Pou 2-1 (2-10) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released February 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 3 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during January 2010 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.30 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the amount certified in January 2009. The December 2009 revised certified total at 3.47 billion pounds, was down slightly from December 2008. The December revision represented an increase of 15.7 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during January 2010 was 4.40 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 4.53 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.79 billion pounds, down 2 percent from January 2009. Mature chickens, at 60.2 million pounds, were down 3 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 533 million pounds, down 10 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.4 million pounds, down 4 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during January 2010 averaged 5.64 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from January 2009. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.43 pounds per bird, down 4 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during January 2010 averaged 30.6 pounds per bird, up slightly from January 2009. Ante-mortem condemnations during January 2010 totaled 13.2 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.30 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.33 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 34.4 million pounds, were 1.03 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.20 percent a year earlier. January 2010 contained 21 weekdays (including two holidays) and 5 Saturdays, while January 2009 had 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, January, 2009-2010 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jan : Dec : Jan : Jan : Dec :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2009 : 2010 :2009 :2009 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 694,661 702,342 672,477 97 96 694,661 672,477 97 Mature : 11,029 11,161 11,075 100 99 11,029 11,075 100 Light : 5,236 5,755 5,741 110 100 5,236 5,741 110 Heavy : 5,793 5,406 5,334 92 99 5,793 5,334 92 Total : 705,690 713,503 683,552 97 96 705,690 683,552 97 : Turkeys : Young : 19,254 19,177 17,322 90 90 19,254 17,322 90 Old : 203 141 158 78 112 203 158 78 Total : 19,457 19,318 17,480 90 90 19,457 17,480 90 : Ducks : 1,953 2,101 1,815 93 86 1,953 1,815 93 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- --- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :3,864,773 3,970,581 3,791,075 98 95 3,864,773 3,791,075 98 Mature : 62,090 61,316 60,174 97 98 62,090 60,174 97 Light : 16,834 18,881 18,314 109 97 16,834 18,314 109 Heavy : 45,256 42,435 41,860 92 99 45,256 41,860 92 Total :3,926,863 4,031,897 3,851,249 98 96 3,926,863 3,851,249 98 : Turkeys : Young : 587,350 568,231 529,190 90 93 587,350 529,190 90 Old : 5,613 3,728 4,041 72 108 5,613 4,041 72 Total : 592,963 571,959 533,231 90 93 592,963 533,231 90 : Ducks : 12,992 14,410 12,449 96 86 12,992 12,449 96 : Other Poultry 2/ : 152 183 131 86 72 152 131 86 : Total Poultry :4,532,970 4,618,449 4,397,060 97 95 4,532,970 4,397,060 97 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.56 5.65 5.64 101 100 5.56 5.64 101 Mature : 5.63 5.49 5.43 96 99 5.63 5.43 96 Light : 3.22 3.28 3.19 99 97 3.22 3.19 99 Heavy : 7.81 7.85 7.85 101 100 7.81 7.85 101 Total : 5.56 5.65 5.63 101 100 5.56 5.63 101 : Turkeys : Young : 30.51 29.63 30.55 100 103 30.51 30.55 100 Old : 27.65 26.44 25.58 93 97 27.65 25.58 93 Total : 30.48 29.61 30.51 100 103 30.48 30.51 100 : Ducks : 6.65 6.86 6.86 103 100 6.65 6.86 103 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, January, 2009-2010 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jan : Dec : Jan : Jan : Dec :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2009 : 2010 :2009 :2009 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- --- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,618,632 2,697,431 2,568,907 98 95 2,618,632 2,568,907 98 Mature : 37,901 38,035 36,873 97 97 37,901 36,873 97 Light : 8,359 10,057 9,603 115 95 8,359 9,603 115 Heavy : 29,542 27,978 27,270 92 97 29,542 27,270 92 Total :2,656,533 2,735,466 2,605,780 98 95 2,656,533 2,605,780 98 : Turkeys : Young : 289,286 291,382 263,275 91 90 289,286 263,275 91 Old : 2,412 2,829 2,988 124 106 2,412 2,988 124 Total : 291,698 294,211 266,263 91 91 291,698 266,263 91 : Ducks : 3,390 3,947 3,186 94 81 3,390 3,186 94 : Other Poultry 2/ : 74 97 72 97 74 74 72 97 : Total Poultry :2,951,695 3,033,721 2,875,301 97 95 2,951,695 2,875,301 97 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 252,952 267,944 261,367 103 98 252,952 261,367 103 Mature : 416 326 587 141 180 416 587 141 Light : 112 3 112 Heavy : 304 323 587 193 182 304 587 193 Total : 253,368 268,270 261,954 103 98 253,368 261,954 103 : Turkeys : Young : 175,577 161,845 157,823 90 98 175,577 157,823 90 Old : 1,899 49 70 4 143 1,899 70 4 Total : 177,476 161,894 157,893 89 98 177,476 157,893 89 : Ducks : 5,887 6,380 5,718 97 90 5,887 5,718 97 : Other Poultry 2/ : 22 33 19 86 58 22 19 86 : Total Poultry : 436,753 436,577 425,584 97 97 436,753 425,584 97 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,871,584 2,965,375 2,830,274 99 95 2,871,584 2,830,274 99 Mature : 38,317 38,361 37,460 98 98 38,317 37,460 98 Light : 8,471 10,060 9,603 113 95 8,471 9,603 113 Heavy : 29,846 28,301 27,857 93 98 29,846 27,857 93 Total :2,909,901 3,003,736 2,867,734 99 95 2,909,901 2,867,734 99 : Turkeys : Young : 464,863 453,227 421,098 91 93 464,863 421,098 91 Old : 4,311 2,878 3,058 71 106 4,311 3,058 71 Total : 469,174 456,105 424,156 90 93 469,174 424,156 90 : Ducks : 9,277 10,327 8,904 96 86 9,277 8,904 96 : Other Poultry 2/ : 96 130 91 95 70 96 91 95 : Total Poultry :3,388,448 3,470,298 3,300,885 97 95 3,388,448 3,300,885 97 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, January, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jan : Dec : Jan : Jan : Dec :---------------: of : 2009 : 2009 : 2010 :2009 :2009 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :11,958 10,154 10,576 88 104 11,958 10,576 88 Mature : 1,239 1,085 1,111 90 102 1,239 1,111 90 Light : 375 297 360 96 121 375 360 96 Heavy : 864 788 751 87 95 864 751 87 Total :13,197 11,239 11,687 89 104 13,197 11,687 89 : Turkeys : Young : 1,844 1,272 1,447 78 114 1,844 1,447 78 Old : 57 35 66 116 189 57 66 116 Total : 1,901 1,307 1,513 80 116 1,901 1,513 80 : Ducks : 45 40 42 93 105 45 42 93 : Total Poultry :15,143 12,586 13,242 87 105 15,143 13,242 87 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.31 0.26 0.28 90 108 0.31 0.28 90 Mature : 2.00 1.77 1.85 93 105 2.00 1.85 93 Light : 2.23 1.57 1.97 88 125 2.23 1.97 88 Heavy : 1.91 1.86 1.79 94 96 1.91 1.79 94 Total : 0.34 0.28 0.30 88 107 0.34 0.30 88 : Turkeys : Young : 0.31 0.22 0.27 87 123 0.31 0.27 87 Old : 1.02 0.94 1.63 160 173 1.02 1.63 160 Total : 0.32 0.23 0.28 88 122 0.32 0.28 88 : Ducks : 0.35 0.28 0.34 97 121 0.35 0.34 97 : Total Poultry : 0.33 0.27 0.30 91 111 0.33 0.30 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, January, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jan : Dec : Jan : Jan : Dec :---------------: of : 2009 : 2009 : 2010 :2009 :2009 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :29,812 24,633 24,705 83 100 29,812 24,705 83 Mature : 3,016 2,860 3,125 104 109 3,016 3,125 104 Light : 1,218 1,351 1,455 119 108 1,218 1,455 119 Heavy : 1,798 1,509 1,670 93 111 1,798 1,670 93 Total :32,828 27,493 27,830 85 101 32,828 27,830 85 : Turkeys : Young : 7,797 6,345 6,179 79 97 7,797 6,179 79 Old : 184 122 174 95 143 184 174 95 Total : 7,981 6,467 6,353 80 98 7,981 6,353 80 : Ducks : 364 284 228 63 80 364 228 63 Other Poultry : 1 1 1 100 100 1 1 100 : Total Poultry :41,174 34,245 34,412 84 100 41,174 34,412 84 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.03 0.82 0.87 84 106 1.03 0.87 84 Mature : 7.30 6.94 7.70 105 111 7.30 7.70 105 Light : 12.57 11.84 13.16 105 111 12.57 13.16 105 Heavy : 5.68 5.06 5.66 100 112 5.68 5.66 100 Total : 1.12 0.91 0.96 86 105 1.12 0.96 86 : Turkeys : Young : 1.65 1.38 1.45 88 105 1.65 1.45 88 Old : 4.09 4.07 5.38 132 132 4.09 5.38 132 Total : 1.67 1.40 1.48 89 106 1.67 1.48 89 : Ducks : 3.78 2.68 2.50 66 93 3.78 2.50 66 Other Poultry : 1.03 0.76 1.09 106 143 1.03 1.09 106 : Total Poultry : 1.20 0.98 1.03 86 105 1.20 1.03 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 2009-January 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 3,548 5,567 755,065 720,080 Mature : 1,139 787 207,506 210,081 Light : 986 680 178,425 182,278 Heavy : 153 107 29,081 27,803 Total : 4,687 6,354 962,571 930,161 : Turkeys : Young : 42 33 37,547 35,536 Old : 1,398 2,505 Total : 42 33 38,945 38,041 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 364,020 430,405 6,284 5,027 52,489 49,768 Mature : 14,304 15,036 499 613 43,105 52,706 Light : 11,862 12,567 216 303 36,552 45,360 Heavy : 2,442 2,469 283 310 6,553 7,346 Total : 378,324 445,441 6,783 5,640 95,594 102,474 : Turkeys : Young : 4,089 5,921 2,215 2,170 174 139 Old : 123 244 31 2 59 94 Total : 4,212 6,165 2,246 2,172 233 233 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 11,832 11,739 72,500 77,060 90,920 88,570 Mature : 11,581 18,065 3,651 4,361 113,849 117,088 Light : 10,954 17,317 2,332 2,594 103,789 103,904 Heavy : 627 748 1,319 1,767 10,060 13,184 Total : 23,413 29,804 76,151 81,421 204,769 205,658 : Turkeys : Young : 196 194 1,449 1,459 1,900 1,838 Old : 3 5 20 21 53 50 Total : 199 199 1,469 1,480 1,953 1,888 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 12,624 13,018 730,461 758,347 2,099,743 2,159,581 Mature : 971 488 129,916 144,195 526,521 563,420 Light : 451 69 59,144 60,012 404,711 425,084 Heavy : 520 419 70,772 84,183 121,810 138,336 Total : 13,595 13,506 860,377 902,542 2,626,264 2,723,001 : Turkeys : Young : 453 259 11,549 9,076 59,614 56,625 Old : 6 9 204 391 1,897 3,321 Total : 459 268 11,753 9,467 61,511 59,946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, December 2009-January 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : December : January : December : January :December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 87,808 81,968 492,961 458,368 5.61 5.59 AK : AZ : AR : 79,232 77,346 455,311 433,736 5.75 5.61 CA : 21,360 20,322 123,171 116,102 5.77 5.71 CO : CT : DE : 24,400 24,505 166,824 168,430 6.84 6.87 FL : 4,267 3,561 25,170 20,812 5.90 5.84 GA : 99,249 92,782 522,239 486,914 5.26 5.25 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,390 4,233 18,849 18,060 4.29 4.27 IA : KS : KY : 24,049 23,998 126,926 129,491 5.28 5.40 LA : 14,886 14,391 91,055 87,592 6.12 6.09 ME : MD : 11,266 10,383 53,754 50,106 4.77 4.83 MA : MI : MN : MS : 59,962 56,720 351,658 333,492 5.86 5.88 MO : 33,772 30,901 158,930 144,867 4.71 4.69 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 428 412 1,985 1,792 4.63 4.35 NM : NY : 1,919 1,759 9,738 8,736 5.07 4.97 NC : 56,913 57,989 405,025 405,965 7.12 7.00 ND : OH : 4,706 4,394 29,339 27,701 6.23 6.30 OK : 12,134 11,703 68,671 64,881 5.66 5.54 OR : PA : 9,725 9,572 55,345 54,987 5.69 5.74 RI : SC : 25,313 22,817 163,646 148,802 6.46 6.52 SD : TN : 22,350 22,432 113,171 113,899 5.06 5.08 TX : 55,663 53,836 301,202 291,104 5.41 5.41 UT : VT : VA : 26,765 25,002 134,183 125,714 5.01 5.03 WA : 4,091 4,111 22,400 22,340 5.47 5.43 WV : 8,539 8,362 33,087 32,757 3.87 3.92 WI : WY : : US 1/ : 702,342 672,477 3,970,581 3,791,075 5.65 5.64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 2009-January 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 370,097 339,369 2,565 2,602 0.69 0.76 AK : AZ : AR : 329,964 316,090 3,130 3,098 0.94 0.97 CA : 91,073 85,952 833 762 0.91 0.88 CO : CT : DE : 120,128 121,279 1,646 1,721 1.35 1.40 FL : 17,555 14,533 115 93 0.65 0.63 GA : 394,101 367,204 2,913 3,029 0.73 0.82 HI : ID : IL : IN : 13,778 13,175 168 156 1.20 1.17 IA : KS : KY : 92,432 94,458 674 699 0.72 0.73 LA : 67,207 64,862 356 340 0.53 0.52 ME : MD : 38,997 36,346 446 450 1.13 1.22 MA : MI : MN : MS : 268,263 253,370 1,918 1,804 0.71 0.71 MO : 117,382 106,809 1,032 812 0.87 0.75 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,253 1,120 34 24 2.62 2.13 NM : NY : 6,057 5,403 156 137 2.51 2.47 NC : 314,156 316,696 3,199 3,300 1.01 1.03 ND : OH : 21,719 20,489 342 315 1.55 1.51 OK : 51,589 48,752 320 396 0.62 0.81 OR : PA : 38,796 38,701 524 538 1.33 1.37 RI : SC : 123,189 112,212 1,000 929 0.81 0.82 SD : TN : 82,204 82,638 528 622 0.64 0.75 TX : 235,224 228,511 1,510 1,649 0.64 0.72 UT : VT : VA : 95,320 88,925 468 508 0.49 0.57 WA : 16,692 16,570 155 147 0.92 0.88 WV : 23,671 23,421 84 93 0.36 0.39 WI : WY : : US 3/ : 2,965,375 2,830,274 24,633 24,705 0.82 0.87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 2009-January 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 176 187 52,163 53,314 AR : 415 353 100,965 103,558 DE : 421 326 48,048 45,640 GA : 71 109 62,654 59,381 MS : 110 106 28,040 27,939 MO : 231 192 69,181 56,147 NC : 358 392 74,749 71,913 TX : 180 113 49,911 47,693 VA : 83 81 15,933 18,920 : US 1/ : 3,548 5,567 755,065 720,080 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 46,716 54,631 260 217 5,412 4,289 AR : 33,296 39,488 3,315 2,371 2,050 2,093 DE : 25,387 33,235 115 97 8,190 7,870 GA : 71,135 94,232 169 201 10,216 9,035 MS : 10,935 10,215 198 182 374 390 MO : 12,284 6,137 100 98 1,560 1,362 NC : 34,963 45,211 322 297 8,528 8,858 TX : 19,083 20,922 135 142 834 1,055 VA : 11,012 15,698 19 26 2,986 3,355 : US 1/ : 364,020 430,405 6,284 5,027 52,489 49,768 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,073 1,249 5,435 6,214 9,170 10,192 AR : 1,259 1,274 8,758 10,072 7,601 7,953 DE : 1,013 969 2,826 2,567 3,182 2,798 GA : 703 727 15,561 14,148 8,836 8,283 MS : 856 1,050 1,872 1,917 2,681 2,896 MO : 368 331 2,382 3,498 6,090 5,639 NC : 1,010 952 9,313 10,036 8,305 8,761 TX : 417 377 5,078 5,947 3,720 3,741 VA : 594 539 1,535 1,675 3,042 3,408 : US 1/ : 11,832 11,739 72,500 77,060 90,920 88,570 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,565 1,283 102,442 111,999 224,412 243,575 AR : 528 700 117,795 106,670 275,982 274,532 DE : 176 458 27,284 38,277 116,642 132,237 GA : 1,154 679 55,364 63,946 225,863 250,741 MS : 392 351 61,393 70,088 106,851 115,134 MO : 83 103 44,879 41,189 137,158 114,696 NC : 5,270 5,348 59,580 61,577 202,398 213,345 TX : 367 380 33,510 36,708 113,235 117,078 VA : 603 560 24,673 34,598 60,480 78,860 : US 1/ : 12,624 13,018 730,461 758,347 2,099,743 2,159,581 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 2009-January 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : December : January : December : January :December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,596 2,336 52,417 46,179 20.19 19.77 CA : 1,242 912 32,279 27,339 25.99 29.98 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,446 1,374 53,208 52,406 36.79 38.15 IA : 988 1,043 38,960 43,285 39.43 41.50 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,103 2,991 79,481 75,821 25.61 25.35 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,077 1,765 69,535 62,381 33.48 35.34 ND : OH : 394 386 17,116 17,354 43.39 45.01 OK : OR : PA : 616 320 14,096 7,958 22.89 24.90 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 2,402 2,068 62,823 55,476 26.15 26.82 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 19,177 17,322 568,231 529,190 29.63 30.55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, December 2009-January 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : December : January : December : January : December : January -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 43,883 38,457 316 323 0.71 0.83 CA : 25,956 22,126 326 343 1.24 1.53 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 42,722 42,293 697 708 1.61 1.65 IA : 30,563 33,746 567 634 1.82 1.84 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 63,579 60,453 1,037 1,073 1.60 1.74 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 54,774 48,746 430 454 0.78 0.92 ND : OH : 13,572 13,762 268 248 1.94 1.77 OK : OR : PA : 11,244 6,283 229 151 2.00 2.34 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 49,408 43,585 378 348 0.76 0.79 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 453,227 421,098 6,345 6,179 1.38 1.45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 310 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2009. Young chickens were slaughtered in 34 States, young turkeys in 27 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 Doug Bounds - Poultry Slaughter, Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised.................................(202) 690-3237 David Colwell - Cold Storage.................................(202) 720-8784 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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