United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 2-1 (06) Poultry Slaughter 2005 Annual Summary February 2006 Contents Page Poultry Slaughter Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight. . . . . 2 Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified. . . . . . . . . 4 Ante-Mortem Condemnations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Post-Mortem Condemnations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Young Chickens Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations . . .10 Number Condemned Post-Mortem. . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Mature Chickens Slaughtered Number Condemned Post-Mortem. . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations . . .30 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause . . . . . . . .32 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered Number Condemned Post-Mortem. . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :----------------------------------------------------: Month : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Jan : 719,859 5,848 5,316 11,164 731,023 2,303 Feb : 672,182 5,577 5,481 11,058 683,240 2,015 Mar : 768,776 7,381 6,300 13,681 782,457 2,416 Apr : 714,995 7,103 5,953 13,056 728,051 2,173 May : 758,078 6,829 6,148 12,977 771,055 2,321 Jun : 772,283 7,178 6,761 13,939 786,222 2,397 Jul : 719,934 5,540 6,190 11,730 731,664 2,150 Aug : 793,735 6,153 6,958 13,111 806,846 2,369 Sep : 750,057 5,431 6,185 11,616 761,673 2,313 Oct : 745,843 4,998 6,200 11,198 757,041 2,369 Nov : 720,430 5,467 5,840 11,307 731,737 2,509 Dec : 717,637 5,735 6,092 11,827 729,464 2,555 Total : 8,853,809 73,240 73,424 146,664 9,000,473 27,890 : : : 1,000 pounds : Live Weight : Jan : 3,866,549 19,481 43,184 62,665 3,929,214 15,585 Feb : 3,580,820 18,394 44,328 62,722 3,643,542 13,611 Mar : 4,081,612 24,480 51,324 75,804 4,157,416 16,378 Apr : 3,837,850 23,545 48,289 71,834 3,909,684 14,650 May : 4,060,294 22,648 49,920 72,568 4,132,862 15,567 Jun : 4,119,032 23,559 54,664 78,223 4,197,255 15,817 Jul : 3,794,724 18,226 50,336 68,562 3,863,286 14,169 Aug : 4,194,625 20,522 55,875 76,397 4,271,022 15,894 Sep : 4,054,261 17,991 49,864 67,855 4,122,116 15,720 Oct : 4,103,760 16,589 49,697 66,286 4,170,046 16,063 Nov : 3,953,986 18,139 46,941 65,080 4,019,066 17,002 Dec : 3,931,183 19,302 47,844 67,146 3,998,329 17,238 Total : 47,578,696 242,876 592,266 835,142 48,413,838 187,694 : : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Jan : 5.37 3.33 8.12 5.61 5.37 6.77 Feb : 5.33 3.30 8.09 5.67 5.33 6.75 Mar : 5.31 3.32 8.15 5.54 5.31 6.78 Apr : 5.37 3.32 8.11 5.50 5.37 6.74 May : 5.36 3.32 8.12 5.59 5.36 6.70 Jun : 5.33 3.28 8.09 5.61 5.34 6.60 Jul : 5.27 3.29 8.13 5.84 5.28 6.59 Aug : 5.28 3.34 8.03 5.83 5.29 6.71 Sep : 5.41 3.31 8.06 5.84 5.41 6.80 Oct : 5.50 3.32 8.02 5.92 5.51 6.78 Nov : 5.49 3.32 8.04 5.76 5.49 6.78 Dec : 5.48 3.37 7.85 5.68 5.48 6.75 Total : 5.37 3.32 8.07 5.69 5.38 6.73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Jan : 19,219 197 19,416 Feb : 17,566 164 17,730 Mar : 20,044 179 20,223 Apr : 19,377 171 19,548 May : 20,296 203 20,499 Jun : 21,736 204 21,940 Jul : 19,554 230 19,784 Aug : 22,929 255 23,184 Sep : 20,952 188 21,140 Oct : 22,345 267 22,612 Nov : 22,429 227 22,656 Dec : 19,195 167 19,362 Total : 245,642 2,452 248,094 : : : 1,000 pounds : Live Weight : Jan : 570,418 5,599 576,017 363 4,521,179 Feb : 513,161 4,472 517,633 293 4,175,079 Mar : 581,135 4,799 585,934 368 4,760,096 Apr : 558,908 4,358 563,266 322 4,487,922 May : 576,830 5,381 582,211 422 4,731,062 Jun : 613,062 5,462 618,524 417 4,832,013 Jul : 539,323 5,810 545,133 383 4,422,971 Aug : 610,113 6,346 616,459 867 4,904,242 Sep : 568,585 4,850 573,435 1,745 4,713,016 Oct : 601,680 6,764 608,444 1,786 4,796,339 Nov : 601,524 6,019 607,543 690 4,644,301 Dec : 548,561 4,303 552,864 372 4,568,803 Total : 6,883,300 64,163 6,947,463 8,028 55,557,023 : : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Jan : 29.68 28.42 29.67 Feb : 29.21 27.27 29.20 Mar : 28.99 27.11 28.98 Apr : 28.84 25.33 28.81 May : 28.42 26.51 28.40 Jun : 28.20 26.65 28.19 Jul : 27.58 25.27 27.55 Aug : 26.61 24.89 26.59 Sep : 27.14 25.94 27.13 Oct : 26.93 25.43 26.91 Nov : 26.82 26.52 26.82 Dec : 28.58 25.61 28.55 Total : 28.02 26.17 28.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :----------------------------------------------------: Month : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Jan : 2,626,172 10,163 28,320 38,483 2,664,655 5,704 Feb : 2,423,886 9,501 28,950 38,451 2,462,337 5,120 Mar : 2,753,726 12,413 33,711 46,124 2,799,850 5,949 Apr : 2,589,651 12,254 31,771 44,025 2,633,676 5,167 May : 2,743,732 11,836 32,560 44,396 2,788,128 5,827 Jun : 2,758,452 11,983 35,608 47,591 2,806,043 5,860 Jul : 2,539,014 9,212 32,513 41,725 2,580,739 5,237 Aug : 2,808,594 10,213 36,402 46,615 2,855,209 5,787 Sep : 2,718,969 9,054 32,927 41,981 2,760,950 5,624 Oct : 2,737,105 8,412 32,895 41,307 2,778,412 5,590 Nov : 2,652,060 9,077 30,759 39,836 2,691,896 5,950 Dec : 2,643,826 9,786 31,529 41,315 2,685,141 6,075 Total : 31,995,187 123,904 387,945 511,849 32,507,036 67,890 : Frozen : Jan : 257,921 2 226 228 258,149 5,450 Feb : 244,037 3 384 387 244,424 4,619 Mar : 282,715 349 349 283,064 5,745 Apr : 265,717 365 365 266,082 5,349 May : 279,507 706 706 280,213 5,392 Jun : 296,901 474 474 297,375 5,511 Jul : 275,328 296 296 275,624 4,945 Aug : 304,666 3 599 602 305,268 5,683 Sep : 292,155 254 254 292,409 5,674 Oct : 307,550 265 265 307,815 5,882 Nov : 290,175 380 380 290,555 6,251 Dec : 272,975 241 241 273,216 6,213 Total : 3,369,647 8 4,539 4,547 3,374,194 66,714 : Total Certified : Jan : 2,884,093 10,165 28,546 38,711 2,922,804 11,154 Feb : 2,667,923 9,504 29,334 38,838 2,706,761 9,739 Mar : 3,036,441 12,413 34,060 46,473 3,082,914 11,694 Apr : 2,855,368 12,254 32,136 44,390 2,899,758 10,516 May : 3,023,239 11,836 33,266 45,102 3,068,341 11,219 Jun : 3,055,353 11,983 36,082 48,065 3,103,418 11,371 Jul : 2,814,342 9,212 32,809 42,021 2,856,363 10,182 Aug : 3,113,260 10,216 37,001 47,217 3,160,477 11,470 Sep : 3,011,124 9,054 33,181 42,235 3,053,359 11,298 Oct : 3,044,655 8,412 33,160 41,572 3,086,227 11,472 Nov : 2,942,235 9,077 31,139 40,216 2,982,451 12,201 Dec : 2,916,801 9,786 31,770 41,556 2,958,357 12,288 Total : 35,364,834 123,912 392,484 516,396 35,881,230 134,604 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Jan : 257,398 3,970 261,368 195 2,931,922 Feb : 234,931 2,984 237,915 159 2,705,531 Mar : 269,368 3,095 272,463 200 3,078,462 Apr : 244,660 2,368 247,028 174 2,886,045 May : 250,637 3,448 254,085 232 3,048,272 Jun : 268,525 3,425 271,950 223 3,084,076 Jul : 238,375 3,479 241,854 211 2,828,041 Aug : 267,741 3,551 271,292 243 3,132,531 Sep : 251,572 2,517 254,089 251 3,020,914 Oct : 285,488 4,214 289,702 230 3,073,934 Nov : 291,432 3,443 294,875 173 2,992,894 Dec : 259,868 2,537 262,405 204 2,953,825 Total : 3,119,995 39,031 3,159,026 2,495 35,736,447 : Frozen : Jan : 193,748 230 193,978 29 457,606 Feb : 170,857 387 171,244 22 420,309 Mar : 190,096 545 190,641 26 479,476 Apr : 198,122 874 198,996 29 470,456 May : 206,387 547 206,934 28 492,567 Jun : 217,250 792 218,042 34 520,962 Jul : 189,227 904 190,131 31 470,731 Aug : 215,845 1,224 217,069 279 528,299 Sep : 199,177 1,213 200,390 797 499,270 Oct : 193,596 998 194,594 842 509,133 Nov : 186,811 1,160 187,971 247 485,024 Dec : 174,572 725 175,297 27 454,753 Total : 2,335,688 9,599 2,345,287 2,391 5,788,586 : Total Certified : Jan : 451,146 4,200 455,346 224 3,389,528 Feb : 405,788 3,371 409,159 181 3,125,840 Mar : 459,464 3,640 463,104 226 3,557,938 Apr : 442,782 3,242 446,024 203 3,356,501 May : 457,024 3,995 461,019 260 3,540,839 Jun : 485,775 4,217 489,992 257 3,605,038 Jul : 427,602 4,383 431,985 242 3,298,772 Aug : 483,586 4,775 488,361 522 3,660,830 Sep : 450,749 3,730 454,479 1,048 3,520,184 Oct : 479,084 5,212 484,296 1,072 3,583,067 Nov : 478,243 4,603 482,846 420 3,477,918 Dec : 434,440 3,262 437,702 231 3,408,578 Total : 5,455,683 48,630 5,504,313 4,886 41,525,033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :-------------------------------------------------: : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : Month : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Condemned : Jan : 14,315 322 495 817 15,132 34 Feb : 12,231 239 546 785 13,016 26 Mar : 13,895 367 518 885 14,780 29 Apr : 11,747 392 548 940 12,687 27 May : 12,695 347 637 984 13,679 33 Jun : 16,326 562 984 1,546 17,872 41 Jul : 16,329 608 1,094 1,702 18,031 40 Aug : 17,285 540 975 1,515 18,800 36 Sep : 14,278 415 670 1,085 15,363 34 Oct : 12,349 272 451 723 13,072 30 Nov : 12,781 271 465 736 13,517 27 Dec : 14,842 310 600 910 15,752 33 Total : 169,073 4,645 7,983 12,628 181,701 390 : : : Percent : Percent of : Total Weight : Condemned 1/ : Jan : 0.37 1.65 1.15 1.30 0.39 0.22 Feb : 0.34 1.29 1.23 1.25 0.36 0.19 Mar : 0.34 1.50 1.01 1.17 0.36 0.18 Apr : 0.31 1.67 1.13 1.31 0.32 0.18 May : 0.31 1.54 1.28 1.36 0.33 0.21 Jun : 0.40 2.38 1.80 1.98 0.43 0.25 Jul : 0.43 3.34 2.17 2.48 0.47 0.29 Aug : 0.41 2.64 1.74 1.98 0.44 0.23 Sep : 0.35 2.31 1.34 1.60 0.37 0.22 Oct : 0.30 1.65 0.91 1.09 0.31 0.18 Nov : 0.32 1.49 0.99 1.13 0.34 0.15 Dec : 0.38 1.61 1.26 1.36 0.39 0.19 Total : 0.36 1.91 1.35 1.51 0.38 0.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Condemned : Jan : 1,853 88 1,941 1 17,108 Feb : 1,559 44 1,603 14,645 Mar : 1,678 57 1,735 16,544 Apr : 1,481 20 1,501 14,215 May : 1,426 32 1,458 15,170 Jun : 1,722 37 1,759 19,672 Jul : 1,708 45 1,753 2 19,826 Aug : 1,758 60 1,818 3 20,657 Sep : 1,529 29 1,558 5 16,960 Oct : 1,379 58 1,437 7 14,546 Nov : 1,508 52 1,560 1 15,105 Dec : 1,600 74 1,674 17,459 Total : 19,201 596 19,797 19 201,907 : : : Percent : Percent of : Total Weight : Condemned 1/ : Jan : 0.32 1.57 0.34 0.28 0.38 Feb : 0.30 0.98 0.31 0.35 Mar : 0.29 1.19 0.30 0.35 Apr : 0.26 0.48 0.27 0.32 May : 0.25 0.58 0.25 0.32 Jun : 0.28 0.70 0.28 0.41 Jul : 0.32 0.76 0.32 0.52 0.45 Aug : 0.29 0.96 0.30 0.35 0.42 Sep : 0.27 0.62 0.27 0.23 0.36 Oct : 0.23 0.84 0.24 0.39 0.30 Nov : 0.25 0.86 0.26 0.14 0.33 Dec : 0.29 1.72 0.30 0.38 Total : 0.28 0.93 0.28 0.24 0.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :-------------------------------------------------: : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : Month : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : N.Y. Dressed : Weight Condemned : Jan : 36,104 1,300 1,516 2,816 38,920 403 Feb : 34,234 1,321 1,638 2,959 37,193 318 Mar : 39,026 1,974 1,660 3,634 42,660 429 Apr : 34,302 1,750 1,400 3,150 37,452 398 May : 36,278 1,774 1,475 3,249 39,527 374 Jun : 35,482 1,922 1,611 3,533 39,015 374 Jul : 31,482 1,336 1,447 2,783 34,265 316 Aug : 34,160 1,552 1,564 3,116 37,276 334 Sep : 33,080 1,281 1,496 2,777 35,857 322 Oct : 32,286 1,431 1,677 3,108 35,394 405 Nov : 32,365 1,573 1,563 3,136 35,501 405 Dec : 36,094 1,582 1,582 3,164 39,258 427 Total : 414,893 18,796 18,629 37,425 452,318 4,505 : : : Percent : Percent Condemned 1/: Jan : 1.04 7.41 3.90 4.99 1.10 2.87 Feb : 1.06 7.97 4.10 5.24 1.13 2.60 Mar : 1.06 8.97 3.59 5.33 1.14 2.91 Apr : 0.99 8.25 3.22 4.87 1.06 3.02 May : 0.99 8.70 3.29 4.97 1.06 2.68 Jun : 0.96 9.06 3.28 5.02 1.03 2.63 Jul : 0.92 8.15 3.20 4.51 0.99 2.48 Aug : 0.90 8.40 3.11 4.53 0.97 2.34 Sep : 0.91 7.92 3.33 4.55 0.97 2.28 Oct : 0.87 9.58 3.75 5.21 0.94 2.82 Nov : 0.91 9.63 3.70 5.35 0.98 2.64 Dec : 1.02 9.11 3.67 5.24 1.09 2.75 Total : 0.97 8.60 3.49 4.98 1.04 2.67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : N.Y. Dressed : Weight Condemned : Jan : 9,125 293 9,418 5 48,746 Feb : 8,256 305 8,561 4 46,076 Mar : 9,483 258 9,741 5 52,835 Apr : 8,519 343 8,862 4 46,716 May : 8,362 399 8,761 5 48,667 Jun : 8,757 251 9,008 5 48,402 Jul : 7,617 274 7,891 4 42,476 Aug : 9,180 349 9,529 15 47,154 Sep : 8,544 248 8,792 13 44,984 Oct : 8,005 294 8,299 12 44,110 Nov : 7,999 308 8,307 6 44,219 Dec : 7,544 236 7,780 4 47,469 Total : 101,391 3,558 104,949 82 561,854 : : : Percent : Percent Condemned 1/: Jan : 1.78 5.82 1.82 1.54 1.20 Feb : 1.79 7.63 1.84 1.52 1.23 Mar : 1.81 5.93 1.85 1.51 1.23 Apr : 1.69 8.77 1.75 1.04 1.16 May : 1.61 8.26 1.67 1.04 1.14 Jun : 1.59 5.08 1.62 1.34 1.11 Jul : 1.57 5.24 1.61 1.16 1.07 Aug : 1.67 6.11 1.72 1.79 1.07 Sep : 1.67 5.68 1.70 0.83 1.06 Oct : 1.48 4.81 1.51 0.68 1.02 Nov : 1.48 5.69 1.52 0.80 1.06 Dec : 1.53 6.07 1.56 0.90 1.15 Total : 1.64 6.16 1.68 1.13 1.12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight inspected. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :---------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed : Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Alabama : Jan : 87,342 461,098 5.28 345,310 4,628 1.12 Feb : 82,473 431,757 5.24 323,314 4,411 1.14 Mar : 93,876 489,585 5.22 365,734 4,942 1.12 Apr : 87,553 462,484 5.28 346,693 4,156 1.00 May : 92,546 485,258 5.24 362,578 4,262 0.98 Jun : 93,759 492,932 5.26 367,532 4,155 0.94 Jul : 87,417 452,221 5.17 337,591 3,632 0.89 Aug : 98,027 506,685 5.17 377,360 4,385 0.96 Sep : 92,804 492,123 5.30 367,606 4,293 0.97 Oct : 93,070 505,396 5.43 377,464 4,429 0.97 Nov : 89,575 485,131 5.42 360,121 4,329 0.99 Dec : 86,615 464,149 5.36 344,798 4,393 1.05 Total : 1,085,057 5,728,819 5.30 4,276,101 52,015 1.01 : Arkansas : Jan : 96,293 484,130 5.03 356,810 4,714 1.08 Feb : 91,351 460,189 5.04 339,794 4,858 1.17 Mar : 105,617 535,411 5.07 394,733 5,568 1.16 Apr : 97,796 501,800 5.13 370,104 4,918 1.09 May : 100,426 510,416 5.08 377,027 4,780 1.04 Jun : 104,672 537,382 5.13 394,529 4,753 0.98 Jul : 94,397 485,265 5.14 356,473 4,308 0.99 Aug : 107,091 554,539 5.18 409,184 5,295 1.06 Sep : 97,140 516,313 5.32 382,423 4,558 0.98 Oct : 100,206 539,631 5.39 398,325 4,491 0.92 Nov : 96,376 508,917 5.28 377,743 4,257 0.93 Dec : 92,967 494,882 5.32 365,125 4,716 1.06 Total : 1,184,332 6,128,875 5.20 4,522,270 57,216 1.04 : Delaware : Jan : 23,880 155,999 6.53 112,087 2,325 1.66 Feb : 22,129 143,126 6.47 103,461 2,050 1.59 Mar : 24,729 157,977 6.39 114,078 2,255 1.59 Apr : 24,223 157,312 6.49 113,645 2,244 1.58 May : 24,986 162,969 6.52 117,782 2,128 1.45 Jun : 26,116 170,623 6.53 122,610 2,218 1.44 Jul : 24,640 155,623 6.32 111,863 1,989 1.42 Aug : 27,545 173,181 6.29 124,764 1,995 1.28 Sep : 25,352 162,962 6.43 117,735 1,790 1.22 Oct : 25,090 168,428 6.71 121,827 1,879 1.24 Nov : 24,771 167,796 6.77 121,586 1,894 1.25 Dec : 24,731 170,519 6.89 122,962 2,312 1.51 Total : 298,192 1,946,515 6.50 1,404,400 25,079 1.43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :---------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed : Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Georgia : Jan : 102,439 523,080 5.11 391,327 3,714 0.79 Feb : 96,336 483,725 5.02 361,197 3,282 0.75 Mar : 110,540 552,697 5.00 412,383 3,770 0.76 Apr : 100,761 506,489 5.03 377,910 3,425 0.75 May : 107,004 539,147 5.04 402,538 3,471 0.72 Jun : 107,836 543,855 5.04 403,959 3,310 0.68 Jul : 103,253 517,079 5.01 385,465 3,091 0.66 Aug : 112,976 568,430 5.03 421,468 3,334 0.65 Sep : 107,591 555,083 5.16 412,327 3,102 0.62 Oct : 105,051 547,292 5.21 406,181 3,066 0.62 Nov : 103,624 541,604 5.23 403,944 3,236 0.66 Dec : 103,478 533,846 5.16 396,894 3,290 0.68 Total : 1,260,889 6,412,327 5.10 4,775,593 40,091 0.69 : Kentucky : Jan : 22,610 121,735 5.38 90,425 870 0.79 Feb : 21,716 118,686 5.47 86,067 861 0.81 Mar : 23,908 129,391 5.41 94,135 1,134 0.97 Apr : 22,366 121,803 5.45 89,563 996 0.91 May : 23,342 127,659 5.47 94,257 985 0.86 Jun : 24,731 134,697 5.45 99,173 907 0.75 Jul : 22,449 121,717 5.42 89,345 747 0.68 Aug : 25,399 137,471 5.41 100,743 802 0.65 Sep : 24,051 131,879 5.48 96,600 706 0.59 Oct : 23,501 131,952 5.61 96,630 747 0.63 Nov : 23,549 130,580 5.54 96,525 881 0.75 Dec : 23,005 126,556 5.50 93,430 1,168 1.03 Total : 280,627 1,534,126 5.50 1,126,893 10,804 0.78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Louisiana : Jan : 16,371 93,377 5.70 67,717 504 0.60 Feb : 15,981 90,509 5.66 65,568 537 0.66 Mar : 17,326 96,462 5.57 70,281 551 0.63 Apr : 14,194 75,467 5.32 55,444 431 0.63 May : 15,934 88,972 5.58 64,929 799 1.00 Jun : 17,455 97,636 5.59 71,200 856 0.97 Jul : 16,068 89,418 5.56 65,412 784 0.97 Aug : 17,513 95,906 5.48 69,610 710 0.82 Sep : 17,164 97,117 5.66 70,991 827 0.95 Oct : 17,716 99,579 5.62 72,403 544 0.61 Nov : 16,199 90,126 5.56 65,607 501 0.62 Dec : 16,237 92,519 5.70 67,667 637 0.77 Total : 198,158 1,107,088 5.60 806,829 7,681 0.77 : Maryland : Jan : 11,865 55,801 4.70 40,448 678 1.35 Feb : 11,469 53,790 4.69 38,874 741 1.53 Mar : 12,328 58,138 4.72 42,172 871 1.66 Apr : 11,643 54,813 4.71 40,264 719 1.46 May : 12,133 58,031 4.78 42,530 709 1.36 Jun : 12,785 60,337 4.72 43,450 830 1.53 Jul : 11,482 53,300 4.64 38,552 509 1.06 Aug : 13,199 61,521 4.66 44,767 579 1.05 Sep : 12,524 60,142 4.80 43,694 515 0.95 Oct : 12,558 62,898 5.01 46,022 541 0.96 Nov : 12,103 59,571 4.92 43,724 564 1.05 Dec : 12,372 59,632 4.82 43,659 769 1.43 Total : 146,461 697,974 4.80 508,156 8,025 1.28 : Mississippi : Jan : 62,814 349,311 5.56 268,421 2,726 0.87 Feb : 59,061 327,251 5.54 250,349 2,487 0.84 Mar : 67,689 372,767 5.51 283,859 2,600 0.78 Apr : 64,126 366,388 5.71 276,553 2,804 0.85 May : 68,009 386,866 5.69 295,920 3,255 0.93 Jun : 67,522 376,324 5.57 283,552 3,010 0.89 Jul : 63,576 347,099 5.46 260,235 2,639 0.84 Aug : 61,317 337,040 5.50 256,998 2,510 0.83 Sep : 65,950 371,843 5.64 280,261 3,318 0.99 Oct : 63,437 369,413 5.82 276,530 2,993 0.90 Nov : 58,728 331,162 5.64 253,774 2,801 0.94 Dec : 61,570 353,818 5.75 269,421 3,370 1.06 Total : 763,799 4,289,282 5.60 3,255,873 34,513 0.89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Missouri : Jan : 32,300 154,606 4.79 113,060 1,299 0.93 Feb : 30,925 144,868 4.68 106,497 1,334 1.02 Mar : 35,954 166,887 4.64 122,425 1,520 1.01 Apr : 33,674 157,763 4.68 116,198 1,265 0.89 May : 36,331 169,614 4.67 124,525 1,377 0.90 Jun : 36,612 170,040 4.64 125,299 1,225 0.80 Jul : 34,251 158,975 4.64 116,916 1,178 0.82 Aug : 38,388 178,207 4.64 131,117 1,240 0.77 Sep : 35,579 165,517 4.65 121,837 1,111 0.75 Oct : 35,488 167,611 4.72 123,516 1,111 0.74 Nov : 33,448 158,285 4.73 116,481 1,157 0.81 Dec : 33,926 156,614 4.62 114,953 1,336 0.95 Total : 416,876 1,948,987 4.70 1,432,824 15,153 0.86 : North : Carolina : Jan : 57,460 374,172 6.51 286,280 4,135 1.23 Feb : 51,801 337,516 6.52 256,892 3,711 1.22 Mar : 58,380 377,126 6.46 287,718 3,983 1.17 Apr : 53,773 353,735 6.58 269,869 3,460 1.09 May : 59,229 389,920 6.58 298,596 3,931 1.12 Jun : 59,839 391,574 6.54 299,640 3,907 1.11 Jul : 56,849 360,499 6.34 275,986 3,594 1.11 Aug : 61,874 392,656 6.35 300,708 3,689 1.04 Sep : 57,853 377,291 6.52 289,090 3,649 1.07 Oct : 55,845 372,811 6.68 285,201 3,392 1.01 Nov : 55,701 380,637 6.83 291,093 3,588 1.05 Dec : 57,123 388,516 6.80 296,534 3,978 1.14 Total : 685,727 4,496,453 6.60 3,437,607 45,017 1.11 : Ohio : Jan : 3,396 19,157 5.64 14,148 270 1.56 Feb : 3,228 17,723 5.49 13,049 232 1.46 Mar : 3,570 19,438 5.44 14,350 247 1.41 Apr : 3,332 18,013 5.41 13,307 217 1.34 May : 3,679 19,494 5.30 14,579 208 1.19 Jun : 3,778 19,490 5.16 14,370 215 1.23 Jul : 3,350 16,897 5.04 12,426 194 1.28 Aug : 3,999 20,417 5.11 15,077 223 1.22 Sep : 3,795 19,825 5.22 14,656 184 1.03 Oct : 3,806 20,337 5.34 14,933 182 0.99 Nov : 2,559 12,476 4.88 9,208 115 1.03 Dec : 3,672 19,933 5.43 14,753 193 1.08 Total : 42,164 223,200 5.30 164,856 2,480 1.23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Pennsylvania: Jan : 10,173 55,028 5.41 39,376 900 1.82 Feb : 9,605 51,502 5.36 36,384 760 1.64 Mar : 10,691 56,669 5.30 40,391 872 1.71 Apr : 10,013 54,050 5.40 38,875 770 1.58 May : 10,468 56,871 5.43 40,274 823 1.61 Jun : 10,935 58,591 5.36 40,815 806 1.53 Jul : 9,462 50,610 5.35 34,866 713 1.56 Aug : 10,607 56,858 5.36 39,279 778 1.52 Sep : 10,457 57,116 5.46 39,982 749 1.46 Oct : 9,858 55,185 5.60 38,297 706 1.42 Nov : 9,802 54,245 5.53 37,737 741 1.52 Dec : 9,741 54,952 5.64 38,256 854 1.73 Total : 121,812 661,677 5.40 464,532 9,472 1.59 : South : Carolina : Jan : 21,614 128,446 5.94 95,461 685 0.59 Feb : 20,277 119,403 5.89 88,916 671 0.62 Mar : 23,513 140,397 5.97 104,678 701 0.55 Apr : 21,267 127,690 6.00 95,123 619 0.54 May : 22,742 138,572 6.09 103,499 816 0.65 Jun : 23,184 138,198 5.96 103,838 787 0.63 Jul : 21,204 122,937 5.80 92,355 673 0.61 Aug : 24,107 138,932 5.76 103,724 774 0.62 Sep : 22,045 130,728 5.93 97,902 658 0.56 Oct : 22,796 138,418 6.07 103,504 665 0.53 Nov : 22,055 136,878 6.21 102,016 726 0.59 Dec : 21,419 131,538 6.14 98,518 779 0.66 Total : 266,223 1,592,137 6.00 1,189,534 8,554 0.60 : Tennessee : Jan : 20,251 107,789 5.32 79,155 951 0.98 Feb : 17,904 92,976 5.19 68,294 825 0.99 Mar : 22,244 113,178 5.09 82,665 1,168 1.15 Apr : 20,584 104,279 5.07 76,252 1,021 1.09 May : 23,028 116,802 5.07 85,107 1,153 1.10 Jun : 23,376 116,727 4.99 85,561 988 0.94 Jul : 21,838 107,932 4.94 78,523 886 0.91 Aug : 23,817 117,560 4.94 85,734 910 0.86 Sep : 22,671 117,798 5.20 85,656 1,101 1.04 Oct : 23,273 118,202 5.08 85,948 1,114 1.05 Nov : 21,693 112,165 5.17 81,839 1,045 1.04 Dec : 22,361 112,901 5.05 82,304 1,151 1.13 Total : 263,040 1,338,309 5.10 977,038 12,313 1.02 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Texas : Jan : 52,494 277,461 5.3 214,225 2,904 1.16 Feb : 49,415 261,307 5.3 201,502 3,166 1.35 Mar : 56,221 294,868 5.2 225,514 3,953 1.49 Apr : 54,588 289,219 5.3 222,889 2,736 1.05 May : 57,490 299,509 5.2 230,978 2,934 1.09 Jun : 57,179 293,381 5.1 227,427 2,569 0.97 Jul : 53,529 276,126 5.2 213,423 2,224 0.89 Aug : 62,387 326,497 5.2 252,093 2,533 0.86 Sep : 54,000 278,195 5.2 213,590 2,016 0.81 Oct : 56,738 301,228 5.3 232,916 2,074 0.76 Nov : 55,836 293,359 5.3 226,048 2,193 0.83 Dec : 51,222 266,938 5.2 204,483 2,233 0.93 Total : 661,099 3,458,088 5.2 2,665,088 31,535 1.01 : Virigina : Jan : 27,886 140,985 5.1 104,114 1,283 1.01 Feb : 24,745 122,380 5.0 91,190 1,123 1.02 Mar : 28,495 142,835 5.0 106,076 1,422 1.11 Apr : 26,330 133,994 5.1 94,407 1,223 1.01 May : 27,818 142,739 5.1 99,576 1,259 0.98 Jun : 28,362 144,032 5.1 99,685 1,344 1.04 Jul : 26,732 133,008 5.0 92,374 1,078 0.90 Aug : 29,150 144,990 5.0 101,223 1,008 0.77 Sep : 27,593 141,623 5.1 99,694 884 0.69 Oct : 25,599 135,876 5.3 95,176 850 0.70 Nov : 26,135 138,866 5.3 97,396 915 0.73 Dec : 26,556 139,521 5.3 97,130 1,079 0.86 Total : 325,401 1,660,849 5.1 1,178,041 13,468 0.90 : Other : States 3/ : Jan : 70,671 364,374 5.2 265,729 3,518 1.07 Feb : 63,766 324,112 5.1 236,575 3,185 1.09 Mar : 73,695 377,786 5.1 275,249 3,469 1.02 Apr : 68,772 352,551 5.1 258,272 3,298 1.04 May : 72,913 367,455 5.0 268,544 3,388 1.02 Jun : 74,142 373,213 5.0 272,713 3,602 1.07 Jul : 69,437 346,018 5.0 252,537 3,243 1.04 Aug : 76,339 383,735 5.0 279,411 3,395 0.98 Sep : 73,488 378,706 5.2 277,080 3,619 1.06 Oct : 71,811 369,503 5.2 269,782 3,502 1.05 Nov : 68,276 352,188 5.2 257,393 3,422 1.08 Dec : 70,642 364,349 5.2 265,914 3,836 1.17 Total : 853,952 4,353,990 5.1 3,179,199 41,477 1.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Total chilled and frozen pounds certified, ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight inspected. 3/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Alabama : Jan : * 113,449 59,542 1,159 * Feb : 301 107,548 88,199 * * Mar : * 116,483 85,961 * * Apr : 231 107,821 52,291 839 3,074 May : 246 108,055 51,764 1,394 2,897 Jun : 244 102,148 40,754 1,054 2,622 Jul : 237 93,251 40,034 1,702 3,166 Aug : 293 114,425 48,426 1,106 3,740 Sep : 302 100,493 34,193 1,042 2,592 Oct : 180 102,997 38,415 748 3,548 Nov : 163 106,827 49,986 798 4,088 Dec : 245 109,791 77,480 1,133 4,667 Total : 3,048 1,283,288 667,045 12,776 40,956 : Arkansas : Jan : 1,046 176,856 115,808 3,094 2,633 Feb : * 174,554 151,868 * 2,971 Mar : * 203,229 148,791 * 3,281 Apr : * 184,688 78,451 * 3,171 May : * 177,548 67,842 * 3,033 Jun : * 183,330 58,112 * 3,195 Jul : * 154,024 40,760 * 2,689 Aug : * 186,214 45,834 * 2,666 Sep : 1,824 157,559 32,732 * 2,839 Oct : * 154,409 39,626 * 3,355 Nov : * 150,740 50,214 * 3,687 Dec : 847 170,448 71,848 1,696 4,073 Total : 12,833 2,073,599 901,886 36,874 37,593 : Delaware : Jan : 20,930 112,950 54,781 32 9,201 Feb : * 96,006 56,046 * * Mar : * 111,062 63,413 46 5,969 Apr : * 112,687 53,863 * * May : 22,146 107,669 46,702 * * Jun : 17,841 119,822 34,843 * * Jul : 14,132 113,605 23,775 * * Aug : 5,841 116,607 17,697 * * Sep : 3,276 103,955 17,279 * * Oct : 2,635 116,656 17,403 * * Nov : * 115,656 27,192 * 6,330 Dec : * 127,456 43,647 * 7,007 Total : 194,490 1,354,131 456,641 1,047 86,341 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Alabama : Jan : 3,542 32,425 20,966 5,325 213,393 453,561 Feb : 3,193 23,527 20,003 6,324 205,011 458,452 Mar : 3,696 18,006 23,460 5,436 234,161 492,066 Apr : 3,465 14,393 19,267 5,686 190,856 397,923 May : 3,331 16,580 19,691 7,786 202,626 414,370 Jun : 3,526 16,159 18,125 5,620 184,704 374,956 Jul : 3,596 14,905 17,995 7,805 135,737 318,428 Aug : 3,777 16,963 20,724 9,362 142,495 361,311 Sep : 2,926 15,154 16,013 8,418 140,678 321,811 Oct : 2,852 14,284 15,512 6,177 146,721 331,434 Nov : 2,879 16,956 16,235 7,650 147,466 353,048 Dec : 2,793 15,393 15,297 6,976 165,089 398,864 Total : 39,576 214,745 223,288 82,565 2,108,937 4,676,224 : Arkansas : Jan : 6,179 24,470 26,039 2,411 115,976 474,512 Feb : 5,872 22,185 29,336 * 98,803 491,706 Mar : 6,859 23,597 30,732 3,218 124,209 548,152 Apr : 5,497 20,948 25,480 1,967 103,173 427,489 May : 5,292 20,511 27,714 3,168 102,498 411,096 Jun : 6,655 21,618 28,216 2,753 87,469 397,875 Jul : 6,491 18,642 27,283 2,618 79,645 336,509 Aug : 8,168 21,941 31,375 5,517 90,967 397,169 Sep : 6,302 18,181 24,329 * 78,063 331,024 Oct : 4,853 20,106 26,655 3,547 82,594 338,886 Nov : 4,324 20,738 24,816 4,374 83,423 345,145 Dec : 4,466 19,051 24,741 1,849 88,902 387,921 Total : 70,958 251,988 326,716 39,315 1,135,722 4,887,484 : Delaware : Jan : 2,165 11,761 10,629 2,174 69,523 294,146 Feb : 2,249 9,086 6,959 2,114 44,196 250,511 Mar : 2,522 9,536 8,134 * 44,783 278,294 Apr : 2,416 10,622 8,121 2,556 47,282 276,275 May : 2,515 10,938 11,999 2,426 45,872 258,344 Jun : 2,729 11,003 12,038 4,709 40,118 250,897 Jul : 3,351 13,464 10,218 4,766 32,476 222,718 Aug : 4,073 14,082 10,279 4,421 34,977 216,634 Sep : 3,274 10,840 10,166 4,565 35,741 196,311 Oct : 3,106 8,496 11,403 * 30,274 202,246 Nov : 2,675 8,506 10,456 4,504 36,904 217,992 Dec : 2,721 8,610 10,920 * 53,016 267,571 Total : 33,796 126,944 121,322 42,065 515,162 2,931,939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Georgia : Jan : * 73,493 51,244 * 4,669 Feb : 413 64,576 46,232 145 4,536 Mar : 632 78,991 49,692 169 5,209 Apr : 325 69,038 43,364 190 4,858 May : * 76,111 40,756 * 5,082 Jun : 375 84,367 30,810 1,086 5,657 Jul : 297 73,158 25,863 282 4,694 Aug : 370 79,296 24,138 765 5,558 Sep : 302 69,884 24,850 578 4,769 Oct : 285 70,400 28,422 293 5,119 Nov : 457 73,793 43,634 305 4,875 Dec : 431 77,703 51,185 172 5,715 Total : 6,146 890,810 460,190 4,516 60,741 : Kentucky : Jan : * 48,429 16,541 31 * Feb : * 44,540 * 36 * Mar : * 57,413 * 25 3,326 Apr : 52 47,513 * 23 * May : * 50,028 * * * Jun : * 45,029 10,498 * * Jul : 50 35,203 6,474 * * Aug : * 42,830 7,040 * * Sep : * 35,402 6,101 41 * Oct : * 38,388 9,022 * * Nov : * 37,835 * * * Dec : * 37,904 * 33 * Total : 484 520,514 323,165 583 38,776 : Louisiana : Jan : 71 18,545 5,381 66 * Feb : 96 22,182 7,619 * 749 Mar : 71 20,494 8,819 58 * Apr : * 15,285 * * * May : 82 17,647 5,340 119 * Jun : 111 16,538 3,437 * 501 Jul : * 17,155 * * * Aug : * 17,108 3,546 61 407 Sep : * 20,922 3,475 * 341 Oct : * 16,746 3,519 57 352 Nov : 60 14,771 4,529 * 350 Dec : * 19,604 6,527 * 379 Total : 854 216,997 60,138 763 6,171 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Georgia : Jan : 2,588 41,655 9,121 6,262 143,997 334,796 Feb : 2,207 37,092 9,415 4,846 91,505 260,967 Mar : 2,796 40,990 10,003 8,441 112,927 309,850 Apr : 2,442 36,546 8,549 4,996 103,134 273,442 May : 2,703 37,809 10,165 8,728 122,529 304,906 Jun : 2,768 34,804 9,510 5,139 111,171 285,687 Jul : 2,824 32,620 9,753 5,398 105,035 259,924 Aug : 3,301 32,638 10,065 7,592 100,008 263,731 Sep : 2,668 27,094 8,250 2,105 92,202 232,702 Oct : 1,997 27,070 7,840 5,020 77,885 224,331 Nov : 1,944 30,133 9,224 4,926 86,941 256,232 Dec : 1,963 35,603 8,662 3,516 96,522 281,472 Total : 30,201 414,054 110,557 66,969 1,243,856 3,288,040 : Kentucky : Jan : * 7,358 3,016 * * 88,827 Feb : * 6,120 2,644 1,507 * 83,684 Mar : * 7,330 3,743 * * 112,058 Apr : * 6,561 3,005 803 * 109,684 May : * 5,211 3,037 994 * 102,173 Jun : * 7,697 5,524 2,037 * 81,243 Jul : * 5,539 5,784 2,182 3,866 62,381 Aug : * 5,561 6,624 821 2,894 69,429 Sep : * 4,554 4,096 * 3,439 57,824 Oct : * 4,349 3,276 930 4,335 64,057 Nov : * 3,992 3,360 * * * Dec : * 4,501 2,929 * * * Total : 2,403 68,773 47,038 16,910 78,972 1,097,618 : Louisiana : Jan : 485 4,970 2,762 * 3,059 37,886 Feb : 347 3,988 3,297 * 3,014 41,407 Mar : 402 4,969 3,064 * * 42,511 Apr : 205 * * * * 32,092 May : 423 4,066 2,769 * * * Jun : 472 4,012 3,235 * * * Jul : 424 * 4,061 * * * Aug : 477 3,682 2,808 * * 59,269 Sep : 452 3,622 2,380 108 * 61,805 Oct : 373 3,317 2,391 * * 32,681 Nov : 299 3,238 * * * 29,713 Dec : 320 3,139 2,665 105 2,374 35,218 Total : 4,679 45,847 33,600 6,357 231,494 606,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Maryland : Jan : * 49,145 32,654 89 * Feb : * 50,021 32,126 * * Mar : * * * * * Apr : * 42,201 34,327 43 * May : * 41,518 * 18 * Jun : * 42,163 * 15 * Jul : * 34,814 * 29 * Aug : * 39,943 * * * Sep : 792 35,322 * 38 * Oct : 629 * * 17 * Nov : 447 33,416 * * * Dec : 642 43,389 * * * Total : 147,564 495,217 295,376 997 50,580 : Mississippi : Jan : 247 62,449 40,344 472 793 Feb : 298 57,797 39,047 390 850 Mar : * 61,549 44,264 470 * Apr : * 67,757 37,577 485 * May : 255 73,512 48,870 562 1,087 Jun : 209 68,079 49,751 434 1,128 Jul : 154 67,683 46,594 403 931 Aug : 153 64,449 34,216 418 1,034 Sep : * 84,849 31,325 * 1,041 Oct : 176 68,608 31,174 521 1,219 Nov : * 59,315 35,161 420 1,395 Dec : * 66,809 53,743 * 1,618 Total : 3,313 802,856 492,066 5,514 14,174 : Missouri : Jan : 1,094 89,078 20,931 273 * Feb : 893 90,536 22,229 234 * Mar : 1,030 101,046 24,540 * 2,016 Apr : 1,079 81,860 17,818 200 1,927 May : 1,145 90,922 14,079 223 1,717 Jun : 1,205 79,554 9,104 * 1,456 Jul : 869 70,092 9,855 * 1,554 Aug : 764 81,548 * 183 2,013 Sep : 861 69,287 * 189 1,583 Oct : 945 67,434 8,768 334 1,739 Nov : 1,073 73,144 10,412 180 1,462 Dec : 800 94,620 17,855 294 1,544 Total : 11,758 989,121 177,311 3,112 22,663 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Maryland : Jan : * 8,511 * * * * Feb : * 8,451 * * * * Mar : * 10,167 * * * * Apr : * 9,127 * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * 8,086 * 882 * * Aug : * 11,082 * 1,267 * 130,650 Sep : * * * 1,266 * 113,546 Oct : * 6,946 * 529 * * Nov : * 5,517 * * * * Dec : * 7,864 * * * * Total : 17,020 111,565 199,877 10,947 504,402 1,833,545 : Mississippi : Jan : 1,648 12,512 11,326 581 76,880 207,252 Feb : 1,579 10,955 7,680 682 75,250 194,528 Mar : 1,944 11,832 7,601 292 86,961 216,800 Apr : 1,968 10,553 7,065 531 89,053 216,623 May : 1,884 14,075 8,052 783 90,967 240,047 Jun : 1,893 13,280 7,374 1,263 80,898 224,309 Jul : 1,943 9,834 6,360 1,925 63,575 199,402 Aug : 1,952 9,390 8,506 1,326 75,437 196,881 Sep : 2,109 9,158 8,972 1,587 123,129 263,774 Oct : 2,064 10,204 8,469 1,952 93,580 217,967 Nov : 1,962 8,669 7,035 * 86,147 201,437 Dec : 2,095 8,775 6,678 * 114,087 255,729 Total : 23,041 129,237 95,118 13,466 1,055,964 2,634,749 : Missouri : Jan : 1,384 9,440 9,119 * 54,960 189,743 Feb : 1,196 6,560 10,121 * 55,822 191,105 Mar : 1,321 6,811 10,621 * 69,485 217,177 Apr : 1,272 6,076 10,400 242 53,822 174,696 May : 1,556 5,999 11,606 * * 191,796 Jun : 1,687 6,095 11,619 * 58,981 171,435 Jul : 1,347 4,094 11,620 * * 163,618 Aug : 1,489 4,542 11,903 * 64,281 180,602 Sep : 1,173 3,592 10,315 * 52,197 148,411 Oct : 1,112 3,718 8,742 332 58,284 151,408 Nov : 1,084 3,649 7,786 * * 157,757 Dec : 1,276 4,881 7,672 * * 206,443 Total : 15,897 65,457 121,524 6,659 730,689 2,144,191 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : North : Carolina : Jan : 515 110,885 90,980 * * Feb : 491 98,942 82,560 * * Mar : * 107,442 80,085 90 * Apr : * 93,846 56,892 74 * May : 373 97,701 55,175 * * Jun : 404 96,187 37,160 * * Jul : 692 88,672 28,813 * * Aug : 368 95,606 29,720 * * Sep : 348 85,498 21,123 * * Oct : 271 79,980 19,118 * * Nov : 389 91,989 30,325 * * Dec : 380 98,976 46,298 * * Total : 5,776 1,145,724 578,249 1,464 162,149 : Ohio : Jan : 15,527 * 35 * Feb : * 11,945 * * * Mar : * 12,965 * 34 72 Apr : * 12,207 * * 56 May : * 10,778 * 44 * Jun : * 11,127 * * 37 Jul : * 11,251 * * * Aug : * 9,888 * * 50 Sep : * 6,920 * * 47 Oct : * 5,677 * 26 54 Nov : 4,290 * * 47 Dec : 6,496 * * 86 Total : 38 119,071 33,149 327 704 : Pennsylvania : Jan : * 35,546 24,648 * 433 Feb : * 31,830 19,921 * 361 Mar : * 34,902 25,329 * 487 Apr : 107 30,766 17,627 * 372 May : 288 31,227 17,313 * 436 Jun : * 29,394 13,414 * 279 Jul : * 26,809 10,532 * 245 Aug : 69 32,158 12,552 * 320 Sep : * 29,755 10,247 143 321 Oct : 89 28,007 11,477 * 358 Nov : 71 29,764 13,298 * 464 Dec : 117 32,949 20,174 441 481 Total : 3,644 373,107 196,532 3,749 4,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : North : Carolina : Jan : 2,871 17,639 21,046 4,312 151,481 411,928 Feb : 2,874 18,543 16,645 4,357 132,168 370,903 Mar : 3,016 18,051 13,672 6,841 137,682 385,299 Apr : 2,264 17,050 11,809 3,627 106,450 305,422 May : 2,460 19,214 15,304 4,804 142,661 348,744 Jun : 2,498 19,102 17,628 5,385 119,899 311,499 Jul : 2,421 21,532 19,631 4,509 99,739 277,322 Aug : 2,528 22,476 19,580 8,767 94,147 285,931 Sep : 2,861 19,347 15,690 7,336 106,725 272,573 Oct : 1,955 14,207 12,248 7,107 98,904 248,663 Nov : 2,033 19,137 13,618 5,678 96,906 274,735 Dec : 2,057 19,902 12,533 7,240 94,225 296,735 Total : 29,838 226,200 189,404 69,963 1,380,987 3,789,754 : Ohio : Jan : 115 1,237 * * * 38,471 Feb : 75 * * * * 29,562 Mar : * 1,017 * 6 * 32,884 Apr : 76 * * * * 25,931 May : 75 * * * * 20,594 Jun : * * 504 24 * 22,908 Jul : 59 * 378 * * 19,096 Aug : 86 * * * * 22,443 Sep : * * 324 33 * 16,880 Oct : 39 * 485 25 * 14,508 Nov : 60 * * * * 12,580 Dec : * * 396 * * 15,016 Total : 879 16,064 8,463 320 91,858 270,873 : Pennsylvania : Jan : 923 * 8,772 * 11,764 90,437 Feb : 1,015 * 6,975 74 9,640 75,431 Mar : 986 * 9,670 * 12,059 92,305 Apr : 857 * 7,571 * 9,842 73,633 May : 908 * 9,677 * 10,875 81,026 Jun : 1,092 * 8,768 * 14,253 75,169 Jul : 871 3,054 7,997 * 11,532 65,674 Aug : 1,041 2,893 7,708 * 13,183 71,476 Sep : 976 3,132 7,882 * 11,231 65,323 Oct : 873 3,957 7,219 * 10,026 62,995 Nov : 844 3,068 9,549 * 9,601 67,040 Dec : 1,035 3,051 11,249 48 10,910 80,455 Total : 11,421 51,129 103,037 18,872 134,916 900,964 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : South : Carolina : Jan : * 12,837 6,546 * * Feb : * 12,491 7,399 42 * Mar : * 13,543 6,819 37 * Apr : * 13,161 6,100 14 * May : * 14,489 5,031 * * Jun : * 13,121 4,997 * * Jul : * 11,973 3,950 48 * Aug : * 14,010 3,443 25 * Sep : * 12,184 3,783 * * Oct : * 10,705 3,049 * * Nov : * 10,896 4,542 14 * Dec : * 10,507 4,930 15 * Total : 1,029 149,917 60,589 592 16,769 : Tennessee : Jan : 196 57,031 17,829 70 567 Feb : 157 48,428 18,622 * 647 Mar : 232 66,159 27,145 * 915 Apr : 307 61,335 27,395 * 700 May : 408 69,034 27,777 205 864 Jun : 277 57,624 20,176 99 657 Jul : 163 54,709 20,831 * 652 Aug : * 57,624 15,699 * 844 Sep : 227 60,202 * * 752 Oct : * 65,808 * * 764 Nov : * 64,867 28,726 181 726 Dec : 357 69,484 36,376 87 993 Total : 3,024 732,305 284,757 1,730 9,081 : Texas : Jan : 68 98,788 69,375 126 1,540 Feb : * 97,835 92,207 * 1,390 Mar : * 105,370 * 187 1,807 Apr : * 87,148 57,794 74 1,863 May : * 98,710 61,944 142 2,017 Jun : 74 87,623 41,143 111 1,594 Jul : 72 75,138 * 128 1,465 Aug : * 75,494 23,412 177 1,664 Sep : 89 62,154 18,360 104 1,635 Oct : 78 65,727 22,528 117 1,771 Nov : 160 68,055 35,677 * 2,100 Dec : 140 67,371 48,115 * 2,120 Total : 1,882 989,413 613,047 1,452 20,966 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : South : Carolina : Jan : 764 4,382 2,052 * 18,369 48,683 Feb : 515 3,072 1,499 1,758 * 54,756 Mar : 569 2,130 * 1,028 * 54,744 Apr : 416 1,887 1,902 * * 52,511 May : 407 3,207 1,933 * * 66,643 Jun : 480 2,394 1,989 2,860 36,625 63,999 Jul : 401 * * 4,089 32,347 59,135 Aug : 424 1,987 * 2,298 38,115 64,402 Sep : 463 1,845 * 2,100 29,308 53,360 Oct : 381 1,677 * * 27,215 50,576 Nov : 398 * * 2,652 29,745 53,783 Dec : 347 1,580 * 2,725 33,230 57,248 Total : 5,565 28,073 22,554 31,164 363,588 679,840 : Tennessee : Jan : 891 12,132 4,497 * * 122,305 Feb : 771 7,645 4,697 * 13,365 96,473 Mar : 1,004 * 7,064 * * 163,922 Apr : 985 11,557 6,622 563 * 135,497 May : 1,115 11,531 6,557 * * 147,041 Jun : 957 11,340 5,800 * * 117,008 Jul : 986 * 4,580 * 13,095 105,109 Aug : 925 9,111 5,528 * 11,038 104,014 Sep : 860 10,221 5,136 * * 131,249 Oct : 885 10,893 6,215 * * 129,929 Nov : 1,082 10,228 6,783 * * 128,353 Dec : 1,187 9,207 6,062 * * 141,683 Total : 11,648 130,036 69,541 31,389 249,072 1,522,583 : Texas : Jan : 817 6,286 7,176 852 45,474 230,502 Feb : 771 6,083 7,018 754 41,713 248,708 Mar : 899 6,303 10,237 2,699 53,216 297,391 Apr : 861 6,220 8,546 * 38,223 202,581 May : 827 5,916 7,956 * 47,205 225,116 Jun : 733 5,301 7,197 2,586 56,102 202,464 Jul : 814 5,397 9,090 * 32,378 153,834 Aug : 877 4,789 9,347 * 48,777 168,708 Sep : 749 4,854 6,807 1,180 25,078 121,010 Oct : 717 5,476 6,043 224 30,163 132,844 Nov : 746 4,866 6,718 * 39,796 159,075 Dec : 775 4,600 7,614 * 51,023 183,868 Total : 9,586 66,091 93,749 20,767 509,148 2,326,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Virginia : Jan : * 59,529 27,677 42 * Feb : * 52,342 30,568 34 * Mar : * 60,366 31,737 29 * Apr : * 53,241 23,247 52 * May : * 48,551 23,870 25 * Jun : * 47,995 * 32 * Jul : * 48,450 19,005 * * Aug : * 43,104 8,735 28 * Sep : 612 40,551 * * * Oct : 391 40,860 7,297 24 * Nov : 319 45,472 12,161 50 * Dec : * 54,695 * * * Total : 13,162 595,156 291,547 493 47,018 : Other States 1/: Jan : 19,553 230,994 41,250 2,384 32,999 Feb : 52,188 215,521 57,177 7,201 39,618 Mar : 64,012 267,840 226,405 6,851 34,091 Apr : 60,390 204,811 85,177 5,826 32,779 May : 24,157 190,919 85,715 5,438 32,853 Jun : 36,272 205,400 132,878 9,687 35,516 Jul : 11,314 186,929 67,277 7,006 32,001 Aug : 5,620 190,304 46,066 7,145 38,338 Sep : 2,194 188,069 68,163 6,192 35,595 Oct : 2,417 221,163 60,908 6,160 36,162 Nov : 7,785 195,542 76,178 5,662 30,292 Dec : 11,454 229,777 228,125 3,836 32,894 Total : 297,356 2,495,058 1,172,181 72,099 413,138 : United States : Jan : 43,720 1,365,531 675,531 7,873 52,835 Feb : 54,837 1,277,094 751,820 8,082 51,122 Mar : 65,977 1,418,854 823,000 7,996 57,173 Apr : 62,491 1,285,365 591,923 7,820 48,800 May : 49,100 1,304,419 552,178 8,170 49,986 Jun : 57,012 1,289,501 487,077 12,518 52,642 Jul : 27,980 1,162,916 343,763 9,598 47,397 Aug : 13,478 1,260,608 320,524 9,908 56,634 Sep : 10,827 1,163,006 271,631 8,327 51,515 Oct : 8,096 1,153,565 300,726 8,297 54,441 Nov : 10,924 1,176,372 422,035 7,610 55,816 Dec : 15,413 1,317,979 706,303 7,707 61,577 Total : 419,855 15,175,210 6,246,511 103,906 639,938 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : :Causes 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Virginia : Jan : 1,439 9,858 5,738 * 36,088 145,975 Feb : 1,055 8,860 5,597 * * 128,805 Mar : 1,120 9,028 5,869 * * 150,139 Apr : 1,023 6,690 5,010 * * 121,993 May : 1,020 5,636 5,649 4,340 * 124,642 Jun : 1,001 4,612 5,669 * * 177,029 Jul : 1,170 4,073 5,632 * * 117,948 Aug : 1,436 4,348 6,288 * * 107,161 Sep : 1,169 4,072 5,596 3,073 * 96,780 Oct : 1,096 5,125 4,237 3,264 * 93,139 Nov : 1,103 4,225 5,030 2,530 * 107,678 Dec : 1,167 5,783 3,923 * * 139,464 Total : 13,799 72,310 64,238 34,773 378,257 1,510,753 : Other States 1/: Jan : 4,461 27,602 41,759 18,675 198,676 603,226 Feb : 4,484 20,173 40,630 12,638 209,949 574,506 Mar : 4,391 39,873 43,675 18,398 288,706 618,666 Apr : 3,672 27,705 39,002 14,084 228,864 552,064 May : 3,755 36,406 36,816 17,777 345,466 593,115 Jun : 4,661 44,747 41,459 22,131 267,528 672,498 Jul : 4,561 32,591 35,429 19,701 271,060 545,817 Aug : 5,481 22,802 43,175 17,346 200,278 354,887 Sep : 5,169 31,453 42,076 24,923 219,932 361,642 Oct : 4,808 18,296 34,423 23,500 192,506 474,945 Nov : 4,588 16,064 39,232 13,349 258,298 573,928 Dec : 4,974 20,307 37,754 20,558 292,051 764,256 Total : 55,005 325,247 473,551 221,322 2,973,314 6,689,550 : United States : Jan : 30,272 232,238 184,018 40,592 1,139,640 3,772,250 Feb : 28,203 192,340 172,516 35,054 980,436 3,551,504 Mar : 31,525 209,640 187,545 46,359 1,164,189 4,012,258 Apr : 27,419 185,935 162,349 35,055 970,699 3,377,856 May : 28,271 197,099 178,925 50,806 1,110,699 3,529,653 Jun : 31,152 202,164 184,655 54,507 1,057,748 3,428,976 Jul : 31,259 173,831 175,811 53,875 880,485 2,906,915 Aug : 36,035 188,287 193,910 58,717 916,597 3,054,698 Sep : 31,151 167,119 168,032 56,694 917,723 2,846,025 Oct : 27,111 158,121 155,158 52,607 852,487 2,770,609 Nov : 26,021 158,986 159,842 45,663 875,227 2,938,496 Dec : 27,176 172,247 159,095 43,017 1,001,429 3,511,943 Total : 355,595 2,238,007 2,081,856 572,946 11,867,359 39,701,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. 2/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to "Total All Causes" for Other States. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Light : Jan : 2,529 189,473 19,783 88 75,168 Feb : 2,569 207,556 28,150 163 76,629 Mar : 3,115 278,524 32,603 210 91,926 Apr : 2,578 245,263 34,924 177 91,017 May : 2,403 232,501 31,640 175 103,166 Jun : 1,980 286,008 39,428 168 102,238 Jul : 1,961 182,790 28,936 129 72,262 Aug : 4,116 185,998 38,136 140 87,664 Sep : 2,345 172,072 36,681 301 59,520 Oct : 2,688 168,183 26,707 84 72,091 Nov : 2,898 214,966 46,381 157 67,767 Dec : 3,274 216,823 43,395 1,040 89,449 Total : 32,456 2,580,157 406,764 2,832 988,897 : Heavy : Jan : 445 55,770 1,933 46 8,081 Feb : 514 62,912 2,469 45 8,174 Mar : 480 62,340 2,955 86 8,199 Apr : 421 56,282 2,246 165 6,634 May : 804 61,427 3,716 47 7,007 Jun : 615 73,287 3,002 80 8,083 Jul : 384 55,600 2,710 52 6,315 Aug : 393 57,193 1,725 89 7,883 Sep : 441 48,604 2,404 35 6,822 Oct : 604 59,087 3,121 56 5,969 Nov : 624 51,400 2,141 44 6,279 Dec : 749 48,400 1,461 21 5,991 Total : 6,474 692,302 29,883 766 85,437 : Total Mature : Jan : 2,974 245,243 21,716 134 83,249 Feb : 3,083 270,468 30,619 208 84,803 Mar : 3,595 340,864 35,558 296 100,125 Apr : 2,999 301,545 37,170 342 97,651 May : 3,207 293,928 35,356 222 110,173 Jun : 2,595 359,295 42,430 248 110,321 Jul : 2,345 238,390 31,646 181 78,577 Aug : 4,509 243,191 39,861 229 95,547 Sep : 2,786 220,676 39,085 336 66,342 Oct : 3,292 227,270 29,828 140 78,060 Nov : 3,522 266,366 48,522 201 74,046 Dec : 4,023 265,223 44,856 1,061 95,440 Total : 38,930 3,272,459 436,647 3,598 1,074,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Light : Jan : 4,073 7,235 111,895 1,108 61,639 472,991 Feb : 5,152 5,273 101,432 537 60,303 487,764 Mar : 7,256 8,286 146,229 834 98,275 667,258 Apr : 7,178 8,034 149,583 509 66,213 605,476 May : 5,905 8,220 155,501 624 86,276 626,411 Jun : 5,717 9,843 159,424 424 96,962 702,192 Jul : 7,745 8,261 113,484 741 69,690 485,999 Aug : 6,326 7,256 108,263 546 85,390 523,835 Sep : 6,960 5,411 108,109 1,665 54,519 447,583 Oct : 5,614 5,130 125,227 1,003 63,009 469,736 Nov : 10,562 5,510 134,558 1,533 57,297 541,629 Dec : 8,373 6,708 121,566 933 60,346 551,907 Total : 80,861 85,167 1,535,271 10,457 859,919 6,582,781 : Heavy : Jan : 1,602 25,610 15,119 52 51,748 160,406 Feb : 1,479 22,376 17,763 335 58,612 174,679 Mar : 2,056 20,188 20,647 901 74,795 192,647 Apr : 1,399 11,470 13,927 719 61,095 154,358 May : 1,462 12,664 16,459 273 72,869 176,728 Jun : 1,389 13,288 18,013 384 80,066 198,207 Jul : 1,121 10,660 16,720 332 78,379 172,273 Aug : 1,092 12,646 14,068 913 69,118 165,120 Sep : 1,100 7,927 14,880 1,143 60,127 143,483 Oct : 821 10,265 17,030 1,226 69,868 168,047 Nov : 1,122 9,276 16,641 651 67,382 155,560 Dec : 993 6,697 13,489 515 76,115 154,431 Total : 15,636 163,067 194,756 7,444 820,174 2,015,939 : Total Mature : Jan : 5,675 32,845 127,014 1,160 113,387 633,397 Feb : 6,631 27,649 119,195 872 118,915 662,443 Mar : 9,312 28,474 166,876 1,735 173,070 859,905 Apr : 8,577 19,504 163,510 1,228 127,308 759,834 May : 7,367 20,884 171,960 897 159,145 803,139 Jun : 7,106 23,131 177,437 808 177,028 900,399 Jul : 8,866 18,921 130,204 1,073 148,069 658,272 Aug : 7,418 19,902 122,331 1,459 154,508 688,955 Sep : 8,060 13,338 122,989 2,808 114,646 591,066 Oct : 6,435 15,395 142,257 2,229 132,877 637,783 Nov : 11,684 14,786 151,199 2,184 124,679 697,189 Dec : 9,366 13,405 135,055 1,448 136,461 706,338 Total : 96,497 248,234 1,730,027 17,901 1,680,093 8,598,720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Total : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Arkansas : Jan : 2,970 56,542 19.04 46,531 687 1.35 Feb : 2,463 47,514 19.29 39,478 574 1.34 Mar : 2,929 56,633 19.33 46,650 934 1.83 Apr : 2,860 53,754 18.80 44,220 571 1.18 May : 2,481 46,890 18.90 38,187 516 1.22 Jun : 2,540 51,701 20.36 42,096 634 1.36 Jul : 2,289 45,217 19.75 36,945 593 1.46 Aug : 2,793 53,917 19.30 43,708 723 1.49 Sep : 2,415 47,715 19.76 38,775 698 1.63 Oct : 2,879 58,050 20.16 47,567 780 1.49 Nov : 2,933 56,450 19.24 46,016 768 1.51 Dec : 2,451 48,613 19.84 39,646 695 1.59 Total : 32,003 622,996 19.50 509,819 8,173 1.46 : Minnesota : Jan : 2,746 80,109 29.17 63,491 1,621 2.25 Feb : 2,468 70,580 28.60 56,252 1,344 2.12 Mar : 2,865 81,511 28.45 65,114 1,413 1.93 Apr : 2,759 78,476 28.45 62,717 1,358 1.92 May : 3,285 88,322 26.89 70,613 1,462 1.84 Jun : 3,511 91,802 26.15 73,607 1,416 1.71 Jul : 3,192 81,590 25.56 65,446 1,148 1.56 Aug : 3,636 92,302 25.39 74,074 1,492 1.80 Sep : 3,181 83,735 26.32 67,124 1,289 1.71 Oct : 3,309 86,218 26.06 69,293 1,236 1.59 Nov : 3,169 84,071 26.53 67,405 1,393 1.84 Dec : 2,667 75,615 28.35 60,372 1,287 1.89 Total : 36,788 994,331 27.00 795,508 16,459 1.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Total : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :-------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Missouri : Jan : 1,511 49,669 32.87 38,952 836 1.87 Feb : 1,366 45,036 32.96 35,222 917 2.26 Mar : 1,646 53,000 32.20 41,429 1,142 2.39 Apr : 1,473 46,265 31.41 36,085 973 2.34 May : 1,501 46,816 31.19 36,747 874 2.07 Jun : 1,620 50,974 31.46 39,841 1,050 2.29 Jul : 1,429 43,628 30.53 34,099 888 2.26 Aug : 1,641 48,488 29.55 37,850 1,002 2.30 Sep : 1,562 47,567 30.44 37,122 987 2.31 Oct : 1,542 47,302 30.68 37,261 708 1.66 Nov : 1,439 45,431 31.58 35,833 588 1.44 Dec : 1,367 44,830 32.79 35,300 628 1.56 Total : 18,097 569,006 31.40 445,741 10,593 2.07 : Other : States 3/ : Jan : 11,992 384,098 32.03 302,172 5,981 1.73 Feb : 11,269 350,031 31.06 274,836 5,421 1.72 Mar : 12,604 389,991 30.94 306,271 5,994 1.71 Apr : 12,285 380,413 30.97 299,760 5,617 1.64 May : 13,029 394,802 30.30 311,477 5,510 1.55 Jun : 14,065 418,585 29.76 330,231 5,657 1.50 Jul : 12,644 368,888 29.17 291,112 4,988 1.50 Aug : 14,859 415,406 27.96 327,954 5,963 1.59 Sep : 13,794 389,568 28.24 307,728 5,570 1.59 Oct : 14,615 410,110 28.06 324,963 5,281 1.43 Nov : 14,888 415,572 27.91 328,989 5,250 1.40 Dec : 12,710 379,503 29.86 299,122 4,934 1.44 Total : 158,754 4,696,967 29.59 3,704,615 66,166 1.57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. 3/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, and United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 83 82,153 13,586 4,382 91 Feb : 17 66,598 12,173 4,372 61 Mar : 39 77,815 11,131 4,080 48 Apr : 107 74,210 8,485 4,185 142 May : 16 68,269 8,010 3,396 37 Jun : 30 69,018 6,866 3,386 78 Jul : 21 61,685 7,740 3,108 168 Aug : 67 75,345 10,706 3,187 94 Sep : 27 71,067 11,142 3,360 132 Oct : 211 67,177 9,085 3,319 57 Nov : 50 75,063 8,476 3,888 81 Dec : 150 72,105 7,646 4,061 197 Total : 818 860,505 115,046 44,724 1,186 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, and United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 647 4,622 5,439 1,763 19,613 132,379 Feb : 545 3,581 4,249 1,233 21,453 114,282 Mar : 729 4,015 3,927 1,648 21,217 124,649 Apr : 591 3,981 3,036 1,012 21,502 117,251 May : 509 4,105 3,477 1,622 19,209 108,650 Jun : 512 4,123 3,762 1,954 18,680 108,409 Jul : 382 4,403 3,124 1,599 17,118 99,348 Aug : 430 5,088 3,935 2,634 23,786 125,272 Sep : 374 4,757 3,807 1,340 19,967 115,973 Oct : 459 4,502 4,096 1,038 21,466 111,410 Nov : 564 5,016 4,616 2,646 20,910 121,310 Dec : 440 4,134 4,538 953 19,790 114,014 Total : 6,182 52,327 48,006 19,442 244,711 1,392,947 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors Month : culosis : : : culitis : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 5 5,105 566 6 68 Feb : 3 4,578 710 39 73 Mar : 5 3,667 642 50 77 Apr : 1 5,585 615 22 99 May : 7,917 556 29 214 Jun : 3,825 604 40 334 Jul : 3 3,688 708 6 277 Aug : 4,774 734 2 125 Sep : 2 2,014 652 5 89 Oct : 3,113 497 8 57 Nov : 2,965 540 130 Dec : 2,145 289 1 104 Total : 19 49,376 7,113 208 1,647 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2005 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total Month : : : nation : : : All : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 22 63 141 2 1,293 7,271 Feb : 11 32 166 6 2,115 7,733 Mar : 20 89 116 1 1,427 6,094 Apr : 34 101 160 3 2,766 9,386 May : 36 111 194 6 1,865 10,928 Jun : 21 117 131 71 618 5,761 Jul : 33 142 138 13 1,301 6,309 Aug : 17 138 135 27 706 6,658 Sep : 12 127 127 38 1,131 4,197 Oct : 18 155 145 28 2,163 6,184 Nov : 26 205 160 17 2,344 6,387 Dec : 11 61 87 9 2,165 4,872 Total : 261 1,341 1,700 221 19,894 81,780 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are obtained by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA, for all Federally Inspected (FI) plants. More than 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for the major 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. There were 319 plants that killed poultry under Federal inspection in 2005. Young chickens were killed in 220 plants in 35 states. Young turkeys were slaughtered in 42 plants in 24 states. There is an increase in the number of birds condemned under the "other" category for 2005 due to the inclusion of the number of birds condemned post mortem by HIMP plants. These plants report the total number of birds condemned post-mortem, but not the breakdown by the various causes. This HIMP plant number condemned was not included on the data set received from FSIS in previous years and thus was excluded from previous summaries. Revision Policy: The data in this report reflect any late reports received by FSIS or corrections which occurred after the monthly revisions were published. They are considered to be final and are not open to revision in the future. 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. In addition, data are compared with historical data levels and averages for each plant. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are accounted for each shift. 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. 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Also included in this category are data for published states that are confidential (denoted by an *). Data for all states are included in the U.S. totals. Definitions 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. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. These are included with young turkeys as their numbers are too low to publish separately. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. New York Dressed Weight - Carcass weight after only feathers and blood are removed. This weight is approximately 90% of live weight. Old Turkeys (Breeders) - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. 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