Pou 2-1 (1-08) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 29, 2008, 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 December 2007 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.39 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the amount certified in December 2006. The November 2007 revised certified total at 3.59 billion pounds, was up 4 percent from November 2006. The November revision represented an increase of 15.9 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during December 2007 was 4.57 billion pounds, up 5 percent from 4.34 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.92 billion pounds, up 5 percent from December 2006. Mature chickens, at 61.1 million pounds, were up 4 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 577 million pounds, up 7 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 15.0 million pounds, down 7 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during December 2007 averaged 5.59 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from December 2006. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.67 pounds per bird, down 5 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during December 2007 averaged 29.1 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from December 2006. Ante-mortem condemnations during December 2007 totaled 15.2 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.33 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.35 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 41.9 million pounds, were 1.22 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.29 percent a year earlier. December 2007 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while December 2006 had 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 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, December, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec :Dec :Nov :---------------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006:2007: 2006 : 2007 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 679,262 725,835 700,055 103 96 8,837,755 8,886,989 101 Mature : 9,865 10,714 10,787 109 101 131,161 132,425 101 Light : 4,167 4,502 5,339 128 119 53,996 56,589 105 Heavy : 5,698 6,212 5,448 96 88 77,165 75,836 98 Total : 689,127 736,549 710,842 103 97 8,968,916 9,019,414 101 : Turkeys : Young : 19,091 23,657 19,670 103 83 252,734 262,008 104 Old : 198 207 195 98 94 2,589 2,231 86 Total : 19,289 23,864 19,865 103 83 255,323 264,239 103 : Ducks : 2,405 2,322 2,206 92 95 28,081 27,290 97 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :3,724,613 4,091,805 3,916,368 105 96 48,332,637 48,972,179 101 Mature : 58,910 64,654 61,114 104 95 802,821 794,706 99 Light : 13,616 15,088 17,580 129 117 180,012 186,533 104 Heavy : 45,294 49,566 43,534 96 88 622,809 608,173 98 Total :3,783,523 4,156,459 3,977,482 105 96 49,135,458 49,766,885 101 : Turkeys : Young : 536,539 654,198 571,890 107 87 7,118,232 7,431,677 104 Old : 5,367 5,527 5,338 99 97 68,175 58,388 86 Total : 541,906 659,725 577,228 107 87 7,186,407 7,490,065 104 : Ducks : 16,176 15,740 15,031 93 95 188,702 183,776 97 Other : Poultry 2/: 311 394 345 111 88 6,250 5,765 92 : Total : Poultry :4,341,916 4,832,318 4,570,086 105 95 56,516,817 57,446,491 102 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.48 5.64 5.59 102 99 5.47 5.51 101 Mature : 5.97 6.03 5.67 95 94 6.12 6.00 98 Light : 3.27 3.35 3.29 101 98 3.33 3.30 99 Heavy : 7.95 7.98 7.99 101 100 8.07 8.02 99 Total : 5.49 5.64 5.60 102 99 5.48 5.52 101 : Turkeys : Young : 28.10 27.65 29.07 103 105 28.16 28.36 101 Old : 27.11 26.70 27.37 101 103 26.33 26.17 99 Total : 28.09 27.65 29.06 103 105 28.15 28.35 101 : Ducks : 6.73 6.78 6.81 101 100 6.72 6.73 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :----------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec :Nov :---------------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007: 2006 : 2007 :2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,473,843 2,724,786 2,601,629 105 95 32,340,260 32,476,029 100 Mature : 36,688 40,303 37,410 102 93 500,105 491,811 98 Light : 6,950 7,652 8,495 122 111 91,733 95,214 104 Heavy : 29,738 32,651 28,915 97 89 408,372 396,597 97 Total :2,510,531 2,765,089 2,639,039 105 95 32,840,365 32,967,840 100 : Turkeys : Young : 243,582 320,227 264,378 109 83 3,177,684 3,372,905 106 Old : 3,289 2,889 3,137 95 109 41,906 34,137 81 Total : 246,871 323,116 267,515 108 83 3,219,590 3,407,042 106 : Ducks : 5,554 5,509 5,382 97 98 66,850 64,508 96 Other : Poultry 2/: 183 173 156 85 90 1,973 2,069 105 : Total : Poultry :2,763,139 3,093,887 2,912,092 105 94 36,128,778 36,441,459 101 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 251,576 285,052 281,710 112 99 3,411,712 3,472,489 102 Mature : 140 869 1,042 744 120 4,403 6,366 145 Light : 672 976 145 181 1,712 946 Heavy : 140 197 66 47 34 4,222 4,654 110 Total : 251,716 285,921 282,752 112 99 3,416,115 3,478,855 102 : Turkeys : Young : 179,882 200,057 190,322 106 95 2,456,504 2,518,743 103 Old : 826 1,344 898 109 67 10,125 9,995 99 Total : 180,708 201,401 191,220 106 95 2,466,629 2,528,738 103 : Ducks : 6,001 5,735 5,388 90 94 68,193 67,014 98 Other : Poultry 2/: 23 73 63 274 86 1,577 1,332 84 : Total : Poultry : 438,448 493,130 479,423 109 97 5,952,514 6,075,939 102 : Chilled and : Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,725,419 3,009,838 2,883,339 106 96 35,751,972 35,948,518 101 Mature : 36,828 41,172 38,452 104 93 504,508 498,177 99 Light : 6,950 8,324 9,471 136 114 91,914 96,926 105 Heavy : 29,878 32,848 28,981 97 88 412,594 401,251 97 Total :2,762,247 3,051,010 2,921,791 106 96 36,256,480 36,446,695 101 : Turkeys : Young : 423,464 520,284 454,700 107 87 5,634,188 5,891,648 105 Old : 4,115 4,233 4,035 98 95 52,031 44,132 85 Total : 427,579 524,517 458,735 107 87 5,686,219 5,935,780 104 : Ducks : 11,555 11,244 10,770 93 96 135,043 131,522 97 Other : Poultry 2/: 206 246 219 106 89 3,550 3,401 96 : Total : Poultry :3,201,587 3,587,017 3,391,515 106 95 42,081,292 42,517,398 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :12,758 11,962 12,620 99 106 167,755 168,416 100 Mature : 709 882 952 134 108 11,836 14,411 122 Light : 171 216 296 173 137 3,479 4,034 116 Heavy : 538 666 656 122 98 8,357 10,377 124 Total :13,467 12,844 13,572 101 106 179,591 182,827 102 : Turkeys : Young : 1,496 1,441 1,513 101 105 20,654 21,640 105 Old : 43 32 68 158 213 749 725 97 Total : 1,539 1,473 1,581 103 107 21,403 22,365 104 : Ducks : 47 30 32 68 107 468 451 96 Other Poultry : 2 1 50 10 22 220 : Total Poultry :15,053 14,349 15,186 101 106 201,472 205,665 102 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.34 0.29 0.32 94 110 0.35 0.34 97 Mature : 1.20 1.36 1.56 130 115 1.47 1.81 123 Light : 1.26 1.43 1.68 133 117 1.93 2.16 112 Heavy : 1.19 1.34 1.51 127 113 1.34 1.71 128 Total : 0.36 0.31 0.34 94 110 0.37 0.37 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.28 0.22 0.26 93 118 0.29 0.29 100 Old : 0.80 0.58 1.27 159 219 1.10 1.24 113 Total : 0.28 0.22 0.27 96 123 0.30 0.30 100 : Ducks : 0.29 0.19 0.21 72 111 0.25 0.25 100 Other Poultry : 0.51 0.29 57 0.16 0.38 238 : Total Poultry : 0.35 0.30 0.33 94 110 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, 2006-2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 :2006 :2007 : 2006 : 2007 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :31,222 30,366 31,000 99 102 406,995 393,080 97 Mature : 2,707 2,913 2,756 102 95 35,125 36,808 105 Light : 1,098 1,030 1,061 97 103 14,546 13,422 92 Heavy : 1,609 1,883 1,695 105 90 20,579 23,386 114 Total :33,929 33,279 33,756 99 101 442,120 429,888 97 : Turkeys : Young : 7,338 8,045 7,553 103 94 102,472 101,839 99 Old : 192 231 269 140 116 2,802 3,011 107 Total : 7,530 8,276 7,822 104 95 105,274 104,850 100 : Ducks : 378 351 280 74 80 4,553 3,862 85 Other Poultry : 4 4 3 75 75 76 77 101 : Total Poultry :41,841 41,910 41,861 100 100 552,023 538,677 98 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.13 1.00 1.06 94 106 1.13 1.08 96 Mature : 6.85 6.61 6.69 98 101 6.51 6.88 106 Light : 13.64 11.01 10.07 74 91 13.66 12.16 89 Heavy : 5.11 5.42 5.53 108 102 4.75 5.51 116 Total : 1.21 1.08 1.14 94 106 1.20 1.17 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.70 1.52 1.63 96 107 1.79 1.70 95 Old : 4.46 5.17 6.25 140 121 5.11 6.39 125 Total : 1.73 1.55 1.68 97 108 1.82 1.74 95 : Ducks : 3.17 3.03 2.53 80 84 3.26 2.85 87 Other Poultry : 1.90 1.60 1.35 71 84 2.10 2.21 106 : Total Poultry : 1.29 1.15 1.22 95 106 1.29 1.25 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 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 89,135 85,529 501,869 474,959 5.63 5.55 AR : 91,914 87,017 505,645 471,506 5.50 5.42 DE : 24,418 24,134 167,851 163,290 6.87 6.77 GA : 107,067 103,150 576,330 543,837 5.38 5.27 KY : 24,008 22,982 132,343 123,471 5.51 5.37 LA : 16,317 15,557 97,838 91,950 6.00 5.91 MD : 12,682 12,185 61,255 58,251 4.83 4.78 MS : 62,342 61,510 356,376 348,734 5.72 5.67 MO : 33,492 31,265 160,211 148,073 4.78 4.74 NC : 59,203 56,022 417,030 398,597 7.04 7.11 OH : 4,146 3,707 23,741 21,236 5.73 5.73 PA : 9,527 9,412 55,275 55,391 5.80 5.88 SC : 24,830 24,748 159,606 161,155 6.43 6.51 TN : 21,966 20,824 114,465 107,138 5.21 5.14 TX : 53,145 50,949 284,933 269,897 5.36 5.30 VA : 25,002 24,733 130,949 130,794 5.24 5.29 : Oth Sts : 66,641 66,331 346,088 348,089 5.19 5.25 : US : 725,835 700,055 4,091,805 3,916,368 5.64 5.59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, November 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : 366,660 349,054 3,458 3,518 0.93 1.00 AR : 364,600 342,503 4,351 3,944 1.18 1.14 DE : 120,838 117,309 1,683 1,909 1.37 1.60 GA : 429,337 404,492 3,523 3,582 0.81 0.88 KY : 95,862 90,119 712 966 0.74 1.06 LA : 71,828 67,795 426 396 0.59 0.58 MD : 44,685 42,534 597 625 1.32 1.45 MS : 261,482 256,451 2,368 2,332 0.90 0.90 MO : 117,754 108,138 1,194 1,235 1.00 1.13 NC : 319,133 303,862 4,031 4,151 1.25 1.35 OH : 17,296 15,524 304 313 1.73 1.98 PA : 37,797 37,743 615 759 1.60 1.97 SC : 117,492 119,266 946 1,013 0.80 0.84 TN : 82,621 77,274 802 712 0.96 0.91 TX : 217,292 205,145 1,944 1,733 0.89 0.84 VA : 91,910 91,964 599 668 0.65 0.72 : Oth Sts : 253,251 254,166 2,813 3,144 1.10 1.22 : US : 3,009,838 2,883,339 30,366 31,000 1.00 1.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : * * 86,817 77,147 AR : 482 600 127,742 146,428 DE : * * 77,484 83,168 GA : 303 323 81,947 78,333 KY : * * 30,876 34,866 LA : * * 12,383 11,513 MD : * 155 31,233 32,005 MS : * * 32,986 31,092 MO : 738 283 66,901 76,850 NC : 353 336 86,438 91,839 OH : * 7,046 6,559 PA : 78 37 17,024 20,858 SC : * * 8,144 7,409 TN : * 49 41,117 35,405 TX : 60 52 40,167 44,175 VA : * * 23,146 24,308 : Oth Sts : 2,698 2,655 180,628 196,875 : US : 4,712 4,490 952,079 998,830 : Mature : Light : 1,263 1,573 129,665 150,021 Heavy : 513 176 31,260 32,073 : US : 1,776 1,749 160,925 182,094 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 61,998 65,123 428 417 * * AR : 25,040 37,456 1,411 1,568 1,898 1,956 DE : 23,766 44,208 49 75 * * GA : 81,569 92,835 202 145 6,934 8,556 KY : * * * * * * LA : 2,953 3,436 * * 238 227 MD : 22,574 34,329 * 57 * * MS : 21,130 21,702 148 * 792 875 MO : 12,229 16,468 236 269 1,489 1,416 NC : 39,948 67,775 87 * 9,661 9,129 OH : 1,721 2,026 * * 96 102 PA : 9,878 13,988 * * 241 236 SC : 5,920 12,025 * 16 * * TN : 21,081 15,986 125 * 565 688 TX : 10,257 14,756 * * 951 973 VA : 8,686 12,757 17 * * * : Oth Sts : 37,499 74,613 1,411 2,189 34,196 34,679 : US : 386,249 529,483 4,114 4,736 57,061 58,837 : Mature : Light : 26,592 24,540 158 262 53,600 57,008 Heavy : 1,066 3,439 111 68 6,401 5,765 : US : 27,658 27,979 269 330 60,001 62,773 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 1,925 1,842 10,598 8,336 14,990 12,070 AR : 3,610 4,103 13,352 13,967 19,168 25,294 DE : 1,394 1,137 3,970 4,204 5,711 6,069 GA : 1,520 1,536 26,612 26,288 12,745 11,909 KY : 129 143 3,619 3,674 3,645 4,060 LA : * * 1,672 2,138 * 914 MD : 1,182 1,111 2,957 3,213 * * MS : * 1,102 3,192 3,290 3,558 3,314 MO : 958 1,063 4,342 4,050 9,028 9,859 NC : 1,648 1,613 20,935 22,888 15,764 15,471 OH : * * * * 403 274 PA : 549 639 1,300 1,589 2,131 2,358 SC : 740 751 1,864 1,520 1,549 * TN : 638 594 1,829 1,429 2,594 2,140 TX : 479 483 4,971 5,617 5,538 4,764 VA : 780 787 2,319 2,023 3,231 2,727 : Oth Sts : 3,949 2,753 13,235 15,016 39,964 47,054 : US : 19,501 19,657 116,767 119,242 140,019 148,277 : Mature : Light : 10,653 14,072 1,611 2,119 78,902 81,079 Heavy : 790 437 3,463 2,456 11,533 8,883 : US : 11,443 14,509 5,074 4,575 90,435 89,962 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young : AL : 6,537 8,851 120,895 136,948 309,236 315,135 AR : 2,822 3,120 99,685 87,233 295,210 321,725 DE : * * * * 150,609 196,156 GA : 4,902 4,155 71,337 91,446 288,071 315,526 KY : 349 323 * * 74,597 111,163 LA : 43 * * * 35,579 33,201 MD : * 511 * * * * MS : * 1,103 47,283 47,442 111,222 110,257 MO : 278 343 62,316 73,404 158,515 184,005 NC : 6,543 * 60,578 78,726 241,955 298,563 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * 52,643 71,126 SC : 1,586 1,307 41,239 49,151 62,080 75,812 TN : * * 2,836 2,812 72,166 60,346 TX : * * 46,832 35,009 111,261 107,620 VA : 1,528 559 15,586 19,051 58,950 65,736 : Oth Sts : 17,890 24,643 222,433 272,181 491,906 555,499 : US : 42,478 44,915 791,020 893,403 2,514,000 2,821,870 : Mature : Light : 797 375 68,058 62,135 371,299 393,184 Heavy : 354 98 75,054 61,365 130,545 114,760 : US : 1,151 473 143,112 123,500 501,844 507,944 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,271 2,735 62,596 53,414 19.14 19.53 MN : 3,290 2,853 88,862 79,060 27.01 27.71 MO : 1,319 1,260 41,375 39,920 31.37 31.68 : Oth Sts : 15,777 12,822 461,365 399,496 29.24 31.16 : US : 23,657 19,670 654,198 571,890 27.65 29.07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : 51,205 44,193 756 628 1.45 1.40 MN : 70,997 62,890 1,483 1,447 2.05 2.25 MO : 32,779 31,534 624 649 1.87 2.02 : Oth Sts : 365,303 316,083 5,182 4,829 1.40 1.50 : US : 520,284 454,700 8,045 7,553 1.52 1.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2007-December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Young : Old :----------------------------------------------------------- Cause : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : 34 40 Septicaemia : 65,944 62,147 2,561 3,480 Airsacculitis : 6,216 9,382 501 458 Synovitis : 2,794 2,512 32 9 Tumors : 159 244 138 114 Bruises : 431 300 4 10 Cadaver : 3,472 2,357 59 55 Contamination : 3,640 3,300 75 62 Overscald : 1,958 1,116 3 10 Other : 25,597 13,994 1,049 1,887 : Total : 110,245 95,392 4,422 6,085 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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