Pou 2-1 (12-09) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released December 24, 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 Up 2 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during November 2009 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.29 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the amount certified in November 2008. The October 2009 revised certified total at 3.63 billion pounds, was down 7 percent from October 2008. The October revision represented an increase of 3.15 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during November 2009 was 4.36 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 4.29 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.70 billion pounds, up 3 percent from November 2008. Mature chickens, at 53.7 million pounds, were down 13 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 597 million pounds, down 6 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.6 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during November 2009 averaged 5.67 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from November 2008. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.75 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during November 2009 averaged 27.7 pounds per bird, down slightly from November 2008. Ante-mortem condemnations during November 2009 totaled 9.46 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.22 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.27 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 32.2 million pounds, were 0.97 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.11 percent a year earlier. November 2009 contained 21 weekdays (including two holidays) and 4 Saturdays, while November 2008 had 20 weekdays (including two holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 638,666 724,043 652,403 102 90 8,211,419 7,812,368 95 Mature : 10,574 11,929 9,339 88 78 142,520 127,476 89 Light : 4,439 5,077 4,186 94 82 64,156 57,821 90 Heavy : 6,135 6,852 5,153 84 75 78,364 69,655 89 Total : 649,240 735,972 661,742 102 90 8,353,939 7,939,844 95 : Turkeys : Young : 22,802 22,213 21,471 94 97 248,413 224,752 90 Old : 125 169 97 78 57 1,929 1,678 87 Total : 22,927 22,382 21,568 94 96 250,342 226,430 90 : Ducks : 1,794 1,911 1,848 103 97 21,953 20,666 94 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :3,582,424 4,102,002 3,697,860 103 90 45,837,125 43,603,462 95 Mature : 61,577 69,693 53,696 87 77 827,149 734,200 89 Light : 14,428 16,429 13,552 94 82 209,310 187,500 90 Heavy : 47,149 53,264 40,144 85 75 617,839 546,700 88 Total :3,644,001 4,171,695 3,751,556 103 90 46,664,274 44,337,662 95 : Turkeys : Young : 633,770 631,792 594,884 94 94 7,188,941 6,487,493 90 Old : 3,315 4,317 2,575 78 60 51,226 44,192 86 Total : 637,085 636,109 597,459 94 94 7,240,167 6,531,685 90 : Ducks : 12,026 13,035 12,599 105 97 147,137 139,793 95 : Other Poultry 2/ : 483 1,331 559 116 42 4,046 4,396 109 : Total Poultry :4,293,595 4,822,170 4,362,173 102 90 54,055,624 51,013,536 94 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.61 5.67 5.67 101 100 5.58 5.58 100 Mature : 5.82 5.84 5.75 99 98 5.80 5.76 99 Light : 3.25 3.24 3.24 100 100 3.26 3.24 99 Heavy : 7.69 7.77 7.79 101 100 7.88 7.85 100 Total : 5.61 5.67 5.67 101 100 5.59 5.58 100 : Turkeys : Young : 27.79 28.44 27.71 100 97 28.94 28.87 100 Old : 26.52 25.54 26.55 100 104 26.56 26.34 99 Total : 27.79 28.42 27.70 100 97 28.92 28.85 100 : Ducks : 6.70 6.82 6.82 102 100 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, November, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- Pct ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,407,609 2,794,687 2,514,948 104 90 30,757,819 29,546,875 96 Mature : 38,426 44,171 33,875 88 77 509,619 458,527 90 Light : 7,245 8,948 7,466 103 83 103,418 98,252 95 Heavy : 31,181 35,223 26,409 85 75 406,201 360,275 89 Total :2,446,035 2,838,858 2,548,823 104 90 31,267,438 30,005,402 96 : Turkeys : Young : 326,229 328,728 310,978 95 95 3,410,327 3,231,625 95 Old : 1,845 3,284 1,942 105 59 28,114 30,321 108 Total : 328,074 332,012 312,920 95 94 3,438,441 3,261,946 95 : Ducks : 3,177 3,403 3,337 105 98 42,468 34,795 82 : Other Poultry 2/ : 79 93 79 100 85 988 867 88 : Total Poultry :2,777,365 3,174,366 2,865,159 103 90 34,749,335 33,303,010 96 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 255,080 272,174 253,599 99 93 3,216,953 2,971,133 92 Mature : 173 416 188 109 45 9,839 3,251 33 Light : 102 6,199 215 3 Heavy : 173 314 188 109 60 3,640 3,036 83 Total : 255,253 272,590 253,787 99 93 3,226,792 2,974,384 92 : Turkeys : Young : 179,549 175,687 163,486 91 93 2,305,626 1,940,573 84 Old : 697 59 41 6 69 10,555 3,601 34 Total : 180,246 175,746 163,527 91 93 2,316,181 1,944,174 84 : Ducks : 5,424 5,937 5,725 106 96 63,298 65,085 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 203 695 259 128 37 1,414 1,799 127 : Total Poultry : 441,126 454,968 423,298 96 93 5,607,685 4,985,442 89 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,662,689 3,066,861 2,768,547 104 90 33,974,772 32,518,008 96 Mature : 38,599 44,587 34,063 88 76 519,458 461,778 89 Light : 7,245 9,050 7,466 103 82 109,617 98,467 90 Heavy : 31,354 35,537 26,597 85 75 409,841 363,311 89 Total :2,701,288 3,111,448 2,802,610 104 90 34,494,230 32,979,786 96 : Turkeys : Young : 505,778 504,415 474,464 94 94 5,715,953 5,172,198 90 Old : 2,542 3,343 1,983 78 59 38,669 33,922 88 Total : 508,320 507,758 476,447 94 94 5,754,622 5,206,120 90 : Ducks : 8,601 9,340 9,062 105 97 105,766 99,880 94 : Other Poultry 2/ : 282 788 338 120 43 2,402 2,666 111 : Total Poultry :3,218,491 3,629,334 3,288,457 102 91 40,357,020 38,288,452 95 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 9,398 8,660 7,587 81 88 142,306 105,742 74 Mature : 746 831 661 89 80 13,514 11,711 87 Light : 166 135 141 85 104 3,913 2,568 66 Heavy : 580 696 520 90 75 9,601 9,143 95 Total :10,144 9,491 8,248 81 87 155,820 117,453 75 : Turkeys : Young : 1,341 1,240 1,165 87 94 18,229 15,581 85 Old : 34 26 21 62 81 563 407 72 Total : 1,375 1,266 1,186 86 94 18,792 15,988 85 : Ducks : 45 34 30 67 88 417 451 108 Other Poultry : 1 2 13 5 38 : Total Poultry :11,565 10,793 9,464 82 88 175,042 133,897 76 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.26 0.21 0.21 81 100 0.31 0.24 77 Mature : 1.21 1.19 1.23 102 103 1.63 1.60 98 Light : 1.15 0.82 1.04 90 127 1.87 1.37 73 Heavy : 1.23 1.31 1.30 106 99 1.55 1.67 108 Total : 0.28 0.23 0.22 79 96 0.33 0.26 79 : Turkeys : Young : 0.21 0.20 0.20 95 100 0.25 0.24 96 Old : 1.03 0.60 0.82 80 137 1.10 0.92 84 Total : 0.22 0.20 0.20 91 100 0.26 0.24 92 : Ducks : 0.37 0.26 0.24 65 92 0.28 0.32 114 Other Poultry : 0.21 0.15 0.32 0.11 34 : Total Poultry : 0.27 0.22 0.22 81 100 0.32 0.26 81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :25,376 24,298 22,771 90 94 348,126 287,851 83 Mature : 2,953 3,131 2,375 80 76 37,571 34,088 91 Light : 1,075 1,082 882 82 82 13,280 12,808 96 Heavy : 1,878 2,049 1,493 79 73 24,291 21,280 88 Total :28,329 27,429 25,146 89 92 385,697 321,939 83 : Turkeys : Young : 7,331 6,979 6,701 91 96 92,333 78,630 85 Old : 118 153 103 87 67 2,546 1,610 63 Total : 7,449 7,132 6,804 91 95 94,879 80,240 85 : Ducks : 294 212 203 69 96 2,970 2,755 93 Other Poultry : 2 5 2 100 40 23 25 109 : Total Poultry :36,074 34,778 32,155 89 92 483,569 404,959 84 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.94 0.79 0.82 87 104 1.01 0.88 87 Mature : 7.11 6.56 6.52 92 99 6.74 6.87 102 Light : 12.92 10.68 10.57 82 99 10.81 11.51 106 Heavy : 5.65 5.45 5.32 94 98 5.60 5.53 99 Total : 1.04 0.87 0.89 86 102 1.11 0.97 87 : Turkeys : Young : 1.43 1.36 1.39 97 102 1.59 1.50 94 Old : 4.44 4.38 4.94 111 113 6.18 4.53 73 Total : 1.44 1.39 1.41 98 101 1.62 1.52 94 : Ducks : 3.31 2.22 2.19 66 99 2.73 2.68 98 Other Poultry : 0.70 0.63 0.59 84 94 0.95 0.93 98 : Total Poultry : 1.11 0.95 0.97 87 102 1.18 1.05 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, October 2009-November 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 3,421 3,603 717,982 649,913 Mature : 1,122 943 197,597 140,885 Light : 985 846 162,717 116,604 Heavy : 137 97 34,880 24,281 Total : 4,543 4,546 915,579 790,798 : Turkeys : Young : 33 53 40,987 43,831 Old : 1 8 1,879 1,006 Total : 34 61 42,866 44,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 245,919 246,834 6,760 4,799 44,494 43,688 Mature : 12,044 11,594 390 497 43,692 38,325 Light : 8,679 8,911 147 188 35,687 32,912 Heavy : 3,365 2,683 243 309 8,005 5,413 Total : 257,963 258,428 7,150 5,296 88,186 82,013 : Turkeys : Young : 4,292 4,777 2,046 2,158 147 133 Old : 373 217 1 41 34 Total : 4,665 4,994 2,046 2,159 188 167 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 11,549 10,696 62,737 57,523 87,999 83,674 Mature : 10,626 8,794 4,534 1,969 91,347 80,286 Light : 9,310 7,967 3,328 1,116 76,384 69,599 Heavy : 1,316 827 1,206 853 14,963 10,687 Total : 22,175 19,490 67,271 59,492 179,346 163,960 : Turkeys : Young : 297 269 1,457 1,575 2,733 2,316 Old : 9 3 10 6 116 42 Total : 306 272 1,467 1,581 2,849 2,358 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 15,385 13,293 647,123 646,661 1,843,369 1,760,684 Mature : 2,920 1,138 153,569 122,666 517,841 407,097 Light : 450 276 53,185 43,044 350,872 281,463 Heavy : 2,470 862 100,384 79,622 166,969 125,634 Total : 18,305 14,431 800,692 769,327 2,361,210 2,167,781 : Turkeys : Young : 407 700 12,880 12,683 65,279 68,495 Old : 11 4 277 313 2,717 1,634 Total : 418 704 13,157 12,996 67,996 70,129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, October 2009-November 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 88,725 77,522 495,891 429,672 5.59 5.54 AK : AZ : AR : 80,808 73,888 461,140 421,207 5.71 5.70 CA : 21,007 18,019 115,921 99,516 5.52 5.52 CO : CT : DE : 25,399 22,416 177,027 155,696 6.97 6.95 FL : 3,077 2,742 18,117 15,663 5.89 5.71 GA : 102,712 93,260 541,144 491,980 5.27 5.28 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,669 4,117 20,568 17,834 4.41 4.33 IA : KS : KY : 26,184 23,296 142,539 124,467 5.44 5.34 LA : 15,805 14,448 95,620 87,772 6.05 6.08 ME : MD : 11,778 10,301 57,291 50,336 4.86 4.89 MA : MI : MN : MS : 61,980 57,475 368,678 344,575 5.95 6.00 MO : 33,299 31,312 156,532 148,918 4.70 4.76 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 353 409 1,609 1,848 4.56 4.52 NM : NY : 1,826 1,877 9,373 9,570 5.13 5.10 NC : 60,163 54,066 427,837 389,282 7.11 7.20 ND : OH : 4,815 4,322 29,450 26,433 6.12 6.12 OK : OR : PA : 10,450 9,382 60,354 52,505 5.78 5.60 RI : SC : 25,295 23,709 162,061 155,169 6.41 6.54 SD : TN : 24,184 21,397 122,103 107,564 5.05 5.03 TX : 60,130 53,153 328,668 291,819 5.47 5.49 UT : VT : VA : 27,792 23,920 139,746 119,651 5.03 5.00 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 724,043 652,403 4,102,002 3,697,860 5.67 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, October 2009-November 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 374,366 324,635 2,491 2,375 0.66 0.73 AK : AZ : AR : 331,926 305,931 3,080 2,722 0.92 0.88 CA : 85,822 73,609 844 705 0.97 0.95 CO : CT : DE : 127,478 112,205 1,548 1,325 1.20 1.17 FL : 12,599 10,874 92 58 0.73 0.53 GA : 410,492 372,007 2,617 2,395 0.63 0.64 HI : ID : IL : IN : 15,027 13,015 157 145 1.04 1.10 IA : KS : KY : 103,067 91,124 509 629 0.49 0.69 LA : 71,029 65,050 411 341 0.58 0.52 ME : MD : 41,833 36,842 382 840 0.91 2.23 MA : MI : MN : MS : 280,810 263,306 2,105 1,894 0.74 0.71 MO : 115,280 109,775 978 1,017 0.84 0.92 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,015 1,160 27 36 2.56 3.01 NM : NY : 5,854 6,040 131 137 2.19 2.22 NC : 332,277 302,808 3,212 2,996 0.96 0.98 ND : OH : 21,692 19,374 389 324 1.76 1.64 OK : OR : PA : 42,308 36,733 678 522 1.58 1.40 RI : SC : 121,997 116,933 904 910 0.74 0.77 SD : TN : 88,762 77,979 565 539 0.63 0.69 TX : 256,774 227,780 1,605 1,478 0.62 0.64 UT : VT : VA : 99,199 84,737 517 403 0.52 0.47 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 3,066,861 2,768,547 24,298 22,771 0.79 0.82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2009-November 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 154 80 53,092 44,307 AR : 372 324 88,604 82,196 DE : 334 305 46,712 40,823 GA : 116 62 51,746 48,953 MS : 185 200 30,678 28,787 MO : 296 269 58,861 58,260 NC : 513 263 80,961 70,637 TX : 106 100 47,894 45,434 VA : 74 72 17,206 14,659 : US 1/ : 3,421 3,603 717,982 649,913 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 34,145 28,917 340 267 3,828 4,588 AR : 20,358 20,399 3,393 2,377 1,848 1,804 DE : 15,484 16,177 63 106 6,438 6,715 GA : 43,343 50,849 227 173 8,634 8,015 MS : 9,941 8,796 166 127 352 362 MO : 7,966 9,967 160 102 1,561 1,296 NC : 20,900 20,394 618 412 7,101 6,831 TX : 12,644 12,069 182 114 697 795 VA : 8,556 6,761 18 24 2,443 2,329 : US 1/ : 245,919 246,834 6,760 4,799 44,494 43,688 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,279 984 4,844 3,663 7,955 6,200 AR : 1,143 1,086 6,632 6,113 7,678 7,005 DE : 879 1,018 2,434 2,088 4,078 2,959 GA : 850 751 12,504 10,482 5,806 6,370 MS : 830 863 2,178 1,842 2,973 3,242 MO : 356 352 1,999 1,793 4,971 5,718 NC : 1,036 943 9,082 9,141 9,008 7,436 TX : 458 378 4,442 4,491 4,449 2,764 VA : 577 457 1,222 1,030 3,165 2,364 : US 1/ : 11,549 10,696 62,737 57,523 87,999 83,674 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 4,437 1,668 93,783 86,507 203,857 177,181 AR : 608 344 121,224 115,683 251,860 237,331 DE : 500 205 16,352 29,011 93,274 99,407 GA : 828 1,575 49,863 47,143 173,917 174,373 MS : 381 409 47,796 48,743 95,480 93,371 MO : 243 19 36,316 42,317 112,729 120,093 NC : 3,755 5,725 56,301 47,334 189,275 169,116 TX : 605 532 28,355 28,809 99,832 95,486 VA : 800 580 24,410 18,907 58,471 47,183 : US 1/ : 15,385 13,293 647,123 646,661 1,843,369 1,760,684 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2009-November 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,745 2,654 53,773 52,318 19.59 19.71 CA : 2,052 2,106 52,979 51,473 25.82 24.44 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,499 1,295 53,011 45,945 35.37 35.49 IA : 992 989 37,276 36,529 37.56 36.93 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,727 4,138 92,786 97,441 24.89 23.55 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,568 2,094 78,240 67,006 30.47 32.00 ND : OH : 442 469 19,055 18,156 43.14 38.72 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 362 363 15,528 15,473 42.88 42.65 TN : TX : UT : 322 311 6,737 5,243 20.89 16.84 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 22,213 21,471 631,792 594,884 28.44 27.71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, October 2009-November 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 45,444 43,232 304 296 0.66 0.68 CA : 42,532 41,575 458 413 1.07 0.98 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 42,814 37,027 711 610 1.63 1.62 IA : 29,150 28,712 488 546 1.65 1.87 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 74,246 78,050 1,260 1,388 1.67 1.75 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 61,591 52,668 548 478 0.88 0.90 ND : OH : 15,131 14,143 281 268 1.82 1.86 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 12,588 12,561 122 126 0.96 1.00 TN : TX : UT : 5,578 4,310 40 38 0.71 0.88 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 504,415 474,464 6,979 6,701 1.36 1.39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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