Pou 2-1 (8-10) Poultry Slaughter Washington, D.C. Released August 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 July 2010 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.55 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the amount certified in July 2009. The June 2010 revised certified total at 3.68 billion pounds, was up 2 percent from June 2009. The June revision represented an increase of 13.7 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during July 2010 was 4.71 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 4.84 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 4.04 billion pounds, down 2 percent from July 2009. Mature chickens, at 71.7 million pounds, were down 5 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 583 million pounds, down 5 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 13.0 million pounds, up 1 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during July 2010 averaged 5.57 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from July 2009. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.91 pounds per bird, up slightly from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during July 2010 averaged 28.6 pounds per bird, up slightly from July 2009. Ante-mortem condemnations during July 2010 totaled 14.0 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.30 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.26 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 32.5 million pounds, were 0.91 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 1.00 percent a year earlier. July 2010 contained 22 weekdays (including one holiday) and 5 Saturdays, while July 2009 had 23 weekdays (including one holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, July, 2009-2010 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : January : : : : :---------------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--------- 1,000 Head -------- --- Pct --- ----- 1,000 Head ---- Pct : Number Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 747,724 744,291 725,949 97 98 4,980,271 4,963,944 100 Mature : 12,762 12,353 12,134 95 98 82,094 82,305 100 Light : 5,552 5,875 5,432 98 92 37,603 41,139 109 Heavy : 7,210 6,478 6,702 93 103 44,491 41,166 93 Total : 760,486 756,644 738,083 97 98 5,062,365 5,046,249 100 : Turkeys : Young : 21,325 20,918 20,266 95 97 140,384 134,189 96 Old : 168 116 137 82 118 1,071 782 73 Total : 21,493 21,034 20,403 95 97 141,455 134,971 95 : Ducks : 1,890 1,995 1,943 103 97 13,133 13,364 102 : :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- --- Pct --- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,141,565 4,188,883 4,044,939 98 97 27,669,449 28,004,137 101 Mature : 75,340 70,844 71,723 95 101 472,298 458,069 97 Light : 18,182 19,081 17,528 96 92 121,945 132,619 109 Heavy : 57,158 51,763 54,195 95 105 350,353 325,450 93 Total :4,216,905 4,259,727 4,116,662 98 97 28,141,747 28,462,206 101 : Turkeys : Young : 606,367 607,185 578,932 95 95 4,102,215 3,968,694 97 Old : 4,407 3,010 3,842 87 128 28,641 20,825 73 Total : 610,774 610,195 582,774 95 96 4,130,856 3,989,519 97 : Ducks : 12,840 13,555 13,005 101 96 88,640 90,959 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 199 207 209 105 101 1,131 1,153 102 : Total Poultry :4,840,718 4,883,684 4,712,650 97 96 32,362,374 32,543,837 101 : : --------- Pounds -------- --- Pct --- ---- Pounds ---- Pct : Average Live Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.54 5.63 5.57 101 99 5.56 5.64 101 Mature : 5.90 5.73 5.91 100 103 5.75 5.57 97 Light : 3.27 3.25 3.23 99 99 3.24 3.22 99 Heavy : 7.93 7.99 8.09 102 101 7.87 7.91 101 Total : 5.55 5.63 5.58 101 99 5.56 5.64 101 : Turkeys : Young : 28.43 29.03 28.57 100 98 29.22 29.58 101 Old : 26.23 25.95 28.04 107 108 26.74 26.63 100 Total : 28.42 29.01 28.56 100 98 29.20 29.56 101 : Ducks : 6.79 6.79 6.69 99 99 6.75 6.81 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, July, 2009-2010 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : January : : : : :---------------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- 1,000 Pounds ------- --- Pct --- ---- 1,000 Pounds --- Pct : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,808,378 2,861,144 2,757,922 98 96 18,713,568 19,081,815 102 Mature : 47,426 43,679 44,961 95 103 293,130 283,888 97 Light : 9,796 9,849 9,304 95 94 62,801 69,839 111 Heavy : 37,630 33,830 35,657 95 105 230,329 214,049 93 Total :2,855,804 2,904,823 2,802,883 98 96 19,006,698 19,365,703 102 : Turkeys : Young : 293,634 296,667 277,652 95 94 2,027,439 1,969,545 97 Old : 3,301 2,276 2,824 86 124 18,509 15,385 83 Total : 296,935 298,943 280,476 94 94 2,045,948 1,984,930 97 : Ducks : 3,114 3,619 3,347 107 92 21,552 24,188 112 : Other Poultry 2/ : 81 99 102 126 103 525 593 113 : Total Poultry :3,155,934 3,207,484 3,086,808 98 96 21,074,723 21,375,414 101 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 287,138 278,747 267,622 93 96 1,893,580 1,873,484 99 Mature : 316 28 22 7 79 2,039 1,331 65 Light : 15 113 225 199 Heavy : 316 13 22 7 169 1,926 1,106 57 Total : 287,454 278,775 267,644 93 96 1,895,619 1,874,815 99 : Turkeys : Young : 188,644 190,332 186,238 99 98 1,240,705 1,203,917 97 Old : 69 45 139 201 309 3,363 618 18 Total : 188,713 190,377 186,377 99 98 1,244,068 1,204,535 97 : Ducks : 6,051 6,070 6,069 100 100 41,630 41,186 99 : Other Poultry 2/ : 42 35 30 71 86 206 183 89 : Total Poultry : 482,260 475,257 460,120 95 97 3,181,523 3,120,719 98 : Chilled and Frozen : Chickens : Young :3,095,516 3,139,891 3,025,544 98 96 20,607,148 20,955,299 102 Mature : 47,742 43,707 44,983 94 103 295,169 285,219 97 Light : 9,796 9,864 9,304 95 94 62,914 70,064 111 Heavy : 37,946 33,843 35,679 94 105 232,255 215,155 93 Total :3,143,258 3,183,598 3,070,527 98 96 20,902,317 21,240,518 102 : Turkeys : Young : 482,278 486,999 463,890 96 95 3,268,144 3,173,462 97 Old : 3,370 2,321 2,963 88 128 21,872 16,003 73 Total : 485,648 489,320 466,853 96 95 3,290,016 3,189,465 97 : Ducks : 9,165 9,689 9,416 103 97 63,182 65,374 103 : Other Poultry 2/ : 123 134 132 107 99 731 776 106 : Total Poultry :3,638,194 3,682,741 3,546,928 97 96 24,256,246 24,496,133 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :10,026 9,658 10,621 106 110 71,261 66,294 93 Mature : 1,377 1,177 1,756 128 149 7,993 7,896 99 Light : 244 263 429 176 163 1,756 2,086 119 Heavy : 1,133 914 1,327 117 145 6,237 5,810 93 Total :11,403 10,835 12,377 109 114 79,254 74,190 94 : Turkeys : Young : 1,307 1,430 1,517 116 106 10,615 9,927 94 Old : 48 34 58 121 171 302 245 81 Total : 1,355 1,464 1,575 116 108 10,917 10,172 93 : Ducks : 52 45 70 135 156 281 312 111 : Total Poultry :12,810 12,344 14,022 109 114 90,452 84,674 94 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.24 0.23 0.26 108 113 0.26 0.24 92 Mature : 1.83 1.66 2.45 134 148 1.69 1.72 102 Light : 1.34 1.38 2.45 183 178 1.44 1.57 109 Heavy : 1.98 1.77 2.45 124 138 1.78 1.79 101 Total : 0.27 0.25 0.30 111 120 0.28 0.26 93 : Turkeys : Young : 0.22 0.24 0.26 118 108 0.26 0.25 96 Old : 1.09 1.13 1.51 139 134 1.05 1.18 112 Total : 0.22 0.24 0.27 123 113 0.26 0.25 96 : Ducks : 0.40 0.33 0.54 135 164 0.32 0.34 106 : Total Poultry : 0.26 0.25 0.30 115 120 0.28 0.26 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, July, 2009-2010 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Jul : Jun : Jul : Jul : Jun :---------------: of : 2009 : 2010 : 2010 :2009 :2010 : 2009 : 2010 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young :26,031 23,177 22,595 87 97 191,809 169,094 88 Mature : 3,471 3,148 2,931 84 93 22,141 22,410 101 Light : 1,189 1,181 1,048 88 89 8,370 9,540 114 Heavy : 2,282 1,967 1,883 83 96 13,771 12,870 93 Total :29,502 26,325 25,526 87 97 213,950 191,504 90 : Turkeys : Young : 6,992 6,882 6,639 95 96 51,344 46,220 90 Old : 161 98 119 74 121 1,094 794 73 Total : 7,153 6,980 6,758 94 97 52,438 47,014 90 : Ducks : 247 254 249 101 98 1,830 1,751 96 Other Poultry : 2 2 1 50 50 13 8 62 : Total Poultry :36,904 33,561 32,534 88 97 268,231 240,277 90 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.83 0.73 0.74 89 101 0.92 0.80 87 Mature : 6.78 6.72 6.12 90 91 6.98 7.28 104 Light : 10.82 10.69 10.12 94 95 11.74 11.98 102 Heavy : 5.67 5.49 5.01 88 91 5.60 5.64 101 Total : 0.93 0.82 0.82 88 100 1.01 0.89 88 : Turkeys : Young : 1.43 1.39 1.41 99 101 1.55 1.44 93 Old : 4.56 4.05 3.86 85 95 4.76 4.73 99 Total : 1.45 1.41 1.43 99 101 1.57 1.45 92 : Ducks : 2.62 2.55 2.58 98 101 2.81 2.61 93 Other Poultry : 1.60 1.47 0.75 47 51 1.75 1.02 58 : Total Poultry : 1.00 0.90 0.91 91 101 1.09 0.97 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2010-July 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 8,484 10,206 681,283 681,548 Mature : 1,026 1,220 169,559 160,276 Light : 845 1,050 138,582 128,484 Heavy : 181 170 30,977 31,792 Total : 9,510 11,426 850,842 841,824 : Turkeys : Young : 46 25 31,808 28,452 Old : 1,050 1,296 Total : 46 25 32,858 29,748 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 224,932 187,329 5,382 5,925 37,603 34,522 Mature : 11,375 10,086 502 421 42,385 40,572 Light : 9,861 8,510 275 175 34,439 32,842 Heavy : 1,514 1,576 227 246 7,946 7,730 Total : 236,307 197,415 5,884 6,346 79,988 75,094 : Turkeys : Young : 4,030 4,773 3,345 3,131 70 94 Old : 87 70 40 62 Total : 4,117 4,843 3,345 3,131 110 156 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 12,791 11,772 65,134 66,552 93,048 86,815 Mature : 11,634 14,289 3,856 3,360 101,880 108,304 Light : 11,020 13,717 2,318 1,800 88,342 94,421 Heavy : 614 572 1,538 1,560 13,538 13,883 Total : 24,425 26,061 68,990 69,912 194,928 195,119 : Turkeys : Young : 226 197 1,365 1,215 1,325 1,603 Old : 3 2 5 8 48 41 Total : 229 199 1,370 1,223 1,373 1,644 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Miscellaneous 1/ : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Chickens : Young : 16,237 18,392 718,651 665,237 1,863,545 1,768,298 Mature : 611 1,348 151,830 136,255 494,658 476,131 Light : 141 402 53,776 42,488 339,599 323,889 Heavy : 470 946 98,054 93,767 155,059 152,242 Total : 16,848 19,740 870,481 801,492 2,358,203 2,244,429 : Turkeys : Young : 372 296 9,788 9,773 52,375 49,559 Old : 2 2 234 161 1,469 1,642 Total : 374 298 10,022 9,934 53,844 51,201 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2010-July 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 93,111 90,960 512,970 498,286 5.51 5.48 AK : AZ : AR : 81,430 80,222 456,113 448,796 5.60 5.59 CA : 23,919 24,268 135,665 135,919 5.67 5.60 CO : CT : DE : 26,791 26,269 188,182 180,712 7.02 6.88 FL : 4,066 4,285 24,414 25,778 6.00 6.02 GA : 103,092 101,034 529,340 519,951 5.13 5.15 HI : ID : IL : IN : 4,792 4,959 20,696 21,513 4.32 4.34 IA : KS : KY : 26,059 25,389 140,946 136,057 5.41 5.36 LA : 15,976 15,335 96,126 91,428 6.02 5.96 ME : MD : 12,156 12,081 55,708 57,150 4.58 4.73 MA : MI : MN : MS : 65,820 64,856 380,216 369,444 5.78 5.70 MO : 36,098 35,575 170,707 167,616 4.73 4.71 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 552 384 2,404 1,664 4.36 4.34 NM : NY : 1,675 1,459 8,631 7,597 5.15 5.21 NC : 61,126 55,187 429,773 371,917 7.03 6.74 ND : OH : 4,803 4,751 29,571 28,828 6.16 6.07 OK : 10,681 11,042 74,894 77,743 7.01 7.04 OR : PA : 11,290 10,225 63,188 56,287 5.60 5.51 RI : SC : 26,223 24,776 164,299 153,613 6.27 6.20 SD : TN : 25,006 25,711 127,334 130,418 5.09 5.07 TX : 57,350 56,954 317,789 315,382 5.54 5.54 UT : VT : VA : 27,991 27,550 146,476 142,052 5.23 5.16 WA : 4,451 4,369 25,779 25,802 5.79 5.91 WV : 10,159 9,244 39,576 36,149 3.90 3.91 WI : WY : : US 1/ : 744,291 725,949 4,188,883 4,044,939 5.63 5.57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2010-July 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 382,142 369,892 2,529 2,571 0.66 0.69 AK : AZ : AR : 337,605 332,005 2,840 2,914 0.83 0.87 CA : 99,700 99,579 830 837 0.83 0.83 CO : CT : DE : 135,186 129,732 1,467 1,407 1.07 1.07 FL : 17,021 17,913 138 135 0.80 0.75 GA : 402,670 393,773 2,378 2,449 0.59 0.62 HI : ID : IL : IN : 15,185 15,818 90 84 0.59 0.53 IA : KS : KY : 102,674 99,152 473 454 0.46 0.46 LA : 71,129 67,780 304 269 0.43 0.40 ME : MD : 40,122 41,101 359 301 0.89 0.73 MA : MI : MN : MS : 293,646 284,437 1,766 1,670 0.60 0.58 MO : 125,778 123,462 1,012 1,029 0.80 0.83 MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : 1,538 1,075 45 25 2.83 2.31 NM : NY : 5,217 4,621 161 139 2.99 2.93 NC : 335,774 289,630 2,918 2,617 0.86 0.90 ND : OH : 22,030 21,371 362 481 1.62 2.20 OK : 56,023 58,132 442 491 0.78 0.84 OR : PA : 44,064 39,691 542 536 1.21 1.33 RI : SC : 123,633 115,564 887 851 0.71 0.73 SD : TN : 92,515 94,540 599 592 0.64 0.62 TX : 249,202 247,029 1,535 1,519 0.61 0.61 UT : VT : VA : 103,009 100,182 741 563 0.71 0.56 WA : 19,201 19,247 162 130 0.84 0.67 WV : 28,396 25,946 97 74 0.34 0.28 WI : WY : : US 3/ : 3,139,891 3,025,544 23,177 22,595 0.73 0.74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2010-July 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 185 170 57,931 59,256 AR : 514 546 91,616 94,312 DE : 696 454 37,243 35,854 GA : 77 79 40,832 43,862 MS : 96 190 24,590 24,781 MO : 178 93 66,663 61,038 NC : 4,396 6,631 66,613 63,291 TX : 104 56 48,865 48,742 VA : 249 127 22,978 20,789 : US 1/ : 8,484 10,206 681,283 681,548 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 31,326 27,853 266 335 2,330 2,096 AR : 18,305 18,480 2,769 3,204 1,482 1,493 DE : 15,308 11,467 86 69 4,323 3,998 GA : 33,348 27,034 148 156 6,646 5,791 MS : 7,915 7,405 220 246 420 390 MO : 8,960 7,932 262 286 1,349 1,383 NC : 20,244 19,350 209 149 7,117 7,279 TX : 11,990 9,545 129 94 763 817 VA : 11,242 8,782 19 81 2,240 1,844 : US 1/ : 224,932 187,329 5,382 5,925 37,603 34,522 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 1,157 1,134 5,929 6,091 8,557 9,529 AR : 1,164 1,049 6,256 6,216 7,407 6,843 DE : 1,252 1,630 2,762 2,736 4,227 5,323 GA : 903 775 9,843 12,009 7,641 6,909 MS : 759 774 2,387 2,107 3,855 4,172 MO : 296 341 2,710 3,432 5,936 5,245 NC : 1,085 1,030 10,649 7,751 7,945 5,887 TX : 605 583 3,775 4,776 5,666 6,406 VA : 771 803 1,504 1,528 4,773 4,613 : US 1/ : 12,791 11,772 65,134 66,552 93,048 86,815 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Miscellaneous 2/ : Total :------------------------------------------------------------------ : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : AL : 2,277 1,668 106,404 117,618 216,362 225,750 AR : 483 834 114,432 80,316 244,428 213,293 DE : 1,007 752 19,404 25,810 86,308 88,093 GA : 1,220 1,311 53,468 57,209 154,126 155,135 MS : 371 250 38,635 43,453 79,248 83,768 MO : 262 983 50,032 40,942 136,648 121,675 NC : 5,003 5,259 48,996 50,592 172,257 167,219 TX : 789 627 29,603 35,421 102,289 107,067 VA : 1,247 1,991 58,392 38,725 103,415 79,283 : US 1/ : 16,237 18,392 718,651 665,237 1,863,545 1,768,298 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2010-July 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 2,903 2,709 56,005 51,948 19.29 19.17 CA : 1,081 1,217 31,322 33,523 28.99 27.54 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 1,552 1,505 56,236 53,212 36.24 35.36 IA : 1,061 1,042 42,623 40,284 40.18 38.67 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 4,413 4,209 108,736 101,198 24.64 24.04 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 2,263 2,182 71,637 70,208 31.66 32.18 ND : OH : 432 416 17,919 17,425 41.45 41.85 OK : OR : PA : 409 369 10,726 9,305 26.25 25.24 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 2,316 2,309 61,664 59,788 26.62 25.90 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 1/ : 20,918 20,266 607,185 578,932 29.03 28.57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, June 2010-July 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : Carcass and Parts : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : June : July : June : July : June : July -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AL : AK : AZ : AR : 47,255 43,739 422 363 0.89 0.82 CA : 25,508 27,565 315 317 1.22 1.14 CO : CT : DE : FL : GA : HI : ID : IL : IN : 45,440 42,962 675 670 1.46 1.54 IA : 33,789 31,711 821 712 2.37 2.20 KS : KY : LA : ME : MD : MA : MI : MN : 87,177 81,313 1,241 1,258 1.40 1.52 MS : MO : MT : NE : NV : NH : NJ : NM : NY : NC : 56,691 55,556 426 526 0.75 0.94 ND : OH : 14,317 13,662 309 274 2.12 1.97 OK : OR : PA : 8,378 7,316 231 179 2.68 2.38 RI : SC : SD : TN : TX : UT : VT : VA : 48,311 47,064 468 426 0.96 0.90 WA : WV : WI : WY : : US 3/ : 486,999 463,890 6,882 6,639 1.39 1.41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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