Pou 2-1 (1-07) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 31, 2007, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 7 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during December 2006 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.18 billion pounds, down 7 percent from the amount certified in December 2005. November 2006 revised certified total at 3.46 billion pounds, was down 1 percent from November 2005. The November revision represented an increase of 20.5 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during December 2006 was 4.32 billion pounds, down 6 percent from 4.57 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.70 billion pounds, down 6 percent from December 2005. Mature chickens, at 58.9 million pounds, were down 12 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 542 million pounds, down 2 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 16.2 million pounds, down 6 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during December 2006 averaged 5.47 pounds per bird, down slightly from December 2005. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.97 pounds per bird, up 5 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during December 2006 averaged 28.1 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from December 2005. Ante-mortem condemnations during December 2006 totaled 14.9 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.35 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.38 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 41.6 million pounds, were 1.29 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.37 percent a year earlier. December 2006 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while December 2005 had 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, December, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec :Dec :Nov :---------------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005:2006: 2005 : 2006 :2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 717,637 715,712 676,558 94 95 8,853,809 8,834,969 100 Mature : 11,827 10,161 9,865 83 97 146,664 131,043 89 Light : 5,735 3,663 4,167 73 114 73,240 53,987 74 Heavy : 6,092 6,498 5,698 94 88 73,424 77,056 105 Total : 729,464 725,873 686,423 94 95 9,000,473 8,966,012 100 : Turkeys : Young : 19,195 23,266 19,091 99 82 245,642 252,722 103 Old : 167 244 198 119 81 2,452 2,592 106 Total : 19,362 23,510 19,289 100 82 248,094 255,314 103 : Ducks : 2,555 2,362 2,405 94 102 27,890 28,093 101 : : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :3,931,183 3,952,390 3,699,924 94 94 47,578,696 48,308,524 102 Mature : 67,146 64,470 58,910 88 91 835,142 801,986 96 Light : 19,302 12,467 13,616 71 109 242,876 179,984 74 Heavy : 47,844 52,003 45,294 95 87 592,266 622,002 105 Total :3,998,329 4,016,860 3,758,834 94 94 48,413,838 49,110,510 101 : Turkeys : Young : 548,561 631,914 536,539 98 85 6,883,300 7,117,152 103 Old : 4,303 6,410 5,367 125 84 64,163 68,275 106 Total : 552,864 638,324 541,906 98 85 6,947,463 7,185,427 103 : Ducks : 17,238 15,849 16,176 94 102 187,694 188,786 101 Other : Poultry 2/: 372 407 311 84 76 8,028 6,250 78 : Total : Poultry :4,568,803 4,671,440 4,317,227 94 92 55,557,023 56,490,973 102 : : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.48 5.52 5.47 100 99 5.37 5.47 102 Mature : 5.68 6.34 5.97 105 94 5.69 6.12 108 Light : 3.37 3.40 3.27 97 96 3.32 3.33 100 Heavy : 7.85 8.00 7.95 101 99 8.07 8.07 100 Total : 5.48 5.53 5.48 100 99 5.38 5.48 102 : Turkeys : Young : 28.58 27.16 28.10 98 103 28.02 28.16 100 Old : 25.61 26.27 27.11 106 103 26.17 26.34 101 Total : 28.55 27.15 28.09 98 103 28.00 28.14 101 : Ducks : 6.75 6.71 6.73 100 100 6.73 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, December, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date : Pct Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec :Dec :Nov :---------------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005:2006: 2005 : 2006 :2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : : Chickens : Young :2,643,826 2,615,266 2,453,400 93 94 31,995,187 32,318,100 101 Mature : 41,315 40,280 36,688 89 91 511,849 499,558 98 Light : 9,786 6,414 6,950 71 108 123,904 91,718 74 Heavy : 31,529 33,866 29,738 94 88 387,945 407,840 105 Total :2,685,141 2,655,546 2,490,088 93 94 32,507,036 32,817,658 101 : Turkeys : Young : 259,868 298,360 243,582 94 82 3,119,995 3,178,214 102 Old : 2,537 3,241 3,289 130 101 39,031 41,984 108 Total : 262,405 301,601 246,871 94 82 3,159,026 3,220,198 102 : Ducks : 6,075 5,302 5,554 91 105 67,890 67,004 99 Other : Poultry 2/: 204 155 183 90 118 2,495 2,097 84 : Total : Poultry :2,953,825 2,962,604 2,742,696 93 93 35,736,447 36,106,957 101 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 272,975 283,567 251,576 92 89 3,369,647 3,411,576 101 Mature : 241 312 140 58 45 4,547 4,403 97 Light : 8 8 181 2,263 Heavy : 241 304 140 58 46 4,539 4,222 93 Total : 273,216 283,879 251,716 92 89 3,374,194 3,415,979 101 : Turkeys : Young : 174,572 201,314 179,882 103 89 2,335,688 2,455,110 105 Old : 725 1,667 826 114 50 9,599 10,125 105 Total : 175,297 202,981 180,708 103 89 2,345,287 2,465,235 105 : Ducks : 6,213 5,996 6,001 97 100 66,714 68,093 102 Other : Poultry 2/: 27 79 23 85 29 2,391 1,578 66 : Total : Poultry : 454,753 492,935 438,448 96 89 5,788,586 5,950,885 103 : Total : Chilled and: Frozen : : Chickens : Young :2,916,801 2,898,833 2,704,976 93 93 35,364,834 35,729,676 101 Mature : 41,556 40,592 36,828 89 91 516,396 503,961 98 Light : 9,786 6,422 6,950 71 108 123,912 91,899 74 Heavy : 31,770 34,170 29,878 94 87 392,484 412,062 105 Total :2,958,357 2,939,425 2,741,804 93 93 35,881,230 36,233,637 101 : Turkeys : Young : 434,440 499,674 423,464 97 85 5,455,683 5,633,324 103 Old : 3,262 4,908 4,115 126 84 48,630 52,109 107 Total : 437,702 504,582 427,579 98 85 5,504,313 5,685,433 103 : Ducks : 12,288 11,298 11,555 94 102 134,604 135,097 100 Other : Poultry 2/: 231 234 206 89 88 4,886 3,675 75 : Total : Poultry :3,408,578 3,455,539 3,181,144 93 92 41,525,033 42,057,842 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, squab, and any other voluntary poultry. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,842 13,005 12,614 85 97 169,073 167,600 99 Mature : 910 809 709 78 88 12,628 11,830 94 Light : 310 178 171 55 96 4,645 3,479 75 Heavy : 600 631 538 90 85 7,983 8,351 105 Total :15,752 13,814 13,323 85 96 181,701 179,430 99 : Turkeys : Young : 1,600 1,560 1,496 94 96 19,201 20,650 108 Old : 74 54 43 58 80 596 749 126 Total : 1,674 1,614 1,539 92 95 19,797 21,399 108 : Ducks : 33 38 47 142 124 390 468 120 Other Poultry : 1 19 10 53 : Total Poultry :17,459 15,467 14,909 85 96 201,907 201,307 100 : : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.38 0.33 0.34 89 103 0.36 0.35 97 Mature : 1.36 1.25 1.20 88 96 1.51 1.48 98 Light : 1.61 1.43 1.26 78 88 1.91 1.93 101 Heavy : 1.26 1.21 1.19 94 98 1.35 1.34 99 Total : 0.39 0.34 0.35 90 103 0.38 0.37 97 : Turkeys : Young : 0.29 0.25 0.28 97 112 0.28 0.29 104 Old : 1.72 0.84 0.80 47 95 0.93 1.10 118 Total : 0.30 0.25 0.28 93 112 0.28 0.30 107 : Ducks : 0.19 0.24 0.29 153 121 0.21 0.25 119 Other Poultry : 0.25 0.24 0.16 67 : Total Poultry : 0.38 0.33 0.35 92 106 0.36 0.36 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December, 2005-2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2005 : 2006 : 2006 :2005 :2006 : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :36,094 31,495 31,009 86 98 414,893 406,715 98 Mature : 3,164 2,974 2,707 86 91 37,425 35,119 94 Light : 1,582 1,093 1,098 69 100 18,796 14,546 77 Heavy : 1,582 1,881 1,609 102 86 18,629 20,573 110 Total :39,258 34,469 33,716 86 98 452,318 441,834 98 : Turkeys : Young : 7,544 8,387 7,338 97 87 101,391 102,455 101 Old : 236 259 192 81 74 3,558 2,802 79 Total : 7,780 8,646 7,530 97 87 104,949 105,257 100 : Ducks : 427 355 378 89 106 4,505 4,553 101 Other Poultry : 4 5 4 100 80 82 76 93 : Total Poultry :47,469 43,475 41,628 88 96 561,854 551,720 98 : : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.22 1.07 1.13 93 105 1.16 1.13 97 Mature : 7.08 6.83 6.85 97 100 6.76 6.51 96 Light : 13.92 14.54 13.64 98 94 13.17 13.67 104 Heavy : 4.74 5.22 5.11 108 98 4.53 4.76 105 Total : 1.31 1.16 1.21 93 105 1.24 1.20 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.71 1.65 1.70 100 103 1.82 1.79 98 Old : 6.75 5.01 4.46 66 89 6.82 5.10 75 Total : 1.75 1.68 1.73 99 103 1.87 1.82 97 : Ducks : 3.36 3.05 3.17 94 104 3.24 3.26 101 Other Poultry : 1.70 2.09 1.90 112 91 1.65 2.03 123 : Total Poultry : 1.37 1.24 1.29 94 104 1.33 1.29 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, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 87,120 81,665 475,362 447,032 5.46 5.47 AR : 90,673 85,606 482,742 449,463 5.32 5.25 DE : 24,500 24,552 166,637 164,862 6.80 6.71 GA : 106,931 101,308 563,564 526,717 5.27 5.20 KY : 23,606 21,927 127,955 118,678 5.42 5.41 LA : 15,821 15,274 92,601 87,868 5.85 5.75 MD : 11,915 11,809 57,298 56,413 4.81 4.78 MS : 62,249 55,727 362,090 315,342 5.82 5.66 MO : 33,395 31,799 153,563 146,817 4.60 4.62 NC : 56,775 52,603 390,074 358,001 6.87 6.81 OH : 3,481 3,666 19,473 20,078 5.59 5.48 PA : 9,049 8,817 49,526 47,494 5.47 5.39 SC : 23,474 22,889 149,530 144,598 6.37 6.32 TN : 21,616 20,574 110,600 104,728 5.12 5.09 TX : 53,637 50,975 283,271 271,080 5.28 5.32 VA : 25,278 24,861 132,488 129,577 5.24 5.21 : Oth Sts : 66,192 62,506 335,616 311,176 5.07 4.98 : US : 715,712 676,558 3,952,390 3,699,924 5.52 5.47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 350,938 328,829 3,603 3,720 1.02 1.12 AR : 348,086 323,603 4,671 4,532 1.32 1.38 DE : 120,145 118,874 1,532 1,630 1.26 1.35 GA : 416,481 389,748 3,466 3,258 0.83 0.83 KY : 92,260 85,327 1,030 1,046 1.10 1.21 LA : 68,022 64,035 366 349 0.54 0.54 MD : 41,858 40,316 553 641 1.30 1.57 MS : 260,259 224,043 3,029 2,559 1.15 1.13 MO : 113,076 107,596 1,015 1,041 0.89 0.96 NC : 297,316 271,685 3,719 3,698 1.24 1.34 OH : 14,464 14,779 243 309 1.65 2.05 PA : 32,938 31,818 699 710 2.08 2.18 SC : 109,949 106,119 818 862 0.74 0.81 TN : 79,817 75,570 787 811 0.98 1.06 TX : 215,786 205,659 2,205 2,246 1.01 1.08 VA : 92,937 90,462 682 727 0.73 0.80 : Oth Sts : 244,501 226,513 3,077 2,870 1.24 1.25 : US : 2,898,833 2,704,976 31,495 31,009 1.07 1.13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 75 * 88,976 83,741 AR : * 653 150,178 155,025 DE : 1,284 1,203 75,850 75,779 GA : 315 * 76,448 75,847 KY : * * 36,976 36,349 LA : * 47 12,368 12,950 MD : 278 * 25,060 30,496 MS : * * 48,468 42,025 MO : 514 408 69,444 72,539 NC : * * 92,060 86,092 OH : * 5,930 5,311 PA : 80 117 16,661 17,295 SC : 75 * 9,810 9,369 TN : 139 92 48,991 44,270 TX : * * 54,652 60,123 VA : * * 26,505 28,341 : Oth Sts : 2,033 5,055 186,437 172,530 : US : 4,793 7,575 1,024,814 1,008,082 : Mature : Light : 1,180 1,594 141,726 141,944 Heavy : 387 248 51,498 47,405 : US : 1,567 1,842 193,224 189,349 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 53,002 69,091 693 * 3,568 3,654 AR : 41,818 49,023 1,472 1,595 3,083 3,009 DE : 19,979 28,623 * * * * GA : 59,937 70,462 180 * 6,848 7,008 KY : * * 38 * * * LA : 4,317 5,822 * * 444 477 MD : * * 18 17 * * MS : 26,159 35,516 125 149 814 848 MO : 8,309 10,488 232 * 1,586 1,403 NC : 34,269 44,655 * 59 8,830 * OH : 2,234 1,566 * 15 80 96 PA : 13,047 14,278 * * 314 385 SC : * * * * * * TN : 19,083 19,623 99 * 463 464 TX : 20,106 30,409 73 88 1,260 1,480 VA : 10,044 15,167 * * * * : Oth Sts : 85,697 82,211 1,631 2,550 21,103 33,677 : US : 398,001 476,934 4,561 4,473 48,393 52,501 : Mature : Light : 32,551 30,441 133 131 56,913 59,691 Heavy : 2,185 1,509 82 55 7,393 6,055 : US : 34,736 31,950 215 186 64,306 65,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 2,167 1,984 9,339 7,980 12,913 10,167 AR : 4,228 3,679 18,856 15,714 23,633 22,133 DE : 1,236 1,269 3,856 3,647 5,156 4,819 GA : 1,472 1,724 23,681 24,204 13,631 10,485 KY : 222 * 3,702 4,505 5,531 5,068 LA : 230 183 3,119 2,956 1,299 1,073 MD : * * * * * * MS : 1,733 1,372 3,972 3,998 4,398 3,805 MO : 948 955 2,445 2,824 8,202 8,123 NC : 1,863 1,852 18,662 18,012 14,226 13,694 OH : * * * 878 * * PA : 517 548 1,590 1,315 3,788 3,512 SC : 388 363 3,002 2,093 1,437 1,304 TN : 766 586 4,215 3,035 3,320 3,006 TX : 690 708 3,539 4,049 5,648 6,270 VA : 873 936 2,118 2,426 3,360 3,749 : Oth Sts : 3,659 4,004 13,639 13,248 33,827 30,504 : US : 20,992 20,163 115,735 110,884 140,369 127,712 : Mature : Light : 9,526 10,538 1,904 2,355 83,426 87,312 Heavy : 1,004 990 8,388 9,471 12,614 9,824 : US : 10,530 11,528 10,292 11,826 96,040 97,136 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 5,169 13,909 125,433 125,665 301,335 316,786 AR : * 15,222 104,450 102,970 353,856 369,023 DE : 1,862 * 22,321 * 137,610 155,873 GA : 5,092 4,161 82,158 68,402 269,762 262,924 KY : * 194 * * * * LA : 56 * 2,262 3,500 24,205 27,081 MD : 562 * * * * * MS : * * 64,729 62,056 151,444 150,227 MO : 611 * 47,702 50,101 139,993 148,011 NC : 9,538 7,472 70,045 62,973 250,061 246,329 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * 9,283 7,705 46,094 46,062 SC : * 1,849 * * 51,249 55,802 TN : 309 * 5,166 4,304 82,551 76,494 TX : * * 51,025 49,620 139,970 156,695 VA : * 1,638 17,034 * 62,484 72,098 : Oth Sts : 20,499 17,107 217,960 288,601 610,310 612,368 : US : 43,698 61,552 819,568 825,897 2,620,924 2,695,773 : Mature : Light : 1,479 1,327 44,426 47,596 373,264 382,929 Heavy : 1,381 964 75,009 65,365 159,941 141,886 : US : 2,860 2,291 119,435 112,961 533,205 524,815 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,828 2,654 55,504 50,227 19.63 18.92 MN : 3,222 2,533 83,149 68,437 25.81 27.02 MO : 1,288 1,230 41,316 38,139 32.08 31.00 : Oth Sts : 15,928 12,674 451,945 379,736 28.37 29.96 : US : 23,266 19,091 631,914 536,539 27.16 28.10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 45,016 40,456 871 804 1.90 1.95 MN : 66,626 54,624 1,349 1,170 1.98 2.10 MO : 32,372 30,052 726 631 2.19 2.06 : Oth Sts : 355,660 298,332 5,441 4,733 1.51 1.56 : US : 499,674 423,464 8,387 7,338 1.65 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, November-December 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young : Old :----------------------------------------------------------- Cause : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : 48 65 2 Septicaemia : 70,811 63,907 2,333 2,025 Airsacculitis : 6,848 7,597 386 223 Synovitis : 3,640 3,732 3 1 Tumors : 117 57 117 116 Bruises : 575 406 11 39 Cadaver : 4,760 3,517 15 29 Contamination : 3,529 2,711 74 38 Overscald : 2,081 1,230 85 1 Other : 22,345 21,670 347 117 : Total : 114,754 104,892 3,373 2,589 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 included. 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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