Pou 2-1 (7-08) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released July 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 2 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during June 2008 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.66 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in June 2007. The May 2008 revised certified total at 3.74 billion pounds, was up slightly from May 2007. The May revision represented an increase of 11 thousand pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during June 2008 was 4.91 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 4.84 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.16 billion pounds, up 1 percent from June 2007. Mature chickens, at 78.9 million pounds, were up 9 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 656 million pounds, up 3 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.4 million pounds, down 16 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during June 2008 averaged 5.56 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from June 2007. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.81 pounds per bird, down 4 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during June 2008 averaged 28.7 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from June 2007. Ante-mortem condemnations during June 2008 totaled 16.7 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.34 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.37 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 42.4 million pounds, were 1.15 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.22 percent a year earlier. June 2008 contained 21 weekdays and 4 Saturdays, while June 2007 had 21 weekdays and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Jun : May : Jun :Jun :May :---------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007:2008: 2007 : 2008 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 748,724 761,980 747,663 100 98 4,394,335 4,505,981 103 Mature : 11,865 13,700 13,577 114 99 65,636 78,362 119 Light : 5,039 6,320 6,192 123 98 28,670 37,090 129 Heavy : 6,826 7,380 7,385 108 100 36,966 41,272 112 Total : 760,589 775,680 761,240 100 98 4,459,971 4,584,343 103 : Turkeys : Young : 22,307 22,354 22,652 102 101 126,202 131,827 104 Old : 170 138 210 124 152 911 978 107 Total : 22,477 22,492 22,862 102 102 127,113 132,805 104 : Ducks : 2,183 1,900 1,865 85 98 13,835 12,038 87 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :4,112,621 4,266,788 4,157,424 101 97 24,100,859 25,098,430 104 Mature : 72,146 79,010 78,910 109 100 390,185 449,946 115 Light : 16,595 20,472 20,390 123 100 93,858 121,334 129 Heavy : 55,551 58,538 58,520 105 100 296,327 328,612 111 Total :4,184,767 4,345,798 4,236,334 101 97 24,491,044 25,548,376 104 : Turkeys : Young : 635,700 648,454 650,922 102 100 3,630,527 3,878,802 107 Old : 4,461 3,798 5,529 124 146 24,077 26,108 108 Total : 640,161 652,252 656,451 103 101 3,654,604 3,904,910 107 : Ducks : 14,689 12,667 12,406 84 98 93,128 81,111 87 Other : Poultry 2/: 171 189 217 127 115 1,033 1,062 103 : Total : Poultry :4,839,788 5,010,906 4,905,408 101 98 28,239,809 29,535,459 105 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.49 5.60 5.56 101 99 5.48 5.57 102 Mature : 6.08 5.77 5.81 96 101 5.94 5.74 97 Light : 3.29 3.24 3.29 100 102 3.27 3.27 100 Heavy : 8.14 7.93 7.92 97 100 8.02 7.96 99 Total : 5.50 5.60 5.57 101 99 5.49 5.57 101 : Turkeys : Young : 28.50 29.01 28.74 101 99 28.77 29.42 102 Old : 26.24 27.52 26.33 100 96 26.43 26.70 101 Total : 28.48 29.00 28.71 101 99 28.75 29.40 102 : Ducks : 6.73 6.67 6.65 99 100 6.73 6.74 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, June, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :----------: to Date : Pct Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun :May :--------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008: 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,747,512 2,859,196 2,787,588 101 97 16,044,837 16,788,715 105 Mature : 44,298 48,153 47,750 108 99 240,850 273,623 114 Light : 8,446 9,798 9,715 115 99 48,074 58,184 121 Heavy : 35,852 38,355 38,035 106 99 192,776 215,439 112 Total :2,791,810 2,907,349 2,835,338 102 98 16,285,687 17,062,338 105 : Turkeys : Young : 279,734 301,524 294,540 105 98 1,636,677 1,801,025 110 Old : 2,680 1,711 3,539 132 207 15,297 15,163 99 Total : 282,414 303,235 298,079 106 98 1,651,974 1,816,188 110 : Ducks : 5,088 3,293 3,242 64 98 31,624 25,174 80 Other : Poultry2/: 79 88 100 127 114 489 530 108 : Total : Poultry :3,079,391 3,213,965 3,136,759 102 98 17,969,774 18,904,230 105 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 281,479 301,457 292,899 104 97 1,665,227 1,753,261 105 Mature : 739 1,457 1,354 183 93 2,890 8,126 281 Light : 13 1,129 974 7,492 86 13 6,199 47,685 Heavy : 726 328 380 52 116 2,877 1,927 67 Total : 282,218 302,914 294,253 104 97 1,668,117 1,761,387 106 : Turkeys : Young : 224,310 216,389 225,187 100 104 1,240,134 1,285,686 104 Old : 679 1,121 560 82 50 2,848 4,354 153 Total : 224,989 217,510 225,747 100 104 1,242,982 1,290,040 104 : Ducks : 5,437 5,860 5,719 105 98 34,986 33,098 95 Other : Poultry2/: 26 32 33 127 103 148 166 112 : Total : Poultry : 512,670 526,316 525,752 103 100 2,946,233 3,084,691 105 : Chilled and: Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,028,991 3,160,653 3,080,487 102 97 17,710,064 18,541,976 105 Mature : 45,037 49,610 49,104 109 99 243,740 281,749 116 Light : 8,459 10,927 10,689 126 98 48,087 64,383 134 Heavy : 36,578 38,683 38,415 105 99 195,653 217,366 111 Total :3,074,028 3,210,263 3,129,591 102 97 17,953,804 18,823,725 105 : Turkeys : Young : 504,044 517,913 519,727 103 100 2,876,811 3,086,711 107 Old : 3,359 2,832 4,099 122 145 18,145 19,517 108 Total : 507,403 520,745 523,826 103 101 2,894,956 3,106,228 107 : Ducks : 10,525 9,153 8,961 85 98 66,610 58,272 87 Other : Poultry2/: 105 120 133 127 111 637 696 109 : Total : Poultry :3,592,061 3,740,281 3,662,511 102 98 20,916,007 21,988,921 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun : May :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :14,320 12,546 13,353 93 106 80,528 81,026 101 Mature : 1,495 1,088 1,546 103 142 6,117 7,611 124 Light : 487 326 405 83 124 2,048 2,551 125 Heavy : 1,008 762 1,141 113 150 4,069 5,060 124 Total :15,815 13,634 14,899 94 109 86,645 88,637 102 : Turkeys : Young : 1,754 1,448 1,648 94 114 10,991 10,343 94 Old : 54 36 70 130 194 372 295 79 Total : 1,808 1,484 1,718 95 116 11,363 10,638 94 : Ducks : 46 30 40 87 133 213 194 91 Other Poultry : 1 2 200 : Total Poultry :17,669 15,148 16,657 94 110 98,222 99,471 101 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.35 0.29 0.32 91 110 0.33 0.32 97 Mature : 2.07 1.38 1.96 95 142 1.57 1.69 108 Light : 2.93 1.59 1.99 68 125 2.18 2.10 96 Heavy : 1.81 1.30 1.95 108 150 1.37 1.54 112 Total : 0.38 0.31 0.35 92 113 0.35 0.35 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.28 0.22 0.25 89 114 0.30 0.27 90 Old : 1.21 0.95 1.27 105 134 1.55 1.13 73 Total : 0.28 0.23 0.26 93 113 0.31 0.27 87 : Ducks : 0.31 0.24 0.32 103 133 0.23 0.24 104 Other Poultry : 0.10 0.19 190 : Total Poultry : 0.37 0.30 0.34 92 113 0.35 0.34 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun : May :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :32,055 31,964 30,190 94 94 206,414 206,740 100 Mature : 3,400 3,496 3,599 106 103 18,015 20,292 113 Light : 1,208 1,162 1,182 98 102 7,036 7,201 102 Heavy : 2,192 2,334 2,417 110 104 10,979 13,091 119 Total :35,455 35,460 33,789 95 95 224,429 227,032 101 : Turkeys : Young : 8,403 8,191 8,067 96 98 52,059 51,622 99 Old : 214 250 362 169 145 1,346 1,519 113 Total : 8,617 8,441 8,429 98 100 53,405 53,141 100 : Ducks : 283 227 216 76 95 1,968 1,557 79 Other Poultry : 2 2 1 50 50 12 10 83 : Total Poultry :44,357 44,130 42,435 96 96 279,814 281,740 101 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.05 1.00 0.97 93 97 1.15 1.10 96 Mature : 7.02 6.58 6.83 97 104 6.88 6.72 98 Light : 12.50 9.61 9.96 80 104 12.76 10.06 79 Heavy : 5.65 5.69 5.92 105 104 5.31 5.68 107 Total : 1.14 1.09 1.07 94 98 1.23 1.19 97 : Turkeys : Young : 1.64 1.56 1.53 93 98 1.78 1.64 93 Old : 5.99 8.11 8.11 135 100 6.91 7.22 105 Total : 1.67 1.60 1.58 95 99 1.81 1.68 93 : Ducks : 2.62 2.42 2.35 90 97 2.87 2.60 91 Other Poultry : 1.87 1.64 0.75 40 46 1.85 1.42 77 : Total Poultry : 1.22 1.17 1.15 94 98 1.32 1.27 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, May 2008-June 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 7,340 6,838 917,957 896,000 Mature : 2,728 2,461 188,093 171,920 Light : 2,583 2,080 141,983 133,134 Heavy : 145 381 46,110 38,786 Total : 10,068 9,299 1,106,050 1,067,920 : Turkeys : Young : 54 170 60,686 49,583 Old : 1 2,854 5,090 Total : 55 170 63,540 54,673 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 601,676 485,223 3,818 4,940 68,989 60,035 Mature : 10,778 12,663 332 338 64,245 75,688 Light : 7,732 9,850 149 148 56,745 68,683 Heavy : 3,046 2,813 183 190 7,500 7,005 Total : 612,454 497,886 4,150 5,278 133,234 135,723 : Turkeys : Young : 4,678 4,337 2,897 2,544 153 183 Old : 452 627 3 105 105 129 Total : 5,130 4,964 2,900 2,649 258 312 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 18,116 16,748 85,184 84,440 130,434 134,446 Mature : 11,405 12,254 3,071 3,875 111,399 105,478 Light : 10,268 11,039 1,443 2,191 98,957 94,481 Heavy : 1,137 1,215 1,628 1,684 12,442 10,997 Total : 29,521 29,002 88,255 88,315 241,833 239,924 : Turkeys : Young : 373 401 2,111 1,892 2,852 2,818 Old : 15 14 37 29 102 324 Total : 388 415 2,148 1,921 2,954 3,142 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 36,030 35,139 864,805 791,879 2,734,349 2,515,688 Mature : 435 3,851 170,393 159,270 562,879 547,798 Light : 221 821 68,261 55,026 388,342 377,453 Heavy : 214 3,030 102,132 104,244 174,537 170,345 Total : 36,465 38,990 1,035,198 951,149 3,297,228 3,063,486 : Turkeys : Young : 1,666 1,232 12,016 12,290 87,486 75,450 Old : 26 6 1,840 2,175 5,435 8,499 Total : 1,692 1,238 13,856 14,465 92,921 83,949 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, May 2008-June 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 91,968 93,613 502,301 511,576 5.46 5.46 AR : 91,387 91,608 503,699 513,315 5.51 5.60 DE : 26,548 26,896 181,315 181,473 6.83 6.75 GA : 112,547 110,035 601,663 578,652 5.35 5.26 KY : 24,934 25,271 133,910 138,615 5.37 5.49 LA : 16,412 15,370 97,410 90,821 5.94 5.91 MD : 12,163 11,558 60,310 57,038 4.96 4.93 MS : 68,327 66,295 399,987 379,206 5.85 5.72 MO : 34,106 33,523 158,035 157,753 4.63 4.71 NY : 1,563 1,494 8,215 7,867 5.25 5.26 NC : 62,585 60,781 434,914 415,386 6.95 6.83 OH : 4,641 4,496 26,444 25,063 5.70 5.57 PA : 10,331 10,420 59,757 60,513 5.78 5.81 SC : 24,672 25,010 156,105 157,094 6.33 6.28 TN : 22,899 22,741 116,000 115,868 5.07 5.10 TX : 59,349 54,277 320,763 285,984 5.40 5.27 VA : 26,969 25,340 136,749 124,736 5.07 4.92 : US 1/ : 761,980 747,663 4,266,788 4,157,424 5.60 5.56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, May 2008-June 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 372,707 380,088 3,106 3,106 0.83 0.81 AR : 361,297 367,929 3,782 3,999 1.04 1.08 DE : 130,051 130,131 2,084 2,000 1.58 1.51 GA : 451,037 434,122 4,166 3,526 0.92 0.81 KY : 96,946 100,075 885 660 0.90 0.66 LA : 72,509 67,669 340 306 0.47 0.45 MD : 43,596 41,523 707 634 1.60 1.50 MS : 303,861 289,649 2,677 2,347 0.87 0.80 MO : 116,094 115,912 1,320 1,205 1.12 1.03 NY : 4,999 4,768 139 94 2.71 1.93 NC : 332,911 317,768 4,045 3,595 1.20 1.12 OH : 19,291 18,383 408 404 2.07 2.15 PA : 40,574 41,433 778 785 1.88 1.86 SC : 117,020 117,874 948 960 0.80 0.81 TN : 83,540 83,626 918 840 1.09 0.99 TX : 247,563 221,086 1,986 1,837 0.80 0.82 VA : 95,121 86,618 791 1,123 0.82 1.28 : US 3/ : 3,160,653 3,080,487 31,964 30,190 1.00 0.97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, May 2008-June 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : * * 58,665 61,501 AR : 422 549 134,318 142,489 DE : 1,665 * 84,418 83,420 GA : 229 331 73,956 70,057 KY : * * 32,298 25,626 LA : * * 10,293 9,403 MD : * * 31,790 26,084 MS : * * 31,371 26,599 MO : 250 254 66,467 58,962 NY : * * * 3,151 NC : 379 * 82,732 78,958 OH : * * 9,150 8,621 PA : * * 16,528 16,925 SC : * * * * TN : 66 36 38,583 34,318 TX : 66 71 41,574 38,181 VA : * * 23,515 27,089 : US 1/ : 7,340 6,838 917,957 896,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 43,778 35,904 320 304 * * AR : 31,444 25,663 1,595 2,601 1,560 1,686 DE : 46,721 34,798 * 170 * * GA : 167,441 89,546 * * * * KY : 40,754 17,840 * * * * LA : 2,823 2,110 * * 221 230 MD : * * 11 * * * MS : 33,867 16,604 130 88 577 530 MO : 12,415 10,072 * * 1,265 1,127 NY : * * 252 191 242 104 NC : 46,823 40,701 * * 13,570 11,378 OH : 3,341 2,605 5 * * * PA : * 8,258 18 56 270 323 SC : * * * 19 * * TN : 21,985 14,699 * 155 868 489 TX : 12,252 9,031 59 77 786 648 VA : * * * 26 * * : US 1/ : 601,676 485,223 3,818 4,940 68,989 60,035 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, May 2008-June 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,812 1,731 5,305 6,118 11,098 13,117 AR : 2,765 2,441 10,274 10,761 18,451 19,928 DE : 1,363 1,214 4,515 4,331 6,194 6,360 GA : 1,784 1,685 17,630 18,668 16,500 14,590 KY : * * 2,421 2,669 3,570 3,789 LA : 151 125 1,899 1,729 * * MD : 1,362 1,361 * * * * MS : * * 1,987 1,721 2,901 2,793 MO : 661 834 2,554 2,851 8,444 8,642 NY : 960 622 * 395 3,206 2,791 NC : 1,481 1,403 11,203 9,583 8,634 8,286 OH : * 44 * * 340 458 PA : 419 331 * * 2,523 2,610 SC : 504 522 * * * * TN : * * 1,633 1,020 3,189 2,830 TX : 545 528 3,448 3,357 5,829 6,814 VA : 715 808 1,554 1,844 2,778 3,209 : US 1/ : 18,116 16,748 85,184 84,440 130,434 134,446 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 6,963 3,677 106,829 96,450 239,308 223,710 AR : 1,151 2,028 71,670 69,430 273,650 277,576 DE : 796 1,732 * * 205,100 196,990 GA : 5,719 3,957 74,189 92,208 367,011 299,766 KY : * * * * 111,231 67,391 LA : 34 * 1,803 1,079 17,891 15,336 MD : 651 * * * * * MS : * * 64,970 * 138,193 112,868 MO : * * 83,253 74,615 175,524 157,952 NY : * * 8,897 7,013 23,483 17,090 NC : * 8,986 88,788 58,996 260,672 219,436 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * 27,598 * 68,720 60,652 SC : 639 852 34,522 * 55,782 53,616 TN : 1,131 * 7,845 3,284 76,263 58,658 TX : 2,098 2,349 54,362 52,617 121,019 113,673 VA : * 1,864 25,741 20,351 112,882 * : US 1/ : 36,030 35,139 864,805 791,879 2,734,349 2,515,688 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, May 2008-June 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,036 3,088 60,707 58,056 19.99 18.80 MN : 3,319 3,487 88,656 92,544 26.71 26.54 MO : 1,519 1,506 52,012 50,059 34.25 33.24 : US 1/ : 22,354 22,652 648,454 650,922 29.01 28.74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, May 2008-June 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 51,659 49,472 714 684 1.36 1.36 MN : 71,114 74,258 1,302 1,291 1.80 1.71 MO : 40,861 39,362 896 891 2.15 2.21 : US 3/ : 517,913 519,727 8,191 8,067 1.56 1.53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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