Pou 2-1 (1-10) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released January 25, 2010, 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 1 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during December 2009 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.45 billion pounds, down 1 percent from the amount certified in December 2008. The November 2009 revised certified total at 3.31 billion pounds, was up 3 percent from November 2008. The November revision represented an increase of 22.1 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during December 2009 was 4.60 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 4.64 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.95 billion pounds, up slightly from December 2008. Mature chickens, at 61.3 million pounds, were down 4 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 572 million pounds, down 8 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 14.4 million pounds, down 2 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during December 2009 averaged 5.65 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from December 2008. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.49 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during December 2009 averaged 29.6 pounds per bird, up slightly from December 2008. Ante-mortem condemnations during December 2009 totaled 12.5 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.27 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.31 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 34.2 million pounds, were 0.98 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.17 percent a year earlier. December 2009 contained 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays, while December 2008 had 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, December, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 709,846 657,072 699,854 99 107 8,921,265 8,516,891 95 Mature : 11,476 9,339 11,161 97 120 153,996 138,637 90 Light : 5,527 4,186 5,755 104 137 69,683 63,576 91 Heavy : 5,949 5,153 5,406 91 105 84,313 75,061 89 Total : 721,322 666,411 711,015 99 107 9,075,261 8,655,528 95 : Turkeys : Young : 20,732 21,491 19,177 92 89 269,145 243,949 91 Old : 171 97 141 82 145 2,100 1,819 87 Total : 20,903 21,588 19,318 92 89 271,245 245,768 91 : Ducks : 2,196 1,848 2,101 96 114 24,149 22,767 94 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :3,943,792 3,728,224 3,952,323 100 106 49,780,917 47,586,149 96 Mature : 63,823 53,696 61,316 96 114 890,972 795,516 89 Light : 17,807 13,552 18,881 106 139 227,117 206,381 91 Heavy : 46,016 40,144 42,435 92 106 663,855 589,135 89 Total :4,007,615 3,781,920 4,013,639 100 106 50,671,889 48,381,665 95 : Turkeys : Young : 613,756 595,993 568,231 93 95 7,802,697 7,056,833 90 Old : 4,662 2,575 3,728 80 145 55,888 47,920 86 Total : 618,418 598,568 571,959 92 96 7,858,585 7,104,753 90 : Ducks : 14,744 12,599 14,410 98 114 161,881 154,203 95 : Other Poultry 2/ : 205 559 183 89 33 4,251 4,579 108 : Total Poultry :4,640,982 4,393,646 4,600,191 99 105 58,696,606 55,645,200 95 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.56 5.67 5.65 102 100 5.58 5.59 100 Mature : 5.56 5.75 5.49 99 95 5.79 5.74 99 Light : 3.22 3.24 3.28 102 101 3.26 3.25 100 Heavy : 7.74 7.79 7.85 101 101 7.87 7.85 100 Total : 5.56 5.68 5.64 101 99 5.58 5.59 100 : Turkeys : Young : 29.60 27.73 29.63 100 107 28.99 28.93 100 Old : 27.26 26.55 26.44 97 100 26.61 26.34 99 Total : 29.59 27.73 29.61 100 107 28.97 28.91 100 : Ducks : 6.71 6.82 6.86 102 101 6.70 6.77 101 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, December, 2008-2009 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,667,931 2,536,639 2,682,943 101 106 33,425,750 32,251,509 96 Mature : 39,435 33,875 38,035 96 112 549,054 496,562 90 Light : 9,100 7,466 10,057 111 135 112,518 108,309 96 Heavy : 30,335 26,409 27,978 92 106 436,536 388,253 89 Total :2,707,366 2,570,514 2,720,978 101 106 33,974,804 32,748,071 96 : Turkeys : Young : 309,400 311,248 291,382 94 94 3,719,727 3,523,277 95 Old : 2,613 1,942 2,829 108 146 30,727 33,150 108 Total : 312,013 313,190 294,211 94 94 3,750,454 3,556,427 95 : Ducks : 3,839 3,337 3,947 103 118 46,307 38,742 84 : Other Poultry 2/ : 104 79 97 93 123 1,092 964 88 : Total Poultry :3,023,322 2,887,120 3,019,233 100 105 37,772,657 36,344,204 96 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 263,690 253,153 266,716 101 105 3,480,643 3,237,403 93 Mature : 276 188 326 118 173 10,115 3,577 35 Light : 8 3 38 6,207 218 4 Heavy : 268 188 323 121 172 3,908 3,359 86 Total : 263,966 253,341 267,042 101 105 3,490,758 3,240,980 93 : Turkeys : Young : 178,845 164,039 161,845 90 99 2,484,471 2,102,971 85 Old : 953 41 49 5 120 11,508 3,650 32 Total : 179,798 164,080 161,894 90 99 2,495,979 2,106,621 84 : Ducks : 6,685 5,725 6,380 95 111 69,983 71,465 102 : Other Poultry 2/ : 31 259 33 106 13 1,445 1,832 127 : Total Poultry : 450,480 423,405 435,349 97 103 6,058,165 5,420,898 89 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,931,621 2,789,792 2,949,659 101 106 36,906,393 35,488,912 96 Mature : 39,711 34,063 38,361 97 113 559,169 500,139 89 Light : 9,108 7,466 10,060 110 135 118,725 108,527 91 Heavy : 30,603 26,597 28,301 92 106 440,444 391,612 89 Total :2,971,332 2,823,855 2,988,020 101 106 37,465,562 35,989,051 96 : Turkeys : Young : 488,245 475,287 453,227 93 95 6,204,198 5,626,248 91 Old : 3,566 1,983 2,878 81 145 42,235 36,800 87 Total : 491,811 477,270 456,105 93 96 6,246,433 5,663,048 91 : Ducks : 10,524 9,062 10,327 98 114 116,290 110,207 95 : Other Poultry 2/ : 135 338 130 96 38 2,537 2,796 110 : Total Poultry :3,473,802 3,310,525 3,454,582 99 104 43,830,822 41,765,102 95 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, December, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :11,563 7,618 10,114 87 133 153,869 115,887 75 Mature : 1,159 661 1,085 94 164 14,673 12,796 87 Light : 289 141 297 103 211 4,202 2,865 68 Heavy : 870 520 788 91 152 10,471 9,931 95 Total :12,722 8,279 11,199 88 135 168,542 128,683 76 : Turkeys : Young : 1,599 1,168 1,272 80 109 19,828 16,856 85 Old : 52 21 35 67 167 615 442 72 Total : 1,651 1,189 1,307 79 110 20,443 17,298 85 : Ducks : 53 30 40 75 133 470 491 104 Other Poultry : 13 5 38 : Total Poultry :14,426 9,498 12,546 87 132 189,468 146,477 77 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.29 0.20 0.26 90 130 0.31 0.24 77 Mature : 1.82 1.23 1.77 97 144 1.65 1.61 98 Light : 1.62 1.04 1.57 97 151 1.85 1.39 75 Heavy : 1.89 1.30 1.86 98 143 1.58 1.69 107 Total : 0.32 0.22 0.28 88 127 0.33 0.27 82 : Turkeys : Young : 0.26 0.20 0.22 85 110 0.25 0.24 96 Old : 1.12 0.82 0.94 84 115 1.10 0.92 84 Total : 0.27 0.20 0.23 85 115 0.26 0.24 92 : Ducks : 0.36 0.24 0.28 78 117 0.29 0.32 110 Other Poultry : 0.31 0.11 35 : Total Poultry : 0.31 0.22 0.27 87 123 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, December, 2008-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Dec : Nov : Dec : Dec : Nov :---------------: of : 2008 : 2009 : 2009 :2008 :2009 : 2008 : 2009 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :29,588 22,930 24,564 83 107 377,714 312,574 83 Mature : 3,024 2,375 2,860 95 120 40,595 36,948 91 Light : 1,225 882 1,351 110 153 14,505 14,159 98 Heavy : 1,799 1,493 1,509 84 101 26,090 22,789 87 Total :32,612 25,305 27,424 84 108 418,309 349,522 84 : Turkeys : Young : 7,854 6,727 6,345 81 94 100,187 85,001 85 Old : 166 103 122 73 118 2,712 1,732 64 Total : 8,020 6,830 6,467 81 95 102,899 86,733 84 : Ducks : 375 203 284 76 140 3,345 3,039 91 Other Poultry : 1 2 1 100 50 24 26 108 : Total Poultry :41,008 32,340 34,176 83 106 524,577 439,320 84 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.00 0.82 0.83 83 101 1.01 0.87 86 Mature : 7.08 6.52 6.94 98 106 6.77 6.88 102 Light : 11.86 10.57 11.84 100 112 10.89 11.54 106 Heavy : 5.55 5.32 5.06 91 95 5.59 5.50 98 Total : 1.09 0.89 0.91 83 102 1.10 0.96 87 : Turkeys : Young : 1.58 1.40 1.38 87 99 1.59 1.49 94 Old : 4.45 4.94 4.07 91 82 6.03 4.49 74 Total : 1.60 1.41 1.40 88 99 1.62 1.51 93 : Ducks : 3.44 2.19 2.68 78 122 2.80 2.68 96 Other Poultry : 0.74 0.59 0.76 103 129 0.94 0.92 98 : Total Poultry : 1.17 0.97 0.98 84 101 1.18 1.04 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, November 2009-December 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 3,619 3,547 653,441 753,734 Mature : 943 1,139 140,885 207,506 Light : 846 986 116,604 178,425 Heavy : 97 153 24,281 29,081 Total : 4,562 4,686 794,326 961,240 : Turkeys : Young : 137 42 43,831 37,547 Old : 8 1,006 1,398 Total : 145 42 44,837 38,945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 247,437 362,963 4,811 6,282 43,768 52,417 Mature : 11,594 14,304 497 499 38,325 43,105 Light : 8,911 11,862 188 216 32,912 36,552 Heavy : 2,683 2,442 309 283 5,413 6,553 Total : 259,031 377,267 5,308 6,781 82,093 95,522 : Turkeys : Young : 4,834 4,089 2,159 2,215 133 174 Old : 217 123 1 31 34 59 Total : 5,051 4,212 2,160 2,246 167 233 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 10,744 11,806 58,282 72,280 85,705 90,830 Mature : 8,794 11,581 1,969 3,651 80,286 113,849 Light : 7,967 10,954 1,116 2,332 69,599 103,789 Heavy : 827 627 853 1,319 10,687 10,060 Total : 19,538 23,387 60,251 75,931 165,991 204,679 : Turkeys : Young : 284 196 1,575 1,449 2,290 1,900 Old : 3 3 6 20 42 53 Total : 287 199 1,581 1,469 2,332 1,953 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 13,926 12,538 650,679 729,406 1,772,412 2,095,803 Mature : 1,138 971 122,666 129,916 407,097 526,521 Light : 276 451 43,044 59,144 281,463 404,711 Heavy : 862 520 79,622 70,772 125,634 121,810 Total : 15,064 13,509 773,345 859,322 2,179,509 2,622,324 : Turkeys : Young : 700 453 12,743 11,549 68,686 59,614 Old : 4 6 313 204 1,634 1,897 Total : 704 459 13,056 11,753 70,320 61,511 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2009-December 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 82,093 86,017 459,629 478,508 5.60 5.56 AK : AZ : AR : 73,888 79,232 421,207 455,311 5.70 5.75 CA : 18,019 21,360 99,516 123,171 5.52 5.77 CO : CT : DE : 22,416 24,400 155,696 166,824 6.95 6.84 FL : 2,742 4,267 15,663 25,170 5.71 5.90 GA : 93,260 98,989 491,980 520,746 5.28 5.26 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,117 4,390 17,834 18,849 4.33 4.29 IA : KS : KY : 23,296 24,049 124,467 126,926 5.34 5.28 LA : 14,451 14,886 87,772 91,055 6.07 6.12 ME : MD : 10,301 11,266 50,336 53,754 4.89 4.77 MA : MI : MN : MS : 57,475 59,962 344,575 351,658 6.00 5.86 MO : 31,312 33,772 148,918 158,930 4.76 4.71 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 409 428 1,848 1,985 4.52 4.63 NM : NY : 1,878 1,919 9,575 9,738 5.10 5.07 NC : 54,160 56,913 389,684 405,025 7.20 7.12 ND : OH : 4,322 4,706 26,433 29,339 6.12 6.23 OK : OR : PA : 9,382 9,725 52,505 55,345 5.60 5.69 RI : SC : 23,709 25,051 155,169 162,275 6.54 6.48 SD : TN : 21,397 22,350 107,564 113,171 5.03 5.06 TX : 53,153 55,491 291,819 300,275 5.49 5.41 UT : VT : VA : 23,920 26,765 119,651 134,183 5.00 5.01 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 657,072 699,854 3,728,224 3,952,323 5.67 5.65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2009-December 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 345,578 357,422 2,529 2,509 0.73 0.70 AK : AZ : AR : 305,931 329,964 2,722 3,130 0.88 0.94 CA : 73,609 91,073 705 833 0.95 0.91 CO : CT : DE : 112,205 120,128 1,325 1,646 1.17 1.35 FL : 10,874 17,555 58 115 0.53 0.65 GA : 372,007 392,569 2,395 2,907 0.64 0.74 HI : ID : IL : IN : 13,015 13,778 145 168 1.10 1.20 IA : KS : KY : 91,124 92,432 629 674 0.69 0.72 LA : 65,050 67,207 341 356 0.52 0.53 ME : MD : 36,842 39,085 840 446 2.23 1.13 MA : MI : MN : MS : 263,306 268,263 1,894 1,918 0.71 0.71 MO : 109,775 117,382 1,017 1,032 0.92 0.87 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,160 1,253 36 34 3.01 2.62 NM : NY : 6,044 6,057 137 156 2.22 2.51 NC : 303,106 314,156 3,001 3,199 0.98 1.01 ND : OH : 19,374 21,719 324 342 1.64 1.55 OK : OR : PA : 36,733 38,796 522 524 1.40 1.33 RI : SC : 116,933 122,204 910 999 0.77 0.81 SD : TN : 77,979 82,204 539 528 0.69 0.64 TX : 227,780 234,621 1,478 1,504 0.64 0.64 UT : VT : VA : 84,737 95,320 403 468 0.47 0.49 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 2,789,792 2,949,659 22,930 24,564 0.82 0.83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2009-December 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 96 176 47,803 50,896 AR : 324 415 82,196 100,965 DE : 305 421 40,823 48,048 GA : 62 71 48,953 62,614 MS : 200 110 28,787 28,040 MO : 269 231 58,260 69,181 NC : 263 358 70,661 74,749 TX : 100 180 45,434 49,911 VA : 72 83 14,659 15,933 : US 1/ : 3,619 3,547 653,441 753,734 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 29,489 45,760 279 258 4,665 5,352 AR : 20,399 33,296 2,377 3,315 1,804 2,050 DE : 16,177 25,387 106 115 6,715 8,190 GA : 50,849 71,034 173 169 8,015 10,204 MS : 8,796 10,935 127 198 362 374 MO : 9,967 12,284 102 100 1,296 1,560 NC : 20,422 34,963 412 322 6,832 8,528 TX : 12,069 19,083 114 135 795 834 VA : 6,761 11,012 24 19 2,329 2,986 : US 1/ : 247,437 362,963 4,811 6,282 43,768 52,417 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,023 1,050 4,417 5,231 8,175 9,084 AR : 1,086 1,259 6,113 8,758 7,005 7,601 DE : 1,018 1,013 2,088 2,826 2,959 3,182 GA : 751 703 10,482 15,550 6,370 8,832 MS : 863 856 1,842 1,872 3,242 2,681 MO : 352 368 1,793 2,382 5,718 6,090 NC : 947 1,010 9,146 9,313 7,489 8,305 TX : 378 417 4,491 5,078 2,764 3,720 VA : 457 594 1,030 1,535 2,364 3,042 : US 1/ : 10,744 11,806 58,282 72,280 85,705 90,830 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 2,293 1,479 90,252 101,744 188,492 221,030 AR : 344 528 115,683 117,795 237,331 275,982 DE : 205 176 29,011 27,284 99,407 116,642 GA : 1,575 1,154 47,143 55,213 174,373 225,544 MS : 409 392 48,743 61,393 93,371 106,851 MO : 19 83 42,317 44,879 120,093 137,158 NC : 5,733 5,270 47,605 59,580 169,510 202,398 TX : 532 367 28,809 33,318 95,486 113,043 VA : 580 603 18,907 24,673 47,183 60,480 : US 1/ : 13,926 12,538 650,679 729,406 1,772,412 2,095,803 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2009-December 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December :November :December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,654 2,596 52,318 52,417 19.71 20.19 CA : 2,106 1,242 51,473 32,279 24.44 25.99 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,331 1,446 47,377 53,208 35.61 36.79 IA : 989 988 36,529 38,960 36.93 39.43 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 4,138 3,103 97,441 79,481 23.55 25.61 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,094 2,077 67,006 69,535 32.00 33.48 ND : OH : 448 394 17,575 17,116 39.21 43.39 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 363 429 15,473 18,659 42.65 43.51 TN : TX : UT : 314 241 5,501 3,511 17.52 14.58 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 21,491 19,177 595,993 568,231 27.73 29.63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, November 2009-December 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : November : December : November : December : November : December -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 43,132 43,883 296 316 0.68 0.71 CA : 41,575 25,956 413 326 0.98 1.24 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 38,193 42,722 630 697 1.62 1.61 IA : 28,712 30,563 546 567 1.87 1.82 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 78,050 63,579 1,388 1,037 1.75 1.60 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 52,668 54,774 478 430 0.90 0.78 ND : OH : 13,686 13,572 268 268 1.92 1.94 OK : OR : PA : RI : SC : SD : 12,561 15,073 126 187 1.00 1.22 TN : TX : UT : 4,524 2,911 44 23 0.95 0.79 VT : VA : WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 475,287 453,227 6,727 6,345 1.40 1.38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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