Pou 2-1 (08) National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Poultry Slaughter 2007 Annual Summary February 2008 Contents Page Poultry Slaughter Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight................................1 Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified........................................3 Ante-Mortem Condemnations...................................................5 Post-Mortem Condemnations...................................................7 Young Chickens Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations.............................9 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause......................................15 Mature Chickens Slaughtered Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause......................................27 Young Turkeys Slaughtered Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations...........................29 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause.....................................31 Old Turkeys Slaughtered Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause.....................................32 Reliability of Poultry Slaughter Estimates........................................33 Terms and Definitions.............................................................34 Information Contacts..............................................................34 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :----------------------------------------------------: Month : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Jan : 750,576 4,688 6,133 10,821 761,397 2,498 Feb : 667,824 4,321 5,507 9,828 677,652 2,163 Mar : 729,455 4,992 5,922 10,914 740,369 2,382 Apr : 713,856 4,745 5,777 10,522 724,378 2,271 May : 783,900 4,885 6,801 11,686 795,586 2,338 Jun : 748,724 5,039 6,826 11,865 760,589 2,183 Jul : 756,953 4,554 6,938 11,492 768,445 2,295 Aug : 799,191 5,019 7,405 12,424 811,615 2,373 Sep : 708,136 3,827 5,529 9,356 717,492 1,890 Oct : 811,550 4,781 7,390 12,171 823,721 2,390 Nov : 726,149 4,502 6,212 10,714 736,863 2,322 Dec : 702,172 5,339 5,417 10,756 712,928 2,206 2007 Total : 8,898,486 56,692 75,857 132,549 9,031,035 27,311 2006 Total : 8,837,544 53,929 77,193 131,122 8,968,666 28,025 : : 1,000 pounds : Live Weight : Jan : 4,125,796 15,380 48,360 63,740 4,189,536 16,869 Feb : 3,629,325 14,133 43,991 58,124 3,687,449 14,593 Mar : 3,976,573 16,252 47,174 63,426 4,039,999 15,939 Apr : 3,931,926 15,562 46,110 61,672 3,993,598 15,284 May : 4,324,618 15,936 55,141 71,077 4,395,695 15,754 Jun : 4,112,621 16,595 55,551 72,146 4,184,767 14,689 Jul : 4,142,867 15,000 56,028 71,028 4,213,895 15,385 Aug : 4,308,464 16,583 59,677 76,260 4,384,724 15,728 Sep : 3,917,650 13,002 44,195 57,197 3,974,847 12,829 Oct : 4,553,981 15,809 59,188 74,997 4,628,978 16,088 Nov : 4,092,494 15,088 49,566 64,654 4,157,148 15,740 Dec : 3,927,040 17,580 43,291 60,871 3,987,911 15,034 2007 Total : 49,043,355 186,920 608,272 795,192 49,838,547 183,932 2006 Total : 48,332,516 179,533 623,611 803,144 49,135,660 188,232 : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Jan : 5.50 3.28 7.89 5.89 5.50 6.75 Feb : 5.43 3.27 7.99 5.91 5.44 6.75 Mar : 5.45 3.26 7.97 5.81 5.46 6.69 Apr : 5.51 3.28 7.98 5.86 5.51 6.73 May : 5.52 3.26 8.11 6.08 5.53 6.74 Jun : 5.49 3.29 8.14 6.08 5.50 6.73 Jul : 5.47 3.29 8.08 6.18 5.48 6.70 Aug : 5.39 3.30 8.06 6.14 5.40 6.63 Sep : 5.53 3.40 7.99 6.11 5.54 6.79 Oct : 5.61 3.31 8.01 6.16 5.62 6.73 Nov : 5.64 3.35 7.98 6.03 5.64 6.78 Dec : 5.59 3.29 7.99 5.66 5.59 6.82 2007 Total : 5.51 3.30 8.02 6.00 5.52 6.73 2006 Total : 5.47 3.33 8.08 6.13 5.48 6.72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------:Poultry 2/ : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head : Number : Jan : 20,564 194 20,758 Feb : 19,408 107 19,515 Mar : 21,145 135 21,280 Apr : 20,340 103 20,443 May : 22,438 202 22,640 Jun : 22,307 170 22,477 Jul : 22,410 187 22,597 Aug : 23,792 263 24,055 Sep : 20,492 235 20,727 Oct : 26,389 179 26,568 Nov : 23,700 207 23,907 Dec : 19,806 196 20,002 2007 Total : 262,791 2,178 264,969 2006 Total : 252,368 2,348 254,716 : : 1,000 pounds : Live Weight : Jan : 608,662 5,183 613,845 206 4,820,456 Feb : 560,068 2,763 562,831 140 4,265,013 Mar : 606,959 3,536 610,495 156 4,666,589 Apr : 581,059 2,872 583,931 161 4,592,974 May : 638,079 5,262 643,341 199 5,054,989 Jun : 635,700 4,461 640,161 171 4,839,788 Jul : 632,126 4,775 636,901 232 4,866,413 Aug : 652,040 6,631 658,671 373 5,059,496 Sep : 574,144 6,132 580,276 815 4,568,767 Oct : 732,424 4,612 737,036 811 5,382,913 Nov : 655,948 5,527 661,475 216 4,834,579 Dec : 574,643 5,338 579,981 211 4,583,137 2007 Total : 7,451,852 57,092 7,508,944 3,691 57,535,114 2006 Total : 7,112,586 62,237 7,174,823 4,555 56,503,270 : : Pounds : Average Live : Weight : Jan : 29.60 26.72 29.57 Feb : 28.86 25.82 28.84 Mar : 28.70 26.19 28.69 Apr : 28.57 27.88 28.56 May : 28.44 26.05 28.42 Jun : 28.50 26.24 28.48 Jul : 28.21 25.53 28.19 Aug : 27.41 25.21 27.38 Sep : 28.02 26.09 28.00 Oct : 27.75 25.77 27.74 Nov : 27.68 26.70 27.67 Dec : 29.01 27.23 29.00 2007 Total : 28.36 26.21 28.34 2006 Total : 28.18 26.51 28.17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :----------------------------------------------------: Month : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Jan : 2,755,081 7,840 31,471 39,311 2,794,392 5,698 Feb : 2,421,734 7,206 28,879 36,085 2,457,819 4,896 Mar : 2,648,285 8,197 30,932 39,129 2,687,414 5,271 Apr : 2,605,436 8,003 30,055 38,058 2,643,494 5,274 May : 2,866,789 8,382 35,587 43,969 2,910,758 5,397 Jun : 2,747,512 8,446 35,852 44,298 2,791,810 5,088 Jul : 2,764,157 7,768 36,508 44,276 2,808,433 5,258 Aug : 2,881,142 8,434 38,129 46,563 2,927,705 5,760 Sep : 2,623,285 6,649 29,009 35,658 2,658,943 5,241 Oct : 3,044,311 8,366 38,798 47,164 3,091,475 5,800 Nov : 2,743,768 7,655 32,651 40,306 2,784,074 5,505 Dec : 2,623,674 8,496 28,753 37,249 2,660,923 5,386 2007 Total : 32,725,174 95,442 396,624 492,066 33,217,240 64,574 2006 Total : 32,160,929 91,929 408,680 500,609 32,661,538 66,621 : Frozen : Jan : 274,369 195 195 274,564 6,323 Feb : 247,328 210 210 247,538 5,530 Mar : 277,772 336 336 278,108 6,158 Apr : 278,816 541 541 279,357 5,707 May : 305,463 869 869 306,332 5,831 Jun : 281,479 13 726 739 282,218 5,437 Jul : 289,175 312 312 289,487 5,727 Aug : 301,400 51 739 790 302,190 5,540 Sep : 271,921 142 142 272,063 4,012 Oct : 320,481 398 398 320,879 5,675 Nov : 277,251 519 197 716 277,967 5,738 Dec : 275,132 962 66 1,028 276,160 5,386 2007 Total : 3,400,587 1,545 4,731 6,276 3,406,863 67,064 2006 Total : 3,338,642 179 3,971 4,150 3,342,792 67,662 : Total Certified : Jan : 3,029,450 7,840 31,666 39,506 3,068,956 12,021 Feb : 2,669,062 7,206 29,089 36,295 2,705,357 10,426 Mar : 2,926,057 8,197 31,268 39,465 2,965,522 11,429 Apr : 2,884,252 8,003 30,596 38,599 2,922,851 10,981 May : 3,172,252 8,382 36,456 44,838 3,217,090 11,228 Jun : 3,028,991 8,459 36,578 45,037 3,074,028 10,525 Jul : 3,053,332 7,768 36,820 44,588 3,097,920 10,985 Aug : 3,182,542 8,485 38,868 47,353 3,229,895 11,300 Sep : 2,895,206 6,649 29,151 35,800 2,931,006 9,253 Oct : 3,364,792 8,366 39,196 47,562 3,412,354 11,475 Nov : 3,021,019 8,174 32,848 41,022 3,062,041 11,243 Dec : 2,898,806 9,458 28,819 38,277 2,937,083 10,772 2007 Total : 36,125,761 96,987 401,355 498,342 36,624,103 131,638 2006 Total : 35,499,571 92,108 412,651 504,759 36,004,330 134,283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------:Poultry 2/ : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Chilled : Jan : 271,820 3,431 275,251 86 3,075,427 Feb : 250,374 1,713 252,087 70 2,714,872 Mar : 290,230 2,452 292,682 79 2,985,446 Apr : 263,378 1,710 265,088 80 2,913,936 May : 281,141 3,311 284,452 95 3,200,702 Jun : 279,734 2,680 282,414 79 3,079,391 Jul : 277,222 2,783 280,005 100 3,093,796 Aug : 290,882 3,358 294,240 96 3,227,801 Sep : 253,277 3,548 256,825 78 2,921,087 Oct : 346,983 2,083 349,066 116 3,446,457 Nov : 319,791 2,889 322,680 82 3,112,341 Dec : 263,716 3,136 266,852 95 2,933,256 2007 Total : 3,388,548 33,094 3,421,642 1,056 36,704,512 2006 Total : 3,169,769 37,230 3,206,999 1,057 35,936,215 : Frozen : Jan : 209,027 476 209,503 25 490,415 Feb : 193,994 350 194,344 22 447,434 Mar : 188,968 246 189,214 23 473,503 Apr : 197,234 427 197,661 25 482,750 May : 226,601 670 227,271 27 539,461 Jun : 224,310 679 224,989 26 512,670 Jul : 224,124 772 224,896 27 520,137 Aug : 226,084 1,638 227,722 124 535,576 Sep : 203,147 1,121 204,268 388 480,731 Oct : 235,610 1,393 237,003 323 563,880 Nov : 203,206 1,344 204,550 55 488,310 Dec : 193,620 897 194,517 48 476,111 2007 Total : 2,525,925 10,013 2,535,938 1,113 6,010,978 2006 Total : 2,464,635 10,106 2,474,741 1,523 5,886,718 : Total Certified : Jan : 480,847 3,907 484,754 111 3,565,842 Feb : 444,368 2,063 446,431 92 3,162,306 Mar : 479,198 2,698 481,896 102 3,458,949 Apr : 460,612 2,137 462,749 105 3,396,686 May : 507,742 3,981 511,723 122 3,740,163 Jun : 504,044 3,359 507,403 105 3,592,061 Jul : 501,346 3,555 504,901 127 3,613,933 Aug : 516,966 4,996 521,962 220 3,763,377 Sep : 456,424 4,669 461,093 466 3,401,818 Oct : 582,593 3,476 586,069 439 4,010,337 Nov : 522,997 4,233 527,230 137 3,600,651 Dec : 457,336 4,033 461,369 143 3,409,367 2007 Total : 5,914,473 43,107 5,957,580 2,169 42,715,490 2006 Total : 5,634,404 47,336 5,681,740 2,580 41,822,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :-------------------------------------------------: : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : Month : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Condemned : Jan : 14,366 272 591 863 15,229 36 Feb : 13,827 457 598 1,055 14,882 31 Mar : 12,475 319 567 886 13,361 30 Apr : 12,264 234 564 798 13,062 30 May : 13,276 279 741 1,020 14,296 40 Jun : 14,320 487 1,008 1,495 15,815 46 Jul : 14,230 395 1,002 1,397 15,627 48 Aug : 22,320 531 2,281 2,812 25,132 53 Sep : 12,070 375 780 1,155 13,225 38 Oct : 13,402 201 925 1,126 14,528 38 Nov : 11,892 216 666 882 12,774 30 Dec : 12,651 296 656 952 13,603 32 2007 Total : 167,093 4,062 10,379 14,441 181,534 452 2006 Total : 171,462 3,703 8,743 12,446 183,908 467 : : Percent : Percent of : Live Weight : Condemned 2/ : Jan : 0.35 1.77 1.22 1.35 0.36 0.21 Feb : 0.38 3.23 1.36 1.82 0.40 0.21 Mar : 0.31 1.96 1.20 1.40 0.33 0.19 Apr : 0.31 1.50 1.22 1.29 0.33 0.20 May : 0.31 1.75 1.34 1.44 0.33 0.25 Jun : 0.35 2.93 1.81 2.07 0.38 0.31 Jul : 0.34 2.63 1.79 1.97 0.37 0.31 Aug : 0.52 3.20 3.82 3.69 0.57 0.34 Sep : 0.31 2.88 1.76 2.02 0.33 0.30 Oct : 0.29 1.27 1.56 1.50 0.31 0.24 Nov : 0.29 1.43 1.34 1.36 0.31 0.19 Dec : 0.32 1.68 1.52 1.56 0.34 0.21 2007 Total : 0.34 2.17 1.71 1.82 0.36 0.25 2006 Total : 0.35 2.06 1.40 1.55 0.37 0.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Live Weight : Condemned : Jan : 1,944 104 2,048 17,313 Feb : 2,029 44 2,073 16,986 Mar : 1,877 37 1,914 15,305 Apr : 1,686 59 1,745 14,837 May : 1,701 74 1,775 1 16,112 Jun : 1,754 54 1,808 17,669 Jul : 2,103 49 2,152 17,827 Aug : 2,167 94 2,261 2 27,448 Sep : 1,598 77 1,675 5 14,943 Oct : 1,776 27 1,803 8 16,377 Nov : 1,443 32 1,475 2 14,281 Dec : 1,522 68 1,590 1 15,226 2007 Total : 21,600 719 22,319 19 204,324 2006 Total : 21,039 766 21,805 9 206,189 : : Percent : Percent of : Live Weight : Condemned 2/ : Jan : 0.32 2.01 0.33 0.36 Feb : 0.36 1.59 0.37 0.40 Mar : 0.31 1.05 0.31 0.33 Apr : 0.29 2.05 0.30 0.32 May : 0.27 1.41 0.28 0.50 0.32 Jun : 0.28 1.21 0.28 0.37 Jul : 0.33 1.03 0.34 0.37 Aug : 0.33 1.42 0.34 0.54 0.54 Sep : 0.28 1.26 0.29 0.61 0.33 Oct : 0.24 0.59 0.24 0.99 0.30 Nov : 0.22 0.58 0.22 0.93 0.30 Dec : 0.26 1.27 0.27 0.47 0.33 2007 Total : 0.29 1.26 0.30 0.51 0.36 2006 Total : 0.30 1.23 0.30 0.20 0.36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : :-------------------------------------------------: : : Mature : : Ducks : Young :-----------------------------: Total : Month : : Light : Heavy : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and Parts : Jan : 35,544 1,187 1,700 2,887 38,431 393 Feb : 34,716 1,191 1,710 2,901 37,617 307 Mar : 35,863 1,184 1,659 2,843 38,706 315 Apr : 33,345 1,152 1,691 2,843 36,188 329 May : 34,891 1,114 2,027 3,141 38,032 341 Jun : 32,055 1,208 2,192 3,400 35,455 283 Jul : 31,871 1,069 2,167 3,236 35,107 321 Aug : 32,228 1,145 2,455 3,600 35,828 299 Sep : 28,006 920 1,887 2,807 30,813 275 Oct : 32,140 1,171 2,380 3,551 35,691 373 Nov : 30,334 1,030 1,883 2,913 33,247 351 Dec : 30,948 1,061 1,695 2,756 33,704 280 2007 Total : 391,941 13,432 23,446 36,878 428,819 3,867 2006 Total : 408,381 14,719 20,600 35,319 443,700 4,549 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/ : Jan : 1.16 13.15 5.10 6.81 1.24 3.17 Feb : 1.28 14.18 5.55 7.40 1.37 2.86 Mar : 1.21 12.62 5.04 6.72 1.29 2.68 Apr : 1.14 12.58 5.24 6.86 1.22 2.91 May : 1.09 11.73 5.27 6.55 1.17 2.95 Jun : 1.05 12.50 5.65 7.02 1.14 2.62 Jul : 1.03 12.10 5.56 6.77 1.12 2.84 Aug : 1.00 11.89 5.94 7.07 1.10 2.58 Sep : 0.96 12.15 6.08 7.27 1.04 2.89 Oct : 0.95 12.28 5.72 6.95 1.04 3.15 Nov : 0.99 11.19 5.42 6.63 1.07 3.03 Dec : 1.06 10.09 5.55 6.72 1.13 2.53 2007 Total : 1.07 12.16 5.52 6.89 1.16 2.85 2006 Total : 1.14 13.78 4.75 6.54 1.22 3.28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Turkeys : Other : Total Month :-----------------------------------: Poultry : Poultry : Young : Old : Total : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds : Carcass and Parts : Jan : 8,802 323 9,125 2 47,951 Feb : 8,459 193 8,652 2 46,578 Mar : 8,865 190 9,055 2 48,078 Apr : 8,753 162 8,915 2 45,434 May : 8,777 264 9,041 2 47,416 Jun : 8,403 214 8,617 2 44,357 Jul : 8,104 302 8,406 3 43,837 Aug : 8,969 329 9,298 10 45,435 Sep : 7,608 277 7,885 18 38,991 Oct : 9,495 227 9,722 9 45,795 Nov : 8,059 231 8,290 2 41,890 Dec : 7,564 269 7,833 2 41,819 2007 Total : 101,858 2,981 104,839 56 537,581 2006 Total : 102,682 2,728 105,410 42 553,701 : : Percent : Percent of : Weight Condemned 2/ : Jan : 1.80 7.64 1.85 1.77 1.33 Feb : 1.87 8.55 1.90 2.13 1.45 Mar : 1.82 6.58 1.84 1.92 1.37 Apr : 1.86 7.05 1.89 1.87 1.32 May : 1.70 6.22 1.74 1.61 1.25 Jun : 1.64 5.99 1.67 1.87 1.22 Jul : 1.59 7.83 1.64 2.31 1.20 Aug : 1.71 6.18 1.75 4.35 1.19 Sep : 1.64 5.60 1.68 3.72 1.13 Oct : 1.60 6.13 1.63 2.01 1.13 Nov : 1.52 5.17 1.55 1.44 1.15 Dec : 1.63 6.25 1.67 1.38 1.21 2007 Total : 1.69 6.47 1.73 2.52 1.24 2006 Total : 1.79 5.45 1.82 1.60 1.31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Alabama : Jan : 86,221 475,181 5.51 351,337 4,050 1.14 Feb : 80,386 442,780 5.51 327,022 4,199 1.27 Mar : 85,181 467,352 5.49 346,865 3,788 1.08 Apr : 84,723 468,996 5.54 345,121 3,583 1.03 May : 90,524 503,447 5.56 370,496 3,627 0.97 Jun : 87,582 482,875 5.51 357,266 3,133 0.87 Jul : 89,280 489,834 5.49 362,371 3,100 0.85 Aug : 93,633 504,405 5.39 374,099 3,245 0.86 Sep : 86,572 480,791 5.55 353,978 2,981 0.84 Oct : 99,655 562,235 5.64 414,594 3,535 0.85 Nov : 89,423 502,376 5.62 368,110 3,456 0.93 Dec : 85,584 475,459 5.56 350,629 3,488 0.98 2007 Total : 1,058,764 5,855,731 5.53 4,321,888 42,185 0.97 2006 Total : 1,078,514 5,821,572 5.40 4,300,307 49,101 1.13 : Arkansas : Jan : 97,471 505,418 5.19 362,469 5,216 1.42 Feb : 85,448 442,788 5.18 317,412 4,656 1.45 Mar : 93,137 485,824 5.22 348,678 4,675 1.32 Apr : 91,436 477,669 5.22 342,542 4,239 1.22 May : 98,843 522,527 5.29 376,152 4,458 1.17 Jun : 96,428 511,508 5.30 366,344 4,254 1.15 Jul : 94,259 502,873 5.34 365,083 4,345 1.18 Aug : 103,714 543,187 5.24 392,437 4,608 1.16 Sep : 90,188 485,533 5.38 353,014 3,991 1.12 Oct : 105,144 580,117 5.52 420,891 4,636 1.09 Nov : 91,914 505,642 5.50 364,404 4,351 1.18 Dec : 87,017 471,507 5.42 342,544 3,944 1.14 2007 Total : 1,134,999 6,034,593 5.32 4,351,970 53,373 1.21 2006 Total : 1,155,870 6,072,505 5.25 4,388,861 59,016 1.33 : Delaware : Jan : 27,122 185,016 6.82 133,756 2,099 1.55 Feb : 22,830 149,858 6.56 107,865 2,037 1.85 Mar : 25,127 166,508 6.63 119,864 2,064 1.69 Apr : 24,697 166,755 6.75 119,810 1,912 1.57 May : 27,393 181,324 6.62 130,615 1,975 1.49 Jun : 26,780 178,094 6.65 127,476 1,876 1.45 Jul : 25,756 171,332 6.65 123,474 1,773 1.42 Aug : 28,037 187,486 6.69 135,036 1,907 1.39 Sep : 23,725 160,878 6.78 116,130 1,636 1.39 Oct : 26,928 182,501 6.78 131,490 1,851 1.39 Nov : 24,418 167,851 6.87 120,841 1,683 1.37 Dec : 24,134 163,290 6.77 117,338 1,909 1.60 2007 Total : 306,947 2,060,893 6.71 1,483,695 22,722 1.51 2006 Total : 301,001 2,009,190 6.68 1,446,469 25,802 1.75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Georgia : Jan : 110,557 575,714 5.21 428,300 4,008 0.93 Feb : 99,973 516,524 5.17 384,560 4,410 1.13 Mar : 107,319 563,822 5.25 420,326 4,689 1.10 Apr : 105,026 557,873 5.31 413,504 4,147 0.99 May : 116,989 620,832 5.31 460,238 4,275 0.92 Jun : 110,998 583,649 5.26 438,268 3,768 0.85 Jul : 114,590 602,170 5.26 449,311 3,720 0.82 Aug : 118,945 612,932 5.15 462,508 3,531 0.76 Sep : 107,166 569,661 5.32 428,011 3,105 0.72 Oct : 119,608 642,545 5.37 484,209 3,374 0.69 Nov : 107,067 576,330 5.38 433,504 3,519 0.81 Dec : 103,145 543,737 5.27 404,637 3,500 0.86 2007 Total : 1,321,383 6,965,789 5.27 5,207,376 46,046 0.88 2006 Total : 1,297,019 6,705,446 5.17 4,979,319 39,639 0.79 : Kentucky : Jan : 23,945 128,399 5.36 92,584 832 0.89 Feb : 21,674 116,036 5.35 83,594 895 1.06 Mar : 24,697 133,513 5.41 96,019 1,085 1.12 Apr : 24,262 136,228 5.61 97,814 1,244 1.26 May : 25,378 142,056 5.60 101,570 1,212 1.18 Jun : 25,474 141,981 5.57 102,346 1,186 1.15 Jul : 26,312 144,307 5.48 104,749 1,089 1.03 Aug : 27,395 146,118 5.33 105,107 945 0.89 Sep : 23,064 124,707 5.41 89,913 554 0.61 Oct : 27,545 152,768 5.55 110,702 782 0.70 Nov : 24,008 132,343 5.51 96,186 712 0.73 Dec : 22,982 123,471 5.37 89,972 966 1.06 2007 Total : 296,736 1,621,927 5.47 1,170,556 11,502 0.97 2006 Total : 278,461 1,528,871 5.49 1,104,006 10,776 0.97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Louisiana : Jan : 16,001 92,588 5.79 67,638 384 0.56 Feb : 14,482 84,406 5.83 61,839 368 0.59 Mar : 15,406 89,602 5.82 65,878 422 0.64 Apr : 15,631 90,970 5.82 66,810 339 0.50 May : 16,874 98,120 5.81 71,711 347 0.48 Jun : 15,911 92,227 5.80 67,226 341 0.50 Jul : 16,838 94,674 5.62 68,999 320 0.46 Aug : 17,337 97,914 5.65 71,723 348 0.48 Sep : 15,541 89,783 5.78 65,763 308 0.47 Oct : 18,065 106,448 5.89 78,212 402 0.51 Nov : 16,317 97,838 6.00 71,829 426 0.59 Dec : 15,557 91,950 5.91 67,799 396 0.58 2007 Total : 193,960 1,126,520 5.81 825,427 4,401 0.53 2006 Total : 191,903 1,101,936 5.74 805,847 6,392 0.79 : Maryland : Jan : 12,074 58,125 4.81 42,438 653 1.52 Feb : 10,506 47,849 4.55 34,818 657 1.85 Mar : 11,117 53,437 4.81 38,907 608 1.54 Apr : 11,002 52,593 4.78 38,274 554 1.43 May : 12,329 57,574 4.67 41,964 534 1.26 Jun : 11,534 54,288 4.71 39,585 575 1.43 Jul : 11,968 56,878 4.75 41,299 540 1.29 Aug : 13,275 62,336 4.70 45,295 584 1.27 Sep : 11,664 55,761 4.78 40,586 529 1.29 Oct : 13,237 64,511 4.87 47,256 653 1.36 Nov : 12,682 61,255 4.83 44,686 597 1.32 Dec : 12,185 58,251 4.78 42,534 625 1.45 2007 Total : 143,573 682,858 4.76 497,642 7,109 1.41 2006 Total : 140,489 671,326 4.78 486,322 7,129 1.44 : Mississippi : Jan : 62,554 355,899 5.69 258,646 2,869 1.10 Feb : 58,415 325,888 5.58 239,467 2,893 1.19 Mar : 64,758 354,671 5.48 259,723 3,015 1.15 Apr : 64,002 350,828 5.48 254,222 2,695 1.05 May : 72,385 400,483 5.53 287,354 3,022 1.04 Jun : 65,900 361,970 5.49 265,031 2,677 1.00 Jul : 67,185 365,843 5.45 268,396 2,794 1.03 Aug : 70,161 380,986 5.43 283,906 2,618 0.91 Sep : 63,790 354,884 5.56 264,951 2,489 0.93 Oct : 70,480 401,107 5.69 298,853 2,661 0.88 Nov : 62,342 356,376 5.72 266,358 2,368 0.88 Dec : 61,510 349,328 5.68 262,703 2,332 0.88 2007 Total : 783,482 4,358,263 5.56 3,209,610 32,433 1.00 2006 Total : 749,533 4,308,295 5.75 3,138,731 38,817 1.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Missouri : Jan : 33,598 157,535 4.69 115,777 1,314 1.12 Feb : 31,240 143,997 4.61 105,979 1,295 1.21 Mar : 35,079 161,166 4.59 118,280 1,476 1.23 Apr : 33,943 159,884 4.71 117,799 1,279 1.07 May : 36,612 175,120 4.78 129,142 1,283 0.98 Jun : 35,074 164,772 4.70 120,484 1,220 1.00 Jul : 34,749 162,733 4.68 119,847 1,199 0.99 Aug : 36,853 169,763 4.61 124,478 1,265 1.01 Sep : 32,309 152,919 4.73 112,602 1,030 0.91 Oct : 37,507 180,578 4.81 132,681 1,142 0.85 Nov : 33,635 161,105 4.79 118,413 1,196 1.00 Dec : 31,266 148,073 4.74 108,138 1,235 1.13 2007 Total : 411,865 1,937,645 4.70 1,423,620 14,934 1.04 2006 Total : 413,484 1,917,538 4.64 1,406,569 14,189 1.00 : North : Carolina : Jan : 63,984 440,349 6.88 334,988 4,505 1.33 Feb : 53,236 360,776 6.78 276,538 3,924 1.40 Mar : 59,002 401,787 6.81 306,486 4,176 1.34 Apr : 57,253 391,833 6.84 297,596 4,038 1.34 May : 62,658 427,048 6.82 324,636 4,382 1.33 Jun : 59,040 400,555 6.78 305,568 4,040 1.30 Jul : 59,793 403,787 6.75 307,959 3,842 1.23 Aug : 62,260 414,341 6.65 315,525 4,168 1.30 Sep : 55,345 378,115 6.83 289,010 3,715 1.27 Oct : 63,475 439,944 6.93 336,513 4,150 1.22 Nov : 59,203 417,031 7.04 319,161 4,038 1.25 Dec : 57,768 406,623 7.04 309,750 4,209 1.34 2007 Total : 713,017 4,882,189 6.85 3,723,730 49,187 1.30 2006 Total : 698,632 4,751,322 6.80 3,608,401 47,202 1.29 : Ohio : Jan : 3,924 21,115 5.38 15,350 316 2.02 Feb : 3,600 19,798 5.50 14,569 322 2.16 Mar : 3,974 22,032 5.54 16,215 394 2.37 Apr : 3,964 22,196 5.60 16,427 300 1.79 May : 4,309 23,417 5.43 17,291 324 1.84 Jun : 4,159 22,714 5.46 16,734 303 1.78 Jul : 4,058 22,438 5.53 16,414 276 1.65 Aug : 4,434 23,804 5.37 17,330 308 1.75 Sep : 3,789 20,766 5.48 15,264 227 1.47 Oct : 4,218 23,401 5.55 16,916 319 1.85 Nov : 4,146 23,741 5.73 17,296 304 1.73 Dec : 3,707 21,236 5.73 15,524 313 1.98 2007 Total : 48,282 266,658 5.52 195,330 3,706 1.86 2006 Total : 45,214 241,444 5.34 178,657 2,835 1.56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Pennsylvania: Jan : 10,551 56,914 5.39 38,371 820 2.09 Feb : 9,108 48,937 5.37 33,316 827 2.42 Mar : 10,297 55,695 5.41 37,771 1,059 2.73 Apr : 9,308 51,733 5.56 34,788 979 2.74 May : 10,178 57,291 5.63 38,748 1,201 3.01 Jun : 10,210 57,335 5.62 38,799 1,114 2.79 Jul : 9,899 55,413 5.60 37,661 1,037 2.68 Aug : 10,725 59,716 5.57 40,956 948 2.26 Sep : 8,475 47,435 5.60 32,478 621 1.88 Oct : 10,960 62,365 5.69 42,006 913 2.13 Nov : 9,527 55,276 5.80 37,797 615 1.60 Dec : 9,612 56,439 5.87 38,530 759 1.93 2007 Total : 118,850 664,549 5.59 451,221 10,893 2.36 2006 Total : 117,277 650,334 5.55 445,487 9,204 2.02 : South : Carolina : Jan : 24,112 153,249 6.36 112,552 994 0.88 Feb : 21,881 136,175 6.22 100,074 945 0.94 Mar : 24,012 148,095 6.17 108,924 943 0.86 Apr : 23,052 145,526 6.31 107,039 1,001 0.93 May : 25,368 161,591 6.37 118,850 966 0.81 Jun : 24,241 152,965 6.31 112,602 963 0.85 Jul : 25,233 155,958 6.18 114,716 1,064 0.92 Aug : 26,257 155,491 5.92 114,227 976 0.85 Sep : 22,977 142,466 6.20 104,817 778 0.74 Oct : 27,076 171,535 6.34 126,190 924 0.73 Nov : 24,830 159,607 6.43 117,495 946 0.80 Dec : 24,748 161,153 6.51 119,265 1,013 0.84 2007 Total : 293,787 1,843,811 6.28 1,356,751 11,513 0.84 2006 Total : 278,862 1,735,340 6.22 1,275,445 9,194 0.72 : Tennessee : Jan : 23,402 120,405 5.14 86,936 940 1.07 Feb : 20,020 99,177 4.95 71,621 850 1.17 Mar : 22,710 114,364 5.04 82,341 1,051 1.26 Apr : 21,645 109,869 5.08 79,293 979 1.22 May : 23,885 123,728 5.18 89,243 1,003 1.11 Jun : 21,875 111,888 5.11 80,781 873 1.07 Jul : 22,915 116,397 5.08 83,996 919 1.08 Aug : 24,768 122,582 4.95 88,267 969 1.09 Sep : 21,750 110,168 5.07 79,301 785 0.98 Oct : 25,380 130,375 5.14 94,335 858 0.90 Nov : 21,968 114,465 5.21 82,642 802 0.96 Dec : 20,820 107,138 5.15 77,261 712 0.91 2007 Total : 271,138 1,380,556 5.09 996,017 10,741 1.07 2006 Total : 272,060 1,386,626 5.10 999,599 10,735 1.06 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Texas : Jan : 55,217 290,753 5.27 221,094 2,346 1.05 Feb : 47,976 249,576 5.20 190,615 2,191 1.14 Mar : 52,286 269,908 5.16 206,997 2,284 1.09 Apr : 51,776 273,500 5.28 209,633 2,219 1.05 May : 57,226 299,673 5.24 230,931 2,024 0.87 Jun : 55,270 291,414 5.27 225,036 1,787 0.79 Jul : 55,138 287,905 5.22 219,454 1,820 0.82 Aug : 58,196 301,879 5.19 231,441 1,896 0.81 Sep : 51,477 274,688 5.34 210,105 1,905 0.90 Oct : 59,316 318,582 5.37 243,057 2,051 0.84 Nov : 53,145 284,933 5.36 217,698 1,913 0.87 Dec : 51,038 270,264 5.30 205,888 1,735 0.84 2007 Total : 648,061 3,413,075 5.27 2,611,949 24,171 0.92 2006 Total : 665,777 3,511,293 5.27 2,679,938 27,943 1.03 : Virigina : Jan : 27,170 140,412 5.17 98,103 873 0.88 Feb : 23,294 120,487 5.17 84,144 879 1.03 Mar : 25,994 133,761 5.15 93,467 823 0.87 Apr : 24,215 125,044 5.16 87,430 724 0.82 May : 27,574 143,001 5.19 100,187 805 0.80 Jun : 26,169 134,326 5.13 93,936 759 0.80 Jul : 26,488 136,402 5.15 95,410 777 0.81 Aug : 28,004 143,693 5.13 100,447 735 0.73 Sep : 24,663 128,445 5.21 90,155 631 0.70 Oct : 27,926 145,302 5.20 101,681 674 0.66 Nov : 25,002 130,949 5.24 91,910 599 0.65 Dec : 24,768 130,931 5.29 92,063 668 0.72 2007 Total : 311,267 1,612,753 5.18 1,128,933 8,947 0.79 2006 Total : 319,230 1,660,597 5.20 1,157,800 10,436 0.89 : Other : States : Jan : 72,673 368,724 5.07 269,111 3,325 1.22 Feb : 63,755 324,273 5.09 235,629 3,368 1.41 Mar : 69,359 355,036 5.12 259,316 3,311 1.26 Apr : 67,921 350,429 5.16 256,150 3,113 1.20 May : 75,375 387,386 5.14 283,124 3,453 1.20 Jun : 72,079 370,060 5.13 271,509 3,186 1.16 Jul : 72,492 373,923 5.16 274,193 3,256 1.17 Aug : 75,197 381,831 5.08 279,760 3,177 1.12 Sep : 65,641 340,650 5.19 249,128 2,721 1.08 Oct : 75,030 389,667 5.19 285,206 3,215 1.11 Nov : 66,522 345,376 5.19 252,689 2,809 1.10 Dec : 66,331 348,190 5.25 254,231 3,144 1.22 2007 Total : 840,777 4,327,120 5.15 3,164,987 37,932 1.18 2006 Total : 834,218 4,258,881 5.11 3,097,813 39,971 1.27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, by State and United States, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Alabama : Jan : 74 88,997 89,209 541 3,985 Feb : 119 85,468 113,410 537 3,646 Mar : * 77,757 110,420 763 * Apr : * 76,751 63,330 758 * May : 188 84,138 63,370 464 3,024 Jun : * 71,177 38,305 390 * Jul : 111 72,676 30,709 445 2,896 Aug : 175 81,362 29,170 575 2,819 Sep : * 75,502 23,038 486 * Oct : * 94,479 35,258 437 * Nov : * 86,825 62,126 429 * Dec : * 77,147 64,172 417 * 2007 Total : 1,604 972,279 722,517 6,242 43,761 2006 Total : 2,871 1,150,604 638,600 9,496 51,890 : Arkansas : Jan : 649 191,495 63,033 1,940 3,297 Feb : * 177,404 64,083 2,328 2,980 Mar : * 169,236 46,630 1,688 3,028 Apr : 497 141,543 36,363 1,548 2,438 May : * 147,395 31,457 1,666 2,548 Jun : 644 142,945 26,561 1,747 2,697 Jul : * 137,819 19,861 2,265 2,342 Aug : 591 151,170 21,550 3,211 2,492 Sep : 375 123,128 17,143 1,953 2,237 Oct : 400 132,407 19,903 2,008 2,422 Nov : 482 127,742 25,040 1,411 1,898 Dec : 600 146,428 37,456 1,568 1,956 2007 Total : 6,739 1,788,712 409,080 23,333 30,335 2006 Total : 10,218 1,974,685 664,478 29,671 42,341 : Delaware : Jan : 1,693 97,586 36,281 * * Feb : 2,231 95,754 50,563 * 10,433 Mar : 1,812 92,679 48,767 * 8,773 Apr : 1,345 81,298 45,790 * * May : 1,740 83,651 43,429 * * Jun : 2,776 81,194 36,639 * * Jul : 1,404 76,350 26,339 * * Aug : 1,655 88,551 22,326 * * Sep : 728 73,197 16,534 59 * Oct : 576 88,322 19,663 69 * Nov : * 77,484 23,766 49 * Dec : * 83,168 44,208 75 * 2007 Total : 18,015 1,019,234 414,305 995 103,440 2006 Total : 231,875 1,238,728 378,917 1,240 94,266 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Alabama : Jan : 2,142 7,899 9,649 12,091 152,426 367,013 Feb : 1,812 7,792 7,912 9,591 164,102 394,389 Mar : 1,968 7,478 8,300 5,763 150,490 367,251 Apr : 2,245 8,309 9,612 10,838 133,360 308,977 May : 2,156 8,891 10,933 12,648 128,232 314,044 Jun : 2,037 8,474 9,704 8,002 108,868 250,324 Jul : 2,045 9,520 9,350 9,147 111,955 248,854 Aug : 2,097 10,738 11,367 10,180 108,145 256,628 Sep : 2,026 9,494 11,164 8,137 93,349 226,287 Oct : 2,180 11,620 15,779 11,053 116,909 292,047 Nov : 1,927 10,636 14,925 6,537 120,921 309,377 Dec : 1,842 8,336 12,070 8,879 130,683 307,947 2007 Total : 24,477 109,187 130,765 112,866 1,519,440 3,643,138 2006 Total : 30,536 136,994 176,728 184,766 1,703,162 4,085,647 : Arkansas : Jan : 3,994 15,533 23,526 10,881 121,296 435,644 Feb : 4,008 14,762 23,548 * 102,683 400,440 Mar : 4,484 11,573 23,544 * 87,191 364,108 Apr : 4,032 11,639 29,559 7,878 96,642 332,139 May : 4,476 12,163 29,834 * 99,528 336,216 Jun : 4,121 11,527 28,851 3,108 79,304 301,505 Jul : 4,407 14,581 25,439 * 80,464 292,529 Aug : 5,532 18,559 26,210 4,417 92,229 325,961 Sep : 3,806 15,595 19,154 3,337 76,218 262,946 Oct : 3,837 16,563 23,439 5,551 109,020 315,550 Nov : 3,610 13,352 19,168 2,822 99,685 295,210 Dec : 4,103 13,967 25,294 3,120 87,233 321,725 2007 Total : 50,410 169,814 297,566 76,491 1,131,493 3,983,973 2006 Total : 55,525 245,929 348,283 70,997 1,366,961 4,809,088 : Delaware : Jan : 1,617 4,664 5,731 * 37,589 199,564 Feb : 1,288 5,090 5,538 * * 220,389 Mar : 1,705 4,521 6,821 * 39,317 210,421 Apr : 1,945 4,791 6,673 1,435 35,391 186,826 May : 1,601 5,292 7,352 2,999 39,416 194,949 Jun : 1,733 6,105 7,704 * 36,081 183,757 Jul : 1,869 6,296 7,236 4,848 * 168,216 Aug : 1,839 5,911 7,284 5,553 33,144 173,646 Sep : 1,598 4,873 7,584 * * 145,226 Oct : 1,678 5,131 8,697 2,243 * 172,245 Nov : 1,394 3,970 5,711 * * 150,609 Dec : 1,137 4,204 6,069 * * 196,156 2007 Total : 19,404 60,848 82,400 51,542 431,821 2,202,004 2006 Total : 24,941 80,723 95,277 47,553 449,946 2,643,466 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Georgia : Jan : 352 92,531 147,237 185 8,168 Feb : 670 89,897 217,336 473 6,988 Mar : 421 90,311 243,246 246 7,285 Apr : 429 85,017 153,431 454 6,976 May : 401 95,900 113,075 205 6,793 Jun : * 76,849 62,326 * 6,552 Jul : 350 77,287 49,470 335 5,999 Aug : 390 77,982 42,175 410 6,409 Sep : 444 70,969 42,308 276 7,695 Oct : 321 80,494 54,493 424 8,601 Nov : 304 81,947 81,569 202 6,934 Dec : * 78,333 92,835 * 8,556 2007 Total : 4,892 997,517 1,299,501 3,867 86,956 2006 Total : 5,109 924,699 637,869 3,642 82,526 : Kentucky : Jan : * 36,107 * * * Feb : * 35,910 17,347 * * Mar : * 44,907 * * * Apr : * 40,726 * * * May : * 39,245 * * Jun : * 37,811 * 5 * Jul : * 35,212 * * * Aug : * 34,953 * * * Sep : * 26,838 7,718 * * Oct : * 36,765 * * * Nov : * 30,876 * * * Dec : * 34,866 * * * 2007 Total : 808 434,216 280,694 189 78,580 2006 Total : 642 447,585 225,071 1,016 51,414 : Louisiana : Jan : 42 13,650 6,076 68 464 Feb : * 13,407 7,127 * 471 Mar : 33 14,754 7,783 * 370 Apr : 35 10,566 4,892 * 244 May : * 11,082 3,507 * 295 Jun : 28 9,667 2,762 48 220 Jul : * 11,216 2,842 * 265 Aug : * 13,145 2,890 * 214 Sep : * 12,589 2,578 * 217 Oct : * 14,699 2,978 * 225 Nov : * 12,383 2,953 * 238 Dec : * 11,513 3,436 * 227 2007 Total : 324 148,671 49,824 753 3,450 2006 Total : 781 223,054 69,206 1,082 5,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Georgia : Jan : 1,970 27,217 11,668 4,927 79,494 373,749 Feb : 1,910 32,141 12,227 8,105 114,288 484,035 Mar : 2,057 25,974 11,725 6,201 119,490 506,956 Apr : 1,810 25,193 12,008 8,053 103,930 397,301 May : 1,999 26,753 11,491 5,081 105,176 366,874 Jun : 2,147 26,899 11,198 5,220 78,063 270,253 Jul : 2,431 25,859 11,552 7,285 73,168 253,736 Aug : 2,313 28,136 12,072 5,473 83,460 258,820 Sep : 1,888 25,580 11,318 5,957 68,559 234,994 Oct : 1,873 28,250 13,482 5,647 59,360 252,945 Nov : 1,520 26,612 12,745 4,902 71,317 288,052 Dec : 1,536 26,288 11,909 4,155 74,289 298,369 2007 Total : 23,454 324,902 143,395 71,006 1,030,594 3,986,084 2006 Total : 23,588 285,110 133,240 60,883 943,338 3,100,004 : Kentucky : Jan : 237 4,298 6,306 692 * * Feb : 210 4,323 4,550 * 47,360 117,244 Mar : 169 4,793 * * * * Apr : 198 4,184 4,838 * * * May : * 3,945 4,920 * * * Jun : * 3,797 4,769 * * * Jul : 206 3,412 4,917 558 * * Aug : 231 3,047 4,472 * * * Sep : 180 2,333 3,626 262 * 60,697 Oct : 183 3,602 4,921 208 13,226 82,823 Nov : 129 3,619 * 349 * 74,597 Dec : 143 3,674 4,060 323 * 111,163 2007 Total : 2,325 45,027 57,931 5,739 534,665 1,440,174 2006 Total : 2,388 44,998 64,651 9,755 307,244 1,154,764 : Louisiana : Jan : 198 2,342 1,177 27 4,093 28,137 Feb : 192 2,460 948 39 1,571 26,323 Mar : 201 2,380 737 * * 29,025 Apr : 187 2,393 902 54 * 20,976 May : 177 2,168 876 43 1,336 19,578 Jun : 176 1,926 862 50 1,351 17,090 Jul : 211 2,797 * 29 1,838 20,556 Aug : 248 3,038 * 64 1,716 22,632 Sep : 249 2,078 1,098 47 1,503 20,416 Oct : 222 2,758 1,533 46 4,135 26,689 Nov : * 1,672 * 43 * 35,579 Dec : * 2,138 914 * * 33,201 2007 Total : 2,455 28,150 12,705 608 53,262 300,202 2006 Total : 3,570 37,030 26,725 694 30,592 397,941 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Maryland : Jan : 275 * * 41 * Feb : * * * 41 * Mar : * * * 43 * Apr : * 20,172 * 25 * May : * 20,002 * * * Jun : * 21,101 * * * Jul : 516 19,036 * * * Aug : * 24,393 * * * Sep : 168 21,559 * * * Oct : 233 30,490 21,272 * * Nov : * 31,233 22,574 * * Dec : 155 32,005 34,329 57 * 2007 Total : 6,628 296,028 329,845 566 78,313 2006 Total : 22,714 384,549 296,507 319 77,010 : Mississippi : Jan : * 46,355 33,635 99 812 Feb : * 51,751 49,436 112 925 Mar : * 46,114 * 165 989 Apr : * 38,745 33,989 * 724 May : * 42,311 28,191 * 926 Jun : * 38,694 21,849 99 912 Jul : * 38,108 17,586 114 1,155 Aug : * 38,000 * 198 912 Sep : * 33,798 15,596 164 813 Oct : * 37,481 14,497 225 834 Nov : * 32,986 21,130 148 792 Dec : * 31,092 21,702 * 875 2007 Total : 1,413 475,435 333,887 1,915 10,669 2006 Total : 1,941 730,806 494,426 2,577 11,462 : Missouri : Jan : 453 89,477 14,886 270 1,848 Feb : * 84,621 16,792 470 1,882 Mar : 437 88,279 17,699 295 1,761 Apr : 380 79,637 14,087 265 1,424 May : * 78,865 9,770 394 1,612 Jun : 323 71,751 9,747 * 1,388 Jul : * 66,955 6,505 279 1,395 Aug : * 67,962 5,793 * 1,554 Sep : 215 56,722 5,405 163 1,395 Oct : 440 64,290 6,684 * 1,631 Nov : * 67,284 12,250 * 1,495 Dec : 283 76,850 16,078 269 1,416 2007 Total : 4,303 892,693 135,696 3,559 18,801 2006 Total : 8,071 942,095 128,997 2,960 17,460 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Maryland : Jan : * 3,388 * 376 * * Feb : * 2,998 * * * * Mar : * 1,929 * 265 * * Apr : * 1,799 * * * * May : * * * * * * Jun : * 1,919 * * * * Jul : * 2,633 * 589 * * Aug : * * * 1,086 * * Sep : * 2,596 * * * * Oct : 1,313 2,419 * 1,364 * * Nov : 1,182 2,957 * * * * Dec : 1,111 3,213 * 511 * * 2007 Total : 13,105 30,952 173,439 9,626 509,109 1,447,611 2006 Total : 16,479 56,263 171,433 7,754 501,197 1,534,225 : Mississippi : Jan : 1,596 3,929 3,884 * 101,355 192,618 Feb : 1,566 4,643 4,154 * 93,672 207,531 Mar : 1,391 4,073 5,321 682 97,569 221,220 Apr : 1,354 4,089 5,412 761 86,911 172,325 May : 1,390 3,901 5,119 736 84,694 167,607 Jun : 1,328 3,117 4,152 * * 140,970 Jul : 1,180 2,732 3,721 902 * 128,711 Aug : * 3,267 3,715 * 52,439 114,790 Sep : 1,122 2,384 3,002 * 59,835 119,037 Oct : 1,223 2,829 3,224 * 55,474 117,297 Nov : * 3,192 3,558 * 47,283 111,222 Dec : 1,102 3,290 3,314 1,103 47,442 110,257 2007 Total : 15,760 41,446 48,576 14,850 859,634 1,803,585 2006 Total : 22,163 67,472 64,114 15,855 1,087,310 2,498,126 : Missouri : Jan : 1,035 5,427 8,810 647 75,639 198,492 Feb : 881 5,832 8,962 * 65,803 187,809 Mar : 1,136 3,650 12,987 178 89,898 216,320 Apr : 1,067 * 9,608 * 76,561 187,598 May : 1,243 3,981 10,512 * 62,760 170,224 Jun : 982 3,348 8,840 * 63,756 161,415 Jul : 854 * 9,927 * 69,068 158,415 Aug : 859 3,083 10,493 507 79,140 170,070 Sep : 779 2,824 8,768 433 62,462 139,166 Oct : 938 4,291 9,214 * 62,037 150,164 Nov : 973 4,347 9,057 278 62,383 158,768 Dec : 1,063 4,050 9,859 343 73,342 183,553 2007 Total : 11,810 47,356 117,037 7,890 842,849 2,081,994 2006 Total : 12,971 38,877 97,762 9,996 771,598 2,030,787 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : North : Carolina : Jan : 621 101,945 58,629 * * Feb : * 86,908 65,241 69 * Mar : * 90,357 61,647 * * Apr : * 78,655 46,606 156 * May : * 88,839 47,444 112 * Jun : 353 85,705 45,077 81 9,692 Jul : 317 86,908 29,373 65 10,250 Aug : * 91,130 27,019 * 8,724 Sep : 230 77,613 21,496 74 8,443 Oct : 301 85,129 27,540 97 9,936 Nov : 353 86,438 39,948 87 9,661 Dec : 344 92,584 68,799 * 9,151 2007 Total : 6,832 1,052,211 538,819 1,131 137,668 2006 Total : 6,736 1,088,133 498,552 1,483 120,409 : Ohio : Jan : * 6,911 2,005 * 145 Feb : * 7,063 2,601 7 150 Mar : * 11,116 * * 132 Apr : * 9,093 * * 181 May : * 9,781 * * 187 Jun : 8,634 * * 146 Jul : * 8,755 * 6 162 Aug : 8,328 * * 180 Sep : * 5,184 * * * Oct : 6,678 * * 106 Nov : 7,046 1,721 * * Dec : * 6,559 2,026 * 102 2007 Total : 11 95,148 29,465 158 1,683 2006 Total : 17 76,158 30,421 177 960 : Pennsylvania : Jan : * 22,963 16,361 * 416 Feb : 48 21,995 15,417 * 337 Mar : 30 24,519 18,429 * 441 Apr : 44 20,894 14,382 * 251 May : 36 26,025 18,089 * 268 Jun : 131 20,312 9,895 71 346 Jul : * 17,631 7,257 37 245 Aug : 58 21,951 8,428 55 337 Sep : 33 14,379 5,697 43 261 Oct : 56 18,156 8,661 35 186 Nov : 78 17,024 9,878 * 241 Dec : 37 20,858 13,988 * 236 2007 Total : 946 246,707 146,482 771 3,565 2006 Total : 6,699 251,427 161,230 1,386 4,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : North : Carolina : Jan : 2,135 21,917 16,267 * 70,077 292,916 Feb : 1,804 18,812 15,013 7,036 69,927 282,042 Mar : 2,160 20,785 14,977 10,244 79,694 297,545 Apr : 2,049 18,653 14,986 9,781 80,060 263,391 May : 2,008 19,930 17,944 7,209 100,492 298,024 Jun : 2,170 17,081 15,422 7,240 92,602 275,423 Jul : 2,024 17,129 16,538 8,411 87,217 258,232 Aug : 2,275 17,803 20,147 10,860 119,959 298,273 Sep : 2,049 15,171 18,690 7,054 106,515 257,335 Oct : 1,959 16,911 21,061 11,203 85,689 259,826 Nov : 1,648 19,166 15,764 6,543 60,578 240,186 Dec : 1,678 23,362 15,721 * 80,605 303,059 2007 Total : 23,959 226,720 202,530 102,967 1,033,415 3,326,252 2006 Total : 23,393 214,771 159,107 90,621 1,142,542 3,345,747 : Ohio : Jan : * 979 302 * * * Feb : * 2,177 301 * * * Mar : 121 1,763 378 * * Apr : 93 1,147 418 * * * May : * 1,028 372 * * * Jun : 72 1,944 357 * * * Jul : 62 * 289 * * * Aug : * * 519 * * * Sep : * 1,496 379 * * * Oct : * 738 464 * * * Nov : * * 403 * * * Dec : * * 274 * * * 2007 Total : 1,060 18,513 4,456 1,742 427,915 580,151 2006 Total : 853 10,952 6,380 1,067 137,195 264,180 : Pennsylvania : Jan : 697 1,871 4,888 * 10,474 58,293 Feb : 825 2,071 5,328 * 10,475 57,324 Mar : 696 2,267 4,451 * 11,073 62,898 Apr : 563 1,727 4,182 * 9,046 51,658 May : 615 2,605 3,445 * 25,591 76,979 Jun : 604 2,277 3,091 * * 69,050 Jul : 563 1,253 2,494 * * 52,084 Aug : 758 * 4,254 * * 65,266 Sep : 468 * * 117 * 46,179 Oct : 547 * 5,119 46 * 65,896 Nov : 549 1,300 * * * 52,643 Dec : 639 1,589 2,358 * * 71,126 2007 Total : 7,524 21,488 46,081 4,398 251,434 729,396 2006 Total : 8,373 30,951 75,017 8,323 109,531 657,260 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : South : Carolina : Jan : * 9,960 * 20 * Feb : * 11,337 * * * Mar : * * * 46 * Apr : * * * 73 * May : * * * 20 * Jun : * * * 25 * Jul : * * * * * Aug : 87 * 2,943 * * Sep : * 6,303 * 17 * Oct : * 7,470 4,652 * * Nov : * 8,144 5,920 * * Dec : * 7,409 12,025 16 * 2007 Total : 781 110,720 96,802 423 11,369 2006 Total : 1,543 114,151 93,936 377 17,404 : Tennessee : Jan : 116 52,271 25,818 46 611 Feb : 161 46,316 23,111 * 605 Mar : 84 51,141 30,325 * 579 Apr : 48 47,387 19,285 * * May : 75 50,326 19,890 * * Jun : 79 42,047 15,231 * 641 Jul : * 43,756 16,097 * 644 Aug : * 50,830 16,561 * 621 Sep : * 41,854 17,003 * 547 Oct : * 47,267 17,027 43 648 Nov : * 41,117 21,081 125 565 Dec : * 35,730 15,986 55 688 2007 Total : 1,010 550,042 237,415 724 10,637 2006 Total : 3,216 656,729 252,833 1,562 8,916 : Texas : Jan : 45 62,953 28,392 63 1,451 Feb : * 56,212 28,257 85 1,119 Mar : * 52,998 24,066 * 1,164 Apr : 66 55,391 19,776 * 888 May : * 48,150 17,927 * 1,138 Jun : 81 34,506 9,056 * 1,093 Jul : * 38,726 8,896 * 1,111 Aug : * 43,457 7,972 163 1,142 Sep : 42 33,517 6,492 54 923 Oct : 62 38,237 7,022 56 1,066 Nov : 60 40,167 10,257 * 951 Dec : 52 44,205 14,765 * 973 2007 Total : 905 548,519 182,878 1,171 13,019 2006 Total : 1,353 731,921 339,862 1,541 17,244 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : South : Carolina : Jan : 514 2,532 * 1,898 44,280 74,597 Feb : * 2,282 * 2,803 42,789 76,400 Mar : 433 2,908 1,735 3,830 36,315 70,868 Apr : * 2,898 1,275 * * 70,518 May : 510 2,627 1,404 2,593 32,211 59,061 Jun : 696 1,743 1,725 3,477 34,376 58,693 Jul : 779 * * 2,947 40,028 63,895 Aug : 892 * * 3,404 33,206 54,676 Sep : 631 * * 1,683 * 44,419 Oct : 853 2,266 * 2,364 34,425 55,149 Nov : 740 1,864 1,549 1,586 41,239 62,080 Dec : 751 1,520 * * 49,151 75,812 2007 Total : 7,535 28,603 20,958 30,037 458,940 766,168 2006 Total : 6,187 37,441 23,254 32,025 371,022 697,340 : Tennessee : Jan : 562 * 3,693 * * 95,760 Feb : 498 3,863 3,142 * 5,360 84,388 Mar : 621 3,535 4,158 * 13,486 106,189 Apr : 564 4,471 4,142 * 7,843 85,706 May : * * 5,656 * 2,948 90,754 Jun : * * 4,838 * 4,201 72,831 Jul : 686 2,591 4,306 * 3,470 72,806 Aug : 781 2,454 4,248 2,351 4,367 82,410 Sep : 597 1,780 4,105 * 4,811 71,833 Oct : 651 1,498 3,065 * 3,870 75,340 Nov : 638 1,829 2,594 * 2,836 72,003 Dec : 594 1,429 2,140 * * 60,346 2007 Total : 7,544 36,260 46,087 17,029 63,618 970,366 2006 Total : 8,559 55,103 53,317 11,308 102,362 1,153,905 : Texas : Jan : 641 6,239 6,692 2,811 48,789 158,076 Feb : 595 6,513 6,130 * 51,913 152,794 Mar : 562 4,199 7,093 * 38,263 130,435 Apr : 669 4,060 8,341 * 43,011 134,230 May : 681 5,173 6,968 1,887 41,895 123,999 Jun : 576 4,437 6,474 * 43,535 100,976 Jul : 621 5,467 6,167 3,835 33,711 98,646 Aug : 764 5,589 6,315 * 37,020 104,502 Sep : 532 4,391 5,145 1,114 41,420 93,630 Oct : 598 5,699 5,233 2,113 47,586 107,672 Nov : 479 4,971 5,538 * 46,832 111,261 Dec : 483 5,623 4,776 * 35,011 107,679 2007 Total : 7,201 62,361 74,872 23,988 508,986 1,423,900 2006 Total : 8,033 43,149 88,574 34,703 497,895 1,764,275 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Virginia : Jan : * 34,058 18,901 44 * Feb : * 32,165 22,732 * * Mar : * 30,665 17,653 30 * Apr : * 28,630 13,928 25 * May : * 31,441 13,339 26 * Jun : * 27,249 10,078 * * Jul : * 27,561 9,256 * * Aug : 261 28,136 7,589 * * Sep : * 26,113 6,125 * * Oct : * 26,151 7,427 * * Nov : * 23,146 8,686 17 * Dec : * 24,330 12,874 * * 2007 Total : 2,137 339,645 148,588 525 35,691 2006 Total : 15,046 482,397 215,896 519 42,073 : Other States : Jan : 1,861 227,629 115,627 1,521 42,416 Feb : 3,930 239,128 98,470 1,763 37,047 Mar : 3,450 242,562 177,346 2,323 39,893 Apr : 3,923 216,711 96,465 1,759 38,948 May : 4,656 234,987 90,006 2,113 42,857 Jun : 4,125 218,367 88,454 3,209 29,016 Jul : 2,263 206,871 80,764 2,160 25,247 Aug : 2,271 205,493 63,984 2,336 27,603 Sep : 1,249 164,197 36,721 1,490 29,345 Oct : 1,269 201,051 39,883 1,566 33,460 Nov : 2,997 174,141 37,498 1,648 34,291 Dec : 3,027 197,246 74,613 1,613 34,679 2007 Total : 34,529 2,522,579 988,375 23,277 414,005 2006 Total : 274,074 2,478,634 1,003,817 45,601 310,618 : United States : Jan : 6,181 1,174,888 656,090 4,838 63,613 Feb : 7,159 1,135,336 791,923 5,885 66,583 Mar : 6,267 1,127,395 804,011 5,599 64,415 Apr : 6,767 1,031,216 562,324 5,063 52,074 May : 7,096 1,092,138 499,494 5,000 59,648 Jun : 8,540 988,009 375,980 5,675 52,703 Jul : 4,961 964,867 304,955 5,706 51,711 Aug : 5,488 1,026,843 258,400 6,948 53,007 Sep : 3,484 863,462 223,854 4,779 51,876 Oct : 3,658 1,009,566 286,960 4,960 59,115 Nov : 4,274 945,983 386,397 4,116 57,066 Dec : 4,498 1,000,293 529,292 4,070 58,859 2007 Total : 68,373 12,359,996 5,679,680 62,639 690,670 2006 Total : 328,057 13,765,165 5,454,426 80,829 664,498 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : :Causes 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Virginia : Jan : 871 2,663 4,228 * 19,065 84,710 Feb : 968 3,117 3,920 * 21,352 90,373 Mar : 1,139 3,210 3,841 * 16,623 79,834 Apr : 838 2,841 4,113 434 16,986 70,135 May : 956 3,422 4,728 2,173 18,822 77,796 Jun : 963 3,295 4,894 2,131 18,883 70,926 Jul : 1,056 3,931 4,033 1,367 20,393 70,380 Aug : 1,101 3,528 5,114 1,894 18,171 68,850 Sep : 1,029 2,733 3,856 938 * 62,770 Oct : 1,046 3,011 3,518 * 19,551 65,176 Nov : 780 2,319 3,231 1,528 * 58,950 Dec : 787 2,025 2,729 559 19,081 65,909 2007 Total : 11,534 36,095 48,205 19,578 223,811 865,809 2006 Total : 12,277 40,411 58,806 22,576 273,521 1,163,522 : Other States : Jan : 3,786 17,591 32,997 20,290 210,393 665,953 Feb : 3,700 14,794 30,475 32,666 229,076 592,091 Mar : 3,198 14,317 39,052 36,325 260,389 734,419 Apr : 3,606 15,928 29,548 13,139 285,368 684,105 May : 4,732 20,657 40,168 14,506 246,102 713,151 Jun : 4,509 15,065 37,321 16,831 352,379 702,422 Jul : 4,249 19,308 38,026 15,568 366,273 672,958 Aug : 5,830 22,525 39,637 11,457 257,170 640,619 Sep : 3,769 14,985 38,354 12,728 264,471 448,749 Oct : 2,874 13,801 39,934 12,415 244,393 537,413 Nov : 3,949 13,215 45,737 17,888 238,019 485,387 Dec : 2,753 15,016 47,054 25,979 274,993 526,540 2007 Total : 44,459 194,826 449,415 221,637 3,182,976 7,403,807 2006 Total : 52,816 178,551 463,057 294,913 3,334,627 6,953,429 : United States : Jan : 21,995 128,489 139,818 54,640 974,970 3,225,522 Feb : 20,257 133,670 132,148 60,240 1,020,371 3,373,572 Mar : 22,041 119,355 145,120 63,488 1,039,798 3,397,489 Apr : 21,220 114,122 145,617 52,373 975,109 2,965,885 May : 22,544 122,536 161,722 49,875 989,203 3,009,256 Jun : 22,114 112,954 150,202 46,059 913,399 2,675,635 Jul : 23,243 117,509 143,995 55,486 887,585 2,560,018 Aug : 25,520 127,678 155,847 57,246 920,166 2,637,143 Sep : 20,723 108,313 136,243 41,807 779,143 2,233,684 Oct : 21,975 121,387 158,683 54,253 855,675 2,576,232 Nov : 19,518 115,021 139,980 42,476 791,093 2,505,924 Dec : 19,722 119,724 148,541 44,972 871,830 2,801,801 2007 Total : 260,872 1,440,758 1,757,916 622,915 11,018,342 33,962,161 2006 Total : 293,589 1,581,175 1,895,002 690,120 10,996,829 35,749,690 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add 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, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors and : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Light : Jan : 1,852 136,724 27,394 133 62,386 Feb : 1,481 136,023 27,294 223 61,147 Mar : 1,764 148,334 21,580 180 70,462 Apr : 2,378 160,829 32,261 187 62,400 May : 1,712 154,503 28,479 263 61,122 Jun : 1,681 158,262 28,475 388 74,810 Jul : 1,359 134,626 25,146 143 70,274 Aug : 1,513 163,841 32,954 193 71,634 Sep : 1,465 115,715 30,788 145 60,970 Oct : 1,323 144,674 34,110 138 56,866 Nov : 1,275 126,665 26,592 158 53,600 Dec : 1,573 150,021 24,540 162 57,008 2007 Total : 19,376 1,730,217 339,613 2,313 762,679 2006 Total : 20,506 1,873,992 343,057 1,693 745,307 : Heavy : Jan : 227 44,780 2,776 79 6,333 Feb : 308 40,019 2,094 59 5,241 Mar : 429 39,388 2,150 58 6,108 Apr : 300 40,395 1,800 70 5,684 May : 307 47,039 2,335 192 6,778 Jun : 279 45,488 2,146 241 5,995 Jul : 214 44,772 1,842 240 6,773 Aug : 312 43,740 2,186 85 7,468 Sep : 218 32,421 1,187 81 5,917 Oct : 263 42,654 1,996 146 7,727 Nov : 513 31,260 1,066 111 6,401 Dec : 176 32,073 3,439 68 5,765 2007 Total : 3,546 484,029 25,017 1,430 76,190 2006 Total : 7,031 583,333 22,682 798 77,126 : Total Mature : Jan : 2,079 181,504 30,170 212 68,719 Feb : 1,789 176,042 29,388 282 66,388 Mar : 2,193 187,722 23,730 238 76,570 Apr : 2,678 201,224 34,061 257 68,084 May : 2,019 201,542 30,814 455 67,900 Jun : 1,960 203,750 30,621 629 80,805 Jul : 1,573 179,398 26,988 383 77,047 Aug : 1,825 207,581 35,140 278 79,102 Sep : 1,683 148,136 31,975 226 66,887 Oct : 1,586 187,328 36,106 284 64,593 Nov : 1,788 157,925 27,658 269 60,001 Dec : 1,749 182,094 27,979 230 62,773 2007 Total : 22,922 2,214,246 364,630 3,743 838,869 2006 Total : 27,537 2,457,325 365,739 2,491 822,433 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Mature Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total and : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Light : Jan : 18,068 2,320 86,156 220 86,025 421,278 Feb : 12,951 2,496 73,846 444 105,656 421,561 Mar : 13,656 2,835 88,826 486 98,208 446,331 Apr : 14,924 2,069 86,341 238 62,971 424,598 May : 10,523 1,568 95,477 479 55,967 410,093 Jun : 15,547 1,789 104,339 578 52,058 437,927 Jul : 10,704 1,360 88,360 297 55,538 387,807 Aug : 12,355 1,356 98,940 356 46,124 429,266 Sep : 9,040 2,259 70,319 577 48,163 339,441 Oct : 11,046 1,582 82,193 873 76,376 409,181 Nov : 10,653 1,611 78,902 797 68,058 368,311 Dec : 14,072 2,119 81,079 375 62,135 393,084 2007 Total : 153,539 23,364 1,034,778 5,720 817,279 4,888,878 2006 Total : 121,057 49,501 1,098,697 19,134 724,927 4,997,871 : Heavy : Jan : 938 7,187 10,375 777 84,381 157,853 Feb : 842 5,517 9,317 199 87,753 151,349 Mar : 837 6,781 8,974 661 91,989 157,375 Apr : 736 6,588 10,185 2,344 87,561 155,663 May : 1,136 6,283 12,844 221 91,425 168,560 Jun : 1,177 4,956 11,748 1,376 81,721 155,127 Jul : 1,112 5,254 10,336 732 82,923 154,198 Aug : 896 8,543 11,502 2,827 79,534 157,093 Sep : 888 5,423 10,229 2,614 66,261 125,239 Oct : 1,142 6,490 15,630 567 86,404 163,019 Nov : 790 3,463 11,533 354 75,054 130,545 Dec : 437 2,456 8,883 98 61,365 114,760 2007 Total : 10,931 68,941 131,556 12,770 976,371 1,790,781 2006 Total : 10,679 115,325 126,393 9,217 895,159 1,847,743 : Total Mature : Jan : 19,006 9,507 96,531 997 170,406 579,131 Feb : 13,793 8,013 83,163 643 193,409 572,910 Mar : 14,493 9,616 97,800 1,147 190,197 603,706 Apr : 15,660 8,657 96,526 2,582 150,532 580,261 May : 11,659 7,851 108,321 700 147,392 578,653 Jun : 16,724 6,745 116,087 1,954 133,779 593,054 Jul : 11,816 6,614 98,696 1,029 138,461 542,005 Aug : 13,251 9,899 110,442 3,183 125,658 586,359 Sep : 9,928 7,682 80,548 3,191 114,424 464,680 Oct : 12,188 8,072 97,823 1,440 162,780 572,200 Nov : 11,443 5,074 90,435 1,151 143,112 498,856 Dec : 14,509 4,575 89,962 473 123,500 507,844 2007 Total : 164,470 92,305 1,166,334 18,490 1,793,650 6,679,659 2006 Total : 131,736 164,826 1,225,090 28,351 1,620,086 6,845,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Arkansas : Jan : 2,874 56,575 19.69 47,728 945 1.94 Feb : 2,866 54,081 18.87 45,289 871 1.89 Mar : 2,933 56,639 19.31 45,878 1,027 2.19 Apr : 2,775 55,478 19.99 45,500 879 1.90 May : 3,056 58,526 19.15 49,312 777 1.55 Jun : 2,981 60,115 20.17 49,400 719 1.43 Jul : 2,813 52,937 18.82 43,534 587 1.33 Aug : 3,002 56,910 18.96 46,736 656 1.38 Sep : 2,629 52,171 19.84 44,201 647 1.44 Oct : 3,567 70,324 19.72 58,817 864 1.45 Nov : 3,271 62,596 19.14 52,111 756 1.43 Dec : 2,735 53,214 19.46 44,374 628 1.40 2007 Total : 35,502 689,566 19.42 572,880 9,356 1.61 2006 Total : 32,281 627,547 19.44 521,399 9,208 1.74 : Minnesota : Jan : 2,739 73,959 27.00 58,599 1,220 2.04 Feb : 2,663 71,548 26.87 57,025 1,334 2.29 Mar : 2,849 79,682 27.97 63,353 1,417 2.19 Apr : 2,788 76,004 27.26 60,531 1,467 2.37 May : 3,209 84,410 26.30 67,548 1,485 2.15 Jun : 3,198 83,102 25.99 66,483 1,458 2.15 Jul : 3,427 92,361 26.95 73,840 1,513 2.01 Aug : 3,545 91,883 25.92 73,323 1,574 2.10 Sep : 3,203 84,397 26.35 67,382 1,361 1.98 Oct : 3,500 95,157 27.19 76,010 1,567 2.02 Nov : 3,290 88,862 27.01 70,997 1,483 2.05 Dec : 2,853 79,001 27.69 62,890 1,447 2.25 2007 Total : 37,264 1,000,366 26.85 797,981 17,326 2.13 2006 Total : 35,371 952,208 26.92 760,541 16,791 2.16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, Average Live Weight, Pounds Certified, and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by Month and Annual Total, by State, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Total : Post-Mortem : : : : Chilled : Condemnations State : Number : Live : Avg : and Frozen : : and :Slaughtered: Weight : Live : Pounds :---------------------- Month : : :Weight:Certified 1/: Carcass :Percent2/ : : : : : and Parts : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :1,000 Head 1,000 Pounds Pounds 1,000 Pounds 1,000 Pounds Percent : Missouri : Jan : 1,384 44,000 31.79 34,561 752 2.13 Feb : 1,350 43,239 32.03 33,910 753 2.17 Mar : 1,360 42,205 31.03 33,180 723 2.13 Apr : 1,348 42,769 31.73 33,602 719 2.09 May : 1,452 47,162 32.48 36,983 764 2.02 Jun : 1,442 46,720 32.40 36,930 694 1.84 Jul : 1,518 48,634 32.04 38,421 658 1.68 Aug : 1,570 47,736 30.41 37,590 811 2.11 Sep : 1,306 40,981 31.38 32,225 701 2.13 Oct : 1,690 52,875 31.29 41,736 862 2.02 Nov : 1,319 41,375 31.37 32,779 624 1.87 Dec : 1,259 39,920 31.71 31,534 649 2.02 2007 Total : 16,998 537,616 31.63 423,451 8,710 2.02 2006 Total : 17,345 550,942 31.76 432,821 9,438 2.13 : Other : States : Jan : 13,567 434,128 32.00 339,959 5,885 1.70 Feb : 12,529 391,200 31.22 308,144 5,501 1.75 Mar : 14,003 428,433 30.60 336,787 5,698 1.66 Apr : 13,429 406,808 30.29 320,979 5,688 1.74 May : 14,721 447,981 30.43 353,899 5,751 1.60 Jun : 14,686 445,763 30.35 351,231 5,532 1.55 Jul : 14,652 438,194 29.91 345,551 5,346 1.52 Aug : 15,675 455,511 29.06 359,317 5,928 1.62 Sep : 13,354 396,595 29.70 312,616 4,899 1.54 Oct : 17,632 514,068 29.16 406,030 6,202 1.50 Nov : 15,820 463,115 29.27 367,110 5,196 1.40 Dec : 12,959 402,508 31.06 318,538 4,840 1.50 2007 Total : 173,027 5,224,304 30.19 4,120,161 66,466 1.59 2006 Total : 167,371 4,981,889 29.77 3,919,643 67,245 1.69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, and United States, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors : culosis : : : culitis : : Month : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 143 62,763 9,193 3,899 132 Feb : 48 69,475 9,331 3,934 81 Mar : 17 69,773 11,750 4,191 59 Apr : 35 66,131 10,061 4,108 114 May : 39 62,535 6,043 3,615 128 Jun : 29 53,749 5,395 3,355 136 Jul : 27 52,594 5,474 2,419 212 Aug : 47 59,236 7,130 3,137 108 Sep : 51 53,079 7,457 2,493 90 Oct : 24 70,707 8,299 2,969 111 Nov : 34 66,106 6,253 2,823 160 Dec : 42 63,089 9,402 2,519 245 2007 Total : 536 749,237 95,788 39,462 1,576 2006 Total : 638 797,253 117,649 46,863 1,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, and United States, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total : : : nation : : : All Month : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 350 3,327 3,259 987 23,703 107,756 Feb : 441 2,755 3,008 1,418 20,941 111,432 Mar : 392 2,416 2,871 1,825 24,889 118,183 Apr : 380 2,299 2,774 1,380 27,466 114,748 May : 383 2,230 2,795 1,466 22,963 102,197 Jun : 396 2,268 3,467 2,443 24,046 95,284 Jul : 516 2,765 3,168 1,707 20,134 89,016 Aug : 451 3,235 3,810 1,346 21,433 99,933 Sep : 395 2,509 3,404 2,041 15,046 86,565 Oct : 497 3,621 4,007 1,764 22,344 114,343 Nov : 431 3,474 3,640 1,958 25,600 110,479 Dec : 397 2,371 3,357 1,120 16,598 99,140 2007 Total : 5,029 33,270 39,560 19,455 265,163 1,249,076 2006 Total : 5,632 48,506 44,649 24,972 259,036 1,346,698 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : Leukosis :Septicaemia: Airsac- :Synovitis : Tumors Month : culosis : : : culitis : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 2,556 452 37 163 Feb : 1,167 209 4 114 Mar : 1,544 327 158 Apr : 969 267 158 May : 15 1,830 453 23 255 Jun : 2,240 373 10 126 Jul : 2 2,188 383 184 Aug : 2,388 593 214 Sep : 2,519 487 1 214 Oct : 2 1,402 341 5 92 Nov : 2,561 501 32 138 Dec : 3,480 458 9 114 2007 Total : 19 24,844 4,844 121 1,930 2006 Total : 19 30,315 4,810 69 1,377 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Old Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Month and Annual Total, United States, 2007 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Bruises : Cadaver : Contami- :Overscald : Other : Total Month : : : nation : : : All : : : : : : Causes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Jan : 19 34 89 6 2,170 5,526 Feb : 16 28 52 3 2,889 4,482 Mar : 10 24 54 39 808 2,964 Apr : 32 20 67 2 824 2,339 May : 39 54 118 38 2,483 5,308 Jun : 22 30 103 20 93 3,017 Jul : 30 39 134 6 3,299 6,265 Aug : 35 71 113 1,452 4,866 Sep : 22 69 66 28 1,836 5,242 Oct : 9 42 73 16 2,082 4,064 Nov : 4 59 75 3 1,049 4,422 Dec : 10 55 62 10 1,887 6,085 2007 Total : 248 525 1,006 171 20,872 54,580 2006 Total : 252 661 1,110 568 8,915 48,096 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reliability of Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are collected by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected (FI) plants. Over 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. The number of head slaughtered daily, by species and class, as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights are obtained by shift for each plant. Approximately 305 plants slaughtered poultry in the U.S. under Federal Inspection in 2007. Young chickens were slaughtered in 34 States, young turkeys in 26 States. Revision Policy: Data for the previous month and year-to-date totals are subject to revision the following month after the initial monthly estimates are published. Final data are published in the annual summary released in February and include any revisions made to current year's and previous year's published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports or corrections received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year's data after publication of the annual summary in February. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data electronically for each shift a plant operates. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are included. Estimates for missing shifts are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on a shift determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. State data are published using selected States for young chickens and young turkeys. Data for all States not published are included in the "Other States" category. Also included in this category are data for published States that are confidential (denoted by an *). Data for all States are included in the U.S. totals. Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates: Ante-Mortem Condemnations - Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Certified Ready-to-Cook - The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. 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