Pou 2-1 (11-09) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released November 25, 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 7 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during October 2009 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.63 billion pounds, down 7 percent from the amount certified in October 2008. The September 2009 revised certified total at 3.59 billion pounds, was down 4 percent from September 2008. The September revision represented an increase of 829 thousand pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during October 2009 was 4.82 billion pounds, down 8 percent from 5.23 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.10 billion pounds, down 7 percent from October 2008. Mature chickens, at 69.7 million pounds, were down 13 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 635 million pounds, down 13 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 13.0 million pounds, down 7 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2009 averaged 5.67 pounds per bird, up slightly from October 2008. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.84 pounds per bird, unchanged from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2009 averaged 28.4 pounds per bird, down 2 percent from October 2008. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2009 totaled 10.8 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.22 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.26 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 34.7 million pounds, were 0.95 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.07 percent a year earlier. October 2009 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while October 2008 had 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, October, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 778,276 729,420 723,391 93 99 7,572,753 7,159,313 95 Mature : 13,771 11,868 11,929 87 101 131,946 118,137 90 Light : 5,852 5,471 5,077 87 93 59,717 53,635 90 Heavy : 7,919 6,397 6,852 87 107 72,229 64,502 89 Total : 792,047 741,288 735,320 93 99 7,704,699 7,277,450 94 : Turkeys : Young : 25,149 20,280 22,196 88 109 225,611 203,264 90 Old : 190 209 169 89 81 1,804 1,581 88 Total : 25,339 20,489 22,365 88 109 227,415 204,845 90 : Ducks : 2,073 1,930 1,911 92 99 20,159 18,818 93 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,398,796 4,099,418 4,098,612 93 100 42,254,701 39,902,212 94 Mature : 80,479 67,781 69,693 87 103 765,572 680,504 89 Light : 19,008 17,669 16,429 86 93 194,882 173,948 89 Heavy : 61,471 50,112 53,264 87 106 570,690 506,556 89 Total :4,479,275 4,167,199 4,168,305 93 100 43,020,273 40,582,716 94 : Turkeys : Young : 725,609 581,586 631,090 87 109 6,555,171 5,891,907 90 Old : 5,347 5,185 4,317 81 83 47,911 41,617 87 Total : 730,956 586,771 635,407 87 108 6,603,082 5,933,524 90 : Ducks : 13,999 13,115 13,035 93 99 135,111 127,194 94 : Other Poultry 2/ : 1,078 1,191 1,331 123 112 3,563 3,837 108 : Total Poultry :5,225,308 4,768,276 4,818,078 92 101 49,762,029 46,647,271 94 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.65 5.62 5.67 100 101 5.58 5.57 100 Mature : 5.84 5.71 5.84 100 102 5.80 5.76 99 Light : 3.25 3.23 3.24 100 100 3.26 3.24 99 Heavy : 7.76 7.83 7.77 100 99 7.90 7.85 99 Total : 5.66 5.62 5.67 100 101 5.58 5.58 100 : Turkeys : Young : 28.85 28.68 28.43 99 99 29.06 28.99 100 Old : 28.14 24.81 25.54 91 103 26.56 26.32 99 Total : 28.85 28.64 28.41 98 99 29.04 28.97 100 : Ducks : 6.75 6.80 6.82 101 100 6.70 6.76 101 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, October, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,961,674 2,785,075 2,793,041 94 100 28,350,210 27,030,281 95 Mature : 50,221 42,727 44,171 88 103 471,193 424,652 90 Light : 9,652 9,463 8,948 93 95 96,173 90,786 94 Heavy : 40,569 33,264 35,223 87 106 375,020 333,866 89 Total :3,011,895 2,827,802 2,837,212 94 100 28,821,403 27,454,933 95 : Turkeys : Young : 363,463 283,994 328,184 90 116 3,084,098 2,920,103 95 Old : 2,464 3,979 3,284 133 83 26,269 28,379 108 Total : 365,927 287,973 331,468 91 115 3,110,367 2,948,482 95 : Ducks : 3,637 3,244 3,403 94 105 39,291 31,458 80 : Other Poultry 2/ : 91 83 93 102 112 909 788 87 : Total Poultry :3,381,550 3,119,102 3,172,176 94 102 31,971,970 30,435,661 95 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 308,948 279,478 271,213 88 97 2,961,873 2,716,573 92 Mature : 368 392 416 113 106 9,666 3,063 32 Light : 102 6,199 215 3 Heavy : 368 392 314 85 80 3,467 2,848 82 Total : 309,316 279,870 271,629 88 97 2,971,539 2,719,636 92 : Turkeys : Young : 213,999 179,842 175,687 82 98 2,126,077 1,777,087 84 Old : 1,631 70 59 4 84 9,858 3,560 36 Total : 215,630 179,912 175,746 82 98 2,135,935 1,780,647 83 : Ducks : 6,418 6,201 5,937 93 96 57,874 59,360 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 518 608 695 134 114 1,211 1,540 127 : Total Poultry : 531,882 466,591 454,007 85 97 5,166,559 4,561,183 88 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,270,622 3,064,553 3,064,254 94 100 31,312,083 29,746,854 95 Mature : 50,589 43,119 44,587 88 103 480,859 427,715 89 Light : 9,652 9,463 9,050 94 96 102,372 91,001 89 Heavy : 40,937 33,656 35,537 87 106 378,487 336,714 89 Total :3,321,211 3,107,672 3,108,841 94 100 31,792,942 30,174,569 95 : Turkeys : Young : 577,462 463,836 503,871 87 109 5,210,175 4,697,190 90 Old : 4,095 4,049 3,343 82 83 36,127 31,939 88 Total : 581,557 467,885 507,214 87 108 5,246,302 4,729,129 90 : Ducks : 10,055 9,445 9,340 93 99 97,165 90,818 93 : Other Poultry 2/ : 609 691 788 129 114 2,120 2,328 110 : Total Poultry :3,913,432 3,585,693 3,626,183 93 101 37,138,529 34,996,844 94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, October, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :11,344 8,660 8,652 76 100 132,908 98,147 74 Mature : 885 956 831 94 87 12,768 11,050 87 Light : 137 248 135 99 54 3,747 2,427 65 Heavy : 748 708 696 93 98 9,021 8,623 96 Total :12,229 9,616 9,483 78 99 145,676 109,197 75 : Turkeys : Young : 1,478 1,200 1,235 84 103 16,888 14,411 85 Old : 37 26 26 70 100 529 386 73 Total : 1,515 1,226 1,261 83 103 17,417 14,797 85 : Ducks : 44 51 34 77 67 372 421 113 Other Poultry : 5 3 2 40 67 12 5 42 : Total Poultry :13,793 10,896 10,780 78 99 163,477 124,420 76 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.26 0.21 0.21 81 100 0.31 0.25 81 Mature : 1.10 1.41 1.19 108 84 1.67 1.62 97 Light : 0.72 1.40 0.82 114 59 1.92 1.40 73 Heavy : 1.22 1.41 1.31 107 93 1.58 1.70 108 Total : 0.27 0.23 0.23 85 100 0.34 0.27 79 : Turkeys : Young : 0.20 0.21 0.20 100 95 0.26 0.24 92 Old : 0.69 0.50 0.60 87 120 1.10 0.93 85 Total : 0.21 0.21 0.20 95 95 0.26 0.25 96 : Ducks : 0.31 0.39 0.26 84 67 0.28 0.33 118 Other Poultry : 0.46 0.25 0.15 33 60 0.34 0.13 38 : Total Poultry : 0.26 0.23 0.22 85 96 0.33 0.27 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, October, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Oct : Sep : Oct : Oct : Sep :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :29,354 24,477 24,282 83 99 322,750 265,064 82 Mature : 3,636 3,296 3,131 86 95 34,618 31,713 92 Light : 1,252 1,288 1,082 86 84 12,205 11,926 98 Heavy : 2,384 2,008 2,049 86 102 22,413 19,787 88 Total :32,990 27,773 27,413 83 99 357,368 296,777 83 : Turkeys : Young : 8,782 6,786 6,965 79 103 85,002 71,915 85 Old : 195 152 153 78 101 2,428 1,507 62 Total : 8,977 6,938 7,118 79 103 87,430 73,422 84 : Ducks : 311 231 212 68 92 2,676 2,552 95 Other Poultry : 4 4 5 125 125 21 23 110 : Total Poultry :42,282 34,946 34,748 82 99 447,495 372,774 83 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.89 0.79 0.79 89 100 1.02 0.88 86 Mature : 6.71 7.10 6.56 98 92 6.72 6.90 103 Light : 11.48 11.98 10.68 93 89 10.65 11.59 109 Heavy : 5.50 5.63 5.45 99 97 5.59 5.55 99 Total : 0.98 0.89 0.87 89 98 1.11 0.97 87 : Turkeys : Young : 1.50 1.44 1.36 91 94 1.61 1.51 94 Old : 4.55 3.62 4.38 96 121 6.30 4.51 72 Total : 1.52 1.46 1.38 91 95 1.64 1.53 93 : Ducks : 3.00 2.39 2.22 74 93 2.68 2.73 102 Other Poultry : 0.65 0.58 0.63 97 109 0.98 0.98 100 : Total Poultry : 1.07 0.97 0.95 89 98 1.19 1.05 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, September 2009-October 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 4,570 3,414 723,765 717,434 Mature : 1,081 1,122 178,867 197,597 Light : 924 985 150,395 162,717 Heavy : 157 137 28,472 34,880 Total : 5,651 4,536 902,632 915,031 : Turkeys : Young : 42 33 32,244 40,987 Old : 1 1,743 1,879 Total : 42 34 33,987 42,866 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 215,839 245,368 7,936 6,759 45,165 44,425 Mature : 16,891 12,044 680 390 60,749 43,692 Light : 13,834 8,679 496 147 54,220 35,687 Heavy : 3,057 3,365 184 243 6,529 8,005 Total : 232,730 257,412 8,616 7,149 105,914 88,117 : Turkeys : Young : 4,614 4,292 1,644 2,046 138 147 Old : 328 373 55 41 Total : 4,942 4,665 1,644 2,046 193 188 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 12,058 11,544 61,838 62,682 95,036 87,942 Mature : 15,134 10,626 6,910 4,534 105,018 91,347 Light : 14,217 9,310 5,705 3,328 95,592 76,384 Heavy : 917 1,316 1,205 1,206 9,426 14,963 Total : 27,192 22,170 68,748 67,216 200,054 179,289 : Turkeys : Young : 297 297 1,175 1,457 1,997 2,733 Old : 3 9 19 10 44 116 Total : 300 306 1,194 1,467 2,041 2,849 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 35,551 15,383 750,499 646,832 1,952,257 1,841,783 Mature : 1,567 2,920 174,192 153,559 561,089 517,831 Light : 353 450 77,795 53,175 413,531 350,862 Heavy : 1,214 2,470 96,397 100,384 147,558 166,969 Total : 37,118 18,303 924,691 800,391 2,513,346 2,359,614 : Turkeys : Young : 473 407 12,592 12,866 55,216 65,265 Old : 11 265 277 2,457 2,717 Total : 473 418 12,857 13,143 57,673 67,982 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, September 2009-October 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 91,259 88,725 503,625 495,891 5.52 5.59 AK : AZ : AR : 80,529 80,862 454,953 461,140 5.65 5.70 CA : 21,911 21,007 121,528 115,921 5.55 5.52 CO : CT : DE : 25,905 25,399 179,886 177,027 6.94 6.97 FL : 3,091 3,077 18,727 18,117 6.06 5.89 GA : 103,091 102,446 547,313 539,524 5.31 5.27 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,644 4,669 20,545 20,568 4.42 4.41 IA : KS : KY : 26,069 26,184 141,206 142,539 5.42 5.44 LA : 15,651 15,805 93,812 95,620 5.99 6.05 ME : MD : 11,732 11,778 57,325 57,291 4.89 4.86 MA : MI : MN : MS : 63,220 61,980 368,535 368,678 5.83 5.95 MO : 35,640 33,299 167,577 156,532 4.70 4.70 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 486 353 2,161 1,609 4.44 4.56 NM : NY : 2,014 1,826 10,242 9,373 5.08 5.13 NC : 58,507 60,163 407,411 427,837 6.96 7.11 ND : OH : 4,759 4,815 29,001 29,450 6.09 6.12 OK : OR : PA : 10,468 10,450 59,184 60,354 5.65 5.78 RI : SC : 24,741 24,973 159,930 160,758 6.46 6.44 SD : TN : 24,527 24,184 123,209 122,103 5.02 5.05 TX : 58,188 60,012 316,146 328,199 5.43 5.47 UT : VT : VA : 28,015 27,792 140,592 139,746 5.02 5.03 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 729,420 723,391 4,099,418 4,098,612 5.62 5.67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2009-October 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 379,067 374,366 2,465 2,491 0.65 0.66 AK : AZ : AR : 328,904 331,926 2,979 3,080 0.90 0.92 CA : 89,652 85,822 862 844 0.95 0.97 CO : CT : DE : 129,562 127,478 1,694 1,548 1.29 1.20 FL : 13,017 12,599 103 92 0.78 0.73 GA : 414,848 409,227 2,575 2,609 0.62 0.63 HI : ID : IL : IN : 15,008 15,027 155 157 1.02 1.04 IA : KS : KY : 102,460 103,067 686 509 0.66 0.49 LA : 69,878 71,029 372 411 0.53 0.58 ME : MD : 42,170 41,833 344 382 0.81 0.91 MA : MI : MN : MS : 283,794 280,810 2,060 2,105 0.72 0.74 MO : 123,371 115,280 1,073 978 0.86 0.84 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,367 1,015 40 27 2.81 2.56 NM : NY : 6,238 5,854 367 131 5.56 2.19 NC : 313,748 332,277 3,070 3,212 0.97 0.96 ND : OH : 21,424 21,692 305 389 1.40 1.76 OK : OR : PA : 41,245 42,308 705 678 1.68 1.58 RI : SC : 120,400 120,990 865 898 0.71 0.74 SD : TN : 89,494 88,762 607 565 0.67 0.63 TX : 247,216 256,439 1,530 1,603 0.62 0.62 UT : VT : VA : 99,871 99,199 518 517 0.52 0.52 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 3,064,553 3,064,254 24,477 24,282 0.79 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, September 2009-October 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 112 154 54,028 53,092 AR : 428 372 86,035 88,604 DE : 657 334 49,279 46,712 GA : 55 116 51,888 51,659 MS : 271 185 30,367 30,678 MO : 247 296 61,101 58,861 NC : 484 513 75,836 80,961 TX : 68 100 41,874 47,658 VA : 85 74 17,963 17,206 : US 1/ : 4,570 3,414 723,765 717,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 31,431 34,145 303 340 3,996 3,828 AR : 16,221 20,358 4,213 3,393 1,755 1,848 DE : 14,649 15,484 55 63 6,519 6,438 GA : 36,104 43,178 442 226 9,769 8,633 MS : 9,193 9,941 178 166 371 352 MO : 8,392 7,966 179 160 1,516 1,561 NC : 18,218 20,900 438 618 8,121 7,101 TX : 8,897 12,552 238 182 738 695 VA : 6,540 8,556 87 18 2,690 2,443 : US 1/ : 215,839 245,368 7,936 6,759 45,165 44,425 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,340 1,279 5,145 4,844 8,072 7,955 AR : 1,259 1,143 6,119 6,632 8,815 7,678 DE : 999 879 2,602 2,434 4,092 4,078 GA : 1,113 848 11,549 12,486 5,823 5,805 MS : 989 830 1,954 2,178 3,084 2,973 MO : 354 356 2,292 1,999 6,026 4,971 NC : 1,129 1,036 8,155 9,082 8,407 9,008 TX : 465 455 4,245 4,437 5,582 4,431 VA : 516 577 1,419 1,222 2,663 3,165 : US 1/ : 12,058 11,544 61,838 62,682 95,036 87,942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ :September : October :September : October : September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 6,287 4,437 87,040 93,783 197,754 203,857 AR : 2,293 608 141,842 121,224 268,980 251,860 DE : 1,253 500 42,005 16,352 122,110 93,274 GA : 3,292 828 44,738 49,598 164,773 173,377 MS : 457 381 44,558 47,796 91,422 95,480 MO : 1,068 243 45,154 36,316 126,329 112,729 NC : 10,253 3,755 53,028 56,301 184,069 189,275 TX : 1,189 603 29,274 28,343 92,570 99,456 VA : 1,888 800 24,216 24,410 58,067 58,471 : US 1/ : 35,551 15,383 750,499 646,832 1,952,257 1,841,783 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2009-October 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September: October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,463 2,745 49,491 53,773 20.10 19.59 CA : 1,191 2,052 32,303 52,979 27.13 25.82 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,456 1,499 51,978 53,011 35.70 35.37 IA : 968 992 37,334 37,276 38.56 37.56 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,926 3,727 95,713 92,786 24.38 24.89 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,573 2,568 77,016 78,240 29.94 30.47 ND : OH : 409 442 17,456 19,055 42.65 43.14 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 333 362 13,663 15,528 41.02 42.88 TN : TX : UT : 357 322 9,274 6,737 26.00 20.89 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 20,280 22,196 581,586 631,090 28.68 28.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, September 2009-October 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October :September : October :September : October -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 41,389 45,444 418 304 1.00 0.66 CA : 26,489 42,532 277 458 1.03 1.07 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 41,687 42,814 708 711 1.67 1.63 IA : 29,272 29,150 515 488 1.73 1.65 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 76,785 74,246 1,292 1,260 1.66 1.67 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 60,488 61,591 569 548 0.93 0.88 ND : OH : 13,846 15,131 287 281 2.03 1.82 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 11,066 12,588 119 122 1.07 0.96 TN : TX : UT : 7,700 5,578 61 40 0.79 0.71 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 463,836 503,871 6,786 6,965 1.44 1.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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