Pou 2-1 (6-08) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 30, 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 Slightly from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during May 2008 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.74 billion pounds, up slightly from the amount certified in May 2007. The April 2008 revised certified total at 3.77 billion pounds, was up 11 percent from April 2007. The April revision represented an increase of 13.9 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during May 2008 was 5.01 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 5.05 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.27 billion pounds, down 1 percent from May 2007. Mature chickens, at 79.0 million pounds, were up 11 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 652 million pounds, up 1 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.7 million pounds, down 20 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during May 2008 averaged 5.60 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from May 2007. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.77 pounds per bird, down 5 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during May 2008 averaged 29.0 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from May 2007. Ante-mortem condemnations during May 2008 totaled 15.1 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.30 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.32 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 44.1 million pounds, were 1.17 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.25 percent a year earlier. May 2008 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while May 2007 had 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, May, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : May : Apr : May :May :Apr :---------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007:2008: 2007 : 2008 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 783,900 771,439 761,979 97 99 3,645,611 3,758,317 103 Mature : 11,686 13,531 13,698 117 101 53,771 64,783 120 Light : 4,885 6,571 6,318 129 96 23,631 30,896 131 Heavy : 6,801 6,960 7,380 109 106 30,140 33,887 112 Total : 795,586 784,970 775,677 97 99 3,699,382 3,823,100 103 : Turkeys : Young : 22,438 22,055 22,354 100 101 103,895 109,175 105 Old : 202 213 138 68 65 741 768 104 Total : 22,640 22,268 22,492 99 101 104,636 109,943 105 : Ducks : 2,338 2,072 1,900 81 92 11,652 10,173 87 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :4,324,618 4,315,387 4,266,782 99 99 19,988,238 20,941,000 105 Mature : 71,077 76,741 78,998 111 103 318,039 371,024 117 Light : 15,936 21,482 20,460 128 95 77,263 100,932 131 Heavy : 55,141 55,259 58,538 106 106 240,776 270,092 112 Total :4,395,695 4,392,128 4,345,780 99 99 20,306,277 21,312,024 105 : Turkeys : Young : 638,079 648,018 648,457 102 100 2,994,827 3,227,883 108 Old : 5,262 5,796 3,798 72 66 19,616 20,579 105 Total : 643,341 653,814 652,255 101 100 3,014,443 3,248,462 108 : Ducks : 15,754 13,985 12,667 80 91 78,439 68,705 88 Other : Poultry 2/: 199 166 189 95 114 862 845 98 : Total : Poultry :5,054,989 5,060,093 5,010,891 99 99 23,400,021 24,630,036 105 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.52 5.59 5.60 101 100 5.48 5.57 102 Mature : 6.08 5.67 5.77 95 102 5.91 5.73 97 Light : 3.26 3.27 3.24 99 99 3.27 3.27 100 Heavy : 8.11 7.94 7.93 98 100 7.99 7.97 100 Total : 5.53 5.60 5.60 101 100 5.49 5.57 101 : Turkeys : Young : 28.44 29.38 29.01 102 99 28.83 29.57 103 Old : 26.05 27.21 27.52 106 101 26.47 26.80 101 Total : 28.42 29.36 29.00 102 99 28.81 29.55 103 : Ducks : 6.74 6.75 6.67 99 99 6.73 6.75 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, May, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :----------: to Date :Pct Commodity : May : Apr : May : May :Apr :---------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008: 2007 : 2008 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,866,789 2,894,074 2,859,191 100 99 13,297,325 14,001,122 105 Mature : 43,969 46,900 48,147 110 103 196,552 225,867 115 Light : 8,382 10,375 9,792 117 94 39,628 48,463 122 Heavy : 35,587 36,525 38,355 108 105 156,924 177,404 113 Total :2,910,758 2,940,974 2,907,338 100 99 13,493,877 14,226,989 105 : Turkeys : Young : 281,141 305,645 301,524 107 99 1,356,943 1,506,485 111 Old : 3,311 3,074 1,711 52 56 12,617 11,624 92 Total : 284,452 308,719 303,235 107 98 1,369,560 1,518,109 111 : Ducks : 5,397 4,427 3,293 61 74 26,536 21,932 83 Other : Poultry 2/: 95 89 88 93 99 410 430 105 : Total : Poultry :3,200,702 3,254,209 3,213,954 100 99 14,890,383 15,767,460 106 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 305,463 299,034 301,457 99 101 1,383,748 1,460,362 106 Mature : 869 1,132 1,457 168 129 2,151 6,772 315 Light : 903 1,129 125 5,225 Heavy : 869 229 328 38 143 2,151 1,547 72 Total : 306,332 300,166 302,914 99 101 1,385,899 1,467,134 106 : Turkeys : Young : 226,601 210,281 216,389 95 103 1,015,824 1,060,499 104 Old : 670 1,292 1,121 167 87 2,169 3,794 175 Total : 227,271 211,573 217,510 96 103 1,017,993 1,064,293 105 : Ducks : 5,831 5,601 5,860 100 105 29,549 27,379 93 Other : Poultry 2/: 27 24 32 119 133 122 133 109 : Total : Poultry : 539,461 517,364 526,316 98 102 2,433,563 2,558,939 105 : Chilled and : Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,172,252 3,193,108 3,160,648 100 99 14,681,073 15,461,484 105 Mature : 44,838 48,032 49,604 111 103 198,703 232,639 117 Light : 8,382 11,278 10,921 130 97 39,628 53,688 135 Heavy : 36,456 36,754 38,683 106 105 159,075 178,951 112 Total :3,217,090 3,241,140 3,210,252 100 99 14,879,776 15,694,123 105 : Turkeys : Young : 507,742 515,926 517,913 102 100 2,372,767 2,566,984 108 Old : 3,981 4,366 2,832 71 65 14,786 15,418 104 Total : 511,723 520,292 520,745 102 100 2,387,553 2,582,402 108 : Ducks : 11,228 10,028 9,153 82 91 56,085 49,311 88 Other : Poultry 2/: 122 113 120 98 106 532 563 106 : Total : Poultry :3,740,163 3,771,573 3,740,270 100 99 17,323,946 18,326,399 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, May, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : May : Apr : May : May : Apr :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,276 12,813 12,546 95 98 66,208 67,673 102 Mature : 1,020 1,062 1,088 107 102 4,622 6,065 131 Light : 279 510 326 117 64 1,561 2,146 137 Heavy : 741 552 762 103 138 3,061 3,919 128 Total :14,296 13,875 13,634 95 98 70,830 73,738 104 : Turkeys : Young : 1,701 1,550 1,445 85 93 9,237 8,692 94 Old : 74 51 36 49 71 318 225 71 Total : 1,775 1,601 1,481 83 93 9,555 8,917 93 : Ducks : 40 25 30 75 120 167 154 92 Other Poultry : 1 2 1 2 200 : Total Poultry :16,112 15,503 15,145 94 98 80,553 82,811 103 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.31 0.30 0.29 94 97 0.33 0.32 97 Mature : 1.44 1.38 1.38 96 100 1.45 1.63 112 Light : 1.75 2.37 1.59 91 67 2.02 2.13 105 Heavy : 1.34 1.00 1.30 97 130 1.27 1.45 114 Total : 0.33 0.32 0.31 94 97 0.35 0.35 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.27 0.24 0.22 81 92 0.31 0.27 87 Old : 1.41 0.88 0.95 67 108 1.62 1.09 67 Total : 0.28 0.24 0.23 82 96 0.32 0.27 84 : Ducks : 0.25 0.18 0.24 96 133 0.21 0.22 105 Other Poultry : 0.50 1.20 0.12 0.24 200 : Total Poultry : 0.32 0.31 0.30 94 97 0.34 0.34 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, May, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : May : Apr : May : May : Apr :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :34,891 34,924 31,964 92 92 174,359 176,550 101 Mature : 3,141 3,374 3,496 111 104 14,615 16,693 114 Light : 1,114 1,268 1,162 104 92 5,828 6,019 103 Heavy : 2,027 2,106 2,334 115 111 8,787 10,674 121 Total :38,032 38,298 35,460 93 93 188,974 193,243 102 : Turkeys : Young : 8,777 8,714 8,191 93 94 43,656 43,555 100 Old : 264 303 250 95 83 1,132 1,157 102 Total : 9,041 9,017 8,441 93 94 44,788 44,712 100 : Ducks : 341 314 227 67 72 1,685 1,341 80 Other Poultry : 2 2 2 100 100 10 9 90 : Total Poultry :47,416 47,631 44,130 93 93 235,457 239,305 102 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.09 1.08 1.00 92 93 1.17 1.13 96 Mature : 6.55 6.56 6.58 101 100 6.85 6.70 98 Light : 11.73 10.11 9.62 82 95 12.82 10.08 79 Heavy : 5.27 5.42 5.69 108 105 5.23 5.63 108 Total : 1.17 1.17 1.09 94 94 1.25 1.22 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.70 1.66 1.56 92 94 1.81 1.67 92 Old : 6.22 6.49 8.11 130 125 7.11 6.98 98 Total : 1.74 1.70 1.60 92 94 1.84 1.70 92 : Ducks : 2.95 3.04 2.42 82 80 2.92 2.65 91 Other Poultry : 1.61 1.74 1.64 102 94 1.85 1.57 85 : Total Poultry : 1.25 1.25 1.17 93 94 1.34 1.29 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 2008-May 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 6,227 7,340 1,033,289 917,952 Mature : 2,467 2,728 201,870 188,093 Light : 2,115 2,583 156,565 141,983 Heavy : 352 145 45,305 46,110 Total : 8,694 10,068 1,235,159 1,106,045 : Turkeys : Young : 27 54 60,828 60,686 Old : 1 3,400 2,854 Total : 27 55 64,228 63,540 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 786,593 601,673 3,656 3,814 79,392 68,989 Mature : 10,528 10,778 761 332 65,233 64,245 Light : 8,107 7,732 156 149 59,323 56,745 Heavy : 2,421 3,046 605 183 5,910 7,500 Total : 797,121 612,451 4,417 4,146 144,625 133,234 : Turkeys : Young : 7,256 4,678 3,157 2,897 252 153 Old : 385 452 68 3 164 105 Total : 7,641 5,130 3,225 2,900 416 258 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 19,594 18,104 92,856 85,182 148,829 130,431 Mature : 10,165 11,405 3,154 3,071 96,505 111,397 Light : 9,648 10,268 1,782 1,443 87,563 98,955 Heavy : 517 1,137 1,372 1,628 8,942 12,442 Total : 29,759 29,509 96,010 88,253 245,334 241,828 : Turkeys : Young : 504 373 2,259 2,111 2,876 2,852 Old : 22 15 28 37 69 102 Total : 526 388 2,287 2,148 2,945 2,954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 43,824 36,030 952,059 864,802 3,166,319 2,734,317 Mature : 1,185 435 159,869 170,389 551,737 562,873 Light : 1,064 221 78,236 68,257 404,559 388,336 Heavy : 121 214 81,633 102,132 147,178 174,537 Total : 45,009 36,465 1,111,928 1,035,191 3,718,056 3,297,190 : Turkeys : Young : 795 1,666 13,529 12,016 91,483 87,486 Old : 6 26 832 1,840 4,974 5,435 Total : 801 1,692 14,361 13,856 96,457 92,921 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, April 2008-May 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 91,641 91,968 498,720 502,301 5.44 5.46 AR : 96,505 91,387 520,067 503,699 5.39 5.51 DE : 26,366 26,548 177,742 181,315 6.74 6.83 GA : 114,738 112,547 613,896 601,663 5.35 5.35 KY : 24,482 24,934 129,558 133,910 5.29 5.37 LA : 16,866 16,412 99,047 97,410 5.87 5.94 MD : 12,115 12,163 58,527 60,310 4.83 4.96 MS : 67,836 68,327 400,540 399,987 5.90 5.85 MO : 35,007 34,106 163,962 158,034 4.68 4.63 NY : * 1,562 * 8,210 * 5.25 NC : 64,154 62,585 447,973 434,914 6.98 6.95 OH : 4,633 4,641 26,190 26,444 5.65 5.70 PA : 10,877 10,331 63,375 59,757 5.83 5.78 SC : 25,194 24,672 161,517 156,105 6.41 6.33 TN : 23,182 22,899 118,811 116,000 5.13 5.07 TX : 58,099 59,349 316,357 320,763 5.45 5.40 VA : 27,478 26,969 142,527 136,749 5.19 5.07 : US 1/ : 771,439 761,979 4,315,387 4,266,782 5.59 5.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 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, April 2008-May 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 370,119 372,707 3,263 3,106 0.87 0.83 AR : 371,894 361,297 4,457 3,782 1.18 1.04 DE : 127,850 130,051 2,321 2,084 1.78 1.58 GA : 460,510 451,037 5,031 4,166 1.08 0.92 KY : 93,558 96,946 942 885 1.00 0.90 LA : 73,463 72,509 362 340 0.49 0.47 MD : 42,099 43,596 905 707 2.10 1.60 MS : 303,814 303,861 2,925 2,677 0.95 0.87 MO : 120,233 116,093 1,359 1,320 1.12 1.12 NY : * 4,995 * 139 * 2.71 NC : 342,246 332,911 4,250 4,045 1.23 1.20 OH : 19,059 19,291 377 408 1.94 2.07 PA : 43,368 40,574 822 778 1.86 1.88 SC : 121,349 117,020 1,077 948 0.88 0.80 TN : 85,685 83,540 989 918 1.14 1.09 TX : 243,535 247,563 2,007 1,986 0.82 0.80 VA : 99,437 95,121 740 791 0.74 0.82 : US 3/ : 3,193,108 3,160,648 34,924 31,964 1.08 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 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, April 2008-May 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : * * 64,004 58,665 AR : 488 422 149,079 134,318 DE : 1,954 1,665 92,467 84,418 GA : 310 229 91,894 73,956 KY : 35 * 32,947 32,298 LA : * * 11,821 10,293 MD : * * 38,005 31,790 MS : * * 38,010 31,371 MO : 227 250 77,064 66,467 NY : * * * * NC : 452 379 83,590 82,732 OH : * 9,756 9,150 PA : 386 * 21,718 16,528 SC : * * * * TN : 106 66 43,675 38,583 TX : 53 66 46,557 41,574 VA : 101 * 28,346 23,515 : US 1/ : 6,227 7,340 1,033,289 917,952 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 64,165 43,778 300 320 * * AR : 45,973 31,444 1,331 1,595 1,775 1,560 DE : 57,775 46,721 119 * * * GA : * 167,441 319 * * * KY : * 40,754 7 * * * LA : 3,431 2,823 * * 243 221 MD : * * * 11 * * MS : 42,851 33,867 105 130 803 577 MO : 14,335 12,415 * * 1,418 1,265 NY : * * * 248 * 242 NC : 60,637 46,823 95 * 15,065 13,570 OH : * 3,341 * 5 * * PA : 15,250 * 31 18 290 270 SC : * * * * * * TN : * 21,985 * * 746 868 TX : 17,105 12,252 77 59 832 786 VA : 19,362 * * * * * : US 1/ : 786,593 601,673 3,656 3,814 79,392 68,989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, April 2008-May 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,981 1,812 5,751 5,305 12,989 11,098 AR : 3,652 2,765 10,652 10,274 20,777 18,451 DE : 1,266 1,363 5,364 4,515 6,417 6,194 GA : 1,763 1,784 19,407 17,630 15,714 16,500 KY : 172 * 2,551 2,421 4,299 3,570 LA : 153 151 1,792 1,899 * * MD : 1,580 1,362 2,974 * * * MS : * * 2,480 1,987 3,614 2,901 MO : 796 661 2,178 2,552 8,118 8,444 NY : * 948 * * * 3,203 NC : 1,506 1,481 13,915 11,203 9,083 8,634 OH : * * * * 444 340 PA : 556 419 * * 3,032 2,523 SC : * 504 * * * * TN : * * 1,630 1,633 * 3,189 TX : 548 545 3,786 3,448 7,032 5,829 VA : 770 715 1,952 1,554 3,224 2,778 : US 1/ : 19,594 18,104 92,856 85,182 148,829 130,431 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 8,699 6,963 122,682 106,829 285,302 239,308 AR : 2,324 1,151 84,229 71,670 320,280 273,650 DE : 893 796 * * 232,309 205,100 GA : 5,722 5,719 84,434 74,189 461,751 367,011 KY : * * * * 122,173 111,231 LA : * 34 * 1,803 20,065 17,891 MD : 655 651 * * * * MS : * * 74,578 64,970 164,770 138,193 MO : * * 100,216 83,252 204,641 175,521 NY : * * * 8,895 * 23,454 NC : 11,822 * 120,570 88,788 316,735 260,672 OH : * * * * * * PA : 73 * * 27,598 74,670 68,720 SC : * 639 36,001 34,522 71,775 55,782 TN : * 1,131 7,834 7,845 123,927 76,263 TX : 2,080 2,098 40,770 54,362 118,840 121,019 VA : 1,636 * 24,528 25,741 85,598 112,882 : US 1/ : 43,824 36,030 952,059 864,802 3,166,319 2,734,317 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, April 2008-May 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,131 3,036 61,519 60,707 19.65 19.99 MN : 2,820 3,319 82,189 88,656 29.14 26.71 MO : 1,466 1,519 49,025 52,015 33.43 34.25 : US 1/ : 22,055 22,354 648,018 648,457 29.38 29.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 2008-May 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 51,938 51,659 664 714 1.26 1.36 MN : 65,547 71,114 1,431 1,302 2.14 1.80 MO : 38,442 40,861 947 896 2.40 2.15 : US 3/ : 515,926 517,913 8,714 8,191 1.66 1.56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. 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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