Pou 2-1 (11-07) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 30, 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 Up 6 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during October 2007 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.99 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the amount certified in October 2006. The September 2007 revised certified total at 3.39 billion pounds, was down slightly from September 2006. The September revision represented an increase of 1.13 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during October 2007 was 5.37 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 5.10 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.55 billion pounds, up 5 percent from October 2006. Mature chickens, at 75.0 million pounds, were up 8 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 729 million pounds, up 7 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 16.1 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2007 averaged 5.61 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from October 2006. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.16 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2007 averaged 27.7 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from October 2006. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2007 totaled 16.7 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.31 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.30 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 45.7 million pounds, were 1.13 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.18 percent a year earlier. October 2007 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays, while October 2006 had 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Special Note Due to a policy change, the Poultry Slaughter annual report, which will be released at 8:30a.m. ET on February 28, 2008, will now contain two years of revisions. This change will align the Poultry Slaughter annual report with the Livestock Slaughter annual report which already contains two years of revisions. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct :Oct :Sep :---------------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006:2007: 2006 : 2007 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 774,780 707,937 810,298 105 114 7,442,838 7,460,011 100 Mature : 11,246 9,356 12,171 108 130 111,135 110,924 100 Light : 4,440 3,827 4,781 108 125 46,166 46,748 101 Heavy : 6,806 5,529 7,390 109 134 64,969 64,176 99 Total : 786,026 717,293 822,469 105 115 7,553,973 7,570,935 100 : Turkeys : Young : 24,730 20,517 26,146 106 127 210,377 218,562 104 Old : 222 220 179 81 81 2,147 1,829 85 Total : 24,952 20,737 26,325 106 127 212,524 220,391 104 : Ducks : 2,286 1,890 2,390 105 126 23,314 22,762 98 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :4,325,912 3,916,963 4,545,250 105 116 40,656,156 40,955,813 101 Mature : 69,720 57,197 74,995 108 131 679,441 668,938 98 Light : 14,594 13,002 15,807 108 122 153,929 153,865 100 Heavy : 55,126 44,195 59,188 107 134 525,512 515,073 98 Total :4,395,632 3,974,160 4,620,245 105 116 41,335,597 41,624,751 101 : Turkeys : Young : 677,821 575,183 724,645 107 126 5,949,779 6,202,786 104 Old : 6,000 5,613 4,612 77 82 56,398 47,523 84 Total : 683,821 580,796 729,257 107 126 6,006,177 6,250,309 104 : Ducks : 15,319 12,829 16,085 105 125 156,677 153,002 98 Other : Poultry 2/: 1,539 1,070 1,008 65 94 5,532 5,026 91 : Total : Poultry :5,096,311 4,568,855 5,366,595 105 117 47,503,983 48,033,088 101 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.58 5.53 5.61 101 101 5.46 5.49 101 Mature : 6.20 6.11 6.16 99 101 6.11 6.03 99 Light : 3.29 3.40 3.31 101 97 3.33 3.29 99 Heavy : 8.10 7.99 8.01 99 100 8.09 8.03 99 Total : 5.59 5.54 5.62 101 101 5.47 5.50 101 : Turkeys : Young : 27.41 28.03 27.72 101 99 28.28 28.38 100 Old : 27.03 25.51 25.77 95 101 26.27 25.98 99 Total : 27.41 28.01 27.70 101 99 28.26 28.36 100 : Ducks : 6.70 6.79 6.73 100 99 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, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date : Pct Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct :Oct :Sep :---------------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006:2007: 2006 : 2007 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : : Chickens : Young :2,857,535 2,611,259 3,022,471 106 116 27,251,559 27,143,920 100 Mature : 43,397 35,657 47,165 109 132 423,137 414,098 98 Light : 7,305 6,648 8,362 114 126 78,369 79,067 101 Heavy : 36,092 29,009 38,803 108 134 344,768 335,031 97 Total :2,900,932 2,646,916 3,069,636 106 116 27,674,696 27,558,018 100 : Turkeys : Young : 317,038 254,649 346,225 109 136 2,635,742 2,786,035 106 Old : 3,637 3,162 2,083 57 66 35,376 28,111 79 Total : 320,675 257,811 348,308 109 135 2,671,118 2,814,146 105 : Ducks : 5,218 5,244 5,797 111 111 55,994 53,617 96 Other : Poultry 2/: 176 164 178 101 109 1,635 1,740 106 : Total : Poultry :3,227,001 2,910,135 3,423,919 106 118 30,403,443 30,427,521 100 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 319,160 276,305 326,669 102 118 2,876,569 2,905,727 101 Mature : 608 143 398 65 278 3,951 4,455 113 Light : 51 173 64 37 Heavy : 557 143 398 71 278 3,778 4,391 116 Total : 319,768 276,448 327,067 102 118 2,880,520 2,910,182 101 : Turkeys : Young : 218,719 201,774 229,292 105 114 2,075,308 2,128,364 103 Old : 1,003 1,099 1,393 139 127 7,632 7,753 102 Total : 219,722 202,873 230,685 105 114 2,082,940 2,136,117 103 : Ducks : 5,693 4,011 5,676 100 142 56,196 55,891 99 Other : Poultry 2/: 703 453 371 53 82 1,475 1,196 81 : Total : Poultry : 545,886 483,785 563,799 103 117 5,021,131 5,103,386 102 : Total : Chilled and: Frozen : : Chickens : Young :3,176,695 2,887,564 3,349,140 105 116 30,128,128 30,049,647 100 Mature : 44,005 35,800 47,563 108 133 427,088 418,553 98 Light : 7,356 6,648 8,362 114 126 78,542 79,131 101 Heavy : 36,649 29,152 39,201 107 134 348,546 339,422 97 Total :3,220,700 2,923,364 3,396,703 105 116 30,555,216 30,468,200 100 : Turkeys : Young : 535,757 456,423 575,517 107 126 4,711,050 4,914,399 104 Old : 4,640 4,261 3,476 75 82 43,008 35,864 83 Total : 540,397 460,684 578,993 107 126 4,754,058 4,950,263 104 : Ducks : 10,911 9,255 11,473 105 124 112,190 109,508 98 Other : Poultry 2/: 879 617 549 62 89 3,110 2,936 94 : Total : Poultry :3,772,887 3,393,920 3,987,718 106 117 35,424,574 35,530,907 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :12,749 12,481 13,759 108 110 141,994 143,819 101 Mature : 917 1,156 1,126 123 97 10,318 12,577 122 Light : 270 375 201 74 54 3,130 3,522 113 Heavy : 647 781 925 143 118 7,188 9,055 126 Total :13,666 13,637 14,885 109 109 152,312 156,396 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,703 1,709 1,764 104 103 17,598 18,678 106 Old : 50 75 27 54 36 652 625 96 Total : 1,753 1,784 1,791 102 100 18,250 19,303 106 : Ducks : 42 38 38 90 100 383 389 102 Other Poultry : 4 6 8 200 133 9 19 211 : Total Poultry :15,465 15,465 16,722 108 108 170,954 176,107 103 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.29 0.32 0.30 103 94 0.35 0.35 100 Mature : 1.32 2.02 1.50 114 74 1.52 1.88 124 Light : 1.85 2.88 1.27 69 44 2.03 2.29 113 Heavy : 1.17 1.77 1.56 133 88 1.37 1.76 128 Total : 0.31 0.34 0.32 103 94 0.37 0.38 103 : Turkeys : Young : 0.25 0.30 0.24 96 80 0.30 0.30 100 Old : 0.83 1.34 0.59 71 44 1.16 1.32 114 Total : 0.26 0.31 0.25 96 81 0.30 0.31 103 : Ducks : 0.27 0.30 0.24 89 80 0.24 0.25 104 Other Poultry : 0.26 0.56 0.79 304 141 0.16 0.38 238 : Total Poultry : 0.30 0.34 0.31 103 91 0.36 0.37 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :31,984 28,001 32,109 100 115 344,280 331,673 96 Mature : 3,170 2,807 3,551 112 127 29,444 31,139 106 Light : 1,240 920 1,171 94 127 12,355 11,331 92 Heavy : 1,930 1,887 2,380 123 126 17,089 19,808 116 Total :35,154 30,808 35,660 101 116 373,724 362,812 97 : Turkeys : Young : 9,274 7,625 9,433 102 124 86,747 86,207 99 Old : 183 261 227 124 87 2,351 2,511 107 Total : 9,457 7,886 9,660 102 122 89,098 88,718 100 : Ducks : 373 275 373 100 136 3,820 3,231 85 Other Poultry : 18 20 11 61 55 67 70 104 : Total Poultry :45,002 38,989 45,704 102 117 466,709 454,831 97 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.00 0.96 0.95 95 99 1.13 1.09 97 Mature : 6.72 7.27 6.95 103 96 6.45 6.92 107 Light : 14.43 12.16 12.28 85 101 13.59 12.53 92 Heavy : 5.00 6.08 5.72 114 94 4.67 5.51 118 Total : 1.08 1.04 1.04 96 100 1.21 1.18 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.70 1.64 1.61 95 98 1.81 1.72 95 Old : 3.79 5.77 6.13 162 106 5.18 6.54 126 Total : 1.72 1.68 1.64 95 98 1.84 1.76 96 : Ducks : 3.31 2.89 3.15 95 109 3.29 2.87 87 Other Poultry : 2.01 3.14 1.96 98 63 2.11 2.33 110 : Total Poultry : 1.18 1.14 1.13 96 100 1.30 1.26 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 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 86,572 99,651 480,787 562,224 5.55 5.64 AR : 89,915 104,433 484,864 575,343 5.39 5.51 DE : 23,725 26,928 160,878 182,501 6.78 6.78 GA : 107,240 119,608 569,661 642,545 5.31 5.37 KY : 23,064 27,044 124,708 149,278 5.41 5.52 LA : 15,541 18,067 89,773 106,801 5.78 5.91 MD : 11,664 13,237 55,761 64,511 4.78 4.87 MS : 63,790 70,480 354,884 401,107 5.56 5.69 MO : 32,309 37,507 152,919 180,578 4.73 4.81 NC : 55,345 63,306 378,114 438,627 6.83 6.93 OH : 3,789 4,218 20,766 23,401 5.48 5.55 PA : 8,475 10,960 47,435 62,366 5.60 5.69 SC : 22,977 27,076 142,466 171,535 6.20 6.34 TN : 21,750 25,380 110,168 130,375 5.07 5.14 TX : 51,477 59,316 274,688 318,582 5.34 5.37 VA : 24,663 27,927 128,445 145,307 5.21 5.20 : Oth Sts : 65,641 75,160 340,646 390,169 5.19 5.19 : US : 707,937 810,298 3,916,963 4,545,250 5.53 5.61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, September 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : 352,477 412,063 2,982 3,534 0.84 0.85 AR : 352,677 417,880 3,986 4,624 1.12 1.09 DE : 116,130 131,489 1,636 1,851 1.39 1.39 GA : 425,373 481,258 3,105 3,374 0.72 0.70 KY : 92,041 109,826 554 768 0.60 0.69 LA : 65,757 78,380 308 402 0.47 0.51 MD : 40,585 47,256 529 653 1.29 1.36 MS : 259,899 293,136 2,489 2,661 0.95 0.90 MO : 112,602 132,691 1,030 1,142 0.91 0.85 NC : 288,988 335,633 3,715 4,145 1.27 1.22 OH : 15,264 16,916 227 319 1.47 1.85 PA : 32,478 42,005 622 913 1.88 2.13 SC : 104,817 126,183 778 922 0.74 0.73 TN : 79,291 94,316 785 858 0.98 0.90 TX : 209,911 242,760 1,903 2,051 0.90 0.84 VA : 90,154 101,681 631 674 0.70 0.66 : Oth Sts : 249,120 285,667 2,721 3,218 1.08 1.11 : US : 2,887,564 3,349,140 28,001 32,109 0.96 0.95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : * * 75,502 94,459 AR : 375 403 123,128 132,517 DE : 728 576 73,197 88,322 GA : 444 321 70,969 80,494 KY : * * 26,838 36,556 LA : * * 12,589 14,699 MD : 168 233 21,559 30,490 MS : * * 33,798 37,481 MO : 215 440 56,722 64,290 NC : 230 301 77,613 85,102 OH : * 5,184 6,678 PA : 33 56 14,379 18,156 SC : * * 6,303 7,470 TN : * * 41,854 47,267 TX : 42 * 33,517 38,237 VA : * * 26,113 26,151 : Oth Sts : 1,249 1,688 169,197 201,090 : US : 3,484 4,018 868,462 1,009,459 : Mature : Light : 1,465 1,323 115,715 144,674 Heavy : 218 597 32,421 42,478 : US : 1,683 1,920 148,136 187,152 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 23,038 35,187 486 431 * * AR : 17,143 19,791 1,953 2,003 2,237 2,423 DE : 16,534 19,663 59 69 * * GA : 42,308 54,493 276 424 7,695 8,601 KY : 7,718 * * * * * LA : 2,578 2,978 * * 217 225 MD : * 21,272 * * * * MS : 15,596 14,497 164 225 813 834 MO : 5,405 6,684 163 * 1,395 1,631 NC : 21,496 27,538 74 97 8,443 9,935 OH : * * * * * 106 PA : 5,697 8,661 43 35 261 186 SC : * 4,652 17 * * * TN : 17,003 17,027 * 43 547 648 TX : 6,492 7,022 54 * 923 1,066 VA : 6,125 7,427 * * * * : Oth Sts : 36,721 39,782 1,490 1,623 29,345 33,441 : US : 223,854 286,674 4,779 4,950 51,876 59,096 : Mature : Light : 30,788 34,110 145 138 60,970 56,866 Heavy : 1,187 1,996 81 146 5,917 7,727 : US : 31,975 36,106 226 284 66,887 64,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 2,026 2,181 9,494 11,636 11,164 15,763 AR : 3,806 3,830 15,595 16,540 19,154 23,264 DE : 1,598 1,678 4,873 5,131 7,584 8,697 GA : 1,888 1,873 25,580 28,250 11,318 13,482 KY : 180 178 2,333 3,587 3,626 4,869 LA : 249 222 2,078 2,758 1,098 1,533 MD : * 1,313 2,596 2,419 * * MS : 1,122 1,223 2,384 2,829 3,002 3,224 MO : 779 938 2,824 4,291 8,768 9,214 NC : 2,049 1,959 15,171 16,904 18,690 21,055 OH : * * 1,496 738 379 464 PA : 468 547 * * * 5,119 SC : 631 853 * 2,266 * * TN : 597 651 1,780 1,498 4,105 3,065 TX : 532 598 4,391 5,699 5,145 5,233 VA : 1,029 1,046 2,733 3,011 3,856 3,518 : Oth Sts : 3,769 2,874 14,985 13,802 38,354 39,950 : US : 20,723 21,964 108,313 121,359 136,243 158,450 : Mature : Light : 9,040 11,046 2,259 1,582 70,319 82,193 Heavy : 888 1,142 5,423 6,490 10,229 15,630 : US : 9,928 12,188 7,682 8,072 80,548 97,823 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 8,137 11,012 93,349 116,936 226,287 292,006 AR : 3,337 5,551 76,218 107,930 262,946 314,252 DE : * 2,243 * * 145,226 172,245 GA : 5,957 5,647 68,559 59,360 234,994 252,945 KY : 262 208 * 13,225 60,697 82,393 LA : 47 46 1,503 4,135 20,416 26,689 MD : * 1,364 * * * * MS : * * 59,835 55,474 119,037 117,297 MO : 433 * 62,462 65,026 139,166 153,153 NC : 7,054 11,203 106,515 85,559 257,335 259,653 OH : * * * * * * PA : 117 46 * * 46,179 65,896 SC : 1,683 2,364 27,652 34,425 44,419 55,149 TN : * * 4,811 3,870 71,833 75,340 TX : 1,114 2,113 41,420 47,586 93,630 107,966 VA : 938 * * 19,551 62,770 65,176 : Oth Sts : 12,728 12,415 236,819 244,745 453,749 537,844 : US : 41,807 54,212 779,143 857,822 2,238,684 2,578,004 : Mature : Light : 577 873 48,163 76,376 339,441 409,181 Heavy : 2,614 567 66,261 86,404 125,239 163,177 : US : 3,191 1,440 114,424 162,780 464,680 572,358 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 2,638 3,567 52,689 70,324 19.97 19.71 MN : 3,213 3,500 84,572 95,157 26.32 27.19 MO : 1,306 1,690 40,983 52,875 31.39 31.28 : Oth Sts : 13,360 17,389 396,939 506,289 29.71 29.12 : US : 20,517 26,146 575,183 724,645 28.03 27.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, September 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : 43,787 57,858 649 864 1.46 1.47 MN : 67,514 76,012 1,369 1,567 1.99 2.02 MO : 32,226 41,734 701 862 2.13 2.02 : Oth Sts : 312,896 399,913 4,906 6,140 1.54 1.51 : US : 456,423 575,517 7,625 9,433 1.64 1.61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2007-October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young : Old :----------------------------------------------------------- Cause : September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : 51 24 2 Septicaemia : 53,294 70,417 2,304 1,402 Airsacculitis : 7,482 8,232 462 341 Synovitis : 2,493 2,948 1 5 Tumors : 123 111 181 92 Bruises : 395 495 22 9 Cadaver : 2,516 3,589 62 42 Contamination : 3,411 3,984 59 73 Overscald : 2,041 1,745 28 16 Other : 15,114 22,264 1,768 2,082 : Total : 86,920 113,809 4,887 4,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 305 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2006. Young chickens were slaughtered in 35 States, young turkeys in 26 States. Revision Policy: Data for the previous month and year-to-date totals are subject to revision the following month after the initial monthly estimates are published. Final data are published in the annual summary released in February and include any revisions made to current year's and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports or corrections received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after publication of the annual summary in February. 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 using 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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