Pou 2-1 (10-09) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released October 26, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call Doug Bounds at 202-690-3237, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 4 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during September 2009 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.58 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the amount certified in September 2008. The August 2009 revised certified total at 3.53 billion pounds, was down 3 percent from August 2008. The August revision represented an increase of 5.49 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during September 2009 was 4.77 billion pounds, down 4 percent from 4.98 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.10 billion pounds, down 3 percent from September 2008. Mature chickens, at 67.8 million pounds, were down 12 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 587 million pounds, down 9 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 13.1 million pounds, down 6 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during September 2009 averaged 5.62 pounds per bird, unchanged from September 2008. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.71 pounds per bird, down 4 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during September 2009 averaged 28.6 pounds per bird, up slightly from September 2008. Ante-mortem condemnations during September 2009 totaled 10.9 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.23 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.28 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 34.9 million pounds, were 0.97 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.08 percent a year earlier. September 2009 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays, while September 2008 had 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, September, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 753,911 726,297 729,195 97 100 6,794,477 6,435,697 95 Mature : 12,959 12,244 11,868 92 97 118,175 106,208 90 Light : 5,204 5,482 5,471 105 100 53,865 48,558 90 Heavy : 7,755 6,762 6,397 82 95 64,310 57,650 90 Total : 766,870 738,541 741,063 97 100 6,912,652 6,541,905 95 : Turkeys : Young : 22,468 20,404 20,280 90 99 200,462 181,068 90 Old : 233 132 209 90 158 1,614 1,412 87 Total : 22,701 20,536 20,489 90 100 202,076 182,480 90 : Ducks : 2,081 1,844 1,930 93 105 18,086 16,907 93 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,237,925 4,036,100 4,098,217 97 102 37,855,905 35,802,399 95 Mature : 76,883 70,727 67,781 88 96 685,093 610,811 89 Light : 16,744 17,900 17,669 106 99 175,874 157,519 90 Heavy : 60,139 52,827 50,112 83 95 509,219 453,292 89 Total :4,314,808 4,106,827 4,165,998 97 101 38,540,998 36,413,210 94 : Turkeys : Young : 641,947 576,310 581,586 91 101 5,829,562 5,260,817 90 Old : 5,950 3,474 5,185 87 149 42,564 37,300 88 Total : 647,897 579,784 586,771 91 101 5,872,126 5,298,117 90 : Ducks : 14,006 12,404 13,115 94 106 121,112 114,159 94 : Other Poultry 2/ : 987 184 1,191 121 647 2,485 2,506 101 : Total Poultry :4,977,698 4,699,199 4,767,075 96 101 44,536,721 41,827,992 94 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.62 5.56 5.62 100 101 5.57 5.56 100 Mature : 5.93 5.78 5.71 96 99 5.80 5.75 99 Light : 3.22 3.27 3.23 100 99 3.27 3.24 99 Heavy : 7.75 7.81 7.83 101 100 7.92 7.86 99 Total : 5.63 5.56 5.62 100 101 5.58 5.57 100 : Turkeys : Young : 28.57 28.24 28.68 100 102 29.08 29.05 100 Old : 25.54 26.32 24.81 97 94 26.37 26.42 100 Total : 28.54 28.23 28.64 100 101 29.06 29.03 100 : Ducks : 6.73 6.73 6.80 101 101 6.70 6.75 101 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, September, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- --- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,855,423 2,739,681 2,784,246 98 102 25,388,536 24,236,411 95 Mature : 48,666 44,622 42,727 88 96 420,972 380,481 90 Light : 8,562 9,572 9,463 111 99 86,521 81,838 95 Heavy : 40,104 35,050 33,264 83 95 334,451 298,643 89 Total :2,904,089 2,784,303 2,826,973 97 102 25,809,508 24,616,892 95 : Turkeys : Young : 307,703 280,486 283,994 92 101 2,720,635 2,591,919 95 Old : 2,555 2,607 3,979 156 153 23,805 25,095 105 Total : 310,258 283,093 287,973 93 102 2,744,440 2,617,014 95 : Ducks : 3,627 3,259 3,244 89 100 35,654 28,055 79 : Other Poultry 2/ : 100 87 83 83 95 818 695 85 : Total Poultry :3,218,074 3,070,742 3,118,273 97 102 28,590,420 27,262,656 95 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 294,253 272,395 279,478 95 103 2,652,925 2,445,360 92 Mature : 291 216 392 135 181 9,298 2,647 28 Light : 6,199 113 2 Heavy : 291 216 392 135 181 3,099 2,534 82 Total : 294,544 272,611 279,870 95 103 2,662,223 2,448,007 92 : Turkeys : Young : 203,155 180,204 179,842 89 100 1,912,078 1,601,400 84 Old : 1,978 68 70 4 103 8,227 3,501 43 Total : 205,133 180,272 179,912 88 100 1,920,305 1,604,901 84 : Ducks : 6,442 5,592 6,201 96 111 51,456 53,423 104 : Other Poultry 2/ : 468 31 608 130 1,961 693 845 122 : Total Poultry : 506,587 458,506 466,591 92 102 4,634,677 4,107,176 89 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,149,676 3,012,076 3,063,724 97 102 28,041,461 26,681,771 95 Mature : 48,957 44,838 43,119 88 96 430,270 383,128 89 Light : 8,562 9,572 9,463 111 99 92,720 81,951 88 Heavy : 40,395 35,266 33,656 83 95 337,550 301,177 89 Total :3,198,633 3,056,914 3,106,843 97 102 28,471,731 27,064,899 95 : Turkeys : Young : 510,858 460,690 463,836 91 101 4,632,713 4,193,319 91 Old : 4,533 2,675 4,049 89 151 32,032 28,596 89 Total : 515,391 463,365 467,885 91 101 4,664,745 4,221,915 91 : Ducks : 10,069 8,851 9,445 94 107 87,110 81,478 94 : Other Poultry 2/ : 568 118 691 122 586 1,511 1,540 102 : Total Poultry :3,724,661 3,529,248 3,584,864 96 102 33,225,097 31,369,832 94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :11,120 9,569 8,658 78 90 121,564 89,493 74 Mature : 1,049 1,270 956 91 75 11,883 10,219 86 Light : 254 288 248 98 86 3,610 2,292 63 Heavy : 795 982 708 89 72 8,273 7,927 96 Total :12,169 10,839 9,614 79 89 133,447 99,712 75 : Turkeys : Young : 1,449 1,361 1,200 83 88 15,410 13,176 86 Old : 57 32 26 46 81 492 360 73 Total : 1,506 1,393 1,226 81 88 15,902 13,536 85 : Ducks : 54 55 51 94 93 328 387 118 Other Poultry : 5 3 60 7 3 43 : Total Poultry :13,734 12,287 10,894 79 89 149,684 113,638 76 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.26 0.24 0.21 81 88 0.32 0.25 78 Mature : 1.36 1.80 1.41 104 78 1.73 1.67 97 Light : 1.52 1.61 1.40 92 87 2.05 1.46 71 Heavy : 1.32 1.86 1.41 107 76 1.62 1.75 108 Total : 0.28 0.26 0.23 82 88 0.35 0.27 77 : Turkeys : Young : 0.23 0.24 0.21 91 88 0.26 0.25 96 Old : 0.96 0.92 0.50 52 54 1.16 0.97 84 Total : 0.23 0.24 0.21 91 88 0.27 0.26 96 : Ducks : 0.39 0.44 0.39 100 89 0.27 0.34 126 Other Poultry : 0.51 0.25 49 0.28 0.12 43 : Total Poultry : 0.28 0.26 0.23 82 88 0.34 0.27 79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, September, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Sep : Aug : Sep : Sep : Aug :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :28,325 24,279 24,468 86 101 293,396 240,773 82 Mature : 3,607 3,160 3,296 91 104 30,982 28,582 92 Light : 1,251 1,201 1,288 103 107 10,953 10,844 99 Heavy : 2,356 1,959 2,008 85 103 20,029 17,738 89 Total :31,932 27,439 27,764 87 101 324,378 269,355 83 : Turkeys : Young : 8,145 6,761 6,786 83 100 76,220 64,950 85 Old : 258 108 152 59 141 2,233 1,354 61 Total : 8,403 6,869 6,938 83 101 78,453 66,304 85 : Ducks : 307 279 231 75 83 2,365 2,340 99 Other Poultry : 5 1 4 80 400 17 18 106 : Total Poultry :40,647 34,588 34,937 86 101 405,213 338,017 83 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.89 0.80 0.79 89 99 1.04 0.89 86 Mature : 6.86 6.58 7.10 103 108 6.72 6.94 103 Light : 12.75 11.15 11.98 94 107 10.56 11.69 111 Heavy : 5.51 5.26 5.63 102 107 5.60 5.56 99 Total : 0.99 0.89 0.89 90 100 1.13 0.99 88 : Turkeys : Young : 1.57 1.45 1.44 92 99 1.62 1.53 94 Old : 5.39 3.88 3.62 67 93 6.52 4.52 69 Total : 1.60 1.46 1.46 91 100 1.65 1.55 94 : Ducks : 2.96 3.06 2.39 81 78 2.64 2.79 106 Other Poultry : 0.87 0.84 0.58 67 69 1.11 1.16 105 : Total Poultry : 1.08 0.97 0.97 90 100 1.20 1.07 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2009-September 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 4,552 4,570 753,275 723,687 Mature : 1,099 1,081 163,257 178,867 Light : 975 924 136,502 150,395 Heavy : 124 157 26,755 28,472 Total : 5,651 5,651 916,532 902,554 : Turkeys : Young : 48 42 31,611 32,244 Old : 1,428 1,743 Total : 48 42 33,039 33,987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 220,197 215,828 8,321 7,936 45,383 45,163 Mature : 12,613 16,891 301 680 52,167 60,749 Light : 10,022 13,834 185 496 46,119 54,220 Heavy : 2,591 3,057 116 184 6,048 6,529 Total : 232,810 232,719 8,622 8,616 97,550 105,912 : Turkeys : Young : 4,103 4,614 1,721 1,644 60 138 Old : 178 328 6 82 55 Total : 4,281 4,942 1,727 1,644 142 193 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 12,164 12,058 63,424 61,824 96,312 95,030 Mature : 10,954 15,134 3,753 6,898 101,969 105,018 Light : 10,500 14,217 2,442 5,693 93,217 95,592 Heavy : 454 917 1,311 1,205 8,752 9,426 Total : 23,118 27,192 67,177 68,722 198,281 200,048 : Turkeys : Young : 398 297 1,565 1,175 2,162 1,997 Old : 2 3 26 19 52 44 Total : 400 300 1,591 1,194 2,214 2,041 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 41,790 35,551 655,641 743,215 1,901,059 1,944,862 Mature : 2,950 1,567 170,102 174,192 519,165 561,077 Light : 234 353 69,267 77,795 369,463 413,519 Heavy : 2,716 1,214 100,835 96,397 149,702 147,558 Total : 44,740 37,118 825,743 917,407 2,420,224 2,505,939 : Turkeys : Young : 458 473 11,120 12,592 53,246 55,216 Old : 46 175 265 1,995 2,457 Total : 504 473 11,295 12,857 55,241 57,673 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, August 2009-September 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 91,010 91,259 501,992 503,625 5.52 5.52 AK : AZ : AR : 82,117 80,529 448,107 454,953 5.46 5.65 CA : 23,799 21,911 134,831 121,528 5.67 5.55 CO : CT : DE : 25,162 25,905 172,783 179,886 6.87 6.94 FL : 3,168 3,091 18,784 18,727 5.93 6.06 GA : 101,773 103,091 533,717 547,313 5.24 5.31 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,678 4,644 20,793 20,545 4.44 4.42 IA : KS : KY : 26,401 26,069 141,330 141,206 5.35 5.42 LA : 14,351 15,651 85,334 93,812 5.95 5.99 ME : MD : 11,203 11,732 53,462 57,325 4.77 4.89 MA : MI : MN : MS : 62,713 63,220 362,718 368,535 5.78 5.83 MO : 34,454 35,640 160,262 167,577 4.65 4.70 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 461 486 2,026 2,161 4.39 4.44 NM : NY : 1,901 2,014 9,648 10,242 5.07 5.08 NC : 59,219 58,507 411,378 407,411 6.95 6.96 ND : OH : 4,530 4,759 27,469 29,001 6.06 6.09 OK : OR : PA : 9,409 10,468 52,755 59,184 5.61 5.65 RI : SC : 24,774 24,741 154,315 159,930 6.23 6.46 SD : TN : 24,019 24,527 118,151 123,209 4.92 5.02 TX : 59,955 57,963 321,092 314,945 5.36 5.43 UT : VT : VA : 26,849 28,015 134,349 140,592 5.00 5.02 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 726,297 729,195 4,036,100 4,098,217 5.56 5.62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed 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, August 2009-September 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 376,009 379,067 2,522 2,465 0.67 0.65 AK : AZ : AR : 325,745 328,904 2,840 2,979 0.86 0.90 CA : 99,428 89,652 1,071 862 1.07 0.95 CO : CT : DE : 124,540 129,562 1,501 1,694 1.19 1.29 FL : 13,216 13,017 119 103 0.89 0.78 GA : 402,458 414,848 2,425 2,575 0.60 0.62 HI : ID : IL : IN : 15,158 15,008 124 155 0.81 1.02 IA : KS : KY : 101,834 102,460 583 686 0.57 0.66 LA : 63,805 69,878 316 372 0.49 0.53 ME : MD : 39,192 42,170 332 344 0.84 0.81 MA : MI : MN : MS : 276,905 283,794 2,036 2,060 0.73 0.72 MO : 118,210 123,371 1,040 1,073 0.87 0.86 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,291 1,367 37 40 2.82 2.81 NM : NY : 5,868 6,238 390 367 6.23 5.56 NC : 317,718 313,748 3,268 3,070 1.02 0.97 ND : OH : 20,258 21,424 294 305 1.43 1.40 OK : OR : PA : 36,686 41,245 567 705 1.52 1.68 RI : SC : 115,946 120,400 858 865 0.73 0.71 SD : TN : 85,699 89,494 588 607 0.68 0.67 TX : 250,291 246,387 1,694 1,521 0.67 0.61 UT : VT : VA : 94,355 99,871 561 518 0.59 0.52 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 3,012,076 3,063,724 24,279 24,468 0.80 0.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2009-September 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 109 112 55,303 54,028 AR : 541 428 93,253 86,035 DE : 630 657 44,716 49,279 GA : 81 55 52,457 51,888 MS : 182 271 27,780 30,367 MO : 252 247 64,364 61,101 NC : 683 484 82,111 75,836 TX : 75 68 43,299 41,796 VA : 125 85 18,887 17,963 : US 1/ : 4,552 4,570 753,275 723,687 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 35,497 31,431 446 303 3,593 3,996 AR : 13,455 16,221 5,009 4,213 1,670 1,755 DE : 11,982 14,649 39 55 5,991 6,519 GA : 43,621 36,104 233 442 9,692 9,769 MS : 7,463 9,193 182 178 409 371 MO : 10,796 8,392 188 179 1,506 1,516 NC : 18,413 18,218 388 438 8,926 8,121 TX : 8,310 8,886 104 238 704 736 VA : 7,769 6,540 37 87 2,553 2,690 : US 1/ : 220,197 215,828 8,321 7,936 45,383 45,163 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,257 1,340 4,703 5,145 6,997 8,072 AR : 1,362 1,259 5,838 6,119 10,240 8,815 DE : 1,149 999 2,599 2,602 4,651 4,092 GA : 1,055 1,113 10,920 11,549 5,937 5,823 MS : 836 989 1,789 1,954 3,005 3,084 MO : 380 354 1,763 2,292 6,417 6,026 NC : 1,137 1,129 7,760 8,155 7,693 8,407 TX : 477 465 4,871 4,231 5,022 5,576 VA : 538 516 1,538 1,419 2,902 2,663 : US 1/ : 12,164 12,058 63,424 61,824 96,312 95,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : August :September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 6,622 6,287 87,673 87,040 202,200 197,754 AR : 1,641 2,293 119,848 141,842 252,857 268,980 DE : 915 1,253 34,322 42,005 106,994 122,110 GA : 2,630 3,292 37,450 44,748 164,076 164,783 MS : 273 457 42,912 44,558 84,831 91,422 MO : 285 1,068 39,128 45,154 125,079 126,329 NC : 9,921 10,253 51,369 53,028 188,401 184,069 TX : 1,389 1,189 33,491 29,047 97,742 92,232 VA : 3,793 1,888 20,490 24,216 58,632 58,067 : US 1/ : 41,790 35,551 655,641 743,215 1,901,059 1,944,862 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, August 2009-September 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August : September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,524 2,463 49,265 49,491 19.52 20.10 CA : 1,160 1,191 31,007 32,303 26.73 27.13 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,464 1,456 51,587 51,978 35.23 35.70 IA : 922 968 34,804 37,334 37.75 38.56 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,841 3,926 93,141 95,713 24.25 24.38 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,697 2,573 81,045 77,016 30.05 29.94 ND : OH : 391 409 16,704 17,456 42.77 42.65 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 380 333 15,794 13,663 41.56 41.02 TN : TX : UT : 300 357 6,695 9,274 22.30 26.00 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 20,404 20,280 576,310 581,586 28.24 28.68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed 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, August 2009-September 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : August : September : August :September : August :September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 41,721 41,389 490 418 1.16 1.00 CA : 25,297 26,489 273 277 1.07 1.03 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 41,535 41,687 699 708 1.65 1.67 IA : 27,299 29,272 525 515 1.89 1.73 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 74,575 76,785 1,244 1,292 1.64 1.66 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 64,261 60,488 561 569 0.86 0.93 ND : OH : 13,253 13,846 312 287 2.30 2.03 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 12,808 11,066 119 119 0.92 1.07 TN : TX : UT : 5,503 7,700 68 61 1.23 0.79 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 460,690 463,836 6,761 6,786 1.45 1.44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Dan Kerestes, Chief, Livestock Branch.................................(202) 720-3570 Bruce Boess, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section..........(202) 720-4447 David Colwell - Cold Storage.....................................(202) 720-8784 Doug Bounds - Poultry Slaughter, Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised.(202) 690-3237 Chris Hawthorn - Catfish Processing, Catfish Production, Trout Production, Census of Aquaculture, Egg Products, Mink...(202) 720-0585 Kim Linonis - Layers, Eggs.......................................(202) 690-8632 Troy Marshall - Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery, Honey........(202) 720-3244 ACCESS TO REPORTS!! For your convenience, there are several ways to obtain NASS reports, data products, and services: INTERNET ACCESS All NASS reports are available free of charge. For free access, connect to the Internet and go to the NASS Home Page at: www.nass.usda.gov. 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