United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Pou 2-1 (04) Poultry Slaughter 2003 Annual Summary March 2004 Table of Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 . . . . . .2 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 . . . . . .8 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003. . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 200318 Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 . . . . . 34 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003. . . . . . . . 36 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 200340 Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 . . . . . 48 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :----------------------------------------------------: Month : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Jan : 725,178 8,224 6,138 14,362 739,540 2,134 Feb : 633,914 6,816 5,410 12,226 646,140 1,992 Mar : 683,185 6,963 5,596 12,559 695,744 1,964 Apr : 712,877 8,334 5,602 13,936 726,813 2,034 May : 727,278 7,164 5,929 13,093 740,371 2,104 Jun : 714,604 6,440 6,304 12,744 727,348 1,888 Jul : 762,876 5,842 6,961 12,803 775,679 1,927 Aug : 723,786 5,515 6,170 11,685 735,471 1,893 Sep : 729,180 5,037 5,998 11,035 740,215 2,037 Oct : 781,906 5,982 6,328 12,310 794,216 2,241 Nov : 626,674 4,356 5,031 9,387 636,061 1,875 Dec : 715,407 5,932 5,497 11,429 726,836 2,212 Total : 8,536,865 76,605 70,964 147,569 8,684,434 24,301 : : : 1,000 pounds : Live Weight : Jan : 3,762,861 28,000 47,245 75,245 3,838,106 14,266 Feb : 3,287,201 22,700 42,843 65,543 3,352,744 12,921 Mar : 3,505,352 23,586 44,165 67,751 3,573,103 12,860 Apr : 3,692,056 28,539 44,650 73,189 3,765,245 13,574 May : 3,774,424 24,658 47,436 72,094 3,846,518 13,285 Jun : 3,728,199 22,294 50,358 72,652 3,800,851 12,204 Jul : 3,906,159 20,093 55,301 75,394 3,981,553 12,619 Aug : 3,716,037 19,260 49,313 68,573 3,784,610 12,431 Sep : 3,791,269 17,261 47,869 65,130 3,856,399 13,600 Oct : 4,122,769 20,453 50,598 71,051 4,193,820 15,226 Nov : 3,274,121 14,700 40,128 54,828 3,328,949 12,796 Dec : 3,757,083 19,782 43,741 63,523 3,820,606 15,089 Total : 44,317,531 261,326 563,647 824,973 45,142,504 160,871 : : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Jan : 5.19 3.40 7.70 5.24 5.19 6.69 Feb : 5.19 3.33 7.92 5.36 5.19 6.49 Mar : 5.13 3.39 7.89 5.39 5.14 6.55 Apr : 5.18 3.42 7.97 5.25 5.18 6.67 May : 5.19 3.44 8.00 5.51 5.20 6.31 Jun : 5.22 3.46 7.99 5.70 5.23 6.46 Jul : 5.12 3.44 7.94 5.89 5.13 6.55 Aug : 5.13 3.49 7.99 5.87 5.15 6.56 Sep : 5.20 3.43 7.98 5.90 5.21 6.68 Oct : 5.27 3.42 8.00 5.77 5.28 6.79 Nov : 5.22 3.37 7.98 5.84 5.23 6.83 Dec : 5.25 3.33 7.96 5.56 5.26 6.82 Total : 5.19 3.41 7.94 5.59 5.20 6.62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Jan : 21,342 319 21,661 Feb : 20,024 178 20,202 Mar : 21,462 189 21,651 Apr : 21,915 171 22,086 May : 22,357 244 22,601 Jun : 22,022 248 22,270 Jul : 23,297 384 23,681 Aug : 22,019 339 22,358 Sep : 22,184 286 22,470 Oct : 25,122 267 25,389 Nov : 22,413 248 22,661 Dec : 20,596 155 20,751 Total : 264,753 3,028 267,781 : : : 1,000 pounds : Live Weight : Jan : 600,502 8,631 609,133 985 4,462,490 Feb : 543,533 4,961 548,494 684 3,914,843 Mar : 588,863 5,217 594,080 774 4,180,817 Apr : 595,946 4,559 600,505 854 4,380,178 May : 608,654 6,695 615,349 853 4,476,005 Jun : 603,366 6,522 609,888 451 4,423,394 Jul : 613,534 10,256 623,790 608 4,618,570 Aug : 570,004 8,583 578,587 859 4,376,487 Sep : 583,788 7,889 591,677 1,321 4,462,997 Oct : 662,629 7,025 669,654 1,518 4,880,218 Nov : 570,816 6,729 577,545 754 3,920,044 Dec : 551,796 4,413 556,209 355 4,392,259 Total : 7,093,431 81,480 7,174,911 10,016 52,488,302 : : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Jan : 28.14 27.04 28.12 Feb : 27.14 27.89 27.15 Mar : 27.44 27.55 27.44 Apr : 27.19 26.58 27.19 May : 27.22 27.48 27.22 Jun : 27.40 26.29 27.39 Jul : 26.33 26.73 26.34 Aug : 25.89 25.35 25.88 Sep : 26.31 27.63 26.33 Oct : 26.38 26.33 26.38 Nov : 25.47 27.13 25.49 Dec : 26.79 28.49 26.80 Total : 26.79 26.92 26.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :----------------------------------------------------: Month : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Jan : 2,505,935 13,480 30,819 44,299 2,550,234 3,693 Feb : 2,194,045 10,966 27,761 38,727 2,232,772 3,073 Mar : 2,340,477 11,222 28,963 40,185 2,380,662 2,972 Apr : 2,461,489 12,804 29,072 41,876 2,503,365 3,443 May : 2,498,351 11,493 31,305 42,798 2,541,149 3,239 Jun : 2,489,225 10,643 32,799 43,442 2,532,667 3,041 Jul : 2,610,249 10,179 36,016 46,195 2,656,444 3,045 Aug : 2,464,953 9,599 31,509 41,108 2,506,061 3,366 Sep : 2,506,296 8,747 31,272 40,019 2,546,315 6,023 Oct : 2,772,827 10,385 33,059 43,444 2,816,271 6,806 Nov : 2,215,656 7,414 26,361 33,775 2,249,431 5,969 Dec : 2,490,164 10,029 28,887 38,916 2,529,080 7,391 Total : 29,549,667 126,961 367,823 494,784 30,044,451 52,061 : Frozen : Jan : 268,662 729 183 912 269,574 6,668 Feb : 225,431 563 247 810 226,241 6,089 Mar : 251,919 781 171 952 252,871 5,994 Apr : 272,150 1,411 228 1,639 273,789 6,364 May : 282,828 1,063 170 1,233 284,061 6,253 Jun : 270,610 695 391 1,086 271,696 5,793 Jul : 277,828 42 262 304 278,132 6,103 Aug : 277,354 90 166 256 277,610 5,670 Sep : 310,925 68 74 142 311,067 4,559 Oct : 279,926 35 257 292 280,218 5,088 Nov : 208,282 86 86 208,368 3,972 Dec : 273,414 102 57 159 273,573 4,393 Total : 3,199,329 5,579 2,292 7,871 3,207,200 66,946 : Total Certified : Jan : 2,774,597 14,209 31,002 45,211 2,819,808 10,361 Feb : 2,419,476 11,529 28,008 39,537 2,459,013 9,162 Mar : 2,592,396 12,003 29,134 41,137 2,633,533 8,966 Apr : 2,733,639 14,215 29,300 43,515 2,777,154 9,807 May : 2,781,179 12,556 31,475 44,031 2,825,210 9,492 Jun : 2,759,835 11,338 33,190 44,528 2,804,363 8,834 Jul : 2,888,077 10,221 36,278 46,499 2,934,576 9,148 Aug : 2,742,307 9,689 31,675 41,364 2,783,671 9,036 Sep : 2,817,221 8,815 31,346 40,161 2,857,382 10,582 Oct : 3,052,753 10,420 33,316 43,736 3,096,489 11,894 Nov : 2,423,938 7,414 26,447 33,861 2,457,799 9,941 Dec : 2,763,578 10,131 28,944 39,075 2,802,653 11,784 Total : 32,748,996 132,540 370,115 502,655 33,251,651 119,007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Jan : 257,580 5,499 263,079 250 2,817,256 Feb : 216,258 3,159 219,417 173 2,455,435 Mar : 245,724 3,411 249,135 162 2,632,931 Apr : 248,011 2,884 250,895 189 2,757,892 May : 249,180 4,575 253,755 219 2,798,362 Jun : 245,945 4,424 250,369 213 2,786,290 Jul : 243,188 6,987 250,175 283 2,909,947 Aug : 230,126 4,926 235,052 229 2,744,708 Sep : 235,062 4,640 239,702 201 2,792,241 Oct : 288,573 4,124 292,697 552 3,116,326 Nov : 252,989 3,463 256,452 188 2,512,040 Dec : 247,107 2,209 249,316 182 2,785,969 Total : 2,959,743 50,301 3,010,044 2,841 33,109,397 : Frozen : Jan : 215,986 775 216,761 354 493,357 Feb : 211,450 490 211,940 260 444,530 Mar : 218,913 417 219,330 295 478,490 Apr : 223,121 413 223,534 329 504,016 May : 227,637 326 227,963 303 518,580 Jun : 231,582 507 232,089 80 509,658 Jul : 242,481 887 243,368 104 527,707 Aug : 219,161 1,433 220,594 315 504,189 Sep : 218,517 1,373 219,890 610 536,126 Oct : 234,217 1,526 235,743 712 521,761 Nov : 197,275 1,777 199,052 277 411,669 Dec : 188,954 1,095 190,049 55 468,070 Total : 2,629,294 11,019 2,640,313 3,694 5,918,153 : Total Certified : Jan : 473,566 6,274 479,840 604 3,310,613 Feb : 427,708 3,649 431,357 433 2,899,965 Mar : 464,637 3,828 468,465 457 3,111,421 Apr : 471,132 3,297 474,429 518 3,261,908 May : 476,817 4,901 481,718 522 3,316,942 Jun : 477,527 4,931 482,458 293 3,295,948 Jul : 485,669 7,874 493,543 387 3,437,654 Aug : 449,287 6,359 455,646 544 3,248,897 Sep : 453,579 6,013 459,592 811 3,328,367 Oct : 522,790 5,650 528,440 1,264 3,638,087 Nov : 450,264 5,240 455,504 465 2,923,709 Dec : 436,061 3,304 439,365 237 3,254,039 Total : 5,589,037 61,320 5,650,357 6,535 39,027,550 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :-------------------------------------------------: : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Condemned : Jan : 18,994 685 494 1,179 20,173 35 Feb : 13,577 513 522 1,035 14,612 22 Mar : 13,082 508 349 857 13,939 21 Apr : 13,332 614 499 1,113 14,445 34 May : 12,705 595 537 1,132 13,837 23 Jun : 13,923 543 767 1,310 15,233 31 Jul : 17,316 638 1,018 1,656 18,972 28 Aug : 16,626 644 1,104 1,748 18,374 32 Sep : 12,454 273 478 751 13,205 33 Oct : 13,471 343 419 762 14,233 30 Nov : 11,049 220 378 598 11,647 24 Dec : 14,196 263 358 621 14,817 25 Total : 170,725 5,839 6,923 12,762 183,487 338 : : : Percent : Percent of : Total Weight : Condemned 1/ : Jan : 0.50 2.45 1.05 1.57 0.53 0.24 Feb : 0.41 2.26 1.22 1.58 0.44 0.17 Mar : 0.37 2.15 0.79 1.26 0.39 0.16 Apr : 0.36 2.15 1.12 1.52 0.38 0.25 May : 0.34 2.41 1.13 1.57 0.36 0.18 Jun : 0.37 2.44 1.52 1.80 0.40 0.25 Jul : 0.44 3.18 1.84 2.20 0.48 0.22 Aug : 0.45 3.34 2.24 2.55 0.49 0.26 Sep : 0.33 1.58 1.00 1.15 0.34 0.24 Oct : 0.33 1.68 0.83 1.07 0.34 0.20 Nov : 0.34 1.49 0.94 1.09 0.35 0.19 Dec : 0.38 1.33 0.82 0.98 0.39 0.16 Total : 0.39 2.23 1.23 1.55 0.41 0.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Condemned : Jan : 2,163 270 2,433 4 22,645 Feb : 2,033 114 2,147 4 16,785 Mar : 3,079 110 3,189 3 17,152 Apr : 1,860 84 1,944 2 16,425 May : 1,903 95 1,998 2 15,860 Jun : 2,474 85 2,559 1 17,824 Jul : 2,582 164 2,746 2 21,748 Aug : 2,310 98 2,408 1 20,815 Sep : 1,758 89 1,847 4 15,089 Oct : 2,593 52 2,645 5 16,913 Nov : 1,413 42 1,455 3 13,129 Dec : 1,742 35 1,777 16,619 Total : 25,910 1,238 27,148 31 211,004 : : : Percent : Percent of : Total Weight : Condemned 1/ : Jan : 0.36 3.12 0.40 0.38 0.51 Feb : 0.37 2.30 0.39 0.58 0.43 Mar : 0.52 2.11 0.54 0.34 0.41 Apr : 0.31 1.83 0.32 0.24 0.37 May : 0.31 1.42 0.32 0.23 0.35 Jun : 0.41 1.30 0.42 0.18 0.40 Jul : 0.42 1.60 0.44 0.38 0.47 Aug : 0.40 1.14 0.42 0.16 0.48 Sep : 0.30 1.13 0.31 0.30 0.34 Oct : 0.39 0.74 0.39 0.34 0.35 Nov : 0.25 0.62 0.25 0.33 0.33 Dec : 0.32 0.80 0.32 0.10 0.38 Total : 0.37 1.52 0.38 0.31 0.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :-------------------------------------------------: : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : N.Y. Dressed : Weight Condemned : Jan : 35,001 2,541 2,050 4,591 39,592 284 Feb : 28,675 2,011 1,666 3,677 32,352 272 Mar : 31,381 2,011 1,582 3,593 34,974 274 Apr : 31,209 2,620 1,810 4,430 35,639 317 May : 30,806 2,140 1,517 3,657 34,463 353 Jun : 31,333 1,934 1,642 3,576 34,909 275 Jul : 30,104 1,658 1,969 3,627 33,731 256 Aug : 28,642 1,438 1,534 2,972 31,614 245 Sep : 28,513 1,462 1,512 2,974 31,487 279 Oct : 31,552 1,655 1,712 3,367 34,919 320 Nov : 23,745 1,240 1,228 2,468 26,213 280 Dec : 31,295 1,543 1,432 2,975 34,270 348 Total : 362,256 22,253 19,654 41,907 404,163 3,503 : : : Percent : Percent Condemned 1/: Jan : 1.03 10.08 4.82 6.78 1.15 2.21 Feb : 0.97 9.84 4.32 6.23 1.07 2.34 Mar : 0.99 9.47 3.98 5.89 1.09 2.37 Apr : 0.94 10.20 4.50 6.72 1.05 2.59 May : 0.91 9.64 3.55 5.64 1.00 2.95 Jun : 0.93 9.64 3.62 5.47 1.02 2.51 Jul : 0.86 9.17 3.96 5.35 0.94 2.25 Aug : 0.86 8.30 3.46 4.82 0.93 2.19 Sep : 0.84 9.41 3.51 5.07 0.91 2.28 Oct : 0.85 8.99 3.76 5.27 0.93 2.33 Nov : 0.81 9.37 3.40 5.00 0.87 2.43 Dec : 0.93 8.67 3.64 5.20 1.00 2.56 Total : 0.91 9.46 3.87 5.64 0.99 2.42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : N.Y. Dressed : Weight Condemned : Jan : 10,871 579 11,450 16 51,342 Feb : 9,729 383 10,112 11 42,747 Mar : 11,222 439 11,661 18 46,927 Apr : 11,105 363 11,468 17 47,441 May : 10,440 386 10,826 13 45,655 Jun : 10,012 421 10,433 7 45,624 Jul : 9,942 539 10,481 7 44,475 Aug : 9,862 428 10,290 9 42,158 Sep : 11,087 394 11,481 15 43,262 Oct : 11,085 330 11,415 11 46,665 Nov : 9,229 272 9,501 7 36,001 Dec : 9,189 201 9,390 5 44,013 Total : 123,773 4,735 128,508 136 536,310 : : : Percent : Percent Condemned 1/: Jan : 2.01 7.45 2.09 1.76 1.28 Feb : 1.99 8.57 2.05 1.77 1.21 Mar : 2.12 9.35 2.18 2.61 1.25 Apr : 2.07 8.85 2.12 2.26 1.20 May : 1.91 6.40 1.95 1.66 1.13 Jun : 1.84 7.17 1.90 1.89 1.15 Jul : 1.80 5.85 1.87 1.25 1.07 Aug : 1.92 5.53 1.98 1.14 1.07 Sep : 2.11 5.54 2.16 1.18 1.08 Oct : 1.86 5.21 1.89 0.87 1.06 Nov : 1.80 4.50 1.83 1.03 1.02 Dec : 1.85 5.06 1.88 1.64 1.11 Total : 1.94 6.45 1.99 1.51 1.14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight inspected. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :---------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed : Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Alabama : Jan : 83,948 433,187 5.16 317,530 4,128 1.06 Feb : 75,505 387,754 5.14 283,136 3,477 1.00 Mar : 81,043 413,490 5.10 301,865 3,426 0.92 Apr : 84,934 435,948 5.13 322,060 3,620 0.92 May : 85,316 440,453 5.16 316,898 3,718 0.94 Jun : 84,060 437,636 5.21 325,266 3,426 0.87 Jul : 90,496 463,077 5.12 341,724 3,637 0.87 Aug : 87,679 445,989 5.09 329,861 3,798 0.95 Sep : 86,747 445,857 5.14 326,436 3,679 0.92 Oct : 92,446 484,618 5.24 362,954 3,490 0.80 Nov : 75,780 393,574 5.19 291,768 3,001 0.85 Dec : 87,561 454,465 5.19 326,230 3,992 0.98 Total : 1,015,515 5,236,048 5.16 3,845,728 43,392 0.92 : Arkansas : Jan : 96,123 473,527 4.93 342,799 4,270 1.00 Feb : 84,465 414,832 4.91 297,867 3,836 1.03 Mar : 92,265 453,464 4.91 327,932 4,273 1.05 Apr : 98,738 494,012 5.00 357,325 4,728 1.06 May : 96,514 480,661 4.98 346,368 3,717 0.86 Jun : 95,731 472,641 4.94 342,106 3,573 0.84 Jul : 105,831 492,239 4.65 354,925 3,369 0.76 Aug : 95,977 470,466 4.90 341,618 3,041 0.72 Sep : 98,972 500,729 5.06 365,535 3,146 0.70 Oct : 106,709 538,025 5.04 391,591 3,554 0.73 Nov : 86,362 429,887 4.98 313,152 2,895 0.75 Dec : 95,809 482,376 5.03 350,794 3,728 0.86 Total : 1,153,496 5,702,859 4.94 4,132,012 44,130 0.86 : Delaware : Jan : 23,666 143,674 6.07 104,477 2,474 1.91 Feb : 19,620 119,717 6.10 86,116 1,907 1.77 Mar : 21,504 128,485 5.97 93,901 1,985 1.72 Apr : 21,768 130,953 6.02 94,793 2,047 1.74 May : 22,337 136,147 6.10 98,689 1,912 1.56 Jun : 22,701 140,784 6.20 102,005 1,955 1.54 Jul : 24,476 153,614 6.28 110,248 2,162 1.56 Aug : 23,100 143,158 6.20 102,588 2,038 1.58 Sep : 23,332 146,559 6.28 106,207 2,214 1.68 Oct : 26,523 165,030 6.22 117,940 2,204 1.48 Nov : 20,326 130,998 6.44 94,320 1,548 1.31 Dec : 23,721 153,653 6.48 110,006 1,957 1.42 Total : 273,074 1,692,772 6.20 1,221,290 24,403 1.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :---------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed : Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Florida : Jan : 11,086 62,633 5.65 44,314 807 1.43 Feb : 8,944 49,274 5.51 35,124 561 1.26 Mar : 9,648 54,677 5.67 37,899 590 1.20 Apr : 9,835 54,173 5.51 38,252 597 1.23 May : 10,067 56,165 5.58 40,393 618 1.22 Jun : 9,685 53,290 5.50 38,445 598 1.25 Jul : 10,828 59,900 5.53 43,015 699 1.30 Aug : 10,273 55,868 5.44 40,677 702 1.40 Sep : 10,345 56,226 5.43 40,244 719 1.42 Oct : 10,567 58,787 5.56 40,579 576 1.09 Nov : 9,328 52,745 5.65 36,823 577 1.22 Dec : 10,331 58,087 5.62 41,806 668 1.28 Total : 120,937 671,825 5.56 477,571 7,712 1.28 : Georgia : Jan : 108,550 545,489 5.03 401,218 3,693 0.75 Feb : 90,702 459,704 5.07 335,294 3,090 0.75 Mar : 98,252 486,673 4.95 355,909 3,285 0.75 Apr : 102,389 511,918 5.00 379,024 3,113 0.68 May : 103,584 521,302 5.03 381,649 3,092 0.66 Jun : 102,178 512,754 5.02 371,962 3,054 0.66 Jul : 108,293 541,108 5.00 394,119 3,596 0.74 Aug : 104,516 522,633 5.00 382,053 3,029 0.64 Sep : 108,755 543,988 5.00 399,271 3,028 0.62 Oct : 114,258 586,061 5.13 428,603 3,822 0.72 Nov : 89,376 450,168 5.04 331,256 2,577 0.64 Dec : 103,141 520,151 5.04 379,229 4,544 0.97 Total : 1,233,994 6,201,949 5.03 4,539,587 39,923 0.72 : Kentucky : Jan : 21,423 113,296 5.29 82,752 780 0.77 Feb : 19,071 99,542 5.22 73,909 699 0.78 Mar : 20,482 107,770 5.26 77,279 741 0.76 Apr : 21,609 114,627 5.30 83,601 777 0.75 May : 21,236 112,834 5.31 83,595 668 0.66 Jun : 21,325 112,156 5.26 83,384 679 0.67 Jul : 20,976 109,537 5.22 80,200 658 0.67 Aug : 17,640 98,399 5.58 71,165 685 0.77 Sep : 17,820 102,232 5.74 72,926 633 0.69 Oct : 23,724 131,666 5.55 94,712 848 0.72 Nov : 18,311 97,999 5.35 74,445 547 0.62 Dec : 21,445 113,478 5.29 83,833 693 0.68 Total : 245,062 1,313,536 5.36 961,801 8,408 0.71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Louisiana : Jan : 14,397 75,593 5.25 55,541 587 0.86 Feb : 13,583 71,580 5.27 51,677 387 0.60 Mar : 15,634 80,280 5.13 59,146 433 0.60 Apr : 15,616 81,179 5.20 58,564 411 0.56 May : 16,259 82,498 5.07 61,061 355 0.48 Jun : 14,547 74,060 5.09 55,418 303 0.46 Jul : 16,272 80,627 4.95 59,815 301 0.41 Aug : 15,862 78,397 4.94 57,438 276 0.39 Sep : 14,850 76,182 5.13 56,078 270 0.39 Oct : 16,455 84,775 5.15 62,662 274 0.36 Nov : 13,979 71,776 5.13 52,153 243 0.38 Dec : 16,057 80,837 5.03 59,422 306 0.42 Total : 183,511 937,784 5.11 688,975 4,146 0.49 : Maryland : Jan : 16,780 79,001 4.71 56,844 1,090 1.53 Feb : 14,397 68,057 4.73 48,815 1,000 1.63 Mar : 15,763 74,590 4.73 52,732 1,030 1.53 Apr : 16,264 78,012 4.80 55,915 1,222 1.74 May : 16,278 78,474 4.82 56,278 1,130 1.60 Jun : 16,195 76,399 4.72 55,146 1,098 1.60 Jul : 14,968 72,560 4.85 52,183 1,009 1.54 Aug : 14,697 70,765 4.81 51,194 909 1.43 Sep : 14,832 72,526 4.89 51,830 857 1.31 Oct : 15,776 79,284 5.03 55,723 859 1.20 Nov : 12,701 62,535 4.92 44,722 673 1.20 Dec : 15,256 75,484 4.95 53,984 823 1.21 Total : 183,907 887,687 4.83 635,366 11,700 1.46 : Mississippi : Jan : 61,870 331,372 5.36 246,289 2,130 0.71 Feb : 56,460 299,863 5.31 223,348 1,663 0.62 Mar : 58,510 311,300 5.32 236,266 2,303 0.82 Apr : 60,782 322,491 5.31 239,748 2,471 0.85 May : 65,141 339,822 5.22 250,576 2,488 0.81 Jun : 61,985 336,134 5.42 248,911 3,956 1.31 Jul : 66,852 353,078 5.28 264,805 2,513 0.79 Aug : 65,308 335,418 5.14 246,147 2,463 0.82 Sep : 65,673 344,256 5.24 268,043 2,391 0.77 Oct : 71,114 388,439 5.46 293,440 3,332 0.95 Nov : 54,553 295,804 5.42 218,461 2,057 0.77 Dec : 63,040 339,449 5.38 253,177 2,300 0.75 Total : 751,288 3,997,426 5.32 2,989,211 30,067 0.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Missouri : Jan : 33,184 161,300 4.86 116,382 1,524 1.05 Feb : 29,258 139,382 4.76 102,079 1,234 0.98 Mar : 29,950 136,081 4.54 99,395 1,338 1.09 Apr : 29,997 141,663 4.72 103,646 1,230 0.96 May : 32,459 159,293 4.91 113,494 1,061 0.74 Jun : 32,217 151,661 4.71 111,512 955 0.70 Jul : 34,438 162,148 4.71 118,831 1,090 0.75 Aug : 33,600 155,725 4.63 116,042 1,354 0.97 Sep : 34,388 156,436 4.55 115,984 953 0.68 Oct : 36,308 169,738 4.67 125,503 1,180 0.77 Nov : 30,096 139,764 4.64 102,742 855 0.68 Dec : 33,957 161,454 4.75 118,642 1,157 0.80 Total : 389,852 1,834,645 4.71 1,344,252 13,931 0.84 : North : Carolina : Jan : 59,798 366,040 6.12 283,307 4,681 1.42 Feb : 53,599 320,469 5.98 251,951 3,340 1.16 Mar : 55,420 330,951 5.97 260,236 3,994 1.34 Apr : 56,101 340,263 6.07 266,992 3,232 1.06 May : 61,533 373,669 6.07 293,561 3,793 1.13 Jun : 61,039 379,499 6.22 297,158 3,917 1.15 Jul : 64,285 389,524 6.06 302,667 3,689 1.05 Aug : 59,806 362,403 6.06 281,948 3,393 1.04 Sep : 58,965 357,467 6.06 280,450 3,455 1.07 Oct : 62,636 384,522 6.14 296,849 3,558 1.03 Nov : 50,644 314,690 6.21 241,673 2,827 1.00 Dec : 58,668 368,593 6.28 287,021 3,748 1.13 Total : 702,494 4,288,090 6.10 3,343,813 43,627 1.13 : Ohio : Jan : 3,213 18,869 5.87 13,141 486 2.86 Feb : 2,741 15,554 5.67 11,070 368 2.63 Mar : 3,006 17,524 5.83 12,336 347 2.20 Apr : 3,257 19,375 5.95 13,918 306 1.75 May : 3,682 20,547 5.58 15,029 310 1.67 Jun : 3,086 16,497 5.35 11,899 218 1.47 Jul : 3,635 19,463 5.35 13,985 264 1.51 Aug : 3,592 19,003 5.29 13,919 278 1.63 Sep : 3,658 19,271 5.27 14,024 289 1.66 Oct : 3,761 20,143 5.36 14,501 283 1.56 Nov : 3,222 17,324 5.38 12,433 216 1.39 Dec : 3,697 19,975 5.40 14,448 246 1.37 Total : 40,550 223,545 5.51 160,703 3,611 1.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Pennsylvania: Jan : 9,409 49,576 5.27 34,551 1,010 2.26 Feb : 7,928 42,006 5.30 29,074 796 2.11 Mar : 8,460 44,008 5.20 31,212 791 2.00 Apr : 8,508 44,556 5.24 31,474 707 1.76 May : 9,105 48,272 5.30 34,361 700 1.61 Jun : 9,094 47,968 5.27 34,598 681 1.58 Jul : 9,647 49,196 5.10 35,504 673 1.52 Aug : 9,072 46,717 5.15 33,797 620 1.48 Sep : 9,582 50,616 5.28 36,192 713 1.57 Oct : 10,015 54,718 5.46 38,157 784 1.59 Nov : 7,800 41,053 5.26 29,491 596 1.61 Dec : 8,952 47,847 5.34 34,020 709 1.65 Total : 107,572 566,533 5.27 402,431 8,780 1.72 : South : Carolina : Jan : 20,845 120,584 5.78 89,184 777 0.72 Feb : 17,340 99,739 5.75 73,632 628 0.70 Mar : 20,101 115,662 5.75 84,905 625 0.60 Apr : 20,739 115,848 5.59 84,178 725 0.70 May : 20,721 118,645 5.73 87,520 736 0.69 Jun : 20,455 119,757 5.85 86,321 882 0.82 Jul : 20,122 115,433 5.74 84,994 716 0.69 Aug : 18,819 107,667 5.72 79,383 475 0.49 Sep : 20,968 121,645 5.80 86,251 557 0.51 Oct : 21,862 129,888 5.94 95,897 651 0.56 Nov : 19,059 111,841 5.87 82,657 515 0.51 Dec : 19,342 113,287 5.86 83,346 681 0.67 Total : 240,373 1,389,996 5.78 1,018,268 7,968 0.64 : Tennessee : Jan : 17,939 95,815 5.34 70,179 784 0.91 Feb : 16,398 88,223 5.38 64,605 650 0.82 Mar : 17,076 87,021 5.10 63,022 1,153 1.47 Apr : 18,395 93,862 5.10 68,985 667 0.79 May : 18,185 92,103 5.06 67,091 589 0.71 Jun : 18,286 94,167 5.15 67,785 566 0.67 Jul : 19,878 100,474 5.05 73,129 566 0.63 Aug : 18,962 94,376 4.98 67,743 503 0.59 Sep : 18,073 93,487 5.17 67,453 561 0.67 Oct : 19,438 102,625 5.28 73,950 1,053 1.14 Nov : 15,602 81,203 5.20 58,935 566 0.77 Dec : 17,949 94,453 5.26 68,690 771 0.91 Total : 216,181 1,117,809 5.17 811,567 8,429 0.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Texas : Jan : 53,561 258,251 4.82 197,478 2,083 0.90 Feb : 47,673 236,071 4.95 182,567 1,890 0.89 Mar : 51,806 254,540 4.91 197,973 1,910 0.83 Apr : 54,638 275,626 5.04 211,860 2,041 0.82 May : 55,082 271,546 4.93 209,143 2,517 1.03 Jun : 52,460 257,400 4.91 202,648 2,087 0.90 Jul : 57,486 283,428 4.93 220,901 1,921 0.75 Aug : 54,342 268,567 4.94 207,362 1,809 0.75 Sep : 54,223 264,294 4.87 211,343 1,597 0.67 Oct : 58,293 287,918 4.94 223,419 1,711 0.66 Nov : 47,618 233,715 4.91 181,344 1,402 0.67 Dec : 53,207 263,410 4.95 205,680 1,652 0.70 Total : 640,389 3,154,766 4.93 2,451,718 22,620 0.80 : Virginia : Jan : 27,642 135,088 4.89 97,464 1,257 1.03 Feb : 24,493 118,915 4.86 86,340 996 0.93 Mar : 26,690 129,689 4.86 93,149 1,118 0.96 Apr : 28,280 139,009 4.92 101,887 1,173 0.94 May : 28,172 137,963 4.90 100,516 1,120 0.90 Jun : 28,640 143,002 4.99 103,032 1,130 0.88 Jul : 29,328 142,823 4.87 103,296 1,036 0.81 Aug : 28,894 140,104 4.85 101,619 1,051 0.83 Sep : 27,284 137,074 5.02 96,449 1,022 0.83 Oct : 30,052 152,646 5.08 111,337 1,181 0.86 Nov : 24,464 118,421 4.84 86,867 929 0.87 Dec : 27,155 134,088 4.94 91,057 1,171 0.97 Total : 331,094 1,628,822 4.92 1,173,013 13,184 0.90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live :Average: Pounds : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : :Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Washington : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : 4,900 26,694 5.5 19,456 285 1.19 Jul : * * * * * * Aug : 5,039 26,666 5.3 19,887 289 1.20 Sep : 4,707 25,136 5.3 18,793 288 1.27 Oct : 5,086 26,795 5.3 19,990 277 1.15 Nov : * * * * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 56,842 304,680 5.4 225,602 3,397 1.24 : Other : States 3/ : Jan : 61,744 299,566 4.9 221,147 2,440 0.91 Feb : 51,737 256,519 5.0 182,872 2,153 0.93 Mar : 57,575 279,147 4.9 207,239 2,039 0.81 Apr : 61,027 298,541 4.9 221,417 2,142 0.80 May : 61,607 304,030 4.9 224,957 2,282 0.83 Jun : 56,020 275,700 4.9 202,783 1,970 0.79 Jul : 65,065 317,930 4.9 233,736 2,205 0.77 Aug : 56,608 273,716 4.8 197,866 1,929 0.78 Sep : 56,006 277,288 5.0 203,712 2,141 0.86 Oct : 56,883 277,091 4.9 204,946 1,915 0.77 Nov : 47,453 230,624 4.9 170,696 1,721 0.83 Dec : 56,119 275,996 4.9 202,193 2,149 0.87 Total 4/ : 650,734 3,166,759 4.9 2,326,088 25,828 0.80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Total chilled and frozen pounds certified, ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight inspected. 3/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. 4/ Totals for States with chicken slaughter not listed above to avoid disclosing individual operations (CA, CO, HI, IL, IN, IA, KS, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OK, OR, VT, WA, WV, and WI). Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Alabama : Jan : * 133,575 76,263 1,064 * Feb : * 109,950 74,884 1,189 * Mar : * 108,205 54,059 1,375 * Apr : 733 113,416 45,681 * * May : 534 119,595 39,129 * * Jun : * 108,308 28,371 2,198 * Jul : 479 117,813 27,214 * * Aug : 499 111,634 32,511 * * Sep : 517 107,337 25,773 * * Oct : 676 107,227 30,069 * * Nov : * 92,778 31,327 * * Dec : * 120,316 52,759 1,412 * Total : 6,884 1,350,154 518,040 23,173 55,475 : Arkansas : Jan : 4,299 217,939 122,047 3,799 3,212 Feb : 4,414 192,004 110,427 4,307 2,837 Mar : 3,846 208,853 123,147 4,006 2,879 Apr : 2,974 195,988 99,962 4,022 3,357 May : * 166,239 74,371 * 2,595 Jun : 1,419 154,858 59,981 3,226 2,289 Jul : 1,343 155,570 59,687 3,009 2,298 Aug : 1,380 145,313 55,608 2,818 2,040 Sep : 1,014 140,786 54,258 * 2,145 Oct : * 158,857 66,452 * 2,442 Nov : 993 128,932 58,440 2,545 1,841 Dec : 1,133 168,766 94,133 3,325 2,344 Total : 25,719 2,034,105 978,513 41,538 30,279 : California : Jan : * * 4,259 505 867 Feb : 1,251 * 4,351 * 733 Mar : 1,388 * 3,994 300 944 Apr : * * 4,567 497 911 May : * * 4,898 378 898 Jun : * 90,569 * 463 700 Jul : 1,114 * 3,488 694 609 Aug : * * * 373 560 Sep : * * 3,166 384 859 Oct : * * 3,795 348 682 Nov : * 73,554 4,763 * 677 Dec : * 75,098 5,303 789 739 Total : 16,412 1,083,602 50,386 5,410 9,179 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Alabama : Jan : 4,552 27,195 28,967 4,775 107,239 390,783 Feb : 3,973 21,029 22,362 6,428 89,517 336,045 Mar : 4,294 22,490 21,207 7,652 85,961 311,103 Apr : 4,374 24,817 28,980 6,565 87,238 319,181 May : 4,863 23,554 35,679 11,311 82,071 324,288 Jun : 4,472 25,867 28,593 7,408 77,114 287,051 Jul : 4,811 31,044 30,508 11,961 71,192 302,009 Aug : 4,390 26,188 25,102 6,790 93,046 306,424 Sep : 4,171 22,514 19,193 5,026 72,758 263,522 Oct : 3,671 24,444 19,002 6,269 80,433 277,873 Nov : 3,229 18,135 16,650 5,872 70,482 243,473 Dec : 3,634 21,519 21,377 8,064 102,268 336,264 Total : 50,434 288,796 297,620 88,121 1,019,319 3,698,016 : Arkansas : Jan : 7,460 29,766 30,331 1,617 46,785 467,255 Feb : 6,319 20,645 26,882 3,609 41,447 412,891 Mar : 7,120 18,524 27,750 2,790 47,974 446,889 Apr : 6,984 18,425 30,266 3,399 49,905 415,282 May : 6,309 16,562 27,688 * 37,001 338,340 Jun : 6,904 15,878 29,599 4,450 35,671 314,275 Jul : 7,502 16,420 30,724 3,615 35,491 315,659 Aug : 6,842 13,627 26,845 2,356 33,212 290,041 Sep : 6,487 15,582 24,139 * 37,910 286,812 Oct : 6,957 18,272 27,496 3,112 38,709 327,027 Nov : 5,908 15,935 24,706 2,494 34,716 276,510 Dec : 6,574 19,094 26,261 3,044 41,678 366,352 Total : 81,366 218,730 332,687 33,897 480,499 4,257,333 : California : Jan : 364 * 2,034 * 2,994 137,602 Feb : 202 * 1,677 803 3,626 109,943 Mar : 231 * 1,777 * 3,459 * Apr : 489 * 2,030 * 4,909 * May : 438 6,712 2,115 * 6,456 121,958 Jun : 364 8,097 1,986 * * 118,028 Jul : 328 7,951 2,679 * * 121,875 Aug : 302 * * * * 142,217 Sep : 519 * 2,281 * * 123,430 Oct : * * 2,286 * * 114,230 Nov : * * 1,698 * * 104,106 Dec : * 5,830 * * 14,573 109,454 Total : 8,058 75,855 24,184 21,587 140,103 1,434,776 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Delaware : Jan : 3,946 130,363 45,767 86 9,153 Feb : 3,965 99,418 40,993 * * Mar : 6,311 92,247 42,660 * * Apr : * 97,970 35,240 91 * May : 7,364 94,028 29,609 * * Jun : 6,898 101,231 30,176 * * Jul : 4,263 112,604 24,971 82 6,227 Aug : 1,954 106,299 21,588 45 * Sep : * 130,149 23,600 40 * Oct : 1,076 133,885 33,200 * * Nov : 753 81,634 26,991 * * Dec : 3,262 104,241 44,792 * * Total : 47,153 1,284,069 399,587 1,548 77,026 : Florida : Jan : 142 * * * * Feb : 85 * * * * Mar : 104 * * * * Apr : 143 * * * * May : 86 * * * * Jun : 99 * * * * Jul : 97 * * * * Aug : 117 * 8,837 * * Sep : * * * * * Oct : 94 * * * * Nov : 86 * * * * Dec : * * * * * Total : 1,348 221,413 104,974 9,847 61,706 : Georgia : Jan : 682 105,566 90,326 376 5,839 Feb : 352 79,490 86,947 271 4,606 Mar : 368 86,259 80,905 220 5,539 Apr : 642 82,293 52,914 298 4,817 May : 389 86,903 46,619 425 3,533 Jun : 425 79,957 44,226 457 3,226 Jul : 1,203 86,291 37,732 482 3,537 Aug : 423 86,901 39,425 497 3,699 Sep : * 88,688 36,770 * 3,791 Oct : 362 86,755 43,103 518 4,043 Nov : * 68,120 34,842 * 3,524 Dec : 516 82,090 48,539 471 3,876 Total : 6,097 1,019,313 642,348 5,234 50,030 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Delaware : Jan : 2,937 17,548 13,000 2,273 25,978 251,051 Feb : 2,173 12,490 8,733 2,912 19,202 197,305 Mar : 2,369 12,146 11,010 * 24,569 205,501 Apr : 2,337 17,884 11,429 * 34,360 219,175 May : 2,295 15,465 11,293 5,969 27,380 199,246 Jun : 2,607 13,570 11,270 3,860 26,138 201,720 Jul : 3,053 18,552 14,020 8,052 24,448 216,272 Aug : 2,729 21,675 14,130 * 18,727 199,274 Sep : 2,681 22,294 14,994 * 21,906 228,890 Oct : 2,817 17,058 12,012 3,645 24,862 235,405 Nov : 1,679 12,142 8,870 1,660 18,389 157,178 Dec : 2,004 17,905 9,926 2,311 23,771 213,754 Total : 29,681 198,729 140,687 56,561 289,730 2,524,771 : Florida : Jan : * 3,930 * * 16,359 74,591 Feb : * 3,490 * 365 15,858 57,022 Mar : * 3,405 * 495 13,958 52,344 Apr : * 2,902 3,069 532 13,658 51,664 May : * 3,322 3,223 * 14,635 49,908 Jun : * * 2,727 * 13,273 48,097 Jul : * 3,591 * 830 14,523 54,561 Aug : * 3,769 * 714 13,068 58,307 Sep : 923 4,293 * 3,412 11,124 70,361 Oct : 960 * * 498 * 53,041 Nov : 953 3,902 * 1,493 * 53,705 Dec : * 3,865 * * 12,754 61,568 Total : 13,601 43,401 52,677 14,615 161,587 685,169 : Georgia : Jan : 4,846 45,689 25,180 6,384 120,039 404,927 Feb : 3,188 30,876 14,044 2,320 87,436 309,530 Mar : 3,555 32,428 20,794 3,474 83,816 317,358 Apr : 3,891 31,602 17,705 6,280 71,561 272,003 May : 4,127 31,077 20,408 5,639 58,986 258,106 Jun : 3,641 30,706 20,060 5,041 48,760 236,499 Jul : 4,051 33,060 15,873 8,675 49,694 240,598 Aug : 3,978 28,810 15,023 11,264 39,948 229,968 Sep : 3,489 29,947 19,238 5,748 38,905 227,731 Oct : 3,555 40,155 19,124 7,582 50,565 255,762 Nov : 2,663 29,990 8,880 5,554 45,979 200,351 Dec : 3,213 35,976 11,399 4,323 71,725 262,128 Total : 44,197 400,316 207,728 72,284 767,414 3,214,961 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Indiana : Jan : * * * * * Feb : 20 * * * * Mar : 16 6,825 * * 127 Apr : * 5,868 * * 122 May : * * * * * Jun : * 5,134 * * * Jul : * 4,927 * * * Aug : * 4,217 * * * Sep : * 5,366 * * * Oct : * 5,811 * * * Nov : * 5,344 * * * Dec : * 6,566 * * * Total : 674 70,662 71,906 2,041 1,230 : Kentucky : Jan : * 28,974 * * 2,377 Feb : * 27,735 * 47 * Mar : * 31,023 16,825 65 * Apr : 84 34,116 14,910 50 * May : * 29,540 9,380 35 * Jun : * 30,241 7,437 24 1,843 Jul : * 34,864 * 55 2,110 Aug : * 44,567 * 38 2,361 Sep : * 34,642 7,252 * * Oct : * 37,973 9,953 17 * Nov : * 30,189 9,586 31 * Dec : * 34,092 * 49 * Total : 1,551 397,956 154,103 556 28,709 : Louisiana : Jan : * 14,812 9,201 * 211 Feb : * 14,716 9,964 * 169 Mar : * 15,496 10,302 128 264 Apr : * 14,422 8,455 127 258 May : * 14,412 6,283 102 176 Jun : * 13,516 4,688 90 76 Jul : * 13,945 4,402 * 145 Aug : * 15,456 4,112 151 175 Sep : * 13,965 4,732 * 130 Oct : * 13,499 3,620 59 151 Nov : 195 11,593 3,259 * 108 Dec : * 14,023 5,316 * 140 Total : 1,687 169,855 74,334 1,043 2,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Indiana : Jan : 133 * * * * 20,209 Feb : * * * * * 15,941 Mar : 64 * * * * 13,713 Apr : 92 * * 7 * * May : 87 * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : 121 * 282 * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * * 199 * * * Oct : 124 * 246 * * * Nov : * * 387 * * * Dec : 83 * * * * * Total : 1,106 17,080 3,018 946 19,970 188,633 : Kentucky : Jan : 173 10,836 2,759 399 6,205 73,617 Feb : 163 8,315 * 468 5,482 70,508 Mar : 187 8,164 * * * 72,732 Apr : 165 10,311 * 738 * 80,054 May : 172 11,440 * * 6,052 65,268 Jun : 182 11,390 * 1,933 * 66,208 Jul : 261 10,190 * * 3,546 65,303 Aug : 230 9,630 * * 3,486 72,268 Sep : 163 11,124 * 1,273 2,620 64,735 Oct : 185 10,409 * * 4,057 70,870 Nov : 147 6,367 2,408 * 3,691 55,313 Dec : 201 8,697 3,651 960 4,286 72,998 Total : 2,229 116,873 51,305 10,238 66,354 829,874 : Louisiana : Jan : 365 2,996 4,225 237 * 35,610 Feb : 398 2,760 4,103 * * 35,573 Mar : 338 2,957 2,461 * 2,364 35,383 Apr : 324 2,750 * * * 34,181 May : 434 3,177 2,736 * 2,045 29,866 Jun : 315 1,763 2,175 * 1,576 24,721 Jul : 464 2,450 * * 1,776 26,754 Aug : 513 2,700 2,643 * 1,610 28,841 Sep : 408 * * * 1,572 29,407 Oct : 328 2,760 * * 1,194 27,302 Nov : 284 * * * 1,853 24,199 Dec : 450 3,654 * * * 28,650 Total : 4,621 35,172 35,689 11,494 24,589 360,487 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Maryland : Jan : 2,524 70,713 41,772 * * Feb : 2,057 57,300 41,550 * 5,427 Mar : 4,384 62,649 36,220 * * Apr : 4,181 65,322 36,547 * 6,230 May : 2,820 64,653 25,473 86 5,879 Jun : 3,792 60,186 23,967 79 * Jul : 1,821 58,888 18,753 88 * Aug : 1,200 52,499 14,854 52 5,035 Sep : 1,458 48,953 14,513 * 4,695 Oct : * 49,761 21,406 * * Nov : 783 39,313 17,389 47 3,160 Dec : * 50,197 22,175 * 3,904 Total : 30,167 680,434 314,619 1,518 62,575 : Mississippi : Jan : 238 57,851 57,743 293 1,648 Feb : 150 55,574 39,664 399 1,160 Mar : 224 66,328 38,356 435 1,090 Apr : 338 64,841 40,457 425 960 May : * 63,152 22,894 276 897 Jun : 224 63,163 15,737 405 617 Jul : * 76,008 18,795 412 700 Aug : 275 71,787 23,115 434 604 Sep : 286 74,348 22,977 376 757 Oct : * 73,353 20,834 487 674 Nov : 530 55,195 20,369 349 584 Dec : 227 61,918 32,672 345 549 Total : 3,283 783,518 353,613 4,636 10,240 : Missouri : Jan : 1,538 106,799 89,655 772 * Feb : 1,077 104,269 * 620 * Mar : 1,101 105,194 * 652 * Apr : 1,076 98,503 * 672 * May : 952 77,522 * 601 * Jun : 983 68,829 * 625 * Jul : 936 73,483 18,133 * * Aug : 830 69,548 14,687 * * Sep : 977 63,989 10,485 * * Oct : 3,302 88,072 14,103 798 * Nov : 1,313 52,040 13,391 397 * Dec : 1,530 70,490 22,205 * * Total : 15,615 978,738 404,231 9,088 29,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Maryland : Jan : * 25,511 * * 21,516 197,223 Feb : 1,673 20,289 * 1,458 18,686 169,344 Mar : 1,956 19,182 * 2,671 20,225 178,729 Apr : 1,913 18,220 * * 22,627 179,461 May : 1,697 20,698 * * 16,529 168,075 Jun : 1,826 24,952 * 1,948 16,747 164,197 Jul : 1,611 22,194 * 1,727 * 153,189 Aug : * 17,366 * 3,741 * 128,754 Sep : * 16,041 * 2,276 12,004 123,276 Oct : * 14,374 * * 12,559 127,803 Nov : * 8,618 * * 13,599 102,793 Dec : * 18,392 * 1,198 16,322 140,061 Total : 20,797 225,837 269,232 28,736 198,990 1,832,905 : Mississippi : Jan : 2,793 13,903 9,874 438 59,807 204,588 Feb : 2,572 12,504 8,198 237 45,515 165,973 Mar : 2,980 10,296 8,938 431 56,658 185,736 Apr : 2,959 12,644 9,460 777 62,537 195,398 May : 3,246 18,499 * * 50,776 173,958 Jun : 3,887 19,426 15,052 609 39,263 158,383 Jul : 4,042 15,170 16,139 * 36,804 169,632 Aug : 3,904 19,937 15,179 613 34,334 170,182 Sep : 3,607 21,468 18,928 1,055 44,875 188,677 Oct : 3,434 21,529 * 488 45,105 188,920 Nov : 2,533 17,207 12,097 743 50,161 159,768 Dec : 2,706 17,742 11,048 406 46,036 173,649 Total : 38,663 200,325 159,665 9,050 571,871 2,134,864 : Missouri : Jan : 1,362 15,093 11,532 * 39,222 271,667 Feb : 1,151 12,535 10,677 918 29,196 211,619 Mar : 1,116 11,481 11,384 1,042 34,518 249,361 Apr : 1,152 11,903 9,580 281 37,345 210,046 May : 1,428 13,384 10,529 975 37,007 172,797 Jun : 1,391 11,936 11,142 762 29,338 146,027 Jul : 1,845 17,590 14,077 1,249 38,544 168,718 Aug : 1,720 14,535 16,155 1,259 34,035 155,223 Sep : 1,541 9,739 12,710 1,034 30,526 133,631 Oct : 1,288 8,953 13,425 * 28,430 161,423 Nov : 1,050 * 9,149 * 20,665 108,346 Dec : 1,277 * 9,633 534 23,496 148,946 Total : 16,321 151,092 139,993 11,070 382,322 2,137,804 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : New Jersey : Jan : * * * * * Feb : * * * 4 * Mar : * * * * * Apr : * * * * * May : 5 * * * * Jun : * * * * * Jul : * * * * * Aug : * * * * * Sep : * * * * Oct : * * * * * Nov : * * * * * Dec : * * * * * Total : 251 20,542 7,698 65 1,742 : New York : Jan : 242 * * * * Feb : 208 * * 154 * Mar : 249 * * * * Apr : 177 * * 131 * May : 280 * * 144 * Jun : 192 * * * * Jul : 246 * * 162 * Aug : * * * * * Sep : 146 * * * * Oct : 140 * * * * Nov : * * * * * Dec : 217 * * * * Total : 2,381 44,760 17,438 2,141 1,611 : North : Carolina : Jan : 584 112,344 86,975 * * Feb : * 95,101 74,490 71 * Mar : 633 94,237 58,334 * * Apr : 818 90,649 47,676 * * May : * 97,634 40,099 78 * Jun : 855 94,463 46,165 * * Jul : 771 96,050 32,114 * * Aug : 386 87,223 30,069 * * Sep : 606 86,173 27,853 206 15,600 Oct : 996 90,581 38,308 * * Nov : 499 72,666 32,833 129 12,951 Dec : 714 93,249 70,420 109 15,713 Total : 10,507 1,110,370 585,336 2,051 196,751 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : New Jersey : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * * * 2 * * Oct : * * * * * * Nov : * * * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 8,992 2,521 56,484 302 14,342 112,939 : New York : Jan : 747 * 3,578 196 * * Feb : 551 * 2,984 * * * Mar : * * 2,643 * * * Apr : 730 * 2,965 * * * May : 676 * 3,389 * * * Jun : 584 187 2,754 312 * * Jul : 762 * 3,314 402 * * Aug : 787 * 3,214 315 * * Sep : 885 * 3,832 380 * * Oct : 729 * 3,816 232 * * Nov : * * 2,587 343 * * Dec : * * 3,094 338 * * Total : 8,590 3,803 38,170 3,477 36,516 158,887 : North : Carolina : Jan : 4,537 29,904 21,590 4,891 82,665 361,506 Feb : 3,692 24,245 16,527 5,089 76,041 315,032 Mar : 3,477 19,709 18,018 5,618 58,152 278,060 Apr : 4,076 24,447 18,302 6,129 70,849 278,174 May : 4,633 28,439 20,723 7,655 * 319,814 Jun : 4,345 27,220 21,183 9,852 * 363,807 Jul : 4,640 27,248 26,421 10,901 92,954 307,544 Aug : 4,138 24,216 21,325 7,308 76,284 267,124 Sep : 4,047 27,004 21,140 5,368 65,343 253,340 Oct : 4,023 28,969 19,926 6,422 79,934 288,231 Nov : 3,150 21,438 15,036 4,590 80,430 243,722 Dec : 3,568 32,626 16,753 5,537 111,271 349,960 Total : 48,326 315,465 236,944 79,360 1,041,204 3,626,314 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Ohio : Jan : * 24,985 2,875 * * Feb : * 19,482 * * * Mar : * 20,918 * * * Apr : * 19,848 * * * May : * 19,365 * 52 228 Jun : * 12,922 * * * Jul : * 16,150 1,969 53 1,322 Aug : 97 15,099 * * * Sep : * 17,411 * * * Oct : 104 17,783 2,224 29 * Nov : * 15,638 2,150 * * Dec : 29 18,824 2,672 21 * Total : 12,852 218,425 29,134 626 6,391 : Pennsylvania : Jan : 198 33,671 24,106 240 * Feb : * 23,084 20,360 216 * Mar : 255 21,702 18,064 228 511 Apr : * 19,298 14,040 161 386 May : * 18,214 11,744 140 321 Jun : 203 17,072 10,540 128 259 Jul : * 17,269 9,355 170 310 Aug : * 17,303 7,921 91 283 Sep : 126 18,854 8,095 * 402 Oct : 99 18,810 9,930 98 494 Nov : 116 15,572 8,687 * 436 Dec : 219 23,350 15,946 120 487 Total : 5,590 244,199 158,788 1,759 5,219 : South : Carolina : Jan : 162 24,830 * 28 1,278 Feb : 68 17,624 * 12 942 Mar : * 17,069 13,811 14 944 Apr : 57 17,395 12,263 * 1,042 May : 53 16,032 11,091 * * Jun : 93 16,648 * 27 1,020 Jul : * 13,602 9,231 * * Aug : * 11,258 6,208 116 * Sep : * * * * * Oct : * 14,401 * * * Nov : 83 * * * 871 Dec : * * * 40 862 Total : 1,294 191,411 162,608 1,566 12,902 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Ohio : Jan : 290 * 1,664 * * 48,218 Feb : 184 * 952 * * 37,215 Mar : * * * * * 37,793 Apr : 142 * * * * 32,803 May : 186 * 852 * * 36,281 Jun : 120 * * * * 24,568 Jul : 133 1,399 * * * 31,661 Aug : * 942 * * * 30,737 Sep : * 964 * * * 32,152 Oct : * * * * * 36,483 Nov : * 690 * * * 30,415 Dec : * 577 * * * 31,550 Total : 2,132 20,942 11,413 2,040 105,921 409,876 : Pennsylvania : Jan : 1,439 * 6,147 289 * 100,624 Feb : 1,093 3,450 4,818 133 * 74,710 Mar : 1,101 * 4,616 99 * 67,272 Apr : 1,085 * * 72 12,176 54,642 May : 1,280 2,838 4,523 * * 53,068 Jun : 1,114 3,212 4,045 104 13,698 50,375 Jul : 1,117 4,329 4,705 373 * 50,463 Aug : 1,001 2,692 4,581 580 * 49,861 Sep : 953 2,686 4,684 203 * 47,495 Oct : 1,000 3,032 4,902 * * 51,454 Nov : 805 2,566 * 129 * 43,361 Dec : 1,377 4,855 3,576 936 14,303 65,169 Total : 13,365 43,173 54,784 3,879 177,738 708,494 : South : Carolina : Jan : 849 * * 2,609 6,640 77,370 Feb : * * 1,643 2,179 * 53,952 Mar : * 4,267 1,888 4,098 5,364 48,627 Apr : * 4,632 1,930 1,941 4,900 45,266 May : 920 4,706 1,914 * * 47,534 Jun : * 4,862 1,874 * 4,371 53,394 Jul : * * * * 3,670 40,907 Aug : * 4,697 * * 2,298 31,169 Sep : 703 * * * * 50,307 Oct : 598 6,173 1,545 * 4,256 41,056 Nov : 431 5,072 * * 3,309 * Dec : 337 4,027 * * * * Total : 9,122 65,321 23,265 45,723 83,565 596,777 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tennessee : Jan : * 43,177 10,844 253 1,169 Feb : * 39,120 11,512 161 738 Mar : * 44,605 12,830 216 * Apr : * 45,963 10,185 143 727 May : * 41,233 7,487 * 443 Jun : 177 36,059 6,058 125 412 Jul : 124 35,057 6,806 117 341 Aug : 66 32,527 6,532 * 330 Sep : 84 33,073 7,434 102 384 Oct : 125 39,324 8,806 * 374 Nov : 108 29,347 7,816 117 451 Dec : 104 40,543 11,087 136 * Total : 3,695 460,028 107,397 1,973 8,375 : Texas : Jan : 121 131,865 81,812 469 2,706 Feb : 57 126,365 60,006 * 2,218 Mar : * 136,763 57,263 486 2,378 Apr : * 131,801 41,407 731 2,435 May : 88 127,583 35,915 * 2,516 Jun : 101 115,273 * * 1,966 Jul : * 116,080 * 385 2,378 Aug : * 100,042 28,155 * 2,200 Sep : * 82,333 17,801 273 1,994 Oct : * 78,494 19,308 295 2,220 Nov : * 69,907 18,024 207 1,904 Dec : * 80,017 46,892 * 2,273 Total : 28,208 1,296,523 472,503 5,010 27,188 : Virginia : Jan : * 54,347 * * * Feb : * 46,002 27,525 30 * Mar : * 49,928 23,905 * * Apr : 388 56,592 21,746 22 * May : 281 50,055 18,443 46 * Jun : * 51,423 * 36 * Jul : 344 53,166 14,634 17 * Aug : 227 55,872 17,096 12 * Sep : 176 55,815 * * * Oct : * 55,392 * * * Nov : 230 42,608 * 100 * Dec : 384 53,998 * 21 * Total : 6,230 625,198 274,769 748 73,155 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Tennessee : Jan : 1,297 15,736 4,737 * 9,505 87,201 Feb : 922 9,247 4,086 * * 80,809 Mar : 896 7,407 3,700 * * 89,166 Apr : 904 9,166 3,921 368 * 91,560 May : 937 8,821 4,066 769 9,603 74,240 Jun : 992 9,420 4,752 795 7,665 66,455 Jul : 1,014 10,752 4,221 1,034 8,798 68,264 Aug : 807 12,420 3,927 * 7,218 65,511 Sep : 708 7,977 3,873 1,437 8,708 63,780 Oct : 1,056 10,578 4,320 * 13,774 79,003 Nov : 739 7,793 3,275 202 5,992 55,840 Dec : 951 11,958 3,986 * 13,051 84,857 Total : 11,223 121,275 48,864 10,074 133,782 906,686 : Texas : Jan : 1,304 9,685 12,722 846 19,030 260,560 Feb : 1,051 7,251 8,611 * 17,476 224,401 Mar : 1,130 7,334 9,768 * 17,469 233,477 Apr : 1,021 8,599 7,398 * 17,260 212,552 May : 1,044 9,479 7,928 * 12,353 199,038 Jun : 988 9,041 7,900 816 9,284 179,745 Jul : 1,148 9,909 7,878 370 9,007 179,429 Aug : 1,155 7,662 7,425 811 10,406 158,368 Sep : 1,044 * 6,886 * 7,330 126,270 Oct : 1,105 * 7,293 466 8,209 127,526 Nov : 884 8,814 5,978 * 7,179 140,067 Dec : 1,107 7,296 7,776 1,885 11,213 159,604 Total : 12,981 102,153 97,563 12,692 146,216 2,201,037 : Virginia : Jan : 1,758 12,497 * 4,014 22,639 156,758 Feb : 1,404 9,723 * * 17,207 139,399 Mar : 1,392 10,297 * * 17,012 126,214 Apr : 1,479 11,517 * * 14,800 129,239 May : 1,447 8,487 * * 14,231 116,833 Jun : 1,613 9,972 * * 12,394 118,344 Jul : 1,539 13,580 * * 12,738 120,772 Aug : 1,763 14,553 * * 13,841 125,705 Sep : 1,778 11,413 * * 13,475 118,901 Oct : 1,597 13,619 * 3,514 16,955 134,162 Nov : 1,400 8,701 * 4,091 12,852 104,535 Dec : 1,476 10,928 * * 16,009 134,955 Total : 18,646 135,287 161,132 46,499 184,153 1,525,817 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Washington : Jan : * * * * * Feb : * * * * * Mar : * * * * * Apr : * * 3,907 * * May : * * 3,703 * * Jun : * * * * * Jul : 78 * * * * Aug : 59 * * * * Sep : 101 * 2,886 * * Oct : 65 * * * * Nov : * * * * * Dec : 32 * 3,868 * * Total : 742 165,691 36,132 1,419 730 : Other States 1/: Jan : 10,879 218,926 127,479 3,884 50,941 Feb : 9,460 187,851 119,261 2,455 72,639 Mar : 3,158 178,815 108,553 2,341 58,001 Apr : 9,840 188,252 71,517 4,520 44,365 May : 6,753 191,048 49,034 9,688 42,330 Jun : 3,339 87,113 115,094 3,244 43,947 Jul : 59,673 175,355 62,130 6,101 39,983 Aug : 4,760 176,827 29,172 5,670 38,844 Sep : 2,831 180,610 63,799 10,566 25,074 Oct : 7,894 176,184 59,207 8,630 48,840 Nov : 29,334 88,652 51,917 4,327 21,035 Dec : 6,018 111,437 105,201 4,577 26,254 Total 2/ : 59,862 601,127 96,305 9,323 10,052 : United States : Jan : 25,623 1,510,737 871,124 11,829 79,450 Feb : 23,164 1,295,085 723,544 9,936 91,469 Mar : 22,101 1,347,116 699,228 10,466 72,677 Apr : 21,451 1,342,537 561,474 11,890 65,610 May : 19,605 1,277,208 436,172 12,051 59,816 Jun : 18,830 1,206,965 392,440 11,127 56,355 Jul : 72,492 1,257,122 349,414 11,827 59,960 Aug : 12,273 1,204,372 339,890 10,297 56,131 Sep : 8,322 1,182,492 331,394 11,947 55,831 Oct : 14,933 1,246,162 384,318 11,279 59,920 Nov : 35,023 973,082 341,784 8,249 47,542 Dec : 14,385 1,209,215 583,980 11,415 57,141 Total : 288,202 15,052,093 6,014,762 132,313 761,902 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : :Causes 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Washington : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * 551 * 102 * 26,388 May : * * * * * 28,028 Jun : * 671 * * * 24,637 Jul : * 947 * * * 22,166 Aug : * 860 * * 6,688 23,352 Sep : * * * * 6,522 * Oct : * 705 * 52 * 22,171 Nov : * 593 * * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 1,576 11,975 4,459 1,473 58,262 282,459 : Other States 1/: Jan : 5,489 37,016 81,181 10,025 70,746 173,286 Feb : 4,498 22,901 78,397 6,906 92,171 190,322 Mar : 5,855 16,810 80,559 14,536 78,273 266,279 Apr : 4,729 16,740 76,338 16,099 76,577 269,214 May : 3,314 6,457 80,021 26,792 172,378 144,556 Jun : 4,424 7,993 71,838 18,064 204,759 148,073 Jul : 4,277 8,883 77,112 16,278 100,515 210,137 Aug : 6,453 11,443 66,598 23,887 99,351 137,408 Sep : 5,003 33,625 70,276 25,114 72,657 155,986 Oct : 5,321 27,605 92,423 13,757 93,133 160,281 Nov : 5,664 22,044 64,290 8,519 69,164 173,686 Dec : 8,332 23,494 67,990 12,883 72,110 255,697 Total 2/ : 18,182 44,950 243,345 11,539 304,799 1,399,484 : United States : Jan : 42,695 297,305 259,521 38,993 657,369 3,794,646 Feb : 35,207 221,750 214,694 33,825 558,860 3,207,534 Mar : 38,061 206,897 226,513 42,906 549,772 3,215,737 Apr : 38,846 227,110 223,373 43,290 580,702 3,116,283 May : 39,533 233,117 237,087 59,110 547,503 2,921,202 Jun : 39,769 236,163 236,950 55,954 540,051 2,794,604 Jul : 42,719 255,259 247,953 65,467 503,700 2,865,913 Aug : 40,712 237,722 222,147 59,638 487,552 2,670,734 Sep : 39,110 236,671 222,373 52,328 448,235 2,588,703 Oct : 38,748 248,635 227,816 46,037 502,175 2,780,023 Nov : 31,519 190,007 176,011 35,690 438,461 2,277,368 Dec : 37,290 248,435 196,470 42,419 594,866 2,995,616 Total : 464,209 2,839,071 2,690,908 575,657 6,409,246 35,228,363 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. 2/ Totals for States with chicken slaughter not listed above to avoid disclosing individual operations (CO, IL, IA, KS, MN, NE, OK, OR, VT, WV, and WI). 3/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to "Total All Causes" for Other States. Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Light : Jan : 4 2,903 250,221 19,052 434 111,414 Feb : 1 2,446 185,602 18,134 888 76,703 Mar : 2,236 171,466 14,330 194 72,586 Apr : 2,577 217,355 19,099 408 96,779 May : 2,213 183,747 17,421 253 81,586 Jun : 1,701 176,781 12,001 72 93,211 Jul : 2,703 168,599 16,268 68 83,928 Aug : 2,043 138,337 10,507 37 69,422 Sep : 9,823 148,815 14,548 2,665 66,656 Oct : 13,618 173,640 14,996 5,298 71,967 Nov : 1,648 149,684 12,024 101 68,244 Dec : 2,523 206,573 12,828 133 89,079 Total : 5 46,434 2,170,820 181,208 10,551 981,575 : Heavy : Jan : 1,052 77,008 3,199 399 11,794 Feb : 28 1,543 71,420 4,016 429 8,952 Mar : 999 72,641 3,516 201 9,533 Apr : 727 72,407 4,869 1,100 8,426 May : 601 69,514 4,348 130 9,390 Jun : 857 72,644 4,866 194 11,110 Jul : 1,174 78,333 5,037 397 12,891 Aug : 2 1,113 67,122 3,728 415 12,851 Sep : 764 72,057 3,759 303 11,360 Oct : 1 753 74,904 4,249 286 10,409 Nov : 487 56,733 2,690 235 8,666 Dec : 699 61,940 4,759 376 10,052 Total : 31 10,769 846,723 49,036 4,465 125,434 : Total Mature : Jan : 4 3,955 327,229 22,251 833 123,208 Feb : 29 3,989 257,022 22,150 1,317 85,655 Mar : 3,235 244,107 17,846 395 82,119 Apr : 3,304 289,762 23,968 1,508 105,205 May : 2,814 253,261 21,769 383 90,976 Jun : 2,558 249,425 16,867 266 104,321 Jul : 3,877 246,932 21,305 465 96,819 Aug : 2 3,156 205,459 14,235 452 82,273 Sep : 10,587 220,872 18,307 2,968 78,016 Oct : 1 14,371 248,544 19,245 5,584 82,376 Nov : 2,135 206,417 14,714 336 76,910 Dec : 3,222 268,513 17,587 509 99,131 Total : 36 57,203 3,017,543 230,244 15,016 1,107,009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Light : Jan : 15,125 24,860 161,473 1,129 75,739 662,354 Feb : 14,098 19,685 154,363 1,787 69,211 542,918 Mar : 14,797 26,040 154,823 1,006 127,285 584,763 Apr : 22,604 25,311 178,523 2,912 87,814 653,382 May : 17,138 20,746 153,879 2,551 67,681 547,215 Jun : 13,812 34,775 137,134 1,065 48,791 519,343 Jul : 11,539 44,157 134,621 820 48,730 511,433 Aug : 13,568 32,708 128,161 236 55,049 450,068 Sep : 7,598 18,204 121,312 1,610 39,518 430,749 Oct : 9,275 18,595 149,730 1,991 71,104 530,214 Nov : 5,606 6,823 121,117 248 68,066 433,561 Dec : 6,664 10,205 121,023 1,566 78,424 529,018 Total : 151,824 282,109 1,716,159 16,921 837,412 6,395,018 : Heavy : Jan : 2,087 26,289 25,427 798 55,045 203,098 Feb : 2,011 22,532 22,068 1,974 49,839 184,812 Mar : 1,946 14,662 23,131 1,746 66,056 194,431 Apr : 1,550 18,322 24,856 1,241 59,012 192,510 May : 1,657 17,313 20,025 1,300 59,993 184,271 Jun : 1,663 19,479 20,774 2,444 60,934 194,965 Jul : 1,903 32,059 22,140 4,051 72,121 230,106 Aug : 2,001 24,343 19,521 1,910 61,288 194,294 Sep : 2,993 19,969 22,312 2,031 63,775 199,323 Oct : 2,004 24,735 27,193 1,580 63,142 209,256 Nov : 1,560 9,694 19,030 705 48,571 148,371 Dec : 1,749 10,027 21,250 2,527 59,282 172,661 Total : 23,124 239,424 267,727 22,307 719,058 2,308,098 : Total Mature : Jan : 17,212 51,149 186,900 1,927 130,784 865,452 Feb : 16,109 42,217 176,431 3,761 119,050 727,730 Mar : 16,743 40,702 177,954 2,752 193,341 779,194 Apr : 24,154 43,633 203,379 4,153 146,826 845,892 May : 18,795 38,059 173,904 3,851 127,674 731,486 Jun : 15,475 54,254 157,908 3,509 109,725 714,308 Jul : 13,442 76,216 156,761 4,871 120,851 741,539 Aug : 15,569 57,051 147,682 2,146 116,337 644,362 Sep : 10,591 38,173 143,624 3,641 103,293 630,072 Oct : 11,279 43,330 176,923 3,571 134,246 739,470 Nov : 7,166 16,517 140,147 953 116,637 581,932 Dec : 8,413 20,232 142,273 4,093 137,706 701,679 Total : 174,948 521,533 1,983,886 39,228 1,556,470 8,703,116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Total : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Arkansas : Jan : 2,785 49,313 17.71 41,355 707 1.59 Feb : 2,805 49,951 17.81 41,872 743 1.65 Mar : 2,701 50,220 18.59 41,877 791 1.75 Apr : 3,002 55,846 18.60 46,079 833 1.66 May : 3,124 57,286 18.33 47,797 837 1.62 Jun : 2,859 51,884 18.15 42,834 797 1.71 Jul : 2,965 52,056 17.56 43,355 802 1.71 Aug : 2,910 50,747 17.44 42,096 791 1.73 Sep : 2,713 47,646 17.56 39,419 754 1.76 Oct : 2,800 52,185 18.64 43,455 707 1.51 Nov : 2,884 51,313 17.79 41,711 732 1.58 Dec : 2,924 52,403 17.92 43,613 751 1.59 Total : 34,472 620,850 18.01 515,463 9,245 1.65 : California: Jan : 929 23,862 25.69 19,299 453 2.11 Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : 1,254 32,399 25.83 26,042 568 1.95 Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : 1,604 38,706 24.14 30,822 937 2.69 Oct : 2,271 54,910 24.18 44,324 1,070 2.16 Nov : 2,369 50,697 21.40 40,099 1,018 2.23 Dec : * * * * * * Total : 17,081 412,457 24.15 333,392 8,857 2.39 : Iowa : Jan : 1,375 48,927 35.58 37,868 1,395 3.17 Feb : 1,317 40,186 30.51 27,889 872 2.41 Mar : 1,473 48,593 32.99 38,171 1,193 2.73 Apr : 1,510 48,632 32.21 37,764 1,646 3.76 May : 1,601 52,123 32.55 40,586 1,207 2.57 Jun : 1,574 49,779 31.62 38,761 1,057 2.36 Jul : 1,569 49,470 31.53 38,518 1,136 2.55 Aug : 1,514 43,750 28.89 34,343 956 2.43 Sep : 1,605 48,770 30.39 37,870 1,031 2.35 Oct : 1,760 52,576 29.87 41,795 1,123 2.37 Nov : 1,422 43,138 30.33 33,327 903 2.32 Dec : 1,432 45,140 31.52 33,672 1,052 2.59 Total : 18,152 571,084 31.46 440,564 13,571 2.64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Total : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :--------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Minnesota : Jan : 2,984 85,945 28.80 67,139 1,839 2.38 Feb : 2,440 67,889 27.82 54,204 1,335 2.18 Mar : 2,793 79,542 28.47 60,921 1,583 2.21 Apr : 3,031 83,984 27.71 66,209 1,802 2.38 May : 3,161 86,584 27.39 67,807 1,685 2.16 Jun : 3,200 84,353 26.36 67,095 1,502 1.98 Jul : 3,562 89,209 25.04 70,834 1,629 2.03 Aug : 3,177 80,025 25.19 62,977 1,476 2.05 Sep : 3,003 81,449 27.13 59,367 1,364 1.86 Oct : 3,274 86,597 26.45 68,875 1,526 1.96 Nov : 3,092 80,483 26.03 64,308 1,368 1.89 Dec : 2,700 78,605 29.12 62,375 1,340 1.89 Total : 36,417 984,665 27.04 772,111 18,449 2.08 : Missouri : Jan : 1,543 48,502 31.43 37,878 1,005 2.30 Feb : 1,558 48,547 31.17 37,918 1,092 2.50 Mar : 1,658 51,298 30.94 40,025 1,191 2.58 Apr : 1,694 54,291 32.05 42,436 1,168 2.39 May : 1,623 51,718 31.87 36,167 1,184 2.54 Jun : 1,511 48,626 32.18 37,191 1,143 2.61 Jul : 1,500 45,830 30.55 35,198 1,054 2.56 Aug : 1,488 45,081 30.29 35,168 1,112 2.74 Sep : 1,490 44,516 29.88 34,701 1,508 3.76 Oct : 1,725 53,604 31.08 42,130 1,128 2.34 Nov : 1,430 41,366 28.93 32,330 966 2.60 Dec : 1,435 43,051 30.00 33,582 986 2.54 Total : 18,655 576,430 30.90 444,724 13,537 2.61 : North : Carolina : Jan : 3,198 88,953 27.81 70,101 1,324 1.65 Feb : 3,222 84,223 26.14 66,760 1,177 1.55 Mar : 3,364 84,596 25.15 67,585 1,081 1.42 Apr : 3,287 82,955 25.24 65,988 1,016 1.36 May : 3,333 86,081 25.83 68,159 1,059 1.37 Jun : * * * * * * Jul : 3,532 88,601 25.09 70,396 1,088 1.36 Aug : 3,175 81,061 25.53 64,670 1,044 1.43 Sep : * * * * * * Oct : 3,763 94,098 25.01 75,199 1,228 1.45 Nov : 3,080 80,000 25.97 62,968 993 1.38 Dec : 2,867 77,867 27.16 61,485 1,020 1.46 Total : 39,474 1,025,467 25.98 814,962 13,266 1.44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Post-Mortem State : Number : Live : Average : Total : Condemnations and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Certified :-------------------- Month : : : Weight : 1/ : NY Dressed :Percent : : : : : Weight : 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Pennsyl- : vania : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * * * * * * Oct : * * * * * * Nov : * * * * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 10,020 227,803 22.73 181,119 3,236 1.58 : Virginia : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * * * * * * Oct : * * * * * * Nov : * * * * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 35,248 752,470 21.35 580,310 10,877 1.61 : Other : States 3/ : Jan : 8,528 255,000 29.90 199,926 4,148 1.81 Feb : 8,682 252,737 29.11 199,065 4,510 1.98 Mar : 9,473 274,614 28.99 216,058 5,383 2.18 Apr : 9,391 270,238 28.78 212,656 4,640 1.91 May : 7,079 204,150 28.84 159,720 3,486 1.90 Jun : 12,878 368,724 28.63 291,646 5,513 1.66 Jul : 10,169 288,368 28.36 227,368 4,233 1.63 Aug : 9,755 269,340 27.61 210,033 4,483 1.85 Sep : 11,769 322,701 27.42 251,400 5,493 1.89 Oct : 9,529 268,659 28.19 207,012 4,303 1.78 Nov : 8,136 223,819 27.51 175,521 3,249 1.61 Dec : 9,238 254,730 27.57 201,334 4,040 1.76 Total 4/ : 55,234 1,922,205 34.80 1,506,392 32,735 1.89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. 3/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. 4/ Totals for States with turkey slaughter not listed above to avoid disclosing individual operations (CO, IL, IN, MD, MI, NE, NJ, NY, OH, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, and WI). Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Arkansas : Jan : 6,216 * * * Feb : * * * * 2 Mar : * * * * Apr : * * * * May : * 5,461 * * * Jun : 5,693 * * * Jul : 5,588 * * 2 Aug : * 5,955 630 * * Sep : 6,018 * * * Oct : 6,181 467 * * Nov : 7,467 556 * * Dec : 9,654 1,062 * 4 Total : 843 74,990 9,082 328 25 : California : Jan : 2 3,204 72 * * Feb : * * * * * Mar : 4 * * * 5 Apr : * * * * * May : * 3,189 * * * Jun : * * * * * Jul : 6 4,527 * * * Aug : * 7,392 522 * 5 Sep : * 13,803 668 * 5 Oct : * 13,699 * * * Nov : 7 10,529 607 * * Dec : * 6,822 275 * Total : 296 83,706 4,093 92 155 : Iowa : Jan : 7,857 2,113 * Feb : 6,796 1,433 * * Mar : * 6,651 2,245 * * Apr : * 7,468 2,108 * * May : * 6,542 1,526 * * Jun : 5,495 1,572 * 3 Jul : * 5,561 1,877 * Aug : 4,849 1,751 * * Sep : 5,972 1,792 * * Oct : 7,469 1,547 * Nov : 5,731 1,416 * * Dec : 7,168 1,859 * Total : 362 77,559 21,239 23,793 229 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Arkansas : Jan : * 467 * * * * Feb : * 550 * * * * Mar : 14 665 * * * * Apr : * 610 * * * * May : * 724 * * * * Jun : * 770 * * * * Jul : * 763 * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * 2,259 * * * 13,254 Oct : 12 903 * * * 10,205 Nov : 28 * * * 1,610 13,126 Dec : * 1,087 * * * 14,692 Total : 298 10,373 18,682 6,737 14,377 135,735 : California : Jan : 16 * * * * 4,578 Feb : * * * 6 * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * 90 * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * 70 * * * Jul : * * * * * 6,269 Aug : 9 * * * * 9,609 Sep : * 359 * * 681 17,472 Oct : 43 * 611 * 1,288 18,275 Nov : * 524 349 * 1,438 13,945 Dec : * 290 275 * 982 9,122 Total : 469 4,429 2,966 2,840 11,972 111,018 : Iowa : Jan : 142 426 628 * 705 15,770 Feb : 98 421 583 75 305 11,414 Mar : * 577 541 88 680 12,955 Apr : * * 479 * * 14,971 May : 124 410 431 * * 12,995 Jun : 102 * 396 * * 11,720 Jul : 106 476 393 * * 11,748 Aug : 100 313 442 * * 10,375 Sep : 107 * 426 * * 11,532 Oct : 103 353 465 * * 12,685 Nov : 72 365 434 * * 10,404 Dec : 103 365 900 * 634 12,745 Total : 1,390 4,975 6,118 968 12,681 149,314 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Minnesota : Jan : 19 21,452 4,208 * 29 Feb : * * 2,434 * * Mar : * 16,667 3,103 * 26 Apr : * 18,219 2,370 * 12 May : * 18,346 2,101 * 23 Jun : * 16,378 * * 27 Jul : * 18,684 * * 27 Aug : * 17,177 * * * Sep : * 16,323 * * * Oct : * 19,158 * * * Nov : * * * 683 15 Dec : * 16,378 * * * Total : 579 212,363 26,995 11,538 342 : Missouri : Jan : 13,883 * * Feb : 17,211 * Mar : 17,658 * * * Apr : * 14,196 * * May : * 13,524 * * Jun : 13,552 * * Jul : 10,469 * * Aug : 15,553 * Sep : 14,885 * * Oct : 12,761 * * Nov : 9,097 * Dec : 13,104 * Total : 59 165,893 13,599 18 6 : North : Carolina : Jan : 2 * * 10 2 Feb : * * * 7 * Mar : * * * * Apr : 4 * * * 4 May : * * * * Jun : * * 2 Jul : * * * Aug : * 3,218 * 2 * Sep : * 3,937 * * Oct : * * * * * Nov : * 3,634 * * Dec : * 3,434 * * * Total : 405 50,140 8,598 36 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Minnesota : Jan : 151 565 916 * 1,849 30,723 Feb : 65 581 476 531 1,285 22,357 Mar : * 645 659 * 1,465 24,254 Apr : 128 607 869 * 1,987 25,594 May : 109 846 849 * 2,489 26,265 Jun : 118 628 504 * 2,513 23,312 Jul : 102 764 679 219 2,869 26,525 Aug : * 654 1,185 * 3,025 25,417 Sep : 129 558 647 169 2,718 23,259 Oct : 122 707 672 * 3,240 26,460 Nov : * 712 814 * 2,180 24,150 Dec : * 444 567 * 1,670 21,544 Total : 1,346 7,711 8,837 2,859 27,290 299,860 : Missouri : Jan : * * 235 * * 17,150 Feb : 38 * 345 * * 19,932 Mar : * * 407 7 * 21,370 Apr : 51 * * * * 18,547 May : * 318 * * * 17,344 Jun : * 255 * * * 16,001 Jul : * 434 368 * * 15,502 Aug : * * 251 * * 19,350 Sep : * * * * * 19,229 Oct : * * 331 * * 16,249 Nov : * * 233 5 * 14,305 Dec : 28 500 230 * 1,041 15,700 Total : 463 4,764 3,558 441 21,878 210,679 : North : Carolina : Jan : 239 1,718 * 233 1,828 12,544 Feb : 235 1,219 * * 2,130 11,691 Mar : 197 * * 59 1,285 9,864 Apr : * 1,049 484 * 630 * May : 62 1,019 * * * 6,077 Jun : 48 * 323 * 596 6,324 Jul : 57 1,251 * * 835 7,308 Aug : * 1,169 356 * 608 6,885 Sep : 60 949 390 * * 7,671 Oct : * * 431 * 609 8,687 Nov : * * 342 * 725 * Dec : 33 694 385 * 1,241 6,423 Total : 1,208 13,283 8,383 2,684 11,777 96,569 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Ohio : Jan : * * * * * Feb : * * * Mar : * * * * * Apr : * * * * * May : * * * * Jun : * * * * Jul : * * * * * Aug : * * * Sep : * * * * * Oct : * * 112 * 14 Nov : * * 49 * * Dec : * * * * * Total : 31 23,197 2,333 1,140 83 : Pennsylvania : Jan : 20 * 709 * 4 Feb : * * 530 * * Mar : * 490 11 * Apr : * * 492 * * May : * * * * * Jun : * * * * * Jul : * * * * * Aug : * * 458 * Sep : * * * * Oct : * * 333 * * Nov : * * 270 * * Dec : * * 607 * 2 Total : 984 48,595 6,062 102 22 : Virginia : Jan : * * * * * Feb : * * * * * Mar : * * * * * Apr : * * * * * May : * * * * * Jun : * * * * * Jul : * * * * * Aug : * * * * * Sep : * * * * * Oct : * * * * * Nov : * * * * Dec : * * * * * Total : 98 45,742 2,490 80 170 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Ohio : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * * * * * * Oct : * * * * * * Nov : 15 89 47 * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 197 1,374 523 3,745 4,475 37,098 : Pennsylvania : Jan : * * 251 * * * Feb : * * * 855 * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * 629 * Jun : 90 * * * 718 * Jul : 37 * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : 31 * 130 * * Oct : 64 * 113 * 757 * Nov : 114 * * 26 * * Dec : * * 201 18 947 * Total : 974 4,851 2,176 927 10,380 75,073 : Virginia : Jan : * * * * * * Feb : * * * * * * Mar : * * * * * * Apr : * * * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * * * * * * Jul : * * * * * * Aug : * * * * * * Sep : * * * * * * Oct : * * * * * * Nov : * * * * * * Dec : * * * * * * Total : 415 18,149 3,328 3,238 23,635 97,345 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : States 1/ : Jan : 7 43,226 7,800 6,704 78 Feb : 774 67,169 8,850 4,461 133 Mar : 1 349 53,520 9,676 4,667 34 Apr : 194 46,748 6,900 5,480 39 May : 141 34,900 5,845 5,326 35 Jun : 33 36,058 6,268 4,517 136 Jul : 188 33,961 7,993 4,191 28 Aug : 933 31,950 7,771 5,073 109 Sep : 61 35,201 12,083 5,022 58 Oct : 767 43,068 8,045 5,062 65 Nov : 250 47,112 7,023 2,795 167 Dec : 432 32,248 5,664 4,282 49 Total 2/ : 1 536 280,831 43,791 21,166 57 : United : States : Jan : 50 95,838 14,902 6,714 113 Feb : 774 91,176 13,247 4,468 135 Mar : 1 353 94,496 15,514 4,678 65 Apr : 198 86,631 11,870 5,480 55 May : 141 81,962 9,472 5,326 58 Jun : 33 77,176 7,840 4,517 168 Jul : 194 78,790 9,870 4,191 57 Aug : 933 86,094 11,132 5,075 114 Sep : 61 96,139 14,543 5,022 63 Oct : 767 102,336 10,504 5,062 79 Nov : 257 83,570 9,921 3,478 182 Dec : 432 88,808 9,467 4,282 55 Total : 1 4,193 1,063,016 138,282 58,293 1,144 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : :Causes 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Other : States 1/ : Jan : 385 4,978 4,987 2,465 12,617 72,653 Feb : 373 4,034 5,030 1,072 9,770 74,483 Mar : 735 5,534 3,791 1,837 10,976 76,826 Apr : 598 4,227 3,208 2,838 12,444 75,421 May : 384 3,140 3,525 2,744 11,517 63,598 Jun : 248 4,392 2,777 3,127 12,242 62,294 Jul : 250 2,801 3,118 2,573 13,724 57,569 Aug : 453 3,760 2,666 1,736 12,255 60,694 Sep : 255 3,257 3,722 2,310 12,417 54,985 Oct : 375 5,155 2,566 2,651 9,973 57,731 Nov : 523 4,610 3,547 1,250 8,699 50,229 Dec : 545 2,985 2,783 1,576 5,923 49,265 Total 2/ : 1,166 11,016 9,352 3,176 45,139 416,931 : United : States : Jan : 933 8,154 7,017 2,698 16,999 153,418 Feb : 809 6,805 6,434 1,684 14,345 139,877 Mar : 946 7,421 5,398 1,991 14,406 145,269 Apr : 777 6,493 5,130 2,838 15,061 134,533 May : 679 6,457 4,805 2,744 14,635 126,279 Jun : 606 6,045 4,070 3,127 16,069 119,651 Jul : 552 6,489 4,558 2,792 17,428 124,921 Aug : 562 5,896 4,900 1,736 15,888 132,330 Sep : 582 7,382 5,315 2,479 15,816 147,402 Oct : 719 7,118 5,189 2,651 15,867 150,292 Nov : 752 6,300 5,766 1,281 14,652 126,159 Dec : 709 6,365 5,341 1,594 12,438 129,491 Total : 8,626 80,925 63,923 27,615 183,604 1,629,622 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Sum of confidential figures replaced by an asterisk (*) in the States listed above. 2/ Totals for States with turkey slaughter not listed above to avoid disclosing individual operations (CO, IL, IN, MD, MI, NE, NJ, NY, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, and WI). 3/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to "Total All Causes" for Other States. Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicemia: Airsac- : Synovitis : Tumors Month : culosis : : : culitis : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 64 9,265 2,086 62 550 Feb : 46 7,377 891 21 74 Mar : 9 3,869 1,174 105 98 Apr : 5,682 1,251 96 250 May : 5,974 1,090 56 124 Jun : 14 6,368 1,630 18 153 Jul : 1 8,848 891 113 246 Aug : 25 4,981 1,562 17 263 Sep : 545 4,592 1,126 46 83 Oct : 2 4,476 936 7 90 Nov : 1 3,241 607 255 101 Dec : 2 2,425 590 12 82 Total : 709 67,098 13,834 808 2,114 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Old Turkeys (Breeders) Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total Month : : : nation : : : All : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 26 187 276 29 1,671 14,216 Feb : 11 218 195 7 1,255 10,095 Mar : 39 310 396 18 1,712 7,730 Apr : 26 217 321 79 1,616 9,538 May : 24 261 274 21 736 8,560 Jun : 26 222 267 83 2,496 11,277 Jul : 30 193 172 29 993 11,516 Aug : 46 223 185 12 1,408 8,722 Sep : 13 143 122 22 1,268 7,960 Oct : 23 119 154 7 1,126 6,940 Nov : 21 147 90 13 498 4,974 Dec : 39 100 90 15 593 3,948 Total : 324 2,340 2,542 335 15,372 105,476 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are obtained from the Poultry Inspection Forms (FSIS 6000-21) which are completed 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 listed on the form. Approximately 350 plants in the U.S. are operated under Federal Inspection. Revision Policy: The data in this report reflect any late reports received by FSIS or corrections which occurred after the monthly revisions were published. They are considered to be final and are not open to revision in the future. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit inspection forms (FSIS 6000-21) weekly. The reports cover weekly activities through Saturday night. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. In addition, data are compared with historical data levels and averages for each plant. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are accounted for each week. Estimates for missing weeks are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on either the previous week's information or a week 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. Data are summarized weekly and accumulated to monthly totals. When a week extends into the following month, the reported data are allocated to the appropriate month. 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 for selected states for young chicken and young turkeys. State data are not published if less than three plants operate for a species in a State, or if one plant has 60 percent or more of the total live weight for that species. Data for states not published are included in the "Other States" category. Also included in this category are data for published states that are confidential (denoted by an *). Data for all states are included in the U.S. totals. For 2003, young chickens were killed in 34 states, young turkeys in 23 states. Definitions Ante-Mortem Condemnations - Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Certified Ready-to-Cook - The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Ducks - Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. These are included with young turkeys as their numbers are too low to publish separately. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. New York Dressed Weight - Carcass weight after only feathers and blood are removed. This weight is approximately 90% of live weight. Old Turkeys (Breeders) - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Other Poultry - Includes all other ready-to-cook products which bear the USDA Inspected for Wholesomeness legend. Post-Mortem Condemnations - Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Young Chickens - Commercially grown broilers-fryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. 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