Poultry Slaughter. Ready-to-Cook Weight Up 5 Percent from Last Year. October 2018 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays.

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1 Poultry Slaughter ISSN: Released November 26,, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ReadytoCook Weight Up 5 Percent from Last Year 2017 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Poultry certified wholesome during (readytocook weight) totaled 4.53 billion pounds, up 5 percent from the amount certified in The September revised certified total at 3.90 billion pounds, was down 1 percent from September The September revision represented an increase of 12 million pounds from last month's preliminary pounds certified. The preliminary total live weight of all federally inspected poultry during was 5. billion pounds, up 5 percent from 5.70 billion pounds a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 5.16 billion pounds, up 5 percent from Mature chickens, at 75.6 million pounds, were up 4 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 716 million pounds, up 4 percent from a year ago. Ducks totaled 18.2 million pounds, up 15 percent from last year. Young chickens slaughtered during averaged 6.32 pounds per bird, up slightly from The average live weight of mature chickens was 6.54 pounds per bird, up 2 percent from a year ago. slaughtered during averaged 30.0 pounds per bird, down slightly from Antemortem condemnations during totaled 14.0 million pounds. Condemnations were percent of the live weight inspected, as compared with percent a year earlier. Postmortem condemnations, at 37.7 million pounds, were 0.83 percent of quantities inspected, as compared with 0.90 percent a year earlier.

2 Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type United States [Federally inspected only] Commodity Slaughtered Heavy September as % of 2017 September January to 2017 as percent of 2017 (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (percent) (percent) (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (percent) 783,000 11,358 4,089 7, , ,006 9,618 3,306 6, , ,500 11,553 4,183 7, , ,483, ,130 48,849 64,281 7,5,435 7,613, 107,256 39,402 67,854 7,720, , ,008 17, ,543 23, , ,256 1, , ,425 1,417 1,842 Ducks... 2,274 2,047 2, ,160 23,037 Total live weight Heavy... (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) (percent) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) 4,921,750 72,8 13,886 59,010 4,4,646 4,532,242 63,517 11,433 52,084 4,595,759 5,164,316 75,587 14,251 61,336 5,239, ,328, , , ,026 47,018,074 47,647, , , ,476 48,339, ,143 5, , ,593 4, , ,416 5, , ,204,479 42,057 6,246,536 6,129,144 41,752 6,170,8 Ducks... 15,788 14,082 18, , ,224 Other , , ,563 3, ,703,252 5,146,853 5,975, ,421,145 54,673,953 Average live weight Heavy... (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) (percent) (percent) (pounds) (pounds) (percent) Ducks Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. 2 Poultry Slaughter (November )

3 Chilled and Frozen Pounds Certified by Type United States [Readytocook weights] Commodity Chilled Heavy September as % of 2017 September January to 2017 as percent of 2017 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) (percent) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) 3,413,575 48,259 7,113 41,146 3,461,834 3,161,872 42, 5,864 36,239 3,203,975 3,607,491 49,6 7,304 42,682 3,657, ,178, ,666 84, ,063 32,627,248 33,260, ,203 69, ,754 33,717, ,741 3, , ,130 3, , ,270 4, , ,884,380 30,891 2,915,271 3,024,158 30,703 3,054,861 Ducks... 4,605 3,3 5, ,673 44,689 Other ,419 1, ,837,406 3,482,669 4,032, ,586,611 36,818,306 Frozen Heavy , , , , , , ,721, ,721,747 2,643, ,643, , , , , , , ,086, ,086,7 1,876, ,877, Ducks... 6,870 6,215 7, ,710 72,183 Other , , , ,878,321 4,593, Chilled and frozen Heavy... 3,709,543 48,264 7,118 41,146 3,757,807 3,417,754 42, 5,864 36,239 3,459,857 3,893,436 49,6 7,304 42,682 3,943, ,900, ,695 84, ,065 35,348,5 35,903, ,213 69, ,754 36,360, ,118 4, , ,625 3, , ,523 4, , ,970,668 31,590 5,002,258 4,900,946 31,482 4,932,428 Ducks... 11,475 10,208 13, , ,872 Other ,2 2, ,324,242 Represents zero. Not applicable. 1 Includes geese, guineas, and squab. 3,8,741 4,530, ,464,932 41,412,1 Poultry Slaughter (November ) 3

4 AnteMortem Condemnations by Type United States [Federally inspected only] Commodity Live weight Heavy September as % of 2017 September January to 2017 as percent of 2017 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) (percent) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) 10, ,573 10, ,935 11, , ,454 8,056 2,760 5,2 111, ,314 7,018 2,189 4, , , ,602 1, ,456 1, , , ,357 16, , Ducks Total ,237 12,476 14, , ,443 Percent of live weight condemned 2 Heavy... (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) Ducks Total Includes geese, guineas, and squab. 2 Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected Poultry Slaughter (November )

5 PostMortem Condemnations by Type United States [Federally inspected only] Commodity Carcass and parts Heavy September as % of 2017 September January to 2017 as percent of 2017 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) (percent) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) 29,212 2, ,580 31,307 23,828 1, ,200 25,383 27,881 1, ,421 29, ,354 22,054 6,482 15, , ,846 17,721 4,316 13, , , ,661 6, ,522 7, , ,054 1,736 72,790 69,422 1,687 71, Ducks ,935 3,108 Other ,295 32,233 37, , , Percent of weight condemned 2 Heavy... (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) Ducks Other Includes geese, guineas, and squab. 2 Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus postmortem condemnations Poultry Slaughter (November ) 5

6 Condemned PostMortem by Cause and Type United States: September and Commodity Heavy Tuberculosis Leukosis Septicaemia September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) 2, ,004 2, , ,546 87,846 41,222 46, , ,240,645 51,823 50, , Commodity Heavy Commodity Heavy Commodity Heavy ,881 1,080 13,1 Airsacculitis Synovitis Tumors September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) 281,918 9,527 2,325 7, ,445 3, , ,253 10,841 2,3 7, ,094 6, ,411 2, , , , ,211 24,784 13,416 11,368 40, Bruises Cadaver Contamination September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) 11,022 3,886 2,230 1,656 14, ,140 4,434 2,539 1,895 16, , , , , ,566 27,357 21,690 5, , Overscald Miscellaneous 1 Total September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) 37,341 1, ,090 38,557 35,339 1, ,221 36, ,194 71,541 45,182 26, , ,952 89,934 57,023 32, ,886 1,825, , ,542,838 2,052,831 22,930 1,243 24,173 17,628 30,367 15,083 15,284 47, ,012 26,662 21,404 5, ,674 1, ,862 2,016, , , ,266 2,283, , ,575 18, ,483 29,848 2,393 32,241 Represents zero. 1 Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plantrejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. 51,878 2,478 54,356 6 Poultry Slaughter (November )

7 Young Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight States and United States: September and [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Slaughtered Total live weight Average live weight September September September (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (pounds) (pounds) 87,465 79,845 21,008 31,518 4,329,050,043 92,042 23,502 35,119 4, , , , 127, ,250 26, , , , , ,704 27, , Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... 5,495 23,682 15,514 10,507 6,522 26,741 17,448 11,853 24, ,161 95,546 64,146 28, , ,875 72, Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey... 4,229 59,582 35, ,0 65,229 40, ,0 378, , , , , New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 2,060 58,020 8,302 12,354 10,077 23,094 2,417 77,947 9,634 13,240 11,278 27,043 10, ,6 43,194 80,835 58, ,614 11, ,751 49,952 87,976 64, , South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 25,203 52,267 27,490 3,605 8,615 4,215 26,503 58,308 30,1 4,205 9,528 4, , , ,594 23,539 32,5 17, , , ,734 27,4 36,589 18, United States , ,500 4,532,242 5,164, Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Poultry Slaughter (November ) 7

8 Young Pounds Certified and PostMortem Condemnations States and United States: September and [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Total chilled and frozen pounds certified 1 Postmortem condemnations Carcass and parts Percent 2 September September September (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) (percent) 372, ,741 95, ,439 19, , , , ,430 1,255 20, ,309 1,5 2,622 1,015 1, ,246 2,247 2,867 1,138 1, , Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... 17, ,610 72,266 47,580 21, ,146 81,091 53, , Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey... 19, , , , , , , , New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 6, ,955 32,135 60,814 39, ,536 7, ,645 37,143 66,067 44, , , , , , South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming...,2 262, ,701 17,5 23,573 12,785, , ,877 20,586 26,141 13, , , United States... 3,417,754 3,893,436 23,828 27, Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not applicable. 1 Readytocook weights. 2 Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus postmortem condemnations. 8 Poultry Slaughter (November )

9 Young Condemned PostMortem by Cause States and United States: September and [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] State Alabama... Arkansas... Delaware... Georgia... Mississippi... Missouri... North Carolina... Texas... Virginia... Tuberculosis Leukosis Septicaemia September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) ,317 62,502 52,224 54,425 17,509 26,265 68,025 58,248 20,595 46,417 59,214 59,777 56,350 18,641 29,014 74,725 57,313 23,051 United States... State Alabama... Arkansas... Delaware... Georgia... Mississippi... Missouri... North Carolina... Texas... Virginia... United States... State Alabama... Arkansas... Delaware... Georgia... Mississippi... Missouri... North Carolina... Texas... Virginia... United States... State Alabama... Arkansas... Delaware... Georgia... Mississippi... Missouri... North Carolina... Texas... Virginia... 2,890 2, ,546 Airsacculitis Synovitis Tumors September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) 28,692 20,755 28,817 65,536 7,405 3,368 19,822 14,732 9, ,918 31,363 20,270 24,806 73,376 9,527 3,361 17,0 14,710 11, , , ,305 2,003 1, ,772 1, , ,211 Bruises Cadaver Contamination September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) , ,140 3,253 4,738 3,064 13,230 2, , ,070 4,047 5,2 3,015 12,684 3, , ,672 16,143 5,006 6,2 36,944 2,021 1,552 4,168 4,064 1,3 118,566 Overscald Miscellaneous 1 Total September September September (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) (head) 2,174 2,297 2,821 7, ,602 1, ,883 1,783 11, ,119 1, ,958,290 5,6 62,571 12,521 16,187 45,360 17,064 10,664 31, ,037 5,753 75,665 14,228 20,5 42,8 17,011 11, , ,111, ,756 44,432 48, ,090 97,751 45, ,240 1,934 1, , , ,628 20,197 4,639 4,450 39,935 1,4 1,653 4,540 3,915 2, , , ,684,7 272,283 49,904 55, ,597,216 50,8 United States... 37,341 35, , ,952 1,825,451 2,016,228 Represents zero. 1 Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plantrejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Poultry Slaughter (November ) 9

10 Young Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight States and United States: September and [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Slaughtered Total live weight Average live weight September September September (1,000 head) (1,000 head) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (pounds) (pounds) 2, ,752 1,760 49,934 22,668 72,785 43, Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... 1,789 1,019 2,065 1,339 67,772 43,448 78,638 57, Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey... 3, , ,057 26,688,651 30, New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 1, , ,220 42,885 20,510 19,038 79,930 25,122 30, South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming , ,567 6,8 52,569 8,949 67, United States... 17,387 23, , , Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 10 Poultry Slaughter (November )

11 Young Pounds Certified and PostMortem Condemnations States and United States: September and [Data may not add to totals due to rounding] State Alabama... Alaska... Arizona... Arkansas... California... Colorado... Connecticut... Delaware... Florida... Georgia... Total chilled and frozen pounds certified 1 Postmortem condemnations Carcass and parts Percent 2 September September September (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (percent) (percent) 41,536 18,119 60,775 35, Hawaii... Idaho... Illinois... Indiana... Iowa... Kansas... Kentucky... Louisiana... Maine... Maryland... 54,776 34,241 63,681 45,089 1, , Massachusetts... Michigan... Minnesota... Mississippi... Missouri... Montana... Nebraska... Nevada... New Hampshire... New Jersey... 71,777 21,626 84,087 24,528 1,155 1, New Mexico... New York... North Carolina... North Dakota... Ohio... Oklahoma... Oregon... Pennsylvania... Rhode Island... South Carolina... 33,2 16,388 15,208 62,5 20,075 23, South Dakota... Tennessee... Texas... Utah... Vermont... Virginia... Washington... West Virginia... Wisconsin... Wyoming... 5,766 42,125 7,504 54, United States , ,523 6,350 7, Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Not applicable. 1 Readytocook weights. 2 Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus postmortem condemnations. Poultry Slaughter (November ) 11

12 Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates AnteMortem Condemnations: Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole bird, before slaughter. Excludes postmortem condemnations. Certified ReadytoCook: The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after postmortem condemnation pounds are removed. Readytocook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of frozen and chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live bird. Ducks: Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Mature : Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. Number of Head: Includes postmortem condemnations. Old : Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where birds are killed and butchered. PostMortem Condemnations: Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of birds primarily for food. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live birds, before slaughter. Excludes postmortem condemnations. Young : Commercially grown broilersfryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. Young : Young birds grown to a matured market age, and other turkeys such as fryers/roasters and young breeders. 12 Poultry Slaughter (November )

13 Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are collected by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected plants. Over percent of the total United States slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection. The number of head slaughtered daily, by species and class, as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights are obtained by shift for each plant. Approximately 320 plants slaughtered poultry in the United States under Federal Inspection in Young chickens were slaughtered in 40 States, young turkeys in 33 States. Revision Policy: Data for the previous month and yeartodate totals are subject to revision the following month after the initial monthly estimates are published. Final data are published in the annual summary released in February and include any revisions made to current and previous year s published data. Revisions are generally the result of late reports or corrections received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than onehalf of one percent. No revisions will be made to the previous year s data after publication of the annual summary in February. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit data electronically for each shift a plant operates. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are included. Estimates for missing shifts are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on a shift determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch... (202) Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section... (202) Holly Brenize Poultry Slaughter... (202) Alissa CowellMytar Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses... (202) Liana Cuffman Catfish and Trout, Egg Products, Mink, Census of Aquaculture... (202) Fatema Haque Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery... (202) Kim Linonis Layers, Eggs... (202) Adam Peters Turkey Hatchery, Raised... (202) Erica Sadler Cost of Pollination, Honey, Honey Bee Colonies... (202) Poultry Slaughter (November ) 13

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