Pou 2-1 (3-10) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released March 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 Up Slightly from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during February 2010 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.20 billion pounds, up slightly from the amount certified in February 2009. The January 2010 revised certified total at 3.30 billion pounds, was down 3 percent from January 2009. The January revision represented an increase of 1.1 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during February 2010 was 4.26 billion pounds, down slightly from 4.27 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.66 billion pounds, up slightly from February 2009. Mature chickens, at 56.1 million pounds, were down 6 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 534 million pounds, down 4 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.3 million pounds, up 9 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during February 2010 averaged 5.62 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from February 2009. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.48 pounds per bird, down 6 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during February 2010 averaged 30.1 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from February 2009. Ante-mortem condemnations during February 2010 totaled 12.2 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.29 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.29 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 33.3 million pounds, were 1.03 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.20 percent a year earlier. February 2010 contained 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays, while February 2009 had 20 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, February, 2009-2010 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- -- Pct -- ---- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 657,288 672,804 650,024 99 97 1,351,949 1,322,828 98 Mature : 10,159 11,075 10,236 101 92 21,188 21,311 101 Light : 4,459 5,741 5,215 117 91 9,695 10,956 113 Heavy : 5,700 5,334 5,021 88 94 11,493 10,355 90 Total : 667,447 683,879 660,260 99 97 1,373,137 1,344,139 98 : Turkeys : Young : 18,732 17,322 17,620 94 102 37,986 34,942 92 Old : 116 158 105 91 66 319 263 82 Total : 18,848 17,480 17,725 94 101 38,305 35,205 92 : Ducks : 1,697 1,815 1,799 106 99 3,650 3,614 99 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- --- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :3,643,196 3,792,513 3,655,711 100 96 7,507,969 7,448,224 99 Mature : 59,441 60,174 56,060 94 93 121,531 116,234 96 Light : 14,603 18,314 16,832 115 92 31,437 35,146 112 Heavy : 44,838 41,860 39,228 87 94 90,094 81,088 90 Total :3,702,637 3,852,687 3,711,771 100 96 7,629,500 7,564,458 99 : Turkeys : Young : 555,158 529,190 530,842 96 100 1,142,508 1,060,032 93 Old : 3,256 4,041 2,823 87 70 8,869 6,864 77 Total : 558,414 533,231 533,665 96 100 1,151,377 1,066,896 93 : Ducks : 11,241 12,449 12,253 109 98 24,233 24,702 102 : Other Poultry 2/ : 129 131 123 95 94 281 254 90 : Total Poultry :4,272,421 4,398,498 4,257,812 100 97 8,805,391 8,656,310 98 : : --------- Pounds -------- -- Pct -- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.54 5.64 5.62 101 100 5.55 5.63 101 Mature : 5.85 5.43 5.48 94 101 5.74 5.45 95 Light : 3.27 3.19 3.23 99 101 3.24 3.21 99 Heavy : 7.87 7.85 7.81 99 99 7.84 7.83 100 Total : 5.55 5.63 5.62 101 100 5.56 5.63 101 : Turkeys : Young : 29.64 30.55 30.13 102 99 30.08 30.34 101 Old : 28.07 25.58 26.89 96 105 27.80 26.10 94 Total : 29.63 30.51 30.11 102 99 30.06 30.31 101 : Ducks : 6.62 6.86 6.81 103 99 6.64 6.84 103 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, February, 2009-2010 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- -- Pct -- --- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,455,045 2,570,041 2,470,392 101 96 5,073,677 5,040,433 99 Mature : 36,887 36,873 34,688 94 94 74,788 71,561 96 Light : 7,393 9,603 8,786 119 91 15,752 18,389 117 Heavy : 29,494 27,270 25,902 88 95 59,036 53,172 90 Total :2,491,932 2,606,914 2,505,080 101 96 5,148,465 5,111,994 99 : Turkeys : Young : 276,334 263,275 266,755 97 101 565,620 530,030 94 Old : 1,992 2,988 2,202 111 74 4,404 5,190 118 Total : 278,326 266,263 268,957 97 101 570,024 535,220 94 : Ducks : 2,759 3,186 3,283 119 103 6,149 6,469 105 : Other Poultry 2/ : 67 72 71 106 99 141 143 101 : Total Poultry :2,773,084 2,876,435 2,777,391 100 97 5,724,779 5,653,826 99 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 249,288 261,367 261,220 105 100 502,240 522,587 104 Mature : 202 587 56 28 10 618 643 104 Light : 49 112 49 44 Heavy : 202 587 7 3 1 506 594 117 Total : 249,490 261,954 261,276 105 100 502,858 523,230 104 : Turkeys : Young : 165,265 157,823 156,496 95 99 340,842 314,319 92 Old : 481 70 20 4 29 2,380 90 4 Total : 165,746 157,893 156,516 94 99 343,222 314,409 92 : Ducks : 5,294 5,718 5,488 104 96 11,181 11,206 100 : Other Poultry 2/ : 20 19 15 75 79 42 34 81 : Total Poultry : 420,550 425,584 423,295 101 99 857,303 848,879 99 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,704,333 2,831,408 2,731,612 101 96 5,575,917 5,563,020 100 Mature : 37,089 37,460 34,744 94 93 75,406 72,204 96 Light : 7,393 9,603 8,835 120 92 15,864 18,438 116 Heavy : 29,696 27,857 25,909 87 93 59,542 53,766 90 Total :2,741,422 2,868,868 2,766,356 101 96 5,651,323 5,635,224 100 : Turkeys : Young : 441,599 421,098 423,251 96 101 906,462 844,349 93 Old : 2,473 3,058 2,222 90 73 6,784 5,280 78 Total : 444,072 424,156 425,473 96 100 913,246 849,629 93 : Ducks : 8,053 8,904 8,771 109 99 17,330 17,675 102 : Other Poultry 2/ : 87 91 86 99 95 183 177 97 : Total Poultry :3,193,634 3,302,019 3,200,686 100 97 6,582,082 6,502,705 99 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 9,963 10,581 9,587 96 91 21,921 20,168 92 Mature : 886 1,111 1,057 119 95 2,125 2,168 102 Light : 139 360 270 194 75 514 630 123 Heavy : 747 751 787 105 105 1,611 1,538 95 Total :10,849 11,692 10,644 98 91 24,046 22,336 93 : Turkeys : Young : 1,539 1,447 1,500 97 104 3,383 2,947 87 Old : 39 66 22 56 33 96 88 92 Total : 1,578 1,513 1,522 96 101 3,479 3,035 87 : Ducks : 32 42 38 119 90 77 80 104 : Total Poultry :12,459 13,247 12,204 98 92 27,602 25,451 92 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.27 0.28 0.26 96 93 0.29 0.27 93 Mature : 1.49 1.85 1.89 127 102 1.75 1.87 107 Light : 0.95 1.97 1.60 168 81 1.64 1.79 109 Heavy : 1.67 1.79 2.01 120 112 1.79 1.90 106 Total : 0.29 0.30 0.29 100 97 0.32 0.30 94 : Turkeys : Young : 0.28 0.27 0.28 100 104 0.30 0.28 93 Old : 1.20 1.63 0.78 65 48 1.08 1.28 119 Total : 0.28 0.28 0.29 104 104 0.30 0.28 93 : Ducks : 0.28 0.34 0.31 111 91 0.32 0.32 100 : Total Poultry : 0.29 0.30 0.29 100 97 0.31 0.29 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, February, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Feb : Jan : Feb : Feb : Jan :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :28,278 24,715 23,724 84 96 58,090 48,439 83 Mature : 2,649 3,125 2,936 111 94 5,665 6,061 107 Light : 874 1,455 1,224 140 84 2,092 2,679 128 Heavy : 1,775 1,670 1,712 96 103 3,573 3,382 95 Total :30,927 27,840 26,660 86 96 63,755 54,500 85 : Turkeys : Young : 7,277 6,179 6,258 86 101 15,074 12,437 83 Old : 127 174 97 76 56 311 271 87 Total : 7,404 6,353 6,355 86 100 15,385 12,708 83 : Ducks : 313 228 234 75 103 677 462 68 Other Poultry : 1 1 1 100 100 2 2 100 : Total Poultry :38,645 34,422 33,250 86 97 79,819 67,672 85 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 1.03 0.87 0.86 83 99 1.03 0.86 83 Mature : 6.67 7.70 7.79 117 101 6.99 7.74 111 Light : 10.57 13.16 12.17 115 92 11.65 12.69 109 Heavy : 5.64 5.66 6.20 110 110 5.66 5.92 105 Total : 1.12 0.96 0.95 85 99 1.12 0.96 86 : Turkeys : Young : 1.62 1.45 1.46 90 101 1.64 1.45 88 Old : 4.88 5.38 4.18 86 78 4.38 4.88 111 Total : 1.64 1.48 1.47 90 99 1.66 1.47 89 : Ducks : 3.74 2.50 2.60 70 104 3.76 2.55 68 Other Poultry : 1.14 1.09 1.15 101 106 1.08 1.12 104 : Total Poultry : 1.20 1.03 1.03 86 100 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, January 2010-February 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 5,571 3,474 720,177 705,003 Mature : 787 1,092 210,081 207,065 Light : 680 895 182,278 174,759 Heavy : 107 197 27,803 32,306 Total : 6,358 4,566 930,258 912,068 : Turkeys : Young : 33 36 35,536 38,842 Old : 2 2,505 1,223 Total : 33 38 38,041 40,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 430,783 422,957 5,027 4,737 49,812 47,281 Mature : 15,036 11,884 613 423 52,706 40,432 Light : 12,567 10,215 303 223 45,360 32,237 Heavy : 2,469 1,669 310 200 7,346 8,195 Total : 445,819 434,841 5,640 5,160 102,518 87,713 : Turkeys : Young : 5,921 6,846 2,170 2,754 139 95 Old : 244 117 2 2 94 25 Total : 6,165 6,963 2,172 2,756 233 120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 11,741 12,132 77,134 70,184 88,580 85,320 Mature : 18,065 10,105 4,361 4,237 117,088 103,772 Light : 17,317 9,533 2,594 2,779 103,904 90,596 Heavy : 748 572 1,767 1,458 13,184 13,176 Total : 29,806 22,237 81,495 74,421 205,668 189,092 : Turkeys : Young : 194 204 1,459 1,308 1,838 1,899 Old : 5 21 9 50 56 Total : 199 204 1,480 1,317 1,888 1,955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 13,018 15,136 758,364 791,789 2,160,207 2,158,013 Mature : 488 680 144,195 137,265 563,420 516,955 Light : 69 122 60,012 52,836 425,084 374,195 Heavy : 419 558 84,183 84,429 138,336 142,760 Total : 13,506 15,816 902,559 929,054 2,723,627 2,674,968 : Turkeys : Young : 259 190 9,076 12,088 56,625 64,262 Old : 9 11 391 182 3,321 1,627 Total : 268 201 9,467 12,270 59,946 65,889 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, January 2010-February 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January :February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 81,968 81,598 458,368 450,655 5.59 5.52 AK : AZ : AR : 77,346 75,916 433,736 430,008 5.61 5.66 CA : 20,322 19,442 116,102 109,388 5.71 5.63 CO : CT : DE : 24,505 21,482 168,430 146,717 6.87 6.83 FL : 3,561 3,809 20,812 22,964 5.84 6.03 GA : 92,782 91,267 486,914 472,338 5.25 5.18 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,233 4,167 18,060 18,349 4.27 4.40 IA : KS : KY : 23,998 23,541 129,491 126,907 5.40 5.39 LA : 14,391 14,228 87,592 84,652 6.09 5.95 ME : MD : 10,383 9,745 50,106 47,533 4.83 4.88 MA : MI : MN : MS : 56,720 56,659 333,492 337,774 5.88 5.96 MO : 30,901 30,050 144,867 142,630 4.69 4.75 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 412 479 1,792 1,965 4.35 4.10 NM : NY : 1,759 1,660 8,736 8,298 4.97 5.00 NC : 57,989 53,756 405,965 376,256 7.00 7.00 ND : OH : 4,394 4,112 27,701 25,845 6.30 6.29 OK : 11,703 10,781 64,881 57,517 5.54 5.33 OR : PA : 9,572 9,227 54,987 52,337 5.74 5.67 RI : SC : 23,144 22,297 150,240 144,348 6.49 6.47 SD : TN : 22,432 20,981 113,899 106,177 5.08 5.06 TX : 53,836 50,352 291,104 277,152 5.41 5.50 UT : VT : VA : 25,002 23,636 125,714 118,705 5.03 5.02 WA : 4,111 3,616 22,340 20,952 5.43 5.79 WV : 8,362 8,857 32,757 34,986 3.92 3.95 WI : WY : : US 1/ : 672,804 650,024 3,792,513 3,655,711 5.64 5.62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 2010-February 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 339,369 335,759 2,603 2,522 0.76 0.75 AK : AZ : AR : 316,090 314,466 3,098 3,232 0.97 1.02 CA : 85,952 80,875 762 681 0.88 0.83 CO : CT : DE : 121,279 105,243 1,721 1,632 1.40 1.53 FL : 14,533 15,961 93 122 0.63 0.76 GA : 367,230 357,213 3,029 2,726 0.82 0.76 HI : ID : IL : IN : 13,175 13,357 156 140 1.17 1.04 IA : KS : KY : 94,458 92,173 699 621 0.73 0.67 LA : 64,862 62,863 340 350 0.52 0.55 ME : MD : 36,346 34,642 450 455 1.22 1.30 MA : MI : MN : MS : 253,370 257,439 1,804 1,809 0.71 0.70 MO : 106,809 105,033 812 842 0.75 0.80 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,120 1,220 24 29 2.13 2.35 NM : NY : 5,403 5,173 137 135 2.47 2.54 NC : 316,696 293,539 3,300 3,014 1.03 1.02 ND : OH : 20,489 19,108 315 341 1.51 1.75 OK : 48,752 42,534 396 316 0.81 0.74 OR : PA : 38,701 36,807 538 453 1.37 1.22 RI : SC : 113,320 108,723 938 852 0.82 0.78 SD : TN : 82,638 76,948 622 589 0.75 0.76 TX : 228,511 216,790 1,649 1,658 0.72 0.76 UT : VT : VA : 88,925 83,975 508 556 0.57 0.66 WA : 16,570 15,613 147 150 0.88 0.95 WV : 23,421 24,979 93 111 0.39 0.44 WI : WY : : US 3/ : 2,831,408 2,731,612 24,715 23,724 0.87 0.86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 2010-February 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 187 147 53,314 54,308 AR : 353 352 103,558 106,365 DE : 326 396 45,640 43,156 GA : 109 87 59,381 53,357 MS : 106 118 27,939 31,539 MO : 192 171 56,147 62,721 NC : 392 438 71,913 67,947 TX : 113 99 47,693 48,455 VA : 81 96 18,920 18,353 : US 1/ : 5,571 3,474 720,177 705,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 54,631 53,925 217 268 4,289 4,256 AR : 39,488 46,254 2,371 2,128 2,093 1,909 DE : 33,235 26,783 97 61 7,870 6,325 GA : 94,232 78,097 201 133 9,035 8,645 MS : 10,215 10,605 182 132 390 360 MO : 6,137 7,787 98 147 1,362 1,204 NC : 45,211 43,397 297 254 8,858 8,045 TX : 20,922 23,225 142 117 1,055 916 VA : 15,698 13,327 26 47 3,355 4,037 : US 1/ : 430,783 422,957 5,027 4,737 49,812 47,281 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,249 1,339 6,214 6,737 10,192 9,731 AR : 1,274 1,106 10,072 9,780 7,953 7,584 DE : 969 977 2,567 2,017 2,798 2,898 GA : 727 805 14,148 11,140 8,283 7,938 MS : 1,050 955 1,917 2,159 2,896 3,705 MO : 331 344 3,498 2,993 5,639 5,155 NC : 952 923 10,036 9,720 8,761 7,118 TX : 377 360 5,947 4,860 3,741 3,538 VA : 539 568 1,675 1,553 3,408 3,560 : US 1/ : 11,741 12,132 77,134 70,184 88,580 85,320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,283 1,010 111,999 122,804 243,575 254,525 AR : 700 860 106,670 126,462 274,532 302,800 DE : 458 190 38,277 43,346 132,237 126,149 GA : 679 755 63,946 74,354 250,741 235,311 MS : 351 488 70,088 63,111 115,134 113,172 MO : 103 376 41,189 39,437 114,696 120,335 NC : 5,348 7,116 61,577 61,342 213,345 206,300 TX : 380 554 36,708 40,616 117,078 122,740 VA : 560 717 34,598 33,599 78,860 75,857 : US 1/ : 13,018 15,136 758,364 791,789 2,160,207 2,158,013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 2010-February 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January :February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,336 2,610 46,179 51,581 19.77 19.76 CA : 912 875 27,339 25,723 29.98 29.39 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,374 1,395 52,406 52,413 38.15 37.58 IA : 1,043 1,019 43,285 42,353 41.50 41.56 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 2,991 2,970 75,821 77,277 25.35 26.02 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 1,765 1,911 62,381 61,846 35.34 32.36 ND : OH : 386 375 17,354 16,228 45.01 43.33 OK : OR : PA : 320 385 7,958 9,423 24.90 24.46 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 2,068 2,040 55,476 53,960 26.82 26.45 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 17,322 17,620 529,190 530,842 30.55 30.13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, January 2010-February 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : January : February : January : February : January : February -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 38,457 43,318 323 370 0.83 0.85 CA : 22,126 20,783 343 277 1.53 1.31 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 42,293 42,152 708 664 1.65 1.55 IA : 33,746 33,336 634 715 1.84 2.10 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 60,453 61,753 1,073 1,103 1.74 1.75 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 48,746 48,467 454 408 0.92 0.83 ND : OH : 13,762 12,866 248 276 1.77 2.10 OK : OR : PA : 6,283 7,327 151 244 2.34 3.22 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 43,585 42,394 348 344 0.79 0.80 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 421,098 423,251 6,179 6,258 1.45 1.46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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