 81,251 87,472 AR : * 590 131,169 143,778 DE : 1,917 1,322 80,856 86,291 GA : 345 350 73,911 78,562 KY : * * 32,531 38,682 LA : * * 14,382 13,821 MD : 596 * 21,434 23,118 MS : * * 56,128 51,419 MO : 546 575 63,012 67,716 NC : 306 * 92,659 96,040 OH : * 6,244 5,821 PA : 100 91 16,813 17,393 SC : 186 102 8,663 * TN : * 173 44,810 49,081 TX : 100 * 44,443 53,859 VA : * * 32,871 31,117 : Oth Sts : 1,926 3,038 155,433 190,989 : US : 6,389 6,371 956,610 1,035,159 : Mature : Light : 1,130 1,183 137,143 151,365 Heavy : 464 481 39,351 53,087 : US : 1,594 1,664 176,494 204,452 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 28,122 30,002 750 639 2,935 3,233 AR : 19,789 26,769 * 2,349 3,056 3,083 DE : 13,547 17,880 * * 6,942 * GA : 29,560 38,479 381 285 6,990 7,419 KY : * * * * * * LA : 3,430 4,164 101 77 397 426 MD : * * 17 * * * MS : 17,750 18,490 115 158 741 771 MO : 4,304 5,608 * 193 1,474 1,620 NC : 27,068 29,552 * * * 7,354 OH : * * * 8 63 82 PA : 9,238 9,686 * * 283 433 SC : * * 51 * * 663 TN : 9,716 12,205 * 102 556 632 TX : 10,994 16,858 * 136 1,042 1,224 VA : 6,341 7,927 * 25 * * : Oth Sts : 39,332 57,961 6,450 1,725 22,539 21,854 : US : 219,191 275,581 7,865 5,697 47,018 48,794 : Mature : Light : 29,723 43,086 131 147 61,775 52,248 Heavy : 1,530 1,985 79 83 6,118 7,075 : US : 31,253 45,071 210 230 67,893 59,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 2,295 2,094 9,252 8,865 12,039 12,252 AR : 4,170 4,076 26,948 22,269 23,766 26,566 DE : 1,619 1,372 4,628 4,384 5,957 6,513 GA : 1,631 1,602 20,761 24,507 11,978 16,587 KY : * 173 4,517 4,086 5,857 5,978 LA : 219 227 3,297 2,810 1,490 1,510 MD : * * * * * * MS : 2,038 2,090 3,566 3,762 5,694 5,001 MO : 996 992 3,537 3,124 8,401 7,502 NC : 1,968 1,958 18,079 19,575 18,403 18,163 OH : * * 992 739 * * PA : 504 548 2,456 2,255 5,866 4,810 SC : 384 413 3,074 2,580 1,374 1,200 TN : 584 718 3,574 4,328 3,734 4,358 TX : 682 774 3,289 4,320 7,291 6,280 VA : 1,038 1,002 2,859 3,090 4,919 4,216 : Oth Sts : 3,964 3,582 13,862 16,082 32,864 36,662 : US : 22,092 21,621 124,691 126,776 149,633 157,598 : Mature : Light : 8,619 10,220 3,156 3,201 87,549 90,763 Heavy : 648 799 9,891 6,685 9,865 11,832 : US : 9,267 11,019 13,047 9,886 97,414 102,595 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 10,116 17,177 105,164 111,649 252,291 273,513 AR : 9,461 5,892 96,604 94,207 318,763 329,579 DE : * * 28,838 * 145,964 157,434 GA : 7,621 9,471 58,351 76,102 211,529 253,364 KY : * * * * * * LA : * * 1,427 1,547 24,836 24,683 MD : * 1,084 * * * * MS : * * 67,677 73,597 154,568 155,743 MO : 636 844 * 59,291 138,391 147,465 NC : 8,894 5,489 86,800 70,546 262,722 249,506 OH : * * * * 16,591 * PA : * * 10,353 7,807 46,542 43,399 SC : 2,865 2,900 23,151 28,216 46,928 52,183 TN : 765 593 4,489 5,471 68,452 77,661 TX : * * 41,268 49,071 111,920 135,193 VA : 2,224 * * * 70,906 67,913 : Oth Sts : 14,471 15,587 228,445 238,571 472,706 585,073 : US : 57,053 59,037 752,567 816,075 2,343,109 2,552,709 : Mature : Light : 1,719 2,050 46,103 81,438 377,048 435,701 Heavy : 1,649 780 61,309 67,550 130,904 150,357 : US : 3,368 2,830 107,412 148,988 507,952 586,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,584 3,154 49,513 60,871 19.16 19.30 MN : 3,053 3,396 80,498 88,822 26.37 26.15 MO : 1,400 1,663 42,522 50,428 30.37 30.33 : Oth Sts : 13,782 16,517 405,589 477,700 29.43 28.92 : US : 20,819 24,730 578,122 677,821 27.77 27.41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 40,598 48,884 750 947 1.81 1.90 MN : 64,486 71,218 1,272 1,353 1.93 1.86 MO : 33,330 39,674 821 931 2.40 2.29 : Oth Sts : 318,096 375,981 5,691 6,043 1.76 1.58 : US : 456,510 535,757 8,534 9,274 1.84 1.70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September-October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young : Old :----------------------------------------------------------- Cause : September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : 52 58 2 Septicaemia : 68,430 79,484 2,314 1,817 Airsacculitis : 13,747 11,371 408 179 Synovitis : 3,808 4,763 1 Tumors : 104 149 80 150 Bruises : 424 473 19 4 Cadaver : 3,858 4,580 90 21 Contamination : 3,398 3,850 58 33 Overscald : 2,478 1,590 6 5 Other : 24,950 22,895 33 214 : Total : 121,249 129,213 3,010 2,424 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Included with young turkeys. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. Old Turkeys - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Other Poultry Chilled or Frozen - 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 - Young birds grown to a matured market age, about 5 months. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. 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