Pou 2-1 (9-08) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 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 Down 3 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during August 2008 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.65 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the amount certified in August 2007. The July 2008 revised certified total at 3.83 billion pounds, was up 6 percent from July 2007. The July revision represented an increase of 271 thousand pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during August 2008 was 4.87 billion pounds, down 4 percent from 5.06 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.14 billion pounds, down 4 percent from August 2007. Mature chickens, at 76.9 million pounds, were up 1 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 637 million pounds, down 3 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.6 million pounds, down 20 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during August 2008 averaged 5.57 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from August 2007. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.91 pounds per bird, down 4 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during August 2008 averaged 28.1 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from August 2007. Ante-mortem condemnations during August 2008 totaled 16.4 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.34 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.54 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 39.7 million pounds, were 1.08 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.19 percent a year earlier. August 2008 contained 21 weekdays and 5 Saturdays, while August 2007 had 23 weekdays and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, August, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :---------: to Date :Pct Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug :Aug :Jul :---------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007:2008: 2007 : 2008 :2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- Pct ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number : Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 799,191 785,435 743,511 93 95 5,950,479 6,034,404 101 Mature : 12,424 13,828 13,023 105 94 89,552 105,271 118 Light : 5,019 5,941 5,577 111 94 38,243 48,645 127 Heavy : 7,405 7,887 7,446 101 94 51,309 56,626 110 Total : 811,615 799,263 756,534 93 95 6,040,031 6,139,675 102 : Turkeys : Young : 23,792 24,001 22,457 94 94 172,404 178,290 103 Old : 263 198 205 78 104 1,361 1,381 101 Total : 24,055 24,199 22,662 94 94 173,765 179,671 103 : Ducks : 2,373 2,061 1,922 81 93 18,503 16,021 87 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :4,308,464 4,350,835 4,142,855 96 95 32,552,190 33,588,700 103 Mature : 76,260 81,599 76,917 101 94 537,473 608,733 113 Light : 16,583 19,451 18,166 110 93 125,441 159,066 127 Heavy : 59,677 62,148 58,751 98 95 412,032 449,667 109 Total :4,384,724 4,432,434 4,219,772 96 95 33,089,663 34,197,433 103 : Turkeys : Young : 652,040 682,139 631,471 97 93 4,914,693 5,192,412 106 Old : 6,631 5,098 5,420 82 106 35,483 36,626 103 Total : 658,671 687,237 636,891 97 93 4,950,176 5,229,038 106 : Ducks : 15,728 13,528 12,576 80 93 124,241 107,215 86 Other : Poultry 2/: 373 208 239 64 115 1,638 1,509 92 : Total : Poultry :5,059,496 5,133,407 4,869,478 96 95 38,165,718 39,535,195 104 : : --------- Pounds -------- Pct ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Avg Live : Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.39 5.54 5.57 103 101 5.47 5.57 102 Mature : 6.14 5.90 5.91 96 100 6.00 5.78 96 Light : 3.30 3.27 3.26 99 100 3.28 3.27 100 Heavy : 8.06 7.88 7.89 98 100 8.03 7.94 99 Total : 5.40 5.55 5.58 103 101 5.48 5.57 102 : Turkeys : Young : 27.41 28.42 28.12 103 99 28.51 29.12 102 Old : 25.21 25.75 26.44 105 103 26.07 26.52 102 Total : 27.38 28.40 28.10 103 99 28.49 29.10 102 : Ducks : 6.63 6.56 6.54 99 100 6.71 6.69 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, August, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Pct of : January : : : : :----------: to Date : Pct Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug :Jul :--------------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008: 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,881,142 2,911,442 2,787,425 97 96 21,690,136 22,485,118 104 Mature : 46,563 50,566 48,199 104 95 331,689 372,557 112 Light : 8,434 10,088 9,336 111 93 64,276 77,672 121 Heavy : 38,129 40,478 38,863 102 96 267,413 294,885 110 Total :2,927,705 2,962,008 2,835,624 97 96 22,021,825 22,857,675 104 : Turkeys : Young : 290,882 310,946 294,329 101 95 2,204,781 2,406,300 109 Old : 3,358 2,782 3,305 98 119 21,438 21,250 99 Total : 294,240 313,728 297,634 101 95 2,226,219 2,427,550 109 : Ducks : 5,760 3,547 3,305 57 93 42,642 32,026 75 Other : Poultry2/: 96 91 103 107 113 685 724 106 : Total : Poultry :3,227,801 3,279,374 3,136,666 97 96 24,291,371 25,317,975 104 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 301,400 313,771 293,118 97 93 2,255,802 2,360,150 105 Mature : 790 564 317 40 56 3,992 9,007 226 Light : 51 64 6,199 9,686 Heavy : 739 564 317 43 56 3,928 2,808 71 Total : 302,190 314,335 293,435 97 93 2,259,794 2,369,157 105 : Turkeys : Young : 226,084 233,129 209,444 93 90 1,690,342 1,728,259 102 Old : 1,638 1,082 823 50 76 5,258 6,259 119 Total : 227,722 234,211 210,267 92 90 1,695,600 1,734,518 102 : Ducks : 5,540 6,232 5,755 104 92 46,253 45,085 97 Other : Poultry2/: 124 33 26 21 79 299 225 75 : Total : Poultry : 535,576 554,811 509,483 95 92 4,001,946 4,148,985 104 : Chilled and: Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,182,542 3,225,213 3,080,543 97 96 23,945,938 24,845,268 104 Mature : 47,353 51,130 48,516 102 95 335,681 381,564 114 Light : 8,485 10,088 9,336 110 93 64,340 83,871 130 Heavy : 38,868 41,042 39,180 101 95 271,341 297,693 110 Total :3,229,895 3,276,343 3,129,059 97 96 24,281,619 25,226,832 104 : Turkeys : Young : 516,966 544,075 503,773 97 93 3,895,123 4,134,559 106 Old : 4,996 3,864 4,128 83 107 26,696 27,509 103 Total : 521,962 547,939 507,901 97 93 3,921,819 4,162,068 106 : Ducks : 11,300 9,779 9,060 80 93 88,895 77,111 87 Other : Poultry2/: 220 124 129 59 104 984 949 96 : Total : Poultry :3,763,377 3,834,185 3,646,149 97 95 28,293,317 29,466,960 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :22,320 16,127 13,319 60 83 117,078 110,472 94 Mature : 2,812 1,911 1,333 47 70 10,326 10,857 105 Light : 531 522 310 58 59 2,974 3,384 114 Heavy : 2,281 1,389 1,023 45 74 7,352 7,473 102 Total :25,132 18,038 14,652 58 81 127,404 121,329 95 : Turkeys : Young : 2,167 1,959 1,665 77 85 15,261 13,967 92 Old : 94 78 62 66 79 515 435 84 Total : 2,261 2,037 1,727 76 85 15,776 14,402 91 : Ducks : 53 54 48 91 89 314 296 94 Other Poultry : 2 3 2 67 : Total Poultry :27,448 20,129 16,427 60 82 143,497 136,029 95 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.52 0.37 0.32 62 86 0.36 0.33 92 Mature : 3.69 2.34 1.73 47 74 1.92 1.78 93 Light : 3.20 2.68 1.71 53 64 2.37 2.13 90 Heavy : 3.82 2.23 1.74 46 78 1.78 1.66 93 Total : 0.57 0.41 0.35 61 85 0.39 0.35 90 : Turkeys : Young : 0.33 0.29 0.26 79 90 0.31 0.27 87 Old : 1.42 1.53 1.14 80 75 1.45 1.19 82 Total : 0.34 0.30 0.27 79 90 0.32 0.28 88 : Ducks : 0.34 0.40 0.38 112 95 0.25 0.28 112 Other Poultry : 0.54 0.18 0.13 72 : Total Poultry : 0.54 0.39 0.34 63 87 0.38 0.34 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, August, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Aug : Jul : Aug : Aug : Jul :---------------: of : 2007 : 2008 : 2008 :2007 :2008 : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :32,228 30,493 28,019 87 92 270,513 265,252 98 Mature : 3,600 3,754 3,364 93 90 24,851 27,418 110 Light : 1,145 1,307 1,211 106 93 9,250 9,722 105 Heavy : 2,455 2,447 2,153 88 88 15,601 17,696 113 Total :35,828 34,247 31,383 88 92 295,364 292,670 99 : Turkeys : Young : 8,969 8,572 7,853 88 92 69,132 68,047 98 Old : 329 224 234 71 104 1,977 1,977 100 Total : 9,298 8,796 8,087 87 92 71,109 70,024 98 : Ducks : 299 269 233 78 87 2,588 2,059 80 Other Poultry : 10 2 1 10 50 25 13 52 : Total Poultry :45,435 43,314 39,704 87 92 369,086 364,766 99 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.00 0.94 0.90 90 96 1.12 1.06 95 Mature : 7.07 6.84 6.48 92 95 6.89 6.70 97 Light : 11.89 11.47 11.48 97 100 12.57 10.39 83 Heavy : 5.94 5.63 5.21 88 93 5.44 5.61 103 Total : 1.10 1.03 0.99 91 96 1.20 1.15 95 : Turkeys : Young : 1.71 1.55 1.53 90 99 1.74 1.62 93 Old : 6.18 5.48 5.36 87 98 6.89 6.70 97 Total : 1.75 1.58 1.57 90 99 1.78 1.65 93 : Ducks : 2.58 2.68 2.51 97 94 2.83 2.60 92 Other Poultry : 4.35 1.59 0.77 18 48 2.48 1.35 55 : Total Poultry : 1.19 1.12 1.08 90 96 1.29 1.22 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 2008-August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 5,237 4,278 929,071 847,752 Mature : 1,833 1,444 161,643 187,814 Light : 1,486 1,048 125,376 155,877 Heavy : 347 396 36,267 31,937 Total : 7,070 5,722 1,090,714 1,035,566 : Turkeys : Young : 178 91 54,838 48,917 Old : 25 1 2,367 2,177 Total : 203 92 57,205 51,094 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 272,308 228,624 5,975 6,247 54,704 49,395 Mature : 11,363 11,539 291 268 70,987 54,800 Light : 8,163 8,988 175 200 63,237 46,440 Heavy : 3,200 2,551 116 68 7,750 8,360 Total : 283,671 240,163 6,266 6,515 125,691 104,195 : Turkeys : Young : 4,509 5,037 2,745 2,705 162 124 Old : 392 553 50 1 147 228 Total : 4,901 5,590 2,795 2,706 309 352 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 18,224 16,467 88,709 81,022 141,776 118,179 Mature : 10,656 13,715 4,247 3,589 93,316 96,748 Light : 9,195 12,539 2,404 2,297 82,560 87,075 Heavy : 1,461 1,176 1,843 1,292 10,756 9,673 Total : 28,880 30,182 92,956 84,611 235,092 214,927 : Turkeys : Young : 556 472 3,958 2,496 5,569 2,815 Old : 3 6 25 43 112 98 Total : 559 478 3,983 2,539 5,681 2,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 41,082 41,437 810,259 671,224 2,367,345 2,064,625 Mature : 2,244 1,015 247,548 190,457 604,128 561,389 Light : 1,975 402 134,848 90,483 429,419 405,349 Heavy : 269 613 112,700 99,974 174,709 156,040 Total : 43,326 42,452 1,057,807 861,681 2,971,473 2,626,014 : Turkeys : Young : 881 1,009 15,131 23,046 88,527 86,712 Old : 2 6 1,404 2,235 4,527 5,348 Total : 883 1,015 16,535 25,281 93,054 92,060 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, July 2008-August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 97,671 90,156 527,389 485,381 5.40 5.38 AR : 96,595 90,436 542,286 508,005 5.61 5.62 DE : 26,400 25,736 178,950 177,453 6.78 6.90 GA : 115,610 108,502 609,137 573,455 5.27 5.29 KY : 26,606 24,882 144,875 137,131 5.45 5.51 LA : 16,655 16,345 97,903 95,665 5.88 5.85 MD : 12,099 11,237 60,004 55,800 4.96 4.97 MS : 69,037 65,987 392,504 382,196 5.69 5.79 MO : 35,347 33,489 162,425 154,124 4.60 4.60 NY : 1,575 1,425 8,230 7,529 5.22 5.28 NC : 63,582 62,280 435,927 427,546 6.86 6.86 OH : 4,864 4,610 27,625 26,164 5.68 5.68 PA : 11,020 10,111 63,631 58,455 5.77 5.78 SC : 26,349 23,880 163,714 147,320 6.21 6.17 TN : 24,037 21,101 121,732 107,787 5.06 5.11 TX : 56,812 56,704 303,255 303,797 5.34 5.36 VA : 28,124 27,078 134,215 129,517 4.77 4.78 : US 1/ : 785,435 743,511 4,350,835 4,142,855 5.54 5.57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 2008-August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 396,243 366,214 3,139 2,847 0.79 0.77 AR : 386,123 363,326 4,589 4,139 1.17 1.13 DE : 128,111 127,608 1,919 1,546 1.48 1.20 GA : 458,129 433,435 3,074 2,844 0.67 0.65 KY : 104,593 99,366 613 538 0.58 0.54 LA : 72,430 70,241 324 316 0.45 0.45 MD : 43,940 40,765 609 531 1.37 1.29 MS : 298,255 292,787 2,578 2,415 0.86 0.82 MO : 119,252 113,248 1,235 1,233 1.03 1.08 NY : 5,004 4,597 85 85 1.67 1.82 NC : 333,568 327,085 4,006 3,947 1.19 1.19 OH : 20,213 19,170 328 299 1.60 1.54 PA : 43,903 40,690 900 813 2.01 1.96 SC : 122,624 110,584 993 848 0.80 0.76 TN : 87,835 78,100 738 542 0.83 0.69 TX : 234,692 233,863 1,866 1,866 0.79 0.79 VA : 93,808 90,833 636 580 0.67 0.63 : US 3/ : 3,225,213 3,080,543 30,493 28,019 0.94 0.90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 2008-August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : * * 63,520 57,271 AR : * 479 145,473 136,821 DE : 765 * 82,588 62,125 GA : 188 * 71,263 69,179 KY : 32 * 27,553 25,630 LA : * * 9,662 8,660 MD : 297 * 28,908 25,690 MS : * * 30,234 32,665 MO : 230 243 65,345 65,849 NY : * 68 2,830 * NC : * 201 88,033 84,882 OH : 4 * 10,269 8,758 PA : 358 * 16,472 14,546 SC : * * * * TN : 82 * 37,134 26,418 TX : 56 79 36,418 40,401 VA : * * 25,985 23,619 : US 1/ : 5,237 4,278 929,071 847,752 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 34,592 31,846 326 573 * * AR : 18,475 17,515 * 2,778 1,773 1,960 DE : 24,170 13,378 * * * * GA : 49,445 32,900 189 153 7,994 * KY : * 10,200 * 32 * * LA : 1,420 1,569 50 * 201 190 MD : * * * * * * MS : 16,152 18,141 130 * 532 517 MO : 6,729 * * 195 1,184 1,282 NY : * * 120 101 * 125 NC : 35,772 30,990 * 222 11,636 11,404 OH : 2,431 1,964 10 * * * PA : 7,603 5,704 35 * 287 209 SC : * * * * * * TN : 14,111 8,930 * 115 475 605 TX : 6,109 6,318 40 83 624 648 VA : 8,558 7,470 33 18 * * : US 1/ : 272,308 228,624 5,975 6,247 54,704 49,395 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, July 2008-August 2008 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,683 1,365 6,058 4,799 16,995 11,072 AR : 2,835 2,562 13,043 11,898 18,526 14,195 DE : 1,546 1,169 4,070 3,632 5,997 5,341 GA : 1,521 1,137 18,053 16,634 12,992 13,502 KY : 186 132 2,906 2,827 2,861 2,848 LA : 174 170 1,973 2,188 660 592 MD : 1,543 1,422 * 1,822 * * MS : * * 1,729 1,946 3,440 3,470 MO : 793 1,071 2,406 2,095 8,907 8,303 NY : 645 441 * * 3,071 2,573 NC : 1,630 1,548 10,448 10,355 8,982 8,292 OH : 86 73 * 1,775 433 390 PA : 366 376 * * 3,180 1,580 SC : 497 400 * * 1,071 938 TN : * * 1,293 833 3,249 2,843 TX : 653 682 3,850 3,766 7,239 6,738 VA : 1,007 901 1,721 1,852 4,096 3,104 : US 1/ : 18,224 16,467 88,709 81,022 141,776 118,179 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 4,609 5,207 100,331 82,202 231,924 197,476 AR : 2,550 1,366 76,812 68,487 283,798 258,061 DE : 1,541 1,120 * * 183,869 125,443 GA : 3,329 4,278 60,880 54,809 225,854 199,552 KY : * * * * 53,165 49,246 LA : * 44 1,537 1,882 15,730 15,342 MD : 813 * * * * * MS : * * * * 134,272 112,362 MO : * * 82,436 80,704 169,038 168,306 NY : * * * 8,106 15,408 16,350 NC : 12,057 10,986 72,895 69,845 242,142 228,725 OH : * * * * * * PA : * * * * 68,906 53,303 SC : * 2,265 * * 55,829 45,312 TN : * 1,265 * 2,121 66,993 43,757 TX : 1,774 1,762 52,314 46,574 109,077 107,051 VA : 2,665 1,416 21,923 21,152 69,726 62,594 : US 1/ : 41,082 41,437 810,259 671,224 2,367,345 2,064,625 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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, July 2008-August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,147 2,704 58,443 51,465 18.57 19.03 MN : 3,751 3,386 98,586 87,898 26.28 25.96 MO : 1,585 1,477 51,880 45,259 32.73 30.64 : US 1/ : 24,001 22,457 682,139 631,471 28.42 28.12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, July 2008-August 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : July : August : July : August : July : August -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 49,282 43,089 798 635 1.59 1.45 MN : 78,981 70,489 1,447 1,258 1.80 1.75 MO : 40,944 35,851 955 856 2.28 2.33 : US 3/ : 544,075 503,773 8,572 7,853 1.55 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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