Poultry Slaughter ISSN: 1949-1581 Released November 24, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 6 Percent from Last Year October 2019 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. October 2020 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 5 Saturdays. Poultry certified wholesome during October 2020 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 4.42 billion pounds, down 6 percent from the amount certified in October 2019. The September 2020 revised certified total at 4.41 billion pounds, was up 5 percent from September 2019. The September revision represented an increase of 769,000 pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of all federally inspected poultry during October 2020 was 5.83 billion pounds, down 6 percent from 6.22 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 5.10 billion pounds, down 6 percent from October 2019. Mature chickens, at 63.1 million pounds, were down 9 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 653 million pounds, down 5 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 12.0 million pounds, down 31 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during October 2020 averaged 6.48 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from October 2019. The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.77 pounds per bird, down 1 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during October 2020 averaged 30.9 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from October 2019. Ante-mortem condemnations during October 2020 totaled 11.9 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.20 percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with 0.22 percent a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 28.9 million pounds, were 0.65 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 0.70 percent a year earlier. Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type - United States [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : October 2020 as % of : January : : : : :-----------------------: to October :2020 as Commodity : October : September : October : October : September :---------------------------:percent : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 :of 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------------ 1,000 head ----------- --- percent --- ------ 1,000 head ------ percent : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 849,010 790,691 787,783 93 100 7,754,151 7,742,271 100 Mature ...........: 10,135 9,852 9,314 92 95 97,010 98,176 101 Light ..........: 3,085 2,531 2,794 91 110 29,286 28,941 99 Heavy ..........: 7,050 7,321 6,520 92 89 67,724 69,235 102 Total ............: 859,145 800,543 797,097 93 100 7,851,161 7,840,447 100 : Turkeys : Young ............: 22,158 18,154 20,922 94 115 189,948 185,131 97 Old ..............: 238 180 179 75 99 1,487 1,374 92 Total ............: 22,396 18,334 21,101 94 115 191,435 186,505 97 : Ducks ..............: 2,466 1,648 1,698 69 103 22,958 18,841 82 : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- --- percent --- ----- 1,000 pounds ----- percent : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 5,439,282 5,140,953 5,102,560 94 99 48,899,833 49,613,439 101 Mature ...........: 69,459 69,801 63,079 91 90 660,545 672,479 102 Light ..........: 10,721 8,718 9,689 90 111 101,442 100,410 99 Heavy ..........: 58,738 61,083 53,390 91 87 559,103 572,069 102 Total ............: 5,508,741 5,210,754 5,165,639 94 99 49,560,378 50,285,918 101 : Turkeys : Young ............: 681,966 587,725 647,488 95 110 6,095,985 5,988,563 98 Old ..............: 7,064 5,399 5,415 77 100 44,046 41,471 94 Total ............: 689,030 593,124 652,903 95 110 6,140,031 6,030,034 98 : Ducks ..............: 17,394 11,427 11,962 69 105 160,952 131,143 81 : Other 1/ ...........: 1,194 520 773 65 149 3,607 3,015 84 : Total ..............: 6,216,359 5,815,825 5,831,277 94 100 55,864,968 56,450,110 101 : : ------------ pounds ----------- --- percent --- ------ pounds ----- percent : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.41 6.50 6.48 101 100 6.31 6.41 102 Mature ...........: 6.85 7.08 6.77 99 96 6.81 6.85 101 Light ..........: 3.48 3.44 3.47 100 101 3.46 3.47 100 Heavy ..........: 8.33 8.34 8.19 98 98 8.26 8.26 100 Total ............: 6.41 6.51 6.48 101 100 6.31 6.41 102 : Turkeys : Young ............: 30.78 32.37 30.95 101 96 32.09 32.35 101 Old ..............: 29.68 29.99 30.25 102 101 29.62 30.18 102 Total ............: 30.77 32.35 30.94 101 96 32.07 32.33 101 : Ducks ..............: 7.05 6.93 7.04 100 102 7.01 6.96 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified by Type - United States [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : October 2020 as % of : January : : : : :-----------------------: to October :2020 as Commodity : October : September : October : October : September :---------------------------:percent : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 :of 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- --- percent --- ----- 1,000 pounds ----- percent : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............: 3,798,638 3,613,542 3,588,231 94 99 34,175,696 34,730,465 102 Mature ...........: 46,488 48,467 43,050 93 89 444,132 460,973 104 Light ..........: 5,407 4,480 4,906 91 110 51,672 51,289 99 Heavy ..........: 41,081 43,987 38,144 93 87 392,460 409,684 104 Total ............: 3,845,126 3,662,009 3,631,281 94 99 34,619,828 35,191,438 102 : Turkeys : Young ............: 354,212 278,968 328,026 93 118 3,066,735 2,977,126 97 Old ..............: 5,312 4,011 4,115 77 103 31,933 30,649 96 Total ............: 359,524 282,979 332,141 92 117 3,098,668 3,007,775 97 : Ducks ..............: 4,916 3,232 3,370 69 104 44,107 35,671 81 : Other 1/ ...........: 232 85 157 68 185 1,487 1,314 88 : Total ..............: 4,209,798 3,948,305 3,966,949 94 100 37,764,090 38,236,198 101 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 301,508 264,875 260,498 86 98 2,654,911 2,652,824 100 Mature ...........: - - - (X) (X) 77 - (X) Light ..........: - - - (X) (X) - - (X) Heavy ..........: - - - (X) (X) 77 - (X) Total ............: 301,508 264,875 260,498 86 98 2,654,988 2,652,824 100 : Turkeys : Young ............: 191,724 190,710 190,545 99 100 1,801,734 1,806,279 100 Old ..............: 80 65 79 99 122 1,251 682 55 Total ............: 191,804 190,775 190,624 99 100 1,802,985 1,806,961 100 : Ducks ..............: 7,736 5,168 5,380 70 104 73,238 60,288 82 : Other 1/ ...........: 520 234 328 63 140 852 661 78 : Total ..............: 501,568 461,052 456,830 91 99 4,532,063 4,520,734 100 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 4,100,146 3,878,417 3,848,729 94 99 36,830,607 37,383,289 102 Mature ...........: 46,488 48,467 43,050 93 89 444,209 460,973 104 Light ..........: 5,407 4,480 4,906 91 110 51,672 51,289 99 Heavy ..........: 41,081 43,987 38,144 93 87 392,537 409,684 104 Total ............: 4,146,634 3,926,884 3,891,779 94 99 37,274,816 37,844,262 102 : Turkeys : Young ............: 545,936 469,678 518,571 95 110 4,868,469 4,783,405 98 Old ..............: 5,392 4,076 4,194 78 103 33,184 31,331 94 Total ............: 551,328 473,754 522,765 95 110 4,901,653 4,814,736 98 : Ducks ..............: 12,652 8,400 8,750 69 104 117,345 95,959 82 : Other 1/ ...........: 752 319 485 64 152 2,339 1,975 84 : Total ..............: 4,711,366 4,409,357 4,423,779 94 100 42,296,153 42,756,932 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (X) Not applicable. 1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type - United States [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : October 2020 as % of : January : : : : :-----------------------: to October :2020 as Commodity : October : September : October : October : September :---------------------------:percent : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 :of 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------- 1,000 pounds --------- --- percent --- ---- 1,000 pounds --- percent : Live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 11,757 9,701 9,712 83 100 109,321 99,331 91 Mature ...........: 480 522 535 111 102 5,842 5,939 102 Light ..........: 82 80 80 98 100 1,178 1,033 88 Heavy ..........: 398 442 455 114 103 4,664 4,906 105 Total ............: 12,237 10,223 10,247 84 100 115,163 105,270 91 : Turkeys ............: Young ............: 1,522 1,603 1,612 106 101 16,869 16,375 97 Old ..............: 53 25 24 45 96 417 345 83 Total ............: 1,575 1,628 1,636 104 100 17,286 16,720 97 : Ducks ..............: 95 58 54 57 93 790 616 78 : Total 1/ ...........: 13,911 11,911 11,939 86 100 133,251 122,610 92 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 2/ : Chickens : Young ............: 0.22 0.19 0.19 86 100 0.22 0.20 91 Mature ...........: 0.69 0.75 0.85 123 113 0.88 0.88 100 Light ..........: 0.76 0.92 0.83 109 90 1.16 1.03 89 Heavy ..........: 0.68 0.72 0.85 125 118 0.83 0.86 104 Total ............: 0.22 0.20 0.20 91 100 0.23 0.21 91 : Turkeys : Young ............: 0.22 0.27 0.25 114 93 0.28 0.27 96 Old ..............: 0.75 0.46 0.44 59 96 0.95 0.83 87 Total ............: 0.23 0.27 0.25 109 93 0.28 0.28 100 : Ducks ..............: 0.55 0.51 0.45 82 88 0.49 0.47 96 : Total 1/ ...........: 0.22 0.20 0.20 91 100 0.24 0.22 92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type - United States [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : October 2020 as % of : January : : : : :-----------------------: to October :2020 as Commodity : October : September : October : October : September :---------------------------:percent : 2019 : 2020 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 :of 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------- 1,000 pounds --------- --- percent --- ---- 1,000 pounds --- percent : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ............: 23,458 20,405 20,271 86 99 241,986 216,201 89 Mature ...........: 1,679 1,845 2,044 122 111 16,563 17,503 106 Light ..........: 472 361 424 90 117 3,887 4,168 107 Heavy ..........: 1,207 1,484 1,620 134 109 12,676 13,335 105 Total ............: 25,137 22,250 22,315 89 100 258,549 233,704 90 : Turkeys : Young ............: 7,281 5,754 6,282 86 109 70,315 63,160 90 Old ..............: 225 138 124 55 90 1,503 1,336 89 Total ............: 7,506 5,892 6,406 85 109 71,818 64,496 90 : Ducks ..............: 327 170 164 50 96 2,993 2,374 79 : Other 1/ ...........: 8 7 10 125 143 32 34 106 : Total ..............: 32,978 28,319 28,895 88 102 333,392 300,608 90 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Chickens : Young ............: 0.57 0.52 0.52 91 100 0.65 0.58 89 Mature ...........: 3.49 3.67 4.53 130 123 3.59 3.66 102 Light ..........: 8.03 7.46 7.95 99 107 7.00 7.52 107 Heavy ..........: 2.85 3.26 4.07 143 125 3.13 3.15 101 Total ............: 0.60 0.56 0.57 95 102 0.69 0.61 88 : Turkeys : Young ............: 1.32 1.21 1.20 91 99 1.42 1.30 92 Old ..............: 4.01 3.27 2.87 72 88 4.33 4.09 94 Total ............: 1.34 1.23 1.21 90 98 1.44 1.32 92 : Ducks ..............: 2.52 1.98 1.84 73 93 2.49 2.41 97 : Other 1/ ...........: 1.05 2.15 2.02 192 94 1.35 1.69 125 : Total ..............: 0.70 0.64 0.65 93 102 0.78 0.70 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Type - United States: September and October 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Chickens : Young ...........: - - 953 904 525,550 508,745 Mature ..........: - - 63 55 68,756 80,020 Light .........: - - 16 24 45,271 54,047 Heavy .........: - - 47 31 23,485 25,973 Total ...........: - - 1,016 959 594,306 588,765 : Turkeys : Young ...........: - - 42 14 9,426 14,608 Old .............: - - 6 8 627 602 Total ...........: - - 48 22 10,053 15,210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Chickens : Young ...........: 199,022 200,120 1,188 1,105 11,370 11,645 Mature ..........: 13,174 15,353 110 165 23,057 31,131 Light .........: 8,114 8,742 47 56 10,737 14,622 Heavy .........: 5,060 6,611 63 109 12,320 16,509 Total ...........: 212,196 215,473 1,298 1,270 34,427 42,776 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,883 2,743 140 240 32 33 Old .............: 363 200 19 6 78 132 Total ...........: 2,246 2,943 159 246 110 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Chickens : Young ...........: 6,542 6,232 33,390 34,025 117,700 115,817 Mature ..........: 1,437 1,223 246 227 24,077 31,356 Light .........: 1,191 756 89 105 21,180 27,729 Heavy .........: 246 467 157 122 2,897 3,627 Total ...........: 7,979 7,455 33,636 34,252 141,777 147,173 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 77 146 188 290 699 1,024 Old .............: 11 10 14 23 46 25 Total ...........: 88 156 202 313 745 1,049 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Overscald : Miscellaneous 1/ : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Chickens : Young ...........: 32,063 26,724 572,350 592,141 1,500,128 1,497,458 Mature ..........: 1,177 585 49,963 56,053 182,060 216,168 Light .........: 8 8 26,210 34,661 112,863 140,750 Heavy .........: 1,169 577 23,753 21,392 69,197 75,418 Total ...........: 33,240 27,309 622,313 648,194 1,682,188 1,713,626 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 82 247 8,219 9,463 20,788 28,808 Old .............: 25 15 1,255 584 2,444 1,605 Total ...........: 107 262 9,474 10,047 23,232 30,413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plant-rejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Young Chickens Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight - States and United States: September and October 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total : Average : : live weight : live weight State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head ---- ---- 1,000 pounds ---- ----- pounds ---- : Alabama .........: 99,502 100,980 559,144 558,790 5.62 5.53 Alaska ..........: - - - - - - Arizona .........: - - - - - - Arkansas ........: 84,595 85,715 599,375 607,906 7.09 7.09 California ......: 21,245 21,703 130,739 129,405 6.15 5.96 Colorado ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Connecticut .....: - - - - - - Delaware ........: 28,012 29,422 218,946 234,459 7.82 7.97 Florida .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia .........: 110,664 108,906 686,218 678,980 6.20 6.23 : Hawaii ..........: - - - - - - Idaho ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana .........: 6,528 6,410 30,573 29,786 4.68 4.65 Iowa ............: 965 832 5,548 4,708 5.75 5.66 Kansas ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky ........: 24,864 24,657 165,077 160,792 6.64 6.52 Louisiana .......: 15,500 14,934 106,520 103,994 6.87 6.96 Maine ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Maryland ........: 11,663 11,229 77,026 75,168 6.60 6.69 : Massachusetts ...: - - - - - - Michigan ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi .....: 59,181 57,667 378,989 371,538 6.40 6.44 Missouri ........: 35,294 35,380 179,122 177,331 5.08 5.01 Montana .........: - - - - - - Nebraska ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ..........: - - - - - - New Hampshire ...: - - - - - - New Jersey ......: 120 128 602 641 5.01 4.99 : New Mexico ......: - - - - - - New York ........: 2,479 2,228 12,424 11,181 5.01 5.02 North Carolina ..: 78,864 79,513 653,617 660,860 8.29 8.31 North Dakota ....: - - - - - - Ohio ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oklahoma ........: 11,159 10,673 81,755 74,981 7.33 7.03 Oregon ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania ....: 11,199 11,069 64,901 62,846 5.80 5.68 Rhode Island ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ..: 24,492 25,231 189,643 197,435 7.74 7.83 : South Dakota ....: (D) - (D) - (D) - Tennessee .......: 26,922 26,985 152,078 148,859 5.65 5.52 Texas ...........: 61,354 61,601 413,608 407,505 6.74 6.62 Utah ............: - - - - - - Vermont .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia ........: 28,399 27,307 179,198 167,780 6.31 6.14 Washington ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wyoming .........: - - - - - - : United States ...: 790,691 787,783 5,140,953 5,102,560 6.50 6.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Young Chickens Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations - States and United States: September and October 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-mortem condemnations :Total chilled and frozen :----------------------------------------------- State : pounds certified 1/ : Carcass and parts : Percent 2/ :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 pounds ---------------- ---- percent ---- : Alabama .........: 426,024 425,999 2,042 2,038 0.48 0.48 Alaska ..........: - - - - (X) (X) Arizona .........: - - - - (X) (X) Arkansas ........: 450,028 457,645 1,872 1,828 0.41 0.40 California ......: 98,304 97,536 653 562 0.66 0.57 Colorado ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Connecticut .....: - - - - (X) (X) Delaware ........: 169,741 180,919 618 856 0.36 0.47 Florida .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Georgia .........: 516,690 508,029 3,885 3,559 0.75 0.70 : Hawaii ..........: - - - - (X) (X) Idaho ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Indiana .........: 22,280 21,755 84 68 0.38 0.31 Iowa ............: 3,746 3,136 485 487 11.47 13.43 Kansas ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kentucky ........: 124,910 121,799 584 568 0.47 0.46 Louisiana .......: 80,465 78,607 342 355 0.42 0.45 Maine ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Maryland ........: 57,732 56,594 281 270 0.48 0.47 : Massachusetts ...: - - - - (X) (X) Michigan ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Mississippi .....: 283,837 277,659 1,174 1,068 0.41 0.38 Missouri ........: 131,799 130,184 365 367 0.28 0.28 Montana .........: - - - - (X) (X) Nebraska ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Nevada ..........: - - - - (X) (X) New Hampshire ...: - - - - (X) (X) New Jersey ......: 446 473 6 6 1.25 1.21 : New Mexico ......: - - - - (X) (X) New York ........: 7,505 6,821 96 75 1.26 1.09 North Carolina ..: 502,892 510,316 1,925 1,912 0.38 0.37 North Dakota ....: - - - - (X) (X) Ohio ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Oklahoma ........: 61,246 56,293 217 244 0.35 0.43 Oregon ..........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Pennsylvania ....: 44,721 43,235 953 944 2.09 2.14 Rhode Island ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ..: 142,837 148,393 756 839 0.53 0.56 : South Dakota ....: (D) - (D) - (D) (X) Tennessee .......: 112,203 109,689 565 613 0.50 0.56 Texas ...........: 318,242 311,571 1,888 2,142 0.59 0.68 Utah ............: - - - - (X) (X) Vermont .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Virginia ........: 132,818 125,099 529 429 0.40 0.34 Washington ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) West Virginia ...: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wisconsin .......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Wyoming .........: - - - - (X) (X) : United States ...: 3,878,417 3,848,729 20,405 20,271 0.52 0.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause - States and United States: September and October 2020 [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuberculosis : Leukosis : Septicaemia :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Alabama ...........: - - 61 60 31,778 30,577 Arkansas ..........: - - 36 36 30,933 31,041 Delaware ..........: - - 118 112 24,660 20,722 Georgia ...........: - - 12 5 49,440 48,659 Mississippi .......: - - 35 35 9,771 9,209 North Carolina ....: - - 68 68 41,381 41,381 Texas .............: - - 104 110 56,129 55,379 Virginia ..........: - - 116 18 19,880 17,539 : United States .....: - - 953 904 525,550 508,745 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Airsacculitis : Synovitis : Tumors :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Alabama ...........: 26,165 26,790 74 103 1,170 1,190 Arkansas ..........: 6,679 6,736 99 100 1,005 1,004 Delaware ..........: 11,372 9,888 71 45 266 247 Georgia ...........: 41,318 43,165 94 54 1,596 1,559 Mississippi .......: 5,276 5,276 10 10 572 572 North Carolina ....: 10,573 10,574 47 47 903 903 Texas .............: 15,765 16,266 133 99 793 878 Virginia ..........: 9,714 7,004 6 2 209 163 : United States .....: 199,022 200,120 1,188 1,105 11,370 11,645 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contamination :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Alabama ...........: 508 523 3,136 3,074 13,005 12,409 Arkansas ..........: 169 167 2,794 2,798 3,346 3,356 Delaware ..........: 765 545 1,507 1,337 2,725 3,295 Georgia ...........: 557 611 8,638 9,020 54,458 56,209 Mississippi .......: 433 433 1,888 1,888 790 790 North Carolina ....: 359 359 3,640 3,190 2,123 2,123 Texas .............: 338 314 335 338 3,587 3,567 Virginia ..........: 691 443 839 539 2,363 1,846 : United States .....: 6,542 6,232 33,390 34,025 117,700 115,817 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Overscald : Miscellaneous 1/ : Total :----------------------------------------------------------------- :September : October :September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : head : Alabama ...........: 421 426 27,920 38,447 104,238 113,599 Arkansas ..........: 1,841 1,871 81,316 81,379 128,218 128,488 Delaware ..........: 2,236 1,713 6,120 21,911 49,840 59,815 Georgia ...........: 12,719 6,081 105,233 94,570 274,065 259,933 Mississippi .......: 1,015 1,015 9,317 9,317 29,107 28,545 North Carolina ....: 1,986 1,986 19,711 19,711 80,791 80,342 Texas .............: 552 662 18,371 18,082 96,107 95,695 Virginia ..........: 453 378 12,517 13,193 46,788 41,125 : United States .....: 32,063 26,724 572,350 592,141 1,500,128 1,497,458 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plant-rejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight - States and United States: September and October 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Slaughtered : Total : Average : : live weight : live weight State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 head --- --- 1,000 pounds --- ----- pounds ---- : Alabama .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ..........: - - - - - - Arizona .........: - - - - - - Arkansas ........: 2,496 3,657 50,523 73,193 20.24 20.02 California ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Colorado ........: - - - - - - Connecticut .....: - - - - - - Delaware ........: - - - - - - Florida .........: - - - - - - Georgia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Hawaii ..........: - - - - - - Idaho ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois ........: 1 10 40 231 31.79 24.22 Indiana .........: 1,945 1,982 77,541 76,461 39.86 38.58 Iowa ............: 1,057 1,222 45,449 52,624 43.00 43.07 Kansas ..........: - (D) - (D) - (D) Kentucky ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana .......: - - - - - - Maine ...........: - (D) - (D) - (D) Maryland ........: - (D) - (D) - (D) : Massachusetts ...: - - - - - - Michigan ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota .......: 3,709 3,911 98,438 99,677 26.54 25.49 Mississippi .....: - - - - - - Missouri ........: 841 955 29,922 32,785 35.57 34.33 Montana .........: - - - - - - Nebraska ........: - - - - - - Nevada ..........: - - - - - - New Hampshire ...: - - - - - - New Jersey ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : New Mexico ......: - - - - - - New York ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ..: 1,820 1,980 68,323 75,937 37.55 38.35 North Dakota ....: - - - - - - Ohio ............: 554 576 25,759 27,256 46.47 47.28 Oklahoma ........: - - - - - - Oregon ..........: - - - - - - Pennsylvania ....: 808 1,035 21,375 25,072 26.44 24.22 Rhode Island ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ..: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : South Dakota ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee .......: - (D) - (D) - (D) Texas ...........: 1 1 16 31 32.39 30.60 Utah ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Vermont .........: 1 8 18 254 32.38 29.95 Virginia ........: 2,155 2,281 61,439 65,847 28.52 28.87 Washington ......: - - - - - - West Virginia ...: - - - - - - Wisconsin .......: 461 460 20,344 19,329 44.10 41.99 Wyoming .........: - - - - - - : United States ...: 18,154 20,922 587,725 647,488 32.37 30.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations - States and United States: September and October 2020 [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-mortem condemnations :Total chilled and frozen :----------------------------------------------- State : pounds certified 1/ : Carcass and parts : Percent 2/ :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September : October : September : October :September : October ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------------- 1,000 pounds --------------- ---- percent ---- : Alabama .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Alaska ..........: - - - - (X) (X) Arizona .........: - - - - (X) (X) Arkansas ........: 41,986 61,007 385 476 0.91 0.77 California ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Colorado ........: - - - - (X) (X) Connecticut .....: - - - - (X) (X) Delaware ........: - - - - (X) (X) Florida .........: - - - - (X) (X) Georgia .........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Hawaii ..........: - - - - (X) (X) Idaho ...........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois ........: 32 183 - 2 (X) 1.20 Indiana .........: 62,530 61,605 702 799 1.11 1.28 Iowa ............: 35,992 41,431 571 630 1.56 1.50 Kansas ..........: - (D) - (D) (X) (D) Kentucky ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Louisiana .......: - - - - (X) (X) Maine ...........: - (D) - (D) (X) (D) Maryland ........: - (D) - (D) (X) (D) : Massachusetts ...: - - - - (X) (X) Michigan ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Minnesota .......: 78,765 79,951 927 1,072 1.16 1.32 Mississippi .....: - - - - (X) (X) Missouri ........: 24,066 26,477 190 247 0.78 0.92 Montana .........: - - - - (X) (X) Nebraska ........: - - - - (X) (X) Nevada ..........: - - - - (X) (X) New Hampshire ...: - - - - (X) (X) New Jersey ......: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : New Mexico ......: - - - - (X) (X) New York ........: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) North Carolina ..: 54,064 60,218 379 397 0.70 0.66 North Dakota ....: - - - - (X) (X) Ohio ............: 20,598 21,693 266 271 1.27 1.23 Oklahoma ........: - - - - (X) (X) Oregon ..........: - - - - (X) (X) Pennsylvania ....: 16,953 20,173 314 356 1.82 1.73 Rhode Island ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) South Carolina ..: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : South Dakota ....: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Tennessee .......: - (D) - (D) (X) (D) Texas ...........: 13 24 - - 0.36 0.38 Utah ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Vermont .........: 14 206 - 1 (X) 0.53 Virginia ........: 48,735 52,143 853 896 1.72 1.69 Washington ......: - - - - (X) (X) West Virginia ...: - - - - (X) (X) Wisconsin .......: 16,052 15,288 224 215 1.38 1.39 Wyoming .........: - - - - (X) (X) : United States ...: 469,678 518,571 5,754 6,282 1.21 1.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates Ante-Mortem Condemnations: Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole bird, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. 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. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of frozen and chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live bird. Ducks: Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Mature Chickens: Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Old Turkeys: Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where birds are killed and butchered. Post-Mortem Condemnations: Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of birds primarily for food. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live birds, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. 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, and other turkeys such as fryers/roasters and young breeders. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are collected by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected plants. Over 99 percent of the total United States slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection. 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 370 plants slaughtered poultry in the United States under Federal Inspection in 2019. Young chickens were slaughtered in 38 States, young turkeys in 33 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 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 one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after publication of the annual summary in February. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data electronically for each shift a plant operates. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are included. Estimates for missing shifts are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on a shift determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................. (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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