Pou 2-1 (4-08) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 28, 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 1 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during March 2008 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.51 billion pounds, up 1 percent from the amount certified in March 2007. The February 2008 revised certified total at 3.47 billion pounds, was up10 percent from February 2007. The February revision represented an increase of 19.0 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during March 2008 was 4.73 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 4.67 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.03 billion pounds, up 1 percent from March 2007. Mature chickens, at 72.4 million pounds, were up 14 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 613 million pounds, up slightly from a year ago. Ducks totaled 13.9 million pounds, down 13 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during March 2008 averaged 5.56 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from March 2007. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.66 pounds per bird, down 3 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during March 2008 averaged 29.4 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from March 2007. Ante-mortem condemnations during March 2008 totaled 15.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.33 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.33 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 48.9 million pounds, were 1.37 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.37 percent a year earlier. March 2008 contained 21 weekdays and 5 Saturdays, while March 2007 had 22 weekdays and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, March, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Mar : Feb : Mar :Mar :Feb :---------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007:2008: 2007 : 2008 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 729,455 713,136 725,872 100 102 2,147,855 2,224,900 104 Mature : 10,914 11,801 12,784 117 108 31,563 37,554 119 Light : 4,992 5,356 6,319 127 118 14,001 18,007 129 Heavy : 5,922 6,445 6,465 109 100 17,562 19,547 111 Total : 740,369 724,937 738,656 100 102 2,179,418 2,262,454 104 : Turkeys : Young : 21,145 21,416 20,713 98 97 61,117 64,709 106 Old : 135 122 173 128 142 436 413 95 Total : 21,280 21,538 20,886 98 97 61,553 65,122 106 : Ducks : 2,382 2,005 2,041 86 102 7,043 6,201 88 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :3,976,573 3,949,417 4,034,060 101 102 11,731,694 12,358,831 105 Mature : 63,426 69,556 72,383 114 104 185,290 215,285 116 Light : 16,252 17,710 20,681 127 117 45,765 58,990 129 Heavy : 47,174 51,846 51,702 110 100 139,525 156,295 112 Total :4,039,999 4,018,973 4,106,443 102 102 11,916,984 12,574,116 106 : Turkeys : Young : 606,959 634,709 608,525 100 96 1,775,689 1,929,568 109 Old : 3,536 3,290 4,527 128 138 11,482 10,868 95 Total : 610,495 637,999 613,052 100 96 1,787,171 1,940,436 109 : Ducks : 15,939 13,601 13,853 87 102 47,401 42,053 89 Other : Poultry 2/: 156 155 149 96 96 502 490 98 : Total : Poultry :4,666,589 4,670,728 4,733,497 101 101 13,752,058 14,557,095 106 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.45 5.54 5.56 102 100 5.46 5.55 102 Mature : 5.81 5.89 5.66 97 96 5.87 5.73 98 Light : 3.26 3.31 3.27 100 99 3.27 3.28 100 Heavy : 7.97 8.04 8.00 100 100 7.94 8.00 101 Total : 5.46 5.54 5.56 102 100 5.47 5.56 102 : Turkeys : Young : 28.70 29.64 29.38 102 99 29.05 29.82 103 Old : 26.19 26.97 26.17 100 97 26.33 26.31 100 Total : 28.69 29.62 29.35 102 99 29.03 29.80 103 : Ducks : 6.69 6.78 6.79 101 100 6.73 6.78 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, March, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :----------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Mar : Feb : Mar : Mar :Feb :---------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008: 2007 : 2008 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,648,285 2,629,709 2,683,637 101 102 7,825,100 8,247,818 105 Mature : 39,129 42,173 44,178 113 105 114,525 130,820 114 Light : 8,197 8,429 9,876 120 117 23,243 28,296 122 Heavy : 30,932 33,744 34,302 111 102 91,282 102,524 112 Total :2,687,414 2,671,882 2,727,815 102 102 7,939,625 8,378,638 106 : Turkeys : Young : 290,230 301,175 289,486 100 96 812,424 899,316 111 Old : 2,452 2,206 2,737 112 124 7,596 6,839 90 Total : 292,682 303,381 292,223 100 96 820,020 906,155 111 : Ducks : 5,271 4,484 4,760 90 106 15,865 14,212 90 Other : Poultry 2/: 79 82 81 103 99 235 253 108 : Total : Poultry :2,985,446 2,979,829 3,024,879 101 102 8,775,745 9,299,258 106 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 277,772 280,768 283,515 102 101 799,469 859,955 108 Mature : 336 1,525 1,390 414 91 741 4,183 565 Light : 1,127 1,135 101 3,193 Heavy : 336 398 255 76 64 741 990 134 Total : 278,108 282,293 284,905 102 101 800,210 864,138 108 : Turkeys : Young : 188,968 202,836 193,543 102 95 591,989 632,367 107 Old : 246 242 684 278 283 1,072 1,291 120 Total : 189,214 203,078 194,227 103 96 593,061 633,658 107 : Ducks : 6,158 5,230 5,201 84 99 18,011 15,918 88 Other : Poultry 2/: 23 21 21 91 100 70 77 110 : Total : Poultry : 473,503 490,622 484,354 102 99 1,411,352 1,513,791 107 : Chilled and : Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,926,057 2,910,477 2,967,152 101 102 8,624,569 9,107,773 106 Mature : 39,465 43,698 45,568 115 104 115,266 135,003 117 Light : 8,197 9,556 11,011 134 115 23,243 31,489 135 Heavy : 31,268 34,142 34,557 111 101 92,023 103,514 112 Total :2,965,522 2,954,175 3,012,720 102 102 8,739,835 9,242,776 106 : Turkeys : Young : 479,198 504,011 483,029 101 96 1,404,413 1,531,683 109 Old : 2,698 2,448 3,421 127 140 8,668 8,130 94 Total : 481,896 506,459 486,450 101 96 1,413,081 1,539,813 109 : Ducks : 11,429 9,714 9,961 87 103 33,876 30,130 89 Other : Poultry 2/: 102 103 102 100 99 305 330 108 : Total : Poultry :3,458,949 3,470,451 3,509,233 101 101 10,187,097 10,813,049 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, March, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Mar : Feb : Mar : Mar : Feb :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :12,475 13,483 12,579 101 93 40,668 42,313 104 Mature : 886 1,362 1,109 125 81 2,804 3,915 140 Light : 319 516 399 125 77 1,048 1,310 125 Heavy : 567 846 710 125 84 1,756 2,605 148 Total :13,361 14,845 13,688 102 92 43,472 46,228 106 : Turkeys : Young : 1,877 1,855 1,731 92 93 5,850 5,694 97 Old : 37 46 42 114 91 185 138 75 Total : 1,914 1,901 1,773 93 93 6,035 5,832 97 : Ducks : 30 47 22 73 47 97 99 102 : Total Poultry :15,305 16,793 15,483 101 92 49,604 52,159 105 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.31 0.34 0.31 100 91 0.35 0.34 97 Mature : 1.40 1.96 1.53 109 78 1.51 1.82 121 Light : 1.96 2.91 1.93 98 66 2.29 2.22 97 Heavy : 1.20 1.63 1.37 114 84 1.26 1.67 133 Total : 0.33 0.37 0.33 100 89 0.36 0.37 103 : Turkeys : Young : 0.31 0.29 0.28 90 97 0.33 0.30 91 Old : 1.05 1.40 0.93 89 66 1.61 1.27 79 Total : 0.31 0.30 0.29 94 97 0.34 0.30 88 : Ducks : 0.19 0.35 0.16 84 46 0.20 0.24 120 : Total Poultry : 0.33 0.36 0.33 100 92 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, March, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Mar : Feb : Mar : Mar : Feb :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :35,863 35,292 36,590 102 104 106,123 109,666 103 Mature : 2,843 3,077 3,352 118 109 8,631 9,823 114 Light : 1,184 964 1,376 116 143 3,562 3,589 101 Heavy : 1,659 2,113 1,976 119 94 5,069 6,234 123 Total :38,706 38,369 39,942 103 104 114,754 119,489 104 : Turkeys : Young : 8,865 8,846 8,435 95 95 26,126 26,667 102 Old : 190 188 235 124 125 706 599 85 Total : 9,055 9,034 8,670 96 96 26,832 27,266 102 : Ducks : 315 249 265 84 106 1,015 800 79 Other Poultry : 2 1 2 100 200 6 5 83 : Total Poultry :48,078 47,653 48,879 102 103 142,607 147,560 103 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.21 1.20 1.22 101 102 1.22 1.19 98 Mature : 6.72 6.58 6.85 102 104 6.97 6.78 97 Light : 12.62 9.16 11.11 88 121 13.29 10.23 77 Heavy : 5.04 5.83 5.41 107 93 5.22 5.68 109 Total : 1.29 1.28 1.31 102 102 1.30 1.28 98 : Turkeys : Young : 1.82 1.72 1.72 94 100 1.83 1.71 94 Old : 6.58 7.13 6.43 98 90 7.53 6.86 91 Total : 1.84 1.75 1.75 95 100 1.86 1.74 93 : Ducks : 2.68 2.50 2.59 97 104 2.91 2.59 89 Other Poultry : 1.92 0.96 1.92 100 200 1.93 1.49 77 : Total Poultry : 1.37 1.35 1.37 100 101 1.38 1.35 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Poultry Slaughter: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, United States, February 2008-March 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 5,873 5,384 1,024,422 1,010,098 Mature : 2,024 2,231 170,959 212,222 Light : 1,756 2,012 127,071 171,068 Heavy : 268 219 43,888 41,154 Total : 7,897 7,615 1,195,381 1,222,320 : Turkeys : Young : 32 74 71,374 66,134 Old : 2 2,653 3,295 Total : 34 74 74,027 69,429 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young :1,163,228 1,355,033 3,881 3,397 72,309 73,731 Mature : 24,786 37,937 508 476 63,192 83,249 Light : 21,650 34,854 262 301 55,689 76,255 Heavy : 3,136 3,083 246 175 7,503 6,994 Total :1,188,014 1,392,970 4,389 3,873 135,501 156,980 : Turkeys : Young : 12,655 10,024 4,528 4,074 184 334 Old : 210 484 7 106 258 Total : 12,865 10,508 4,528 4,081 290 592 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 18,268 18,541 115,975 97,361 140,037 143,442 Mature : 9,956 11,853 4,469 4,192 81,748 101,035 Light : 9,377 11,342 1,586 2,212 68,943 91,343 Heavy : 579 511 2,883 1,980 12,805 9,692 Total : 28,224 30,394 120,444 101,553 221,785 244,477 : Turkeys : Young : 351 377 3,005 2,130 3,335 2,826 Old : 7 6 13 21 31 78 Total : 358 383 3,018 2,151 3,366 2,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 35,901 39,782 971,656 918,835 3,551,550 3,665,604 Mature : 562 852 137,498 138,056 495,702 592,103 Light : 421 720 54,240 67,338 340,995 457,445 Heavy : 141 132 83,258 70,718 154,707 134,658 Total : 36,463 40,634 1,109,154 1,056,891 4,047,252 4,257,707 : Turkeys : Young : 1,229 1,609 14,547 13,224 111,240 100,806 Old : 8 11 302 983 3,332 5,143 Total : 1,237 1,620 14,849 14,207 114,572 105,949 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, February 2008-March 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March :February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 87,950 89,267 482,833 485,983 5.49 5.44 AR : 92,496 93,756 501,926 508,228 5.43 5.42 DE : 24,028 23,822 157,035 157,636 6.54 6.62 GA : 105,034 106,576 546,921 564,813 5.21 5.30 KY : 19,454 23,116 106,504 123,015 5.47 5.32 LA : 15,409 15,392 90,685 88,223 5.89 5.73 MD : 12,070 11,653 56,521 54,603 4.68 4.69 MS : 62,896 63,659 360,836 367,690 5.74 5.78 MO : 31,206 31,577 143,442 148,590 4.60 4.71 NY : 1,530 1,523 8,050 7,949 5.26 5.22 NC : 58,502 59,821 407,912 418,359 6.97 6.99 OH : 4,107 4,243 23,738 24,293 5.78 5.72 PA : 9,819 9,971 56,030 57,156 5.71 5.73 SC : 23,803 24,214 151,376 154,630 6.36 6.39 TN : 22,617 22,305 116,071 112,956 5.13 5.06 TX : 53,556 53,696 286,834 287,576 5.36 5.36 VA : 24,580 25,118 124,804 130,471 5.08 5.19 : US 1/ : 713,136 725,872 3,949,417 4,034,060 5.54 5.56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, February 2008-March 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 354,613 361,463 3,513 3,386 0.98 0.93 AR : 359,946 361,399 4,254 4,360 1.17 1.19 DE : 113,153 113,205 2,120 2,108 1.84 1.83 GA : 403,823 411,498 5,623 5,657 1.37 1.36 KY : 76,287 88,662 808 1,690 1.05 1.87 LA : 67,073 65,295 439 359 0.65 0.55 MD : 40,357 38,999 933 986 2.26 2.47 MS : 274,177 278,787 2,781 2,952 1.00 1.05 MO : 105,537 109,145 1,252 1,245 1.17 1.13 NY : 4,883 4,880 143 115 2.85 2.30 NC : 310,886 318,952 4,730 4,439 1.50 1.37 OH : 17,421 17,747 369 372 2.07 2.05 PA : 38,497 39,203 726 738 1.85 1.85 SC : 113,553 115,584 1,374 1,753 1.20 1.49 TN : 83,535 81,299 899 1,026 1.06 1.25 TX : 219,304 219,584 1,819 1,782 0.82 0.81 VA : 86,900 90,738 615 654 0.70 0.72 : US 3/ : 2,910,477 2,967,152 35,292 36,590 1.20 1.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 3/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2008-March 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : * * 73,914 70,168 AR : 431 429 145,916 138,496 DE : * 1,479 88,602 83,846 GA : 342 330 95,365 89,074 KY : * * 28,879 36,259 LA : * * 13,987 11,299 MD : 278 223 37,801 38,930 MS : * * 40,865 39,001 MO : * 289 76,857 75,908 NY : * * * * NC : 368 * 97,444 87,452 OH : 7,013 7,562 PA : 321 298 19,594 21,607 SC : * * 9,886 9,301 TN : 51 117 37,399 41,059 TX : * * 44,393 40,305 VA : * 83 26,330 25,343 : US 1/ : 5,873 5,384 1,024,422 1,010,098 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 80,557 68,214 409 383 * * AR : 46,119 48,046 1,290 1,235 2,075 1,835 DE : 59,083 64,684 * 157 * * GA : 422,933 * 144 * 8,931 10,015 KY : 35,082 * * * * * LA : 4,041 4,508 86 * 267 199 MD : * * * * * * MS : 54,651 64,643 74 88 851 842 MO : 19,501 17,143 155 * 1,304 1,202 NY : * * 143 85 * * NC : 97,960 84,152 189 * 13,308 13,145 OH : * * * * * * PA : 14,840 15,579 * * 261 281 SC : * * * * * * TN : * * 134 * 656 576 TX : 18,453 15,974 93 * 834 827 VA : 17,718 19,081 22 * * * : US 1/ :1,163,228 1,355,033 3,881 3,397 72,309 73,731 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, February 2008-March 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,925 1,979 9,988 7,329 13,531 14,699 AR : 3,226 2,977 13,301 10,586 18,507 18,738 DE : 1,079 1,164 4,365 4,295 6,280 5,783 GA : 1,646 1,658 25,499 21,469 14,807 15,746 KY : 100 * * 3,161 3,167 4,324 LA : * 141 * 2,220 * * MD : 1,214 1,444 2,809 3,260 * * MS : * * 3,109 2,468 3,844 3,572 MO : 713 787 4,014 2,572 8,016 8,232 NY : 903 808 * * 3,720 3,202 NC : 1,589 1,554 17,222 15,960 10,895 9,046 OH : * * 1,362 1,311 * 306 PA : 814 679 1,610 1,154 2,527 2,783 SC : 641 * * * 1,371 1,476 TN : 623 757 1,716 2,025 2,317 2,849 TX : 475 505 4,237 3,687 6,025 6,135 VA : 748 757 2,146 1,781 3,116 2,634 : US 1/ : 18,268 18,541 115,975 97,361 140,037 143,442 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 5,608 9,030 128,209 125,989 319,428 302,810 AR : 1,450 3,633 82,434 84,114 314,749 310,089 DE : 1,561 1,341 * * 225,478 228,700 GA : 4,648 3,078 111,746 87,264 686,061 644,603 KY : 213 * 17,196 28,893 95,912 * LA : * 70 * * 33,204 23,946 MD : 1,216 536 * * * * MS : * 687 68,710 72,293 174,023 185,054 MO : * * 95,133 82,557 206,096 189,153 NY : 371 217 8,309 * 26,819 21,214 NC : 10,431 7,306 137,619 90,691 387,025 309,638 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * 66,233 72,501 SC : * 620 34,047 34,735 * * TN : * * 3,975 4,385 88,796 131,926 TX : * 3,957 38,459 38,429 114,191 110,056 VA : 1,369 1,433 * 23,840 74,232 79,838 : US 1/ : 35,901 39,782 971,656 918,835 3,551,550 3,665,604 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, February 2008-March 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March :February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,253 2,756 62,779 55,113 19.30 20.00 MN : 2,963 2,988 82,950 82,854 28.00 27.73 MO : 1,419 1,367 46,196 45,224 32.57 33.07 : US 1/ : 21,416 20,713 634,709 608,525 29.64 29.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, February 2008-March 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : February : March : February : March : February : March -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 52,719 46,462 653 604 1.22 1.28 MN : 66,239 66,207 1,329 1,329 1.97 1.97 MO : 36,229 35,312 825 902 2.23 2.49 : US 3/ : 504,011 483,029 8,846 8,435 1.72 1.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 3/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. 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. 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. 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 2007. 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 and those published States that are confidential (denoted by an *) are included in the "US" category. 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