Pou 2-1 (7-09) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released July 27, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call Troy Marshall at 202-690-3237, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 2 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during June 2009 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.60 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the amount certified in June 2008. The May 2009 revised certified total at 3.39 billion pounds, was down 9 percent from May 2008. The May revision represented an increase of 499 thousand pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during June 2009 was 4.79 billion pounds, down 2 percent from 4.90 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.08 billion pounds, down 2 percent from June 2008. Mature chickens, at 72.4 million pounds, were down 9 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 618 million pounds, down 6 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 13.0 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during June 2009 averaged 5.54 pounds per bird, down slightly from June 2008. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.68 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during June 2009 averaged 28.5 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from June 2008. Ante-mortem condemnations during June 2009 totaled 14.0 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.29 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.34 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 37.2 million pounds, were 1.02 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.15 percent a year earlier. June 2009 contained 22 weekdays and 4 Saturdays, while June 2008 had 21 weekdays and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, June, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun : May :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 746,784 693,017 737,427 99 106 4,511,748 4,232,108 94 Mature : 13,767 11,575 12,752 93 110 78,566 69,334 88 Light : 6,361 5,692 6,200 97 109 37,262 32,053 86 Heavy : 7,406 5,883 6,552 88 111 41,304 37,281 90 Total : 760,551 704,592 750,179 99 106 4,590,314 4,301,442 94 : Turkeys : Young : 22,652 19,450 21,531 95 111 131,530 119,059 91 Old : 210 114 153 73 134 978 903 92 Total : 22,862 19,564 21,684 95 111 132,508 119,962 91 : Ducks : 1,865 1,819 1,912 103 105 12,022 11,243 94 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,151,989 3,873,638 4,081,944 98 105 25,125,093 23,524,869 94 Mature : 79,621 65,063 72,379 91 111 450,722 396,963 88 Light : 20,945 18,565 20,071 96 108 121,884 103,768 85 Heavy : 58,676 46,498 52,308 89 112 328,838 293,195 89 Total :4,231,610 3,938,701 4,154,323 98 105 25,575,815 23,921,832 94 : Turkeys : Young : 650,922 560,711 613,835 94 109 3,873,842 3,496,551 90 Old : 5,529 2,917 3,988 72 137 26,096 24,234 93 Total : 656,451 563,628 617,823 94 110 3,899,938 3,520,785 90 : Ducks : 12,406 12,433 13,011 105 105 81,002 75,800 94 : Other Poultry 2/ : 217 164 193 89 118 1,051 932 89 : Total Poultry :4,900,684 4,514,926 4,785,350 98 106 29,557,806 27,519,349 93 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.56 5.59 5.54 100 99 5.57 5.56 100 Mature : 5.78 5.62 5.68 98 101 5.74 5.73 100 Light : 3.29 3.26 3.24 98 99 3.27 3.24 99 Heavy : 7.92 7.90 7.98 101 101 7.96 7.86 99 Total : 5.56 5.59 5.54 100 99 5.57 5.56 100 : Turkeys : Young : 28.74 28.83 28.51 99 99 29.45 29.37 100 Old : 26.33 25.59 26.07 99 102 26.68 26.84 101 Total : 28.71 28.81 28.49 99 99 29.43 29.35 100 : Ducks : 6.65 6.84 6.80 102 99 6.74 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, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun : May :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,784,675 2,622,220 2,765,636 99 105 16,833,797 15,903,012 94 Mature : 48,403 40,340 44,776 93 111 274,176 245,706 90 Light : 10,263 9,664 10,605 103 110 58,730 53,007 90 Heavy : 38,140 30,676 34,171 90 111 215,446 192,699 89 Total :2,833,078 2,662,560 2,810,412 99 106 17,107,973 16,148,718 94 : Turkeys : Young : 295,642 273,239 296,130 100 108 1,805,748 1,733,802 96 Old : 3,539 2,166 2,935 83 136 15,163 15,208 100 Total : 299,181 275,405 299,065 100 109 1,820,911 1,749,010 96 : Ducks : 3,242 2,896 3,175 98 110 25,175 18,438 73 : Other Poultry 2/ : 100 75 82 82 109 524 444 85 : Total Poultry :3,135,601 2,940,936 3,112,734 99 106 18,954,583 17,916,610 95 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 292,598 268,143 281,837 96 105 1,750,785 1,606,137 92 Mature : 1,354 268 338 25 126 8,126 1,723 21 Light : 974 6,199 113 2 Heavy : 380 268 338 89 126 1,927 1,610 84 Total : 293,952 268,411 282,175 96 105 1,758,911 1,607,860 91 : Turkeys : Young : 222,269 175,533 194,539 88 111 1,271,136 1,052,710 83 Old : 560 71 86 15 121 4,344 3,294 76 Total : 222,829 175,604 194,625 87 111 1,275,480 1,056,004 83 : Ducks : 5,719 5,919 6,110 107 103 33,027 35,579 108 : Other Poultry 2/ : 33 34 37 112 109 166 164 99 : Total Poultry : 522,533 449,968 482,947 92 107 3,067,584 2,699,607 88 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,077,273 2,890,363 3,047,473 99 105 18,584,582 17,509,149 94 Mature : 49,757 40,608 45,114 91 111 282,302 247,429 88 Light : 11,237 9,664 10,605 94 110 64,929 53,120 82 Heavy : 38,520 30,944 34,509 90 112 217,373 194,309 89 Total :3,127,030 2,930,971 3,092,587 99 106 18,866,884 17,756,578 94 : Turkeys : Young : 517,911 448,772 490,669 95 109 3,076,884 2,786,512 91 Old : 4,099 2,237 3,021 74 135 19,507 18,502 95 Total : 522,010 451,009 493,690 95 109 3,096,391 2,805,014 91 : Ducks : 8,961 8,815 9,285 104 105 58,202 54,017 93 : Other Poultry 2/ : 133 109 119 89 109 690 608 88 : Total Poultry :3,658,134 3,390,904 3,595,681 98 106 22,022,167 20,616,217 94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, June, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun : May :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :13,434 8,635 10,710 80 124 80,841 61,234 76 Mature : 1,554 841 1,662 107 198 7,603 6,616 87 Light : 412 223 395 96 177 2,530 1,512 60 Heavy : 1,142 618 1,267 111 205 5,073 5,104 101 Total :14,988 9,476 12,372 83 131 88,444 67,850 77 : Turkeys : Young : 1,648 1,282 1,565 95 122 10,336 9,308 90 Old : 70 20 59 84 295 295 254 86 Total : 1,718 1,302 1,624 95 125 10,631 9,562 90 : Ducks : 40 39 50 125 128 172 229 133 Other Poultry : 2 : Total Poultry :16,746 10,817 14,046 84 130 99,249 77,641 78 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.32 0.22 0.26 81 118 0.32 0.26 81 Mature : 1.95 1.29 2.30 118 178 1.69 1.67 99 Light : 1.97 1.20 1.97 100 164 2.08 1.46 70 Heavy : 1.95 1.33 2.42 124 182 1.54 1.74 113 Total : 0.35 0.24 0.30 86 125 0.35 0.28 80 : Turkeys : Young : 0.25 0.23 0.25 100 109 0.27 0.27 100 Old : 1.27 0.69 1.48 117 214 1.13 1.05 93 Total : 0.26 0.23 0.26 100 113 0.27 0.27 100 : Ducks : 0.32 0.31 0.38 119 123 0.21 0.30 143 Other Poultry : 0.19 : Total Poultry : 0.34 0.24 0.29 85 121 0.34 0.28 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jun : May : Jun : Jun : May :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :30,240 25,108 26,487 88 105 206,706 165,979 80 Mature : 3,621 3,151 3,237 89 103 20,304 18,655 92 Light : 1,198 1,363 1,408 118 103 7,217 7,166 99 Heavy : 2,423 1,788 1,829 75 102 13,087 11,489 88 Total :33,861 28,259 29,724 88 105 227,010 184,634 81 : Turkeys : Young : 8,063 6,859 7,120 88 104 51,649 44,411 86 Old : 362 111 172 48 155 1,517 933 62 Total : 8,425 6,970 7,292 87 105 53,166 45,344 85 : Ducks : 216 203 210 97 103 1,556 1,583 102 Other Poultry : 1 2 2 200 100 9 11 122 : Total Poultry :42,503 35,434 37,228 88 105 281,741 231,572 82 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.97 0.86 0.86 89 100 1.10 0.94 85 Mature : 6.78 7.20 6.69 99 93 6.71 7.01 104 Light : 9.63 12.36 11.72 122 95 10.00 11.89 119 Heavy : 5.92 5.46 5.03 85 92 5.68 5.58 98 Total : 1.07 0.95 0.95 89 100 1.19 1.03 87 : Turkeys : Young : 1.53 1.51 1.43 93 95 1.65 1.57 95 Old : 8.11 4.73 5.39 66 114 7.22 4.80 66 Total : 1.59 1.52 1.46 92 96 1.69 1.59 94 : Ducks : 2.35 2.25 2.21 94 98 2.60 2.85 110 Other Poultry : 0.75 1.80 1.65 220 92 1.29 1.78 138 : Total Poultry : 1.15 1.03 1.02 89 99 1.26 1.11 88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2009-June 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 20,504 8,850 759,937 822,945 Mature : 1,489 1,319 184,194 191,995 Light : 1,393 1,075 156,675 165,154 Heavy : 96 244 27,519 26,841 Total : 21,993 10,169 944,131 1,014,940 : Turkeys : Young : 35 537 37,424 35,209 Old : 1 1,898 2,025 Total : 35 538 39,322 37,234 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 330,299 291,712 4,783 5,344 47,752 50,468 Mature : 9,741 13,923 288 719 43,943 56,715 Light : 6,987 10,795 166 575 38,170 51,257 Heavy : 2,754 3,128 122 144 5,773 5,458 Total : 340,040 305,635 5,071 6,063 91,695 107,183 : Turkeys : Young : 4,657 4,369 2,301 2,000 79 91 Old : 130 291 2 4 51 85 Total : 4,787 4,660 2,303 2,004 130 176 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 11,748 12,579 60,978 66,470 103,653 109,262 Mature : 12,849 16,792 3,131 3,428 107,688 105,863 Light : 12,400 16,253 1,690 2,375 96,068 97,065 Heavy : 449 539 1,441 1,053 11,620 8,798 Total : 24,597 29,371 64,109 69,898 211,341 215,125 : Turkeys : Young : 402 380 1,714 1,302 1,786 1,985 Old : 12 8 22 6 61 87 Total : 414 388 1,736 1,308 1,847 2,072 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 27,146 31,121 776,016 819,351 2,142,816 2,218,102 Mature : 1,184 1,291 172,946 169,388 537,453 561,433 Light : 685 334 81,261 78,619 395,495 423,502 Heavy : 499 957 91,685 90,769 141,958 137,931 Total : 28,330 32,412 948,962 988,739 2,680,269 2,779,535 : Turkeys : Young : 942 386 13,832 13,117 63,172 59,376 Old : 10 37 233 622 2,419 3,166 Total : 952 423 14,065 13,739 65,591 62,542 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, May 2009-June 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 85,299 91,745 465,844 502,617 5.46 5.48 AK : AZ : AR : 78,335 85,481 427,398 457,838 5.46 5.36 CA : 22,981 24,671 128,619 137,209 5.60 5.56 CO : CT : DE : 24,797 26,916 170,798 187,569 6.89 6.97 FL : 2,942 2,865 17,135 17,082 5.82 5.96 GA : 101,450 105,538 527,666 543,416 5.20 5.15 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,437 4,848 19,885 20,867 4.48 4.30 IA : KS : KY : 23,846 25,799 130,118 139,186 5.46 5.40 LA : 11,498 10,707 68,814 64,037 5.98 5.98 ME : MD : 11,760 12,251 56,322 56,602 4.79 4.62 MA : MI : MN : MS : 61,036 63,356 359,746 365,021 5.89 5.76 MO : 32,199 34,588 153,076 161,908 4.75 4.68 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 493 460 2,202 1,979 4.47 4.30 NM : NY : 1,876 1,883 9,746 9,654 5.19 5.13 NC : 57,884 61,513 404,853 427,561 6.99 6.95 ND : OH : 4,514 4,711 27,092 28,124 6.00 5.97 OK : OR : PA : 9,410 10,320 52,986 58,689 5.63 5.69 RI : SC : 23,523 25,258 152,092 159,447 6.47 6.31 SD : TN : 20,494 23,341 104,883 115,990 5.12 4.97 TX : 55,424 59,356 302,048 321,467 5.45 5.42 UT : VT : VA : 26,287 27,375 131,787 135,750 5.01 4.96 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 693,017 737,427 3,873,638 4,081,944 5.59 5.54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations or no active slaughter facility exists in the State. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, May 2009-June 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : 348,753 377,026 2,518 2,733 0.72 0.72 AK : AZ : AR : 310,435 333,980 2,900 2,913 0.93 0.86 CA : 94,984 100,786 966 1,101 1.01 1.08 CO : CT : DE : 122,734 134,640 1,374 1,626 1.11 1.19 FL : 12,058 12,012 84 90 0.69 0.74 GA : 396,998 407,790 2,526 2,604 0.63 0.63 HI : ID : IL : IN : 14,544 15,262 167 176 1.14 1.14 IA : KS : KY : 94,577 101,351 716 619 0.75 0.61 LA : 52,251 49,034 248 256 0.47 0.52 ME : MD : 40,859 41,138 408 405 0.99 0.98 MA : MI : MN : MS : 275,542 281,338 2,065 2,191 0.74 0.77 MO : 112,537 119,232 1,309 1,420 1.15 1.18 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,343 1,219 65 38 4.62 3.01 NM : NY : 6,007 6,030 188 216 3.04 3.46 NC : 311,692 329,593 3,481 3,640 1.10 1.09 ND : OH : 19,933 20,842 358 338 1.76 1.59 OK : OR : PA : 37,201 41,210 613 681 1.62 1.63 RI : SC : 114,337 119,726 938 921 0.81 0.76 SD : TN : 75,940 84,003 602 639 0.79 0.75 TX : 237,238 250,858 1,684 1,826 0.71 0.72 UT : VT : VA : 91,561 94,639 712 871 0.77 0.91 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 2,890,363 3,047,473 25,108 26,487 0.86 0.86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 3/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations or no active slaughter facility exists in the State. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by State and United States, May 2009-June 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 124 88 48,590 53,948 AR : 368 385 91,310 101,128 DE : 1,368 1,711 42,381 47,392 GA : 213 98 54,537 53,571 MS : 143 175 28,667 29,814 MO : 317 273 74,793 83,871 NC : 14,129 3,358 70,877 83,161 TX : 83 58 40,076 40,918 VA : 72 130 22,318 26,061 : US 1/ : 20,504 8,850 759,937 822,945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 38,894 37,237 167 203 3,458 3,272 AR : 29,912 25,107 1,862 2,410 1,867 1,720 DE : 24,224 22,205 82 65 6,787 6,673 GA : 56,456 49,433 161 147 9,154 10,493 MS : 12,043 10,131 186 266 458 421 MO : 12,993 15,004 122 135 1,468 1,455 NC : 28,505 30,109 396 222 10,480 12,493 TX : 12,843 10,004 59 67 548 608 VA : 12,098 14,276 27 15 3,199 3,069 : US 1/ : 330,299 291,712 4,783 5,344 47,752 50,468 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,178 1,290 5,337 5,528 6,959 8,055 AR : 1,303 1,344 5,782 6,122 9,691 10,379 DE : 757 862 3,597 3,421 3,889 5,205 GA : 987 1,047 10,298 12,073 6,902 6,484 MS : 640 696 1,929 2,269 2,761 2,566 MO : 501 542 1,699 1,731 8,067 8,983 NC : 988 1,131 9,409 9,924 6,662 6,769 TX : 335 381 4,110 4,440 6,514 7,107 VA : 514 560 2,083 1,636 3,591 3,687 : US 1/ : 11,748 12,579 60,978 66,470 103,653 109,262 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 3,979 5,952 90,350 91,794 199,036 207,367 AR : 3,090 2,608 137,969 111,246 283,154 262,449 DE : 1,053 947 17,526 30,605 101,664 119,086 GA : 2,011 2,712 56,681 53,212 197,400 189,270 MS : 379 328 47,495 60,646 94,701 107,312 MO : 242 57 71,109 88,802 171,311 200,853 NC : 8,318 7,860 73,193 67,353 222,957 222,380 TX : 850 1,371 34,701 33,761 100,119 98,715 VA : 1,192 1,128 36,122 64,106 81,216 114,668 : US 1/ : 27,146 31,121 776,016 819,351 2,142,816 2,218,102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2009-June 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : May : June : May : June : May : June -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,561 2,687 49,488 51,262 19.32 19.07 CA : 962 1,069 27,858 29,032 28.97 27.15 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,362 1,484 50,211 55,026 36.87 37.07 IA : 837 917 33,555 36,560 40.08 39.86 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,675 4,335 92,872 106,601 25.27 24.59 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,619 2,913 79,235 87,413 30.26 30.01 ND : OH : 377 403 16,189 16,951 42.97 42.09 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 371 420 15,547 17,836 41.90 42.45 TN : TX : UT : 348 396 7,863 8,224 22.59 20.75 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 19,450 21,531 560,711 613,835 28.83 28.51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations or no active slaughter facility exists in the State. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, May 2009-June 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : 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 : AK : AZ : AR : 41,785 42,833 599 596 1.41 1.37 CA : 22,887 23,669 261 230 1.13 0.96 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 40,289 44,036 742 788 1.81 1.76 IA : 26,558 28,817 544 549 2.01 1.87 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 74,364 85,516 1,275 1,423 1.69 1.64 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 63,024 69,626 526 543 0.83 0.77 ND : OH : 12,853 13,525 361 367 2.73 2.64 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 12,583 14,445 137 147 1.08 1.01 TN : TX : UT : 6,396 6,784 115 74 1.76 1.08 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 448,772 490,669 6,859 7,120 1.51 1.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 3/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations or no active slaughter facility exists in the State. 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 and other turkeys such as fryers/roasters and young breeders. 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 2008. Young chickens were slaughtered in 34 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. 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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