Pou 2-1 (09) Poultry Slaughter 2008 Annual Summary February 2009 National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Contents Page Poultry Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by Type..........................1 Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified, by Type..................................3 Ante-Mortem Condemnations, by Type.............................................5 Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Type.............................................7 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type.................................9 Young Chickens Slaughtered Number and Live Weight, by State..............................................17 Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified, by State............................19 Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State...........................................21 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by State...............................23 Young Turkeys Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, and Pounds Certified, by State......35 Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State...........................................37 Reliability of Poultry Slaughter Estimates............................................39 Terms and Definitions.................................................................40 Information Contacts..................................................................40 Poultry Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 786,973 716,294 726,841 771,921 762,935 746,784 785,356 Mature : 12,970 11,801 12,720 13,536 13,772 13,767 13,828 Light : 6,333 5,356 6,319 6,576 6,317 6,361 5,941 Heavy : 6,637 6,445 6,401 6,960 7,455 7,406 7,887 Total : 799,943 728,095 739,561 785,457 776,707 760,551 799,184 : Turkeys : Young : 22,584 21,146 20,770 22,041 22,337 22,652 24,001 Old : 118 122 177 213 138 210 198 Total : 22,702 21,268 20,947 22,254 22,475 22,862 24,199 : Ducks : 2,155 2,005 2,041 2,072 1,884 1,865 2,061 : : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,380,786 3,963,422 4,037,830 4,318,116 4,272,950 4,151,989 4,350,613 Mature : 73,348 69,555 71,817 76,741 79,640 79,621 81,599 Light : 20,601 17,709 20,680 21,482 20,467 20,945 19,451 Heavy : 52,747 51,846 51,137 55,259 59,173 58,676 62,148 Total :4,454,134 4,032,977 4,109,647 4,394,857 4,352,590 4,231,610 4,432,212 : Turkeys : Young : 686,334 631,115 610,365 647,166 647,940 650,922 682,139 Old : 3,039 3,290 4,644 5,796 3,798 5,529 5,098 Total : 689,373 634,405 615,009 652,962 651,738 656,451 687,237 : Ducks : 14,599 13,600 13,848 13,985 12,564 12,406 13,528 Other : Poultry 1/ : 175 155 149 166 189 217 208 : Total : Poultry :5,158,281 4,681,137 4,738,653 5,061,970 5,017,081 4,900,684 5,133,185 : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.57 5.53 5.56 5.59 5.60 5.56 5.54 Mature : 5.66 5.89 5.65 5.67 5.78 5.78 5.90 Light : 3.25 3.31 3.27 3.27 3.24 3.29 3.27 Heavy : 7.95 8.04 7.99 7.94 7.94 7.92 7.88 Total : 5.57 5.54 5.56 5.60 5.60 5.56 5.55 : Turkeys : Young : 30.39 29.85 29.39 29.36 29.01 28.74 28.42 Old : 25.75 26.97 26.24 27.21 27.52 26.33 25.75 Total : 30.37 29.83 29.36 29.34 29.00 28.71 28.40 : Ducks : 6.77 6.78 6.78 6.75 6.67 6.65 6.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 743,462 753,911 778,276 638,666 709,846 8,921,265 8,903,071 Mature : 12,822 12,959 13,771 10,574 11,476 153,996 132,549 Light : 5,458 5,204 5,852 4,439 5,527 69,683 56,692 Heavy : 7,364 7,755 7,919 6,135 5,949 84,313 75,857 Total : 756,284 766,870 792,047 649,240 721,322 9,075,261 9,035,620 : Turkeys : Young : 22,463 22,468 25,149 22,802 20,732 269,145 262,748 Old : 205 233 190 125 171 2,100 2,178 Total : 22,668 22,701 25,339 22,927 20,903 271,245 264,926 : Ducks : 1,922 2,081 2,073 1,794 2,196 24,149 27,311 : : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,142,274 4,237,925 4,398,796 3,582,424 3,943,792 49,780,917 49,089,999 Mature : 75,889 76,883 80,479 61,577 63,823 890,972 795,192 Light : 17,795 16,744 19,008 14,428 17,807 227,117 186,920 Heavy : 58,094 60,139 61,471 47,149 46,016 663,855 608,272 Total :4,218,163 4,314,808 4,479,275 3,644,001 4,007,615 50,671,889 49,885,191 : Turkeys : Young : 631,634 641,947 725,609 633,770 613,756 7,802,697 7,452,773 Old : 5,420 5,950 5,347 3,315 4,662 55,888 57,092 Total : 637,054 647,897 730,956 637,085 618,418 7,858,585 7,509,865 : Ducks : 12,576 14,006 13,999 12,026 14,744 161,881 183,932 Other : Poultry 1/ : 239 987 1,078 483 205 4,251 3,672 : Total : Poultry :4,868,032 4,977,698 5,225,308 4,293,595 4,640,982 58,696,606 57,582,660 : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.57 5.62 5.65 5.61 5.56 5.58 5.51 Mature : 5.92 5.93 5.84 5.82 5.56 5.79 6.00 Light : 3.26 3.22 3.25 3.25 3.22 3.26 3.30 Heavy : 7.89 7.75 7.76 7.69 7.74 7.87 8.02 Total : 5.58 5.63 5.66 5.61 5.56 5.58 5.52 : Turkeys : Young : 28.12 28.57 28.85 27.79 29.60 28.99 28.36 Old : 26.44 25.54 28.14 26.52 27.26 26.61 26.21 Total : 28.10 28.54 28.85 27.79 29.59 28.97 28.35 : Ducks : 6.54 6.73 6.75 6.70 6.71 6.70 6.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughtered: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, 2008 and 2007 Total 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,942,858 2,647,285 2,697,439 2,897,726 2,863,814 2,784,675 2,912,261 Mature : 44,471 42,172 43,690 46,900 48,540 48,403 50,562 Light : 9,993 8,428 9,875 10,375 9,796 10,263 10,084 Heavy : 34,478 33,744 33,815 36,525 38,744 38,140 40,478 Total :2,987,329 2,689,457 2,741,129 2,944,626 2,912,354 2,833,078 2,962,823 : Turkeys : Young : 309,812 301,855 289,922 305,992 302,525 295,642 311,598 Old : 1,896 2,206 2,737 3,074 1,711 3,539 2,782 Total : 311,708 304,061 292,659 309,066 304,236 299,181 314,380 : Ducks : 4,968 4,484 4,761 4,427 3,293 3,242 3,547 Other : Poultry 2/ : 84 82 81 89 88 100 91 : Total : Poultry :3,304,089 2,998,084 3,038,630 3,258,208 3,219,971 3,135,601 3,280,841 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 294,383 279,248 284,170 298,832 301,554 292,598 314,428 Mature : 1,268 1,525 1,390 1,132 1,457 1,354 564 Light : 931 1,127 1,135 903 1,129 974 Heavy : 337 398 255 229 328 380 564 Total : 295,651 280,773 285,560 299,964 303,011 293,952 314,992 : Turkeys : Young : 234,355 198,536 193,561 208,845 213,570 222,269 230,555 Old : 355 242 774 1,292 1,121 560 1,082 Total : 234,710 198,778 194,335 210,137 214,691 222,829 231,637 : Ducks : 5,487 5,230 5,201 5,601 5,789 5,719 6,232 Other : Poultry 2/ : 35 21 21 24 32 33 33 : Total : Poultry : 535,883 484,802 485,117 515,726 523,523 522,533 552,894 : Total Certified: Chickens : Young :3,237,241 2,926,533 2,981,609 3,196,558 3,165,368 3,077,273 3,226,689 Mature : 45,739 43,697 45,080 48,032 49,997 49,757 51,126 Light : 10,924 9,555 11,010 11,278 10,925 11,237 10,084 Heavy : 34,815 34,142 34,070 36,754 39,072 38,520 41,042 Total :3,282,980 2,970,230 3,026,689 3,244,590 3,215,365 3,127,030 3,277,815 : Turkeys : Young : 544,167 500,391 483,483 514,837 516,095 517,911 542,153 Old : 2,251 2,448 3,511 4,366 2,832 4,099 3,864 Total : 546,418 502,839 486,994 519,203 518,927 522,010 546,017 : Ducks : 10,455 9,714 9,962 10,028 9,082 8,961 9,779 Other : Poultry 2/ : 119 103 102 113 120 133 124 : Total : Poultry :3,839,972 3,482,886 3,523,747 3,773,934 3,743,494 3,658,134 3,833,735 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, 2008 and 2007 Total 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,787,055 2,855,423 2,961,674 2,407,609 2,667,931 33,425,750 32,770,233 Mature : 47,568 48,666 50,221 38,426 39,435 549,054 492,066 Light : 9,145 8,562 9,652 7,245 9,100 112,518 95,442 Heavy : 38,423 40,104 40,569 31,181 30,335 436,536 396,624 Total :2,834,623 2,904,089 3,011,895 2,446,035 2,707,366 33,974,804 33,262,299 : Turkeys : Young : 295,586 307,703 363,463 326,229 309,400 3,719,727 3,379,209 Old : 3,305 2,555 2,464 1,845 2,613 30,727 33,094 Total : 298,891 310,258 365,927 328,074 312,013 3,750,454 3,412,303 : Ducks : 3,305 3,627 3,637 3,177 3,839 46,307 64,574 Other : Poultry 2/ : 103 100 91 79 104 1,092 1,056 : Total : Poultry :3,136,922 3,218,074 3,381,550 2,777,365 3,023,322 37,772,657 36,740,232 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 293,459 294,253 308,948 255,080 263,690 3,480,643 3,388,834 Mature : 317 291 368 173 276 10,115 6,094 Light : 8 6,207 1,363 Heavy : 317 291 368 173 268 3,908 4,731 Total : 293,776 294,544 309,316 255,253 263,966 3,490,758 3,394,928 : Turkeys : Young : 207,232 203,155 213,999 179,549 178,845 2,484,471 2,528,476 Old : 823 1,978 1,631 697 953 11,508 10,013 Total : 208,055 205,133 215,630 180,246 179,798 2,495,979 2,538,489 : Ducks : 5,755 6,442 6,418 5,424 6,685 69,983 67,064 Other : Poultry 2/ : 26 468 518 203 31 1,445 1,099 : Total : Poultry : 507,612 506,587 531,882 441,126 450,480 6,058,165 6,001,580 : Total Certified: Chickens : Young :3,080,514 3,149,676 3,270,622 2,662,689 2,931,621 36,906,393 36,159,067 Mature : 47,885 48,957 50,589 38,599 39,711 559,169 498,160 Light : 9,145 8,562 9,652 7,245 9,108 118,725 96,805 Heavy : 38,740 40,395 40,937 31,354 30,603 440,444 401,355 Total :3,128,399 3,198,633 3,321,211 2,701,288 2,971,332 37,465,562 36,657,227 : Turkeys : Young : 502,818 510,858 577,462 505,778 488,245 6,204,198 5,907,685 Old : 4,128 4,533 4,095 2,542 3,566 42,235 43,107 Total : 506,946 515,391 581,557 508,320 491,811 6,246,433 5,950,792 : Ducks : 9,060 10,069 10,055 8,601 10,524 116,290 131,638 Other : Poultry 2/ : 129 568 609 282 135 2,537 2,155 : Total : Poultry :3,644,534 3,724,661 3,913,432 3,218,491 3,473,802 43,830,822 42,741,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughtered: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 16,331 13,468 12,542 12,621 12,445 13,434 16,128 Mature : 1,444 1,362 1,112 1,049 1,082 1,554 1,911 Light : 395 516 399 497 311 412 522 Heavy : 1,049 846 713 552 771 1,142 1,389 Total : 17,775 14,830 13,654 13,670 13,527 14,988 18,039 : Turkeys : Young : 2,107 1,850 1,733 1,550 1,448 1,648 1,960 Old : 50 46 42 51 36 70 78 Total : 2,157 1,896 1,775 1,601 1,484 1,718 2,038 : Ducks : 30 25 22 25 30 40 54 Other Poultry : 2 : Total Poultry : 19,962 16,751 15,451 15,298 15,041 16,746 20,131 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 0.37 0.34 0.31 0.29 0.29 0.32 0.37 Mature : 1.97 1.96 1.55 1.37 1.36 1.95 2.34 Light : 1.92 2.91 1.93 2.31 1.52 1.97 2.68 Heavy : 1.99 1.63 1.39 1.00 1.30 1.95 2.23 Total : 0.40 0.37 0.33 0.31 0.31 0.35 0.41 : Turkeys : Young : 0.31 0.29 0.28 0.24 0.22 0.25 0.29 Old : 1.65 1.40 0.90 0.88 0.95 1.27 1.53 Total : 0.31 0.30 0.29 0.25 0.23 0.26 0.30 : Ducks : 0.21 0.18 0.16 0.18 0.24 0.32 0.40 Other Poultry : 1.20 : Total Poultry : 0.39 0.36 0.33 0.30 0.30 0.34 0.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 13,475 11,120 11,344 9,398 11,563 153,869 168,065 Mature : 1,320 1,049 885 746 1,159 14,673 14,465 Light : 304 254 137 166 289 4,202 4,086 Heavy : 1,016 795 748 580 870 10,471 10,379 Total : 14,795 12,169 12,229 10,144 12,722 168,542 182,530 : Turkeys : Young : 1,665 1,449 1,478 1,341 1,599 19,828 21,582 Old : 62 57 37 34 52 615 719 Total : 1,727 1,506 1,515 1,375 1,651 20,443 22,301 : Ducks : 48 54 44 45 53 470 452 Other Poultry : 5 5 1 13 19 : Total Poultry : 16,570 13,734 13,793 11,565 14,426 189,468 205,302 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 0.33 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.29 0.31 0.34 Mature : 1.74 1.36 1.10 1.21 1.82 1.65 1.82 Light : 1.71 1.52 0.72 1.15 1.62 1.85 2.19 Heavy : 1.75 1.32 1.22 1.23 1.89 1.58 1.71 Total : 0.35 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.32 0.33 0.37 : Turkeys : Young : 0.26 0.23 0.20 0.21 0.26 0.25 0.29 Old : 1.14 0.96 0.69 1.03 1.12 1.10 1.26 Total : 0.27 0.23 0.21 0.22 0.27 0.26 0.30 : Ducks : 0.38 0.39 0.31 0.37 0.36 0.29 0.25 Other Poultry : 0.51 0.46 0.21 0.31 0.52 : Total Poultry : 0.34 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.31 0.32 0.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young : 37,861 35,213 36,414 34,937 32,041 30,240 30,421 Mature : 3,394 3,077 3,341 3,374 3,497 3,621 3,754 Light : 1,249 964 1,376 1,268 1,162 1,198 1,307 Heavy : 2,145 2,113 1,965 2,106 2,335 2,423 2,447 Total : 41,255 38,290 39,755 38,311 35,538 33,861 34,175 : Turkeys : Young : 9,387 8,825 8,418 8,713 8,243 8,063 8,571 Old : 176 188 238 303 250 362 224 Total : 9,563 9,013 8,656 9,016 8,493 8,425 8,795 : Ducks : 286 249 265 314 226 216 269 Other Poultry : 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 : Total Poultry : 51,105 47,553 48,678 47,643 44,259 42,503 43,241 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 1.16 1.19 1.21 1.08 1.00 0.97 0.93 Mature : 6.91 6.58 6.90 6.56 6.54 6.78 6.84 Light : 10.26 9.16 11.11 10.11 9.61 9.63 11.47 Heavy : 5.80 5.83 5.45 5.42 5.64 5.92 5.63 Total : 1.24 1.27 1.30 1.17 1.09 1.07 1.03 : Turkeys : Young : 1.70 1.73 1.71 1.66 1.57 1.53 1.56 Old : 7.25 7.13 6.35 6.49 8.11 8.11 5.48 Total : 1.72 1.76 1.75 1.71 1.61 1.59 1.59 : Ducks : 2.66 2.50 2.59 3.04 2.43 2.35 2.68 Other Poultry : 0.83 0.96 1.92 1.74 1.64 0.75 1.59 : Total Poultry : 1.31 1.35 1.36 1.25 1.17 1.15 1.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young : 27,944 28,325 29,354 25,376 29,588 377,714 392,960 Mature : 3,317 3,607 3,636 2,953 3,024 40,595 36,858 Light : 1,178 1,251 1,252 1,075 1,225 14,505 13,412 Heavy : 2,139 2,356 2,384 1,878 1,799 26,090 23,446 Total : 31,261 31,932 32,990 28,329 32,612 418,309 429,818 : Turkeys : Young : 7,855 8,145 8,782 7,331 7,854 100,187 102,066 Old : 234 258 195 118 166 2,712 2,981 Total : 8,089 8,403 8,977 7,449 8,020 102,899 105,047 : Ducks : 233 307 311 294 375 3,345 3,867 Other Poultry : 1 5 4 2 1 24 55 : Total Poultry : 39,584 40,647 42,282 36,074 41,008 524,577 538,787 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 0.90 0.89 0.89 0.94 1.00 1.01 1.08 Mature : 6.48 6.86 6.71 7.11 7.08 6.77 6.89 Light : 11.41 12.75 11.48 12.92 11.86 10.89 12.17 Heavy : 5.23 5.51 5.50 5.65 5.55 5.59 5.52 Total : 0.99 0.99 0.98 1.04 1.09 1.10 1.16 : Turkeys : Young : 1.54 1.57 1.50 1.43 1.58 1.59 1.70 Old : 5.36 5.39 4.55 4.44 4.45 6.03 6.47 Total : 1.57 1.60 1.52 1.44 1.60 1.62 1.73 : Ducks : 2.51 2.96 3.00 3.31 3.44 2.80 2.85 Other Poultry : 0.77 0.87 0.65 0.70 0.74 0.94 2.49 : Total Poultry : 1.07 1.08 1.07 1.11 1.17 1.18 1.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young : Mature : Light : Heavy : Total : : Turkeys : Young : Old : Total : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young : 6,235 5,926 5,387 6,061 7,545 6,835 5,257 Mature : 1,937 2,024 2,232 2,467 2,891 2,467 1,833 Light : 1,791 1,756 2,012 2,115 2,583 2,085 1,486 Heavy : 146 268 220 352 308 382 347 Total : 8,172 7,950 7,619 8,528 10,436 9,302 7,090 : Turkeys : Young : 33 32 74 27 54 170 178 Old : 2 1 25 Total : 33 34 74 27 55 170 203 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young :1,187,183 1,026,282 1,009,352 1,034,181 917,704 894,855 929,037 Mature : 193,414 169,888 212,264 201,870 188,059 173,358 161,643 Light : 155,104 127,071 171,068 156,565 141,983 134,564 125,376 Heavy : 38,310 42,817 41,196 45,305 46,076 38,794 36,267 Total :1,380,597 1,196,170 1,221,616 1,236,051 1,105,763 1,068,213 1,090,680 : Turkeys : Young : 79,877 70,861 66,155 60,752 60,686 49,583 54,838 Old : 1,967 2,653 3,295 3,400 2,854 5,090 2,367 Total : 81,844 73,514 69,450 64,152 63,540 54,673 57,205 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young : Mature : Light : Heavy : Total : : Turkeys : Young : Old : Total : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young : 5,069 3,941 5,626 7,224 6,486 71,592 69,851 Mature : 2,275 1,140 1,565 1,112 1,586 23,529 23,255 Light : 1,881 942 1,394 987 1,480 20,512 19,376 Heavy : 394 198 171 125 106 3,017 3,879 Total : 7,344 5,081 7,191 8,336 8,072 95,121 93,106 : Turkeys : Young : 91 81 73 59 104 976 536 Old : 1 29 19 Total : 92 81 73 59 104 1,005 555 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young : 846,876 834,025 858,487 743,995 886,408 11,168,385 12,367,646 Mature : 176,900 190,659 199,107 163,650 196,267 2,227,079 2,217,070 Light : 145,403 154,237 160,585 128,744 163,330 1,764,030 1,733,217 Heavy : 31,497 36,422 38,522 34,906 32,937 463,049 483,853 Total :1,023,776 1,024,684 1,057,594 907,645 1,082,675 13,395,464 14,584,716 : Turkeys : Young : 48,968 48,637 54,067 53,673 58,920 707,017 747,062 Old : 2,177 3,221 2,016 1,383 2,187 32,610 24,844 Total : 51,145 51,858 56,083 55,056 61,107 739,627 771,906 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young : 974,720 1,163,771 1,344,724 787,097 605,747 485,061 272,291 Mature : 35,820 24,786 37,875 10,528 10,812 12,707 11,363 Light : 32,514 21,650 34,854 8,107 7,732 9,853 8,163 Heavy : 3,306 3,136 3,021 2,421 3,080 2,854 3,200 Total :1,010,540 1,188,557 1,382,599 797,625 616,559 497,768 283,654 : Turkeys : Young : 10,748 12,589 10,025 7,253 4,678 4,337 4,509 Old : 235 210 494 385 452 627 392 Total : 10,983 12,799 10,519 7,638 5,130 4,964 4,901 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young : 4,169 3,885 3,394 3,658 3,809 4,941 5,975 Mature : 386 508 476 761 332 338 291 Light : 198 262 301 156 149 148 175 Heavy : 188 246 175 605 183 190 116 Total : 4,555 4,393 3,870 4,419 4,141 5,279 6,266 : Turkeys : Young : 4,536 4,509 4,074 3,155 2,897 2,544 2,745 Old : 25 11 68 3 105 50 Total : 4,561 4,509 4,085 3,223 2,900 2,649 2,795 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tumors : Chickens : Young : 72,969 72,371 73,849 79,707 69,247 59,715 54,704 Mature : 88,811 63,192 83,289 65,233 64,261 76,507 70,987 Light : 82,111 55,689 76,255 59,323 56,745 69,445 63,237 Heavy : 6,700 7,503 7,034 5,910 7,516 7,062 7,750 Total : 161,780 135,563 157,138 144,940 133,508 136,222 125,691 : Turkeys : Young : 201 183 334 252 153 183 162 Old : 93 106 258 164 105 129 147 Total : 294 289 592 416 258 312 309 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young : 228,694 229,860 308,433 352,663 525,816 7,278,877 5,684,559 Mature : 10,968 12,166 13,712 9,468 11,096 201,301 364,630 Light : 8,423 9,026 9,638 6,688 8,233 164,881 339,613 Heavy : 2,545 3,140 4,074 2,780 2,863 36,420 25,017 Total : 239,662 242,026 322,145 362,131 536,912 7,480,178 6,049,189 : Turkeys : Young : 5,037 6,546 5,237 4,437 4,968 80,364 95,895 Old : 553 716 438 478 379 5,359 4,844 Total : 5,590 7,262 5,675 4,915 5,347 85,723 100,739 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young : 6,232 7,958 5,533 4,431 6,897 60,882 63,449 Mature : 263 412 327 382 257 4,733 3,843 Light : 196 303 180 251 75 2,394 2,413 Heavy : 67 109 147 131 182 2,339 1,430 Total : 6,495 8,370 5,860 4,813 7,154 65,615 67,292 : Turkeys : Young : 2,705 2,646 2,734 2,323 2,606 37,474 39,449 Old : 1 37 1 1 302 121 Total : 2,706 2,683 2,735 2,323 2,607 37,776 39,570 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tumors : Chickens : Young : 49,405 50,814 55,578 43,813 51,932 734,104 690,961 Mature : 52,952 63,171 60,411 50,861 60,738 800,413 831,369 Light : 44,624 54,018 51,703 44,557 53,843 711,550 755,179 Heavy : 8,328 9,153 8,708 6,304 6,895 88,863 76,190 Total : 102,357 113,985 115,989 94,674 112,670 1,534,517 1,522,330 : Turkeys : Young : 152 103 181 196 88 2,188 1,576 Old : 228 64 64 34 47 1,439 1,930 Total : 380 167 245 230 135 3,627 3,506 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : Chickens : Young : 22,070 18,301 18,536 19,604 18,109 16,737 18,224 Mature : 12,423 9,956 11,852 10,165 11,407 12,260 10,656 Light : 11,804 9,377 11,342 9,648 10,268 11,045 9,195 Heavy : 619 579 510 517 1,139 1,215 1,461 Total : 34,493 28,257 30,388 29,769 29,516 28,997 28,880 : Turkeys : Young : 475 350 377 504 373 401 556 Old : 4 7 6 22 15 14 3 Total : 479 357 383 526 388 415 559 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young : 145,011 116,541 97,525 93,209 85,313 84,338 88,709 Mature : 5,573 4,469 4,177 3,154 3,078 3,971 4,247 Light : 2,355 1,586 2,212 1,782 1,443 2,284 2,404 Heavy : 3,218 2,883 1,965 1,372 1,635 1,687 1,843 Total : 150,584 121,010 101,702 96,363 88,391 88,309 92,956 : Turkeys : Young : 3,247 2,955 2,131 2,244 2,111 1,892 2,271 Old : 9 13 21 28 37 29 25 Total : 3,256 2,968 2,152 2,272 2,148 1,921 2,296 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : Chickens : Young : 149,816 140,047 143,457 148,825 131,392 133,915 141,774 Mature : 105,717 81,748 101,023 96,505 111,405 106,363 93,316 Light : 91,718 68,943 91,343 87,563 98,955 95,334 82,560 Heavy : 13,999 12,805 9,680 8,942 12,450 11,029 10,756 Total : 255,533 221,795 244,480 245,330 242,797 240,278 235,090 : Turkeys : Young : 3,593 3,261 2,826 2,875 2,852 2,818 5,569 Old : 24 31 78 69 102 324 112 Total : 3,617 3,292 2,904 2,944 2,954 3,142 5,681 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : Chickens : Young : 16,500 16,295 15,651 12,452 13,639 206,118 261,039 Mature : 13,272 13,748 11,579 9,689 11,389 138,396 164,470 Light : 12,096 12,613 10,290 8,588 10,464 126,730 153,539 Heavy : 1,176 1,135 1,289 1,101 925 11,666 10,931 Total : 29,772 30,043 27,230 22,141 25,028 344,514 425,509 : Turkeys : Young : 472 410 450 450 224 5,042 5,029 Old : 6 5 7 7 5 101 248 Total : 478 415 457 457 229 5,143 5,277 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young : 79,977 75,845 77,039 64,288 83,175 1,090,970 1,442,757 Mature : 3,483 3,595 3,339 2,621 3,375 45,082 92,305 Light : 2,198 2,281 1,982 1,713 2,061 24,301 23,364 Heavy : 1,285 1,314 1,357 908 1,314 20,781 68,941 Total : 83,460 79,440 80,378 66,909 86,550 1,136,052 1,535,062 : Turkeys : Young : 2,490 3,159 3,435 2,588 2,381 30,904 33,257 Old : 43 29 37 44 28 343 525 Total : 2,533 3,188 3,472 2,632 2,409 31,247 33,782 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : Chickens : Young : 118,204 115,993 113,441 101,062 111,836 1,549,762 1,758,802 Mature : 95,441 88,045 114,303 90,535 99,258 1,183,659 1,166,334 Light : 85,768 76,868 101,668 79,979 89,910 1,050,609 1,034,778 Heavy : 9,673 11,177 12,635 10,556 9,348 133,050 131,556 Total : 213,645 204,038 227,744 191,597 211,094 2,733,421 2,925,136 : Turkeys : Young : 2,815 2,733 2,811 2,942 2,648 37,743 39,557 Old : 98 134 73 61 182 1,288 1,006 Total : 2,913 2,867 2,884 3,003 2,830 39,031 40,563 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Overscald : Chickens : Young : 48,680 36,368 39,791 43,975 36,092 35,112 41,082 Mature : 570 562 852 1,185 436 3,852 2,244 Light : 470 421 720 1,064 221 821 1,975 Heavy : 100 141 132 121 215 3,031 269 Total : 49,250 36,930 40,643 45,160 36,528 38,964 43,326 : Turkeys : Young : 2,063 1,226 1,609 795 1,666 1,232 881 Old : 7 8 71 6 26 6 2 Total : 2,070 1,234 1,680 801 1,692 1,238 883 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : Chickens : Young :1,059,230 973,153 918,806 952,199 867,079 791,613 810,244 Mature : 146,203 137,498 138,065 159,869 170,423 162,008 247,548 Light : 64,719 54,240 67,338 78,236 68,257 56,999 134,848 Heavy : 81,484 83,258 70,727 81,633 102,166 105,009 112,700 Total :1,205,433 1,110,651 1,056,871 1,112,068 1,037,502 953,621 1,057,792 : Turkeys : Young : 19,364 14,528 13,226 13,520 12,016 12,290 15,131 Old : 1,557 302 2,576 832 1,840 2,175 1,404 Total : 20,921 14,830 15,802 14,352 13,856 14,465 16,535 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : Chickens : Young :3,670,083 3,556,645 3,654,821 3,168,516 2,742,037 2,513,122 2,367,297 Mature : 590,854 494,631 592,105 551,737 563,104 553,831 604,128 Light : 442,784 340,995 457,445 404,559 388,336 382,578 429,419 Heavy : 148,070 153,636 134,660 147,178 174,768 171,253 174,709 Total :4,260,937 4,051,276 4,246,926 3,720,253 3,305,141 3,066,953 2,971,425 : Turkeys : Young : 124,137 110,494 100,831 91,377 87,486 75,450 86,840 Old : 3,921 3,332 6,810 4,974 5,435 8,499 4,527 Total : 128,058 113,826 107,641 96,351 92,921 83,949 91,367 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Overscald : Chickens : Young : 41,446 45,951 35,635 35,832 42,713 482,677 626,068 Mature : 1,015 583 1,055 996 2,430 15,780 18,490 Light : 402 258 862 679 1,068 8,961 5,720 Heavy : 613 325 193 317 1,362 6,819 12,770 Total : 42,461 46,534 36,690 36,828 45,143 498,457 644,558 : Turkeys : Young : 1,009 1,697 1,689 324 816 15,007 19,455 Old : 6 52 16 1 8 209 171 Total : 1,015 1,749 1,705 325 824 15,216 19,625 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : Chickens : Young : 678,842 664,516 711,233 634,909 773,256 9,835,080 11,027,034 Mature : 190,073 211,349 201,947 184,321 164,184 2,113,488 1,774,903 Light : 90,226 87,156 73,971 79,507 65,773 921,270 798,532 Heavy : 99,847 124,193 127,976 104,814 98,411 1,192,218 976,371 Total : 868,915 875,865 913,180 819,230 937,440 11,948,568 12,801,937 : Turkeys : Young : 23,033 16,305 15,114 13,550 10,924 179,001 258,839 Old : 2,235 872 154 140 164 14,251 20,872 Total : 25,268 17,177 15,268 13,690 11,088 193,252 279,711 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : Chickens : Young :2,071,245 2,045,198 2,186,656 2,000,669 2,502,158 32,478,447 33,992,166 Mature : 546,642 584,868 607,345 513,635 550,580 6,753,460 6,656,669 Light : 391,217 397,702 412,273 351,693 396,237 4,795,238 4,865,731 Heavy : 155,425 187,166 195,072 161,942 154,343 1,958,222 1,790,938 Total :2,617,887 2,630,066 2,794,001 2,514,304 3,052,738 39,231,907 40,648,835 : Turkeys : Young : 86,772 82,317 85,791 80,542 83,679 1,095,716 1,240,655 Old : 5,348 5,130 2,806 2,148 3,001 55,931 54,580 Total : 92,120 87,447 88,597 82,690 86,680 1,151,647 1,295,235 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number and Live Weight, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AL : 93,906 87,954 89,243 91,621 91,968 93,090 97,671 AR : 99,564 92,396 93,685 96,749 91,288 91,608 96,595 DE : 26,952 24,028 23,822 26,366 26,548 26,886 26,400 GA : 116,135 105,034 106,576 114,923 113,536 110,035 115,610 KY : 24,933 22,582 24,163 24,702 24,925 25,006 26,607 LA : 17,854 15,409 15,392 16,866 16,412 15,370 16,655 MD : 12,824 12,070 11,653 12,115 12,163 11,558 12,099 MS : 67,442 62,896 63,659 67,728 68,367 66,295 69,032 MO : 35,720 31,206 31,577 35,007 34,106 33,523 35,347 NY : 1,716 1,530 1,523 * 1,563 1,494 1,575 NC : 65,056 58,595 59,890 64,248 62,599 60,754 63,574 OH : 4,503 4,107 4,243 4,497 4,641 4,496 4,864 PA : 11,185 9,819 9,971 10,877 10,331 10,420 11,013 SC : 26,161 23,735 24,214 25,194 24,672 25,010 26,349 TN : 24,532 22,617 22,305 23,182 22,899 22,741 24,037 TX : 57,768 53,556 53,696 58,099 59,349 54,277 56,744 VA : 27,508 24,580 25,118 27,479 26,969 25,340 28,124 : US 1/ : 786,973 716,294 726,841 771,921 762,935 746,784 785,356 : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AL : 520,661 482,831 485,900 498,720 502,301 508,203 527,358 AR : 538,342 501,926 508,228 521,324 503,766 513,506 542,286 DE : 180,311 157,035 157,236 177,442 181,315 181,023 178,950 GA : 611,525 546,920 564,813 615,035 607,343 578,652 609,137 KY : 131,969 118,503 126,670 130,431 133,947 136,890 144,881 LA : 104,419 90,680 88,223 99,047 97,410 90,821 97,903 MD : 61,463 56,521 54,603 58,527 60,310 57,038 60,004 MS : 380,655 361,136 367,690 400,361 400,287 379,206 392,704 MO : 169,225 143,442 148,590 163,962 158,035 157,753 162,425 NY : 9,108 8,058 7,953 * 8,220 7,867 8,230 NC : 453,776 408,708 418,948 448,708 435,017 415,385 435,884 OH : 26,183 23,738 24,293 25,379 26,444 25,063 27,625 PA : 64,182 56,030 57,156 63,375 59,757 60,513 63,631 SC : 171,439 150,956 154,630 161,517 156,105 157,094 163,714 TN : 126,075 116,078 112,956 118,811 116,000 115,868 121,732 TX : 310,864 287,639 287,576 316,357 320,763 285,984 302,857 VA : 143,272 124,804 130,471 142,527 136,617 124,736 134,215 : US 1/ :4,380,786 3,963,422 4,037,830 4,318,116 4,272,950 4,151,989 4,350,613 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number and Live Weight, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AL : 90,156 94,162 96,727 79,954 84,905 1,091,357 1,058,686 AR : 90,291 93,620 94,845 76,858 86,669 1,104,168 1,134,825 DE : 25,736 24,990 27,020 21,327 24,582 304,657 306,875 GA : 108,454 111,465 113,472 92,865 103,592 1,311,697 1,321,366 KY : 24,882 24,888 26,522 22,110 24,014 295,334 296,736 LA : 16,345 15,784 15,486 13,397 14,362 189,332 193,961 MD : 11,237 11,813 12,507 9,426 10,990 140,455 143,573 MS : 65,987 65,864 68,729 57,448 61,454 784,901 783,482 MO : 33,489 34,563 35,466 29,600 33,779 403,383 411,865 NY : 1,425 1,561 * 1,367 1,580 18,183 18,525 NC : 62,406 60,679 64,706 53,174 59,362 735,043 718,138 OH : 4,610 4,748 4,802 3,810 4,371 53,692 48,282 PA : 10,111 10,017 10,122 8,877 9,545 122,288 118,657 SC : 23,880 25,744 26,187 22,481 24,508 298,135 293,712 TN : 21,101 20,840 22,386 17,710 21,028 265,378 271,138 TX : 56,704 57,997 60,925 49,817 56,399 675,331 648,046 VA : 27,078 27,542 28,796 23,357 26,062 317,953 311,266 : US 1/ : 743,462 753,911 778,276 638,666 709,846 8,921,265 8,903,071 : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AL : 485,367 514,837 531,035 433,107 455,722 5,946,042 5,856,404 AR : 506,930 530,206 539,132 430,351 484,516 6,120,513 6,034,393 DE : 177,453 174,120 187,874 150,356 171,259 2,074,374 2,060,893 GA : 573,355 594,527 609,236 494,387 544,997 6,949,927 6,967,130 KY : 137,131 136,953 150,314 122,206 128,853 1,598,748 1,621,928 LA : 95,665 92,248 93,635 80,497 84,156 1,114,704 1,126,553 MD : 55,800 59,317 62,206 47,064 54,006 686,859 682,858 MS : 382,011 385,169 407,230 336,085 351,086 4,543,620 4,359,935 MO : 154,124 162,243 166,893 139,648 159,595 1,885,935 1,937,645 NY : 7,521 8,158 * 7,134 8,225 95,352 97,495 NC : 428,250 417,227 450,875 372,807 414,205 5,099,790 4,926,309 OH : 26,164 27,332 28,075 22,474 25,097 307,867 266,658 PA : 58,455 58,506 59,284 51,881 55,292 708,062 663,503 SC : 147,320 166,477 168,049 144,221 153,996 1,895,518 1,843,398 TN : 107,787 110,085 118,022 91,567 110,049 1,365,030 1,380,563 TX : 303,797 313,949 326,748 267,726 295,533 3,619,793 3,413,240 VA : 129,517 131,295 137,782 111,272 124,366 1,570,874 1,612,749 : US 1/ :4,142,274 4,237,925 4,398,796 3,582,424 3,943,792 49,780,917 49,089,999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AL : 5.54 5.49 5.44 5.44 5.46 5.46 5.40 AR : 5.41 5.43 5.42 5.39 5.52 5.61 5.61 DE : 6.69 6.54 6.60 6.73 6.83 6.73 6.78 GA : 5.27 5.21 5.30 5.35 5.35 5.26 5.27 KY : 5.29 5.25 5.24 5.28 5.37 5.47 5.45 LA : 5.85 5.88 5.73 5.87 5.94 5.91 5.88 MD : 4.79 4.68 4.69 4.83 4.96 4.93 4.96 MS : 5.64 5.74 5.78 5.91 5.85 5.72 5.69 MO : 4.74 4.60 4.71 4.68 4.63 4.71 4.60 NY : 5.31 5.27 5.22 * 5.26 5.27 5.22 NC : 6.98 6.98 7.00 6.98 6.95 6.84 6.86 OH : 5.81 5.78 5.72 5.64 5.70 5.57 5.68 PA : 5.74 5.71 5.73 5.83 5.78 5.81 5.78 SC : 6.55 6.36 6.39 6.41 6.33 6.28 6.21 TN : 5.14 5.13 5.06 5.13 5.07 5.10 5.06 TX : 5.38 5.37 5.36 5.45 5.40 5.27 5.34 VA : 5.21 5.08 5.19 5.19 5.07 4.92 4.77 : US 1/ : 5.57 5.53 5.56 5.59 5.60 5.56 5.54 : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AL : 383,932 355,199 361,387 369,950 372,856 377,438 396,514 AR : 389,441 359,496 361,309 373,012 361,527 368,258 386,571 DE : 129,393 113,154 112,932 127,593 130,051 129,846 128,111 GA : 456,997 409,262 422,743 461,467 454,796 434,866 458,138 KY : 94,759 85,579 91,572 94,373 96,998 98,878 104,644 LA : 76,756 67,091 65,302 73,466 72,509 67,669 72,430 MD : 43,561 40,319 39,000 42,099 43,596 41,523 43,940 MS : 287,829 273,354 278,120 304,630 304,344 289,546 299,267 MO : 124,287 105,513 109,159 120,233 116,093 115,912 119,252 NY : 5,489 4,884 4,881 * 4,999 4,768 5,005 NC : 346,978 311,536 319,605 342,873 332,886 317,777 333,540 OH : 19,321 17,421 17,750 18,465 19,291 18,384 20,213 PA : 44,013 38,497 39,206 43,368 40,574 41,433 43,906 SC : 128,438 113,235 115,590 121,306 117,020 117,874 122,624 TN : 90,965 83,583 81,381 85,686 83,536 83,629 87,836 TX : 238,863 220,583 220,201 243,710 247,562 221,087 234,369 VA : 100,086 86,900 90,739 99,437 95,120 86,618 93,808 : US 1/ :3,237,241 2,926,533 2,981,609 3,196,558 3,165,368 3,077,273 3,226,689 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AL : 5.38 5.47 5.49 5.42 5.37 5.40 5.50 AR : 5.61 5.66 5.68 5.60 5.59 5.50 5.30 DE : 6.90 6.97 6.95 7.05 6.97 6.80 6.70 GA : 5.29 5.33 5.37 5.32 5.26 5.30 5.30 KY : 5.51 5.50 5.67 5.53 5.37 5.40 5.50 LA : 5.85 5.84 6.05 6.01 5.86 5.90 5.80 MD : 4.97 5.02 4.97 4.99 4.91 4.90 4.80 MS : 5.79 5.85 5.93 5.85 5.71 5.80 5.60 MO : 4.60 4.69 4.71 4.72 4.72 4.70 4.70 NY : 5.28 5.23 * 5.22 5.21 5.20 5.30 NC : 6.86 6.88 6.97 7.01 6.98 6.90 6.90 OH : 5.68 5.76 5.85 5.90 5.74 5.70 5.50 PA : 5.78 5.84 5.86 5.84 5.79 5.80 5.60 SC : 6.17 6.47 6.42 6.42 6.28 6.40 6.30 TN : 5.11 5.28 5.27 5.17 5.23 5.10 5.10 TX : 5.36 5.41 5.36 5.37 5.24 5.40 5.30 VA : 4.78 4.77 4.78 4.76 4.77 4.90 5.20 : US 1/ : 5.57 5.62 5.65 5.61 5.56 5.58 5.51 : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AL : 365,871 387,774 401,474 325,822 342,560 4,440,777 4,319,909 AR : 363,013 379,496 387,497 310,462 349,968 4,390,050 4,348,212 DE : 127,608 125,697 135,364 108,420 123,463 1,491,632 1,483,554 GA : 433,436 448,850 459,932 370,837 409,533 5,220,857 5,214,392 KY : 99,363 99,252 109,198 89,102 94,613 1,158,331 1,170,458 LA : 70,241 68,027 69,646 59,907 62,160 825,204 825,420 MD : 40,765 43,616 45,424 33,993 39,112 496,948 497,620 MS : 292,618 291,410 305,629 251,787 265,884 3,444,418 3,208,975 MO : 113,248 119,147 122,646 102,982 117,421 1,385,893 1,423,619 NY : 4,597 4,984 * 4,368 4,981 58,062 57,691 NC : 327,607 319,618 344,912 286,765 318,655 3,902,752 3,757,020 OH : 19,170 20,272 20,728 16,493 18,596 226,104 195,337 PA : 40,690 40,415 41,762 36,097 38,284 488,245 450,431 SC : 110,584 124,769 126,206 108,428 115,617 1,421,691 1,356,549 TN : 78,101 79,784 85,543 66,331 79,694 986,069 996,026 TX : 234,064 242,847 252,131 207,619 227,936 2,790,972 2,612,167 VA : 90,833 91,879 96,830 78,167 86,964 1,097,381 1,128,922 : US 1/ :3,080,514 3,149,676 3,270,622 2,662,689 2,931,621 36,906,393 36,159,067 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. 2/ Total chilled and frozen ready-to-cook weight. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AL : 4,062 3,506 3,383 3,263 3,106 3,106 3,139 AR : 4,591 4,256 4,360 4,456 3,784 3,999 4,588 DE : 2,277 2,120 2,108 2,321 2,084 2,000 1,919 GA : 5,391 5,627 5,657 5,052 4,230 3,526 3,074 KY : 1,016 789 1,582 922 831 603 549 LA : 483 439 359 362 340 306 324 MD : 869 933 986 905 707 634 609 MS : 2,909 2,779 2,952 2,925 2,675 2,347 2,578 MO : 1,485 1,255 1,244 1,359 1,320 1,205 1,235 NY : 167 143 115 * 139 94 85 NC : 5,208 4,766 4,380 4,264 4,071 3,705 4,005 OH : 358 369 372 377 408 404 328 PA : 810 726 738 822 778 785 900 SC : 1,182 1,374 1,750 1,077 948 960 993 TN : 917 896 1,026 989 918 840 738 TX : 2,023 1,819 1,782 2,005 2,020 1,837 1,860 VA : 773 614 653 740 791 1,123 636 : US 1/ : 37,861 35,213 36,414 34,937 32,041 30,240 30,421 : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AL : 1.05 0.98 0.93 0.87 0.83 0.82 0.79 AR : 1.17 1.17 1.19 1.18 1.04 1.07 1.17 DE : 1.73 1.84 1.83 1.79 1.58 1.52 1.48 GA : 1.17 1.36 1.32 1.08 0.92 0.80 0.67 KY : 1.06 0.91 1.70 0.97 0.85 0.61 0.52 LA : 0.63 0.65 0.55 0.49 0.47 0.45 0.45 MD : 1.96 2.26 2.46 2.11 1.60 1.50 1.37 MS : 1.00 1.01 1.05 0.95 0.87 0.80 0.85 MO : 1.18 1.18 1.13 1.12 1.12 1.03 1.02 NY : 2.96 2.85 2.30 * 2.70 1.93 1.67 NC : 1.48 1.51 1.35 1.23 1.21 1.15 1.19 OH : 1.82 2.07 2.05 2.00 2.07 2.15 1.60 PA : 1.81 1.85 1.85 1.86 1.88 1.86 2.01 SC : 0.91 1.20 1.49 0.88 0.80 0.81 0.80 TN : 1.00 1.06 1.24 1.14 1.09 0.99 0.83 TX : 0.84 0.82 0.80 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.79 VA : 0.77 0.70 0.71 0.74 0.82 1.28 0.67 : US 1/ : 1.16 1.19 1.21 1.08 1.00 0.97 0.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AL : 2,847 2,937 3,068 2,572 2,931 37,920 42,217 AR : 4,083 4,224 4,007 3,307 3,906 49,561 53,365 DE : 1,546 1,450 1,565 1,235 1,500 22,125 22,670 GA : 2,844 2,904 3,094 2,809 3,269 47,477 46,049 KY : 503 412 575 436 1,007 9,225 11,421 LA : 316 302 335 303 296 4,165 4,401 MD : 531 540 569 466 559 8,308 7,109 MS : 2,415 2,541 2,848 2,601 2,500 32,070 32,433 MO : 1,233 1,303 1,341 1,121 1,408 15,509 14,932 NY : 85 117 * 135 103 1,368 2,034 NC : 3,964 4,025 4,204 3,501 4,295 50,388 49,766 OH : 299 331 373 334 320 4,273 3,706 PA : 813 849 813 869 1,027 9,930 10,862 SC : 848 1,006 928 856 820 12,742 11,512 TN : 542 529 608 519 590 9,112 11,266 TX : 1,864 1,845 1,739 1,647 1,810 22,251 24,212 VA : 580 499 601 515 640 8,165 8,947 : US 1/ : 27,944 28,325 29,354 25,376 29,588 377,714 392,960 : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AL : 0.77 0.75 0.76 0.78 0.85 0.85 0.97 AR : 1.11 1.10 1.02 1.05 1.10 1.12 1.21 DE : 1.20 1.14 1.14 1.13 1.20 1.46 1.51 GA : 0.65 0.64 0.67 0.75 0.79 0.90 0.88 KY : 0.50 0.41 0.52 0.49 1.05 0.79 0.97 LA : 0.45 0.44 0.48 0.50 0.47 0.50 0.53 MD : 1.29 1.22 1.24 1.35 1.41 1.64 1.41 MS : 0.82 0.86 0.92 1.02 0.93 0.92 1.00 MO : 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.18 1.11 1.04 NY : 1.82 2.30 * 3.00 2.02 2.30 3.41 NC : 1.20 1.24 1.20 1.21 1.33 1.27 1.31 OH : 1.54 1.60 1.77 1.99 1.69 1.85 1.86 PA : 1.96 2.06 1.91 2.35 2.61 1.99 2.35 SC : 0.76 0.80 0.73 0.78 0.70 0.89 0.84 TN : 0.69 0.66 0.71 0.78 0.74 0.92 1.12 TX : 0.79 0.75 0.68 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.92 VA : 0.63 0.54 0.62 0.65 0.73 0.74 0.79 : US 1/ : 0.90 0.89 0.89 0.94 1.00 1.01 1.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : AL : AR : DE : GA : KY : LA : MD : MS : MO : NY : NC : OH : PA : SC : TN : TX : VA : : US 1/ : : Number of Head : Leukosis : AL : * * * * * * * AR : 464 431 429 488 421 549 * DE : * * 1,479 1,954 1,665 * 765 GA : 310 342 330 318 236 331 208 KY : * * * 35 * * 32 LA : * * * * * * * MD : * 278 223 191 * * 297 MS : 130 * * * * * * MO : * * 289 227 250 254 230 NY : * * * * * * * NC : 319 411 * 453 378 * * OH : * * 4 PA : * 321 298 386 * * 358 SC : * * * * * * * TN : 105 51 117 106 66 36 82 TX : 46 * * 53 * 71 56 VA : * * 83 101 * * * : US 1/ : 6,235 5,926 5,387 6,061 7,545 6,835 5,257 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : AL : AR : DE : GA : KY : LA : MD : MS : MO : NY : NC : OH : PA : SC : TN : TX : VA : : US 1/ : : Number of Head : Leukosis : AL : * * * * * 1,734 1,667 AR : 479 * * 433 373 6,157 6,739 DE : * 548 565 * * 16,762 18,296 GA : * 163 212 118 109 2,797 4,942 KY : * * * 21 * 525 808 LA : * * * * * 337 324 MD : * * * * * 10,278 7,083 MS : * * * * * 1,891 1,413 MO : 243 257 304 329 300 3,245 4,303 NY : 68 * * 94 * 3,375 3,760 NC : 203 * * 199 * 4,771 6,843 OH : * * * * 28 11 PA : * * 292 * * 4,599 946 SC : * * * * * 1,561 780 TN : * * * * 90 1,075 1,010 TX : 79 76 103 61 90 1,037 1,199 VA : * * 94 63 * 1,648 2,137 : US 1/ : 5,069 3,941 5,626 7,224 6,486 71,592 69,851 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : AL : 90,216 73,914 70,168 64,004 58,665 61,501 63,520 AR : 158,817 145,916 138,496 149,079 133,226 142,489 145,473 DE : 100,691 88,602 83,765 92,467 84,418 83,420 82,588 GA : 106,299 95,365 89,074 92,312 75,506 70,057 71,263 KY : 41,264 30,257 36,446 33,044 31,874 24,953 27,553 LA : 13,948 13,987 11,299 11,821 10,293 9,403 9,662 MD : 40,908 37,801 38,930 38,181 31,790 26,084 28,908 MS : 45,721 40,865 39,001 38,010 31,371 26,599 30,234 MO : 88,027 76,857 75,908 77,064 66,467 58,962 65,345 NY : * * * * * 3,151 2,830 NC : 109,121 97,472 87,774 83,789 82,508 78,898 87,998 OH : 7,531 7,013 7,562 9,756 9,150 8,621 10,269 PA : 27,468 19,594 21,607 21,718 16,528 16,925 16,472 SC : 9,536 9,886 9,301 * * * * TN : 45,290 37,399 41,059 43,675 38,583 34,318 37,134 TX : 50,302 44,383 40,305 46,557 41,374 38,181 36,384 VA : 30,831 26,330 25,343 28,346 23,515 27,089 25,985 : US 1/ :1,187,183 1,026,282 1,009,352 1,034,181 917,704 894,855 929,037 : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : AL : 107,116 80,557 68,214 64,165 43,778 35,904 34,592 AR : 46,750 46,119 48,046 45,973 31,173 25,663 18,475 DE : 57,109 59,083 64,684 57,775 46,721 34,798 24,170 GA : 306,997 422,933 * * 172,300 89,546 49,445 KY : 40,880 35,360 * * 40,235 17,672 * LA : 4,437 4,041 4,508 3,431 2,823 2,110 1,420 MD : * * * * * * * MS : 56,760 54,651 64,643 42,851 33,867 16,604 16,152 MO : 17,811 19,501 17,143 14,335 12,415 10,072 6,729 NY : * * * * * * * NC : 136,682 98,214 84,341 60,766 46,810 40,639 35,745 OH : * * * * 3,341 2,605 2,431 PA : 13,532 14,840 15,579 15,250 * 8,258 7,603 SC : 11,756 * * * * * * TN : 26,386 * * * 21,985 14,699 14,111 TX : 21,129 18,459 15,974 17,105 12,252 9,031 6,092 VA : 20,162 17,718 19,081 19,362 * * 8,558 : US 1/ : 974,720 1,163,771 1,344,724 787,097 605,747 485,061 272,291 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : AL : 57,271 57,716 57,785 54,404 57,357 766,521 972,140 AR : 136,418 130,382 120,695 100,721 126,290 1,628,002 1,788,712 DE : 62,125 58,195 63,531 51,359 61,227 912,388 1,018,953 GA : 69,179 63,307 64,976 59,901 66,212 923,451 997,517 KY : 25,630 26,214 28,151 23,915 27,893 357,194 434,216 LA : 8,660 7,360 8,315 7,895 7,695 120,338 148,711 MD : 25,690 27,985 28,383 18,462 19,233 362,355 296,028 MS : 32,665 34,814 36,212 36,362 32,371 424,225 475,435 MO : 65,849 63,831 66,901 62,316 86,918 854,445 892,693 NY : * * * * 2,660 43,375 60,680 NC : 85,159 84,497 89,895 75,216 95,325 1,057,652 1,061,076 OH : 8,758 9,419 10,065 7,419 8,663 104,226 95,148 PA : 14,546 15,592 13,780 12,042 15,984 212,256 246,707 SC : * * 8,520 * 5,602 95,977 110,668 TN : 26,418 24,975 29,476 24,209 31,342 413,878 549,717 TX : 40,401 39,882 44,100 36,313 41,946 500,128 548,519 VA : 23,619 22,982 26,617 21,007 25,225 306,889 339,645 : US 1/ : 846,876 834,025 858,487 743,995 886,408 11,168,385 12,367,646 : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : AL : 31,846 34,564 42,536 53,459 64,139 660,870 723,468 AR : 17,466 18,721 20,769 23,253 36,864 379,272 409,080 DE : 13,378 10,950 16,672 15,926 23,445 424,711 408,469 GA : 32,900 35,255 53,651 75,192 103,186 1,977,910 1,299,501 KY : 10,200 7,075 * 15,775 * 459,646 286,694 LA : 1,569 1,228 1,800 1,929 2,264 31,560 49,824 MD : * * * * * 453,238 329,845 MS : 18,141 16,221 17,433 20,671 23,471 381,465 333,887 MO : * 8,536 14,554 * 18,208 160,121 136,086 NY : * * * 3,274 2,653 37,133 77,887 NC : 31,068 32,705 34,501 35,609 66,806 703,886 542,036 OH : 1,964 2,707 2,875 2,492 2,771 34,389 29,465 PA : 5,704 6,338 4,809 5,470 9,147 125,100 146,482 SC : * * * 5,601 5,330 417,640 96,699 TN : 8,930 6,663 10,251 11,061 12,373 309,015 237,415 TX : 6,318 7,455 9,849 10,786 14,074 148,524 182,878 VA : 7,470 5,873 9,490 11,271 17,668 318,958 148,588 : US 1/ : 228,694 229,860 308,433 352,663 525,816 7,278,877 5,684,559 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : AL : 426 409 383 300 320 304 326 AR : 1,434 1,290 1,235 1,331 1,584 2,601 * DE : * * 157 119 * 170 * GA : 231 144 * 320 * * 189 KY : * 11 * 7 * * * LA : * 86 * * * * 50 MD : * * * * 11 * * MS : 117 74 88 105 130 88 130 MO : * 155 * * * * * NY : 123 143 85 * 252 191 120 NC : 295 188 * 96 * * * OH : 22 * * * 5 * 10 PA : 53 * * 31 18 56 35 SC : 18 * * * * 19 * TN : * 134 * * * 155 * TX : 83 93 * 77 * 77 40 VA : 8 22 * * * 26 33 : US 1/ : 4,169 3,885 3,394 3,658 3,809 4,941 5,975 : Number of Head : Tumors : AL : * * * * * * * AR : 2,367 2,075 1,835 1,775 1,542 1,686 1,773 DE : * * * * * * * GA : 9,332 8,931 10,015 * * * 7,994 KY : * * * * * * * LA : 278 267 199 243 221 230 201 MD : * * * * * * * MS : 1,152 851 842 803 577 530 532 MO : 1,682 1,304 1,202 1,418 1,265 1,127 1,184 NY : * * * * 242 104 * NC : 11,269 13,325 13,268 15,173 13,567 11,378 11,635 OH : * * * * * * * PA : 287 261 281 290 270 323 287 SC : * * * * * * * TN : 800 656 576 746 868 489 475 TX : 1,142 834 827 832 786 648 624 VA : * * * * * * * : US 1/ : 72,969 72,371 73,849 79,707 69,247 59,715 54,704 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : AL : 573 380 321 305 320 4,367 6,381 AR : 2,763 * * 1,658 1,996 26,310 23,333 DE : * 94 110 * * 1,655 995 GA : 153 * * * * 2,562 3,867 KY : 32 * * * * 153 189 LA : * 38 20 * * 576 753 MD : * * * 17 * 409 566 MS : * 159 168 239 * 1,834 1,915 MO : 195 159 * 173 175 1,929 3,559 NY : 101 * * 73 71 1,505 3,261 NC : 222 * * 62 * 1,739 1,137 OH : * * * * 5 155 158 PA : * * * 75 78 819 771 SC : * * * * * 164 422 TN : 115 * * * * 1,719 1,049 TX : 83 44 73 * 46 1,029 1,171 VA : 18 * * 17 * 372 525 : US 1/ : 6,232 7,958 5,533 4,431 6,897 60,882 63,449 : Number of Head : Tumors : AL : * * * * * 48,135 43,761 AR : 1,960 1,983 2,109 2,017 2,354 23,476 30,335 DE : * 7,057 7,331 5,891 6,937 124,786 103,440 GA : * * * * * 104,920 86,956 KY : * * * * * 75,581 78,580 LA : 190 221 152 141 209 2,552 3,450 MD : * * * * * 80,011 78,313 MS : 517 725 637 615 621 8,402 10,669 MO : 1,282 1,337 1,424 1,225 1,686 16,136 18,801 NY : 125 156 * 165 110 1,994 2,604 NC : 11,414 12,344 13,551 8,341 9,683 144,948 138,017 OH : * * * * * 3,735 1,683 PA : 209 196 191 204 228 3,027 3,565 SC : * * * * * 10,408 11,290 TN : 605 522 617 615 901 7,870 10,637 TX : 648 673 597 546 685 8,842 13,019 VA : * * * * * 46,364 35,691 : US 1/ : 49,405 50,814 55,578 43,813 51,932 734,104 690,961 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : AL : 1,856 1,925 1,979 1,981 1,812 1,731 1,683 AR : 4,154 3,226 2,977 3,652 2,725 2,441 2,835 DE : 1,470 1,079 1,164 1,266 1,363 1,214 1,546 GA : 1,928 1,646 1,658 1,772 1,819 1,685 1,521 KY : 147 112 * 172 * * 186 LA : * * 141 153 151 125 174 MD : 1,280 1,214 1,444 1,580 1,362 1,361 1,543 MS : * * * * * * * MO : 967 713 787 796 661 834 793 NY : 1,248 903 808 * 960 622 645 NC : 2,122 1,609 1,560 1,506 1,479 1,403 1,630 OH : * * * * * 44 86 PA : 819 814 679 556 419 331 366 SC : * 641 * * 504 522 497 TN : 766 623 757 * * * * TX : 621 476 505 548 545 528 653 VA : 800 748 757 770 715 808 1,007 : US 1/ : 22,070 18,301 18,536 19,604 18,109 16,737 18,224 : Number of Head : Cadaver : AL : 10,353 9,988 7,329 5,751 5,305 6,118 6,058 AR : 15,951 13,301 10,586 10,652 9,963 10,761 13,043 DE : 5,196 4,365 4,295 5,364 4,515 4,331 4,070 GA : 34,717 25,499 21,469 19,690 18,109 18,668 18,053 KY : 4,889 3,435 3,183 2,564 2,393 2,635 2,906 LA : 2,809 * 2,220 1,792 1,899 1,729 1,973 MD : 2,567 2,809 3,260 2,974 * * * MS : 4,487 3,109 2,468 2,480 1,987 1,721 1,729 MO : 4,950 4,014 2,572 2,178 2,552 2,851 2,406 NY : * * * * * 395 * NC : 25,167 17,262 16,102 13,972 11,190 9,579 10,441 OH : * 1,362 1,311 * * * * PA : 1,680 1,610 1,154 * * * * SC : * * * * * * * TN : 2,208 1,716 2,025 1,630 1,633 1,020 1,293 TX : 5,500 4,234 3,687 3,786 3,448 3,357 3,850 VA : 2,989 2,146 1,781 1,952 1,554 1,844 1,721 : US 1/ : 145,011 116,541 97,525 93,209 85,313 84,338 88,709 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : AL : 1,365 1,497 1,531 1,300 1,524 20,184 24,477 AR : 2,562 2,195 2,029 1,598 1,654 32,048 50,410 DE : 1,169 1,137 1,075 760 738 13,981 19,404 GA : 1,137 1,208 1,144 861 1,112 17,491 23,454 KY : 132 202 123 * * 1,905 2,325 LA : 170 87 121 109 * 1,739 2,455 MD : 1,422 1,453 * * * 15,522 13,105 MS : * * * * * 16,198 15,760 MO : 1,071 884 797 524 644 9,471 11,810 NY : 441 461 * 406 531 8,207 15,138 NC : 1,578 1,822 1,661 1,385 1,358 19,113 24,180 OH : 73 102 173 104 119 1,091 1,060 PA : 376 423 258 * 321 5,682 7,524 SC : 400 * 427 328 346 6,284 7,442 TN : * * * * * 7,434 7,544 TX : 682 569 433 284 345 6,189 7,201 VA : 901 773 963 733 761 9,736 11,534 : US 1/ : 16,500 16,295 15,651 12,452 13,639 206,118 261,039 : Number of Head : Cadaver : AL : 4,799 5,320 5,166 4,775 5,401 76,363 109,187 AR : 11,838 11,203 10,231 8,181 12,339 138,049 169,814 DE : 3,632 3,459 3,402 2,776 3,219 48,624 60,848 GA : 16,634 15,415 15,877 14,802 17,334 236,267 324,902 KY : 2,827 2,534 2,680 2,245 3,518 35,809 45,027 LA : 2,188 1,710 1,556 1,784 2,161 24,396 28,150 MD : 1,822 1,831 1,658 754 1,031 25,662 30,952 MS : 1,946 1,777 1,772 1,890 2,085 27,451 41,446 MO : 2,095 1,802 1,632 1,757 2,433 31,242 47,356 NY : * * * * * 9,815 13,452 NC : 10,367 9,156 11,822 9,903 11,967 156,928 228,646 OH : 1,775 * 2,028 1,663 2,069 20,708 18,513 PA : * * * 520 * 9,921 21,488 SC : * * * * * 23,453 28,527 TN : 833 1,063 1,280 827 1,301 16,829 36,260 TX : 3,766 3,188 3,242 2,507 3,715 44,280 62,361 VA : 1,852 1,363 1,492 1,459 1,655 21,808 36,095 : US 1/ : 79,977 75,845 77,039 64,288 83,175 1,090,970 1,442,757 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : AL : 12,424 13,531 14,699 12,989 11,098 13,117 16,995 AR : 21,033 18,507 18,738 20,777 17,872 19,928 18,526 DE : 7,141 6,280 5,783 6,417 6,194 6,360 5,997 GA : 14,839 14,807 15,746 15,785 16,617 14,590 12,992 KY : 4,198 3,245 4,359 4,307 3,541 3,721 2,861 LA : * * * * * * 660 MD : * * * * * * * MS : 4,788 3,844 3,572 3,614 2,901 2,793 3,440 MO : 10,244 8,016 8,232 8,118 8,444 8,642 8,907 NY : 3,587 3,720 3,202 * 3,206 2,791 3,071 NC : 12,089 10,817 9,074 9,100 8,617 8,284 8,982 OH : 330 * 306 444 340 458 433 PA : 2,972 2,527 2,783 3,032 2,523 2,610 3,180 SC : 1,580 1,371 1,476 * * * 1,071 TN : 2,513 2,317 2,849 * 3,189 2,830 3,249 TX : 6,170 6,028 6,135 7,032 5,829 6,814 7,237 VA : 3,574 3,116 2,634 3,224 2,778 3,209 4,096 : US 1/ : 149,816 140,047 143,457 148,825 131,392 133,915 141,774 : Number of Head : Overscald : AL : 14,321 5,608 9,030 8,699 6,963 3,677 4,609 AR : 2,408 1,450 3,633 2,324 1,237 2,028 2,550 DE : 2,413 1,561 1,341 893 796 1,732 1,541 GA : 4,591 4,648 3,078 5,726 5,695 3,957 3,329 KY : 125 237 * * * * * LA : 125 * 70 * 34 * * MD : 686 1,216 536 655 651 * 813 MS : * * 687 * * * * MO : 276 * * * * * * NY : 210 371 217 * * * * NC : 7,285 10,868 7,324 11,969 * 8,986 12,057 OH : * * * * * * * PA : * * * 73 * * * SC : 1,182 * 620 * 639 852 * TN : * * * * 1,131 * * TX : 1,956 * 3,957 2,080 2,098 2,349 1,774 VA : 898 1,369 1,433 1,636 * 1,864 2,665 : US 1/ : 48,680 36,368 39,791 43,975 36,092 35,112 41,082 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : AL : 11,072 9,998 9,408 8,258 9,059 142,648 130,765 AR : 14,181 13,290 13,095 10,466 10,202 196,615 297,566 DE : 5,341 3,936 4,126 3,016 3,735 64,326 82,400 GA : 13,502 10,018 9,266 8,879 10,044 157,085 143,395 KY : 2,848 2,753 3,134 2,925 3,078 40,970 57,931 LA : 592 518 498 689 612 8,869 12,705 MD : * * * * * 266,975 173,439 MS : 3,470 3,925 4,852 * * 46,791 48,576 MO : 8,303 9,314 8,789 6,680 6,404 100,093 117,037 NY : 2,573 2,775 * 1,809 1,804 33,312 37,983 NC : 8,317 8,043 7,416 7,046 7,191 104,976 203,201 OH : 390 375 479 314 342 4,756 4,456 PA : 1,580 2,190 1,604 3,122 3,276 31,399 46,081 SC : 938 938 1,149 1,076 757 14,099 20,877 TN : 2,843 * 2,297 * 1,831 31,811 46,087 TX : 6,738 7,941 7,174 * 5,537 78,528 74,872 VA : 3,104 2,861 2,809 2,465 2,571 36,441 48,205 : US 1/ : 118,204 115,993 113,441 101,062 111,836 1,549,762 1,758,802 : Number of Head : Overscald : AL : 5,207 6,334 5,724 4,769 3,767 78,708 112,838 AR : 1,366 1,244 2,017 1,274 1,767 23,298 76,491 DE : 1,120 2,450 966 729 1,350 16,892 51,542 GA : 4,278 4,207 2,733 3,568 3,367 49,177 71,006 KY : * * * * * 5,141 5,739 LA : 44 * * * * 605 608 MD : * 778 * 603 * 10,615 9,626 MS : * * * * * 13,460 14,850 MO : * 60 * * 74 3,545 7,890 NY : * * * * * 5,009 2,241 NC : 10,986 12,985 8,316 11,305 11,179 120,210 105,496 OH : * * * * * 836 1,742 PA : * 323 * * * 5,005 4,398 SC : 2,265 * * * * 14,366 30,015 TN : 1,265 324 * 503 639 12,567 17,029 TX : 1,762 2,223 1,027 * 776 22,045 23,988 VA : 1,416 1,460 956 * 996 18,653 19,578 : US 1/ : 41,446 45,951 35,635 35,832 42,713 482,677 626,068 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : AL : 134,845 130,122 125,984 122,682 106,829 96,450 100,331 AR : 97,554 82,434 84,114 84,229 73,489 69,430 76,812 DE : 45,483 * * * * * * GA : 101,305 111,746 87,264 84,635 74,422 92,208 60,880 KY : * 17,323 28,886 * * * * LA : * * * * 1,803 1,079 1,537 MD : * * * * * * * MS : 64,087 68,710 72,293 74,578 64,970 * * MO : 98,084 90,073 82,577 100,116 83,252 74,615 82,436 NY : 10,401 8,309 * * 8,897 7,013 * NC : 137,070 142,108 90,671 120,601 89,383 58,988 72,895 OH : * * * * * * * PA : * * * * 27,598 * * SC : 50,482 34,047 34,735 36,001 34,522 * * TN : 5,129 3,975 4,385 7,834 7,845 3,284 * TX : 37,222 38,458 38,429 40,770 54,362 52,617 52,299 VA : 23,018 * 23,840 24,528 25,741 20,351 21,923 : US 1/ :1,059,230 973,153 918,806 952,199 867,079 791,613 810,244 : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : AL : 376,534 321,341 302,805 285,302 239,308 223,710 231,924 AR : 350,932 314,749 310,089 320,280 273,232 277,576 283,798 DE : 235,946 225,478 228,619 232,309 205,100 197,015 183,869 GA : 580,549 686,061 634,060 463,313 374,559 299,766 225,874 KY : 131,231 98,380 * 122,306 109,830 66,378 53,165 LA : 41,626 33,204 23,946 20,065 17,891 15,336 15,730 MD : * * * * * * * MS : 179,938 174,023 185,054 164,770 138,193 112,868 134,272 MO : 222,538 201,036 189,173 204,541 175,521 157,952 169,038 NY : 31,393 26,819 21,214 * 23,483 17,089 15,408 NC : 441,419 392,274 310,447 317,425 260,989 219,300 242,072 OH : * * * * * * * PA : 79,566 66,233 72,501 74,670 68,720 60,652 68,906 SC : 78,575 * * 71,775 55,782 53,616 55,829 TN : 84,349 88,796 131,926 123,927 76,263 58,658 66,993 TX : 124,171 114,187 110,056 118,840 121,019 113,673 109,009 VA : 86,960 74,232 79,838 85,598 112,882 * 69,726 : US 1/ :3,670,083 3,556,645 3,654,821 3,168,516 2,742,037 2,513,122 2,367,297 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : AL : 82,202 73,179 81,330 86,172 103,231 1,243,357 1,519,412 AR : 65,910 66,136 66,136 49,044 61,875 877,163 1,131,493 DE : * 17,272 20,261 12,247 20,667 450,220 431,821 GA : 54,809 51,185 58,647 56,426 70,615 904,142 1,034,990 KY : * * * * * 180,016 534,665 LA : 1,882 * 1,252 1,577 864 46,015 53,262 MD : * * * * * 316,359 509,109 MS : * * 64,199 54,307 52,546 768,128 859,634 MO : 80,704 87,657 91,316 70,321 91,033 1,032,184 844,906 NY : 8,106 * * * * 96,206 185,695 NC : 80,015 80,229 99,236 79,033 113,162 1,163,391 1,034,587 OH : * * * * * 436,451 427,919 PA : * * * * 26,007 359,074 251,434 SC : * * * 34,686 32,938 416,034 458,837 TN : 2,121 * * * * 53,084 63,618 TX : 46,574 46,703 41,086 39,329 48,975 536,824 509,546 VA : 21,152 * 17,814 * 20,609 248,727 223,818 : US 1/ : 678,842 664,516 711,233 634,909 773,256 9,835,080 11,027,034 : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : AL : 197,476 192,399 207,458 216,204 248,426 3,042,887 3,644,096 AR : 254,943 250,316 240,116 198,645 255,714 3,330,390 3,983,973 DE : 125,443 105,098 118,039 94,795 122,634 2,074,345 2,196,168 GA : 199,552 188,387 214,711 227,331 281,639 4,375,802 3,990,530 KY : 49,246 45,488 * 55,403 * 1,156,940 1,446,174 LA : 15,342 11,861 13,754 14,200 14,032 236,987 300,242 MD : * * * * * 1,541,424 1,448,066 MS : 112,362 120,603 127,598 121,525 118,639 1,689,845 1,803,585 MO : 168,306 173,837 186,632 155,962 207,875 2,212,411 2,084,441 NY : 16,350 17,183 * 18,397 19,202 239,931 402,701 NC : 239,329 242,196 266,963 228,099 317,101 3,477,614 3,345,219 OH : * * * * * 606,375 580,155 PA : 53,303 61,542 46,024 47,697 57,068 756,882 729,396 SC : 45,312 52,058 46,469 51,714 49,112 999,986 765,557 TN : 43,757 39,140 47,701 41,822 51,950 855,282 970,366 TX : 107,051 108,754 107,684 96,793 116,189 1,347,426 1,424,754 VA : 62,594 53,163 63,336 58,352 72,599 1,009,596 865,816 : US 1/ :2,071,245 2,045,198 2,186,656 2,000,669 2,502,158 32,478,447 33,992,166 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number and Live Weight, Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AR : 2,999 2,983 2,756 3,131 3,036 3,088 3,147 MN : 3,540 3,303 3,223 3,272 3,761 3,974 4,263 MO : 1,548 1,419 1,367 1,466 1,519 1,506 1,585 : US 1/ : 22,584 21,146 20,770 22,041 22,337 22,652 24,001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AR : 59,079 59,185 55,113 61,519 60,707 58,056 58,443 MN : 99,592 90,798 88,654 91,307 97,717 102,988 109,421 MO : 51,177 46,196 45,224 49,025 52,015 50,059 51,880 : US 1/ : 686,334 631,115 610,365 647,166 647,940 650,922 682,139 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AR : 19.70 19.84 20.00 19.65 19.99 18.80 18.57 MN : 28.13 27.49 27.51 27.90 25.99 25.92 25.67 MO : 33.07 32.57 33.07 33.43 34.25 33.24 32.73 : US 1/ : 30.39 29.85 29.39 29.36 29.01 28.74 28.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AR : 49,218 49,194 45,610 51,446 50,280 48,114 47,845 MN : 79,381 72,453 70,788 72,784 78,317 82,532 87,605 MO : 40,216 36,236 35,312 38,444 40,861 39,361 40,943 : US 1/ : 544,167 500,391 483,483 514,837 516,095 517,911 542,153 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, and Pounds Certified by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AR : 2,704 2,842 3,130 3,195 3,136 36,147 35,501 MN : 3,910 4,002 4,026 3,816 3,210 44,300 41,627 MO : 1,477 1,265 * * * 17,410 16,998 : US 1/ : 22,463 22,468 25,149 22,802 20,732 269,145 262,748 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AR : 51,465 55,799 67,199 65,074 61,129 712,768 689,239 MN : 98,785 104,026 109,822 98,032 90,567 1,181,709 1,094,840 MO : 45,259 44,028 * * * 578,899 537,616 : US 1/ : 631,634 641,947 725,609 633,770 613,756 7,802,697 7,452,773 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AR : 19.03 19.63 21.47 20.37 19.49 19.70 19.40 MN : 25.27 26.00 27.28 25.69 28.21 26.70 26.30 MO : 30.64 34.80 * * * 33.30 31.60 : US 1/ : 28.12 28.57 28.85 27.79 29.60 28.99 28.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AR : 42,228 46,248 54,455 53,121 50,528 588,287 566,634 MN : 79,047 83,306 87,826 78,522 72,223 944,784 872,749 MO : 35,851 34,698 * * * 456,301 423,451 : US 1/ : 502,818 510,858 577,462 505,778 488,245 6,204,198 5,907,685 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. 2/ Total chilled and frozen ready-to-cook weight. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AR : 668 633 604 664 724 680 798 MN : 1,634 1,447 1,439 1,567 1,397 1,394 1,557 MO : 897 825 878 947 896 891 955 : US 1/ : 9,387 8,825 8,418 8,713 8,243 8,063 8,571 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AR : 1.34 1.27 1.31 1.27 1.42 1.39 1.64 MN : 2.02 1.96 1.99 2.11 1.75 1.66 1.75 MO : 2.18 2.23 2.43 2.41 2.15 2.21 2.28 : US 1/ : 1.70 1.73 1.71 1.66 1.57 1.53 1.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month, State, and United States, 2008 and 2007 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2008 Total:2007 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AR : 635 643 795 661 726 8,231 9,407 MN : 1,383 1,454 1,559 1,436 1,389 17,656 18,715 MO : 856 875 * * * 10,328 8,708 : US 1/ : 7,855 8,145 8,782 7,331 7,854 100,187 102,066 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AR : 1.48 1.37 1.44 1.23 1.42 1.38 1.63 MN : 1.72 1.72 1.74 1.80 1.89 1.83 2.10 MO : 2.33 2.46 * * * 2.21 2.01 : US 1/ : 1.54 1.57 1.50 1.43 1.58 1.59 1.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Included in "US" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 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 320 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2008. Young chickens were slaughtered in 35 States, young turkeys in 26 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. State data are published using selected States for young chickens and young turkeys. Data for all States not published are included in the "Other States" category. 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. 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. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. Included with young turkeys. 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. 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...........................................(202) 720-3570 Bruce Boess, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section....................(202) 720-4447 David Colwell - Cold Storage..................................................(202) 720-8784 Fleming Gibson - Poultry Slaughter, Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised...........(202) 690-3237 Sharyn Lavender - Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery, Honey...................(202) 720-3244 Kim Linonis - Layers, Eggs....................................................(202) 690-8632 Bruce Boess - Catfish Processing, Catfish Production, Trout Production, Census of Aquaculture, Egg Products, Mink....................(202) 720-4447 ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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