Pou 2-1 (6-10) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released June 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 3 Percent from Last Year Poultry certified wholesome during May 2010 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.50 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the amount certified in May 2009. The April 2010 revised certified total at 3.54 billion pounds, was up 1 percent from April 2009. The April revision represented an increase of 7.2 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during May 2010 was 4.65 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 4.51 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.03 billion pounds, up 4 percent from May 2009. Mature chickens, at 64.4 million pounds, were down 1 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 546 million pounds, down 3 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.7 million pounds, up 2 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during May 2010 averaged 5.71 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from May 2009. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.58 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during May 2010 averaged 29.7 pounds per bird, up 3 percent from May 2009. Ante-mortem condemnations during May 2010 totaled 10.3 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.22 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.24 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 33.2 million pounds, were 0.94 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.03 percent a year earlier. May 2010 contained 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while May 2009 had 21 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, May, 2009-2010 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : January : : : : :---------------: to Date :Percent Commodity : May : Apr : May : May : Apr :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- --- Pct --- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 693,018 714,534 705,038 102 99 3,494,180 3,491,689 100 Mature : 11,575 12,221 11,543 100 94 56,580 57,818 102 Light : 5,692 6,592 5,783 102 88 25,851 29,832 115 Heavy : 5,883 5,629 5,760 98 102 30,729 27,986 91 Total : 704,593 726,755 716,581 102 99 3,550,760 3,549,507 100 : Turkeys : Young : 19,450 19,053 18,332 94 96 97,528 92,963 95 Old : 114 100 66 58 66 750 529 71 Total : 19,564 19,153 18,398 94 96 98,278 93,492 95 : Ducks : 1,819 1,974 1,853 102 94 9,331 9,427 101 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- --- Pct --- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :3,873,638 4,059,727 4,027,206 104 99 19,442,038 19,756,310 102 Mature : 65,063 65,316 64,358 99 99 324,579 315,502 97 Light : 18,565 21,194 18,883 102 89 83,692 96,010 115 Heavy : 46,498 44,122 45,475 98 103 240,887 219,492 91 Total :3,938,701 4,125,043 4,091,564 104 99 19,766,617 20,071,812 102 : Turkeys : Young : 560,711 565,518 544,338 97 96 2,882,010 2,780,765 96 Old : 2,917 2,795 1,737 60 62 20,246 13,973 69 Total : 563,628 568,313 546,075 97 96 2,902,256 2,794,738 96 : Ducks : 12,433 13,432 12,668 102 94 62,789 64,400 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 164 166 168 102 101 739 737 100 : Total Poultry :4,514,926 4,706,954 4,650,475 103 99 22,732,401 22,931,687 101 : : --------- Pounds -------- --- Pct --- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.59 5.68 5.71 102 101 5.56 5.66 102 Mature : 5.62 5.34 5.58 99 104 5.74 5.46 95 Light : 3.26 3.22 3.27 100 102 3.24 3.22 99 Heavy : 7.90 7.84 7.89 100 101 7.84 7.84 100 Total : 5.59 5.68 5.71 102 101 5.57 5.65 101 : Turkeys : Young : 28.83 29.68 29.69 103 100 29.55 29.91 101 Old : 25.59 27.95 26.32 103 94 26.99 26.41 98 Total : 28.81 29.67 29.68 103 100 29.53 29.89 101 : Ducks : 6.84 6.80 6.84 100 101 6.73 6.83 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, May, 2009-2010 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : January : : : : :---------------: to Date :Percent Commodity : May : Apr : May : May : Apr :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- ---- Pct --- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,622,251 2,776,707 2,750,539 105 99 13,136,786 13,451,108 102 Mature : 40,340 40,574 39,752 99 98 200,928 195,248 97 Light : 9,664 11,201 9,957 103 89 42,400 50,686 120 Heavy : 30,676 29,373 29,795 97 101 158,528 144,562 91 Total :2,662,591 2,817,281 2,790,291 105 99 13,337,714 13,646,356 102 : Turkeys : Young : 273,239 284,405 266,054 97 94 1,437,672 1,393,809 97 Old : 2,166 2,105 1,110 51 53 12,273 10,285 84 Total : 275,405 286,510 267,164 97 93 1,449,945 1,404,094 97 : Ducks : 2,896 3,684 3,464 120 94 15,263 17,223 113 : Other Poultry 2/ : 75 87 85 113 98 362 392 108 : Total Poultry :2,940,967 3,107,562 3,061,004 104 99 14,803,284 15,068,065 102 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 268,143 261,520 262,776 98 100 1,324,226 1,325,168 100 Mature : 268 131 431 161 329 1,385 1,281 92 Light : 117 113 210 186 Heavy : 268 14 431 161 3,079 1,272 1,071 84 Total : 268,411 261,651 263,207 98 101 1,325,611 1,326,449 100 : Turkeys : Young : 175,533 168,354 170,009 97 101 857,522 827,347 96 Old : 71 39 222 313 569 3,208 434 14 Total : 175,604 168,393 170,231 97 101 860,730 827,781 96 : Ducks : 5,919 6,006 5,651 95 94 29,469 29,047 99 : Other Poultry 2/ : 34 26 30 88 115 127 118 93 : Total Poultry : 449,968 436,076 439,119 98 101 2,215,937 2,183,395 99 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :2,890,394 3,038,227 3,013,315 104 99 14,461,012 14,776,276 102 Mature : 40,608 40,705 40,183 99 99 202,313 196,529 97 Light : 9,664 11,318 9,957 103 88 42,513 50,896 120 Heavy : 30,944 29,387 30,226 98 103 159,800 145,633 91 Total :2,931,002 3,078,932 3,053,498 104 99 14,663,325 14,972,805 102 : Turkeys : Young : 448,772 452,759 436,063 97 96 2,295,194 2,221,156 97 Old : 2,237 2,144 1,332 60 62 15,481 10,719 69 Total : 451,009 454,903 437,395 97 96 2,310,675 2,231,875 97 : Ducks : 8,815 9,690 9,115 103 94 44,732 46,270 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 109 113 115 106 102 489 510 104 : Total Poultry :3,390,935 3,543,638 3,500,123 103 99 17,019,221 17,251,460 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, May, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : May : Apr : May : May : Apr :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 8,634 8,066 8,122 94 101 50,513 45,783 91 Mature : 841 903 907 108 100 4,954 4,963 100 Light : 223 266 277 124 104 1,117 1,394 125 Heavy : 618 637 630 102 99 3,837 3,569 93 Total : 9,475 8,969 9,029 95 101 55,467 50,746 91 : Turkeys : Young : 1,282 1,260 1,205 94 96 7,743 6,975 90 Old : 20 24 16 80 67 195 153 78 Total : 1,302 1,284 1,221 94 95 7,938 7,128 90 : Ducks : 39 39 42 108 108 179 197 110 : Total Poultry :10,816 10,292 10,292 95 100 63,584 58,071 91 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.22 0.20 0.20 91 100 0.26 0.23 88 Mature : 1.29 1.38 1.41 109 102 1.53 1.57 103 Light : 1.20 1.26 1.47 123 117 1.33 1.45 109 Heavy : 1.33 1.44 1.39 105 97 1.59 1.63 103 Total : 0.24 0.22 0.22 92 100 0.28 0.25 89 : Turkeys : Young : 0.23 0.22 0.22 96 100 0.27 0.25 93 Old : 0.69 0.86 0.92 133 107 0.96 1.09 114 Total : 0.23 0.23 0.22 96 96 0.27 0.26 96 : Ducks : 0.31 0.29 0.33 106 114 0.29 0.31 107 : Total Poultry : 0.24 0.22 0.22 92 100 0.28 0.25 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, May, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : May : Apr : May : May : Apr :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :25,021 24,089 23,454 94 97 139,259 123,212 88 Mature : 3,151 3,565 3,033 96 85 15,418 16,331 106 Light : 1,363 1,724 1,311 96 76 5,758 7,311 127 Heavy : 1,788 1,841 1,722 96 94 9,660 9,020 93 Total :28,172 27,654 26,487 94 96 154,677 139,543 90 : Turkeys : Young : 6,859 6,672 6,338 92 95 37,232 32,675 88 Old : 111 118 71 64 60 761 577 76 Total : 6,970 6,790 6,409 92 94 37,993 33,252 88 : Ducks : 203 243 255 126 105 1,373 1,248 91 Other Poultry : 2 1 1 50 100 9 5 56 : Total Poultry :35,347 34,688 33,152 94 96 194,052 174,048 90 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.86 0.79 0.77 90 97 0.95 0.83 87 Mature : 7.20 8.05 7.02 98 87 7.08 7.67 108 Light : 12.36 13.22 11.63 94 88 11.93 12.56 105 Heavy : 5.46 5.90 5.39 99 91 5.70 5.83 102 Total : 0.95 0.89 0.86 91 97 1.04 0.92 88 : Turkeys : Young : 1.51 1.45 1.43 95 99 1.60 1.45 91 Old : 4.73 5.22 5.06 107 97 4.69 5.11 109 Total : 1.52 1.47 1.44 95 98 1.62 1.47 91 : Ducks : 2.25 2.45 2.72 121 111 2.98 2.63 88 Other Poultry : 1.80 0.88 0.86 48 98 1.81 0.97 54 : Total Poultry : 1.03 0.97 0.94 91 97 1.13 1.00 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, April 2010-May 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 4,866 6,250 692,324 678,497 Mature : 1,500 1,842 218,929 177,716 Light : 1,358 1,713 183,659 144,622 Heavy : 142 129 35,270 33,094 Total : 6,366 8,092 911,253 856,213 : Turkeys : Young : 40 28 33,327 28,369 Old : 1 1,298 885 Total : 41 28 34,625 29,254 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 346,411 267,943 4,781 4,612 42,608 40,937 Mature : 15,993 11,156 468 347 53,201 53,168 Light : 14,026 9,617 210 172 45,292 44,667 Heavy : 1,967 1,539 258 175 7,909 8,501 Total : 362,404 279,099 5,249 4,959 95,809 94,105 : Turkeys : Young : 4,586 3,095 3,189 2,901 62 69 Old : 165 104 1 42 15 Total : 4,751 3,199 3,189 2,902 104 84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 11,704 11,395 60,496 62,223 93,475 89,109 Mature : 16,234 10,930 4,081 3,513 144,532 112,658 Light : 15,461 10,144 2,131 1,988 130,244 97,916 Heavy : 773 786 1,950 1,525 14,288 14,742 Total : 27,938 22,325 64,577 65,736 238,007 201,767 : Turkeys : Young : 202 255 1,009 1,045 1,440 1,354 Old : 7 9 7 61 37 Total : 209 255 1,018 1,052 1,501 1,391 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Miscellaneous 1/ : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 21,089 13,348 799,368 745,632 2,077,122 1,919,946 Mature : 487 492 167,878 142,611 623,303 514,433 Light : 280 160 70,575 59,501 463,236 370,500 Heavy : 207 332 97,303 83,110 160,067 143,933 Total : 21,576 13,840 967,246 888,243 2,700,425 2,434,379 : Turkeys : Young : 421 109 11,250 12,927 55,526 50,152 Old : 332 90 1,915 1,139 Total : 421 109 11,582 13,017 57,441 51,291 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plant-rejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, April 2010-May 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 88,848 88,432 491,696 492,564 5.53 5.57 AK : AZ : AR : 83,052 79,492 473,478 452,951 5.70 5.70 CA : 21,760 22,796 124,315 130,858 5.71 5.74 CO : CT : DE : 25,528 25,822 177,636 181,738 6.96 7.04 FL : 4,323 3,951 26,702 24,146 6.18 6.11 GA : 99,662 96,202 516,572 498,378 5.18 5.18 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,687 4,391 20,803 19,794 4.44 4.51 IA : KS : KY : 25,469 24,879 137,863 134,758 5.41 5.42 LA : 15,182 14,965 92,726 90,746 6.11 6.06 ME : MD : 10,796 11,475 47,284 51,502 4.38 4.49 MA : MI : MN : MS : 65,568 63,767 391,926 377,369 5.98 5.92 MO : 34,598 32,774 162,300 155,303 4.69 4.74 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 403 418 1,755 1,826 4.36 4.37 NM : NY : 1,609 1,654 7,814 8,410 4.86 5.08 NC : 58,738 58,551 419,756 415,978 7.15 7.10 ND : OH : 4,602 4,408 28,515 26,734 6.20 6.06 OK : 7,483 9,339 52,737 69,075 7.05 7.40 OR : PA : 9,898 10,071 56,748 56,950 5.73 5.65 RI : SC : 24,325 24,293 156,891 154,854 6.45 6.37 SD : TN : 24,251 23,516 123,728 122,337 5.10 5.20 TX : 54,949 54,900 306,445 313,435 5.58 5.71 UT : VT : VA : 26,187 26,575 134,286 140,949 5.13 5.30 WA : 4,026 3,979 23,472 23,794 5.83 5.98 WV : 9,478 9,410 38,084 37,334 4.02 3.97 WI : WY : : US 1/ : 714,534 705,038 4,059,727 4,027,206 5.68 5.71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ States with no data printed are included in the US total. Data not printed to avoid disclosing individual operations or no active slaughter facility exists in the State. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, April 2010-May 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 367,880 367,054 2,452 2,458 0.66 0.67 AK : AZ : AR : 349,076 334,407 3,486 3,137 0.99 0.93 CA : 92,117 96,885 800 854 0.86 0.87 CO : CT : DE : 127,636 130,712 1,591 1,719 1.23 1.30 FL : 18,588 16,754 134 108 0.71 0.64 GA : 391,527 374,525 2,604 2,262 0.66 0.60 HI : ID : IL : IN : 15,209 14,460 141 94 0.92 0.65 IA : KS : KY : 100,217 98,397 525 387 0.52 0.39 LA : 68,921 66,816 320 314 0.46 0.47 ME : MD : 33,964 37,105 398 311 1.16 0.83 MA : MI : MN : MS : 300,408 291,741 1,764 1,730 0.58 0.59 MO : 119,260 114,422 938 1,042 0.78 0.90 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,111 1,173 28 29 2.43 2.41 NM : NY : 4,810 5,141 116 131 2.35 2.48 NC : 325,987 325,597 3,071 3,004 0.93 0.91 ND : OH : 21,432 20,067 283 282 1.30 1.38 OK : 39,431 51,547 311 490 0.78 0.94 OR : PA : 39,652 39,914 504 484 1.25 1.20 RI : SC : 118,392 116,110 896 818 0.75 0.70 SD : TN : 89,725 88,843 660 654 0.73 0.73 TX : 238,988 244,264 1,605 1,655 0.67 0.67 UT : VT : VA : 94,268 98,803 752 781 0.79 0.78 WA : 17,386 17,601 152 134 0.87 0.76 WV : 27,309 26,787 126 95 0.46 0.35 WI : WY : : US 3/ : 3,038,227 3,013,315 24,089 23,454 0.79 0.77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 2010-May 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 165 398 53,408 53,700 AR : 577 376 113,663 101,057 DE : 435 758 44,734 43,472 GA : 83 99 45,664 39,028 MS : 112 143 27,991 25,430 MO : 202 159 58,420 57,392 NC : 726 1,729 66,402 68,041 TX : 153 88 56,182 54,200 VA : 319 242 19,962 21,701 : US 1/ : 4,866 6,250 692,324 678,497 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 34,493 30,981 261 209 3,177 2,980 AR : 35,979 26,817 2,421 2,273 1,645 1,440 DE : 28,247 23,581 74 50 6,010 5,663 GA : 57,553 36,725 121 155 7,692 7,047 MS : 10,010 9,104 168 93 375 350 MO : 9,416 19,127 124 178 1,396 1,353 NC : 37,803 26,072 227 339 7,797 8,737 TX : 22,475 18,010 171 106 865 709 VA : 16,666 11,023 19 32 2,516 2,225 : US 1/ : 346,411 267,943 4,781 4,612 42,608 40,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,402 1,195 5,295 5,685 10,290 8,607 AR : 979 1,017 6,430 5,498 6,978 6,908 DE : 1,007 975 2,372 2,666 4,147 4,145 GA : 894 945 8,594 9,382 7,782 6,517 MS : 827 927 2,308 2,001 3,212 3,704 MO : 290 221 2,128 2,275 5,020 4,490 NC : 982 947 9,694 10,438 8,768 9,045 TX : 492 443 4,580 5,060 4,420 4,809 VA : 503 527 1,091 1,547 6,687 5,974 : US 1/ : 11,704 11,395 60,496 62,223 93,475 89,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Miscellaneous 2/ : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 5,928 1,610 116,648 106,180 231,067 211,545 AR : 451 404 131,005 105,069 300,128 250,859 DE : 654 839 32,615 30,978 120,295 113,127 GA : 2,281 609 61,669 54,028 192,333 154,535 MS : 624 194 59,648 56,149 105,275 98,095 MO : 163 281 52,326 55,763 129,485 141,239 NC : 6,312 4,310 63,443 56,957 202,154 186,615 TX : 778 654 36,057 29,164 126,173 113,243 VA : 1,167 1,213 65,011 63,685 113,941 108,169 : US 1/ : 21,089 13,348 799,368 745,632 2,077,122 1,919,946 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. 2/ Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plant-rejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, April 2010-May 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,722 2,507 54,065 49,013 19.86 19.55 CA : 1,023 919 29,082 26,205 28.43 28.51 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,466 1,436 54,333 53,001 37.07 36.92 IA : 1,084 1,017 43,466 40,716 40.11 40.02 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 3,275 3,645 86,200 90,114 26.32 24.72 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,088 2,071 64,484 67,679 30.88 32.69 ND : OH : 399 376 17,078 16,312 42.83 43.44 OK : OR : PA : 406 313 10,390 8,600 25.59 27.50 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 2,213 2,068 58,658 56,036 26.50 27.10 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 19,053 18,332 565,518 544,338 29.68 29.69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, April 2010-May 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : April : May : April : May : April : May -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 45,564 41,450 388 354 0.85 0.85 CA : 23,762 21,488 279 292 1.16 1.34 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 43,775 42,761 771 772 1.73 1.77 IA : 34,301 32,162 851 736 2.42 2.24 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 68,999 72,084 1,174 1,144 1.67 1.56 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 51,286 53,483 381 369 0.74 0.69 ND : OH : 13,451 12,952 288 281 2.09 2.12 OK : OR : PA : 8,084 6,746 214 184 2.58 2.65 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 46,103 44,055 459 439 0.99 0.99 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 452,759 436,063 6,672 6,338 1.45 1.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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