United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2159- 7480 Poultry Slaughter 2015 Summary February 2016 Contents Number Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total.................................................................................... 4 Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total............ 6 Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total....................... 8 Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total....................... 10 Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total............ 12 Young Chickens, Number Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total.................................................................................... 18 Young Chickens, Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total.................................................................................... 20 Young Chickens, Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total..... 22 Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total.................................................................................... 24 Young Turkeys, Number Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total..................................................................... 30 Young Turkeys, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total.................................................................................... 32 Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates............................................. 34 Statistical Methodology................................................................................ 35 Information Contacts................................................................................... 35 Number Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Number slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 724,605 654,079 741,932 725,500 704,622 747,482 762,580 Mature ...........: 11,964 11,408 11,998 12,444 10,696 11,247 10,853 Light ..........: 6,326 5,678 5,957 5,993 4,921 4,331 4,085 Heavy ..........: 5,638 5,730 6,041 6,451 5,775 6,916 6,768 Total ............: 736,569 665,487 753,930 737,944 715,318 758,729 773,433 : Turkeys : Young ............: 19,404 17,203 19,955 20,035 17,681 18,961 19,175 Old ..............: 125 140 146 126 77 108 111 Total ............: 19,529 17,343 20,101 20,161 17,758 19,069 19,286 : Ducks ..............: 2,371 2,088 2,436 2,463 2,172 2,325 2,315 : : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............:4,432,867 3,982,649 4,503,176 4,436,998 4,304,567 4,550,968 4,609,589 Mature ...........: 66,083 64,721 68,588 71,799 62,815 70,306 68,787 Light ..........: 20,293 18,270 19,563 19,328 15,872 13,847 13,322 Heavy ..........: 45,790 46,451 49,025 52,471 46,943 56,459 55,465 Total ............:4,498,950 4,047,370 4,571,764 4,508,797 4,367,382 4,621,274 4,678,376 : Turkeys : Young ............: 611,542 538,065 622,515 615,904 539,006 568,149 556,171 Old ..............: 3,568 4,129 3,950 3,566 2,143 3,153 3,036 Total ............: 615,110 542,194 626,465 619,470 541,149 571,302 559,207 : Ducks ..............: 16,248 14,407 16,666 16,852 14,878 15,905 15,826 : Other 1/ ...........: 193 156 180 178 178 274 249 : Total ..............:5,130,501 4,604,127 5,215,075 5,145,297 4,923,587 5,208,755 5,253,658 : : pounds : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.12 6.09 6.07 6.12 6.11 6.09 6.04 Mature ...........: 5.52 5.67 5.72 5.77 5.87 6.25 6.34 Light ..........: 3.21 3.22 3.28 3.23 3.23 3.20 3.26 Heavy ..........: 8.12 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.13 8.16 8.20 Total ............: 6.11 6.08 6.06 6.11 6.11 6.09 6.05 : Turkeys : Young ............: 31.52 31.28 31.20 30.74 30.49 29.96 29.01 Old ..............: 28.54 29.49 27.05 28.30 27.83 29.19 27.35 Total ............: 31.50 31.26 31.17 30.73 30.47 29.96 29.00 : Ducks ..............: 6.85 6.90 6.84 6.84 6.85 6.84 6.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Number Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Number slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 740,822 748,689 743,348 674,127 720,679 8,688,465 8,525,393 Mature ...........: 10,078 10,928 11,668 9,518 11,428 134,230 144,235 Light ..........: 3,706 4,144 4,435 3,750 5,096 58,422 71,801 Heavy ..........: 6,372 6,784 7,233 5,768 6,332 75,808 72,434 Total ............: 750,900 759,617 755,016 683,645 732,107 8,822,695 8,669,628 : Turkeys : Young ............: 19,096 18,889 22,007 20,063 18,352 230,821 235,189 Old ..............: 163 102 162 182 135 1,577 1,428 Total ............: 19,259 18,991 22,169 20,245 18,487 232,398 236,617 : Ducks ..............: 2,171 2,326 2,314 2,216 2,552 27,749 26,368 : : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............:4,534,088 4,623,324 4,602,641 4,159,180 4,428,113 53,168,160 51,225,964 Mature ...........: 64,102 68,862 73,561 59,301 68,112 807,037 822,537 Light ..........: 11,789 13,539 14,539 12,350 16,721 189,433 231,418 Heavy ..........: 52,313 55,323 59,022 46,951 51,391 617,604 591,119 Total ............:4,598,190 4,692,186 4,676,202 4,218,481 4,496,225 53,975,197 52,048,501 : Turkeys : Young ............: 557,669 561,099 649,866 581,043 571,261 6,972,290 7,150,782 Old ..............: 4,523 2,908 4,679 5,073 3,814 44,542 39,442 Total ............: 562,192 564,007 654,545 586,116 575,075 7,016,832 7,190,224 : Ducks ..............: 14,755 15,870 15,934 15,175 17,546 190,062 181,068 : Other 1/ ...........: 188 501 869 478 232 3,676 3,143 : Total ..............:5,175,325 5,272,564 5,347,550 4,820,250 5,089,078 61,185,767 59,422,936 : : pounds : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.12 6.18 6.19 6.17 6.14 6.12 6.01 Mature ...........: 6.36 6.30 6.30 6.23 5.96 6.01 5.70 Light ..........: 3.18 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.28 3.24 3.22 Heavy ..........: 8.21 8.15 8.16 8.14 8.12 8.15 8.16 Total ............: 6.12 6.18 6.19 6.17 6.14 6.12 6.00 : Turkeys : Young ............: 29.20 29.71 29.53 28.96 31.13 30.21 30.40 Old ..............: 27.75 28.51 28.88 27.87 28.25 28.24 27.62 Total ............: 29.19 29.70 29.53 28.95 31.11 30.19 30.39 : Ducks ..............: 6.80 6.82 6.89 6.85 6.88 6.85 6.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............:3,045,369 2,740,912 3,084,807 3,045,193 2,960,013 3,145,733 3,192,400 Mature ...........: 41,378 41,184 43,946 46,399 40,374 45,591 44,545 Light ..........: 10,870 9,945 10,956 11,053 8,607 7,785 7,468 Heavy ..........: 30,508 31,239 32,990 35,346 31,767 37,806 37,077 Total ............:3,086,747 2,782,096 3,128,753 3,091,592 3,000,387 3,191,324 3,236,945 : Turkeys : Young ............: 291,542 255,770 296,763 293,095 248,259 257,260 243,932 Old ..............: 2,295 2,967 2,688 2,593 1,560 2,313 2,257 Total ............: 293,837 258,737 299,451 295,688 249,819 259,573 246,189 : Ducks ..............: 4,321 3,660 4,490 4,397 3,988 4,543 4,384 : Other 1/ ...........: 127 102 116 116 114 164 153 : Total ..............:3,385,032 3,044,595 3,432,810 3,391,793 3,254,308 3,455,604 3,487,671 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 282,686 259,774 304,212 300,886 286,515 282,665 276,322 Mature ...........: - - - - 3 4 5 Light ..........: - - - - - - 1 Heavy ..........: - - - - 3 4 4 Total ............: 282,686 259,774 304,212 300,886 286,518 282,669 276,327 : Turkeys : Young ............: 198,092 175,733 202,229 200,810 184,183 198,676 202,275 Old ..............: 385 132 249 109 45 45 58 Total ............: 198,477 175,865 202,478 200,919 184,228 198,721 202,333 : Ducks ..............: 7,390 6,678 7,577 7,746 6,739 6,969 7,132 : Other 1/ ...........: 7 9 8 8 7 9 7 : Total ..............: 488,560 442,326 514,275 509,559 477,492 488,368 485,799 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............:3,328,055 3,000,686 3,389,019 3,346,079 3,246,528 3,428,398 3,468,722 Mature ...........: 41,378 41,184 43,946 46,399 40,377 45,595 44,550 Light ..........: 10,870 9,945 10,956 11,053 8,607 7,785 7,469 Heavy ..........: 30,508 31,239 32,990 35,346 31,770 37,810 37,081 Total ............:3,369,433 3,041,870 3,432,965 3,392,478 3,286,905 3,473,993 3,513,272 : Turkeys : Young ............: 489,634 431,503 498,992 493,905 432,442 455,936 446,207 Old ..............: 2,680 3,099 2,937 2,702 1,605 2,358 2,315 Total ............: 492,314 434,602 501,929 496,607 434,047 458,294 448,522 : Ducks ..............: 11,711 10,338 12,067 12,143 10,727 11,512 11,516 : Other 1/ ...........: 134 111 124 124 121 173 160 : Total ..............:3,873,592 3,486,921 3,947,085 3,901,352 3,731,800 3,943,972 3,973,470 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............:3,139,537 3,206,707 3,185,324 2,887,555 3,078,050 36,711,600 35,182,834 Mature ...........: 42,895 45,544 47,571 38,753 44,218 522,398 520,987 Light ..........: 6,417 7,289 7,781 6,602 8,917 103,690 124,977 Heavy ..........: 36,478 38,255 39,790 32,151 35,301 418,708 396,010 Total ............:3,182,432 3,252,251 3,232,895 2,926,308 3,122,268 37,233,998 35,703,821 : Turkeys : Young ............: 259,491 255,213 319,607 305,673 280,766 3,307,371 3,338,511 Old ..............: 3,341 2,065 3,250 3,241 2,020 30,590 27,981 Total ............: 262,832 257,278 322,857 308,914 282,786 3,337,961 3,366,492 : Ducks ..............: 4,107 4,410 4,540 4,344 5,205 52,389 49,838 : Other 1/ ...........: 119 125 170 127 157 1,590 1,494 : Total ..............:3,449,490 3,514,064 3,560,462 3,239,693 3,410,416 40,625,938 39,121,645 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 277,933 279,572 281,842 247,887 256,437 3,336,731 3,382,358 Mature ...........: 3 8 1 9 2 35 189 Light ..........: - - 1 6 - 8 166 Heavy ..........: 3 8 - 3 2 27 23 Total ............: 277,936 279,580 281,843 247,896 256,439 3,336,766 3,382,547 : Turkeys : Young ............: 187,810 194,875 202,752 161,244 177,532 2,286,211 2,387,157 Old ..............: 104 121 328 581 893 3,050 1,982 Total ............: 187,914 194,996 203,080 161,825 178,425 2,289,261 2,389,139 : Ducks ..............: 6,603 7,052 7,013 6,704 7,566 85,169 81,112 : Other 1/ ...........: 7 191 385 177 8 823 604 : Total ..............: 472,460 481,819 492,321 416,602 442,438 5,712,019 5,853,402 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............:3,417,470 3,486,279 3,467,166 3,135,442 3,334,487 40,048,331 38,565,192 Mature ...........: 42,898 45,552 47,572 38,762 44,220 522,433 521,176 Light ..........: 6,417 7,289 7,782 6,608 8,917 103,698 125,143 Heavy ..........: 36,481 38,263 39,790 32,154 35,303 418,735 396,033 Total ............:3,460,368 3,531,831 3,514,738 3,174,204 3,378,707 40,570,764 39,086,368 : Turkeys : Young ............: 447,301 450,088 522,359 466,917 458,298 5,593,582 5,725,668 Old ..............: 3,445 2,186 3,578 3,822 2,913 33,640 29,963 Total ............: 450,746 452,274 525,937 470,739 461,211 5,627,222 5,755,631 : Ducks ..............: 10,710 11,462 11,553 11,048 12,771 137,558 130,950 : Other 1/ ...........: 126 316 555 304 165 2,413 2,098 : Total ..............:3,921,950 3,995,883 4,052,783 3,656,295 3,852,854 46,337,957 44,975,047 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Live weight : Chickens : Young ...........: 10,061 10,010 10,269 9,391 8,994 10,173 10,823 Mature ..........: 755 835 771 780 798 829 834 Light .........: 298 322 296 304 286 240 244 Heavy .........: 457 513 475 476 512 589 590 Total ...........: 10,816 10,845 11,040 10,171 9,792 11,002 11,657 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,580 1,479 1,518 1,412 1,154 1,296 1,462 Old .............: 51 58 54 46 36 48 37 Total ...........: 1,631 1,537 1,572 1,458 1,190 1,344 1,499 : Ducks .............: 47 45 37 33 29 47 47 : Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - - : Total .............: 12,494 12,427 12,649 11,662 11,011 12,393 13,203 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.23 0.25 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.23 Mature ..........: 1.14 1.29 1.12 1.09 1.27 1.18 1.21 Light .........: 1.47 1.76 1.51 1.57 1.80 1.73 1.83 Heavy .........: 1.00 1.10 0.97 0.91 1.09 1.04 1.06 Total ...........: 0.24 0.27 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.24 0.25 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 0.26 0.27 0.24 0.23 0.21 0.23 0.26 Old .............: 1.43 1.40 1.37 1.29 1.68 1.52 1.22 Total ...........: 0.27 0.28 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.24 0.27 : Ducks .............: 0.29 0.31 0.22 0.20 0.19 0.30 0.30 : Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - - : Total .............: 0.24 0.27 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.24 0.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Live weight : Chickens : Young ...........: 10,484 10,970 10,272 9,580 9,993 121,020 108,109 Mature ..........: 702 808 707 683 704 9,206 8,853 Light .........: 210 276 205 201 246 3,128 3,366 Heavy .........: 492 532 502 482 458 6,078 5,487 Total ...........: 11,186 11,778 10,979 10,263 10,697 130,226 116,962 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,377 1,435 1,395 1,272 1,494 16,874 16,491 Old .............: 49 40 55 56 38 568 536 Total ...........: 1,426 1,475 1,450 1,328 1,532 17,442 17,027 : Ducks .............: 34 43 35 47 37 481 469 : Other 2/ ..........: - - 1 1 1 3 4 : Total .............: 12,646 13,296 12,465 11,639 12,267 148,152 134,462 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.23 0.24 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.21 Mature ..........: 1.10 1.17 0.96 1.15 1.03 1.14 1.08 Light .........: 1.78 2.04 1.41 1.63 1.47 1.65 1.45 Heavy .........: 0.94 0.96 0.85 1.03 0.89 0.98 0.93 Total .............: 0.24 0.25 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.22 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 0.25 0.26 0.21 0.22 0.26 0.24 0.23 Old .............: 1.08 1.38 1.18 1.10 1.00 1.28 1.36 Total ...........: 0.25 0.26 0.22 0.23 0.27 0.25 0.24 : Ducks .............: 0.23 0.27 0.22 0.31 0.21 0.25 0.26 : Other 2/ ..........: - - 0.12 0.21 0.43 0.08 0.13 : Total .............: 0.24 0.25 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ...........: 31,778 29,942 32,610 31,544 29,449 29,105 29,219 Mature ..........: 2,340 2,277 2,415 2,509 2,308 2,431 2,355 Light .........: 925 835 863 880 704 593 536 Heavy .........: 1,415 1,442 1,552 1,629 1,604 1,838 1,819 Total ...........: 34,118 32,219 35,025 34,053 31,757 31,536 31,574 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 6,879 6,338 6,994 7,155 6,063 6,092 6,326 Old .............: 135 164 167 142 96 128 131 Total ...........: 7,014 6,502 7,161 7,297 6,159 6,220 6,457 : Ducks .............: 308 278 300 305 306 332 305 : Other 2/ ..........: 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 : Total .............: 41,441 39,000 42,488 41,656 38,223 38,089 38,338 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.95 0.99 0.95 0.93 0.90 0.84 0.84 Mature ..........: 5.35 5.24 5.21 5.13 5.41 5.06 5.02 Light .........: 7.84 7.75 7.30 7.37 7.56 7.08 6.70 Heavy .........: 4.43 4.41 4.49 4.41 4.81 4.64 4.68 Total ...........: 1.00 1.05 1.01 0.99 0.96 0.90 0.89 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1.39 1.45 1.38 1.43 1.38 1.32 1.40 Old .............: 4.80 5.03 5.38 4.99 5.64 5.15 5.36 Total ...........: 1.40 1.47 1.41 1.45 1.40 1.34 1.42 : Ducks .............: 2.56 2.62 2.43 2.45 2.77 2.80 2.58 : Other 2/ ..........: 0.74 0.89 1.59 0.80 0.82 0.57 1.23 : Total .............: 1.06 1.11 1.06 1.06 1.01 0.96 0.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ...........: 29,294 30,395 30,726 29,311 30,899 364,272 341,079 Mature ..........: 2,024 2,491 2,641 2,371 2,617 28,779 27,984 Light .........: 449 518 618 462 585 7,968 9,805 Heavy .........: 1,575 1,973 2,023 1,909 2,032 20,811 18,179 Total ...........: 31,318 32,886 33,367 31,682 33,516 393,051 369,063 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 6,470 6,616 7,144 6,730 7,132 79,939 77,912 Old .............: 152 109 147 144 113 1,628 1,417 Total ...........: 6,622 6,725 7,291 6,874 7,245 81,567 79,329 : Ducks .............: 304 313 338 304 345 3,738 3,342 : Other 2/ ..........: 3 4 4 3 3 26 23 : Total .............: 38,247 39,928 41,000 38,863 41,109 478,382 451,757 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.85 0.86 0.88 0.93 0.92 0.90 0.88 Mature ..........: 4.51 5.18 5.26 5.76 5.59 5.22 5.10 Light .........: 6.54 6.64 7.36 6.53 6.16 7.14 7.27 Heavy .........: 4.14 4.90 4.84 5.60 5.44 4.73 4.39 Total ...........: 0.90 0.92 0.94 0.99 0.98 0.96 0.94 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1.43 1.45 1.35 1.42 1.53 1.41 1.34 Old .............: 4.23 4.75 3.95 3.63 3.73 4.62 4.52 Total ...........: 1.45 1.47 1.37 1.44 1.55 1.43 1.36 : Ducks .............: 2.76 2.66 2.84 2.68 2.63 2.65 2.49 : Other 2/ ..........: 2.33 1.25 0.72 0.98 1.79 1.07 1.08 : Total .............: 0.97 0.99 1.00 1.05 1.06 1.02 0.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young ......: - - - - - - - Mature .....: - - - - - - - Light ....: - - - - - - - Heavy ....: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : Turkeys : Young ......: - - - - - - - Old ........: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : : number head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young ......: 4,119 4,398 6,252 6,416 6,916 7,205 6,145 Mature .....: 359 544 532 544 410 302 280 Light ....: 256 464 444 414 293 217 203 Heavy ....: 103 80 88 130 117 85 77 Total ......: 4,478 4,942 6,784 6,960 7,326 7,507 6,425 : Turkeys : Young ......: 58 46 42 48 33 75 55 Old ........: 3 4 - - - 3 4 Total ......: 61 50 42 48 33 78 59 : : number head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young ......: 979,913 939,489 1,013,222 966,348 893,141 1,018,351 943,451 Mature .....: 149,380 156,791 155,098 156,838 134,838 127,318 110,010 Light ....: 115,693 121,560 120,785 122,304 98,609 88,631 74,432 Heavy ....: 33,687 35,231 34,313 34,534 36,229 38,687 35,578 Total ......:1,129,293 1,096,280 1,168,320 1,123,186 1,027,979 1,145,669 1,053,461 : Turkeys : Young ......: 38,907 34,161 37,033 34,589 28,225 24,335 24,343 Old ........: 1,011 1,078 1,046 1,005 580 712 730 Total ......: 39,918 35,239 38,079 35,594 28,805 25,047 25,073 : : number head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young ......: 773,101 764,969 815,092 702,297 510,289 449,542 346,730 Mature .....: 20,591 21,054 22,232 24,184 23,551 22,679 24,150 Light ....: 6,127 7,734 7,071 8,254 5,906 4,635 5,365 Heavy ....: 14,464 13,320 15,161 15,930 17,645 18,044 18,785 Total ......: 793,692 786,023 837,324 726,481 533,840 472,221 370,880 : Turkeys : Young ......: 4,584 5,029 4,712 4,738 3,558 3,450 3,928 Old ........: 186 301 336 281 124 358 251 Total ......: 4,770 5,330 5,048 5,019 3,682 3,808 4,179 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young ......: - - - - - - - Mature .....: - - - - - - - Light ....: - - - - - - - Heavy ....: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : Turkeys : Young ......: - - - - - - - Old ........: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : : number head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young ......: 4,254 4,123 3,441 4,404 5,493 63,166 74,380 Mature .....: 210 444 266 703 553 5,147 5,396 Light ....: 107 377 138 443 481 3,837 4,131 Heavy ....: 103 67 128 260 72 1,310 1,265 Total ......: 4,464 4,567 3,707 5,107 6,046 68,313 79,776 : Turkeys : Young ......: 70 77 43 111 110 768 717 Old ........: 1 - - 4 - 19 20 Total ......: 71 77 43 115 110 787 737 : : number head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young ......: 898,635 949,479 935,603 850,523 879,991 11,268,146 10,750,981 Mature .....: 98,289 104,165 129,163 113,425 131,390 1,566,705 1,650,826 Light ....: 61,630 63,151 88,446 69,348 88,455 1,113,044 1,204,988 Heavy ....: 36,659 41,014 40,717 44,077 42,935 453,661 445,838 Total ......: 996,924 1,053,644 1,064,766 963,948 1,011,381 12,834,851 12,401,807 : Turkeys : Young ......: 25,361 29,363 34,733 31,956 27,535 370,541 422,094 Old ........: 815 801 962 904 882 10,526 9,135 Total ......: 26,176 30,164 35,695 32,860 28,417 381,067 431,229 : : number head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young ......: 330,254 369,101 434,890 512,423 580,252 6,588,940 6,550,852 Mature .....: 21,100 25,159 25,641 24,550 26,658 281,549 215,224 Light ....: 2,677 5,487 5,357 8,204 7,935 74,752 68,461 Heavy ....: 18,423 19,672 20,284 16,346 18,723 206,797 146,763 Total ......: 351,354 394,260 460,531 536,973 606,910 6,870,489 6,766,076 : Turkeys : Young ......: 4,223 4,524 5,327 5,378 3,704 53,155 55,723 Old ........: 278 246 331 236 174 3,102 4,092 Total ......: 4,501 4,770 5,658 5,614 3,878 56,257 59,815 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young ......: 6,542 5,613 4,143 2,959 2,758 2,880 3,231 Mature .....: 165 164 284 232 298 257 309 Light ....: 96 75 165 106 128 88 131 Heavy ....: 69 89 119 126 170 169 178 Total ......: 6,707 5,777 4,427 3,191 3,056 3,137 3,540 : Turkeys : Young ......: 900 789 1,159 1,689 1,001 958 955 Old ........: 2 1 7 7 1 1 - Total ......: 902 790 1,166 1,696 1,002 959 955 : : number head : Tumors : Chickens : Young ......: 20,005 18,228 19,334 16,131 13,979 14,675 13,614 Mature .....: 35,021 36,926 36,093 38,239 33,335 27,392 26,768 Light ....: 26,728 28,563 26,949 29,871 24,661 19,267 18,488 Heavy ....: 8,293 8,363 9,144 8,368 8,674 8,125 8,280 Total ......: 55,026 55,154 55,427 54,370 47,314 42,067 40,382 : Turkeys : Young ......: 39 56 67 41 29 35 36 Old ........: 105 160 135 141 95 83 160 Total ......: 144 216 202 182 124 118 196 : : number head : Bruises : Chickens : Young ......: 12,815 12,039 13,079 12,581 11,539 13,326 13,801 Mature .....: 12,780 11,574 13,413 11,839 12,835 7,003 5,471 Light ....: 12,392 11,176 13,058 11,491 12,507 6,658 5,100 Heavy ....: 388 398 355 348 328 345 371 Total ......: 25,595 23,613 26,492 24,420 24,374 20,329 19,272 : Turkeys : Young ......: 98 116 139 135 136 114 135 Old ........: 25 24 17 25 25 18 18 Total ......: 123 140 156 160 161 132 153 : : number head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young ......: 64,000 63,419 60,968 58,342 49,262 56,570 55,723 Mature .....: 1,635 1,771 1,622 1,635 1,433 1,297 986 Light ....: 1,185 1,237 1,043 1,109 972 580 440 Heavy ....: 450 534 579 526 461 717 546 Total ......: 65,635 65,190 62,590 59,977 50,695 57,867 56,709 : Turkeys : Young ......: 1,200 1,293 1,292 1,405 1,152 1,039 949 Old ........: 1 3 6 16 8 5 Total ......: 1,201 1,293 1,295 1,411 1,168 1,047 954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young ......: 3,797 4,224 3,494 3,737 3,028 46,406 147,567 Mature .....: 266 216 353 240 259 3,043 1,890 Light ....: 108 76 160 44 73 1,250 943 Heavy ....: 158 140 193 196 186 1,793 947 Total ......: 4,063 4,440 3,847 3,977 3,287 49,449 149,457 : Turkeys : Young ......: 1,080 1,367 1,273 912 352 12,435 5,694 Old ........: - 1 - - 1 21 121 Total ......: 1,080 1,368 1,273 912 353 12,456 5,815 : : number head : Tumors : Chickens : Young ......: 12,860 13,912 13,868 13,937 14,940 185,483 247,401 Mature .....: 23,198 25,617 30,083 29,568 30,059 372,299 399,696 Light ....: 14,998 16,578 20,670 21,216 20,735 268,724 322,228 Heavy ....: 8,200 9,039 9,413 8,352 9,324 103,575 77,468 Total ......: 36,058 39,529 43,951 43,505 44,999 557,782 647,097 : Turkeys : Young ......: 40 45 109 70 102 669 1,282 Old ........: 168 142 166 215 108 1,678 1,227 Total ......: 208 187 275 285 210 2,347 2,509 : : number head : Bruises : Chickens : Young ......: 13,468 13,888 12,824 11,825 12,626 153,811 139,271 Mature .....: 5,571 7,647 8,068 5,672 5,951 107,824 112,311 Light ....: 5,186 7,153 7,426 4,841 5,159 102,147 107,915 Heavy ....: 385 494 642 831 792 5,677 4,396 Total ......: 19,039 21,535 20,892 17,497 18,577 261,635 251,582 : Turkeys : Young ......: 109 117 197 257 156 1,709 1,474 Old ........: 16 15 20 13 16 232 177 Total ......: 125 132 217 270 172 1,941 1,651 : : number head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young ......: 51,293 51,198 51,137 50,104 51,149 663,165 677,074 Mature .....: 751 889 1,212 1,018 1,214 15,463 24,787 Light ....: 245 386 574 445 523 8,739 16,979 Heavy ....: 506 503 638 573 691 6,724 7,808 Total ......: 52,044 52,087 52,349 51,122 52,363 678,628 701,861 : Turkeys : Young ......: 931 938 1,110 1,033 664 13,006 12,038 Old ........: 9 11 25 37 27 148 70 Total ......: 940 949 1,135 1,070 691 13,154 12,108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Chickens : Young ........: 99,724 93,959 100,368 97,669 92,002 100,440 99,998 Mature .......: 73,174 68,760 72,778 73,913 62,708 62,078 47,337 Light ......: 66,396 63,525 68,075 69,173 57,840 57,148 42,301 Heavy ......: 6,778 5,235 4,703 4,740 4,868 4,930 5,036 Total ........: 172,898 162,719 173,146 171,582 154,710 162,518 147,335 : Turkeys : Young ........: 1,701 1,560 2,028 1,991 1,969 1,898 2,080 Old ..........: 48 70 39 38 37 60 39 Total ........: 1,749 1,630 2,067 2,029 2,006 1,958 2,119 : : number head : Overscald : Chickens : Young ........: 23,475 19,571 16,791 20,316 20,295 18,913 18,741 Mature .......: 207 242 312 374 445 479 489 Light ......: 84 110 129 148 134 135 108 Heavy ......: 123 132 183 226 311 344 381 Total ........: 23,682 19,813 17,103 20,690 20,740 19,392 19,230 : Turkeys : Young ........: 654 442 464 631 447 579 363 Old ..........: 16 18 23 23 7 21 14 Total ........: 670 460 487 654 454 600 377 : : number head : Miscellaneous 1/: Chickens : Young ........: 699,709 668,347 712,835 661,833 593,019 569,098 530,430 Mature .......: 99,602 92,450 88,676 91,204 90,462 89,771 83,982 Light ......: 46,295 45,406 45,241 45,993 40,342 32,018 25,505 Heavy ......: 53,307 47,044 43,435 45,211 50,120 57,753 58,477 Total ........: 799,311 760,797 801,511 753,037 683,481 658,869 614,412 : Turkeys : Young ........: 6,825 6,351 6,968 7,911 8,325 8,796 9,105 Old ..........: 316 304 354 341 153 176 113 Total ........: 7,141 6,655 7,322 8,252 8,478 8,972 9,218 : : number head : Total : Chickens : Young ........:2,683,403 2,590,032 2,762,084 2,544,892 2,193,200 2,251,000 2,031,864 Mature .......: 392,914 390,276 391,040 399,002 360,315 338,576 299,782 Light ......: 275,252 279,850 282,960 288,863 241,392 209,377 172,073 Heavy ......: 117,662 110,426 108,080 110,139 118,923 129,199 127,709 Total ........:3,076,317 2,980,308 3,153,124 2,943,894 2,553,515 2,589,576 2,331,646 : Turkeys : Young ........: 54,966 49,843 53,904 53,178 44,875 41,279 41,949 Old ..........: 1,713 1,960 1,960 1,867 1,038 1,440 1,334 Total ........: 56,679 51,803 55,864 55,045 45,913 42,719 43,283 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Chickens : Young ........: 97,941 110,122 107,884 98,523 102,097 1,200,727 1,139,509 Mature .......: 53,153 47,828 63,413 52,374 61,250 738,766 720,437 Light ......: 47,358 41,175 56,610 44,836 53,175 667,612 652,321 Heavy ......: 5,795 6,653 6,803 7,538 8,075 71,154 68,116 Total ........: 151,094 157,950 171,297 150,897 163,347 1,939,493 1,859,946 : Turkeys : Young ........: 1,942 1,910 2,135 1,983 1,658 22,855 18,307 Old ..........: 51 30 69 47 39 567 403 Total ........: 1,993 1,940 2,204 2,030 1,697 23,422 18,710 : : number head : Overscald : Chickens : Young ........: 21,321 20,429 17,935 21,302 18,513 237,602 237,339 Mature .......: 506 691 591 701 644 5,681 4,258 Light ......: 55 150 137 123 185 1,498 1,804 Heavy ......: 451 541 454 578 459 4,183 2,454 Total ........: 21,827 21,120 18,526 22,003 19,157 243,283 241,597 : Turkeys : Young ........: 347 558 557 504 371 5,917 6,695 Old ..........: 15 6 15 5 12 175 63 Total ........: 362 564 572 509 383 6,092 6,758 : : number head : Miscellaneous 1/: Chickens : Young ........: 525,588 546,961 558,837 546,193 557,549 7,170,399 7,203,855 Mature .......: 75,706 96,576 96,346 100,831 110,179 1,115,785 1,242,879 Light ......: 22,079 29,682 28,931 31,809 43,880 437,181 504,330 Heavy ......: 53,627 66,894 67,415 69,022 66,299 678,604 738,549 Total ........: 601,294 643,537 655,183 647,024 667,728 8,286,184 8,446,734 : Turkeys : Young ........: 8,895 9,291 10,574 11,141 10,082 104,264 69,435 Old ..........: 123 114 157 118 112 2,381 3,574 Total ........: 9,018 9,405 10,731 11,259 10,194 106,645 73,009 : : number head : Total : Chickens : Young ........:1,959,411 2,083,437 2,139,913 2,112,971 2,225,638 27,577,845 27,168,229 Mature .......: 278,750 309,232 355,136 329,082 368,157 4,212,262 4,377,704 Light ......: 154,443 164,215 208,449 181,309 220,601 2,678,784 2,884,100 Heavy ......: 124,307 145,017 146,687 147,773 147,556 1,533,478 1,493,604 Total ........:2,238,161 2,392,669 2,495,049 2,442,053 2,593,795 31,790,107 31,545,933 : Turkeys : Young ........: 42,998 48,190 56,058 53,345 44,734 585,319 593,459 Old ..........: 1,476 1,366 1,745 1,579 1,371 18,849 18,882 Total ........: 44,474 49,556 57,803 54,924 46,105 604,168 612,341 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plant-rejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Young Chickens, Number Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Number slaughtered : Alabama ............: 85,041 76,109 90,736 86,737 85,236 89,880 92,823 Arkansas ...........: 76,593 67,654 75,209 74,678 68,813 74,985 75,970 California .........: 22,459 21,113 21,743 21,672 22,111 23,076 23,812 Delaware ...........: 29,285 25,369 28,059 28,095 28,580 30,338 31,076 Florida ............: 5,988 5,037 5,497 5,040 5,199 5,632 5,830 Georgia ............: 104,660 96,594 108,988 106,270 100,709 107,741 111,347 Indiana ............: 5,267 4,477 5,357 5,152 4,745 5,165 5,647 Kentucky ...........: 25,650 21,264 26,602 24,516 24,495 25,987 25,769 Louisiana ..........: 16,404 14,813 17,377 16,879 16,717 16,796 17,289 Maryland ...........: 13,426 11,605 12,658 12,513 12,259 13,794 13,901 : Minnesota ..........: 3,985 3,953 4,321 4,289 4,081 4,472 4,258 Mississippi ........: 58,337 55,107 60,346 59,969 58,795 60,812 61,599 Missouri ...........: 36,559 33,483 37,712 36,034 35,568 38,233 37,704 New Jersey .........: 97 91 98 102 102 108 110 New York ...........: 1,919 1,895 2,155 1,831 1,898 2,098 1,987 North Carolina .....: 65,829 57,256 65,288 65,567 63,512 67,254 66,447 Ohio ...............: 6,702 5,873 6,618 6,471 6,346 6,675 6,756 Oklahoma ...........: 8,978 10,401 11,918 11,635 11,161 12,908 11,789 Pennsylvania .......: 9,371 8,634 9,985 9,119 8,819 9,731 9,604 South Carolina .....: 23,890 22,352 24,207 24,071 23,330 25,365 25,627 : Tennessee ..........: 24,938 22,034 26,620 25,450 23,527 26,139 26,672 Texas ..............: 50,556 45,479 51,863 51,946 50,759 50,557 55,100 Virginia ...........: 28,588 24,816 27,742 26,921 27,769 28,510 30,224 Washington .........: 4,391 3,960 4,309 4,190 3,983 4,279 4,300 West Virginia ......: 9,191 8,586 9,677 9,860 9,331 9,990 10,206 Wisconsin ..........: 4,272 3,985 4,406 4,293 4,317 4,624 4,363 : United States ......: 724,605 654,079 741,932 725,500 704,622 747,482 762,580 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Alabama ............: 486,006 431,984 511,099 493,359 480,794 506,786 516,090 Arkansas ...........: 497,024 435,439 486,602 488,859 439,595 479,292 477,074 California .........: 136,466 128,162 131,021 133,471 135,637 140,682 143,057 Delaware ...........: 210,660 179,618 200,863 201,452 206,948 218,745 226,022 Florida ............: 34,526 29,355 32,647 29,739 30,557 31,952 34,329 Georgia ............: 610,945 561,157 634,367 615,759 588,129 631,228 652,221 Indiana ............: 23,648 19,883 23,875 22,638 21,051 23,129 25,457 Kentucky ...........: 150,600 123,740 155,877 144,678 143,185 150,527 147,932 Louisiana ..........: 97,982 88,077 103,901 100,749 100,343 99,148 100,361 Maryland ...........: 75,385 62,628 68,828 70,145 68,655 80,325 80,547 : Minnesota ..........: 23,229 23,380 25,976 25,942 24,797 27,439 25,690 Mississippi ........: 369,455 350,227 376,074 378,213 373,066 381,468 379,460 Missouri ...........: 174,764 162,843 181,554 175,649 171,385 182,187 179,338 New Jersey .........: 464 428 485 494 499 535 564 New York ...........: 9,712 9,607 10,530 9,175 9,556 10,721 10,229 North Carolina .....: 514,314 443,963 506,632 509,821 490,818 523,340 515,734 Ohio ...............: 38,507 34,275 36,764 36,277 35,464 37,333 38,115 Oklahoma ...........: 57,536 70,879 80,260 77,581 74,456 83,850 74,591 Pennsylvania .......: 51,647 47,200 55,062 50,320 48,763 53,698 53,799 South Carolina .....: 172,037 158,310 173,309 174,403 170,165 184,933 181,768 : Tennessee ..........: 133,163 116,702 141,538 133,773 126,203 136,405 139,042 Texas ..............: 312,986 281,654 319,408 321,881 315,222 308,211 340,366 Virginia ...........: 157,938 136,265 149,862 147,212 156,589 160,413 169,317 Washington .........: 27,377 24,696 26,700 25,934 24,642 26,797 26,770 West Virginia ......: 35,713 33,156 37,380 37,911 35,177 37,970 39,021 Wisconsin ..........: 17,703 16,659 18,462 18,236 18,274 19,672 18,336 : United States ......:4,432,867 3,982,649 4,503,176 4,436,998 4,304,567 4,550,968 4,609,589 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Young Chickens, Number Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Number slaughtered : Alabama ............: 87,394 89,392 85,918 82,153 88,438 1,039,857 1,011,526 Arkansas ...........: 75,063 76,436 77,245 72,721 74,340 889,707 874,300 California .........: 22,575 21,829 22,232 16,577 21,873 261,072 243,959 Delaware ...........: 29,725 29,940 30,448 26,904 29,290 347,109 332,908 Florida ............: 5,594 5,801 6,131 5,098 5,668 66,515 63,405 Georgia ............: 110,404 109,899 108,551 97,495 105,687 1,268,345 1,253,377 Indiana ............: 5,167 5,165 5,672 4,718 5,520 62,052 60,616 Kentucky ...........: 26,095 26,102 25,721 23,159 24,038 299,398 299,390 Louisiana ..........: 16,679 17,049 17,030 15,334 15,343 197,710 196,340 Maryland ...........: 13,297 13,456 14,176 12,683 13,343 157,111 145,858 : Minnesota ..........: 4,584 4,239 4,232 3,981 4,228 50,623 50,736 Mississippi ........: 59,036 61,073 60,940 55,185 59,064 710,263 704,660 Missouri ...........: 36,937 37,402 37,207 34,320 36,299 437,458 443,712 New Jersey .........: 117 112 110 83 107 1,237 1,286 New York ...........: 2,195 2,016 1,999 2,029 2,133 24,155 22,873 North Carolina .....: 66,433 67,639 66,337 58,905 62,962 773,429 755,864 Ohio ...............: 6,793 6,885 7,199 6,760 7,287 80,365 76,204 Oklahoma ...........: 11,829 11,314 12,206 9,742 10,942 134,823 134,120 Pennsylvania .......: 9,669 9,167 9,505 8,630 9,060 111,294 110,831 South Carolina .....: 24,652 24,304 24,425 23,606 24,712 290,541 277,317 : Tennessee ..........: 26,056 26,012 25,368 21,990 24,221 299,027 296,381 Texas ..............: 51,790 53,957 52,090 46,478 49,026 609,601 592,920 Virginia ...........: 28,192 29,256 28,853 26,294 27,656 334,821 333,817 Washington .........: 3,913 3,981 4,003 3,940 3,991 49,240 51,538 West Virginia ......: 9,772 9,814 9,253 9,078 8,879 113,637 114,275 Wisconsin ..........: 4,560 4,280 4,211 3,983 4,259 51,553 51,462 : United States ......: 740,822 748,689 743,348 674,127 720,679 8,688,465 8,525,393 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Alabama ............: 496,839 511,754 492,071 471,507 508,750 5,907,039 5,740,316 Arkansas ...........: 472,867 496,830 506,633 476,047 487,757 5,744,019 5,436,792 California .........: 137,823 132,255 134,790 100,283 133,210 1,586,857 1,490,809 Delaware ...........: 218,326 220,361 223,792 197,742 213,029 2,517,558 2,361,710 Florida ............: 32,518 34,408 36,212 29,510 32,607 388,360 366,693 Georgia ............: 646,521 652,209 644,893 574,110 620,842 7,432,381 7,217,428 Indiana ............: 23,741 23,329 25,341 21,146 24,829 278,067 268,161 Kentucky ...........: 152,372 152,657 150,159 135,343 141,615 1,748,685 1,667,046 Louisiana ..........: 100,726 103,654 104,054 91,968 91,351 1,182,314 1,159,057 Maryland ...........: 77,073 78,527 82,116 73,873 78,455 896,557 786,839 : Minnesota ..........: 28,214 25,722 25,564 23,954 25,378 305,285 303,046 Mississippi ........: 370,254 386,999 393,416 350,630 370,227 4,479,489 4,363,416 Missouri ...........: 180,865 182,610 182,911 168,378 177,921 2,120,405 2,124,806 New Jersey .........: 617 593 593 438 561 6,271 6,215 New York ...........: 11,302 10,295 10,051 10,091 10,601 121,870 114,758 North Carolina .....: 525,697 533,309 525,349 468,970 493,571 6,051,518 5,790,438 Ohio ...............: 38,765 38,975 39,896 36,448 39,856 450,675 430,832 Oklahoma ...........: 75,386 74,651 80,192 67,125 72,380 888,887 878,825 Pennsylvania .......: 54,378 51,158 53,678 47,994 51,306 619,003 611,771 South Carolina .....: 176,199 177,616 179,478 175,309 184,600 2,108,127 1,985,140 : Tennessee ..........: 137,761 138,540 133,564 115,622 126,424 1,578,737 1,557,017 Texas ..............: 322,241 336,876 320,161 281,662 296,020 3,756,688 3,592,212 Virginia ...........: 157,995 166,599 165,487 150,089 155,151 1,872,917 1,843,384 Washington .........: 24,658 24,093 25,017 24,850 25,396 306,930 314,607 West Virginia ......: 37,759 37,770 35,258 35,237 34,260 436,612 444,455 Wisconsin ..........: 19,019 18,111 17,803 16,821 18,068 217,164 216,668 : United States ......:4,534,088 4,623,324 4,602,641 4,159,180 4,428,113 53,168,160 51,225,964 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens, Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Average live weight : Alabama ............: 5.71 5.68 5.63 5.69 5.64 5.64 5.56 Arkansas ...........: 6.49 6.44 6.47 6.55 6.39 6.39 6.28 California .........: 6.08 6.07 6.03 6.16 6.13 6.10 6.01 Delaware ...........: 7.19 7.08 7.16 7.17 7.24 7.21 7.27 Florida ............: 5.77 5.83 5.94 5.90 5.88 5.67 5.89 Georgia ............: 5.84 5.81 5.82 5.79 5.84 5.86 5.86 Indiana ............: 4.49 4.44 4.46 4.39 4.44 4.48 4.51 Kentucky ...........: 5.87 5.82 5.86 5.90 5.85 5.79 5.74 Louisiana ..........: 5.97 5.95 5.98 5.97 6.00 5.90 5.80 Maryland ...........: 5.61 5.40 5.44 5.61 5.60 5.82 5.79 : Minnesota ..........: 5.83 5.91 6.01 6.05 6.08 6.14 6.03 Mississippi ........: 6.33 6.36 6.23 6.31 6.35 6.27 6.16 Missouri ...........: 4.78 4.86 4.81 4.87 4.82 4.77 4.76 New Jersey .........: 4.77 4.69 4.95 4.85 4.91 4.97 5.14 New York ...........: 5.06 5.07 4.89 5.01 5.03 5.11 5.15 North Carolina .....: 7.81 7.75 7.76 7.78 7.73 7.78 7.76 Ohio ...............: 5.75 5.84 5.56 5.61 5.59 5.59 5.64 Oklahoma ...........: 6.41 6.81 6.73 6.67 6.67 6.50 6.33 Pennsylvania .......: 5.51 5.47 5.51 5.52 5.53 5.52 5.60 South Carolina .....: 7.20 7.08 7.16 7.25 7.29 7.29 7.09 : Tennessee ..........: 5.34 5.30 5.32 5.26 5.36 5.22 5.21 Texas ..............: 6.19 6.19 6.16 6.20 6.21 6.10 6.18 Virginia ...........: 5.52 5.49 5.40 5.47 5.64 5.63 5.60 Washington .........: 6.23 6.24 6.20 6.19 6.19 6.26 6.23 West Virginia ......: 3.89 3.86 3.86 3.85 3.77 3.80 3.82 Wisconsin ..........: 4.14 4.18 4.19 4.25 4.23 4.25 4.20 : United States ......: 6.12 6.09 6.07 6.12 6.11 6.09 6.04 : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Alabama ............: 370,712 329,234 388,243 377,067 367,007 387,089 393,312 Arkansas ...........: 374,471 326,473 367,068 370,971 333,789 363,652 362,632 California .........: 101,676 95,664 98,003 99,705 101,018 104,579 106,778 Delaware ...........: 152,469 130,252 146,190 146,912 150,605 159,426 164,423 Florida ............: 25,895 22,016 24,481 22,304 22,918 23,965 25,720 Georgia ............: 455,160 424,704 477,531 466,498 446,186 469,955 484,293 Indiana ............: 17,188 14,487 17,451 16,565 15,413 16,909 18,650 Kentucky ...........: 109,045 89,818 113,065 104,586 104,097 109,434 112,077 Louisiana ..........: 73,916 66,612 78,269 76,143 75,274 74,971 75,681 Maryland ...........: 54,940 45,364 49,962 50,964 49,977 58,610 58,730 : Minnesota ..........: 19,835 20,069 22,342 22,189 21,152 23,353 21,701 Mississippi ........: 283,570 273,959 292,523 293,962 291,306 296,515 290,671 Missouri ...........: 130,945 121,066 135,505 131,393 127,943 135,998 133,262 New Jersey .........: 326 299 340 346 349 375 396 New York ...........: 6,030 6,059 6,490 5,690 5,954 6,560 6,251 North Carolina .....: 401,044 346,532 394,705 398,133 383,217 408,039 403,641 Ohio ...............: 28,900 25,532 27,395 26,999 26,386 27,777 28,425 Oklahoma ...........: 43,355 53,187 60,158 58,451 56,050 62,993 56,145 Pennsylvania .......: 34,965 31,710 37,204 34,079 33,108 36,498 36,835 South Carolina .....: 129,437 119,260 130,535 131,494 128,029 139,296 136,977 : Tennessee ..........: 97,750 85,623 104,073 98,056 92,519 99,967 101,742 Texas ..............: 236,297 213,466 240,948 240,015 235,619 235,623 257,883 Virginia ...........: 111,938 96,236 106,360 104,202 111,210 115,101 120,894 Washington .........: 20,442 18,415 19,948 19,337 18,356 19,925 19,900 West Virginia ......: 25,604 23,768 26,705 27,200 25,235 27,243 28,047 Wisconsin ..........: 12,929 12,166 13,486 13,323 13,343 14,366 13,393 : United States ......:3,328,055 3,000,686 3,389,019 3,346,079 3,246,528 3,428,398 3,468,722 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Average live weight : Alabama ............: 5.69 5.72 5.73 5.74 5.75 5.70 5.70 Arkansas ...........: 6.30 6.50 6.56 6.55 6.56 6.50 6.20 California .........: 6.11 6.06 6.06 6.05 6.09 6.10 6.10 Delaware ...........: 7.34 7.36 7.35 7.35 7.27 7.30 7.10 Florida ............: 5.81 5.93 5.91 5.79 5.75 5.80 5.80 Georgia ............: 5.86 5.93 5.94 5.89 5.87 5.90 5.80 Indiana ............: 4.59 4.52 4.47 4.48 4.50 4.50 4.40 Kentucky ...........: 5.84 5.85 5.84 5.84 5.89 5.80 5.60 Louisiana ..........: 6.04 6.08 6.11 6.00 5.95 6.00 5.90 Maryland ...........: 5.80 5.84 5.79 5.82 5.88 5.70 5.40 : Minnesota ..........: 6.15 6.07 6.04 6.02 6.00 6.00 6.00 Mississippi ........: 6.27 6.34 6.46 6.35 6.27 6.30 6.20 Missouri ...........: 4.90 4.88 4.92 4.91 4.90 4.80 4.80 New Jersey .........: 5.27 5.28 5.38 5.29 5.23 5.10 4.80 New York ...........: 5.15 5.11 5.03 4.97 4.97 5.00 5.00 North Carolina .....: 7.91 7.88 7.92 7.96 7.84 7.80 7.70 Ohio ...............: 5.71 5.66 5.54 5.39 5.47 5.60 5.70 Oklahoma ...........: 6.37 6.60 6.57 6.89 6.61 6.60 6.60 Pennsylvania .......: 5.62 5.58 5.65 5.56 5.66 5.60 5.50 South Carolina .....: 7.15 7.31 7.35 7.43 7.47 7.30 7.20 : Tennessee ..........: 5.29 5.33 5.27 5.26 5.22 5.30 5.30 Texas ..............: 6.22 6.24 6.15 6.06 6.04 6.20 6.10 Virginia ...........: 5.60 5.69 5.74 5.71 5.61 5.60 5.50 Washington .........: 6.30 6.05 6.25 6.31 6.36 6.20 6.10 West Virginia ......: 3.86 3.85 3.81 3.88 3.86 3.80 3.90 Wisconsin ..........: 4.17 4.23 4.23 4.22 4.24 4.20 4.20 : United States ......: 6.12 6.18 6.19 6.17 6.14 6.12 6.01 : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Alabama ............: 376,939 389,394 374,053 359,151 386,702 4,498,903 4,375,586 Arkansas ...........: 358,682 379,015 384,584 361,081 370,331 4,352,749 4,129,458 California .........: 102,607 98,388 100,318 74,384 99,220 1,182,340 1,110,429 Delaware ...........: 159,214 160,517 162,535 143,909 154,861 1,831,313 1,711,702 Florida ............: 24,388 25,804 27,232 22,131 24,391 291,245 275,057 Georgia ............: 487,610 491,853 484,059 432,756 466,661 5,587,266 5,418,522 Indiana ............: 17,396 17,047 18,534 15,437 18,103 203,180 195,662 Kentucky ...........: 115,672 114,687 113,870 102,614 107,489 1,296,454 1,209,866 Louisiana ..........: 76,002 78,158 78,716 69,144 68,887 891,773 871,444 Maryland ...........: 56,218 57,267 60,127 53,950 57,423 653,532 570,144 : Minnesota ..........: 23,966 21,797 21,710 20,192 21,539 259,845 255,790 Mississippi ........: 285,572 299,412 306,459 270,925 287,678 3,472,552 3,366,869 Missouri ...........: 134,791 135,317 134,701 124,008 130,937 1,575,866 1,612,149 New Jersey .........: 434 416 419 306 392 4,398 4,563 New York ...........: 6,949 6,265 6,156 6,234 6,507 75,145 71,217 North Carolina .....: 410,593 413,862 406,361 363,181 381,413 4,710,721 4,503,464 Ohio ...............: 28,838 29,066 29,675 27,136 29,668 335,797 321,066 Oklahoma ...........: 56,732 56,042 60,331 50,457 54,447 668,348 660,918 Pennsylvania .......: 36,772 34,779 36,520 32,473 34,694 419,637 416,894 South Carolina .....: 132,901 133,499 134,881 131,949 138,999 1,587,257 1,493,224 : Tennessee ..........: 100,992 101,683 97,907 84,977 92,957 1,158,246 1,141,048 Texas ..............: 241,739 255,148 242,281 215,252 223,559 2,837,830 2,716,773 Virginia ...........: 112,992 119,060 118,588 107,643 110,963 1,335,187 1,312,659 Washington .........: 18,416 17,963 18,693 18,560 18,953 228,908 234,913 West Virginia ......: 26,973 27,050 25,273 25,338 24,510 312,946 318,035 Wisconsin ..........: 13,896 13,231 13,007 12,287 13,197 158,624 158,078 : United States ......:3,417,470 3,486,279 3,467,166 3,135,442 3,334,487 40,048,331 38,565,192 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total chilled and frozen ready-to-cook weight. Young Chickens, Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Alabama ............: 3,560 3,174 3,550 3,320 3,017 2,913 3,014 Arkansas ...........: 4,342 3,747 4,279 4,196 3,858 3,621 3,654 California .........: 807 813 756 796 819 961 972 Delaware ...........: 1,944 1,744 1,945 1,911 1,677 1,573 1,540 Florida ............: 178 183 193 145 137 123 141 Georgia ............: 4,393 4,353 4,687 4,624 3,966 3,823 3,982 Indiana ............: 161 137 170 167 137 121 141 Kentucky ...........: 1,317 1,351 1,402 1,406 1,556 1,609 1,212 Louisiana ..........: 542 548 561 563 456 459 481 Maryland ...........: 829 773 852 829 650 726 705 : Minnesota ..........: 178 157 177 185 210 184 212 Mississippi ........: 2,138 1,962 2,114 1,978 1,922 2,041 1,983 Missouri ...........: 1,330 1,288 1,400 1,342 1,346 1,432 1,556 New Jersey .........: 5 4 5 7 4 2 4 New York ...........: 179 153 154 137 145 183 171 North Carolina .....: 3,638 3,356 3,696 3,610 3,325 2,941 2,781 Ohio ...............: 325 306 316 322 317 333 343 Oklahoma ...........: 409 471 494 500 464 523 452 Pennsylvania .......: 652 669 716 659 615 670 709 South Carolina .....: 745 785 828 840 754 730 764 : Tennessee ..........: 967 796 843 835 849 784 711 Texas ..............: 1,668 1,651 1,927 1,812 1,834 2,031 2,434 Virginia ...........: 954 1,003 1,007 833 857 783 738 Washington .........: 111 111 117 131 111 111 92 West Virginia ......: 73 76 76 77 77 80 94 Wisconsin ..........: 152 163 162 146 159 148 134 : United States ......: 31,778 29,942 32,610 31,544 29,449 29,105 29,219 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/ : Alabama ............: 0.95 0.95 0.91 0.87 0.82 0.75 0.76 Arkansas ...........: 1.15 1.13 1.15 1.12 1.14 0.99 1.00 California .........: 0.79 0.84 0.77 0.79 0.80 0.91 0.90 Delaware ...........: 1.26 1.32 1.31 1.28 1.10 0.98 0.93 Florida ............: 0.68 0.83 0.78 0.65 0.59 0.51 0.55 Georgia ............: 0.96 1.01 0.97 0.98 0.88 0.81 0.82 Indiana ............: 0.93 0.94 0.97 1.00 0.88 0.71 0.75 Kentucky ...........: 1.19 1.48 1.22 1.33 1.47 1.45 1.07 Louisiana ..........: 0.73 0.82 0.71 0.73 0.60 0.61 0.63 Maryland ...........: 1.49 1.68 1.68 1.60 1.28 1.22 1.19 : Minnesota ..........: 0.89 0.78 0.78 0.83 0.98 0.78 0.97 Mississippi ........: 0.75 0.71 0.72 0.67 0.66 0.68 0.68 Missouri ...........: 1.01 1.05 1.02 1.01 1.04 1.04 1.15 New Jersey .........: 1.46 1.23 1.44 2.11 1.10 0.56 0.98 New York ...........: 2.88 2.46 2.32 2.35 2.37 2.72 2.66 North Carolina .....: 0.90 0.96 0.93 0.90 0.86 0.72 0.68 Ohio ...............: 1.11 1.18 1.14 1.18 1.19 1.18 1.19 Oklahoma ...........: 0.94 0.88 0.81 0.85 0.82 0.82 0.80 Pennsylvania .......: 1.83 2.07 1.89 1.90 1.82 1.80 1.89 South Carolina .....: 0.57 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.59 0.52 0.55 : Tennessee ..........: 0.98 0.92 0.80 0.84 0.91 0.78 0.69 Texas ..............: 0.70 0.77 0.79 0.75 0.77 0.85 0.94 Virginia ...........: 0.85 1.03 0.94 0.79 0.76 0.68 0.61 Washington .........: 0.54 0.60 0.58 0.67 0.60 0.55 0.46 West Virginia ......: 0.29 0.32 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.29 0.33 Wisconsin ..........: 1.16 1.32 1.19 1.08 1.18 1.02 0.99 : United States ......: 0.95 0.99 0.95 0.93 0.90 0.84 0.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Alabama ............: 2,976 3,011 2,997 2,786 3,046 37,364 37,015 Arkansas ...........: 3,715 3,922 4,164 3,967 4,066 47,531 40,610 California .........: 1,029 1,115 1,003 704 864 10,639 9,623 Delaware ...........: 1,472 1,529 1,584 1,757 1,853 20,529 20,104 Florida ............: 119 137 138 115 128 1,737 1,793 Georgia ............: 4,231 4,480 4,490 4,291 4,319 51,639 45,992 Indiana ............: 108 111 141 141 163 1,698 1,509 Kentucky ...........: 1,333 1,593 1,701 1,771 1,833 18,084 13,028 Louisiana ..........: 463 521 476 494 469 6,033 5,762 Maryland ...........: 577 682 733 843 1,042 9,241 7,963 : Minnesota ..........: 239 229 217 215 232 2,435 2,488 Mississippi ........: 1,949 2,090 2,169 1,919 2,075 24,340 26,107 Missouri ...........: 1,435 1,473 1,461 1,637 1,800 17,500 14,962 New Jersey .........: 4 5 6 4 5 55 187 New York ...........: 151 185 186 193 194 2,031 1,912 North Carolina .....: 2,836 3,007 3,083 2,843 2,847 37,963 42,126 Ohio ...............: 335 357 354 366 355 4,029 3,168 Oklahoma ...........: 442 415 431 395 366 5,362 4,793 Pennsylvania .......: 701 652 696 620 712 8,071 7,018 South Carolina .....: 765 725 807 646 684 9,073 8,279 : Tennessee ..........: 637 606 588 412 505 8,533 10,973 Texas ..............: 2,404 2,195 1,920 1,744 2,070 23,690 19,619 Virginia ...........: 835 803 841 750 668 10,072 9,646 Washington .........: 86 108 101 96 91 1,266 1,502 West Virginia ......: 91 97 92 151 107 1,091 784 Wisconsin ..........: 137 126 148 175 180 1,830 1,967 : United States ......: 29,294 30,395 30,726 29,311 30,899 364,272 341,079 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/ : Alabama ............: 0.78 0.77 0.79 0.77 0.78 0.82 0.84 Arkansas ...........: 1.03 1.02 1.07 1.09 1.09 1.08 0.97 California .........: 0.99 1.12 0.99 0.94 0.86 0.89 0.86 Delaware ...........: 0.92 0.94 0.97 1.21 1.18 1.11 1.16 Florida ............: 0.49 0.53 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.59 0.65 Georgia ............: 0.86 0.90 0.92 0.98 0.92 0.92 0.84 Indiana ............: 0.62 0.64 0.76 0.90 0.89 0.83 0.77 Kentucky ...........: 1.14 1.37 1.47 1.70 1.68 1.38 1.07 Louisiana ..........: 0.61 0.66 0.60 0.71 0.68 0.67 0.66 Maryland ...........: 1.02 1.18 1.20 1.54 1.78 1.39 1.38 : Minnesota ..........: 0.99 1.04 0.99 1.06 1.07 0.93 0.96 Mississippi ........: 0.68 0.69 0.70 0.70 0.72 0.70 0.77 Missouri ...........: 1.05 1.08 1.07 1.30 1.36 1.10 0.92 New Jersey .........: 0.98 1.09 1.33 1.16 1.37 1.24 3.94 New York ...........: 2.12 2.87 2.93 3.00 2.90 2.63 2.61 North Carolina .....: 0.69 0.72 0.75 0.78 0.74 0.80 0.93 Ohio ...............: 1.15 1.21 1.18 1.33 1.18 1.19 0.98 Oklahoma ...........: 0.77 0.74 0.71 0.78 0.67 0.80 0.72 Pennsylvania .......: 1.87 1.84 1.87 1.87 2.01 1.89 1.66 South Carolina .....: 0.57 0.54 0.59 0.49 0.49 0.57 0.55 : Tennessee ..........: 0.63 0.59 0.60 0.48 0.54 0.73 0.95 Texas ..............: 0.98 0.85 0.79 0.80 0.92 0.83 0.72 Virginia ...........: 0.73 0.67 0.70 0.69 0.60 0.75 0.73 Washington .........: 0.46 0.60 0.54 0.51 0.48 0.55 0.64 West Virginia ......: 0.34 0.36 0.36 0.59 0.43 0.35 0.25 Wisconsin ..........: 0.97 0.94 1.12 1.40 1.35 1.14 1.23 : United States ......: 0.85 0.86 0.88 0.93 0.92 0.90 0.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Alabama ..........: - - - - - - - Arkansas .........: - - - - - - - Delaware .........: - - - - - - - Georgia ..........: - - - - - - - Mississippi ......: - - - - - - - Missouri .........: - - - - - - - North Carolina ...: - - - - - - - Texas ............: - - - - - - - Virginia .........: - - - - - - - : United States ....: - - - - - - - : number head : Leukosis : Alabama ..........: 245 290 305 245 395 503 300 Arkansas .........: 250 229 353 281 227 283 254 Delaware .........: 877 699 1,714 1,545 2,492 2,065 1,720 Georgia ..........: 155 109 154 174 46 153 138 Mississippi ......: 111 68 60 82 78 89 72 Missouri .........: 30 54 35 26 74 88 69 North Carolina ...: 278 144 289 206 218 146 145 Texas ............: 29 27 22 28 35 107 20 Virginia .........: 68 69 63 62 66 88 47 : United States ....: 4,119 4,398 6,252 6,416 6,916 7,205 6,145 : number head : Septicaemia : Alabama ..........: 98,801 94,023 102,135 85,567 83,744 95,177 95,052 Arkansas .........: 94,334 83,875 92,774 92,927 76,765 99,657 88,980 Delaware .........: 75,049 71,925 77,150 74,722 70,505 73,969 73,932 Georgia ..........: 104,435 104,813 110,618 115,046 103,242 109,067 106,571 Mississippi ......: 24,067 21,552 21,521 21,733 21,504 20,206 19,355 Missouri .........: 58,362 60,080 62,983 56,503 49,023 95,628 48,693 North Carolina ...: 98,172 96,046 110,811 111,475 99,134 94,331 92,662 Texas ............: 72,743 72,873 85,718 70,183 67,101 74,037 82,445 Virginia .........: 25,486 25,143 26,638 23,104 20,488 20,130 21,877 : United States ....: 979,913 939,489 1,013,222 966,348 893,141 1,018,351 943,451 : number head : Airsacculitis : Alabama ..........: 49,700 49,854 55,686 43,783 36,919 29,322 27,519 Arkansas .........: 42,898 40,418 44,757 36,947 30,024 28,685 28,405 Delaware .........: 94,015 89,808 104,329 100,185 68,580 49,359 37,146 Georgia ..........: 120,851 135,732 144,421 139,317 92,540 79,557 79,207 Mississippi ......: 17,129 14,647 15,265 12,240 11,682 9,354 8,138 Missouri .........: 26,124 19,485 13,517 9,037 8,055 18,255 3,898 North Carolina ...: 75,328 84,108 94,804 85,534 62,973 40,417 24,858 Texas ............: 34,493 35,369 43,697 24,382 19,647 18,084 18,342 Virginia .........: 45,160 52,616 54,399 32,308 27,566 18,865 15,598 : United States ....: 773,101 764,969 815,092 702,297 510,289 449,542 346,730 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Alabama ..........: - - - - - - - Arkansas .........: - - - - - - - Delaware .........: - - - - - - - Georgia ..........: - - - - - - - Mississippi ......: - - - - - - - Missouri .........: - - - - - - - North Carolina ...: - - - - - - - Texas ............: - - - - - - - Virginia .........: - - - - - - - : United States ....: - - - - - - - : number head : Leukosis : Alabama ..........: 219 166 142 168 331 3,309 3,262 Arkansas .........: 227 255 197 173 254 2,983 3,790 Delaware .........: 1,006 722 538 1,552 1,406 16,336 16,165 Georgia ..........: 84 76 128 39 58 1,314 1,139 Mississippi ......: 116 58 37 84 168 1,023 2,309 Missouri .........: 93 82 102 52 82 787 415 North Carolina ...: 201 198 163 173 340 2,501 3,371 Texas ............: 39 49 17 27 29 429 1,285 Virginia .........: 31 47 25 30 32 628 1,089 : United States ....: 4,254 4,123 3,441 4,404 5,493 63,166 74,380 : number head : Septicaemia : Alabama ..........: 84,774 95,905 100,291 93,397 85,297 1,114,163 1,096,347 Arkansas .........: 85,809 83,265 86,051 79,938 77,199 1,041,574 906,276 Delaware .........: 69,290 67,305 68,358 82,864 84,919 889,988 727,278 Georgia ..........: 92,925 95,835 100,451 73,965 73,660 1,190,628 1,042,359 Mississippi ......: 19,556 19,575 20,570 19,064 21,726 250,429 369,841 Missouri .........: 42,148 47,572 45,122 40,575 44,388 651,077 723,566 North Carolina ...: 92,871 99,229 97,724 83,473 86,886 1,162,814 1,104,443 Texas ............: 75,277 72,028 63,435 60,597 65,898 862,335 792,303 Virginia .........: 19,997 24,007 23,169 19,266 17,526 266,831 247,512 : United States ....: 898,635 949,479 935,603 850,523 879,991 11,268,146 10,750,981 : number head : Airsacculitis : Alabama ..........: 24,018 26,912 25,520 29,785 37,676 436,694 479,393 Arkansas .........: 31,786 36,884 40,527 54,186 51,717 467,234 350,813 Delaware .........: 31,003 31,573 38,499 49,229 66,693 760,419 806,457 Georgia ..........: 74,980 64,623 73,893 106,923 113,977 1,226,021 998,560 Mississippi ......: 6,508 6,378 7,397 7,624 9,078 125,440 186,107 Missouri .........: 3,980 5,586 5,655 5,063 6,541 125,196 335,829 North Carolina ...: 22,424 25,438 31,321 27,725 34,955 609,885 655,066 Texas ............: 16,026 16,359 20,297 20,851 28,688 296,235 283,722 Virginia .........: 14,022 16,554 20,863 23,864 24,281 346,096 336,298 : United States ....: 330,254 369,101 434,890 512,423 580,252 6,588,940 6,550,852 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Alabama ..........: 319 414 399 362 362 289 286 Arkansas .........: 1,039 1,448 1,566 905 770 741 671 Delaware .........: 33 24 47 63 28 38 71 Georgia ..........: 251 135 206 165 152 164 114 Mississippi ......: 24 33 29 41 30 99 67 Missouri .........: 25 38 77 18 64 21 45 North Carolina ...: 255 199 247 141 168 254 293 Texas ............: 105 43 46 77 90 57 59 Virginia .........: 11 9 8 5 5 20 3 : United States ....: 6,542 5,613 4,143 2,959 2,758 2,880 3,231 : number head : Tumors : Alabama ..........: 1,475 1,481 1,748 1,782 1,281 1,286 1,444 Arkansas .........: 1,048 919 1,143 854 670 755 654 Delaware .........: 2,521 1,802 1,379 1,284 1,116 1,143 1,156 Georgia ..........: 3,323 2,721 2,785 2,283 1,934 2,504 2,089 Mississippi ......: 475 460 535 476 450 525 515 Missouri .........: 537 454 438 435 382 357 300 North Carolina ...: 3,346 2,992 2,972 2,489 2,739 2,088 1,752 Texas ............: 802 579 715 595 565 578 663 Virginia .........: 828 619 666 499 372 464 462 : United States ....: 20,005 18,228 19,334 16,131 13,979 14,675 13,614 : number head : Bruises : Alabama ..........: 1,276 1,219 1,306 1,080 1,174 1,521 1,605 Arkansas .........: 564 388 491 422 363 556 536 Delaware .........: 1,472 1,459 1,621 1,700 1,507 1,595 1,762 Georgia ..........: 979 995 1,082 1,094 852 902 934 Mississippi ......: 313 279 382 345 380 532 624 Missouri .........: 256 165 242 172 215 256 176 North Carolina ...: 1,000 817 854 937 861 982 986 Texas ............: 466 338 465 424 459 448 531 Virginia .........: 930 785 902 803 761 902 791 : United States ....: 12,815 12,039 13,079 12,581 11,539 13,326 13,801 : number head : Cadaver : Alabama ..........: 7,897 8,150 8,915 7,315 5,908 6,982 6,517 Arkansas .........: 6,038 5,148 4,469 4,500 3,178 3,986 4,161 Delaware .........: 1,566 1,484 1,714 1,885 1,936 1,605 1,841 Georgia ..........: 15,209 16,347 15,804 14,312 11,825 15,438 16,690 Mississippi ......: 1,879 1,627 1,613 1,569 1,680 1,849 1,702 Missouri .........: 1,039 977 810 663 554 1,150 582 North Carolina ...: 12,717 12,239 11,656 12,286 10,391 10,734 9,560 Texas ............: 1,287 1,093 1,175 1,014 987 876 853 Virginia .........: 584 597 627 674 488 551 480 : United States ....: 64,000 63,419 60,968 58,342 49,262 56,570 55,723 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Alabama ..........: 366 424 334 521 252 4,328 3,770 Arkansas .........: 968 936 667 623 510 10,844 13,666 Delaware .........: 95 52 78 86 65 680 925 Georgia ..........: 206 106 214 73 130 1,916 2,443 Mississippi ......: 60 78 125 95 91 772 1,144 Missouri .........: 49 54 30 44 29 494 879 North Carolina ...: 348 408 392 313 378 3,396 1,583 Texas ............: 33 59 81 74 90 814 952 Virginia .........: 3 13 25 13 7 122 104 : United States ....: 3,797 4,224 3,494 3,737 3,028 46,406 147,567 : number head : Tumors : Alabama ..........: 1,237 1,460 1,382 1,671 1,818 18,065 14,257 Arkansas .........: 712 739 798 907 851 10,050 10,673 Delaware .........: 911 988 935 965 1,116 15,316 27,348 Georgia ..........: 2,156 2,484 2,619 2,588 2,598 30,084 42,014 Mississippi ......: 461 459 503 418 441 5,718 4,998 Missouri .........: 367 395 381 417 371 4,834 5,976 North Carolina ...: 1,580 1,769 1,927 1,790 1,995 27,439 44,106 Texas ............: 557 623 594 534 720 7,525 8,174 Virginia .........: 416 418 417 386 420 5,967 7,481 : United States ....: 12,860 13,912 13,868 13,937 14,940 185,483 247,401 : number head : Bruises : Alabama ..........: 1,559 1,550 1,248 1,117 1,142 15,797 14,309 Arkansas .........: 407 374 366 281 457 5,205 6,220 Delaware .........: 1,749 1,753 1,705 1,490 1,528 19,341 14,615 Georgia ..........: 867 839 737 587 625 10,493 10,166 Mississippi ......: 692 412 353 399 553 5,264 5,994 Missouri .........: 126 114 172 154 169 2,217 3,011 North Carolina ...: 1,144 990 915 817 954 11,257 11,542 Texas ............: 452 519 447 380 360 5,289 5,459 Virginia .........: 852 1,117 937 754 661 10,195 8,244 : United States ....: 13,468 13,888 12,824 11,825 12,626 153,811 139,271 : number head : Cadaver : Alabama ..........: 5,641 5,637 6,237 6,077 6,687 81,963 79,161 Arkansas .........: 4,380 4,605 3,955 3,661 3,739 51,820 55,401 Delaware .........: 1,640 1,463 1,293 1,209 1,213 18,849 19,762 Georgia ..........: 14,159 12,942 13,624 12,214 13,395 171,959 161,977 Mississippi ......: 1,879 1,859 1,872 1,887 2,046 21,462 18,843 Missouri .........: 592 551 553 570 526 8,567 13,409 North Carolina ...: 9,290 9,480 9,139 9,857 9,333 126,682 142,033 Texas ............: 687 756 852 1,474 590 11,644 16,110 Virginia .........: 595 858 560 563 458 7,035 6,362 : United States ....: 51,293 51,198 51,137 50,104 51,149 663,165 677,074 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Alabama ..........: 19,038 16,373 18,105 18,198 15,484 21,541 20,238 Arkansas .........: 6,579 5,892 6,861 7,096 6,631 6,593 6,556 Delaware .........: 5,403 4,464 5,225 5,772 6,056 5,363 6,344 Georgia ..........: 9,749 9,547 10,483 7,349 6,286 8,900 10,417 Mississippi ......: 1,246 1,273 1,455 1,356 1,211 1,424 1,296 Missouri .........: 3,131 2,645 3,417 3,062 3,484 4,074 2,918 North Carolina ...: 5,800 4,850 5,401 5,506 5,507 5,606 6,365 Texas ............: 4,966 4,422 4,858 4,293 3,890 4,051 4,884 Virginia .........: 2,858 2,417 3,419 3,257 2,956 2,801 2,621 : United States ....: 99,724 93,959 100,368 97,669 92,002 100,440 99,998 : number head : Overscald : Alabama ..........: 1,528 1,053 1,305 1,248 991 1,448 1,195 Arkansas .........: 1,246 1,300 899 996 1,337 716 884 Delaware .........: 2,515 2,650 2,732 2,641 2,958 2,304 2,459 Georgia ..........: 3,879 3,078 2,644 2,524 2,996 3,317 2,852 Mississippi ......: 183 345 242 549 507 227 158 Missouri .........: 81 46 96 22 95 117 239 North Carolina ...: 3,004 2,979 2,110 3,426 2,256 3,449 2,552 Texas ............: 1,593 1,339 1,381 851 568 1,284 845 Virginia .........: 748 688 1,180 1,313 631 755 1,341 : United States ....: 23,475 19,571 16,791 20,316 20,295 18,913 18,741 : number head : Miscellaneous 1/ : Alabama ..........: 82,124 64,160 61,242 57,555 55,297 57,319 45,298 Arkansas .........: 35,561 38,938 55,939 46,400 36,049 39,112 42,254 Delaware .........: 22,872 17,872 19,799 14,167 12,293 9,657 11,127 Georgia ..........: 120,514 121,943 133,360 125,936 94,619 70,645 72,932 Mississippi ......: 14,747 14,194 15,492 14,354 13,119 15,349 12,060 Missouri .........: 24,762 25,955 26,862 23,522 25,492 31,443 34,986 North Carolina ...: 81,861 74,973 79,768 68,125 67,762 53,595 39,058 Texas ............: 24,445 21,432 20,956 17,606 20,086 15,613 18,851 Virginia .........: 18,580 13,436 15,151 11,718 13,143 12,805 7,842 : United States ....: 699,709 668,347 712,835 661,833 593,019 569,098 530,430 : number head : Total : Alabama ..........: 262,403 237,017 251,146 217,135 201,555 215,388 199,454 Arkansas .........: 189,557 178,555 209,252 191,328 156,014 181,084 173,355 Delaware .........: 206,323 192,187 215,710 203,964 167,471 147,098 137,558 Georgia ..........: 379,345 395,420 421,557 408,200 314,492 290,647 291,944 Mississippi ......: 60,174 54,478 56,594 52,745 50,641 49,654 43,987 Missouri .........: 114,347 109,899 108,477 93,460 87,438 151,389 91,906 North Carolina ...: 281,761 279,347 308,912 290,125 252,009 211,602 178,231 Texas ............: 140,929 137,515 159,033 119,453 113,428 115,135 127,493 Virginia .........: 95,253 96,379 103,053 73,743 66,476 57,381 51,062 : United States ....:2,683,403 2,590,032 2,762,084 2,544,892 2,193,200 2,251,000 2,031,864 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens, Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Alabama ..........: 20,357 21,343 20,814 18,123 21,372 230,986 186,652 Arkansas .........: 7,074 8,367 7,192 6,581 6,569 81,991 69,387 Delaware .........: 5,540 4,580 4,755 3,830 4,578 61,910 46,191 Georgia ..........: 9,924 15,523 15,586 14,737 16,171 134,672 106,606 Mississippi ......: 1,544 1,544 1,537 1,399 1,531 16,816 18,793 Missouri .........: 2,649 2,776 2,472 3,288 3,885 37,801 45,990 North Carolina ...: 5,982 5,922 5,144 4,310 4,377 64,770 62,303 Texas ............: 4,200 3,915 4,019 4,440 3,855 51,793 62,630 Virginia .........: 3,196 4,092 3,828 3,530 2,510 37,485 29,966 : United States ....: 97,941 110,122 107,884 98,523 102,097 1,200,727 1,139,509 : number head : Overscald : Alabama ..........: 1,214 1,562 1,449 1,821 1,479 16,293 17,975 Arkansas .........: 1,673 1,243 740 1,264 2,208 14,506 13,537 Delaware .........: 2,485 2,726 2,019 2,978 2,699 31,166 19,592 Georgia ..........: 3,455 2,600 2,116 1,870 2,307 33,638 40,449 Mississippi ......: 123 286 215 144 135 3,114 4,648 Missouri .........: 133 136 100 77 65 1,207 1,342 North Carolina ...: 3,236 3,247 3,075 3,387 2,045 34,766 31,673 Texas ............: 694 701 775 860 623 11,514 11,516 Virginia .........: 1,150 1,689 1,252 1,581 1,343 13,671 13,188 : United States ....: 21,321 20,429 17,935 21,302 18,513 237,602 237,339 : number head : Miscellaneous 1/ : Alabama ..........: 43,300 41,666 38,606 45,432 51,782 643,781 732,691 Arkansas .........: 44,453 47,562 62,484 67,647 70,854 587,253 556,615 Delaware .........: 10,876 12,438 13,426 12,885 14,105 171,517 237,048 Georgia ..........: 74,980 71,828 75,867 70,685 61,710 1,095,019 1,160,212 Mississippi ......: 7,372 8,980 11,823 11,105 12,011 150,606 199,449 Missouri .........: 35,521 27,324 25,170 27,885 24,817 333,739 319,057 North Carolina ...: 39,677 42,041 48,134 45,367 46,860 687,221 828,100 Texas ............: 20,295 19,346 17,199 16,942 19,919 232,690 269,373 Virginia .........: 7,808 8,851 7,257 8,299 7,019 131,909 145,762 : United States ....: 525,588 546,961 558,837 546,193 557,549 7,170,399 7,203,855 : number head : Total : Alabama ..........: 182,685 196,625 196,023 198,112 207,836 2,565,379 2,627,817 Arkansas .........: 177,489 184,230 202,977 215,261 214,358 2,273,460 1,986,378 Delaware .........: 124,595 123,600 131,606 157,088 178,322 1,985,522 1,915,381 Georgia ..........: 273,736 266,856 285,235 283,681 284,631 3,895,744 3,565,925 Mississippi ......: 38,311 39,629 44,432 42,219 47,780 580,644 812,126 Missouri .........: 85,658 84,590 79,757 78,125 80,873 1,165,919 1,449,474 North Carolina ...: 176,753 188,722 197,934 177,212 188,123 2,730,731 2,884,220 Texas ............: 118,260 114,355 107,716 106,179 120,772 1,480,268 1,451,524 Virginia .........: 48,070 57,646 58,333 58,286 54,257 819,939 796,006 : United States ....:1,959,411 2,083,437 2,139,913 2,112,971 2,225,638 27,577,845 27,168,229 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes any portion of the carcass affected by an inflammatory process, plant-rejected carcasses, missing viscera, or ascites fluid preventing proper inspection of the carcass. Young Turkeys, Number Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Number slaughtered : Arkansas ...........: 3,122 2,789 3,123 3,074 2,722 3,077 2,841 California .........: 693 612 800 694 726 905 909 Indiana ............: 1,863 1,673 1,825 1,797 1,767 2,050 1,926 Iowa ...............: 963 942 1,172 1,147 1,209 801 758 Minnesota ..........: 3,656 3,234 3,669 4,197 2,894 3,036 3,459 Missouri ...........: 902 837 917 931 839 967 950 North Carolina .....: 1,760 1,540 1,970 1,801 1,744 1,938 1,975 Ohio ...............: 425 396 466 418 432 482 428 Pennsylvania .......: 576 568 669 624 587 679 664 Texas ..............: 646 483 564 525 509 488 482 Virginia ...........: 2,320 1,921 2,269 2,269 2,083 2,290 2,386 : United States ......: 19,404 17,203 19,955 20,035 17,681 18,961 19,175 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Arkansas ...........: 64,858 56,906 63,378 61,692 53,298 61,317 56,566 California .........: 21,885 19,503 23,553 23,269 23,511 27,361 29,093 Indiana ............: 73,811 66,192 72,544 71,513 71,669 80,675 73,846 Iowa ...............: 40,113 40,195 49,784 48,932 47,528 30,103 27,797 Minnesota ..........: 103,228 87,043 96,198 104,560 64,819 69,018 71,487 Missouri ...........: 32,202 29,580 31,616 31,395 30,093 32,878 31,925 North Carolina .....: 65,825 57,678 74,904 68,097 63,744 72,124 71,302 Ohio ...............: 18,674 17,258 20,397 18,727 19,346 20,750 18,179 Pennsylvania .......: 15,736 15,226 17,774 17,397 16,317 18,353 17,956 Texas ..............: 10,473 6,937 8,441 7,427 7,306 6,534 6,061 Virginia ...........: 62,821 53,564 63,939 62,476 56,739 63,003 64,443 : United States ......: 611,542 538,065 622,515 615,904 539,006 568,149 556,171 : pounds : Average live weight : Arkansas ...........: 20.77 20.40 20.29 20.07 19.58 19.93 19.91 California .........: 31.59 31.87 29.43 33.52 32.37 30.22 32.01 Indiana ............: 39.62 39.58 39.75 39.78 40.55 39.35 38.34 Iowa ...............: 41.66 42.66 42.47 42.65 39.30 37.57 36.67 Minnesota ..........: 28.23 26.91 26.22 24.91 22.40 22.73 20.67 Missouri ...........: 35.68 35.36 34.49 33.71 35.86 34.00 33.59 North Carolina .....: 37.40 37.44 38.03 37.81 36.56 37.21 36.10 Ohio ...............: 43.93 43.56 43.74 44.80 44.81 43.01 42.46 Pennsylvania .......: 27.33 26.82 26.55 27.89 27.78 27.04 27.03 Texas ..............: 16.22 14.37 14.98 14.14 14.35 13.39 12.56 Virginia ...........: 27.08 27.89 28.18 27.54 27.24 27.51 27.00 : United States ......: 31.52 31.28 31.20 30.74 30.49 29.96 29.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Young Turkeys, Number Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Number slaughtered : Arkansas ...........: 2,813 2,604 3,475 3,232 2,794 35,666 34,934 California .........: 990 918 1,860 1,580 1,006 11,693 11,741 Indiana ............: 1,928 1,880 1,902 1,632 1,682 21,925 23,073 Iowa ...............: 1,015 913 906 826 967 11,619 7,976 Minnesota ..........: 3,361 3,471 3,662 3,593 2,998 41,230 46,908 Missouri ...........: 906 975 971 861 890 10,946 11,190 North Carolina .....: 1,930 1,990 2,170 1,871 1,789 22,478 22,638 Ohio ...............: 482 457 462 488 439 5,375 5,014 Pennsylvania .......: 656 670 951 944 655 8,243 7,309 Texas ..............: 460 516 573 566 438 6,250 6,057 Virginia ...........: 2,229 2,124 2,521 2,134 2,159 26,705 26,470 : United States ......: 19,096 18,889 22,007 20,063 18,352 230,821 235,189 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Arkansas ...........: 56,400 56,480 74,349 64,424 57,057 726,725 713,891 California .........: 29,124 25,979 48,047 41,846 30,093 343,264 331,156 Indiana ............: 70,960 71,834 71,498 63,063 66,440 854,045 919,385 Iowa ...............: 39,530 35,319 34,753 30,288 37,234 461,576 330,870 Minnesota ..........: 73,448 76,741 88,358 87,081 81,362 1,003,343 1,218,187 Missouri ...........: 28,796 30,995 32,825 28,628 31,315 372,248 377,439 North Carolina .....: 70,336 74,023 80,324 66,231 65,799 830,387 833,440 Ohio ...............: 20,104 18,652 18,890 18,409 17,724 227,110 217,160 Pennsylvania .......: 16,891 17,772 23,334 22,798 16,472 216,026 183,614 Texas ..............: 6,184 7,423 8,690 8,703 7,013 91,192 89,859 Virginia ...........: 59,782 58,461 70,124 57,749 60,692 733,793 699,996 : United States ......: 557,669 561,099 649,866 581,043 571,261 6,972,290 7,150,782 : pounds : Average live weight : Arkansas ...........: 20.05 21.69 21.40 19.93 20.42 20.40 20.40 California .........: 29.42 28.30 25.84 26.48 29.92 29.40 28.20 Indiana ............: 36.80 38.20 37.59 38.65 39.50 39.00 39.80 Iowa ...............: 38.96 38.68 38.36 36.68 38.49 39.70 41.50 Minnesota ..........: 21.86 22.11 24.13 24.24 27.14 24.30 26.00 Missouri ...........: 31.78 31.79 33.80 33.24 35.17 34.00 33.70 North Carolina .....: 36.44 37.20 37.01 35.39 36.78 36.90 36.80 Ohio ...............: 41.75 40.82 40.92 37.68 40.35 42.30 43.30 Pennsylvania .......: 25.76 26.53 24.54 24.15 25.17 26.20 25.10 Texas ..............: 13.45 14.38 15.17 15.39 16.00 14.60 14.80 Virginia ...........: 26.82 27.53 27.82 27.06 28.11 27.50 26.40 : United States ......: 29.20 29.71 29.53 28.96 31.13 30.21 30.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Turkeys, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Arkansas ...........: 54,159 47,772 52,658 51,473 44,763 51,488 47,625 California .........: 17,639 15,633 18,933 18,806 19,096 22,086 23,390 Indiana ............: 59,778 53,594 58,633 57,808 57,762 64,863 59,702 Iowa ...............: 31,413 31,538 39,180 38,602 37,361 23,571 21,785 Minnesota ..........: 81,814 69,173 76,740 83,276 51,778 54,980 57,097 Missouri ...........: 26,067 23,993 25,591 25,479 24,341 26,589 25,829 North Carolina .....: 51,277 45,157 58,696 53,332 49,833 56,593 56,015 Ohio ...............: 14,888 13,778 16,271 14,962 15,443 16,581 14,534 Pennsylvania .......: 12,462 11,964 14,053 13,753 12,938 14,519 14,326 Texas ..............: 8,876 5,896 7,174 6,156 6,195 5,527 5,094 Virginia ...........: 50,712 43,338 51,875 50,734 45,951 51,146 52,231 : United States ......: 489,634 431,503 498,992 493,905 432,442 455,936 446,207 : percent : Carcass and parts : Arkansas ...........: 380 309 335 281 247 278 267 California .........: 163 158 164 143 143 127 172 Indiana ............: 947 875 950 978 973 1,011 1,066 Iowa ...............: 684 583 717 761 603 351 354 Minnesota ..........: 1,446 1,295 1,280 1,372 872 971 975 Missouri ...........: 221 195 242 208 237 226 210 North Carolina .....: 592 614 704 636 649 638 711 Ohio ...............: 318 308 350 341 349 352 296 Pennsylvania .......: 210 220 255 261 222 260 243 Texas ..............: 70 37 54 49 42 34 37 Virginia ...........: 575 535 582 628 512 614 634 : United States ......: 6,879 6,338 6,994 7,155 6,063 6,092 6,326 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Arkansas ...........: 0.70 0.64 0.63 0.54 0.55 0.54 0.56 California .........: 0.91 1.00 0.86 0.75 0.74 0.57 0.73 Indiana ............: 1.56 1.61 1.59 1.66 1.66 1.53 1.75 Iowa ...............: 2.13 1.81 1.80 1.93 1.59 1.47 1.60 Minnesota ..........: 1.74 1.84 1.64 1.62 1.66 1.73 1.68 Missouri ...........: 0.84 0.81 0.94 0.81 0.97 0.84 0.81 North Carolina .....: 1.14 1.34 1.18 1.18 1.28 1.12 1.25 Ohio ...............: 2.09 2.19 2.11 2.23 2.21 2.08 2.00 Pennsylvania .......: 1.66 1.81 1.78 1.86 1.69 1.76 1.67 Texas ..............: 0.78 0.63 0.75 0.78 0.68 0.62 0.72 Virginia ...........: 1.12 1.22 1.11 1.22 1.10 1.19 1.20 : United States ......: 1.39 1.45 1.38 1.43 1.38 1.32 1.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys, Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2015 and 2014 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2015 Total:2014 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Arkansas ...........: 46,945 47,491 62,453 54,419 47,795 609,041 596,552 California .........: 23,389 20,892 38,803 33,691 24,194 276,552 265,316 Indiana ............: 57,358 58,063 57,759 50,819 53,728 689,867 741,833 Iowa ...............: 31,061 27,526 27,371 23,849 29,386 362,643 258,611 Minnesota ..........: 58,646 61,294 70,445 69,506 64,858 799,607 971,568 Missouri ...........: 23,366 25,112 26,617 23,176 25,327 301,487 305,887 North Carolina .....: 55,463 58,118 63,046 51,864 51,608 651,002 652,203 Ohio ...............: 16,061 14,890 15,104 14,712 14,219 181,443 173,527 Pennsylvania .......: 13,385 14,218 18,760 17,981 13,036 171,395 145,922 Texas ..............: 5,315 6,178 7,431 7,522 5,942 77,306 75,842 Virginia ...........: 48,534 47,435 56,954 46,953 49,243 595,106 559,204 : United States ......: 447,301 450,088 522,359 466,917 458,298 5,593,582 5,725,668 : percent : Carcass and parts : Arkansas ...........: 285 298 343 335 311 3,669 3,631 California .........: 192 177 330 232 242 2,243 2,600 Indiana ............: 919 1,038 1,002 923 1,017 11,699 11,834 Iowa ...............: 567 567 441 373 557 6,558 3,608 Minnesota ..........: 1,079 1,122 1,271 1,293 1,277 14,253 18,085 Missouri ...........: 187 190 241 225 246 2,628 2,531 North Carolina .....: 749 735 706 670 669 8,073 6,551 Ohio ...............: 357 339 300 241 278 3,829 3,556 Pennsylvania .......: 211 225 328 397 303 3,135 2,423 Texas ..............: 36 41 44 41 33 518 468 Virginia ...........: 551 592 670 517 551 6,961 6,770 : United States ......: 6,470 6,616 7,144 6,730 7,132 79,939 77,912 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Arkansas ...........: 0.60 0.62 0.55 0.61 0.65 0.60 0.60 California .........: 0.81 0.84 0.84 0.68 0.99 0.80 0.97 Indiana ............: 1.58 1.76 1.71 1.78 1.86 1.67 1.57 Iowa ...............: 1.79 2.02 1.58 1.54 1.86 1.78 1.38 Minnesota ..........: 1.81 1.80 1.77 1.83 1.93 1.75 1.83 Missouri ...........: 0.79 0.75 0.90 0.96 0.96 0.86 0.82 North Carolina .....: 1.33 1.25 1.11 1.27 1.28 1.22 0.99 Ohio ...............: 2.18 2.22 1.95 1.62 1.92 2.07 2.01 Pennsylvania .......: 1.55 1.56 1.72 2.16 2.27 1.80 1.63 Texas ..............: 0.68 0.66 0.59 0.54 0.55 0.67 0.61 Virginia ...........: 1.12 1.23 1.16 1.09 1.11 1.16 1.20 : United States ......: 1.43 1.45 1.35 1.42 1.53 1.41 1.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total chilled and frozen ready-to-cook weight. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates Ante-Mortem Condemnations: Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Average Live Weight: The weight of the whole bird, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Certified Ready-to-Cook: The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Dressing Percent: Usually expressed as a percentage yield of frozen and chilled carcass in relation to the weight of the live bird. Ducks: Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Federally Inspected (FI) Plants: Plants that transport meat interstate must employ federal inspectors to assure compliance with USDA standards. Mature Chickens: Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. Number of Head: Includes post-mortem condemnations. Old Turkeys: Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Plant, Slaughter: An establishment where birds are killed and butchered. Post-Mortem Condemnations: Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Slaughter: Killing and butchering of birds primarily for food. Total Live Weight: The total weight of live birds, before slaughter. Excludes post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens: Commercially grown broilers-fryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. Young Turkeys: Young birds grown to a matured market age, and other turkeys such as fryers/roasters and young breeders. Statistical Methodology Data Sources: Data for poultry slaughter estimates are collected by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected plants. Over 99 percent of the total United States slaughter for any species is under Federal Inspection. The number of head slaughtered daily, by species and class, as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights are obtained by shift for each plant. Approximately 310 plants slaughtered poultry in the United States under Federal Inspection in 2015. Young chickens were slaughtered in 37 States, young turkeys in 30 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 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. 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