United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2159- 7480 Poultry Slaughter 2020 Summary February 2021 Contents Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................................................................................... 4 Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................... 6 Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total.............................. 8 Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total.............................. 10 Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total.......................... 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................................................................................... 18 Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................................................................................... 20 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total............. 22 Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................................................................................... 24 Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................................................................................... 30 Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total........................................................................................... 32 Terms and Definitions Used for Poultry Slaughter Estimates.................................................... 34 Statistical Methodology....................................................................................... 35 Information Contacts.......................................................................................... 35 Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 820,185 716,853 810,822 752,639 732,215 773,413 786,204 Mature ...........: 10,096 9,220 10,379 9,818 9,275 9,958 10,284 Light ..........: 3,126 2,931 3,302 2,518 2,638 3,192 3,029 Heavy ..........: 6,970 6,289 7,077 7,300 6,637 6,766 7,255 Total ............: 830,281 726,073 821,201 762,457 741,490 783,371 796,488 : Turkeys : Young ............: 19,178 17,038 19,286 16,981 16,356 18,983 19,563 Old ..............: 147 105 150 107 127 127 109 Total ............: 19,325 17,143 19,436 17,088 16,483 19,110 19,672 : Ducks ..............: 2,528 2,108 2,401 2,146 1,655 1,442 1,472 : : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............:5,254,130 4,539,919 5,125,752 4,785,456 4,726,000 5,011,992 4,973,291 Mature ...........: 68,349 62,032 70,124 68,489 63,488 67,065 71,022 Light ..........: 10,879 10,374 11,322 8,608 8,971 11,152 10,629 Heavy ..........: 57,470 51,658 58,802 59,881 54,517 55,913 60,393 Total ............:5,322,479 4,601,951 5,195,876 4,853,945 4,789,488 5,079,057 5,044,313 : Turkeys : Young ............: 641,354 556,414 631,105 548,888 531,730 622,960 630,187 Old ..............: 4,482 3,201 4,619 3,325 3,687 3,963 3,225 Total ............: 645,836 559,615 635,724 552,213 535,417 626,923 633,412 : Ducks ..............: 17,830 14,737 16,858 15,056 11,366 9,908 9,936 : Other 1/ ...........: 240 200 253 163 199 262 247 : Total ..............:5,986,385 5,176,503 5,848,711 5,421,377 5,336,470 5,716,150 5,687,908 : : pounds : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.41 6.33 6.32 6.36 6.45 6.48 6.33 Mature ...........: 6.77 6.73 6.76 6.98 6.85 6.73 6.91 Light ..........: 3.48 3.54 3.43 3.42 3.40 3.49 3.51 Heavy ..........: 8.25 8.21 8.31 8.20 8.21 8.26 8.32 Total ............: 6.41 6.34 6.33 6.37 6.46 6.48 6.33 : Turkeys : Young ............: 33.44 32.66 32.72 32.32 32.51 32.82 32.21 Old ..............: 30.49 30.49 30.79 31.07 29.03 31.20 29.59 Total ............: 33.42 32.64 32.71 32.32 32.48 32.81 32.20 : Ducks ..............: 7.05 6.99 7.02 7.02 6.87 6.87 6.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 771,711 790,691 787,752 719,244 768,072 9,229,801 9,224,243 Mature ...........: 9,980 9,852 10,251 8,512 9,234 116,859 115,006 Light ..........: 2,880 2,531 2,794 2,520 2,852 34,313 34,586 Heavy ..........: 7,100 7,321 7,457 5,992 6,382 82,546 80,420 Total ............: 781,691 800,543 798,003 727,756 777,306 9,346,660 9,339,249 : Turkeys : Young ............: 18,670 18,154 20,903 18,717 17,494 221,323 225,915 Old ..............: 143 180 179 132 174 1,680 1,745 Total ............: 18,813 18,334 21,082 18,849 17,668 223,003 227,660 : Ducks ..............: 1,743 1,648 1,703 1,655 1,983 22,484 27,544 : : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............:4,955,096 5,140,953 5,102,660 4,613,671 4,926,732 59,155,652 58,286,997 Mature ...........: 69,030 69,801 71,125 58,293 62,036 800,854 783,664 Light ..........: 10,068 8,718 9,689 8,695 9,696 118,801 119,682 Heavy ..........: 58,962 61,083 61,436 49,598 52,340 682,053 663,982 Total ............:5,024,126 5,210,754 5,173,785 4,671,964 4,988,768 59,956,506 59,070,661 : Turkeys : Young ............: 590,712 587,725 647,572 569,190 584,075 7,141,912 7,236,359 Old ..............: 4,155 5,399 5,415 3,862 5,198 50,531 51,967 Total ............: 594,867 593,124 652,987 573,052 589,273 7,192,443 7,288,326 : Ducks ..............: 12,063 11,427 11,993 11,584 14,013 156,771 193,568 : Other 1/ ...........: 158 520 773 408 171 3,594 4,253 : Total ..............:5,631,214 5,815,825 5,839,538 5,257,008 5,592,225 67,309,314 66,556,808 : : pounds : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.42 6.50 6.48 6.41 6.41 6.41 6.32 Mature ...........: 6.92 7.08 6.94 6.85 6.72 6.85 6.81 Light ..........: 3.50 3.44 3.47 3.45 3.40 3.46 3.46 Heavy ..........: 8.30 8.34 8.24 8.28 8.20 8.26 8.26 Total ............: 6.43 6.51 6.48 6.42 6.42 6.41 6.32 : Turkeys : Young ............: 31.64 32.37 30.98 30.41 33.39 32.27 32.03 Old ..............: 29.06 29.99 30.25 29.26 29.87 30.08 29.78 Total ............: 31.62 32.35 30.97 30.40 33.35 32.25 32.01 : Ducks ..............: 6.92 6.93 7.04 7.00 7.07 6.97 7.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............:3,680,239 3,172,769 3,586,122 3,325,176 3,313,515 3,505,173 3,479,648 Mature ...........: 46,580 41,566 47,137 46,145 43,660 46,529 49,719 Light ..........: 5,463 5,281 5,864 4,423 4,660 5,783 5,388 Heavy ..........: 41,117 36,285 41,273 41,722 39,000 40,746 44,331 Total ............:3,726,819 3,214,335 3,633,259 3,371,321 3,357,175 3,551,702 3,529,367 : Turkeys : Young ............: 313,455 283,888 312,982 280,143 266,119 303,025 311,084 Old ..............: 3,295 2,358 3,315 2,494 2,625 2,960 2,296 Total ............: 316,750 286,246 316,297 282,637 268,744 305,985 313,380 : Ducks ..............: 5,002 3,728 4,278 3,573 3,252 3,125 2,994 : Other 1/ ...........: 147 127 158 98 125 169 152 : Total ..............:4,048,718 3,504,436 3,953,992 3,657,629 3,629,296 3,860,981 3,845,893 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 276,819 245,695 276,027 275,087 246,555 274,825 266,171 Mature ...........: - - - - - - - Light ..........: - - - - - - - Heavy ..........: - - - - - - - Total ............: 276,819 245,695 276,027 275,087 246,555 274,825 266,171 : Turkeys : Young ............: 198,108 160,449 190,627 158,637 158,650 194,649 191,663 Old ..............: 84 41 105 38 80 70 62 Total ............: 198,192 160,490 190,732 158,675 158,730 194,719 191,725 : Ducks ..............: 8,016 6,908 7,987 7,459 5,105 4,130 4,330 : Other 1/ ...........: 11 11 14 13 14 14 12 : Total ..............: 483,038 413,104 474,760 441,234 410,404 473,688 462,238 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............:3,957,058 3,418,464 3,862,149 3,600,263 3,560,070 3,779,998 3,745,819 Mature ...........: 46,580 41,566 47,137 46,145 43,660 46,529 49,719 Light ..........: 5,463 5,281 5,864 4,423 4,660 5,783 5,388 Heavy ..........: 41,117 36,285 41,273 41,722 39,000 40,746 44,331 Total ............:4,003,638 3,460,030 3,909,286 3,646,408 3,603,730 3,826,527 3,795,538 : Turkeys : Young ............: 511,563 444,337 503,609 438,780 424,769 497,674 502,747 Old ..............: 3,379 2,399 3,420 2,532 2,705 3,030 2,358 Total ............: 514,942 446,736 507,029 441,312 427,474 500,704 505,105 : Ducks ..............: 13,018 10,636 12,265 11,032 8,357 7,255 7,324 : Other 1/ ...........: 158 138 172 111 139 183 164 : Total ..............:4,531,756 3,917,540 4,428,752 4,098,863 4,039,700 4,334,669 4,308,131 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............:3,467,608 3,613,542 3,587,770 3,243,027 3,466,522 41,441,111 40,753,882 Mature ...........: 48,120 48,467 48,980 40,000 42,491 549,394 528,442 Light ..........: 5,041 4,480 4,906 4,363 4,896 60,548 61,010 Heavy ..........: 43,079 43,987 44,074 35,637 37,595 488,846 467,432 Total ............:3,515,728 3,662,009 3,636,750 3,283,027 3,509,013 41,990,505 41,282,324 : Turkeys : Young ............: 299,436 278,968 328,092 291,380 292,478 3,561,050 3,665,798 Old ..............: 3,180 4,011 4,115 2,798 3,875 37,322 37,851 Total ............: 302,616 282,979 332,207 294,178 296,353 3,598,372 3,703,649 : Ducks ..............: 3,117 3,232 3,390 3,116 4,064 42,871 54,157 : Other 1/ ...........: 96 85 157 130 111 1,555 1,825 : Total ..............:3,821,557 3,948,305 3,972,504 3,580,451 3,809,541 45,633,303 45,041,955 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 266,272 264,875 261,101 235,086 253,694 3,142,207 3,151,198 Mature ...........: - - - - - - 77 Light ..........: - - - - - - - Heavy ..........: - - - - - - 77 Total ............: 266,272 264,875 261,101 235,086 253,694 3,142,207 3,151,275 : Turkeys : Young ............: 172,241 190,710 190,546 163,711 173,879 2,143,870 2,112,536 Old ..............: 58 65 79 223 59 964 1,380 Total ............: 172,299 190,775 190,625 163,934 173,938 2,144,834 2,113,916 : Ducks ..............: 5,805 5,168 5,380 5,372 6,240 71,900 87,047 : Other 1/ ...........: 10 234 328 135 8 804 953 : Total ..............: 444,386 461,052 457,434 404,527 433,880 5,359,745 5,353,191 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............:3,733,880 3,878,417 3,848,871 3,478,113 3,720,216 44,583,318 43,905,080 Mature ...........: 48,120 48,467 48,980 40,000 42,491 549,394 528,519 Light ..........: 5,041 4,480 4,906 4,363 4,896 60,548 61,010 Heavy ..........: 43,079 43,987 44,074 35,637 37,595 488,846 467,509 Total ............:3,782,000 3,926,884 3,897,851 3,518,113 3,762,707 45,132,712 44,433,599 : Turkeys : Young ............: 471,677 469,678 518,638 455,091 466,357 5,704,920 5,778,334 Old ..............: 3,238 4,076 4,194 3,021 3,934 38,286 39,231 Total ............: 474,915 473,754 522,832 458,112 470,291 5,743,206 5,817,565 : Ducks ..............: 8,922 8,400 8,770 8,488 10,304 114,771 141,204 : Other 1/ ...........: 106 319 485 265 119 2,359 2,778 : Total ..............:4,265,943 4,409,357 4,429,938 3,984,978 4,243,421 50,993,048 50,395,146 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Live weight : Chickens : Young ...........: 11,138 9,415 9,911 9,510 9,197 10,025 10,796 Mature ..........: 597 521 554 619 561 627 694 Light .........: 104 106 82 77 66 131 158 Heavy .........: 493 415 472 542 495 496 536 Total ...........: 11,735 9,936 10,465 10,129 9,758 10,652 11,490 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,874 1,490 1,668 1,298 1,343 1,670 1,957 Old .............: 58 34 40 28 24 31 46 Total ...........: 1,932 1,524 1,708 1,326 1,367 1,701 2,003 : Ducks .............: 84 60 61 69 50 54 61 : Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - - : Total .............: 13,751 11,520 12,234 11,524 11,175 12,407 13,554 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.22 Mature ..........: 0.87 0.84 0.79 0.90 0.88 0.93 0.98 Light .........: 0.96 1.02 0.72 0.89 0.74 1.17 1.49 Heavy .........: 0.86 0.80 0.80 0.91 0.91 0.89 0.89 Total ...........: 0.22 0.22 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.23 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.31 Old .............: 1.29 1.06 0.87 0.84 0.65 0.78 1.43 Total ...........: 0.30 0.27 0.27 0.24 0.26 0.27 0.32 : Ducks .............: 0.47 0.41 0.36 0.46 0.44 0.55 0.61 : Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - - : Total .............: 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Live weight : Chickens : Young ...........: 9,928 9,701 9,712 9,147 10,028 118,508 131,003 Mature ..........: 709 522 560 546 615 7,125 6,919 Light .........: 149 80 80 81 124 1,238 1,390 Heavy .........: 560 442 480 465 491 5,887 5,529 Total ...........: 10,637 10,223 10,272 9,693 10,643 125,633 137,922 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,860 1,603 1,612 1,500 1,674 19,549 19,712 Old .............: 35 25 24 22 54 421 481 Total ...........: 1,895 1,628 1,636 1,522 1,728 19,970 20,193 : Ducks .............: 65 58 54 49 68 733 963 : Other 2/ ..........: - 2 2 1 - 5 13 : Total .............: 12,597 11,911 11,964 11,265 12,439 146,341 159,091 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.22 Mature ..........: 1.03 0.75 0.79 0.94 0.99 0.89 0.88 Light .........: 1.48 0.92 0.83 0.93 1.28 1.04 1.16 Heavy .........: 0.95 0.72 0.78 0.94 0.94 0.86 0.83 Total .............: 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.23 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 0.31 0.27 0.25 0.26 0.29 0.27 0.27 Old .............: 0.84 0.46 0.44 0.57 1.04 0.83 0.93 Total ...........: 0.32 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.29 0.28 0.28 : Ducks .............: 0.54 0.51 0.45 0.42 0.49 0.47 0.50 : Other 2/ ..........: - 0.38 0.26 0.25 - 0.14 0.31 : Total .............: 0.22 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 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: 2020 and 2019 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ...........: 24,996 21,744 23,977 20,718 22,782 20,785 19,473 Mature ..........: 1,411 1,347 1,555 1,339 1,551 1,659 2,499 Light .........: 480 457 477 364 357 456 396 Heavy .........: 931 890 1,078 975 1,194 1,203 2,103 Total ...........: 26,407 23,091 25,532 22,057 24,333 22,444 21,972 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 7,238 6,269 6,923 6,090 5,649 6,433 6,326 Old .............: 174 112 176 127 155 112 109 Total ...........: 7,412 6,381 7,099 6,217 5,804 6,545 6,435 : Ducks .............: 367 338 297 294 197 209 173 : Other 2/ ..........: 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 : Total .............: 34,188 29,812 32,931 28,570 30,336 29,200 28,582 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.57 0.64 0.55 0.52 Mature ..........: 2.94 3.14 3.19 2.82 3.43 3.44 4.79 Light .........: 8.08 7.96 7.52 7.60 7.12 7.31 6.85 Heavy .........: 2.21 2.39 2.55 2.28 2.97 2.87 4.53 Total ...........: 0.66 0.66 0.65 0.60 0.67 0.58 0.58 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1.40 1.39 1.36 1.37 1.31 1.28 1.24 Old .............: 4.90 4.46 4.89 4.78 5.42 3.56 4.42 Total ...........: 1.42 1.41 1.38 1.39 1.34 1.29 1.26 : Ducks .............: 2.74 3.08 2.36 2.60 2.30 2.80 2.31 : Other 2/ ..........: 1.25 1.43 1.71 1.77 1.42 1.08 1.20 : Total .............: 0.75 0.76 0.74 0.69 0.75 0.67 0.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ...........: 21,056 20,405 20,271 17,660 18,883 252,750 285,265 Mature ..........: 2,253 1,845 2,231 1,650 1,619 20,959 19,541 Light .........: 396 361 424 397 441 5,006 4,710 Heavy .........: 1,857 1,484 1,807 1,253 1,178 15,953 14,831 Total ...........: 23,309 22,250 22,502 19,310 20,502 273,709 304,806 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 6,196 5,754 6,282 5,845 5,949 74,954 83,022 Old .............: 109 138 124 85 122 1,543 1,762 Total ...........: 6,305 5,892 6,406 5,930 6,071 76,497 84,784 : Ducks .............: 165 170 164 148 172 2,694 3,595 : Other 2/ ..........: 2 7 10 3 2 39 37 : Total .............: 29,781 28,319 29,082 25,391 26,747 352,939 393,222 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.56 0.52 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.56 0.65 Mature ..........: 4.47 3.67 4.36 3.96 3.67 3.67 3.57 Light .........: 7.28 7.46 7.95 8.34 8.26 7.64 7.17 Heavy .........: 4.13 3.26 3.94 3.40 3.04 3.16 3.07 Total ...........: 0.61 0.56 0.57 0.55 0.54 0.60 0.68 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1.30 1.21 1.20 1.27 1.26 1.30 1.42 Old .............: 3.26 3.27 2.87 2.74 3.01 3.87 4.30 Total ...........: 1.31 1.23 1.21 1.28 1.27 1.31 1.44 : Ducks .............: 1.82 1.98 1.84 1.71 1.64 2.29 2.48 : Other 2/ ..........: 1.85 2.15 2.02 1.12 1.65 1.63 1.31 : Total .............: 0.69 0.64 0.65 0.63 0.63 0.69 0.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Pounds condemned as a percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. 2/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ......: 1,718 1,314 1,814 1,373 1,411 982 899 Mature .....: 94 82 105 66 37 67 34 Light ....: 63 46 45 42 19 14 10 Heavy ....: 31 36 60 24 18 53 24 Total ......: 1,812 1,396 1,919 1,439 1,448 1,049 933 : Turkeys : Young ......: 14 15 14 25 10 15 10 Old ........: 8 1 12 6 4 3 2 Total ......: 22 16 26 31 14 18 12 : : number head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young ......: 635,715 612,341 638,032 604,078 596,083 572,797 543,825 Mature .....: 87,898 84,323 92,520 76,450 72,667 68,846 66,870 Light ....: 62,630 59,155 66,974 51,265 47,621 44,502 43,280 Heavy ....: 25,268 25,168 25,546 25,185 25,046 24,344 23,590 Total ......: 723,613 696,664 730,552 680,528 668,750 641,643 610,695 : Turkeys : Young ......: 16,347 11,714 13,805 14,407 11,031 10,596 11,062 Old ........: 899 704 975 883 859 616 517 Total ......: 17,246 12,418 14,780 15,290 11,890 11,212 11,579 : : number head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young ......: 418,833 430,701 461,913 360,447 324,395 237,796 216,611 Mature .....: 10,379 9,445 8,391 8,418 8,485 10,214 12,335 Light ....: 5,424 5,587 5,217 5,947 6,533 6,870 7,818 Heavy ....: 4,955 3,858 3,174 2,471 1,952 3,344 4,517 Total ......: 429,212 440,146 470,304 368,865 332,880 248,010 228,946 : Turkeys : Young ......: 2,308 2,115 2,611 2,674 1,434 1,529 2,126 Old ........: 638 182 529 247 439 149 189 Total ......: 2,946 2,297 3,140 2,921 1,873 1,678 2,315 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young ......: - - - - - - - Mature .....: - - - - - - - Light ....: - - - - - - - Heavy ....: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : Turkeys : Young ......: - - - - - - - Old ........: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : : number head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young ......: 904 953 904 800 967 14,039 21,369 Mature .....: 30 63 55 27 19 679 1,530 Light ....: 11 16 24 4 1 295 964 Heavy ....: 19 47 31 23 18 384 566 Total ......: 934 1,016 959 827 986 14,718 22,899 : Turkeys : Young ......: 28 42 14 30 45 262 565 Old ........: 7 6 8 8 8 73 60 Total ......: 35 48 22 38 53 335 625 : : number head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young ......: 527,939 525,550 508,784 520,850 503,612 6,789,606 7,658,727 Mature .....: 64,886 68,756 80,020 87,815 90,128 941,179 1,058,211 Light ....: 40,089 45,271 54,047 63,954 67,101 645,889 651,091 Heavy ....: 24,797 23,485 25,973 23,861 23,027 295,290 407,120 Total ......: 592,825 594,306 588,804 608,665 593,740 7,730,785 8,716,938 : Turkeys : Young ......: 11,156 9,426 14,608 12,449 12,068 148,669 215,591 Old ........: 756 627 602 438 753 8,629 12,302 Total ......: 11,912 10,053 15,210 12,887 12,821 157,298 227,893 : : number head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young ......: 188,553 199,022 200,120 210,381 232,295 3,481,067 4,559,826 Mature .....: 11,474 13,174 15,353 14,607 13,609 135,884 111,334 Light ....: 7,067 8,114 8,742 8,427 7,725 83,471 40,512 Heavy ....: 4,407 5,060 6,611 6,180 5,884 52,413 70,822 Total ......: 200,027 212,196 215,473 224,988 245,904 3,616,951 4,671,160 : Turkeys : Young ......: 1,707 1,883 2,743 2,090 1,354 24,574 31,602 Old ........: 246 363 200 209 283 3,674 4,890 Total ......: 1,953 2,246 2,943 2,299 1,637 28,248 36,492 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young ......: 1,624 1,665 1,408 1,534 1,474 1,203 1,169 Mature .....: 156 267 129 129 59 116 101 Light ....: 104 210 64 65 17 80 47 Heavy ....: 52 57 65 64 42 36 54 Total ......: 1,780 1,932 1,537 1,663 1,533 1,319 1,270 : Turkeys : Young ......: 99 53 123 93 191 105 161 Old ........: 7 12 6 - - - 13 Total ......: 106 65 129 93 191 105 174 : : number head : Tumors : Chickens : Young ......: 17,813 15,107 15,509 13,632 12,568 12,232 11,527 Mature .....: 29,339 35,563 32,597 22,238 20,165 26,271 23,542 Light ....: 12,343 16,474 14,510 9,711 7,603 11,467 9,377 Heavy ....: 16,996 19,089 18,087 12,527 12,562 14,804 14,165 Total ......: 47,152 50,670 48,106 35,870 32,733 38,503 35,069 : Turkeys : Young ......: 96 30 88 112 40 32 87 Old ........: 199 44 198 127 206 104 167 Total ......: 295 74 286 239 246 136 254 : : number head : Bruises : Chickens : Young ......: 9,217 8,006 8,429 7,517 7,030 6,739 6,487 Mature .....: 1,621 1,113 1,172 1,508 836 1,053 1,478 Light ....: 1,407 875 946 1,450 722 954 1,313 Heavy ....: 214 238 226 58 114 99 165 Total ......: 10,838 9,119 9,601 9,025 7,866 7,792 7,965 : Turkeys : Young ......: 120 78 84 85 55 111 70 Old ........: 11 16 22 6 10 14 12 Total ......: 131 94 106 91 65 125 82 : : number head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young ......: 42,867 40,007 38,744 36,543 35,285 36,162 35,121 Mature .....: 498 628 312 222 247 278 230 Light ....: 328 478 153 104 51 143 86 Heavy ....: 170 150 159 118 196 135 144 Total ......: 43,365 40,635 39,056 36,765 35,532 36,440 35,351 : Turkeys : Young ......: 816 709 803 946 383 219 490 Old ........: 24 16 25 23 55 38 25 Total ......: 840 725 828 969 438 257 515 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young ......: 1,743 1,188 1,105 1,393 1,359 16,865 21,324 Mature .....: 56 110 165 272 117 1,677 3,291 Light ....: 14 47 56 81 63 848 1,587 Heavy ....: 42 63 109 191 54 829 1,704 Total ......: 1,799 1,298 1,270 1,665 1,476 18,542 24,615 : Turkeys : Young ......: 58 140 240 289 48 1,600 2,343 Old ........: 12 19 6 3 7 85 7 Total ......: 70 159 246 292 55 1,685 2,350 : : number head : Tumors : Chickens : Young ......: 11,294 11,370 11,645 10,995 12,324 156,016 213,266 Mature .....: 25,050 23,057 31,131 28,648 30,967 328,568 363,497 Light ....: 10,351 10,737 14,622 12,167 15,885 145,247 170,308 Heavy ....: 14,699 12,320 16,509 16,481 15,082 183,321 193,189 Total ......: 36,344 34,427 42,776 39,643 43,291 484,584 576,763 : Turkeys : Young ......: 102 32 33 54 36 742 908 Old ........: 131 78 132 83 176 1,645 1,576 Total ......: 233 110 165 137 212 2,387 2,484 : : number head : Bruises : Chickens : Young ......: 6,565 6,542 6,232 5,996 6,373 85,133 114,750 Mature .....: 966 1,437 1,223 1,274 1,526 15,207 21,973 Light ....: 872 1,191 756 879 1,237 12,602 19,158 Heavy ....: 94 246 467 395 289 2,605 2,815 Total ......: 7,531 7,979 7,455 7,270 7,899 100,340 136,723 : Turkeys : Young ......: 62 77 146 155 99 1,142 1,260 Old ........: 11 11 10 7 16 146 128 Total ......: 73 88 156 162 115 1,288 1,388 : : number head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young ......: 34,816 33,390 34,025 33,180 34,826 434,966 518,150 Mature .....: 269 246 227 415 278 3,850 8,273 Light ....: 117 89 105 271 161 2,086 3,321 Heavy ....: 152 157 122 144 117 1,764 4,952 Total ......: 35,085 33,636 34,252 33,595 35,104 438,816 526,423 : Turkeys : Young ......: 426 188 290 253 317 5,840 6,834 Old ........: 49 14 23 11 51 354 195 Total ......: 475 202 313 264 368 6,194 7,029 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Chickens : Young ........: 115,849 114,095 122,546 121,596 109,303 111,566 108,610 Mature .......: 26,627 25,159 27,323 17,194 27,240 23,315 25,156 Light ......: 23,894 22,125 24,086 15,218 24,956 20,792 22,330 Heavy ......: 2,733 3,034 3,237 1,976 2,284 2,523 2,826 Total ........: 142,476 139,254 149,869 138,790 136,543 134,881 133,766 : Turkeys : Young ........: 623 663 579 597 580 607 598 Old ..........: 40 36 98 108 169 63 28 Total ........: 663 699 677 705 749 670 626 : : number head : Overscald : Chickens : Young ........: 35,903 30,862 30,766 28,069 29,565 29,690 32,320 Mature .......: 274 257 562 221 241 820 478 Light ......: 28 40 22 4 6 5 16 Heavy ......: 246 217 540 217 235 815 462 Total ........: 36,177 31,119 31,328 28,290 29,806 30,510 32,798 : Turkeys : Young ........: 94 122 141 85 169 91 112 Old ..........: 7 37 22 24 35 46 21 Total ........: 101 159 163 109 204 137 133 : : number head : Miscellaneous 1/: Chickens : Young ........: 648,865 596,261 620,879 560,876 592,099 558,302 542,945 Mature .......: 66,200 60,286 67,132 48,420 53,859 70,604 59,048 Light ......: 41,074 36,959 42,351 26,533 33,333 47,488 37,425 Heavy ......: 25,126 23,327 24,781 21,887 20,526 23,116 21,623 Total ........: 715,065 656,547 688,011 609,296 645,958 628,906 601,993 : Turkeys : Young ........: 9,715 7,197 5,725 5,108 12,288 8,706 9,564 Old ..........: 449 538 617 529 403 158 240 Total ........: 10,164 7,735 6,342 5,637 12,691 8,864 9,804 : : number head : Total : Chickens : Young ........:1,928,404 1,850,359 1,940,040 1,735,665 1,709,213 1,567,469 1,499,514 Mature .......: 223,086 217,123 230,243 174,866 183,836 201,584 189,272 Light ......: 147,295 141,949 154,368 110,339 120,861 132,315 121,702 Heavy ......: 75,791 75,174 75,875 64,527 62,975 69,269 67,570 Total ........:2,151,490 2,067,482 2,170,283 1,910,531 1,893,049 1,769,053 1,688,786 : Turkeys : Young ........: 30,232 22,696 23,973 24,132 26,181 22,011 24,280 Old ..........: 2,282 1,586 2,504 1,953 2,180 1,191 1,214 Total ........: 32,514 24,282 26,477 26,085 28,361 23,202 25,494 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Chickens : Young ........: 113,267 117,700 115,817 109,081 101,092 1,360,522 1,243,012 Mature .......: 22,488 24,077 31,356 29,530 33,528 312,993 244,124 Light ......: 19,826 21,180 27,729 26,077 30,676 278,889 195,678 Heavy ......: 2,662 2,897 3,627 3,453 2,852 34,104 48,446 Total ........: 135,755 141,777 147,173 138,611 134,620 1,673,515 1,487,136 : Turkeys : Young ........: 710 699 1,024 1,252 607 8,539 9,677 Old ..........: 13 46 25 12 112 750 919 Total ........: 723 745 1,049 1,264 719 9,289 10,596 : : number head : Overscald : Chickens : Young ........: 38,602 32,063 26,724 22,283 26,757 363,604 403,945 Mature .......: 310 1,177 585 266 227 5,418 8,103 Light ......: 61 8 8 7 19 224 1,419 Heavy ......: 249 1,169 577 259 208 5,194 6,684 Total ........: 38,912 33,240 27,309 22,549 26,984 369,022 412,048 : Turkeys : Young ........: 154 82 247 128 109 1,534 3,185 Old ..........: 38 25 15 3 2 275 185 Total ........: 192 107 262 131 111 1,809 3,370 : : number head : Miscellaneous 1/: Chickens : Young ........: 582,385 572,350 592,141 624,316 597,663 7,089,082 8,079,357 Mature .......: 59,240 49,963 56,053 64,345 63,818 718,968 791,473 Light ......: 36,703 26,210 34,661 42,805 39,318 444,860 425,332 Heavy ......: 22,537 23,753 21,392 21,540 24,500 274,108 366,141 Total ........: 641,625 622,313 648,194 688,661 661,481 7,808,050 8,870,830 : Turkeys : Young ........: 11,585 8,219 9,463 8,267 8,245 104,082 164,020 Old ..........: 771 1,255 584 641 933 7,118 8,289 Total ........: 12,356 9,474 10,047 8,908 9,178 111,200 172,309 : : number head : Total : Chickens : Young ........:1,506,068 1,500,128 1,497,497 1,539,275 1,517,268 19,790,900 22,833,726 Mature .......: 184,769 182,060 216,168 227,199 234,217 2,464,423 2,611,809 Light ......: 115,111 112,863 140,750 154,672 162,186 1,614,411 1,509,370 Heavy ......: 69,658 69,197 75,418 72,527 72,031 850,012 1,102,439 Total ........:1,690,837 1,682,188 1,713,665 1,766,474 1,751,485 22,255,323 25,445,535 : Turkeys : Young ........: 25,988 20,788 28,808 24,967 22,928 296,984 435,985 Old ..........: 2,034 2,444 1,605 1,415 2,341 22,749 28,551 Total ........: 28,022 23,232 30,413 26,382 25,269 319,733 464,536 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Alabama ............: 102,800 91,933 103,567 97,167 93,560 96,703 98,737 Arkansas ...........: 87,399 77,292 87,482 83,142 76,675 82,037 82,950 California .........: 24,201 20,586 24,815 24,692 23,090 23,571 24,441 Delaware ...........: 34,527 29,097 33,308 22,295 29,451 32,672 30,893 Georgia ............: 112,208 95,667 111,372 103,723 103,635 108,003 110,562 Indiana ............: 6,825 5,859 6,458 6,507 5,491 6,230 6,431 Kentucky ...........: 24,838 21,866 24,888 23,505 23,166 24,264 22,731 Louisiana ..........: 16,795 14,521 16,219 14,658 13,853 14,409 14,150 Maryland ...........: 12,194 10,719 12,042 10,127 11,481 11,422 11,127 Mississippi ........: 62,941 56,194 63,073 59,582 55,425 57,413 58,156 : Missouri ...........: 37,851 33,149 36,712 35,380 33,296 35,008 36,637 New York ...........: 2,514 2,225 2,600 2,026 2,386 2,257 2,223 North Carolina .....: 81,893 69,545 77,427 72,538 72,029 79,677 77,498 Oklahoma ...........: 12,684 11,183 12,390 10,697 10,339 10,737 10,539 Pennsylvania .......: 11,592 10,122 11,397 9,698 10,280 11,332 10,866 South Carolina .....: 26,013 22,483 25,879 23,757 22,068 22,777 23,692 Tennessee ..........: 27,663 24,588 27,054 25,688 25,844 25,113 26,372 Texas ..............: 62,669 55,118 60,365 55,743 53,519 58,941 61,726 Virginia ...........: 27,579 25,084 27,480 25,866 23,297 24,974 27,356 : United States ......: 820,185 716,853 810,822 752,639 732,215 773,413 786,204 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Alabama ............: 563,734 507,891 572,747 540,504 521,520 530,012 530,195 Arkansas ...........: 618,377 535,219 606,007 579,327 540,844 578,877 575,208 California .........: 149,402 123,551 149,722 146,536 136,843 139,244 145,341 Delaware ...........: 251,749 220,896 251,610 175,540 228,203 255,513 234,827 Georgia ............: 677,464 581,798 672,263 632,913 635,845 666,495 662,087 Indiana ............: 31,416 26,576 29,590 29,631 26,066 28,598 29,243 Kentucky ...........: 161,023 139,128 159,963 153,945 151,336 158,456 148,283 Louisiana ..........: 110,602 94,167 106,414 96,927 92,202 96,040 94,831 Maryland ...........: 80,707 68,791 76,982 64,919 74,985 72,334 71,686 Mississippi ........: 401,165 353,339 397,843 376,810 354,103 368,150 359,546 : Missouri ...........: 191,619 164,534 182,659 182,138 169,511 177,884 186,813 New York ...........: 12,595 10,618 12,130 9,938 11,623 10,719 10,386 North Carolina .....: 667,495 560,093 626,280 588,364 594,048 660,297 623,079 Oklahoma ...........: 92,597 79,534 88,412 78,886 77,955 83,308 76,037 Pennsylvania .......: 65,796 56,230 64,951 55,664 59,156 65,150 60,995 South Carolina .....: 204,314 173,453 195,132 177,600 172,508 180,666 181,329 Tennessee ..........: 150,999 129,993 141,398 139,344 142,858 138,002 142,985 Texas ..............: 415,349 351,921 383,810 352,460 355,915 398,842 412,066 Virginia ...........: 172,478 153,385 166,035 158,360 147,875 159,099 166,464 : United States ......:5,254,130 4,539,919 5,125,752 4,785,456 4,726,000 5,011,992 4,973,291 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Alabama ............: 95,688 99,502 100,980 92,700 96,112 1,169,449 1,137,655 Arkansas ...........: 83,628 84,595 85,716 77,661 82,726 991,303 1,013,076 California .........: 23,585 21,245 21,703 21,038 21,557 274,524 257,323 Delaware ...........: 26,761 28,012 29,422 24,497 28,393 349,328 392,012 Georgia ............: 107,414 110,664 108,989 99,836 105,856 1,277,929 1,290,651 Indiana ............: 6,146 6,528 6,410 5,471 6,217 74,573 74,560 Kentucky ...........: 23,569 24,864 24,639 21,678 23,862 283,870 287,423 Louisiana ..........: 13,459 15,500 14,934 14,336 14,687 177,521 195,357 Maryland ...........: 10,992 11,663 11,229 10,378 10,964 134,338 134,022 Mississippi ........: 59,292 59,181 57,667 55,135 58,813 702,872 729,365 : Missouri ...........: 35,714 35,294 35,380 31,292 35,346 421,059 445,107 New York ...........: 2,402 2,479 2,228 2,224 2,352 27,916 27,899 North Carolina .....: 75,936 78,864 79,513 71,737 76,174 912,831 883,744 Oklahoma ...........: 10,082 11,159 10,673 10,077 10,066 130,626 144,023 Pennsylvania .......: 11,172 11,199 11,069 10,232 10,751 129,710 121,163 South Carolina .....: 25,011 24,492 25,231 22,843 24,211 288,457 294,272 Tennessee ..........: 26,639 26,922 26,985 23,720 26,008 312,596 307,417 Texas ..............: 60,036 61,354 61,501 55,067 58,837 704,876 685,458 Virginia ...........: 26,791 28,399 27,307 24,680 27,025 315,838 322,600 : United States ......: 771,711 790,691 787,752 719,244 768,072 9,229,801 9,224,243 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Alabama ............: 530,784 559,144 558,790 505,287 523,626 6,444,234 6,285,479 Arkansas ...........: 589,770 599,375 607,906 553,350 591,344 6,975,604 6,831,027 California .........: 142,866 130,739 129,405 126,854 128,272 1,648,775 1,594,646 Delaware ...........: 206,058 218,946 234,459 198,254 223,488 2,699,543 2,828,459 Georgia ............: 650,918 686,218 679,723 591,307 649,684 7,786,715 7,855,952 Indiana ............: 28,696 30,573 29,786 24,701 28,793 343,669 338,057 Kentucky ...........: 155,677 165,077 160,792 137,347 151,947 1,842,974 1,840,830 Louisiana ..........: 93,386 106,520 103,994 100,987 101,144 1,197,214 1,232,448 Maryland ...........: 71,328 77,026 75,168 68,481 71,314 873,721 833,928 Mississippi ........: 371,296 378,989 371,538 351,324 371,025 4,455,128 4,589,067 : Missouri ...........: 182,731 179,122 177,331 155,495 178,798 2,128,635 2,237,230 New York ...........: 11,730 12,424 11,181 10,959 11,498 135,801 136,979 North Carolina .....: 624,136 653,617 660,860 599,716 625,492 7,483,477 7,146,388 Oklahoma ...........: 73,636 81,755 74,981 68,455 72,197 947,753 1,028,386 Pennsylvania .......: 63,552 64,901 62,846 58,388 60,975 738,604 680,550 South Carolina .....: 188,646 189,643 197,435 177,205 187,542 2,225,473 2,216,532 Tennessee ..........: 149,800 152,078 148,859 129,828 144,709 1,710,853 1,645,990 Texas ..............: 402,007 413,608 406,851 374,793 389,110 4,656,732 4,483,387 Virginia ...........: 165,819 179,198 167,780 149,535 167,730 1,953,758 1,994,977 : United States ......:4,955,096 5,140,953 5,102,660 4,613,671 4,926,732 59,155,652 58,286,997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ............: 5.48 5.52 5.53 5.56 5.57 5.48 5.37 Arkansas ...........: 7.08 6.92 6.93 6.97 7.05 7.06 6.93 California .........: 6.17 6.00 6.03 5.93 5.93 5.91 5.95 Delaware ...........: 7.29 7.59 7.55 7.87 7.75 7.82 7.60 Georgia ............: 6.04 6.08 6.04 6.10 6.14 6.17 5.99 Indiana ............: 4.60 4.54 4.58 4.55 4.75 4.59 4.55 Kentucky ...........: 6.48 6.36 6.43 6.55 6.53 6.53 6.52 Louisiana ..........: 6.59 6.49 6.56 6.61 6.66 6.67 6.70 Maryland ...........: 6.62 6.42 6.39 6.41 6.53 6.33 6.44 Mississippi ........: 6.37 6.29 6.31 6.32 6.39 6.41 6.18 : Missouri ...........: 5.06 4.96 4.98 5.15 5.09 5.08 5.10 New York ...........: 5.01 4.77 4.67 4.91 4.87 4.75 4.67 North Carolina .....: 8.15 8.05 8.09 8.11 8.25 8.29 8.04 Oklahoma ...........: 7.30 7.11 7.14 7.37 7.54 7.76 7.21 Pennsylvania .......: 5.68 5.56 5.70 5.74 5.75 5.75 5.61 South Carolina .....: 7.85 7.71 7.54 7.48 7.82 7.93 7.65 Tennessee ..........: 5.46 5.29 5.23 5.42 5.53 5.50 5.42 Texas ..............: 6.63 6.38 6.36 6.32 6.65 6.77 6.68 Virginia ...........: 6.25 6.11 6.04 6.12 6.35 6.37 6.09 : United States ......: 6.41 6.33 6.32 6.36 6.45 6.48 6.33 : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Alabama ............: 428,955 386,784 435,980 411,994 397,593 403,980 404,902 Arkansas ...........: 462,578 403,136 458,175 434,226 406,965 437,689 432,865 California .........: 111,989 92,908 112,056 109,819 102,619 104,371 109,545 Delaware ...........: 194,153 170,902 193,948 135,667 175,585 196,846 181,372 Georgia ............: 510,772 437,383 503,955 474,722 478,440 502,885 498,015 Indiana ............: 22,927 19,345 21,572 21,623 18,932 20,882 21,317 Kentucky ...........: 121,019 105,409 121,066 116,409 114,101 119,531 111,835 Louisiana ..........: 83,544 71,281 80,304 73,309 70,377 73,027 71,964 Maryland ...........: 60,440 51,435 57,440 48,223 55,697 54,359 53,774 Mississippi ........: 302,385 262,140 299,705 281,209 262,460 271,936 267,120 : Missouri ...........: 141,146 120,925 133,974 133,864 124,390 130,638 137,115 New York ...........: 7,737 6,396 7,356 5,933 7,043 6,496 6,351 North Carolina .....: 513,745 431,150 480,828 453,496 458,020 509,587 478,475 Oklahoma ...........: 69,186 59,460 66,043 58,836 58,170 62,302 56,805 Pennsylvania .......: 44,675 38,231 44,469 37,673 40,047 44,624 42,026 South Carolina .....: 153,903 130,658 147,177 133,960 129,849 136,004 136,525 Tennessee ..........: 111,438 95,646 104,106 102,957 105,705 101,621 105,552 Texas ..............: 316,871 269,432 294,798 269,747 274,004 305,637 313,944 Virginia ...........: 124,857 111,122 120,060 114,446 107,504 116,375 122,338 : United States ......:3,957,058 3,418,464 3,862,149 3,600,263 3,560,070 3,779,998 3,745,819 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Average live weight : Alabama ............: 5.55 5.62 5.53 5.45 5.45 5.50 5.50 Arkansas ...........: 7.05 7.09 7.09 7.13 7.15 7.00 6.70 California .........: 6.06 6.15 5.96 6.03 5.95 6.00 6.20 Delaware ...........: 7.70 7.82 7.97 8.09 7.87 7.70 7.20 Georgia ............: 6.06 6.20 6.24 5.92 6.14 6.10 6.10 Indiana ............: 4.67 4.68 4.65 4.51 4.63 4.60 4.50 Kentucky ...........: 6.61 6.64 6.53 6.34 6.37 6.50 6.40 Louisiana ..........: 6.94 6.87 6.96 7.04 6.89 6.70 6.30 Maryland ...........: 6.49 6.60 6.69 6.60 6.50 6.50 6.20 Mississippi ........: 6.26 6.40 6.44 6.37 6.31 6.30 6.30 : Missouri ...........: 5.12 5.08 5.01 4.97 5.06 5.10 5.00 New York ...........: 4.88 5.01 5.02 4.93 4.89 4.90 4.90 North Carolina .....: 8.22 8.29 8.31 8.36 8.21 8.20 8.10 Oklahoma ...........: 7.30 7.33 7.03 6.79 7.17 7.30 7.10 Pennsylvania .......: 5.69 5.80 5.68 5.71 5.67 5.70 5.60 South Carolina .....: 7.54 7.74 7.83 7.76 7.75 7.70 7.50 Tennessee ..........: 5.62 5.65 5.52 5.47 5.56 5.50 5.40 Texas ..............: 6.70 6.74 6.62 6.81 6.61 6.60 6.50 Virginia ...........: 6.19 6.31 6.14 6.06 6.21 6.20 6.20 : United States ......: 6.42 6.50 6.48 6.41 6.41 6.41 6.32 : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Alabama ............: 403,693 426,024 425,999 384,957 399,664 4,910,525 4,800,486 Arkansas ...........: 441,871 450,028 457,645 415,583 444,825 5,245,586 5,132,571 California .........: 107,313 98,304 97,536 95,248 96,462 1,238,170 1,191,373 Delaware ...........: 158,726 169,741 180,919 154,355 172,532 2,084,746 2,180,601 Georgia ............: 493,001 516,690 508,654 448,608 490,960 5,864,085 5,919,472 Indiana ............: 20,939 22,280 21,755 18,000 20,946 250,518 246,720 Kentucky ...........: 117,739 124,910 121,799 103,878 115,292 1,392,988 1,393,796 Louisiana ..........: 70,725 80,465 78,607 76,279 76,728 906,610 928,847 Maryland ...........: 53,430 57,732 56,594 51,364 53,350 653,838 620,269 Mississippi ........: 275,700 283,837 277,659 261,898 278,855 3,324,904 3,487,356 : Missouri ...........: 134,326 131,799 130,184 114,361 131,533 1,564,255 1,642,674 New York ...........: 7,149 7,505 6,821 6,641 6,939 82,367 83,528 North Carolina .....: 480,942 502,892 510,316 462,798 481,541 5,763,790 5,489,500 Oklahoma ...........: 55,031 61,246 56,293 51,271 54,193 708,836 772,017 Pennsylvania .......: 43,675 44,721 43,235 40,236 42,104 505,716 463,695 South Carolina .....: 141,812 142,837 148,393 133,338 141,287 1,675,743 1,670,605 Tennessee ..........: 110,827 112,203 109,689 96,020 107,089 1,262,853 1,210,386 Texas ..............: 306,754 318,242 311,079 280,260 297,177 3,557,945 3,396,274 Virginia ...........: 123,076 132,818 125,099 111,384 124,793 1,433,872 1,433,346 : United States ......:3,733,880 3,878,417 3,848,871 3,478,113 3,720,216 44,583,318 43,905,080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total chilled and frozen ready-to-cook weight. Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ............: 2,192 1,930 2,030 1,851 1,854 1,752 1,899 Arkansas ...........: 2,070 1,848 2,120 1,699 1,542 2,337 1,813 California .........: 1,404 910 1,115 1,148 1,071 995 786 Delaware ...........: 1,261 1,238 1,435 958 1,093 994 752 Georgia ............: 3,784 3,648 4,116 3,565 3,416 3,300 3,388 Indiana ............: 108 128 146 152 128 137 113 Kentucky ...........: 598 538 581 645 599 590 617 Louisiana ..........: 314 301 319 291 312 272 305 Maryland ...........: 422 419 503 451 377 266 257 Mississippi ........: 1,891 1,581 1,601 1,317 1,185 1,163 1,110 : Missouri ...........: 519 380 473 427 419 406 442 New York ...........: 167 134 120 98 115 106 77 North Carolina .....: 2,443 1,801 1,949 1,947 4,350 2,038 1,840 Oklahoma ...........: 182 191 227 253 223 260 226 Pennsylvania .......: 1,287 1,157 1,250 832 1,087 821 771 South Carolina .....: 1,080 927 1,107 912 782 770 744 Tennessee ..........: 760 702 674 809 874 732 591 Texas ..............: 2,365 1,952 2,081 1,663 1,669 1,811 1,812 Virginia ...........: 593 487 647 457 450 395 488 : United States ......: 24,996 21,744 23,977 20,718 22,782 20,785 19,473 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/ : Alabama ............: 0.51 0.50 0.46 0.45 0.46 0.43 0.47 Arkansas ...........: 0.45 0.46 0.46 0.39 0.38 0.53 0.42 California .........: 1.24 0.97 0.99 1.03 1.03 0.94 0.71 Delaware ...........: 0.65 0.72 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.50 0.41 Georgia ............: 0.74 0.83 0.81 0.75 0.71 0.65 0.68 Indiana ............: 0.47 0.66 0.67 0.70 0.67 0.65 0.53 Kentucky ...........: 0.49 0.51 0.48 0.55 0.52 0.49 0.55 Louisiana ..........: 0.37 0.42 0.40 0.40 0.44 0.37 0.42 Maryland ...........: 0.69 0.81 0.87 0.93 0.67 0.49 0.48 Mississippi ........: 0.62 0.60 0.53 0.47 0.45 0.43 0.41 : Missouri ...........: 0.37 0.31 0.35 0.32 0.34 0.31 0.32 New York ...........: 2.11 2.05 1.61 1.62 1.61 1.60 1.20 North Carolina .....: 0.47 0.42 0.40 0.43 0.94 0.40 0.38 Oklahoma ...........: 0.26 0.32 0.34 0.43 0.38 0.42 0.40 Pennsylvania .......: 2.80 2.94 2.73 2.16 2.64 1.81 1.80 South Carolina .....: 0.70 0.70 0.75 0.68 0.60 0.56 0.54 Tennessee ..........: 0.68 0.73 0.64 0.78 0.82 0.72 0.56 Texas ..............: 0.74 0.72 0.70 0.61 0.61 0.59 0.57 Virginia ...........: 0.47 0.44 0.54 0.40 0.42 0.34 0.40 : United States ......: 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.57 0.64 0.55 0.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Alabama ............: 1,982 2,042 2,038 1,609 1,704 22,883 26,694 Arkansas ...........: 1,870 1,872 1,828 1,579 1,702 22,280 24,318 California .........: 923 653 562 659 701 10,927 15,151 Delaware ...........: 583 618 856 621 802 11,211 16,081 Georgia ............: 4,629 3,885 3,559 3,153 3,263 43,706 42,073 Indiana ............: 100 84 68 81 131 1,376 1,253 Kentucky ...........: 743 584 568 557 568 7,188 11,909 Louisiana ..........: 295 342 355 311 307 3,724 3,777 Maryland ...........: 264 281 270 235 290 4,035 4,588 Mississippi ........: 1,123 1,174 1,068 1,063 1,191 15,467 21,454 : Missouri ...........: 415 365 367 314 368 4,895 7,052 New York ...........: 77 96 75 109 104 1,278 2,598 North Carolina .....: 1,920 1,925 1,912 1,693 1,855 25,673 26,441 Oklahoma ...........: 175 217 244 239 277 2,714 2,879 Pennsylvania .......: 910 953 944 843 877 11,732 11,633 South Carolina .....: 875 756 839 719 791 10,302 12,110 Tennessee ..........: 559 565 613 574 579 8,032 8,029 Texas ..............: 1,857 1,888 2,142 1,543 1,564 22,347 22,441 Virginia ...........: 440 529 429 328 327 5,570 5,995 : United States ......: 21,056 20,405 20,271 17,660 18,883 252,750 285,265 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/ : Alabama ............: 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.42 0.42 0.46 0.55 Arkansas ...........: 0.42 0.41 0.40 0.38 0.38 0.42 0.47 California .........: 0.85 0.66 0.57 0.69 0.72 0.87 1.26 Delaware ...........: 0.37 0.36 0.47 0.40 0.46 0.53 0.73 Georgia ............: 0.93 0.75 0.69 0.70 0.66 0.74 0.71 Indiana ............: 0.47 0.38 0.31 0.45 0.62 0.55 0.51 Kentucky ...........: 0.63 0.47 0.46 0.53 0.49 0.51 0.85 Louisiana ..........: 0.42 0.42 0.45 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.40 Maryland ...........: 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.46 0.54 0.61 0.73 Mississippi ........: 0.41 0.41 0.38 0.40 0.43 0.46 0.61 : Missouri ...........: 0.31 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.31 0.43 New York ...........: 1.07 1.26 1.09 1.61 1.47 1.53 3.02 North Carolina .....: 0.40 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.38 0.44 0.48 Oklahoma ...........: 0.32 0.35 0.43 0.46 0.51 0.38 0.37 Pennsylvania .......: 2.04 2.09 2.14 2.05 2.04 2.27 2.45 South Carolina .....: 0.61 0.53 0.56 0.54 0.56 0.61 0.72 Tennessee ..........: 0.50 0.50 0.56 0.59 0.54 0.63 0.66 Texas ..............: 0.60 0.59 0.68 0.55 0.52 0.62 0.66 Virginia ...........: 0.36 0.40 0.34 0.29 0.26 0.39 0.42 : United States ......: 0.56 0.52 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.56 0.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations. Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ......: - - - - - - - North Carolina ...: - - - - - - - Texas ............: - - - - - - - Virginia .........: - - - - - - - : United States ....: - - - - - - - : number head : Leukosis : Alabama ..........: 168 106 122 163 143 70 40 Arkansas .........: 35 35 37 37 37 36 36 Delaware .........: 480 316 703 214 466 173 83 Georgia ..........: 8 2 1 8 33 42 3 Mississippi ......: 49 50 138 35 35 35 35 North Carolina ...: 153 160 83 68 68 68 68 Texas ............: 109 109 106 117 119 109 103 Virginia .........: 25 58 74 36 38 62 88 : United States ....: 1,718 1,314 1,814 1,373 1,411 982 899 : number head : Septicaemia : Alabama ..........: 40,189 38,893 38,185 41,456 40,557 31,327 29,016 Arkansas .........: 31,773 32,047 32,648 31,150 31,159 30,950 30,986 Delaware .........: 48,109 42,046 49,381 34,433 35,615 31,359 29,335 Georgia ..........: 62,017 60,552 58,754 56,765 55,249 54,858 50,896 Mississippi ......: 18,839 19,357 19,912 12,144 9,147 9,771 9,771 North Carolina ...: 54,852 48,987 51,001 52,808 50,130 47,676 44,471 Texas ............: 59,678 56,889 60,234 55,233 55,292 56,428 55,861 Virginia .........: 19,141 16,078 17,785 16,893 18,702 21,244 20,227 : United States ....: 635,715 612,341 638,032 604,078 596,083 572,797 543,825 : number head : Airsacculitis : Alabama ..........: 39,814 34,978 35,606 30,217 28,573 26,751 26,148 Arkansas .........: 7,920 8,190 8,636 6,651 6,861 6,652 6,749 Delaware .........: 45,189 43,951 54,869 30,137 19,974 15,026 12,902 Georgia ..........: 94,613 107,657 109,663 72,563 52,308 41,254 47,630 Mississippi ......: 12,870 12,128 13,613 7,472 4,959 5,276 5,276 North Carolina ...: 18,953 14,665 16,827 15,342 14,309 12,966 11,711 Texas ............: 22,878 20,643 22,836 17,541 16,830 16,483 15,531 Virginia .........: 20,987 18,568 24,361 20,309 15,971 13,771 11,439 : United States ....: 418,833 430,701 461,913 360,447 324,395 237,796 216,611 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Alabama ..........: - - - - - - - Arkansas .........: - - - - - - - Delaware .........: - - - - - - - Georgia ..........: - - - - - - - Mississippi ......: - - - - - - - North Carolina ...: - - - - - - - Texas ............: - - - - - - - Virginia .........: - - - - - - - : United States ....: - - - - - - - : number head : Leukosis : Alabama ..........: 47 61 60 51 81 1,112 2,450 Arkansas .........: 36 36 36 36 36 433 520 Delaware .........: 140 118 112 58 88 2,951 4,733 Georgia ..........: 4 12 5 4 13 135 348 Mississippi ......: 35 35 35 35 35 552 931 North Carolina ...: 68 68 68 68 68 1,008 1,049 Texas ............: 98 104 110 101 98 1,283 1,312 Virginia .........: 97 116 18 21 10 643 465 : United States ....: 904 953 904 800 967 14,039 21,369 : number head : Septicaemia : Alabama ..........: 27,859 31,778 30,577 29,415 29,269 408,521 512,532 Arkansas .........: 30,955 30,933 31,041 31,061 31,068 375,771 576,663 Delaware .........: 23,512 24,660 20,722 13,334 15,702 368,208 556,927 Georgia ..........: 49,440 49,440 48,698 49,943 53,986 650,598 728,444 Mississippi ......: 9,771 9,771 9,209 13,560 9,771 151,023 185,555 North Carolina ...: 42,031 41,381 41,381 41,385 41,380 557,483 614,850 Texas ............: 56,670 56,129 55,379 55,394 57,864 681,051 678,818 Virginia .........: 18,235 19,880 17,539 15,526 15,657 216,907 220,885 : United States ....: 527,939 525,550 508,784 520,850 503,612 6,789,606 7,658,727 : number head : Airsacculitis : Alabama ..........: 24,242 26,165 26,790 26,419 26,787 352,490 374,750 Arkansas .........: 6,692 6,679 6,736 6,647 6,662 85,075 209,553 Delaware .........: 10,888 11,372 9,888 8,768 9,402 272,366 543,011 Georgia ..........: 36,879 41,318 43,165 45,699 51,171 743,920 1,238,505 Mississippi ......: 5,276 5,276 5,276 5,276 5,276 87,974 106,315 North Carolina ...: 11,204 10,573 10,574 10,573 10,573 158,270 206,725 Texas ............: 15,570 15,765 16,266 17,651 18,358 216,352 208,810 Virginia .........: 9,669 9,714 7,004 8,012 9,150 168,955 196,330 : United States ....: 188,553 199,022 200,120 210,381 232,295 3,481,067 4,559,826 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ..........: 145 168 126 198 157 95 79 Arkansas .........: 83 71 71 97 81 78 93 Delaware .........: 58 50 68 27 60 37 30 Georgia ..........: 183 141 104 47 155 51 83 Mississippi ......: 75 130 136 148 10 10 10 North Carolina ...: 39 42 42 47 67 47 47 Texas ............: 145 125 131 313 111 195 214 Virginia .........: 10 8 2 2 13 6 2 : United States ....: 1,624 1,665 1,408 1,534 1,474 1,203 1,169 : number head : Tumors : Alabama ..........: 1,295 1,317 1,298 1,151 1,187 1,146 1,128 Arkansas .........: 988 987 1,057 1,004 1,002 1,004 1,005 Delaware .........: 707 594 628 358 283 272 263 Georgia ..........: 2,133 1,889 2,156 1,812 1,691 1,739 1,709 Mississippi ......: 870 731 789 572 560 572 572 North Carolina ...: 1,239 1,242 1,075 1,121 1,111 1,099 1,055 Texas ............: 1,175 997 1,043 888 839 809 753 Virginia .........: 392 305 354 274 213 190 177 : United States ....: 17,813 15,107 15,509 13,632 12,568 12,232 11,527 : number head : Bruises : Alabama ..........: 802 600 645 607 640 553 524 Arkansas .........: 157 164 168 166 165 162 165 Delaware .........: 804 759 791 699 622 582 671 Georgia ..........: 588 486 719 738 605 788 652 Mississippi ......: 792 871 944 724 433 433 433 North Carolina ...: 430 394 420 415 428 413 394 Texas ............: 406 362 380 369 348 358 331 Virginia .........: 451 436 578 431 589 551 602 : United States ....: 9,217 8,006 8,429 7,517 7,030 6,739 6,487 : number head : Cadaver : Alabama ..........: 4,627 4,333 4,125 4,209 3,891 3,720 2,993 Arkansas .........: 2,404 2,326 2,882 2,799 2,797 2,794 2,795 Delaware .........: 1,611 1,410 1,863 1,197 1,390 1,177 1,823 Georgia ..........: 9,906 8,942 9,035 8,719 9,122 9,378 8,774 Mississippi ......: 4,429 4,232 3,699 2,202 1,761 1,888 1,888 North Carolina ...: 5,874 5,234 5,316 5,466 4,475 5,336 4,777 Texas ............: 365 303 308 295 299 292 310 Virginia .........: 579 601 619 629 793 715 815 : United States ....: 42,867 40,007 38,744 36,543 35,285 36,162 35,121 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Alabama ..........: 77 74 103 121 86 1,429 1,576 Arkansas .........: 92 99 100 97 95 1,057 1,174 Delaware .........: 30 71 45 22 27 525 724 Georgia ..........: 93 94 54 96 139 1,240 1,682 Mississippi ......: 10 10 10 10 10 569 1,345 North Carolina ...: 47 47 47 47 47 566 699 Texas ............: 115 133 99 100 118 1,799 1,793 Virginia .........: 1 6 2 18 8 78 76 : United States ....: 1,743 1,188 1,105 1,393 1,359 16,865 21,324 : number head : Tumors : Alabama ..........: 1,019 1,170 1,190 1,121 1,202 14,224 19,119 Arkansas .........: 1,001 1,005 1,004 1,002 1,005 12,064 13,034 Delaware .........: 258 266 247 177 181 4,234 7,409 Georgia ..........: 1,599 1,596 1,559 1,324 1,639 20,846 25,798 Mississippi ......: 572 572 572 572 572 7,526 9,869 North Carolina ...: 988 903 903 903 903 12,542 14,812 Texas ............: 743 793 878 878 1,017 10,813 12,160 Virginia .........: 193 209 163 135 160 2,765 5,233 : United States ....: 11,294 11,370 11,645 10,995 12,324 156,016 213,266 : number head : Bruises : Alabama ..........: 463 508 523 514 496 6,875 7,153 Arkansas .........: 163 169 167 173 179 1,998 2,459 Delaware .........: 750 765 545 342 385 7,715 8,471 Georgia ..........: 768 557 611 621 654 7,787 7,302 Mississippi ......: 433 433 433 433 433 6,795 9,753 North Carolina ...: 391 359 359 359 359 4,721 5,118 Texas ............: 408 338 314 306 323 4,243 5,461 Virginia .........: 613 691 443 469 499 6,353 6,480 : United States ....: 6,565 6,542 6,232 5,996 6,373 85,133 114,750 : number head : Cadaver : Alabama ..........: 2,571 3,136 3,074 3,150 3,029 42,858 46,471 Arkansas .........: 2,794 2,794 2,798 2,795 2,794 32,772 43,463 Delaware .........: 1,902 1,507 1,337 654 737 16,608 23,979 Georgia ..........: 9,064 8,638 9,020 8,573 9,350 108,521 137,830 Mississippi ......: 1,888 1,888 1,888 1,888 1,888 29,539 35,693 North Carolina ...: 4,038 3,640 3,190 3,640 3,640 54,626 52,466 Texas ............: 316 335 338 315 362 3,838 3,691 Virginia .........: 817 839 539 489 529 7,964 8,193 : United States ....: 34,816 33,390 34,025 33,180 34,826 434,966 518,150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ..........: 15,789 14,802 14,346 13,796 14,247 13,140 11,847 Arkansas .........: 4,569 4,466 6,218 3,263 3,254 3,257 3,278 Delaware .........: 5,237 5,522 6,293 2,601 3,109 3,066 2,866 Georgia ..........: 39,512 39,326 41,644 52,148 44,312 48,788 49,205 Mississippi ......: 1,950 1,554 1,699 911 745 790 787 North Carolina ...: 2,816 2,396 2,929 2,501 2,231 2,420 2,654 Texas ............: 4,668 4,542 3,863 3,773 3,809 3,583 3,512 Virginia .........: 1,876 1,795 2,007 1,745 1,826 2,019 2,190 : United States ....: 115,849 114,095 122,546 121,596 109,303 111,566 108,610 : number head : Overscald : Alabama ..........: 534 527 560 504 871 439 399 Arkansas .........: 1,791 1,781 1,793 1,791 1,790 1,795 1,803 Delaware .........: 2,519 3,850 4,266 1,896 3,156 3,054 3,307 Georgia ..........: 3,352 3,530 5,505 3,998 6,503 8,122 9,070 Mississippi ......: 706 518 885 618 1,014 1,015 1,015 North Carolina ...: 2,177 2,151 2,831 2,078 1,998 2,020 2,985 Texas ............: 682 675 441 750 752 861 767 Virginia .........: 549 465 381 414 1,388 433 480 : United States ....: 35,903 30,862 30,766 28,069 29,565 29,690 32,320 : number head : Miscellaneous 1/ : Alabama ..........: 27,842 24,905 32,055 23,902 27,919 28,728 29,700 Arkansas .........: 89,492 87,435 86,650 81,510 81,453 81,328 81,312 Delaware .........: 12,506 10,349 11,697 7,571 17,424 6,605 6,380 Georgia ..........: 100,657 91,083 105,793 110,149 115,274 91,630 79,979 Mississippi ......: 14,678 16,807 14,376 9,285 8,858 9,317 9,317 North Carolina ...: 40,560 29,377 32,614 27,280 23,778 23,615 24,918 Texas ............: 17,911 18,115 17,849 16,748 17,107 17,487 17,408 Virginia .........: 17,881 19,620 20,289 11,256 12,072 10,426 12,204 : United States ....: 648,865 596,261 620,879 560,876 592,099 558,302 542,945 : number head : Total : Alabama ..........: 131,205 120,629 127,068 116,203 118,185 105,969 101,874 Arkansas .........: 139,212 137,502 140,160 128,468 128,599 128,056 128,222 Delaware .........: 117,220 108,847 130,559 79,133 82,099 61,351 57,660 Georgia ..........: 312,969 313,608 333,374 306,947 285,252 256,650 248,001 Mississippi ......: 55,258 56,378 56,191 34,111 27,522 29,107 29,104 North Carolina ...: 127,093 104,648 113,138 107,126 98,595 95,660 93,080 Texas ............: 108,017 102,760 107,191 96,027 95,506 96,605 94,790 Virginia .........: 61,891 57,934 66,450 51,989 51,605 49,417 48,224 : United States ....:1,928,404 1,850,359 1,940,040 1,735,665 1,709,213 1,567,469 1,499,514 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Alabama ..........: 11,784 13,005 12,409 11,962 10,637 157,764 189,298 Arkansas .........: 3,330 3,346 3,356 3,305 3,284 44,926 60,653 Delaware .........: 2,887 2,725 3,295 1,839 2,288 41,728 51,077 Georgia ..........: 54,441 54,458 56,209 50,931 42,002 572,976 334,673 Mississippi ......: 790 790 790 790 790 12,386 22,676 North Carolina ...: 2,261 2,123 2,123 2,123 2,123 28,700 34,334 Texas ............: 3,917 3,587 3,567 3,662 4,392 46,875 46,832 Virginia .........: 2,200 2,363 1,846 1,582 1,723 23,172 22,888 : United States ....: 113,267 117,700 115,817 109,081 101,092 1,360,522 1,243,012 : number head : Overscald : Alabama ..........: 300 421 426 377 400 5,758 13,424 Arkansas .........: 1,809 1,841 1,871 1,790 1,791 21,646 22,405 Delaware .........: 3,483 2,236 1,713 1,184 1,521 32,185 37,274 Georgia ..........: 13,873 12,719 6,081 4,167 7,906 84,826 58,436 Mississippi ......: 1,015 1,015 1,015 1,015 1,015 10,846 6,312 North Carolina ...: 2,078 1,986 1,986 1,986 1,986 26,262 32,092 Texas ............: 583 552 662 505 1,031 8,261 9,340 Virginia .........: 1,132 453 378 328 630 7,031 7,287 : United States ....: 38,602 32,063 26,724 22,283 26,757 363,604 403,945 : number head : Miscellaneous 1/ : Alabama ..........: 39,278 27,920 38,447 30,745 37,913 369,354 408,503 Arkansas .........: 81,313 81,316 81,379 81,317 81,285 995,790 1,316,798 Delaware .........: 5,289 6,120 21,911 4,731 11,416 121,999 121,615 Georgia ..........: 114,204 105,233 94,570 157,392 89,665 1,255,629 1,010,483 Mississippi ......: 9,317 9,317 9,317 9,317 9,317 129,223 134,565 North Carolina ...: 22,522 19,711 19,711 19,713 19,711 303,510 431,495 Texas ............: 18,151 18,371 18,082 18,254 19,071 214,554 189,685 Virginia .........: 11,235 12,517 13,193 9,471 10,793 160,957 154,756 : United States ....: 582,385 572,350 592,141 624,316 597,663 7,089,082 8,079,357 : number head : Total : Alabama ..........: 107,640 104,238 113,599 103,875 109,900 1,360,385 1,575,276 Arkansas .........: 128,185 128,218 128,488 128,223 128,199 1,571,532 2,246,722 Delaware .........: 49,139 49,840 59,815 31,109 41,747 868,519 1,355,220 Georgia ..........: 280,365 274,065 259,972 318,750 256,525 3,446,478 3,543,501 Mississippi ......: 29,107 29,107 28,545 32,896 29,107 436,433 513,014 North Carolina ...: 85,628 80,791 80,342 80,797 80,790 1,147,688 1,393,640 Texas ............: 96,571 96,107 95,695 97,166 102,634 1,189,069 1,157,902 Virginia .........: 44,192 46,788 41,125 36,051 39,159 594,825 622,593 : United States ....:1,506,068 1,500,128 1,497,497 1,539,275 1,517,268 19,790,900 22,833,726 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Arkansas ...........: 2,888 2,861 3,172 3,016 2,891 2,758 2,984 Illinois ...........: (Z) (Z) - (Z) 1 1 (Z) Indiana ............: 2,073 1,821 2,121 1,884 1,768 2,066 2,057 Minnesota ..........: 3,618 2,963 3,421 3,000 2,495 3,696 4,086 Missouri ...........: 927 856 970 898 867 907 905 Ohio ...............: 555 497 584 606 430 560 548 Pennsylvania .......: 473 451 518 291 523 602 647 Vermont ............: 1 - - - - (Z) 3 : United States ......: 19,178 17,038 19,286 16,981 16,356 18,983 19,563 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Arkansas ...........: 54,272 52,615 60,826 56,869 54,024 50,226 57,798 Illinois ...........: 6 5 - 2 19 23 12 Indiana ............: 87,566 75,779 87,068 77,207 73,728 84,897 83,899 Minnesota ..........: 102,923 86,320 97,248 83,365 67,162 102,511 113,458 Missouri ...........: 31,961 28,830 31,810 29,771 30,530 29,768 30,774 Ohio ...............: 27,107 24,562 28,618 28,819 21,094 26,702 25,445 Pennsylvania .......: 13,536 12,979 15,426 9,041 16,117 18,853 19,277 Vermont ............: 32 - - - - 5 97 : United States ......: 641,354 556,414 631,105 548,888 531,730 622,960 630,187 : pounds : Average live weight : Arkansas ...........: 18.79 18.39 19.18 18.86 18.69 18.21 19.37 Illinois ...........: 31.74 31.37 - 28.77 30.44 27.03 31.69 Indiana ............: 42.24 41.62 41.05 40.98 41.70 41.09 40.78 Minnesota ..........: 28.44 29.13 28.43 27.79 26.91 27.74 27.77 Missouri ...........: 34.47 33.67 32.78 33.14 35.21 32.81 34.01 Ohio ...............: 48.86 49.44 48.98 47.54 49.08 47.65 46.41 Pennsylvania .......: 28.62 28.77 29.79 31.06 30.83 31.29 29.81 Vermont ............: 33.54 - - - - 32.89 32.24 : United States ......: 33.44 32.66 32.72 32.32 32.51 32.82 32.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Arkansas ...........: 2,978 2,496 3,657 3,330 2,810 35,841 33,999 Illinois ...........: 1 1 10 50 2 66 88 Indiana ............: 1,915 1,945 1,982 1,766 1,861 23,259 23,023 Minnesota ..........: 4,029 3,709 3,911 3,859 3,330 42,117 41,256 Missouri ...........: 944 841 955 693 873 10,636 10,223 Ohio ...............: 554 554 576 591 518 6,573 6,436 Pennsylvania .......: 611 808 1,035 755 604 7,318 8,219 Vermont ............: 2 1 8 42 7 64 58 : United States ......: 18,670 18,154 20,903 18,717 17,494 221,323 225,915 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Arkansas ...........: 57,529 50,523 73,193 64,806 56,717 689,398 653,031 Illinois ...........: 38 40 231 1,247 68 1,691 2,166 Indiana ............: 77,287 77,541 76,461 68,482 75,580 945,495 924,846 Minnesota ..........: 110,310 98,438 99,678 93,694 92,246 1,147,353 1,137,949 Missouri ...........: 31,701 29,922 32,868 24,592 31,655 364,182 364,898 Ohio ...............: 25,457 25,759 27,256 26,050 25,208 312,077 299,165 Pennsylvania .......: 17,957 21,375 25,072 20,254 18,874 208,761 225,451 Vermont ............: 63 18 254 1,042 243 1,754 1,622 : United States ......: 590,712 587,725 647,572 569,190 584,075 7,141,912 7,236,359 : pounds : Average live weight : Arkansas ...........: 19.32 20.24 20.02 19.46 20.18 19.20 19.20 Illinois ...........: 31.70 31.79 24.22 25.03 33.08 25.60 24.60 Indiana ............: 40.35 39.86 38.58 38.77 40.62 40.70 40.20 Minnesota ..........: 27.38 26.54 25.49 24.28 27.70 27.20 27.60 Missouri ...........: 33.59 35.57 34.41 35.47 36.25 34.20 35.70 Ohio ...............: 45.99 46.47 47.28 44.05 48.67 47.50 46.50 Pennsylvania .......: 29.41 26.44 24.22 26.82 31.24 28.50 27.40 Vermont ............: 31.70 32.38 29.95 24.71 33.82 27.40 28.00 : United States ......: 31.64 32.37 30.98 30.41 33.39 32.27 32.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 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 ...........: 45,203 43,872 50,664 47,374 45,018 41,871 48,150 Illinois ...........: 4 3 - 2 14 17 9 Indiana ............: 70,596 61,078 70,057 62,241 59,257 68,383 67,448 Minnesota ..........: 82,448 69,139 77,955 66,573 53,777 82,132 90,792 Missouri ...........: 25,686 23,173 25,526 23,843 24,693 24,132 24,908 Ohio ...............: 21,677 19,635 22,881 22,999 16,865 21,348 20,296 Pennsylvania .......: 10,570 10,066 12,021 7,112 12,802 14,959 15,063 Vermont ............: 25 - - - - 4 77 : United States ......: 511,563 444,337 503,609 438,780 424,769 497,674 502,747 : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Arkansas ...........: 398 360 397 384 348 360 382 Illinois ...........: - - - - - - - Indiana ............: 1,017 844 913 810 642 838 845 Minnesota ..........: 1,112 922 991 973 814 1,121 1,197 Missouri ...........: 204 174 218 215 175 203 178 Ohio ...............: 299 234 371 379 265 319 307 Pennsylvania .......: 405 437 522 273 404 310 246 Vermont ............: - - - - - - - : United States ......: 7,238 6,269 6,923 6,090 5,649 6,433 6,326 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Arkansas ...........: 0.87 0.81 0.78 0.80 0.77 0.85 0.79 Illinois ...........: - - - - - - - Indiana ............: 1.42 1.36 1.29 1.28 1.07 1.21 1.24 Minnesota ..........: 1.33 1.32 1.26 1.44 1.49 1.35 1.30 Missouri ...........: 0.79 0.74 0.85 0.90 0.70 0.84 0.71 Ohio ...............: 1.36 1.18 1.59 1.62 1.55 1.47 1.49 Pennsylvania .......: 3.69 4.16 4.16 3.70 3.06 2.03 1.61 Vermont ............: - - - - - - - : United States ......: 1.40 1.39 1.36 1.37 1.31 1.28 1.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2020 and 2019 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2020 Total:2019 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Arkansas ...........: 47,844 41,986 61,007 54,070 47,168 574,227 543,776 Illinois ...........: 30 32 183 1,002 54 1,350 1,732 Indiana ............: 62,200 62,530 61,605 55,163 60,787 761,345 748,821 Minnesota ..........: 88,205 78,765 79,952 74,907 73,758 918,403 910,628 Missouri ...........: 25,694 24,066 26,543 19,982 25,699 293,945 294,682 Ohio ...............: 20,341 20,598 21,693 20,470 20,094 248,897 238,820 Pennsylvania .......: 14,100 16,953 20,173 16,137 15,127 165,083 177,711 Vermont ............: 50 14 206 847 194 1,417 1,310 : United States ......: 471,677 469,678 518,638 455,091 466,357 5,704,920 5,778,334 : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Arkansas ...........: 397 385 476 436 418 4,741 4,525 Illinois ...........: - - 2 11 - 13 51 Indiana ............: 779 702 799 714 766 9,669 12,051 Minnesota ..........: 1,134 927 1,072 1,112 893 12,268 12,552 Missouri ...........: 209 190 247 206 241 2,460 1,979 Ohio ...............: 306 266 271 242 246 3,505 3,701 Pennsylvania .......: 290 314 356 329 278 4,164 5,742 Vermont ............: - - 1 6 - 7 10 : United States ......: 6,196 5,754 6,282 5,845 5,949 74,954 83,022 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Arkansas ...........: 0.82 0.91 0.77 0.80 0.88 0.82 0.83 Illinois ...........: - - 1.20 1.09 - 0.95 2.86 Indiana ............: 1.24 1.11 1.28 1.28 1.24 1.25 1.58 Minnesota ..........: 1.27 1.16 1.32 1.46 1.20 1.32 1.36 Missouri ...........: 0.81 0.78 0.92 1.02 0.93 0.83 0.67 Ohio ...............: 1.48 1.27 1.23 1.17 1.21 1.39 1.53 Pennsylvania .......: 2.01 1.82 1.73 2.00 1.81 2.46 3.13 Vermont ............: - - 0.53 0.74 - 0.49 0.76 : United States ......: 1.30 1.21 1.20 1.27 1.26 1.30 1.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 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 370 plants slaughtered poultry in the United States under Federal Inspection in 2019. Young chickens were slaughtered in 38 States, young turkeys in 33 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 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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