Pou 2-1 (10) Poultry Slaughter 2009 Summary February 2010 United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service 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.....................................15 Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified, by State...................17 Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State..................................19 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by State......................21 Young Turkeys Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, and Pounds Certified, by State.......................................27 Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State..................................29 Reliability of Poultry Slaughter Estimates...................................31 Terms and Definitions........................................................32 Information Contacts.........................................................32 Poultry Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 694,661 657,288 727,131 722,082 693,018 738,367 747,724 Mature : 11,029 10,159 11,769 12,048 11,575 12,752 12,762 Light : 5,236 4,459 5,168 5,296 5,692 6,200 5,552 Heavy : 5,793 5,700 6,601 6,752 5,883 6,552 7,210 Total : 705,690 667,447 738,900 734,130 704,593 751,119 760,486 : Turkeys : Young : 19,254 18,732 19,925 20,167 19,450 21,531 21,325 Old : 203 116 187 130 114 153 168 Total : 19,457 18,848 20,112 20,297 19,564 21,684 21,493 : Ducks : 1,953 1,697 1,982 1,880 1,819 1,912 1,890 : : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :3,864,773 3,643,196 4,035,851 4,024,580 3,873,638 4,085,846 4,141,565 Mature : 62,090 59,441 68,120 69,865 65,063 72,379 75,340 Light : 16,834 14,603 16,658 17,032 18,565 20,071 18,182 Heavy : 45,256 44,838 51,462 52,833 46,498 52,308 57,158 Total :3,926,863 3,702,637 4,103,971 4,094,445 3,938,701 4,158,225 4,216,905 : Turkeys : Young : 587,350 555,158 587,139 591,652 560,711 613,838 606,367 Old : 5,613 3,256 4,852 3,608 2,917 3,988 4,407 Total : 592,963 558,414 591,991 595,260 563,628 617,826 610,774 : Ducks : 12,992 11,241 13,312 12,811 12,433 13,011 12,840 Other : Poultry 1/ : 152 129 137 157 164 193 199 : Total : Poultry :4,532,970 4,272,421 4,709,411 4,702,673 4,514,926 4,789,255 4,840,718 : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.56 5.54 5.55 5.57 5.59 5.53 5.54 Mature : 5.63 5.85 5.79 5.80 5.62 5.68 5.90 Light : 3.22 3.27 3.22 3.22 3.26 3.24 3.27 Heavy : 7.81 7.87 7.80 7.82 7.90 7.98 7.93 Total : 5.56 5.55 5.55 5.58 5.59 5.54 5.55 : Turkeys : Young : 30.51 29.64 29.47 29.34 28.83 28.51 28.43 Old : 27.65 28.07 25.95 27.75 25.59 26.07 26.23 Total : 30.48 29.63 29.43 29.33 28.81 28.49 28.42 : Ducks : 6.65 6.62 6.72 6.81 6.84 6.80 6.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young : 726,290 729,056 725,194 657,072 702,342 8,520,225 8,921,070 Mature : 12,244 11,868 11,929 9,339 11,161 138,635 154,042 Light : 5,482 5,471 5,077 4,186 5,755 63,574 69,729 Heavy : 6,762 6,397 6,852 5,153 5,406 75,061 84,313 Total : 738,534 740,924 737,123 666,411 713,503 8,658,860 9,075,112 : Turkeys : Young : 20,404 20,280 22,213 21,491 19,177 243,949 269,165 Old : 132 209 169 97 141 1,819 2,100 Total : 20,536 20,489 22,382 21,588 19,318 245,768 271,265 : Ducks : 1,844 1,930 1,911 1,848 2,101 22,767 24,149 : : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Chickens : Young :4,036,180 4,099,080 4,109,602 3,728,224 3,970,581 47,613,116 49,780,767 Mature : 70,727 67,781 69,693 53,696 61,316 795,511 891,117 Light : 17,900 17,669 16,429 13,552 18,881 206,376 227,262 Heavy : 52,827 50,112 53,264 40,144 42,435 589,135 663,855 Total :4,106,907 4,166,861 4,179,295 3,781,920 4,031,897 48,408,627 50,671,884 : Turkeys : Young : 576,310 581,586 631,792 595,993 568,231 7,056,127 7,803,131 Old : 3,474 5,185 4,317 2,575 3,728 47,920 55,886 Total : 579,784 586,771 636,109 598,568 571,959 7,104,047 7,859,017 : Ducks : 12,404 13,115 13,035 12,599 14,410 154,203 161,881 Other : Poultry 1/ : 182 1,191 1,331 559 183 4,577 4,251 : Total : Poultry :4,699,277 4,767,938 4,829,770 4,393,646 4,618,449 55,671,454 58,697,033 : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Chickens : Young : 5.56 5.62 5.67 5.67 5.65 5.59 5.58 Mature : 5.78 5.71 5.84 5.75 5.49 5.74 5.78 Light : 3.27 3.23 3.24 3.24 3.28 3.25 3.26 Heavy : 7.81 7.83 7.77 7.79 7.85 7.85 7.87 Total : 5.56 5.62 5.67 5.68 5.65 5.59 5.58 : Turkeys : Young : 28.24 28.68 28.44 27.73 29.63 28.92 28.99 Old : 26.32 24.81 25.54 26.55 26.44 26.34 26.61 Total : 28.23 28.64 28.42 27.73 29.61 28.91 28.97 : Ducks : 6.73 6.80 6.82 6.82 6.86 6.77 6.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughtered: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, 2009 and 2008 Total 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,618,632 2,455,045 2,724,699 2,716,159 2,622,251 2,768,404 2,808,378 Mature : 37,901 36,887 42,185 43,615 40,340 44,776 47,426 Light : 8,359 7,393 8,385 8,599 9,664 10,605 9,796 Heavy : 29,542 29,494 33,800 35,016 30,676 34,171 37,630 Total :2,656,533 2,491,932 2,766,884 2,759,774 2,662,591 2,813,180 2,855,804 : Turkeys : Young : 289,286 276,334 299,020 299,793 273,239 296,133 293,634 Old : 2,412 1,992 3,310 2,393 2,166 2,935 3,301 Total : 291,698 278,326 302,330 302,186 275,405 299,068 296,935 : Ducks : 3,390 2,759 3,139 3,079 2,896 3,175 3,114 Other : Poultry 2/ : 74 67 71 75 75 82 81 : Total : Poultry :2,951,695 2,773,084 3,072,424 3,065,114 2,940,967 3,115,505 3,155,934 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 252,952 249,288 272,276 281,567 268,143 282,216 287,138 Mature : 416 202 329 170 268 338 316 Light : 112 1 Heavy : 304 202 329 169 268 338 316 Total : 253,368 249,490 272,605 281,737 268,411 282,554 287,454 : Turkeys : Young : 175,577 165,265 168,697 172,450 175,533 194,539 188,644 Old : 1,899 481 404 353 71 86 69 Total : 177,476 165,746 169,101 172,803 175,604 194,625 188,713 : Ducks : 5,887 5,294 6,379 5,990 5,919 6,110 6,051 Other : Poultry 2/ : 22 20 25 26 34 37 42 : Total : Poultry : 436,753 420,550 448,110 460,556 449,968 483,326 482,260 : Total Certified: Chickens : Young :2,871,584 2,704,333 2,996,975 2,997,726 2,890,394 3,050,620 3,095,516 Mature : 38,317 37,089 42,514 43,785 40,608 45,114 47,742 Light : 8,471 7,393 8,385 8,600 9,664 10,605 9,796 Heavy : 29,846 29,696 34,129 35,185 30,944 34,509 37,946 Total :2,909,901 2,741,422 3,039,489 3,041,511 2,931,002 3,095,734 3,143,258 : Turkeys : Young : 464,863 441,599 467,717 472,243 448,772 490,672 482,278 Old : 4,311 2,473 3,714 2,746 2,237 3,021 3,370 Total : 469,174 444,072 471,431 474,989 451,009 493,693 485,648 : Ducks : 9,277 8,053 9,518 9,069 8,815 9,285 9,165 Other : Poultry 2/ : 96 87 96 101 109 119 123 : Total : Poultry :3,388,448 3,193,634 3,520,534 3,525,670 3,390,935 3,598,831 3,638,194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, 2009 and 2008 Total 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young :2,739,681 2,784,787 2,797,783 2,536,639 2,697,431 32,269,889 33,425,670 Mature : 44,622 42,727 44,171 33,875 38,035 496,560 549,134 Light : 9,572 9,463 8,948 7,466 10,057 108,307 112,598 Heavy : 35,050 33,264 35,223 26,409 27,978 388,253 436,536 Total :2,784,303 2,827,514 2,841,954 2,570,514 2,735,466 32,766,449 33,974,804 : Turkeys : Young : 280,486 283,994 328,728 311,248 291,382 3,523,277 3,719,795 Old : 2,607 3,979 3,284 1,942 2,829 33,150 30,727 Total : 283,093 287,973 332,012 313,190 294,211 3,556,427 3,750,522 : Ducks : 3,259 3,244 3,403 3,337 3,947 38,742 46,307 Other : Poultry 2/ : 87 83 93 79 97 964 1,092 : Total : Poultry :3,070,742 3,118,814 3,177,462 2,887,120 3,033,721 36,362,582 37,772,725 : Frozen : Chickens : Young : 272,395 279,478 274,054 253,153 267,944 3,240,604 3,480,640 Mature : 216 392 416 188 326 3,577 10,115 Light : 102 3 218 6,207 Heavy : 216 392 314 188 323 3,359 3,908 Total : 272,611 279,870 274,470 253,341 268,270 3,244,181 3,490,755 : Turkeys : Young : 180,204 179,842 175,687 164,039 161,845 2,102,322 2,485,165 Old : 68 70 59 41 49 3,650 11,507 Total : 180,272 179,912 175,746 164,080 161,894 2,105,972 2,496,672 : Ducks : 5,592 6,201 5,937 5,725 6,380 71,465 69,983 Other : Poultry 2/ : 31 608 695 259 33 1,832 1,445 : Total : Poultry : 458,506 466,591 456,848 423,405 436,577 5,423,450 6,058,855 : Total Certified: Chickens : Young :3,012,076 3,064,265 3,071,837 2,789,792 2,965,375 35,510,493 36,906,310 Mature : 44,838 43,119 44,587 34,063 38,361 500,137 559,249 Light : 9,572 9,463 9,050 7,466 10,060 108,525 118,805 Heavy : 35,266 33,656 35,537 26,597 28,301 391,612 440,444 Total :3,056,914 3,107,384 3,116,424 2,823,855 3,003,736 36,010,630 37,465,559 : Turkeys : Young : 460,690 463,836 504,415 475,287 453,227 5,625,599 6,204,960 Old : 2,675 4,049 3,343 1,983 2,878 36,800 42,234 Total : 463,365 467,885 507,758 477,270 456,105 5,662,399 6,247,194 : Ducks : 8,851 9,445 9,340 9,062 10,327 110,207 116,290 Other : Poultry 2/ : 118 691 788 338 130 2,796 2,537 : Total : Poultry :3,529,248 3,585,405 3,634,310 3,310,525 3,470,298 41,786,032 43,831,580 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughtered: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 11,958 9,963 10,180 9,778 8,634 10,722 10,026 Mature : 1,239 886 1,172 816 841 1,662 1,377 Light : 375 139 225 155 223 395 244 Heavy : 864 747 947 661 618 1,267 1,133 Total : 13,197 10,849 11,352 10,594 9,475 12,384 11,403 : Turkeys : Young : 1,844 1,539 1,603 1,475 1,282 1,565 1,307 Old : 57 39 43 36 20 59 48 Total : 1,901 1,578 1,646 1,511 1,302 1,624 1,355 : Ducks : 45 32 31 32 39 50 52 Other Poultry : : Total Poultry : 15,143 12,459 13,029 12,137 10,816 14,058 12,810 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 0.31 0.27 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.26 0.24 Mature : 2.00 1.49 1.72 1.17 1.29 2.30 1.83 Light : 2.23 0.95 1.35 0.91 1.20 1.97 1.34 Heavy : 1.91 1.67 1.84 1.25 1.33 2.42 1.98 Total : 0.34 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.24 0.30 0.27 : Turkeys : Young : 0.31 0.28 0.27 0.25 0.23 0.25 0.22 Old : 1.02 1.20 0.89 1.00 0.69 1.48 1.09 Total : 0.32 0.28 0.28 0.25 0.23 0.26 0.22 : Ducks : 0.35 0.28 0.23 0.25 0.31 0.38 0.40 Other Poultry : : Total Poultry : 0.33 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.24 0.29 0.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 9,569 8,661 8,677 7,618 10,154 115,940 153,868 Mature : 1,270 956 831 661 1,085 12,796 14,674 Light : 288 248 135 141 297 2,865 4,203 Heavy : 982 708 696 520 788 9,931 10,471 Total : 10,839 9,617 9,508 8,279 11,239 128,736 168,542 : Turkeys : Young : 1,363 1,200 1,240 1,168 1,272 16,858 19,829 Old : 32 26 26 21 35 442 615 Total : 1,395 1,226 1,266 1,189 1,307 17,300 20,444 : Ducks : 55 51 34 30 40 491 470 Other Poultry : 3 2 5 13 : Total Poultry : 12,289 10,897 10,810 9,498 12,586 146,532 189,469 : : Percent : Percent of Live : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 0.24 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.26 0.24 0.31 Mature : 1.80 1.41 1.19 1.23 1.77 1.61 1.65 Light : 1.61 1.40 0.82 1.04 1.57 1.39 1.85 Heavy : 1.86 1.41 1.31 1.30 1.86 1.69 1.58 Total : 0.26 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.28 0.27 0.33 : Turkeys : Young : 0.24 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.25 Old : 0.92 0.50 0.60 0.82 0.94 0.92 1.10 Total : 0.24 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.26 : Ducks : 0.44 0.39 0.26 0.24 0.28 0.32 0.29 Other Poultry : 0.25 0.15 0.11 0.31 : Total Poultry : 0.26 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.27 0.26 0.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young : 29,812 28,278 29,181 26,967 25,021 26,519 26,031 Mature : 3,016 2,649 3,326 3,276 3,151 3,252 3,471 Light : 1,218 874 1,159 1,144 1,363 1,423 1,189 Heavy : 1,798 1,775 2,167 2,132 1,788 1,829 2,282 Total : 32,828 30,927 32,507 30,243 28,172 29,771 29,502 : Turkeys : Young : 7,797 7,277 7,862 7,437 6,859 7,120 6,992 Old : 184 127 192 147 111 172 161 Total : 7,981 7,404 8,054 7,584 6,970 7,292 7,153 : Ducks : 364 313 273 220 203 210 247 Other Poultry : 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 : Total Poultry : 41,174 38,645 40,836 38,050 35,347 37,275 36,904 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 1.03 1.03 0.96 0.89 0.86 0.86 0.83 Mature : 7.30 6.67 7.26 6.96 7.20 6.72 6.78 Light : 12.57 10.57 12.14 11.74 12.36 11.83 10.82 Heavy : 5.68 5.64 5.97 5.71 5.46 5.03 5.67 Total : 1.12 1.12 1.06 0.98 0.95 0.95 0.93 : Turkeys : Young : 1.65 1.62 1.65 1.55 1.51 1.43 1.43 Old : 4.09 4.88 4.92 5.08 4.73 5.39 4.56 Total : 1.67 1.64 1.68 1.57 1.52 1.46 1.45 : Ducks : 3.78 3.74 2.79 2.37 2.25 2.21 2.62 Other Poultry : 1.03 1.14 2.04 2.88 1.80 1.65 1.60 : Total Poultry : 1.20 1.20 1.15 1.07 1.03 1.03 1.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and Parts : : Chickens : Young : 24,279 24,475 24,331 22,930 24,633 312,457 377,709 Mature : 3,160 3,296 3,131 2,375 2,860 36,963 40,601 Light : 1,201 1,288 1,082 882 1,351 14,174 14,511 Heavy : 1,959 2,008 2,049 1,493 1,509 22,789 26,090 Total : 27,439 27,771 27,462 25,305 27,493 349,420 418,310 : Turkeys : Young : 6,761 6,786 6,979 6,727 6,345 84,942 100,190 Old : 108 152 153 103 122 1,732 2,712 Total : 6,869 6,938 7,132 6,830 6,467 86,674 102,902 : Ducks : 279 231 212 203 284 3,039 3,345 Other Poultry : 1 4 5 2 1 26 24 : Total Poultry : 34,588 34,944 34,811 32,340 34,245 439,159 524,581 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 1/: : Chickens : Young : 0.80 0.79 0.79 0.82 0.82 0.87 1.01 Mature : 6.58 7.10 6.56 6.52 6.94 6.88 6.77 Light : 11.15 11.98 10.68 10.57 11.84 11.55 10.88 Heavy : 5.26 5.63 5.45 5.32 5.06 5.50 5.59 Total : 0.89 0.89 0.87 0.89 0.91 0.96 1.10 : Turkeys : Young : 1.45 1.44 1.36 1.40 1.38 1.49 1.59 Old : 3.88 3.62 4.38 4.94 4.07 4.49 6.03 Total : 1.46 1.46 1.39 1.41 1.40 1.51 1.62 : Ducks : 3.06 2.39 2.22 2.19 2.68 2.68 2.80 Other Poultry : 0.84 0.58 0.63 0.59 0.76 0.92 0.94 : Total Poultry : 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.97 0.98 1.04 1.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 2009 and 2008 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 : 10,665 8,235 10,829 15,473 20,504 8,850 9,073 Mature : 1,373 1,388 2,090 1,894 1,489 1,319 1,240 Light : 1,293 1,230 1,940 1,747 1,393 1,075 1,099 Heavy : 80 158 150 147 96 244 141 Total : 12,038 9,623 12,919 17,367 21,993 10,169 10,313 : Turkeys : Young : 81 67 31 37 35 537 22 Old : 1 Total : 81 67 31 37 35 538 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young : 889,637 842,015 852,008 790,986 759,931 824,072 820,298 Mature : 190,609 112,675 134,707 138,828 184,194 191,995 166,972 Light : 161,311 82,630 98,260 102,698 156,675 165,154 134,129 Heavy : 29,298 30,045 36,447 36,130 27,519 26,841 32,843 Total :1,080,246 954,690 986,715 929,814 944,125 1,016,067 987,270 : Turkeys : Young : 53,590 48,195 51,088 43,946 37,424 35,209 31,033 Old : 2,721 1,402 2,995 1,727 1,898 2,025 2,117 Total : 56,311 49,597 54,083 45,673 39,322 37,234 33,150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young : 649,854 631,217 560,792 435,719 324,289 292,103 247,545 Mature : 10,365 5,036 6,884 6,970 9,741 13,923 14,150 Light : 6,787 2,636 4,094 3,851 6,987 10,795 10,156 Heavy : 3,578 2,400 2,790 3,119 2,754 3,128 3,994 Total : 660,219 636,253 567,676 442,689 334,030 306,026 261,695 : Turkeys : Young : 8,489 13,978 12,077 7,080 4,657 4,369 3,948 Old : 303 141 371 300 130 291 234 Total : 8,792 14,119 12,448 7,380 4,787 4,660 4,182 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young : Mature : Light : Heavy : Total : : Turkeys : Young : Old : Total : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young : 4,552 4,570 3,422 3,619 3,548 103,340 71,592 Mature : 1,099 1,081 1,122 943 1,139 16,177 23,530 Light : 975 924 985 846 986 14,493 20,513 Heavy : 124 157 137 97 153 1,684 3,017 Total : 5,651 5,651 4,544 4,562 4,687 119,517 95,122 : Turkeys : Young : 48 42 33 137 42 1,112 976 Old : 1 8 10 29 Total : 48 42 34 145 42 1,122 1,005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young : 753,275 723,687 718,444 653,441 755,065 9,382,859 11,167,610 Mature : 163,257 178,867 197,597 140,885 207,506 2,008,092 2,227,854 Light : 136,502 150,395 162,717 116,604 178,425 1,645,500 1,764,805 Heavy : 26,755 28,472 34,880 24,281 29,081 362,592 463,049 Total : 916,532 902,554 916,041 794,326 962,571 11,390,951 13,395,464 : Turkeys : Young : 31,611 32,244 40,987 43,831 37,547 486,705 707,019 Old : 1,428 1,743 1,879 1,006 1,398 22,339 32,610 Total : 33,039 33,987 42,866 44,837 38,945 509,044 739,629 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young : 220,197 215,828 245,892 247,437 364,020 4,434,893 7,278,877 Mature : 12,613 16,891 12,044 11,594 14,304 134,515 201,301 Light : 10,022 13,834 8,679 8,911 11,862 98,614 164,881 Heavy : 2,591 3,057 3,365 2,683 2,442 35,901 36,420 Total : 232,810 232,719 257,936 259,031 378,324 4,569,408 7,480,178 : Turkeys : Young : 4,103 4,614 4,292 4,834 4,089 76,530 80,364 Old : 178 328 373 217 123 2,989 5,359 Total : 4,281 4,942 4,665 5,051 4,212 79,519 85,723 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young : 13,193 9,011 6,229 4,217 4,783 5,344 6,117 Mature : 343 226 321 247 288 719 407 Light : 177 17 91 53 166 575 231 Heavy : 166 209 230 194 122 144 176 Total : 13,536 9,237 6,550 4,464 5,071 6,063 6,524 : Turkeys : Young : 3,032 3,830 4,425 3,160 2,301 2,000 2,383 Old : 1 14 4 2 4 8 Total : 3,033 3,830 4,439 3,164 2,303 2,004 2,391 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tumors : Chickens : Young : 48,580 43,559 46,922 45,233 47,751 50,477 48,854 Mature : 61,434 34,955 33,600 43,532 43,943 56,715 51,629 Light : 55,714 29,259 26,555 37,100 38,170 51,257 45,740 Heavy : 5,720 5,696 7,045 6,432 5,773 5,458 5,889 Total : 110,014 78,514 80,522 88,765 91,694 107,192 100,483 : Turkeys : Young : 79 132 138 74 79 91 109 Old : 46 96 43 45 51 85 114 Total : 125 228 181 119 130 176 223 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : Chickens : Young : 13,439 12,959 13,576 13,458 11,744 12,592 12,548 Mature : 13,572 9,863 9,696 12,921 11,849 16,792 11,500 Light : 12,862 9,326 8,760 12,333 11,400 16,253 10,869 Heavy : 710 537 936 588 449 539 631 Total : 27,011 22,822 23,272 26,379 23,593 29,384 24,048 : Turkeys : Young : 197 182 504 457 402 380 410 Old : 8 13 26 32 12 8 4 Total : 205 195 530 489 414 388 414 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young : 86,503 69,855 72,226 66,956 60,978 66,673 67,726 Mature : 4,206 3,051 3,697 2,745 3,131 3,428 3,385 Light : 2,878 1,669 2,145 1,281 1,690 2,375 1,693 Heavy : 1,328 1,382 1,552 1,464 1,441 1,053 1,692 Total : 90,709 72,906 75,923 69,701 64,109 70,101 71,111 : Turkeys : Young : 2,160 1,971 1,974 1,740 1,714 1,302 1,432 Old : 64 10 24 74 22 6 24 Total : 2,224 1,981 1,998 1,814 1,736 1,308 1,456 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young : 8,321 7,936 6,783 4,811 6,284 83,029 60,882 Mature : 301 680 390 497 499 4,918 4,733 Light : 185 496 147 188 216 2,542 2,394 Heavy : 116 184 243 309 283 2,376 2,339 Total : 8,622 8,616 7,173 5,308 6,783 87,947 65,615 : Turkeys : Young : 1,721 1,644 2,046 2,159 2,215 30,916 37,474 Old : 6 1 31 71 302 Total : 1,727 1,644 2,046 2,160 2,246 30,987 37,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tumors : Chickens : Young : 45,383 45,163 44,475 43,768 52,489 562,654 733,845 Mature : 52,167 60,749 43,692 38,325 43,105 563,846 800,672 Light : 46,119 54,220 35,687 32,912 36,552 489,285 711,809 Heavy : 6,048 6,529 8,005 5,413 6,553 74,561 88,863 Total : 97,550 105,912 88,167 82,093 95,594 1,126,500 1,534,517 : Turkeys : Young : 60 138 147 133 174 1,354 2,188 Old : 82 55 41 34 59 751 1,439 Total : 142 193 188 167 233 2,105 3,627 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : Chickens : Young : 12,164 12,058 11,562 10,744 11,832 148,676 206,114 Mature : 10,954 15,134 10,626 8,794 11,581 143,282 138,400 Light : 10,500 14,217 9,310 7,967 10,954 134,751 126,734 Heavy : 454 917 1,316 827 627 8,531 11,666 Total : 23,118 27,192 22,188 19,538 23,413 291,958 344,514 : Turkeys : Young : 398 297 297 284 196 4,004 5,042 Old : 2 3 9 3 3 123 101 Total : 400 300 306 287 199 4,127 5,143 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young : 63,424 61,824 62,772 58,282 72,500 809,719 1,090,961 Mature : 3,753 6,910 4,534 1,969 3,651 44,460 45,091 Light : 2,442 5,705 3,328 1,116 2,332 28,654 24,310 Heavy : 1,311 1,205 1,206 853 1,319 15,806 20,781 Total : 67,177 68,734 67,306 60,251 76,151 854,179 1,136,052 : Turkeys : Young : 1,565 1,175 1,457 1,575 1,449 19,514 30,906 Old : 26 19 10 6 20 305 343 Total : 1,591 1,194 1,467 1,581 1,469 19,819 31,249 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : Chickens : Young : 117,898 110,077 119,338 109,501 103,648 109,641 103,385 Mature : 115,680 84,126 108,983 107,340 107,688 105,863 107,614 Light : 103,746 72,938 95,608 91,477 96,068 97,065 98,128 Heavy : 11,934 11,188 13,375 15,863 11,620 8,798 9,486 Total : 233,578 194,203 228,321 216,841 211,336 215,504 210,999 : Turkeys : Young : 2,455 2,169 2,806 5,643 1,786 1,985 1,817 Old : 135 71 131 105 61 87 54 Total : 2,590 2,240 2,937 5,748 1,847 2,072 1,871 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Overscald : Chickens : Young : 26,617 32,740 28,147 25,227 25,476 29,858 30,199 Mature : 1,420 2,519 1,278 1,381 1,184 1,291 3,615 Light : 240 242 506 333 685 334 1,279 Heavy : 1,180 2,277 772 1,048 499 957 2,336 Total : 28,037 35,259 29,425 26,608 26,660 31,149 33,814 : Turkeys : Young : 511 738 540 504 942 386 943 Old : 22 5 3 38 10 37 13 Total : 533 743 543 542 952 423 956 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : Chickens : Young : 790,332 780,718 818,299 781,982 775,958 819,656 764,296 Mature : 147,509 142,104 180,609 171,660 172,946 169,388 173,933 Light : 58,179 58,033 80,638 62,121 81,261 78,619 53,429 Heavy : 89,330 84,071 99,971 109,539 91,685 90,769 120,504 Total : 937,841 922,822 998,908 953,642 948,904 989,044 938,229 : Turkeys : Young : 11,712 9,058 9,681 11,303 13,832 13,117 12,475 Old : 262 82 271 312 233 622 370 Total : 11,974 9,140 9,952 11,615 14,065 13,739 12,845 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : Chickens : Young :2,646,718 2,540,386 2,528,366 2,288,752 2,135,062 2,219,266 2,110,041 Mature : 546,511 395,943 481,865 487,518 536,453 561,433 534,445 Light : 403,187 257,980 318,597 312,994 394,495 423,502 356,753 Heavy : 143,324 137,963 163,268 174,524 141,958 137,931 177,692 Total :3,193,229 2,936,329 3,010,231 2,776,270 2,671,515 2,780,699 2,644,486 : Turkeys : Young : 82,306 80,320 83,264 73,944 63,172 59,376 54,572 Old : 3,562 1,820 3,878 2,637 2,419 3,166 2,938 Total : 85,868 82,140 87,142 76,581 65,591 62,542 57,510 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : Chickens : Young : 96,312 95,030 88,067 85,705 90,920 1,229,522 1,548,976 Mature : 101,969 105,018 91,347 80,286 113,849 1,229,763 1,184,445 Light : 93,217 95,592 76,384 69,599 103,789 1,093,611 1,051,395 Heavy : 8,752 9,426 14,963 10,687 10,060 136,152 133,050 Total : 198,281 200,048 179,414 165,991 204,769 2,459,285 2,733,421 : Turkeys : Young : 2,162 1,997 2,733 2,290 1,900 29,743 37,743 Old : 52 44 116 42 53 951 1,288 Total : 2,214 2,041 2,849 2,332 1,953 30,694 39,031 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Overscald : Chickens : Young : 41,790 35,551 15,385 13,926 12,624 317,540 482,677 Mature : 2,950 1,567 2,920 1,138 971 22,234 15,780 Light : 234 353 450 276 451 5,383 8,961 Heavy : 2,716 1,214 2,470 862 520 16,851 6,819 Total : 44,740 37,118 18,305 15,064 13,595 339,774 498,457 : Turkeys : Young : 458 473 407 700 453 7,055 15,007 Old : 46 11 4 6 195 209 Total : 504 473 418 704 459 7,250 15,216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : Chickens : Young : 655,641 750,455 647,264 650,068 730,461 8,965,130 9,835,080 Mature : 170,102 174,192 153,569 122,666 129,916 1,908,594 2,113,488 Light : 69,267 77,795 53,185 43,044 59,144 774,715 921,270 Heavy : 100,835 96,397 100,384 79,622 70,772 1,133,879 1,192,218 Total : 825,743 924,647 800,833 772,734 860,377 10,873,724 11,948,568 : Turkeys : Young : 11,120 12,592 12,880 12,743 11,549 142,062 179,003 Old : 175 265 277 313 204 3,386 14,251 Total : 11,295 12,857 13,157 13,056 11,753 145,448 193,254 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : Chickens : Young :1,901,059 1,952,102 1,844,066 1,771,801 2,099,743 26,037,362 32,476,614 Mature : 519,165 561,089 517,841 407,097 526,521 6,075,881 6,755,294 Light : 369,463 413,531 350,872 281,463 404,711 4,287,548 4,797,072 Heavy : 149,702 147,558 166,969 125,634 121,810 1,788,333 1,958,222 Total :2,420,224 2,513,191 2,361,907 2,178,898 2,626,264 32,113,243 39,231,908 : Turkeys : Young : 53,246 55,216 65,279 68,686 59,614 798,995 1,095,722 Old : 1,995 2,457 2,717 1,634 1,897 31,120 55,931 Total : 55,241 57,673 67,996 70,320 61,511 830,115 1,151,653 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number and Live Weight, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AL : 83,338 79,493 88,684 89,156 85,299 91,738 94,219 AR : 81,472 80,327 86,302 86,968 78,336 85,481 83,762 CA : 23,425 20,766 22,148 22,572 22,981 24,671 24,570 DE : 24,264 22,036 24,171 24,612 24,797 26,916 26,517 FL : 4,108 3,647 3,415 2,933 2,942 2,865 3,161 GA : 101,168 97,220 109,486 108,451 101,451 105,544 105,292 IN : 4,443 4,029 4,679 4,621 4,437 4,848 4,900 KY : 20,902 23,011 24,199 24,464 23,846 25,799 27,406 LA : 14,743 13,539 15,618 14,353 11,498 10,711 12,025 MD : 10,536 9,710 11,193 11,218 11,760 12,251 12,224 MS : 59,026 56,684 62,113 60,393 61,035 63,356 64,041 MO : 32,676 31,158 33,119 33,968 32,199 34,622 35,900 NJ : 467 443 593 493 493 460 317 NY : 1,569 1,457 1,630 1,648 1,876 1,883 1,824 NC : 61,590 52,541 59,252 57,687 57,884 61,663 62,575 OH : 4,417 4,056 4,487 4,604 4,514 4,711 4,886 OK : 11,023 10,301 11,351 11,361 10,718 11,583 12,071 PA : 9,448 9,155 10,322 9,749 9,410 10,320 9,778 SC : 23,440 22,461 25,579 24,796 23,523 25,258 25,637 TN : 20,776 19,458 21,863 22,345 20,494 23,767 24,603 TX : 55,033 52,173 59,560 57,479 55,424 59,682 59,635 VA : 26,449 24,153 25,034 25,816 26,287 27,375 29,061 WA : 4,259 3,592 4,018 4,137 4,206 4,315 4,577 WV : 7,668 7,906 9,076 9,247 8,426 8,747 9,350 : US 1/ : 694,661 657,288 727,131 722,082 693,018 738,367 747,724 : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AL : 450,675 434,674 484,978 486,246 465,844 502,617 514,764 AR : 457,715 449,518 465,024 475,186 427,398 457,838 450,120 CA : 135,450 118,695 126,057 128,160 128,619 137,209 137,141 DE : 164,707 148,855 166,162 169,736 170,798 187,569 183,918 FL : 25,265 22,604 19,970 17,293 17,135 17,082 18,867 GA : 524,525 506,878 569,369 566,499 527,666 543,416 549,611 IN : 19,840 17,544 20,777 20,988 19,885 20,867 21,548 KY : 111,684 122,123 129,391 132,679 130,118 139,186 147,519 LA : 85,826 78,591 90,720 82,214 68,814 64,037 72,106 MD : 47,172 44,836 54,376 54,573 56,322 56,602 59,337 MS : 338,559 323,520 355,273 347,427 359,746 365,021 368,549 MO : 155,470 146,508 156,096 160,946 153,076 161,858 167,532 NJ : 2,011 1,975 2,569 2,446 2,202 1,979 1,393 NY : 8,163 7,548 8,581 8,591 9,746 9,654 9,431 NC : 427,073 363,502 416,074 406,459 404,853 428,432 436,859 OH : 26,463 23,697 25,933 27,051 27,092 28,124 29,229 OK : 58,846 52,490 58,590 60,052 56,541 61,882 64,761 PA : 53,628 51,724 57,417 54,364 52,986 58,689 54,886 SC : 150,170 140,978 163,475 160,504 152,092 159,447 159,916 TN : 107,880 99,466 113,862 117,453 104,883 117,931 120,527 TX : 286,878 278,688 319,113 309,334 302,048 322,607 318,710 VA : 129,144 117,393 124,642 129,419 131,787 135,750 145,121 WA : 24,172 19,706 22,818 23,769 23,866 24,583 25,785 WV : 30,936 31,650 38,127 37,617 33,679 35,033 37,945 : US 1/ :3,864,773 3,643,196 4,035,851 4,024,580 3,873,638 4,085,846 4,141,565 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number and Live Weight, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AL : 91,008 91,260 89,064 82,093 87,808 1,053,160 1,091,356 AR : 82,113 80,346 80,808 73,888 79,232 979,035 1,104,071 CA : 23,799 21,911 21,007 18,019 21,360 267,229 276,291 DE : 25,162 25,905 25,399 22,416 24,400 296,595 304,657 FL : 3,168 3,091 3,077 2,742 4,267 39,416 58,315 GA : 101,773 103,091 102,712 93,260 99,249 1,228,697 1,311,695 IN : 4,678 4,644 4,669 4,117 4,390 54,455 52,938 KY : 26,404 26,069 26,184 23,296 24,049 295,629 295,292 LA : 14,347 15,533 15,805 14,451 14,886 167,509 189,332 MD : 11,203 11,732 11,778 10,301 11,266 135,172 140,455 MS : 62,713 63,220 63,017 57,475 59,962 733,035 784,889 MO : 34,454 35,640 33,299 31,312 33,772 402,119 403,383 NJ : 461 486 353 409 428 5,403 4,963 NY : 1,901 2,014 1,826 1,878 1,919 21,425 18,183 NC : 59,219 58,512 60,163 54,160 56,913 702,159 735,042 OH : 4,530 4,759 4,815 4,322 4,706 54,807 53,692 OK : 11,846 12,096 12,025 11,107 12,134 137,616 143,737 PA : 9,409 10,468 10,450 9,382 9,725 117,616 122,288 SC : 24,774 24,741 25,137 23,709 25,313 294,368 298,135 TN : 24,019 24,527 24,184 21,397 22,350 269,783 265,378 TX : 59,955 58,119 60,063 53,153 55,663 685,939 675,331 VA : 26,849 28,015 27,792 23,920 26,765 317,516 317,959 WA : 3,904 4,135 3,941 3,539 4,091 48,714 55,428 WV : 9,179 9,164 8,754 8,367 8,539 104,423 107,295 : US 1/ : 726,290 729,056 725,194 657,072 702,342 8,520,225 8,921,070 : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AL : 501,992 503,625 498,077 459,629 492,961 5,796,082 5,946,042 AR : 448,187 454,953 461,140 421,207 455,311 5,423,597 6,120,513 CA : 134,831 121,528 115,921 99,516 123,171 1,506,298 1,549,215 DE : 172,783 179,886 177,027 155,696 166,824 2,043,961 2,074,374 FL : 18,784 18,727 18,117 15,663 25,170 234,677 344,289 GA : 533,717 547,296 541,144 491,980 522,239 6,424,340 6,949,927 IN : 20,793 20,545 20,568 17,834 18,849 240,038 231,433 KY : 141,330 141,206 142,539 124,467 126,926 1,589,168 1,598,748 LA : 85,334 93,812 95,620 87,772 91,055 995,901 1,114,704 MD : 53,462 57,325 57,291 50,336 53,754 645,386 686,859 MS : 362,718 368,535 375,067 344,575 351,658 4,260,648 4,543,620 MO : 160,262 167,577 156,532 148,918 158,930 1,893,705 1,885,935 NJ : 2,026 2,161 1,609 1,848 1,985 24,204 21,750 NY : 9,648 10,242 9,373 9,575 9,738 110,290 95,352 NC : 411,378 407,411 427,837 389,684 405,025 4,924,587 5,099,790 OH : 27,469 29,001 29,450 26,433 29,339 329,281 307,867 OK : 64,980 68,367 68,599 61,719 68,671 745,498 755,380 PA : 52,755 59,184 60,354 52,505 55,345 663,837 708,062 SC : 154,315 159,930 161,428 155,169 163,646 1,881,070 1,895,518 TN : 118,151 123,209 122,103 107,564 113,171 1,366,200 1,365,030 TX : 321,092 315,825 328,326 291,819 301,202 3,695,642 3,619,793 VA : 134,349 140,592 139,746 119,651 134,183 1,581,777 1,570,874 WA : 21,950 22,641 21,650 19,463 22,400 272,803 312,192 WV : 36,599 37,240 34,672 33,140 33,087 419,725 435,128 : US 1/ :4,036,180 4,099,080 4,109,602 3,728,224 3,970,581 47,613,116 49,780,767 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AL : 5.41 5.47 5.47 5.45 5.46 5.48 5.46 AR : 5.62 5.60 5.39 5.46 5.46 5.36 5.37 CA : 5.78 5.72 5.69 5.68 5.60 5.56 5.58 DE : 6.79 6.76 6.87 6.90 6.89 6.97 6.94 FL : 6.15 6.20 5.85 5.90 5.82 5.96 5.97 GA : 5.18 5.21 5.20 5.22 5.20 5.15 5.22 IN : 4.47 4.35 4.44 4.54 4.48 4.30 4.40 KY : 5.34 5.31 5.35 5.42 5.46 5.40 5.38 LA : 5.82 5.80 5.81 5.73 5.98 5.98 6.00 MD : 4.48 4.62 4.86 4.86 4.79 4.62 4.85 MS : 5.74 5.71 5.72 5.75 5.89 5.76 5.75 MO : 4.76 4.70 4.71 4.74 4.75 4.67 4.67 NJ : 4.31 4.46 4.33 4.96 4.47 4.30 4.40 NY : 5.20 5.18 5.27 5.21 5.19 5.13 5.17 NC : 6.93 6.92 7.02 7.05 6.99 6.95 6.98 OH : 5.99 5.84 5.78 5.88 6.00 5.97 5.98 OK : 5.34 5.10 5.16 5.29 5.28 5.34 5.36 PA : 5.68 5.65 5.56 5.58 5.63 5.69 5.61 SC : 6.41 6.28 6.39 6.47 6.47 6.31 6.24 TN : 5.19 5.11 5.21 5.26 5.12 4.96 4.90 TX : 5.21 5.34 5.36 5.38 5.45 5.41 5.34 VA : 4.88 4.86 4.98 5.01 5.01 4.96 4.99 WA : 5.68 5.49 5.68 5.75 5.67 5.70 5.63 WV : 4.03 4.00 4.20 4.07 4.00 4.01 4.06 : US 1/ : 5.56 5.54 5.55 5.57 5.59 5.53 5.54 : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AL : 339,309 322,986 360,425 363,159 348,753 377,026 385,165 AR : 329,659 323,131 335,056 343,453 310,435 333,980 328,927 CA : 100,086 87,634 92,937 94,899 94,984 100,786 101,190 DE : 118,582 107,222 119,329 122,138 122,734 134,640 132,006 FL : 17,559 15,758 14,188 12,130 12,058 12,012 13,257 GA : 393,102 380,381 424,143 424,844 397,029 407,963 413,295 IN : 14,400 12,804 15,257 15,325 14,544 15,262 15,756 KY : 81,558 89,067 94,415 96,778 94,577 101,351 107,451 LA : 63,196 57,782 66,720 60,458 52,251 49,034 54,408 MD : 33,949 32,327 39,369 39,721 40,859 41,138 43,038 MS : 256,961 245,046 270,740 267,657 275,542 281,338 285,427 MO : 114,117 107,539 115,124 118,017 112,537 119,195 123,454 NJ : 1,240 1,215 1,555 1,516 1,343 1,219 876 NY : 4,982 4,556 5,204 5,218 6,007 6,030 5,759 NC : 328,238 279,040 320,552 313,794 311,692 330,303 337,048 OH : 19,523 17,519 19,127 19,881 19,933 20,842 21,701 OK : 42,880 38,445 42,761 44,496 41,763 46,037 48,710 PA : 37,318 36,000 40,014 37,914 37,201 41,210 38,606 SC : 112,931 105,912 122,562 120,728 114,337 119,726 120,312 TN : 78,147 72,029 82,421 85,312 75,940 85,437 87,154 TX : 222,204 218,307 248,951 241,123 237,238 251,724 249,232 VA : 89,852 82,184 87,121 90,321 91,561 94,639 101,931 WA : 17,797 14,670 16,900 17,611 17,649 18,229 19,169 WV : 22,094 22,606 27,307 26,972 24,167 25,121 27,241 : US 1/ :2,871,584 2,704,333 2,996,975 2,997,726 2,890,394 3,050,620 3,095,516 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AL : 5.52 5.52 5.59 5.60 5.61 5.50 5.40 AR : 5.46 5.66 5.71 5.70 5.75 5.50 5.50 CA : 5.67 5.55 5.52 5.52 5.77 5.60 5.60 DE : 6.87 6.94 6.97 6.95 6.84 6.90 6.80 FL : 5.93 6.06 5.89 5.71 5.90 6.00 5.90 GA : 5.24 5.31 5.27 5.28 5.26 5.20 5.30 IN : 4.44 4.42 4.41 4.33 4.29 4.40 4.40 KY : 5.35 5.42 5.44 5.34 5.28 5.40 5.40 LA : 5.95 6.04 6.05 6.07 6.12 5.90 5.90 MD : 4.77 4.89 4.86 4.89 4.77 4.80 4.90 MS : 5.78 5.83 5.95 6.00 5.86 5.80 5.80 MO : 4.65 4.70 4.70 4.76 4.71 4.70 4.70 NJ : 4.39 4.44 4.56 4.52 4.63 4.50 4.40 NY : 5.07 5.08 5.13 5.10 5.07 5.10 5.20 NC : 6.95 6.96 7.11 7.20 7.12 7.00 6.90 OH : 6.06 6.09 6.12 6.12 6.23 6.00 5.70 OK : 5.49 5.65 5.70 5.56 5.66 5.40 5.30 PA : 5.61 5.65 5.78 5.60 5.69 5.60 5.80 SC : 6.23 6.46 6.42 6.54 6.46 6.40 6.40 TN : 4.92 5.02 5.05 5.03 5.06 5.10 5.10 TX : 5.36 5.43 5.47 5.49 5.41 5.40 5.40 VA : 5.00 5.02 5.03 5.00 5.01 5.00 4.90 WA : 5.62 5.48 5.49 5.50 5.47 5.60 5.60 WV : 3.99 4.06 3.96 3.96 3.87 4.00 4.10 : US 1/ : 5.56 5.62 5.67 5.67 5.65 5.59 5.58 : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AL : 376,009 379,067 375,887 345,578 370,097 4,343,461 4,440,777 AR : 325,745 328,904 331,926 305,931 329,964 3,927,111 4,390,050 CA : 99,428 89,652 85,822 73,609 91,073 1,112,100 1,141,771 DE : 124,540 129,562 127,478 112,205 120,128 1,470,564 1,491,632 FL : 13,216 13,017 12,599 10,874 17,555 164,223 238,823 GA : 402,458 414,848 410,492 372,007 394,101 4,834,663 5,220,857 IN : 15,158 15,008 15,027 13,015 13,778 175,334 169,225 KY : 101,834 102,429 103,067 91,124 92,432 1,156,083 1,158,331 LA : 63,805 69,878 71,029 65,050 67,207 740,818 825,204 MD : 39,192 42,170 41,833 36,842 38,997 469,435 496,948 MS : 276,905 283,794 285,022 263,306 268,263 3,260,001 3,444,418 MO : 118,210 123,371 115,280 109,775 117,382 1,394,001 1,385,893 NJ : 1,291 1,367 1,015 1,160 1,253 15,050 13,981 NY : 5,868 6,238 5,854 6,044 6,057 67,817 58,062 NC : 317,718 313,748 332,277 303,106 314,156 3,801,672 3,902,752 OH : 20,258 21,424 21,692 19,374 21,719 242,993 226,104 OK : 49,276 51,874 52,029 46,440 51,589 556,300 560,614 PA : 36,686 41,245 42,308 36,733 38,796 464,031 488,245 SC : 115,946 120,400 121,509 116,933 123,189 1,414,485 1,421,691 TN : 85,699 89,494 88,762 77,979 82,204 990,578 986,069 TX : 250,291 246,959 256,505 227,780 235,224 2,885,538 2,790,972 VA : 94,355 99,871 99,199 84,737 95,320 1,111,091 1,097,381 WA : 16,373 16,879 16,132 14,455 16,692 202,556 231,321 WV : 26,275 26,731 24,882 23,820 23,671 300,887 312,007 : US 1/ :3,012,076 3,064,265 3,071,837 2,789,792 2,965,375 35,510,493 36,906,310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AL : 2,980 2,802 2,837 2,796 2,518 2,733 2,684 AR : 3,641 3,595 3,404 3,168 2,900 2,913 2,795 CA : 913 802 920 892 966 1,101 1,141 DE : 1,487 1,424 1,493 1,428 1,374 1,626 1,609 FL : 98 90 75 70 84 90 101 GA : 3,569 3,417 3,800 3,262 2,526 2,604 2,578 IN : 168 151 159 174 167 176 160 KY : 1,544 1,629 885 807 649 619 522 LA : 352 394 404 311 248 256 262 MD : 540 580 606 427 408 405 410 MS : 2,212 2,138 2,314 2,036 2,065 2,191 2,113 MO : 1,218 1,274 1,304 1,276 1,309 1,420 1,257 NJ : 54 41 51 63 65 38 36 NY : 115 126 166 154 188 216 248 NC : 4,174 3,625 3,869 3,603 3,461 3,648 3,738 OH : 325 286 324 326 358 338 352 OK : 399 321 379 325 327 317 386 PA : 868 713 768 657 613 681 742 SC : 809 800 934 992 938 921 883 TN : 580 541 709 652 602 651 613 TX : 2,007 1,925 2,054 1,884 1,684 1,838 1,835 VA : 734 698 771 763 712 871 760 WA : 302 222 267 296 270 267 239 WV : 105 121 123 101 73 77 73 : US 1/ : 29,812 28,278 29,181 26,967 25,021 26,519 26,031 : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AL : 0.87 0.86 0.78 0.76 0.72 0.72 0.69 AR : 1.09 1.10 1.01 0.91 0.93 0.86 0.84 CA : 0.90 0.91 0.98 0.93 1.01 1.08 1.11 DE : 1.24 1.31 1.24 1.16 1.11 1.19 1.20 FL : 0.56 0.57 0.53 0.58 0.69 0.74 0.76 GA : 0.90 0.89 0.89 0.76 0.63 0.63 0.62 IN : 1.15 1.17 1.03 1.12 1.14 1.14 1.01 KY : 1.86 1.80 0.93 0.83 0.68 0.61 0.48 LA : 0.55 0.68 0.60 0.51 0.47 0.52 0.48 MD : 1.57 1.76 1.52 1.06 0.99 0.98 0.94 MS : 0.85 0.87 0.85 0.75 0.74 0.77 0.73 MO : 1.06 1.17 1.12 1.07 1.15 1.18 1.01 NJ : 4.20 3.28 3.17 4.01 4.62 3.01 3.90 NY : 2.26 2.70 3.10 2.86 3.04 3.46 4.13 NC : 1.26 1.28 1.19 1.14 1.10 1.09 1.10 OH : 1.64 1.61 1.66 1.62 1.76 1.59 1.59 OK : 0.92 0.83 0.88 0.72 0.78 0.68 0.79 PA : 2.27 1.94 1.88 1.70 1.62 1.63 1.89 SC : 0.71 0.75 0.76 0.82 0.81 0.76 0.73 TN : 0.74 0.75 0.85 0.76 0.79 0.76 0.70 TX : 0.90 0.87 0.82 0.78 0.71 0.72 0.73 VA : 0.81 0.84 0.88 0.84 0.77 0.91 0.74 WA : 1.67 1.49 1.55 1.65 1.51 1.44 1.23 WV : 0.47 0.53 0.45 0.37 0.30 0.31 0.27 : US 1/ : 1.03 1.03 0.96 0.89 0.86 0.86 0.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AL : 2,522 2,465 2,502 2,529 2,565 31,933 37,920 AR : 2,840 2,979 3,080 2,722 3,130 37,167 49,561 CA : 1,071 862 844 705 833 11,050 12,842 DE : 1,501 1,694 1,548 1,325 1,646 18,155 22,125 FL : 119 103 92 58 115 1,095 2,320 GA : 2,425 2,575 2,617 2,395 2,913 34,681 47,477 IN : 124 155 157 145 168 1,904 1,736 KY : 583 686 509 629 674 9,736 9,225 LA : 316 372 411 341 356 4,023 4,165 MD : 332 344 382 840 446 5,720 8,308 MS : 2,036 2,060 2,133 1,894 1,918 25,110 32,070 MO : 1,040 1,073 978 1,017 1,032 14,198 15,509 NJ : 37 40 27 36 34 522 453 NY : 390 367 131 137 156 2,394 1,368 NC : 3,268 3,070 3,212 3,001 3,199 41,868 50,388 OH : 294 305 389 324 342 3,963 4,273 OK : 335 342 327 274 320 4,052 3,954 PA : 567 705 678 522 524 8,038 9,930 SC : 858 865 900 910 1,000 10,810 12,742 TN : 588 607 565 539 528 7,175 9,112 TX : 1,694 1,528 1,603 1,478 1,510 21,040 22,251 VA : 561 518 517 403 468 7,776 8,165 WA : 188 177 167 142 155 2,692 4,490 WV : 70 82 74 89 84 1,072 1,125 : US 1/ : 24,279 24,475 24,331 22,930 24,633 312,457 377,709 : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AL : 0.67 0.65 0.66 0.73 0.69 0.73 0.85 AR : 0.86 0.90 0.92 0.88 0.94 0.94 1.12 CA : 1.07 0.95 0.97 0.95 0.91 0.98 1.11 DE : 1.19 1.29 1.20 1.17 1.35 1.22 1.46 FL : 0.89 0.78 0.73 0.53 0.65 0.66 0.96 GA : 0.60 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.73 0.71 0.90 IN : 0.81 1.02 1.04 1.10 1.20 1.07 1.02 KY : 0.57 0.66 0.49 0.69 0.72 0.84 0.79 LA : 0.49 0.53 0.58 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.50 MD : 0.84 0.81 0.91 2.23 1.13 1.20 1.64 MS : 0.73 0.72 0.74 0.71 0.71 0.76 0.92 MO : 0.87 0.86 0.84 0.92 0.87 1.01 1.11 NJ : 2.82 2.81 2.56 3.01 2.62 3.35 3.14 NY : 6.23 5.56 2.19 2.22 2.51 3.41 2.30 NC : 1.02 0.97 0.96 0.98 1.01 1.09 1.27 OH : 1.43 1.40 1.76 1.64 1.55 1.60 1.85 OK : 0.68 0.66 0.62 0.59 0.62 0.72 0.70 PA : 1.52 1.68 1.58 1.40 1.33 1.70 1.99 SC : 0.73 0.71 0.74 0.77 0.81 0.76 0.89 TN : 0.68 0.67 0.63 0.69 0.64 0.72 0.92 TX : 0.67 0.61 0.62 0.64 0.64 0.72 0.79 VA : 0.59 0.52 0.52 0.47 0.49 0.69 0.74 WA : 1.14 1.04 1.02 0.97 0.92 1.31 1.90 WV : 0.27 0.31 0.30 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.36 : US 1/ : 0.80 0.79 0.79 0.82 0.82 0.87 1.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : AL : AR : DE : GA : MS : MO : NC : TX : VA : : US 1/ : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Leukosis : AL : 138 105 192 107 124 88 118 AR : 393 360 376 336 368 385 458 DE : 1,336 2,077 1,172 1,550 1,368 1,711 1,272 GA : 183 96 134 120 213 98 80 MS : 321 109 230 105 143 175 164 MO : 290 254 218 183 317 273 245 NC : 1,437 2,709 5,253 10,930 14,129 3,358 2,689 TX : 42 92 84 79 83 58 59 VA : 100 86 95 116 72 130 95 : US 1/ : 10,665 8,235 10,829 15,473 20,504 8,850 9,073 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : AL : 59,025 53,064 55,490 50,814 48,590 53,948 57,871 AR : 121,988 122,204 108,454 101,427 91,310 101,128 100,531 DE : 55,764 47,127 50,094 47,991 42,381 47,392 43,825 GA : 70,964 59,659 69,514 62,761 54,537 53,571 51,713 MS : 28,425 24,785 28,421 26,625 28,667 29,814 27,667 MO : 75,130 83,807 83,161 78,480 74,793 83,871 80,236 NC : 95,626 75,821 79,072 70,350 70,877 83,648 91,068 TX : 51,353 47,862 46,472 40,277 40,076 41,042 44,549 VA : 30,470 27,437 28,256 24,891 22,318 26,061 23,319 : US 1/ : 889,637 842,015 852,008 790,986 759,931 824,072 820,298 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : AL : 72,170 66,659 55,026 63,109 38,894 37,237 35,870 AR : 31,724 37,809 30,365 27,012 29,912 25,107 22,073 DE : 33,054 31,944 33,798 28,431 24,224 22,205 16,899 GA : 99,463 113,216 149,664 87,449 56,456 49,433 43,307 MS : 22,316 26,999 19,716 16,127 12,043 10,131 8,329 MO : 14,325 11,778 13,842 13,368 12,993 15,004 11,984 NC : 60,457 52,215 55,838 47,292 28,505 30,296 26,618 TX : 27,348 26,839 17,311 16,324 12,843 10,076 8,877 VA : 21,290 20,046 22,925 17,378 12,098 14,276 9,656 : US 1/ : 649,854 631,217 560,792 435,719 324,289 292,103 247,545 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tuberculosis : AL : AR : DE : GA : MS : MO : NC : TX : VA : : US 1/ : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Leukosis : AL : 109 112 155 96 176 1,520 1,734 AR : 541 428 372 324 415 4,756 6,157 DE : 630 657 334 305 421 12,833 16,762 GA : 81 55 116 62 71 1,309 2,797 MS : 182 271 185 200 110 2,195 1,891 MO : 252 247 296 269 231 3,075 3,245 NC : 683 484 513 263 358 42,806 4,771 TX : 75 68 106 100 180 1,026 1,037 VA : 125 85 74 72 83 1,133 1,648 : US 1/ : 4,552 4,570 3,422 3,619 3,548 103,340 71,592 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Septicaemia : AL : 55,303 54,028 53,364 47,803 52,163 641,463 766,521 AR : 93,253 86,035 88,604 82,196 100,965 1,198,095 1,628,002 DE : 44,716 49,279 46,712 40,823 48,048 564,152 912,388 GA : 52,457 51,888 51,746 48,953 62,654 690,417 923,451 MS : 27,780 30,367 31,204 28,787 28,040 340,582 424,225 MO : 64,364 61,101 58,861 58,260 69,181 871,245 854,445 NC : 82,111 75,836 80,961 70,661 74,749 950,780 1,057,652 TX : 43,299 41,796 47,726 45,434 49,911 539,797 500,128 VA : 18,887 17,963 17,206 14,659 15,933 267,400 306,889 : US 1/ : 753,275 723,687 718,444 653,441 755,065 9,382,859 11,167,610 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Airsacculitis : AL : 35,497 31,431 34,173 29,489 46,716 546,271 660,870 AR : 13,455 16,221 20,358 20,399 33,296 307,731 379,272 DE : 11,982 14,649 15,484 16,177 25,387 274,234 424,711 GA : 43,621 36,104 43,343 50,849 71,135 844,040 1,977,910 MS : 7,463 9,193 10,163 8,796 10,935 162,211 381,465 MO : 10,796 8,392 7,966 9,967 12,284 142,699 160,121 NC : 18,413 18,218 20,900 20,422 34,963 414,137 703,886 TX : 8,310 8,886 12,614 12,069 19,083 180,580 148,524 VA : 7,769 6,540 8,556 6,761 11,012 158,307 318,958 : US 1/ : 220,197 215,828 245,892 247,437 364,020 4,434,893 7,278,877 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : AL : 548 255 426 274 167 203 317 AR : 2,282 1,846 1,549 1,618 1,862 2,410 3,094 DE : 73 138 113 85 82 65 22 GA : 391 284 151 286 161 147 230 MS : 280 120 111 145 186 266 191 MO : 135 159 140 165 122 135 168 NC : 89 104 232 326 396 222 405 TX : 44 47 49 61 59 67 73 VA : 20 11 11 30 27 15 53 : US 1/ : 13,193 9,011 6,229 4,217 4,783 5,344 6,117 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tumors : AL : 3,099 3,577 3,730 3,678 3,458 3,272 3,500 AR : 2,311 2,500 2,301 2,101 1,867 1,720 1,641 DE : 6,850 5,476 5,738 5,584 6,787 6,673 5,992 GA : 8,842 7,563 9,444 8,213 9,154 10,493 10,096 MS : 442 504 500 397 458 421 451 MO : 1,417 1,501 1,449 1,322 1,468 1,455 1,611 NC : 9,692 8,658 9,025 9,477 10,480 12,494 10,553 TX : 614 556 649 531 548 612 624 VA : 3,666 2,476 3,060 2,914 3,199 3,069 2,975 : US 1/ : 48,580 43,559 46,922 45,233 47,751 50,477 48,854 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : AL : 1,413 1,307 1,358 1,387 1,178 1,290 1,292 AR : 1,870 1,746 1,658 1,457 1,303 1,344 1,337 DE : 614 643 752 751 757 862 1,003 GA : 989 836 1,210 1,145 987 1,047 993 MS : 1,231 1,329 1,351 1,055 640 696 690 MO : 588 675 523 488 501 542 579 NC : 1,297 979 1,057 935 988 1,136 1,323 TX : 319 259 301 324 335 382 378 VA : 699 576 469 548 514 560 592 : US 1/ : 13,439 12,959 13,576 13,458 11,744 12,592 12,548 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Cadaver : AL : 6,493 6,339 6,888 5,789 5,337 5,528 5,149 AR : 10,692 8,201 8,547 7,195 5,782 6,122 6,482 DE : 2,635 2,636 3,079 3,652 3,597 3,421 2,999 GA : 17,225 14,756 15,713 14,451 10,298 12,073 11,825 MS : 2,775 1,998 2,080 1,616 1,929 2,269 1,965 MO : 3,115 1,853 1,681 1,385 1,699 1,731 2,143 NC : 13,099 10,369 10,161 8,432 9,409 9,937 10,075 TX : 3,820 3,356 3,578 3,965 4,110 4,470 4,727 VA : 1,770 1,575 1,391 1,931 2,083 1,636 1,968 : US 1/ : 86,503 69,855 72,226 66,956 60,978 66,673 67,726 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Synovitis : AL : 446 303 340 279 260 3,818 4,367 AR : 5,009 4,213 3,393 2,377 3,315 32,968 26,310 DE : 39 55 63 106 115 956 1,655 GA : 233 442 227 173 169 2,894 2,562 MS : 182 178 189 127 198 2,173 1,834 MO : 188 179 160 102 100 1,753 1,929 NC : 388 438 618 412 322 3,952 1,739 TX : 104 238 182 114 135 1,173 1,029 VA : 37 87 18 24 19 352 372 : US 1/ : 8,321 7,936 6,783 4,811 6,284 83,029 60,882 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tumors : AL : 3,593 3,996 3,837 4,665 5,412 45,817 48,135 AR : 1,670 1,755 1,848 1,804 2,050 23,568 23,476 DE : 5,991 6,519 6,438 6,715 8,190 76,953 124,786 GA : 9,692 9,769 8,634 8,015 10,216 110,131 104,920 MS : 409 371 361 362 374 5,050 8,402 MO : 1,506 1,516 1,561 1,296 1,560 17,662 16,136 NC : 8,926 8,121 7,101 6,832 8,528 109,887 144,948 TX : 704 736 695 795 834 7,898 8,842 VA : 2,553 2,690 2,443 2,329 2,986 34,360 46,364 : US 1/ : 45,383 45,163 44,475 43,768 52,489 562,654 733,845 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Bruises : AL : 1,257 1,340 1,280 1,023 1,073 15,198 20,184 AR : 1,362 1,259 1,143 1,086 1,259 16,824 32,048 DE : 1,149 999 879 1,018 1,013 10,440 13,981 GA : 1,055 1,113 850 751 703 11,679 17,491 MS : 836 989 842 863 856 11,378 16,198 MO : 380 354 356 352 368 5,706 9,471 NC : 1,137 1,129 1,036 947 1,010 12,974 19,113 TX : 477 465 458 378 417 4,493 6,189 VA : 538 516 577 457 594 6,640 9,736 : US 1/ : 12,164 12,058 11,562 10,744 11,832 148,676 206,114 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Cadaver : AL : 4,703 5,145 4,887 4,417 5,435 66,110 76,363 AR : 5,838 6,119 6,632 6,113 8,758 86,481 138,049 DE : 2,599 2,602 2,434 2,088 2,826 34,568 48,624 GA : 10,920 11,549 12,504 10,482 15,561 157,357 236,267 MS : 1,789 1,954 2,193 1,842 1,872 24,282 27,451 MO : 1,763 2,292 1,999 1,793 2,382 23,836 31,242 NC : 7,760 8,155 9,082 9,146 9,313 114,938 156,928 TX : 4,871 4,231 4,434 4,491 5,078 51,131 44,280 VA : 1,538 1,419 1,222 1,030 1,535 19,098 21,808 : US 1/ : 63,424 61,824 62,772 58,282 72,500 809,719 1,090,961 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : AL : 9,512 8,495 7,860 7,917 6,959 8,055 7,269 AR : 9,502 10,637 11,868 10,693 9,691 10,379 10,346 DE : 2,642 3,132 4,347 4,684 3,889 5,205 5,438 GA : 8,654 7,420 9,310 8,108 6,902 6,484 6,614 MS : 5,676 5,984 7,553 4,572 2,761 2,566 2,936 MO : 6,842 7,679 7,949 8,299 8,067 8,983 8,404 NC : 7,095 4,917 5,573 5,152 6,662 6,824 7,634 TX : 5,854 5,407 6,543 6,627 6,514 7,336 5,671 VA : 2,725 2,371 2,472 3,245 3,591 3,687 4,367 : US 1/ : 117,898 110,077 119,338 109,501 103,648 109,641 103,385 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Overscald : AL : 2,737 4,544 4,986 5,688 3,979 5,952 4,348 AR : 1,607 1,844 2,829 1,768 3,090 2,608 1,058 DE : 465 2,796 984 808 1,053 947 498 GA : 3,662 4,517 2,455 2,197 2,011 2,712 2,674 MS : 562 123 310 542 379 328 183 MO : 488 136 41 79 242 57 328 NC : 6,193 4,692 4,449 5,749 6,648 6,560 10,173 TX : 569 1,863 1,056 952 850 1,371 956 VA : 787 1,706 633 1,168 1,192 1,128 1,989 : US 1/ : 26,617 32,740 28,147 25,227 25,476 29,858 30,199 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : AL : 120,196 115,049 116,465 104,599 90,350 91,794 94,693 AR : 64,218 72,225 60,233 78,807 137,969 111,246 102,156 DE : 24,806 20,241 20,533 17,901 17,526 30,605 40,770 GA : 104,365 88,221 100,887 90,676 56,681 53,212 54,680 MS : 43,914 45,167 47,680 47,692 47,495 60,646 48,097 MO : 74,708 74,061 73,069 74,558 71,109 88,673 50,406 NC : 83,008 86,917 81,700 92,516 73,193 67,528 72,337 TX : 58,114 53,995 52,921 42,804 34,701 34,003 29,947 VA : 30,206 37,587 39,500 38,494 36,122 64,106 52,223 : US 1/ : 790,332 780,718 818,299 781,982 775,958 819,656 764,296 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : AL : 275,331 259,394 252,421 243,362 199,036 207,367 210,427 AR : 246,587 259,372 228,180 232,414 283,154 262,449 249,176 DE : 128,239 116,210 120,610 111,437 101,664 119,086 118,718 GA : 314,738 296,568 358,482 275,406 197,400 189,270 182,212 MS : 105,942 107,118 107,952 98,876 94,701 107,312 90,673 MO : 177,038 181,903 182,073 178,327 171,311 200,724 156,104 NC : 277,993 247,381 252,360 251,159 221,287 222,003 232,875 TX : 148,077 140,276 128,964 111,944 100,119 99,417 95,861 VA : 91,733 93,871 98,812 90,715 81,216 114,668 97,237 : US 1/ :2,646,718 2,540,386 2,528,366 2,288,752 2,135,062 2,219,266 2,110,041 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned, Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Contamination : AL : 6,997 8,072 7,984 8,175 9,170 96,465 142,648 AR : 10,240 8,815 7,678 7,005 7,601 114,455 196,615 DE : 4,651 4,092 4,078 2,959 3,182 48,299 64,326 GA : 5,937 5,823 5,806 6,370 8,836 86,264 157,085 MS : 3,005 3,084 3,046 3,242 2,681 47,106 46,791 MO : 6,417 6,026 4,971 5,718 6,090 85,445 100,093 NC : 7,693 8,407 9,008 7,489 8,305 84,759 104,976 TX : 5,022 5,576 4,442 2,764 3,720 65,476 78,528 VA : 2,902 2,663 3,165 2,364 3,042 36,594 36,441 : US 1/ : 96,312 95,030 88,067 85,705 90,920 1,229,522 1,548,976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Overscald : AL : 6,622 6,287 4,437 2,293 1,565 53,438 78,708 AR : 1,641 2,293 608 344 528 20,218 23,298 DE : 915 1,253 500 205 176 10,600 16,892 GA : 2,630 3,292 828 1,575 1,154 29,707 49,177 MS : 273 457 381 409 392 4,339 13,460 MO : 285 1,068 243 19 83 3,069 3,545 NC : 9,921 10,253 3,755 5,733 5,270 79,396 120,210 TX : 1,389 1,189 605 532 367 11,699 22,045 VA : 3,793 1,888 800 580 603 16,267 18,653 : US 1/ : 41,790 35,551 15,385 13,926 12,624 317,540 482,677 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : AL : 87,673 87,040 93,816 90,021 102,442 1,194,138 1,243,357 AR : 119,848 141,842 121,224 115,683 117,795 1,243,246 877,163 DE : 34,322 42,005 16,352 29,011 27,284 321,356 450,220 GA : 37,450 44,711 49,863 46,763 55,364 782,873 904,142 MS : 42,912 44,558 47,917 48,743 61,393 586,214 768,128 MO : 39,128 45,154 36,316 42,317 44,879 714,378 1,032,184 NC : 51,369 53,028 56,301 47,605 59,580 825,082 1,163,391 TX : 33,491 29,257 28,354 28,809 33,510 459,906 536,824 VA : 20,490 24,216 24,410 18,907 24,673 410,934 248,727 : US 1/ : 655,641 750,455 647,264 650,068 730,461 8,965,130 9,835,080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Total : All Causes : AL : 202,200 197,754 204,273 188,261 224,412 2,664,238 3,042,887 AR : 252,857 268,980 251,860 237,331 275,982 3,048,342 3,330,390 DE : 106,994 122,110 93,274 99,407 116,642 1,354,391 2,074,345 GA : 164,076 164,746 173,917 173,993 225,863 2,716,671 4,375,802 MS : 84,831 91,422 96,481 93,371 106,851 1,185,530 1,689,845 MO : 125,079 126,329 112,729 120,093 137,158 1,868,868 2,212,411 NC : 188,401 184,069 189,275 169,510 202,398 2,638,711 3,477,614 TX : 97,742 92,442 99,616 95,486 113,235 1,323,179 1,347,426 VA : 58,632 58,067 58,471 47,183 60,480 951,085 1,009,596 : US 1/ :1,901,059 1,952,102 1,844,066 1,771,801 2,099,743 26,037,362 32,476,614 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Published States do not add to US total to avoid disclosure. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, and Pounds Certified by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AR : 2,568 3,029 2,880 2,719 2,561 2,687 2,393 CA : 916 870 1,034 1,198 962 1,069 1,238 IN : 1,326 1,272 1,529 1,442 1,362 1,484 1,555 IA : 1,085 913 981 985 837 917 932 MN : 2,957 2,689 3,050 3,291 3,675 4,335 4,074 NC : 2,624 2,852 2,894 2,801 2,619 2,913 2,936 OH : 407 389 413 398 377 403 397 PA : 628 583 646 590 628 716 780 VA : 2,594 2,183 2,146 2,235 2,209 2,375 2,475 : US 1/ : 19,254 18,732 19,925 20,167 19,450 21,531 21,325 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AR : 49,339 59,598 55,561 53,673 49,488 51,262 45,396 CA : 29,661 25,090 28,167 32,581 27,858 29,032 32,181 IN : 48,635 48,222 57,763 53,627 50,211 55,026 56,663 IA : 44,564 36,875 38,867 38,992 33,555 36,560 36,493 MN : 80,761 73,643 82,119 88,685 92,872 106,604 100,697 NC : 86,667 86,446 88,392 82,675 79,235 87,413 86,248 OH : 17,308 16,989 17,600 17,423 16,189 16,951 16,624 PA : 13,521 13,575 15,327 13,619 14,762 15,840 17,304 VA : 68,783 56,272 55,313 57,980 55,846 60,629 62,717 : US 1/ : 587,350 555,158 587,139 591,652 560,711 613,838 606,367 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AR : 19.21 19.68 19.30 19.74 19.32 19.07 18.97 CA : 32.37 28.85 27.25 27.19 28.97 27.15 26.00 IN : 36.67 37.90 37.79 37.20 36.87 37.07 36.45 IA : 41.07 40.38 39.60 39.60 40.08 39.86 39.14 MN : 27.31 27.39 26.93 26.95 25.27 24.59 24.71 NC : 33.03 30.32 30.54 29.52 30.26 30.01 29.38 OH : 42.56 43.63 42.62 43.78 42.97 42.09 41.84 PA : 21.54 23.30 23.74 23.07 23.51 22.12 22.19 VA : 26.52 25.77 25.77 25.94 25.28 25.53 25.34 : US 1/ : 30.51 29.64 29.47 29.34 28.83 28.51 28.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AR : 40,568 49,615 46,300 44,634 41,785 42,833 37,886 CA : 23,998 20,235 22,895 26,499 22,887 23,669 26,182 IN : 38,482 38,575 46,295 42,994 40,289 44,036 45,328 IA : 34,868 28,768 30,407 30,832 26,558 28,817 28,491 MN : 64,201 58,728 65,265 70,781 74,364 85,519 80,770 NC : 68,336 68,612 70,393 65,656 63,024 69,626 67,609 OH : 13,724 13,401 13,931 13,824 12,853 13,525 13,207 PA : 10,646 10,693 12,116 10,793 11,677 12,473 13,718 VA : 53,321 43,351 42,897 45,138 43,818 47,482 48,520 : US 1/ : 464,863 441,599 467,717 472,243 448,772 490,672 482,278 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Slaughtered : AR : 2,524 2,463 2,745 2,654 2,596 31,819 36,147 CA : 1,160 1,191 2,052 2,106 1,242 15,038 15,990 IN : 1,464 1,456 1,499 1,331 1,446 17,166 16,394 IA : 922 968 992 989 988 11,509 14,011 MN : 3,841 3,926 3,727 4,138 3,103 42,806 44,300 NC : 2,697 2,573 2,568 2,094 2,077 31,648 35,774 OH : 391 409 442 448 394 4,868 5,191 PA : 797 656 888 1,160 616 8,688 12,183 VA : 2,177 2,259 2,539 2,315 2,402 27,909 29,025 : US 1/ : 20,404 20,280 22,213 21,491 19,177 243,949 269,165 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : AR : 49,265 49,491 53,773 52,318 52,417 621,581 712,768 CA : 31,007 32,303 52,979 51,473 32,279 404,611 434,844 IN : 51,587 51,978 53,011 47,377 53,208 627,308 586,672 IA : 34,804 37,334 37,276 36,529 38,960 450,809 560,109 MN : 93,141 95,713 92,786 97,441 79,481 1,083,943 1,181,709 NC : 81,045 77,016 78,240 67,006 69,535 969,918 1,111,052 OH : 16,704 17,456 19,055 17,575 17,116 206,990 209,382 PA : 17,423 14,939 20,295 23,664 14,096 194,365 229,439 VA : 55,600 59,103 66,245 59,753 62,823 721,064 779,313 : US 1/ : 576,310 581,586 631,792 595,993 568,231 7,056,127 7,803,131 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Pounds : Average : Live Weight : AR : 19.52 20.10 19.59 19.71 20.19 19.50 19.70 CA : 26.73 27.13 25.82 24.44 25.99 26.90 27.20 IN : 35.23 35.70 35.37 35.61 36.79 36.50 35.80 IA : 37.75 38.56 37.56 36.93 39.43 39.20 40.00 MN : 24.25 24.38 24.89 23.55 25.61 25.30 26.70 NC : 30.05 29.94 30.47 32.00 33.48 30.60 31.10 OH : 42.77 42.65 43.14 39.21 43.39 42.50 40.30 PA : 21.87 22.78 22.85 20.39 22.89 22.40 18.80 VA : 25.54 26.16 26.09 25.81 26.15 25.80 26.80 : US 1/ : 28.24 28.68 28.44 27.73 29.63 28.92 28.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Pounds : Certified 2/ : AR : 41,721 41,389 45,444 43,132 43,883 519,190 588,746 CA : 25,297 26,489 42,532 41,575 25,956 328,214 353,467 IN : 41,535 41,687 42,814 38,193 42,722 502,950 469,279 IA : 27,299 29,272 29,150 28,712 30,563 353,737 436,993 MN : 74,575 76,785 74,246 78,050 63,579 866,863 944,784 NC : 64,261 60,488 61,591 52,668 54,774 767,038 877,407 OH : 13,253 13,846 15,131 13,686 13,572 163,953 166,023 PA : 13,859 11,812 16,270 19,102 11,244 154,403 182,762 VA : 43,221 46,238 51,889 46,909 49,408 562,192 609,811 : US 1/ : 460,690 463,836 504,415 475,287 453,227 5,625,599 6,204,960 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2009 and 2008 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : Jul : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AR : 683 754 762 788 599 596 582 CA : 288 246 261 277 261 230 305 IN : 842 653 734 762 742 788 806 IA : 690 697 640 675 544 549 552 MN : 1,287 1,106 1,427 1,280 1,275 1,423 1,342 NC : 569 538 613 592 526 543 492 OH : 378 384 382 373 361 367 349 PA : 211 239 247 182 227 278 251 VA : 688 547 522 515 519 509 573 : US 1/ : 7,797 7,277 7,862 7,437 6,859 7,120 6,992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AR : 1.66 1.50 1.62 1.74 1.41 1.37 1.51 CA : 1.19 1.20 1.13 1.03 1.13 0.96 1.15 IN : 2.14 1.66 1.56 1.74 1.81 1.76 1.75 IA : 1.94 2.36 2.06 2.14 2.01 1.87 1.90 MN : 1.96 1.85 2.14 1.78 1.69 1.64 1.63 NC : 0.83 0.78 0.86 0.89 0.83 0.77 0.72 OH : 2.68 2.78 2.67 2.63 2.73 2.64 2.58 PA : 1.94 2.19 2.00 1.66 1.91 2.18 1.79 VA : 1.27 1.25 1.20 1.13 1.17 1.06 1.17 : US 1/ : 1.65 1.62 1.65 1.55 1.51 1.43 1.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month, State, and United States, 2009 and 2008 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec :2009 Total:2008 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and : Parts : AR : 490 418 304 296 316 6,588 8,231 CA : 273 277 458 413 326 3,615 3,911 IN : 699 708 711 630 697 8,772 8,503 IA : 525 515 488 546 567 6,988 8,290 MN : 1,244 1,292 1,260 1,388 1,037 15,361 17,656 NC : 561 569 548 478 430 6,459 7,475 OH : 312 287 281 268 268 4,010 5,364 PA : 239 251 274 292 229 2,920 2,624 VA : 585 648 617 410 378 6,511 8,010 : US 1/ : 6,761 6,786 6,979 6,727 6,345 84,942 100,190 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent of : Weight : Condemned 2/ : AR : 1.16 1.00 0.66 0.68 0.71 1.25 1.38 CA : 1.07 1.03 1.07 0.98 1.24 1.09 1.09 IN : 1.65 1.67 1.63 1.62 1.61 1.71 1.78 IA : 1.89 1.73 1.65 1.87 1.82 1.94 1.86 MN : 1.64 1.66 1.67 1.75 1.60 1.74 1.83 NC : 0.86 0.93 0.88 0.90 0.78 0.84 0.84 OH : 2.30 2.03 1.82 1.92 1.94 2.39 3.13 PA : 1.70 2.08 1.66 1.50 2.00 1.86 1.42 VA : 1.34 1.38 1.18 0.87 0.76 1.14 1.30 : US 1/ : 1.45 1.44 1.36 1.40 1.38 1.49 1.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 310 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2009. Young chickens were slaughtered in 34 States, young turkeys in 27 States. Revision Policy: Data for the previous month and year-to-date totals are subject to revision the following month after the initial monthly estimates are published. Final data are published in the annual summary released in February and include any revisions made to current year's and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports or corrections received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after publication of the annual summary in February. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data electronically for each shift a plant operates. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are included. Estimates for missing shifts are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on a shift determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. 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. 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. 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