Pou 2-1 (5-10) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released May 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 April 2010 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.54 billion pounds, up slightly from the amount certified in April 2009. The March 2010 revised certified total at 3.70 billion pounds, was up 5 percent from March 2009. The March revision represented an increase of 677 thousand pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during April 2010 was 4.70 billion pounds, down slightly from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.05 billion pounds, up 1 percent from April 2009. Mature chickens, at 65.3 million pounds, were down 7 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 568 million pounds, down 5 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 13.4 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during April 2010 averaged 5.68 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from April 2009. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.34 pounds per bird, down 8 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during April 2010 averaged 29.7 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from April 2009. Ante-mortem condemnations during April 2010 totaled 10.3 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.22 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.26 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 34.6 million pounds, were 0.97 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.07 percent a year earlier. April 2010 contained 22 weekdays and 4 Saturdays, while April 2009 had 22 weekdays and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, April, 2009-2010 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : January : : : : :---------------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Apr : Mar : Apr : Apr : Mar :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- --- Pct --- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 722,082 748,666 713,301 99 95 2,801,162 2,786,649 99 Mature : 12,048 12,743 12,221 101 96 45,005 46,275 103 Light : 5,296 6,501 6,592 124 101 20,159 24,049 119 Heavy : 6,752 6,242 5,629 83 90 24,846 22,226 89 Total : 734,130 761,409 725,522 99 95 2,846,167 2,832,924 100 : Turkeys : Young : 20,167 20,636 19,053 94 92 78,078 74,631 96 Old : 130 100 100 77 100 636 463 73 Total : 20,297 20,736 19,153 94 92 78,714 75,094 95 : Ducks : 1,880 1,986 1,974 105 99 7,512 7,574 101 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- --- Pct --- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,024,580 4,219,756 4,050,592 101 96 15,568,400 15,729,088 101 Mature : 69,865 69,594 65,316 93 94 259,516 251,144 97 Light : 17,032 20,787 21,194 124 102 65,127 77,127 118 Heavy : 52,833 48,807 44,122 84 90 194,389 174,017 90 Total :4,094,445 4,289,350 4,115,908 101 96 15,827,916 15,980,232 101 : Turkeys : Young : 591,652 610,880 565,518 96 93 2,321,299 2,236,427 96 Old : 3,608 2,577 2,795 77 108 17,329 12,236 71 Total : 595,260 613,457 568,313 95 93 2,338,628 2,248,663 96 : Ducks : 12,811 13,598 13,432 105 99 50,356 51,732 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 157 149 166 106 111 575 569 99 : Total Poultry :4,702,673 4,916,554 4,697,819 100 96 18,217,475 18,281,196 100 : : --------- Pounds -------- --- Pct --- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.57 5.64 5.68 102 101 5.56 5.64 101 Mature : 5.80 5.46 5.34 92 98 5.77 5.43 94 Light : 3.22 3.20 3.22 100 101 3.23 3.21 99 Heavy : 7.82 7.82 7.84 100 100 7.82 7.83 100 Total : 5.58 5.63 5.67 102 101 5.56 5.64 101 : Turkeys : Young : 29.34 29.60 29.68 101 100 29.73 29.97 101 Old : 27.75 25.77 27.95 101 108 27.25 26.43 97 Total : 29.33 29.58 29.67 101 100 29.71 29.94 101 : Ducks : 6.81 6.85 6.80 100 99 6.70 6.83 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, April, 2009-2010 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : January : : : : :---------------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Apr : Mar : Apr : Apr : Mar :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- ---- Pct ---- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,716,159 2,882,557 2,769,818 102 96 10,514,535 10,700,561 102 Mature : 43,615 43,361 40,574 93 94 160,588 155,496 97 Light : 8,599 11,139 11,201 130 101 32,736 40,729 124 Heavy : 35,016 32,222 29,373 84 91 127,852 114,767 90 Total :2,759,774 2,925,918 2,810,392 102 96 10,675,123 10,856,057 102 : Turkeys : Young : 299,793 313,320 284,405 95 91 1,164,433 1,127,755 97 Old : 2,393 1,880 2,105 88 112 10,107 9,175 91 Total : 302,186 315,200 286,510 95 91 1,174,540 1,136,930 97 : Ducks : 3,079 3,606 3,684 120 102 12,367 13,759 111 : Other Poultry 2/ : 75 77 87 116 113 287 307 107 : Total Poultry :3,065,114 3,244,801 3,100,673 101 96 11,862,317 12,007,053 101 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 281,567 278,233 261,229 93 94 1,056,083 1,062,392 101 Mature : 170 76 131 77 172 1,117 850 76 Light : 1 44 117 11,700 266 113 210 186 Heavy : 169 32 14 8 44 1,004 640 64 Total : 281,737 278,309 261,360 93 94 1,057,200 1,063,242 101 : Turkeys : Young : 172,450 174,665 168,354 98 96 681,989 657,338 96 Old : 353 83 39 11 47 3,137 212 7 Total : 172,803 174,748 168,393 97 96 685,126 657,550 96 : Ducks : 5,990 6,184 6,006 100 97 23,550 23,396 99 : Other Poultry 2/ : 26 28 26 100 93 93 88 95 : Total Poultry : 460,556 459,269 435,785 95 95 1,765,969 1,744,276 99 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,997,726 3,160,790 3,031,047 101 96 11,570,618 11,762,953 102 Mature : 43,785 43,437 40,705 93 94 161,705 156,346 97 Light : 8,600 11,183 11,318 132 101 32,849 40,939 125 Heavy : 35,185 32,254 29,387 84 91 128,856 115,407 90 Total :3,041,511 3,204,227 3,071,752 101 96 11,732,323 11,919,299 102 : Turkeys : Young : 472,243 487,985 452,759 96 93 1,846,422 1,785,093 97 Old : 2,746 1,963 2,144 78 109 13,244 9,387 71 Total : 474,989 489,948 454,903 96 93 1,859,666 1,794,480 96 : Ducks : 9,069 9,790 9,690 107 99 35,917 37,155 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 101 105 113 112 108 380 395 104 : Total Poultry :3,525,670 3,704,070 3,536,458 100 95 13,628,286 13,751,329 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, April, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Apr : Mar : Apr : Apr : Mar :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 9,778 9,405 8,041 82 85 41,879 37,661 90 Mature : 816 985 903 111 92 4,113 4,056 99 Light : 155 221 266 172 120 894 1,117 125 Heavy : 661 764 637 96 83 3,219 2,939 91 Total :10,594 10,390 8,944 84 86 45,992 41,717 91 : Turkeys : Young : 1,475 1,563 1,260 85 81 6,461 5,770 89 Old : 36 25 24 67 96 175 137 78 Total : 1,511 1,588 1,284 85 81 6,636 5,907 89 : Ducks : 32 36 39 122 108 140 155 111 : Total Poultry :12,137 12,014 10,267 85 85 52,768 47,779 91 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.24 0.22 0.20 83 91 0.27 0.24 89 Mature : 1.17 1.42 1.38 118 97 1.58 1.62 103 Light : 0.91 1.06 1.26 138 119 1.37 1.45 106 Heavy : 1.25 1.57 1.44 115 92 1.66 1.69 102 Total : 0.26 0.24 0.22 85 92 0.29 0.26 90 : Turkeys : Young : 0.25 0.26 0.22 88 85 0.28 0.26 93 Old : 1.00 0.97 0.86 86 89 1.01 1.12 111 Total : 0.25 0.26 0.23 92 88 0.28 0.26 93 : Ducks : 0.25 0.26 0.29 116 112 0.28 0.30 107 : Total Poultry : 0.26 0.24 0.22 85 92 0.29 0.26 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, April, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Apr : Mar : Apr : Apr : Mar :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :26,967 27,236 24,005 89 88 114,238 99,751 87 Mature : 3,276 3,672 3,565 109 97 12,267 13,298 108 Light : 1,144 1,597 1,724 151 108 4,395 6,000 137 Heavy : 2,132 2,075 1,841 86 89 7,872 7,298 93 Total :30,243 30,908 27,570 91 89 126,505 113,049 89 : Turkeys : Young : 7,437 7,228 6,672 90 92 30,373 26,337 87 Old : 147 117 118 80 101 650 506 78 Total : 7,584 7,345 6,790 90 92 31,023 26,843 87 : Ducks : 220 288 243 110 84 1,170 993 85 Other Poultry : 3 1 1 33 100 7 4 57 : Total Poultry :38,050 38,542 34,604 91 90 158,705 140,889 89 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.89 0.85 0.79 89 93 0.98 0.84 86 Mature : 6.96 7.79 8.05 116 103 7.05 7.84 111 Light : 11.74 12.50 13.22 113 106 11.80 12.78 108 Heavy : 5.71 6.04 5.90 103 98 5.76 5.95 103 Total : 0.98 0.96 0.89 91 93 1.07 0.94 88 : Turkeys : Young : 1.55 1.46 1.45 94 99 1.62 1.45 90 Old : 5.08 5.63 5.22 103 93 4.68 5.11 109 Total : 1.57 1.48 1.47 94 99 1.64 1.47 90 : Ducks : 2.37 2.86 2.45 103 86 3.15 2.60 83 Other Poultry : 2.88 0.94 0.88 31 94 1.81 1.00 55 : Total Poultry : 1.07 1.03 0.97 91 94 1.15 1.01 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, March 2010-April 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 6,299 4,866 769,630 691,341 Mature : 1,216 1,500 231,227 218,929 Light : 1,079 1,358 191,170 183,659 Heavy : 137 142 40,057 35,270 Total : 7,515 6,366 1,000,857 910,270 : Turkeys : Young : 25 40 39,043 33,327 Old : 1 1 1,640 1,298 Total : 26 41 40,683 34,625 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 486,266 346,063 5,375 4,777 51,637 42,592 Mature : 13,837 15,993 466 468 52,354 53,201 Light : 11,656 14,026 249 210 42,382 45,292 Heavy : 2,181 1,967 217 258 9,972 7,909 Total : 500,103 362,056 5,841 5,245 103,991 95,793 : Turkeys : Young : 5,875 4,586 3,342 3,189 103 62 Old : 290 165 1 61 42 Total : 6,165 4,751 3,343 3,189 164 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 13,519 11,695 63,207 60,397 102,208 93,449 Mature : 18,139 16,234 4,288 4,081 117,656 144,532 Light : 17,268 15,461 2,804 2,131 102,526 130,244 Heavy : 871 773 1,484 1,950 15,130 14,288 Total : 31,658 27,929 67,495 64,478 219,864 237,981 : Turkeys : Young : 238 202 1,252 1,009 1,898 1,440 Old : 2 7 15 9 25 61 Total : 240 209 1,267 1,018 1,923 1,501 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 17,834 21,086 950,514 796,009 2,466,489 2,072,275 Mature : 626 487 183,175 167,878 622,984 623,303 Light : 150 280 72,354 70,575 441,638 463,236 Heavy : 476 207 110,821 97,303 181,346 160,067 Total : 18,460 21,573 1,133,689 963,887 3,089,473 2,695,578 : Turkeys : Young : 1,129 421 11,671 11,250 64,576 55,526 Old : 1 414 332 2,450 1,915 Total : 1,130 421 12,085 11,582 67,026 57,441 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, March 2010-April 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 94,810 88,848 524,989 491,696 5.54 5.53 AK : AZ : AR : 87,457 83,052 492,858 473,478 5.64 5.70 CA : 21,323 21,760 118,733 124,315 5.57 5.71 CO : CT : DE : 26,726 25,528 184,375 177,636 6.90 6.96 FL : 4,159 4,323 24,941 26,702 6.00 6.18 GA : 103,287 99,662 536,335 516,572 5.19 5.18 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,737 4,687 22,017 20,803 4.65 4.44 IA : KS : KY : 27,041 25,469 147,055 137,863 5.44 5.41 LA : 15,797 15,182 95,037 92,726 6.02 6.11 ME : MD : 11,569 10,796 53,646 47,284 4.64 4.38 MA : MI : MN : MS : 66,391 65,568 393,241 391,926 5.92 5.98 MO : 35,473 34,598 166,295 162,300 4.69 4.69 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 592 403 2,430 1,755 4.11 4.36 NM : NY : 2,051 1,609 9,795 7,814 4.78 4.86 NC : 61,975 58,738 436,422 419,756 7.04 7.15 ND : OH : 5,100 4,602 32,148 28,510 6.30 6.20 OK : 8,757 7,483 51,214 52,737 5.85 7.05 OR : PA : 11,058 9,898 61,985 56,748 5.61 5.73 RI : SC : 26,249 23,616 169,646 151,004 6.46 6.39 SD : TN : 24,569 24,251 125,667 123,728 5.11 5.10 TX : 58,474 54,429 322,609 303,224 5.52 5.57 UT : VT : VA : 27,676 26,187 138,375 134,286 5.00 5.13 WA : 4,231 4,026 24,281 23,472 5.74 5.83 WV : 9,706 9,478 37,815 38,084 3.90 4.02 WI : WY : : US 1/ : 748,666 713,301 4,219,756 4,050,592 5.64 5.68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2010-April 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 391,057 367,880 2,764 2,452 0.70 0.66 AK : AZ : AR : 363,399 349,076 3,840 3,486 1.05 0.99 CA : 88,007 92,117 710 800 0.80 0.86 CO : CT : DE : 132,625 127,636 1,950 1,591 1.45 1.23 FL : 17,410 18,588 127 134 0.72 0.71 GA : 406,942 391,527 3,169 2,604 0.77 0.66 HI : ID : IL : IN : 16,108 15,209 167 141 1.02 0.92 IA : KS : KY : 108,148 100,217 780 525 0.72 0.52 LA : 70,759 68,921 351 320 0.49 0.46 ME : MD : 38,830 33,964 482 398 1.23 1.16 MA : MI : MN : MS : 302,546 300,408 2,109 1,764 0.69 0.58 MO : 122,896 119,260 947 938 0.76 0.78 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,520 1,111 30 28 1.94 2.43 NM : NY : 6,039 4,810 188 116 3.02 2.35 NC : 339,520 325,987 3,392 3,071 0.99 0.93 ND : OH : 23,909 21,432 332 283 1.37 1.30 OK : 38,307 39,431 239 311 0.62 0.78 OR : PA : 43,386 39,652 535 504 1.22 1.25 RI : SC : 127,697 113,833 966 840 0.75 0.73 SD : TN : 91,095 89,725 702 660 0.76 0.73 TX : 252,009 236,384 1,861 1,577 0.73 0.66 UT : VT : VA : 97,328 94,268 820 752 0.84 0.79 WA : 18,079 17,386 177 152 0.97 0.87 WV : 27,081 27,309 132 126 0.48 0.46 WI : WY : : US 3/ : 3,160,790 3,031,047 27,236 24,005 0.85 0.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 3/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations or no active slaughter facility exists in the State. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by State and United States, March 2010-April 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 190 165 61,059 53,408 AR : 556 577 119,603 113,663 DE : 353 435 51,480 44,734 GA : 71 83 54,393 45,664 MS : 131 112 32,892 27,991 MO : 164 202 70,811 58,420 NC : 1,300 726 75,451 66,402 TX : 122 153 56,301 55,200 VA : 98 319 21,752 19,962 : US 1/ : 6,299 4,866 769,630 691,341 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 46,054 34,493 283 261 4,139 3,177 AR : 50,312 35,979 2,682 2,421 1,990 1,645 DE : 36,311 28,247 69 74 7,785 6,010 GA : 87,137 57,553 105 121 9,105 7,692 MS : 14,845 10,010 187 168 362 375 MO : 8,898 9,416 137 124 1,480 1,396 NC : 47,840 37,803 231 227 9,067 7,797 TX : 27,636 22,128 122 167 1,109 849 VA : 20,810 16,666 21 19 3,593 2,516 : US 1/ : 486,266 346,063 5,375 4,777 51,637 42,592 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,472 1,402 5,943 5,295 11,370 10,290 AR : 1,259 979 7,710 6,430 7,471 6,978 DE : 1,113 1,007 2,726 2,372 3,632 4,147 GA : 862 894 8,916 8,591 8,765 7,782 MS : 1,141 827 2,677 2,308 5,538 3,212 MO : 369 290 2,356 2,128 5,997 5,020 NC : 1,010 982 9,086 9,694 8,918 8,768 TX : 417 489 5,052 4,484 4,277 4,394 VA : 758 503 1,372 1,091 4,506 6,687 : US 1/ : 13,519 11,695 63,207 60,397 102,208 93,449 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Other : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 2,898 5,928 149,345 116,648 282,753 231,067 AR : 805 451 140,264 131,005 332,652 300,128 DE : 323 654 50,177 32,615 153,969 120,295 GA : 825 2,281 85,141 61,669 255,320 192,330 MS : 342 624 75,416 59,648 133,531 105,275 MO : 818 163 45,166 52,326 136,196 129,485 NC : 7,460 6,312 76,798 63,443 237,161 202,154 TX : 342 775 47,117 35,570 142,495 124,209 VA : 943 1,167 69,215 65,011 123,068 113,941 : US 1/ : 17,834 21,086 950,514 796,009 2,466,489 2,072,275 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2010-April 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,681 2,722 51,816 54,065 19.33 19.86 CA : 1,128 1,023 29,483 29,082 26.14 28.43 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,640 1,466 61,651 54,333 37.58 37.07 IA : 1,161 1,084 46,786 43,466 40.29 40.11 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,645 3,275 94,900 86,200 26.04 26.32 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,337 2,088 71,207 64,484 30.47 30.88 ND : OH : 434 399 18,716 17,078 43.09 42.83 OK : OR : PA : 498 406 12,074 10,390 24.26 25.59 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 2,485 2,213 65,352 58,658 26.30 26.50 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 20,636 19,053 610,880 565,518 29.60 29.68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2010-April 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : March : April : March : April : March : April -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 43,660 45,564 386 388 0.88 0.85 CA : 24,008 23,762 359 279 1.47 1.16 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 49,791 43,775 815 771 1.61 1.73 IA : 36,932 34,301 812 851 2.15 2.42 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 75,865 68,999 1,345 1,174 1.74 1.67 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 56,096 51,286 474 381 0.84 0.74 ND : OH : 14,872 13,451 320 288 2.11 2.09 OK : OR : PA : 9,507 8,084 227 214 2.33 2.58 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 51,352 46,103 499 459 0.96 0.99 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 487,985 452,759 7,228 6,672 1.46 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........................................ 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