United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2159- 7480 Poultry Slaughter 2019 Summary February 2020 Contents Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total........................................................................................... 4 Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total........................... 6 Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total.............................. 8 Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total.............................. 10 Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total.......................... 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total........................................................................................... 18 Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total........................................................................................... 20 Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total............. 22 Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total........................................................................................... 24 Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total........................................................................................... 30 Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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: 2019 and 2018 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 788,098 697,844 730,928 758,442 803,160 740,052 814,443 Mature ...........: 10,360 8,708 9,403 9,649 10,114 9,555 9,068 Light ..........: 3,392 2,576 3,068 3,159 3,068 2,608 2,889 Heavy ..........: 6,968 6,132 6,335 6,490 7,046 6,947 6,179 Total ............: 798,458 706,552 740,331 768,091 813,274 749,607 823,511 : Turkeys : Young ............: 19,369 17,346 17,978 18,311 18,901 18,466 19,296 Old ..............: 116 130 50 125 201 116 188 Total ............: 19,485 17,476 18,028 18,436 19,102 18,582 19,484 : Ducks ..............: 2,445 2,304 2,204 2,314 2,235 2,183 2,283 : : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............:4,929,047 4,331,433 4,529,234 4,769,674 5,080,062 4,677,554 5,147,407 Mature ...........: 69,023 58,810 62,903 63,857 68,864 66,411 61,151 Light ..........: 11,882 8,616 10,543 10,851 10,499 9,243 9,868 Heavy ..........: 57,141 50,194 52,360 53,006 58,365 57,168 51,283 Total ............:4,998,070 4,390,243 4,592,137 4,833,531 5,148,926 4,743,965 5,208,558 : Turkeys : Young ............: 637,240 570,119 596,483 601,863 611,261 590,855 610,283 Old ..............: 3,555 3,771 1,455 3,821 5,903 3,388 5,668 Total ............: 640,795 573,890 597,938 605,684 617,164 594,243 615,951 : Ducks ..............: 17,376 16,337 15,708 16,335 15,637 15,188 15,561 : Other 1/ ...........: 201 147 170 193 226 279 310 : Total ..............:5,656,442 4,980,617 5,205,953 5,455,743 5,781,953 5,353,675 5,840,380 : : pounds : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.25 6.21 6.20 6.29 6.33 6.32 6.32 Mature ...........: 6.66 6.75 6.69 6.62 6.81 6.95 6.74 Light ..........: 3.50 3.34 3.44 3.43 3.42 3.54 3.42 Heavy ..........: 8.20 8.19 8.27 8.17 8.28 8.23 8.30 Total ............: 6.26 6.21 6.20 6.29 6.33 6.33 6.32 : Turkeys : Young ............: 32.90 32.87 33.18 32.87 32.34 32.00 31.63 Old ..............: 30.65 29.01 29.10 30.57 29.37 29.21 30.15 Total ............: 32.89 32.84 33.17 32.85 32.31 31.98 31.61 : Ducks ..............: 7.11 7.09 7.13 7.06 7.00 6.96 6.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Chickens : Young ............: 805,342 766,832 849,010 712,323 757,769 9,224,243 9,034,504 Mature ...........: 10,204 9,814 10,135 9,038 8,958 115,006 126,406 Light ..........: 2,800 2,641 3,085 2,570 2,730 34,586 46,311 Heavy ..........: 7,404 7,173 7,050 6,468 6,228 80,420 80,095 Total ............: 815,546 776,646 859,145 721,361 766,727 9,339,249 9,160,910 : Turkeys : Young ............: 20,124 17,999 22,158 19,204 16,763 225,915 235,198 Old ..............: 192 131 238 135 123 1,745 1,662 Total ............: 20,316 18,130 22,396 19,339 16,886 227,660 236,860 : Ducks ..............: 2,304 2,220 2,466 2,099 2,487 27,544 27,647 : : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Chickens : Young ............:5,107,162 4,888,978 5,439,282 4,544,504 4,842,657 58,286,994 56,541,518 Mature ...........: 71,173 68,894 69,459 62,364 60,755 783,664 816,199 Light ..........: 9,844 9,375 10,721 9,084 9,156 119,682 158,851 Heavy ..........: 61,329 59,519 58,738 53,280 51,599 663,982 657,348 Total ............:5,178,335 4,957,872 5,508,741 4,606,868 4,903,412 59,070,658 57,357,717 : Turkeys : Young ............: 622,416 573,499 681,966 583,138 557,236 7,236,359 7,310,114 Old ..............: 5,404 4,017 7,064 4,088 3,833 51,967 48,981 Total ............: 627,820 577,516 689,030 587,226 561,069 7,288,326 7,359,095 : Ducks ..............: 15,854 15,562 17,394 14,992 17,624 193,568 192,980 : Other 1/ ...........: 254 633 1,194 426 220 4,253 3,872 : Total ..............:5,822,263 5,551,583 6,216,359 5,209,512 5,482,325 66,556,805 64,913,664 : : pounds : Average live weight : Chickens : Young ............: 6.34 6.38 6.41 6.38 6.39 6.32 6.26 Mature ...........: 6.98 7.02 6.85 6.90 6.78 6.81 6.46 Light ..........: 3.52 3.55 3.48 3.53 3.35 3.46 3.43 Heavy ..........: 8.28 8.30 8.33 8.24 8.29 8.26 8.21 Total ............: 6.35 6.38 6.41 6.39 6.40 6.32 6.26 : Turkeys : Young ............: 30.93 31.86 30.78 30.37 33.24 32.03 31.08 Old ..............: 28.15 30.66 29.68 30.28 31.16 29.78 29.47 Total ............: 30.90 31.85 30.77 30.36 33.23 32.01 31.07 : Ducks ..............: 6.88 7.01 7.05 7.14 7.09 7.03 6.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab. Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............:3,449,866 3,031,971 3,165,068 3,338,774 3,553,800 3,271,483 3,584,268 Mature ...........: 45,672 39,210 41,701 42,602 46,073 45,022 40,768 Light ..........: 5,955 4,439 5,264 5,553 5,451 4,714 4,984 Heavy ..........: 39,717 34,771 36,437 37,049 40,622 40,308 35,784 Total ............:3,495,538 3,071,181 3,206,769 3,381,376 3,599,873 3,316,505 3,625,036 : Turkeys : Young ............: 315,919 284,956 299,648 299,594 299,328 300,145 314,081 Old ..............: 2,585 2,849 1,076 2,845 4,323 2,524 4,067 Total ............: 318,504 287,805 300,724 302,439 303,651 302,669 318,148 : Ducks ..............: 5,400 4,460 4,197 4,407 4,091 3,961 4,064 : Other 1/ ...........: 126 93 111 122 143 169 185 : Total ..............:3,819,568 3,363,539 3,511,801 3,688,344 3,907,758 3,623,304 3,947,433 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 261,391 231,105 244,752 251,290 274,124 255,110 291,050 Mature ...........: 77 - - - - - - Light ..........: - - - - - - - Heavy ..........: 77 - - - - - - Total ............: 261,468 231,105 244,752 251,290 274,124 255,110 291,050 : Turkeys : Young ............: 191,949 170,320 176,751 181,103 188,688 171,965 173,345 Old ..............: 68 45 25 88 80 46 73 Total ............: 192,017 170,365 176,776 181,191 188,768 172,011 173,418 : Ducks ..............: 7,408 7,431 7,272 7,517 7,285 7,082 7,273 : Other 1/ ...........: 10 7 5 11 12 12 15 : Total ..............: 460,903 408,908 428,805 440,009 470,189 434,215 471,756 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............:3,711,257 3,263,076 3,409,820 3,590,064 3,827,924 3,526,593 3,875,318 Mature ...........: 45,749 39,210 41,701 42,602 46,073 45,022 40,768 Light ..........: 5,955 4,439 5,264 5,553 5,451 4,714 4,984 Heavy ..........: 39,794 34,771 36,437 37,049 40,622 40,308 35,784 Total ............:3,757,006 3,302,286 3,451,521 3,632,666 3,873,997 3,571,615 3,916,086 : Turkeys : Young ............: 507,868 455,276 476,399 480,697 488,016 472,110 487,426 Old ..............: 2,653 2,894 1,101 2,933 4,403 2,570 4,140 Total ............: 510,521 458,170 477,500 483,630 492,419 474,680 491,566 : Ducks ..............: 12,808 11,891 11,469 11,924 11,376 11,043 11,337 : Other 1/ ...........: 136 100 116 133 155 181 200 : Total ..............:4,280,471 3,772,447 3,940,606 4,128,353 4,377,947 4,057,519 4,419,189 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Ready-to-cook weights] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Chilled : Chickens : Young ............:3,564,773 3,417,055 3,798,638 3,196,098 3,382,091 40,753,885 39,479,778 Mature ...........: 49,169 47,427 46,488 42,475 41,835 528,442 539,352 Light ..........: 5,126 4,779 5,407 4,553 4,785 61,010 81,396 Heavy ..........: 44,043 42,648 41,081 37,922 37,050 467,432 457,956 Total ............:3,613,942 3,464,482 3,845,126 3,238,573 3,423,926 41,282,327 40,019,130 : Turkeys : Young ............: 307,600 291,252 354,212 307,162 291,901 3,665,798 3,624,916 Old ..............: 3,651 2,701 5,312 3,102 2,816 37,851 36,128 Total ............: 311,251 293,953 359,524 310,264 294,717 3,703,649 3,661,044 : Ducks ..............: 4,167 4,444 4,916 4,665 5,385 54,157 54,936 : Other 1/ ...........: 159 147 232 199 139 1,825 1,602 : Total ..............:3,929,519 3,763,026 4,209,798 3,553,701 3,724,167 45,041,958 43,736,712 : Frozen : Chickens : Young ............: 281,105 263,476 301,508 231,028 265,259 3,151,198 3,120,957 Mature ...........: - - - - - 77 10 Light ..........: - - - - - - 10 Heavy ..........: - - - - - 77 - Total ............: 281,105 263,476 301,508 231,028 265,259 3,151,275 3,120,967 : Turkeys : Young ............: 189,374 166,515 191,724 158,929 151,873 2,112,536 2,216,166 Old ..............: 397 349 80 40 89 1,380 881 Total ............: 189,771 166,864 191,804 158,969 151,962 2,113,916 2,217,047 : Ducks ..............: 7,324 6,910 7,736 6,329 7,480 87,047 86,000 : Other 1/ ...........: 12 248 520 88 13 953 961 : Total ..............: 478,212 437,498 501,568 396,414 424,714 5,353,191 5,424,975 : Chilled and frozen : Chickens : Young ............:3,845,878 3,680,531 4,100,146 3,427,126 3,647,350 43,905,083 42,600,735 Mature ...........: 49,169 47,427 46,488 42,475 41,835 528,519 539,362 Light ..........: 5,126 4,779 5,407 4,553 4,785 61,010 81,406 Heavy ..........: 44,043 42,648 41,081 37,922 37,050 467,509 457,956 Total ............:3,895,047 3,727,958 4,146,634 3,469,601 3,689,185 44,433,602 43,140,097 : Turkeys : Young ............: 496,974 457,767 545,936 466,091 443,774 5,778,334 5,841,082 Old ..............: 4,048 3,050 5,392 3,142 2,905 39,231 37,009 Total ............: 501,022 460,817 551,328 469,233 446,679 5,817,565 5,878,091 : Ducks ..............: 11,491 11,354 12,652 10,994 12,865 141,204 140,936 : Other 1/ ...........: 171 395 752 287 152 2,778 2,563 : Total ..............:4,407,731 4,200,524 4,711,366 3,950,115 4,148,881 50,395,149 49,161,687 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab. Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Live weight : Chickens : Young ...........: 11,864 10,157 10,169 10,153 10,554 9,881 11,782 Mature ..........: 678 635 673 570 522 589 576 Light .........: 179 100 125 92 82 149 140 Heavy .........: 499 535 548 478 440 440 436 Total ...........: 12,542 10,792 10,842 10,723 11,076 10,470 12,358 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,943 1,701 1,688 1,629 1,587 1,619 1,897 Old .............: 47 56 19 23 39 27 66 Total ...........: 1,990 1,757 1,707 1,652 1,626 1,646 1,963 : Ducks .............: 86 77 67 64 59 72 86 : Other 2/ ..........: 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 : Total .............: 14,619 12,626 12,617 12,439 12,762 12,189 14,408 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.23 Mature ..........: 0.98 1.08 1.07 0.89 0.76 0.89 0.94 Light .........: 1.51 1.16 1.19 0.85 0.78 1.61 1.42 Heavy .........: 0.87 1.07 1.05 0.90 0.75 0.77 0.85 Total ...........: 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.24 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 0.30 0.30 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.31 Old .............: 1.32 1.49 1.31 0.60 0.66 0.80 1.16 Total ...........: 0.31 0.31 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.28 0.32 : Ducks .............: 0.49 0.47 0.43 0.39 0.38 0.47 0.55 : Other 2/ ..........: 0.50 - 0.59 - 0.44 0.36 0.32 : Total .............: 0.26 0.25 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.23 0.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Live weight : Chickens : Young ...........: 11,654 11,350 11,757 10,653 11,029 131,003 130,452 Mature ..........: 547 572 480 531 546 6,919 8,167 Light .........: 112 117 82 102 110 1,390 2,497 Heavy .........: 435 455 398 429 436 5,529 5,670 Total ...........: 12,201 11,922 12,237 11,184 11,575 137,922 138,619 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1,695 1,588 1,522 1,348 1,495 19,712 19,090 Old .............: 40 47 53 35 29 481 494 Total ...........: 1,735 1,635 1,575 1,383 1,524 20,193 19,584 : Ducks .............: 93 91 95 78 95 963 797 : Other 2/ ..........: - 3 4 1 - 13 5 : Total .............: 14,029 13,651 13,911 12,646 13,194 159,091 159,005 : : percent : Percent of live : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.23 Mature ..........: 0.77 0.83 0.69 0.85 0.90 0.88 1.00 Light .........: 1.14 1.25 0.76 1.12 1.20 1.16 1.57 Heavy .........: 0.71 0.76 0.68 0.81 0.84 0.83 0.86 Total .............: 0.24 0.24 0.22 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.24 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 0.27 0.28 0.22 0.23 0.27 0.27 0.26 Old .............: 0.74 1.17 0.75 0.86 0.76 0.93 1.01 Total ...........: 0.28 0.28 0.23 0.24 0.27 0.28 0.27 : Ducks .............: 0.59 0.58 0.55 0.52 0.54 0.50 0.41 : Other 2/ ..........: - 0.47 0.34 0.23 - 0.31 0.13 : Total .............: 0.24 0.25 0.22 0.24 0.24 0.24 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: 2019 and 2018 Total [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ...........: 27,527 24,421 25,544 26,546 25,197 21,809 23,323 Mature ..........: 1,610 1,529 1,518 1,491 1,586 1,933 1,792 Light .........: 445 304 409 390 403 363 344 Heavy .........: 1,165 1,225 1,109 1,101 1,183 1,570 1,448 Total ...........: 29,137 25,950 27,062 28,037 26,783 23,742 25,115 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 7,413 6,635 7,075 7,495 7,252 6,819 6,876 Old .............: 131 106 65 149 201 127 184 Total ...........: 7,544 6,741 7,140 7,644 7,453 6,946 7,060 : Ducks .............: 302 295 279 308 271 324 245 : Other 2/ ..........: 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 : Total .............: 36,985 32,987 34,483 35,991 34,510 31,015 32,423 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.73 0.65 0.61 0.60 Mature ..........: 3.40 3.75 3.51 3.38 3.33 4.12 4.21 Light .........: 6.95 6.41 7.21 6.56 6.88 7.15 6.46 Heavy .........: 2.84 3.40 2.95 2.89 2.83 3.75 3.89 Total ...........: 0.77 0.78 0.78 0.77 0.69 0.66 0.64 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1.44 1.44 1.46 1.54 1.46 1.42 1.39 Old .............: 4.71 3.53 5.57 4.83 4.37 4.71 4.26 Total ...........: 1.46 1.45 1.47 1.56 1.49 1.44 1.42 : Ducks .............: 2.30 2.42 2.37 2.52 2.33 2.85 2.12 : Other 2/ ..........: 1.45 0.99 1.69 1.48 1.90 1.63 1.48 : Total .............: 0.86 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.78 0.76 0.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Federally inspected only] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Chickens : Young ...........: 22,628 21,533 23,458 20,276 23,003 285,265 322,994 Mature ..........: 1,793 1,632 1,679 1,682 1,296 19,541 20,727 Light .........: 375 382 472 397 426 4,710 5,131 Heavy .........: 1,418 1,250 1,207 1,285 870 14,831 15,596 Total ...........: 24,421 23,165 25,137 21,958 24,299 304,806 343,721 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 7,083 6,386 7,281 6,296 6,411 83,022 82,278 Old .............: 163 152 225 135 124 1,762 1,944 Total ...........: 7,246 6,538 7,506 6,431 6,535 84,784 84,222 : Ducks .............: 327 315 327 272 330 3,595 3,667 : Other 2/ ..........: 3 5 8 3 2 37 35 : Total .............: 31,997 30,023 32,978 28,664 31,166 393,222 431,645 : : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/: Chickens : Young ...........: 0.58 0.58 0.57 0.59 0.63 0.65 0.75 Mature ..........: 3.52 3.33 3.49 3.81 3.00 3.57 3.70 Light .........: 6.82 7.40 8.03 8.02 8.18 7.17 5.93 Heavy .........: 3.12 2.85 2.85 3.28 2.29 3.07 3.29 Total ...........: 0.62 0.62 0.60 0.63 0.65 0.68 0.79 : Turkeys : Young ...........: 1.41 1.38 1.32 1.33 1.42 1.42 1.39 Old .............: 3.87 4.75 4.01 4.12 4.09 4.30 4.99 Total ...........: 1.43 1.40 1.34 1.35 1.44 1.44 1.41 : Ducks .............: 2.77 2.70 2.52 2.41 2.50 2.48 2.54 : Other 2/ ..........: 1.72 1.25 1.05 1.03 1.30 1.31 1.35 : Total .............: 0.72 0.71 0.70 0.72 0.75 0.77 0.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: 2019 and 2018 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 ......: 2,047 1,332 1,674 1,666 2,419 1,994 2,212 Mature .....: 110 142 146 129 116 122 134 Light ....: 49 85 100 100 86 62 68 Heavy ....: 61 57 46 29 30 60 66 Total ......: 2,157 1,474 1,820 1,795 2,535 2,116 2,346 : Turkeys : Young ......: 83 81 29 52 73 26 32 Old ........: 2 1 2 1 4 9 11 Total ......: 85 82 31 53 77 35 43 : : number head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young ......: 724,864 667,854 683,384 698,603 644,829 620,535 618,235 Mature .....: 105,619 95,612 128,668 84,107 82,428 85,027 88,335 Light ....: 57,131 50,742 83,813 54,190 50,877 50,677 43,087 Heavy ....: 48,488 44,870 44,855 29,917 31,551 34,350 45,248 Total ......: 830,483 763,466 812,052 782,710 727,257 705,562 706,570 : Turkeys : Young ......: 24,164 19,561 18,292 16,046 15,905 18,060 13,335 Old ........: 736 1,163 599 1,268 1,626 759 1,001 Total ......: 24,900 20,724 18,891 17,314 17,531 18,819 14,336 : : number head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young ......: 542,203 534,037 598,195 538,772 400,749 293,533 260,516 Mature .....: 9,990 9,758 9,596 7,580 6,789 8,164 11,710 Light ....: 2,324 1,445 1,623 1,736 1,970 3,762 3,790 Heavy ....: 7,666 8,313 7,973 5,844 4,819 4,402 7,920 Total ......: 552,193 543,795 607,791 546,352 407,538 301,697 272,226 : Turkeys : Young ......: 2,990 2,512 2,540 1,960 1,954 2,643 2,831 Old ........: 298 276 174 304 641 292 304 Total ......: 3,288 2,788 2,714 2,264 2,595 2,935 3,135 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Chickens : Young ......: - - - - - - - Mature .....: - - - - - - - Light ....: - - - - - - - Heavy ....: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : Turkeys : Young ......: - - - - - - - Old ........: - - - - - - - Total ......: - - - - - - - : : number head : Leukosis : Chickens : Young ......: 1,560 1,489 1,490 1,784 1,702 21,369 39,840 Mature .....: 140 129 154 103 105 1,530 1,626 Light ....: 96 71 110 77 60 964 875 Heavy ....: 44 58 44 26 45 566 751 Total ......: 1,700 1,618 1,644 1,887 1,807 22,899 41,466 : Turkeys : Young ......: 99 16 20 41 13 565 809 Old ........: 5 9 3 3 10 60 95 Total ......: 104 25 23 44 23 625 904 : : number head : Septicaemia : Chickens : Young ......: 611,098 596,865 614,132 566,574 611,754 7,658,727 8,733,689 Mature .....: 81,875 62,248 84,010 77,851 82,431 1,058,211 1,215,455 Light ....: 51,783 38,177 57,863 54,537 58,214 651,091 625,238 Heavy ....: 30,092 24,071 26,147 23,314 24,217 407,120 590,217 Total ......: 692,973 659,113 698,142 644,425 694,185 8,716,938 9,949,144 : Turkeys : Young ......: 17,833 12,658 23,852 20,365 15,520 215,591 227,497 Old ........: 985 899 1,347 921 998 12,302 13,356 Total ......: 18,818 13,557 25,199 21,286 16,518 227,893 240,853 : : number head : Airsacculitis : Chickens : Young ......: 252,862 271,354 271,314 263,394 332,897 4,559,826 5,477,498 Mature .....: 8,940 10,200 10,325 7,650 10,632 111,334 179,652 Light ....: 4,076 5,345 5,230 3,596 5,615 40,512 40,685 Heavy ....: 4,864 4,855 5,095 4,054 5,017 70,822 138,967 Total ......: 261,802 281,554 281,639 271,044 343,529 4,671,160 5,657,150 : Turkeys : Young ......: 2,845 2,762 3,554 3,096 1,915 31,602 45,074 Old ........: 576 612 605 414 394 4,890 6,236 Total ......: 3,421 3,374 4,159 3,510 2,309 36,492 51,310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young ......: 1,917 1,639 2,164 2,240 1,703 1,688 1,704 Mature .....: 353 213 220 270 382 351 385 Light ....: 122 85 60 170 97 203 233 Heavy ....: 231 128 160 100 285 148 152 Total ......: 2,270 1,852 2,384 2,510 2,085 2,039 2,089 : Turkeys : Young ......: 190 116 102 50 107 154 95 Old ........: - - 1 1 1 - 1 Total ......: 190 116 103 51 108 154 96 : : number head : Tumors : Chickens : Young ......: 22,244 18,867 19,739 18,823 18,312 16,946 16,832 Mature .....: 28,032 26,441 30,472 29,087 30,435 31,772 28,695 Light ....: 13,926 12,479 15,610 14,576 13,687 13,278 12,487 Heavy ....: 14,106 13,962 14,862 14,511 16,748 18,494 16,208 Total ......: 50,276 45,308 50,211 47,910 48,747 48,718 45,527 : Turkeys : Young ......: 22 52 71 43 107 46 99 Old ........: 61 48 29 71 145 32 215 Total ......: 83 100 100 114 252 78 314 : : number head : Bruises : Chickens : Young ......: 11,369 10,869 11,352 11,295 9,672 9,627 8,791 Mature .....: 2,063 2,071 1,902 2,354 1,680 1,526 2,119 Light ....: 1,753 1,742 1,637 2,145 1,370 1,354 1,900 Heavy ....: 310 329 265 209 310 172 219 Total ......: 13,432 12,940 13,254 13,649 11,352 11,153 10,910 : Turkeys : Young ......: 88 96 73 77 69 116 111 Old ........: 13 11 5 16 8 20 4 Total ......: 101 107 78 93 77 136 115 : : number head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young ......: 47,992 42,412 40,979 42,771 42,540 42,475 46,578 Mature .....: 1,379 935 1,127 917 834 720 429 Light ....: 587 284 326 367 162 263 154 Heavy ....: 792 651 801 550 672 457 275 Total ......: 49,371 43,347 42,106 43,688 43,374 43,195 47,007 : Turkeys : Young ......: 644 899 446 399 311 465 510 Old ........: 33 19 11 7 10 10 10 Total ......: 677 918 457 406 321 475 520 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Chickens : Young ......: 1,864 1,559 1,940 1,506 1,400 21,324 30,251 Mature .....: 447 121 172 103 274 3,291 7,411 Light ....: 198 58 128 33 200 1,587 4,750 Heavy ....: 249 63 44 70 74 1,704 2,661 Total ......: 2,311 1,680 2,112 1,609 1,674 24,615 37,662 : Turkeys : Young ......: 208 165 349 493 314 2,343 3,521 Old ........: - 2 1 - - 7 233 Total ......: 208 167 350 493 314 2,350 3,754 : : number head : Tumors : Chickens : Young ......: 16,515 15,383 16,602 16,142 16,861 213,266 222,663 Mature .....: 33,149 31,826 31,231 27,860 34,497 363,497 392,161 Light ....: 13,758 16,964 15,914 12,091 15,538 170,308 194,500 Heavy ....: 19,391 14,862 15,317 15,769 18,959 193,189 197,661 Total ......: 49,664 47,209 47,833 44,002 51,358 576,763 614,824 : Turkeys : Young ......: 104 83 101 86 94 908 765 Old ........: 192 152 263 253 115 1,576 1,889 Total ......: 296 235 364 339 209 2,484 2,654 : : number head : Bruises : Chickens : Young ......: 8,010 7,975 9,165 7,907 8,718 114,750 136,932 Mature .....: 2,236 1,152 1,976 1,424 1,470 21,973 49,004 Light ....: 2,017 961 1,774 1,217 1,288 19,158 38,056 Heavy ....: 219 191 202 207 182 2,815 10,948 Total ......: 10,246 9,127 11,141 9,331 10,188 136,723 185,936 : Turkeys : Young ......: 129 97 126 196 82 1,260 1,207 Old ........: 8 10 10 11 12 128 400 Total ......: 137 107 136 207 94 1,388 1,607 : : number head : Cadaver : Chickens : Young ......: 44,464 42,702 44,340 40,299 40,598 518,150 615,164 Mature .....: 319 296 408 486 423 8,273 12,432 Light ....: 156 163 237 351 271 3,321 3,989 Heavy ....: 163 133 171 135 152 4,952 8,443 Total ......: 44,783 42,998 44,748 40,785 41,021 526,423 627,596 : Turkeys : Young ......: 738 445 825 527 625 6,834 5,472 Old ........: 16 13 32 23 11 195 616 Total ......: 754 458 857 550 636 7,029 6,088 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Chickens : Young ........: 120,827 99,814 105,862 105,593 105,872 103,820 106,598 Mature .......: 22,020 18,748 19,768 20,365 21,632 18,547 18,281 Light ......: 15,915 13,887 13,805 16,121 16,958 13,901 14,599 Heavy ......: 6,105 4,861 5,963 4,244 4,674 4,646 3,682 Total ........: 142,847 118,562 125,630 125,958 127,504 122,367 124,879 : Turkeys : Young ........: 750 689 811 792 777 745 733 Old ..........: 129 86 55 68 186 56 34 Total ........: 879 775 866 860 963 801 767 : : number head : Overscald : Chickens : Young ........: 35,093 31,664 28,988 37,012 31,882 33,929 36,416 Mature .......: 1,040 427 252 437 592 276 325 Light ......: 56 170 161 250 320 174 135 Heavy ......: 984 257 91 187 272 102 190 Total ........: 36,133 32,091 29,240 37,449 32,474 34,205 36,741 : Turkeys : Young ........: 325 176 243 174 252 259 294 Old ..........: 4 3 5 26 25 42 19 Total ........: 329 179 248 200 277 301 313 : : number head : Miscellaneous 1/: Chickens : Young ........: 755,558 743,606 782,276 771,355 756,290 658,447 638,455 Mature .......: 79,228 59,803 59,428 60,868 61,992 58,289 68,233 Light ......: 53,435 25,556 34,020 36,728 37,864 29,818 31,997 Heavy ......: 25,793 34,247 25,408 24,140 24,128 28,471 36,236 Total ........: 834,786 803,409 841,704 832,223 818,282 716,736 706,688 : Turkeys : Young ........: 22,855 19,698 15,723 20,734 10,405 9,617 11,883 Old ..........: 293 549 325 331 564 515 1,311 Total ........: 23,148 20,247 16,048 21,065 10,969 10,132 13,194 : : number head : Total : Chickens : Young ........:2,264,114 2,152,094 2,274,613 2,228,130 2,014,268 1,782,994 1,736,337 Mature .......: 249,834 214,150 251,579 206,114 206,880 204,794 218,646 Light ......: 145,298 106,475 151,155 126,383 123,391 113,492 108,450 Heavy ......: 104,536 107,675 100,424 79,731 83,489 91,302 110,196 Total ........:2,513,948 2,366,244 2,526,192 2,434,244 2,221,148 1,987,788 1,954,983 : Turkeys : Young ........: 52,111 43,880 38,330 40,327 29,960 32,131 29,923 Old ..........: 1,569 2,156 1,206 2,093 3,210 1,735 2,910 Total ........: 53,680 46,036 39,536 42,420 33,170 33,866 32,833 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Chickens : Young ........: 100,706 92,950 100,577 93,920 106,473 1,243,012 1,406,021 Mature .......: 17,747 16,064 21,443 20,532 28,977 244,124 386,712 Light ......: 14,683 13,823 18,327 17,659 26,000 195,678 317,583 Heavy ......: 3,064 2,241 3,116 2,873 2,977 48,446 69,129 Total ........: 118,453 109,014 122,020 114,452 135,450 1,487,136 1,792,733 : Turkeys : Young ........: 735 688 1,171 1,183 603 9,677 12,527 Old ..........: 107 79 51 27 41 919 1,690 Total ........: 842 767 1,222 1,210 644 10,596 14,217 : : number head : Overscald : Chickens : Young ........: 38,293 31,623 36,512 28,206 34,327 403,945 350,144 Mature .......: 1,002 1,207 652 865 1,028 8,103 13,008 Light ......: 30 11 40 49 23 1,419 1,377 Heavy ......: 972 1,196 612 816 1,005 6,684 11,631 Total ........: 39,295 32,830 37,164 29,071 35,355 412,048 363,152 : Turkeys : Young ........: 386 211 375 391 99 3,185 3,682 Old ..........: 33 4 10 4 10 185 390 Total ........: 419 215 385 395 109 3,370 4,072 : : number head : Miscellaneous 1/: Chickens : Young ........: 591,061 588,324 619,103 576,999 597,883 8,079,357 8,447,139 Mature .......: 80,717 69,584 65,823 54,930 72,578 791,473 940,567 Light ......: 29,379 32,968 37,384 29,389 46,794 425,332 500,303 Heavy ......: 51,338 36,616 28,439 25,541 25,784 366,141 440,264 Total ........: 671,778 657,908 684,926 631,929 670,461 8,870,830 9,387,706 : Turkeys : Young ........: 9,161 10,257 11,881 11,658 10,148 164,020 165,313 Old ..........: 1,207 1,000 1,034 722 438 8,289 5,611 Total ........: 10,368 11,257 12,915 12,380 10,586 172,309 170,924 : : number head : Total : Chickens : Young ........:1,666,433 1,650,224 1,715,175 1,596,731 1,752,613 22,833,726 25,459,341 Mature .......: 226,572 192,827 216,194 191,804 232,415 2,611,809 3,198,028 Light ......: 116,176 108,541 137,007 118,999 154,003 1,509,370 1,727,356 Heavy ......: 110,396 84,286 79,187 72,805 78,412 1,102,439 1,470,672 Total ........:1,893,005 1,843,051 1,931,369 1,788,535 1,985,028 25,445,535 28,657,369 : Turkeys : Young ........: 32,238 27,382 42,254 38,036 29,413 435,985 465,867 Old ..........: 3,129 2,780 3,356 2,378 2,029 28,551 30,516 Total ........: 35,367 30,162 45,610 40,414 31,442 464,536 496,383 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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: 2019 and 2018 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 ............: 93,727 84,752 89,131 91,254 97,514 89,816 100,159 Arkansas ...........: 88,572 77,166 79,554 84,520 85,725 82,429 90,032 California .........: 22,645 18,717 20,735 21,227 23,479 21,008 23,134 Delaware ...........: 34,905 29,578 31,217 32,080 34,980 32,860 33,452 Georgia ............: 110,739 99,721 104,619 107,484 112,310 102,411 112,041 Indiana ............: 6,015 5,592 6,101 6,066 6,792 6,060 6,650 Iowa ...............: 1,847 2,034 2,143 2,088 2,147 1,818 1,981 Kentucky ...........: 25,053 22,175 23,048 24,082 24,999 22,710 25,512 Louisiana ..........: 17,441 14,983 15,497 15,462 18,035 16,262 17,160 Maryland ...........: 11,467 10,031 10,215 11,210 12,119 10,912 12,235 : Mississippi ........: 62,769 57,048 59,762 59,589 62,488 59,178 65,842 Missouri ...........: 38,327 33,184 36,144 36,635 38,940 35,668 39,098 New Jersey .........: 119 96 130 149 153 123 132 New York ...........: 2,458 2,182 2,248 2,271 2,435 2,178 2,489 North Carolina .....: 74,353 64,802 69,338 72,081 77,113 70,867 77,898 Oklahoma ...........: 12,766 10,431 12,061 11,727 11,529 11,509 12,863 Pennsylvania .......: 11,076 9,692 9,348 10,019 9,910 9,228 10,849 South Carolina .....: 26,048 22,516 22,944 24,555 25,832 23,619 25,803 Tennessee ..........: 25,183 22,812 23,652 26,013 28,007 25,067 27,834 Texas ..............: 56,653 50,975 51,012 56,216 60,581 54,108 61,223 : Virginia ...........: 27,644 24,352 25,685 26,980 28,870 25,667 28,659 : United States ......: 788,098 697,844 730,928 758,442 803,160 740,052 814,443 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Alabama ............: 516,656 469,698 489,593 506,279 537,372 500,518 552,100 Arkansas ...........: 585,208 507,907 528,822 566,893 573,110 546,349 605,301 California .........: 131,535 111,997 125,691 130,437 148,655 131,813 146,716 Delaware ...........: 255,381 213,094 223,266 228,853 250,821 231,809 239,844 Georgia ............: 665,047 585,426 613,252 654,550 686,045 626,374 687,822 Indiana ............: 27,319 25,580 26,547 26,807 31,147 27,796 30,551 Iowa ...............: 10,405 11,069 11,270 10,866 11,072 10,133 11,505 Kentucky ...........: 154,045 137,338 143,889 152,230 161,594 145,098 163,853 Louisiana ..........: 105,278 89,135 92,919 96,128 115,245 105,561 109,033 Maryland ...........: 71,036 61,618 61,838 70,406 76,847 68,780 76,439 : Mississippi ........: 394,887 358,498 371,674 374,993 393,430 367,700 411,594 Missouri ...........: 193,006 164,401 179,117 182,493 194,646 178,799 195,211 New Jersey .........: 583 447 603 700 720 623 650 New York ...........: 11,991 10,710 11,062 11,364 11,719 10,841 12,594 North Carolina .....: 596,602 515,638 553,856 582,723 623,885 575,852 623,616 Oklahoma ...........: 84,996 68,426 82,600 78,584 92,495 82,823 92,738 Pennsylvania .......: 62,020 55,009 51,702 56,554 55,221 51,797 61,965 South Carolina .....: 197,531 167,707 172,384 183,228 192,182 177,330 191,001 Tennessee ..........: 132,711 120,134 123,269 137,656 150,532 132,962 151,370 Texas ..............: 370,752 331,880 323,535 362,759 396,258 357,671 403,488 : Virginia ...........: 168,533 148,036 155,371 165,018 177,672 158,141 177,072 : United States ......:4,929,047 4,331,433 4,529,234 4,769,674 5,080,062 4,677,554 5,147,407 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Alabama ............: 97,704 96,394 107,979 92,254 96,971 1,137,655 1,091,835 Arkansas ...........: 88,921 84,188 95,159 75,893 80,917 1,013,076 995,744 California .........: 23,987 20,440 22,472 17,931 21,548 257,323 266,194 Delaware ...........: 34,501 31,400 35,929 29,603 31,507 392,012 392,196 Georgia ............: 111,227 107,074 116,342 100,735 105,948 1,290,651 1,275,164 Indiana ............: 6,763 6,167 6,764 5,751 5,839 74,560 69,213 Iowa ...............: 907 965 693 708 943 18,274 19,913 Kentucky ...........: 24,498 24,117 26,693 21,292 23,244 287,423 291,649 Louisiana ..........: 16,620 15,541 17,504 14,781 16,071 195,357 186,696 Maryland ...........: 11,491 11,302 12,153 10,363 10,524 134,022 129,109 : Mississippi ........: 63,313 60,294 66,547 55,454 57,081 729,365 730,582 Missouri ...........: 38,793 37,136 40,333 34,042 36,807 445,107 437,821 New Jersey .........: 119 121 135 96 134 1,507 1,326 New York ...........: 2,339 2,370 2,275 2,211 2,443 27,899 26,687 North Carolina .....: 78,676 73,860 81,405 70,012 73,339 883,744 802,748 Oklahoma ...........: 12,724 12,011 13,627 11,326 11,449 144,023 151,966 Pennsylvania .......: 10,704 10,195 10,852 9,000 10,290 121,163 122,544 South Carolina .....: 25,140 24,785 26,494 22,327 24,209 294,272 295,536 Tennessee ..........: 27,851 25,302 27,963 23,206 24,527 307,417 303,329 Texas ..............: 60,529 58,316 65,076 54,005 56,764 685,458 654,315 : Virginia ...........: 28,777 26,042 29,468 23,482 26,974 322,600 338,427 : United States ......: 805,342 766,832 849,010 712,323 757,769 9,224,243 9,034,504 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Alabama ............: 542,018 534,650 599,586 505,080 531,929 6,285,479 6,034,863 Arkansas ...........: 596,266 569,767 644,921 534,636 571,847 6,831,027 6,668,379 California .........: 146,634 127,779 142,498 113,189 137,702 1,594,646 1,616,089 Delaware ...........: 250,059 231,215 263,775 210,085 230,257 2,828,459 2,850,840 Georgia ............: 683,429 661,715 717,856 619,292 655,144 7,855,952 7,636,703 Indiana ............: 31,189 28,188 31,135 26,192 25,606 338,057 309,608 Iowa ...............: 4,924 5,459 3,870 3,980 5,122 99,675 113,091 Kentucky ...........: 159,033 159,727 176,339 137,779 149,905 1,840,830 1,885,064 Louisiana ..........: 106,728 100,235 113,672 94,438 104,076 1,232,448 1,158,550 Maryland ...........: 72,365 70,974 76,979 60,922 65,724 833,928 781,273 : Mississippi ........: 402,231 382,380 425,421 349,750 356,509 4,589,067 4,607,877 Missouri ...........: 195,540 187,863 205,714 172,566 187,874 2,237,230 2,172,768 New Jersey .........: 576 571 631 418 646 7,168 6,432 New York ...........: 11,859 11,615 10,875 10,498 11,851 136,979 132,289 North Carolina .....: 635,706 600,919 665,859 569,766 601,966 7,146,388 6,386,829 Oklahoma ...........: 91,360 87,470 101,686 82,505 82,703 1,028,386 1,011,529 Pennsylvania .......: 60,276 57,919 60,287 50,781 57,019 680,550 696,262 South Carolina .....: 186,563 185,247 201,675 173,505 188,179 2,216,532 2,242,448 Tennessee ..........: 151,992 138,066 151,779 123,475 132,044 1,645,990 1,612,867 Texas ..............: 392,804 385,090 433,725 358,662 366,760 4,483,384 4,278,562 : Virginia ...........: 179,642 162,658 185,131 147,740 169,963 1,994,977 2,018,654 : United States ......:5,107,162 4,888,978 5,439,282 4,544,504 4,842,657 58,286,994 56,541,518 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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 ............: 5.51 5.54 5.49 5.55 5.51 5.57 5.51 Arkansas ...........: 6.61 6.58 6.65 6.71 6.69 6.63 6.72 California .........: 5.81 5.98 6.06 6.14 6.33 6.27 6.34 Delaware ...........: 7.32 7.20 7.15 7.13 7.17 7.05 7.17 Georgia ............: 6.01 5.87 5.86 6.09 6.11 6.12 6.14 Indiana ............: 4.54 4.57 4.35 4.42 4.59 4.59 4.59 Iowa ...............: 5.63 5.44 5.26 5.20 5.16 5.57 5.81 Kentucky ...........: 6.15 6.19 6.24 6.32 6.46 6.39 6.42 Louisiana ..........: 6.04 5.95 6.00 6.22 6.39 6.49 6.35 Maryland ...........: 6.19 6.14 6.05 6.28 6.34 6.30 6.25 : Mississippi ........: 6.29 6.28 6.22 6.29 6.30 6.21 6.25 Missouri ...........: 5.04 4.95 4.96 4.98 5.00 5.01 4.99 New Jersey .........: 4.91 4.68 4.65 4.69 4.72 5.05 4.92 New York ...........: 4.88 4.91 4.92 5.00 4.81 4.98 5.06 North Carolina .....: 8.02 7.96 7.99 8.08 8.09 8.13 8.01 Oklahoma ...........: 6.66 6.56 6.85 6.70 8.02 7.20 7.21 Pennsylvania .......: 5.60 5.68 5.53 5.64 5.57 5.61 5.71 South Carolina .....: 7.58 7.45 7.51 7.46 7.44 7.51 7.40 Tennessee ..........: 5.27 5.27 5.21 5.29 5.37 5.30 5.44 Texas ..............: 6.54 6.51 6.34 6.45 6.54 6.61 6.59 : Virginia ...........: 6.10 6.08 6.05 6.12 6.15 6.16 6.18 : United States ......: 6.25 6.21 6.20 6.29 6.33 6.32 6.32 : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Alabama ............: 394,804 357,603 373,267 386,200 411,768 382,405 422,508 Arkansas ...........: 437,312 381,598 397,033 423,974 430,352 411,023 454,546 California .........: 98,080 83,331 93,414 97,052 110,646 98,487 109,842 Delaware ...........: 196,927 164,398 172,161 176,072 192,882 178,814 185,002 Georgia ............: 500,875 442,892 463,362 495,563 517,179 473,256 517,016 Indiana ............: 19,971 18,651 19,388 19,589 22,670 20,263 22,245 Iowa ...............: 7,431 7,892 8,156 7,865 8,067 7,466 8,358 Kentucky ...........: 116,650 104,174 109,328 115,468 122,139 109,750 124,006 Louisiana ..........: 78,968 66,879 70,195 71,993 87,051 79,788 82,536 Maryland ...........: 52,860 45,839 45,969 52,014 57,204 51,107 56,916 : Mississippi ........: 303,473 275,172 283,407 285,451 300,320 278,334 312,200 Missouri ...........: 141,794 120,678 131,246 134,049 143,002 131,206 143,059 New Jersey .........: 424 321 434 508 518 449 474 New York ...........: 7,306 6,459 6,635 6,825 7,132 6,647 7,713 North Carolina .....: 456,798 394,480 423,979 447,242 479,892 443,299 479,538 Oklahoma ...........: 63,899 51,450 61,947 59,002 69,404 62,187 69,627 Pennsylvania .......: 42,808 37,353 35,412 38,637 37,460 35,163 41,790 South Carolina .....: 148,786 126,359 129,991 138,093 144,851 133,762 144,052 Tennessee ..........: 97,230 88,299 90,428 100,770 110,662 97,751 111,458 Texas ..............: 282,080 252,323 244,185 274,252 299,328 271,997 304,483 : Virginia ...........: 119,686 105,383 111,474 118,391 127,658 113,563 127,328 : United States ......:3,711,257 3,263,076 3,409,820 3,590,064 3,827,924 3,526,593 3,875,318 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : pounds : Average live weight : Alabama ............: 5.55 5.55 5.55 5.47 5.49 5.50 5.50 Arkansas ...........: 6.71 6.77 6.78 7.04 7.07 6.70 6.70 California .........: 6.11 6.25 6.34 6.31 6.39 6.20 6.10 Delaware ...........: 7.25 7.36 7.34 7.10 7.31 7.20 7.30 Georgia ............: 6.14 6.18 6.17 6.15 6.18 6.10 6.00 Indiana ............: 4.61 4.57 4.60 4.55 4.39 4.50 4.50 Iowa ...............: 5.43 5.65 5.58 5.62 5.43 5.50 5.70 Kentucky ...........: 6.49 6.62 6.61 6.47 6.45 6.40 6.50 Louisiana ..........: 6.42 6.45 6.49 6.39 6.48 6.30 6.20 Maryland ...........: 6.30 6.28 6.33 5.88 6.25 6.20 6.10 : Mississippi ........: 6.35 6.34 6.39 6.31 6.25 6.30 6.30 Missouri ...........: 5.04 5.06 5.10 5.07 5.10 5.00 5.00 New Jersey .........: 4.86 4.73 4.65 4.36 4.82 4.80 4.90 New York ...........: 5.07 4.90 4.78 4.75 4.85 4.90 5.00 North Carolina .....: 8.08 8.14 8.18 8.14 8.21 8.10 8.00 Oklahoma ...........: 7.18 7.28 7.46 7.28 7.22 7.10 6.70 Pennsylvania .......: 5.63 5.68 5.56 5.64 5.54 5.60 5.70 South Carolina .....: 7.42 7.47 7.61 7.77 7.77 7.50 7.60 Tennessee ..........: 5.46 5.46 5.43 5.32 5.38 5.40 5.30 Texas ..............: 6.49 6.60 6.66 6.64 6.46 6.50 6.50 : Virginia ...........: 6.24 6.25 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.20 6.00 : United States ......: 6.34 6.38 6.41 6.38 6.39 6.32 6.26 : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Alabama ............: 414,912 407,841 457,423 385,467 406,288 4,800,486 4,595,351 Arkansas ...........: 447,150 429,245 486,191 402,252 431,895 5,132,571 4,997,781 California .........: 109,394 95,833 106,927 85,119 103,248 1,191,373 1,205,112 Delaware ...........: 192,717 178,616 203,770 162,228 177,014 2,180,601 2,184,765 Georgia ............: 515,159 496,394 538,865 466,521 492,390 5,919,472 5,756,271 Indiana ............: 22,824 20,570 22,750 19,134 18,665 246,720 225,695 Iowa ...............: 3,471 3,800 2,729 2,713 3,579 71,527 81,592 Kentucky ...........: 120,388 121,229 133,434 104,173 113,057 1,393,796 1,428,827 Louisiana ..........: 80,613 75,604 85,806 71,291 78,123 928,847 873,838 Maryland ...........: 53,866 52,953 57,399 45,140 49,002 620,269 578,055 : Mississippi ........: 305,711 288,938 320,210 267,610 266,530 3,487,356 3,553,064 Missouri ...........: 143,862 137,933 151,546 126,120 138,179 1,642,674 1,597,142 New Jersey .........: 415 406 453 295 465 5,162 4,662 New York ...........: 7,321 7,086 6,648 6,478 7,278 83,528 81,900 North Carolina .....: 487,317 461,994 512,226 438,839 463,896 5,489,500 4,915,715 Oklahoma ...........: 68,575 65,667 76,299 61,933 62,027 772,017 760,513 Pennsylvania .......: 40,933 39,337 41,397 34,659 38,746 463,695 475,980 South Carolina .....: 140,590 139,614 151,845 130,785 141,877 1,670,605 1,688,055 Tennessee ..........: 111,927 101,792 111,840 90,917 97,312 1,210,386 1,183,468 Texas ..............: 297,101 290,489 330,584 270,529 278,926 3,396,277 3,252,071 : Virginia ...........: 128,835 117,317 133,909 106,887 122,915 1,433,346 1,434,544 : United States ......:3,845,878 3,680,531 4,100,146 3,427,126 3,647,350 43,905,083 42,600,735 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total chilled and frozen ready-to-cook weight. Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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 ............: 2,429 2,191 2,326 2,506 2,325 1,976 2,262 Arkansas ...........: 2,446 1,812 1,844 1,986 2,038 2,085 2,113 California .........: 1,614 1,408 1,780 1,899 1,389 1,149 1,027 Delaware ...........: 1,609 1,416 1,552 1,708 1,506 1,221 1,213 Georgia ............: 3,913 3,648 3,982 4,650 4,077 3,081 3,248 Indiana ............: 114 115 89 126 104 111 112 Iowa ...............: 483 523 430 445 375 328 526 Kentucky ...........: 1,313 1,356 1,208 1,180 1,250 884 844 Louisiana ..........: 321 280 279 301 352 334 334 Maryland ...........: 541 437 596 504 384 299 303 : Mississippi ........: 2,043 1,821 1,761 1,702 1,802 1,681 1,857 Missouri ...........: 754 539 557 562 594 498 771 New Jersey .........: 6 5 8 8 7 6 6 New York ...........: 238 244 282 291 214 197 237 North Carolina .....: 2,359 2,137 2,293 2,208 2,281 2,120 2,297 Oklahoma ...........: 205 158 225 238 292 213 242 Pennsylvania .......: 960 916 872 958 894 850 1,078 South Carolina .....: 1,384 1,151 1,142 1,125 978 921 926 Tennessee ..........: 787 651 652 612 608 582 671 Texas ..............: 1,939 1,645 1,607 1,680 1,803 1,689 1,756 : Virginia ...........: 679 640 565 607 528 398 397 : United States ......: 27,527 24,421 25,544 26,546 25,197 21,809 23,323 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/ : Alabama ............: 0.61 0.61 0.62 0.64 0.56 0.51 0.53 Arkansas ...........: 0.56 0.47 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.50 0.46 California .........: 1.62 1.66 1.87 1.92 1.24 1.15 0.93 Delaware ...........: 0.81 0.85 0.89 0.96 0.77 0.68 0.65 Georgia ............: 0.78 0.82 0.85 0.93 0.78 0.65 0.62 Indiana ............: 0.57 0.61 0.46 0.64 0.46 0.55 0.50 Iowa ...............: 6.10 6.22 5.01 5.36 4.44 4.21 5.92 Kentucky ...........: 1.11 1.29 1.09 1.01 1.01 0.80 0.68 Louisiana ..........: 0.40 0.42 0.40 0.42 0.40 0.42 0.40 Maryland ...........: 1.01 0.94 1.28 0.96 0.67 0.58 0.53 : Mississippi ........: 0.67 0.66 0.62 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.59 Missouri ...........: 0.53 0.44 0.42 0.42 0.41 0.38 0.54 New Jersey .........: 1.30 1.63 1.71 1.50 1.28 1.23 1.22 New York ...........: 3.16 3.64 4.07 4.09 2.91 2.88 2.99 North Carolina .....: 0.51 0.54 0.54 0.49 0.47 0.48 0.48 Oklahoma ...........: 0.32 0.31 0.36 0.40 0.42 0.34 0.35 Pennsylvania .......: 2.19 2.39 2.40 2.42 2.33 2.36 2.51 South Carolina .....: 0.92 0.90 0.87 0.81 0.67 0.68 0.64 Tennessee ..........: 0.80 0.73 0.72 0.60 0.55 0.59 0.60 Texas ..............: 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.61 0.60 0.62 0.57 : Virginia ...........: 0.56 0.60 0.50 0.51 0.41 0.35 0.31 : United States ......: 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.73 0.65 0.61 0.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Alabama ............: 2,167 2,036 2,373 2,058 2,045 26,694 28,503 Arkansas ...........: 2,014 1,830 1,973 1,583 2,594 24,318 35,619 California .........: 1,166 869 938 810 1,102 15,151 14,882 Delaware ...........: 1,185 1,162 1,277 1,032 1,200 16,081 17,226 Georgia ............: 3,145 3,041 3,103 2,876 3,309 42,073 47,313 Indiana ............: 84 64 106 102 126 1,253 1,108 Iowa ...............: 261 312 215 275 304 4,477 4,452 Kentucky ...........: 834 787 931 653 669 11,909 12,322 Louisiana ..........: 343 305 353 273 302 3,777 4,397 Maryland ...........: 274 305 321 308 316 4,588 5,536 : Mississippi ........: 1,779 1,734 1,874 1,610 1,790 21,454 25,504 Missouri ...........: 599 628 599 462 489 7,052 10,652 New Jersey .........: 6 6 5 2 7 72 65 New York ...........: 209 186 172 158 170 2,598 2,873 North Carolina .....: 2,323 2,224 2,255 1,919 2,025 26,441 32,599 Oklahoma ...........: 282 258 293 241 232 2,879 3,608 Pennsylvania .......: 1,106 1,058 1,011 870 1,060 11,633 11,239 South Carolina .....: 865 901 992 833 892 12,110 13,093 Tennessee ..........: 706 689 820 622 629 8,029 8,357 Texas ..............: 1,858 1,843 2,293 2,133 2,195 22,441 22,243 : Virginia ...........: 400 427 470 408 476 5,995 7,971 : United States ......: 22,628 21,533 23,458 20,276 23,003 285,265 322,994 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 1/ : Alabama ............: 0.52 0.50 0.52 0.53 0.50 0.55 0.62 Arkansas ...........: 0.45 0.42 0.40 0.39 0.60 0.47 0.71 California .........: 1.05 0.90 0.87 0.94 1.06 1.26 1.22 Delaware ...........: 0.61 0.65 0.62 0.63 0.67 0.73 0.78 Georgia ............: 0.61 0.61 0.57 0.61 0.67 0.71 0.82 Indiana ............: 0.37 0.31 0.47 0.53 0.67 0.51 0.49 Iowa ...............: 7.00 7.59 7.29 9.21 7.82 5.89 5.17 Kentucky ...........: 0.69 0.65 0.69 0.62 0.59 0.85 0.86 Louisiana ..........: 0.42 0.40 0.41 0.38 0.38 0.40 0.50 Maryland ...........: 0.51 0.57 0.56 0.68 0.64 0.73 0.95 : Mississippi ........: 0.58 0.60 0.58 0.60 0.67 0.61 0.71 Missouri ...........: 0.41 0.45 0.39 0.37 0.35 0.43 0.66 New Jersey .........: 1.37 1.47 1.08 0.57 1.51 1.38 1.38 New York ...........: 2.77 2.55 2.52 2.38 2.28 3.02 3.39 North Carolina .....: 0.47 0.48 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.48 0.66 Oklahoma ...........: 0.41 0.39 0.38 0.39 0.37 0.37 0.47 Pennsylvania .......: 2.63 2.62 2.39 2.45 2.66 2.45 2.31 South Carolina .....: 0.61 0.64 0.65 0.63 0.62 0.72 0.77 Tennessee ..........: 0.63 0.67 0.73 0.68 0.64 0.66 0.70 Texas ..............: 0.62 0.63 0.69 0.78 0.78 0.66 0.68 : Virginia ...........: 0.31 0.36 0.35 0.38 0.39 0.42 0.55 : United States ......: 0.58 0.58 0.57 0.59 0.63 0.65 0.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2019 and 2018 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 ..........: 255 190 314 333 216 164 183 Arkansas .........: 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 Delaware .........: 460 297 262 284 503 521 591 Georgia ..........: 11 12 28 29 14 87 37 Mississippi ......: 84 66 97 75 92 89 75 North Carolina ...: 183 50 94 70 69 56 81 Texas ............: 119 101 99 100 102 102 100 Virginia .........: 36 45 30 22 49 21 20 : United States ....: 2,047 1,332 1,674 1,666 2,419 1,994 2,212 : number head : Septicaemia : Alabama ..........: 54,945 48,920 44,055 44,716 41,697 37,877 36,832 Arkansas .........: 50,965 50,548 51,085 61,469 50,918 50,731 50,916 Delaware .........: 62,397 48,800 45,625 49,105 46,761 45,803 43,747 Georgia ..........: 67,941 68,603 62,912 63,482 62,166 56,911 59,333 Mississippi ......: 18,944 16,677 15,079 16,121 16,110 14,110 15,042 North Carolina ...: 58,809 54,781 55,014 55,192 53,166 50,268 49,212 Texas ............: 57,475 53,227 53,384 58,014 59,863 58,319 58,605 Virginia .........: 22,203 20,839 17,001 20,012 20,250 18,335 17,407 : United States ....: 724,864 667,854 683,384 698,603 644,829 620,535 618,235 : number head : Airsacculitis : Alabama ..........: 32,031 30,110 30,681 39,041 34,681 25,251 26,953 Arkansas .........: 19,209 19,010 18,894 19,284 19,704 19,443 20,102 Delaware .........: 63,336 72,020 79,665 81,012 56,835 34,508 26,483 Georgia ..........: 139,263 157,621 178,754 166,816 113,919 73,588 68,686 Mississippi ......: 8,960 7,807 9,311 10,557 11,386 9,649 8,933 North Carolina ...: 29,103 25,645 26,721 17,682 14,461 12,312 13,324 Texas ............: 16,978 15,654 16,222 18,912 16,612 14,912 14,501 Virginia .........: 25,565 24,958 23,672 21,207 15,240 11,119 10,773 : United States ....: 542,203 534,037 598,195 538,772 400,749 293,533 260,516 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Tuberculosis : Alabama ..........: - - - - - - - Arkansas .........: - - - - - - - Delaware .........: - - - - - - - Georgia ..........: - - - - - - - Mississippi ......: - - - - - - - North Carolina ...: - - - - - - - Texas ............: - - - - - - - Virginia .........: - - - - - - - : United States ....: - - - - - - - : number head : Leukosis : Alabama ..........: 122 225 141 180 127 2,450 3,374 Arkansas .........: 45 45 45 35 35 520 1,203 Delaware .........: 244 415 391 313 452 4,733 7,762 Georgia ..........: 54 27 20 17 12 348 230 Mississippi ......: 60 76 49 116 52 931 1,114 North Carolina ...: 83 96 71 124 72 1,049 1,095 Texas ............: 175 99 108 100 107 1,312 1,637 Virginia .........: 19 22 16 126 59 465 571 : United States ....: 1,560 1,489 1,490 1,784 1,702 21,369 39,840 : number head : Septicaemia : Alabama ..........: 40,043 40,415 43,774 36,676 42,582 512,532 585,132 Arkansas .........: 49,268 48,594 49,132 30,956 32,081 576,663 788,911 Delaware .........: 41,919 41,247 44,130 40,926 46,467 556,927 690,833 Georgia ..........: 57,471 57,855 58,154 55,075 58,541 728,444 757,790 Mississippi ......: 13,998 13,372 15,449 13,934 16,719 185,555 225,972 North Carolina ...: 46,010 48,028 48,314 47,845 48,211 614,850 875,037 Texas ............: 56,872 55,340 54,745 54,661 58,313 678,818 723,104 Virginia .........: 16,780 15,913 17,805 15,113 19,227 220,885 245,266 : United States ....: 611,098 596,865 614,132 566,574 611,754 7,658,727 8,733,689 : number head : Airsacculitis : Alabama ..........: 28,624 30,097 30,933 28,982 37,366 374,750 435,939 Arkansas .........: 19,363 19,062 20,010 7,825 7,647 209,553 341,243 Delaware .........: 21,158 20,122 23,377 27,914 36,581 543,011 659,776 Georgia ..........: 67,582 82,327 63,769 54,038 72,142 1,238,505 1,387,652 Mississippi ......: 6,912 7,104 7,390 7,564 10,742 106,315 103,899 North Carolina ...: 12,597 12,752 13,392 14,430 14,306 206,725 389,275 Texas ............: 14,490 16,223 17,910 22,214 24,182 208,810 218,184 Virginia .........: 11,907 9,979 13,335 12,234 16,341 196,330 223,781 : United States ....: 252,862 271,354 271,314 263,394 332,897 4,559,826 5,477,498 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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 ..........: 146 91 121 187 91 90 102 Arkansas .........: 100 103 101 101 104 100 104 Delaware .........: 42 35 29 39 46 40 50 Georgia ..........: 88 108 309 343 181 83 80 Mississippi ......: 106 79 156 152 94 102 70 North Carolina ...: 84 79 47 45 71 99 56 Texas ............: 105 102 115 131 164 240 195 Virginia .........: 8 4 5 6 4 3 6 : United States ....: 1,917 1,639 2,164 2,240 1,703 1,688 1,704 : number head : Tumors : Alabama ..........: 2,020 1,854 1,727 1,855 1,700 1,662 1,527 Arkansas .........: 1,140 1,116 1,114 1,141 1,087 1,070 1,080 Delaware .........: 879 701 604 532 562 539 552 Georgia ..........: 2,378 2,143 2,205 2,206 2,300 2,076 2,184 Mississippi ......: 973 820 846 847 908 852 843 North Carolina ...: 1,433 1,325 1,198 1,204 1,246 1,307 1,246 Texas ............: 1,007 966 980 1,008 923 943 1,111 Virginia .........: 648 548 542 498 526 367 298 : United States ....: 22,244 18,867 19,739 18,823 18,312 16,946 16,832 : number head : Bruises : Alabama ..........: 658 604 649 570 609 549 564 Arkansas .........: 208 203 214 212 226 215 222 Delaware .........: 784 660 653 635 776 678 737 Georgia ..........: 633 584 554 608 667 611 707 Mississippi ......: 620 710 743 847 860 848 867 North Carolina ...: 420 406 448 398 422 401 434 Texas ............: 371 362 299 373 500 527 621 Virginia .........: 679 551 493 597 616 545 590 : United States ....: 11,369 10,869 11,352 11,295 9,672 9,627 8,791 : number head : Cadaver : Alabama ..........: 4,896 4,120 3,968 3,842 3,960 3,359 3,541 Arkansas .........: 3,623 3,816 4,181 4,237 3,718 4,781 4,848 Delaware .........: 2,177 1,651 1,614 1,661 1,709 1,900 2,861 Georgia ..........: 13,822 12,140 11,968 11,470 12,035 11,455 11,637 Mississippi ......: 2,293 3,165 2,622 2,881 2,735 2,261 2,808 North Carolina ...: 3,927 3,863 3,769 3,872 4,191 4,323 4,444 Texas ............: 329 320 287 280 278 314 329 Virginia .........: 839 770 652 637 722 603 676 : United States ....: 47,992 42,412 40,979 42,771 42,540 42,475 46,578 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Synovitis : Alabama ..........: 143 106 177 188 134 1,576 3,004 Arkansas .........: 100 103 107 73 78 1,174 1,882 Delaware .........: 54 73 207 26 83 724 748 Georgia ..........: 75 80 77 153 105 1,682 2,271 Mississippi ......: 172 138 74 89 113 1,345 1,499 North Carolina ...: 41 59 40 42 36 699 1,811 Texas ............: 176 180 112 158 115 1,793 2,879 Virginia .........: 6 10 16 6 2 76 215 : United States ....: 1,864 1,559 1,940 1,506 1,400 21,324 30,251 : number head : Tumors : Alabama ..........: 1,363 1,326 1,388 1,310 1,387 19,119 27,070 Arkansas .........: 1,090 1,083 1,142 983 988 13,034 14,924 Delaware .........: 577 570 625 623 645 7,409 10,201 Georgia ..........: 2,069 2,112 2,027 1,976 2,122 25,798 27,037 Mississippi ......: 730 803 716 709 822 9,869 11,349 North Carolina ...: 1,220 1,201 1,227 1,221 984 14,812 22,962 Texas ............: 1,062 1,010 1,003 1,070 1,077 12,160 10,332 Virginia .........: 357 340 394 345 370 5,233 6,243 : United States ....: 16,515 15,383 16,602 16,142 16,861 213,266 222,663 : number head : Bruises : Alabama ..........: 571 563 641 525 650 7,153 8,312 Arkansas .........: 217 212 210 157 163 2,459 3,939 Delaware .........: 676 715 758 666 733 8,471 9,699 Georgia ..........: 532 550 687 594 575 7,302 7,221 Mississippi ......: 765 779 1,058 856 800 9,753 9,287 North Carolina ...: 431 452 446 466 394 5,118 7,134 Texas ............: 624 493 505 398 388 5,461 5,200 Virginia .........: 622 470 548 384 385 6,480 9,307 : United States ....: 8,010 7,975 9,165 7,907 8,718 114,750 136,932 : number head : Cadaver : Alabama ..........: 3,033 3,332 4,395 3,972 4,053 46,471 52,229 Arkansas .........: 3,271 3,216 2,416 2,561 2,795 43,463 54,087 Delaware .........: 2,537 2,129 2,284 1,893 1,563 23,979 33,847 Georgia ..........: 11,898 11,218 9,838 9,871 10,478 137,830 163,036 Mississippi ......: 3,221 3,361 3,958 3,178 3,210 35,693 30,658 North Carolina ...: 4,616 4,786 5,034 4,484 5,157 52,466 60,064 Texas ............: 311 291 296 277 379 3,691 4,654 Virginia .........: 753 623 711 578 629 8,193 11,206 : United States ....: 44,464 42,702 44,340 40,299 40,598 518,150 615,164 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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 ..........: 21,906 19,100 16,990 15,717 16,278 14,203 14,384 Arkansas .........: 5,018 5,677 4,510 4,331 4,988 4,833 5,455 Delaware .........: 3,500 3,475 3,588 3,980 4,264 3,832 4,305 Georgia ..........: 36,244 22,726 23,886 27,879 23,803 28,805 28,813 Mississippi ......: 1,413 1,271 1,738 1,900 2,260 1,900 2,205 North Carolina ...: 2,968 2,740 3,106 2,964 2,832 2,876 3,228 Texas ............: 3,798 3,700 3,585 3,931 4,099 3,984 4,173 Virginia .........: 2,096 2,081 1,858 1,982 2,055 1,630 1,869 : United States ....: 120,827 99,814 105,862 105,593 105,872 103,820 106,598 : number head : Overscald : Alabama ..........: 2,260 1,521 753 1,676 1,330 677 591 Arkansas .........: 1,848 1,857 1,855 1,874 1,855 1,938 1,945 Delaware .........: 3,553 1,624 2,286 1,948 2,820 2,381 2,511 Georgia ..........: 7,952 5,651 6,663 4,706 4,970 4,460 6,232 Mississippi ......: 295 379 298 375 504 399 356 North Carolina ...: 2,467 2,730 2,873 2,889 2,535 2,812 3,081 Texas ............: 912 880 881 1,242 743 947 972 Virginia .........: 544 696 1,346 406 791 362 460 : United States ....: 35,093 31,664 28,988 37,012 31,882 33,929 36,416 : number head : Miscellaneous 1/ : Alabama ..........: 38,946 34,268 35,419 45,878 43,812 34,519 36,128 Arkansas .........: 111,385 106,057 101,637 99,752 116,491 147,122 129,563 Delaware .........: 8,702 7,943 10,328 9,753 8,640 8,555 7,065 Georgia ..........: 89,838 79,637 90,270 90,266 131,364 79,865 88,567 Mississippi ......: 11,895 10,688 10,872 13,367 12,114 11,229 10,725 North Carolina ...: 36,357 41,357 41,592 43,778 36,978 33,385 31,067 Texas ............: 15,494 15,213 14,803 15,117 15,108 15,607 15,507 Virginia .........: 18,979 16,781 16,999 15,071 9,982 8,742 8,513 : United States ....: 755,558 743,606 782,276 771,355 756,290 658,447 638,455 : number head : Total : Alabama ..........: 158,063 140,778 134,677 153,815 144,374 118,351 120,805 Arkansas .........: 193,541 188,432 183,636 192,446 199,136 230,278 214,280 Delaware .........: 145,830 137,206 144,654 148,949 122,916 98,757 88,902 Georgia ..........: 358,170 349,225 377,549 367,805 351,419 257,941 266,276 Mississippi ......: 45,583 41,662 41,762 47,122 47,063 41,439 41,924 North Carolina ...: 135,751 132,976 134,862 128,094 115,971 107,839 106,173 Texas ............: 96,588 90,525 90,655 99,108 98,392 95,895 96,114 Virginia .........: 71,597 67,273 62,598 60,438 50,235 41,727 40,612 : United States ....:2,264,114 2,152,094 2,274,613 2,228,130 2,014,268 1,782,994 1,736,337 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : number head : Contamination : Alabama ..........: 13,149 13,423 15,718 13,455 14,975 189,298 213,128 Arkansas .........: 5,148 5,176 6,469 4,513 4,535 60,653 69,816 Delaware .........: 4,153 5,095 5,064 5,163 4,658 51,077 53,744 Georgia ..........: 29,667 25,325 25,778 25,835 35,912 334,673 401,128 Mississippi ......: 2,157 2,014 2,193 1,827 1,798 22,676 22,216 North Carolina ...: 2,955 2,798 2,554 2,769 2,544 34,334 50,716 Texas ............: 3,850 3,858 4,030 3,801 4,023 46,832 52,719 Virginia .........: 1,960 1,920 1,973 1,713 1,751 22,888 26,044 : United States ....: 100,706 92,950 100,577 93,920 106,473 1,243,012 1,406,021 : number head : Overscald : Alabama ..........: 744 635 1,934 429 874 13,424 16,320 Arkansas .........: 1,879 1,907 1,860 1,797 1,790 22,405 28,319 Delaware .........: 3,324 3,741 4,944 3,556 4,586 37,274 24,195 Georgia ..........: 5,676 3,221 3,008 2,834 3,063 58,436 72,314 Mississippi ......: 945 779 757 599 626 6,312 3,666 North Carolina ...: 3,317 2,683 2,010 2,147 2,548 32,092 32,961 Texas ............: 817 661 269 485 531 9,340 14,161 Virginia .........: 831 701 424 357 369 7,287 7,371 : United States ....: 38,293 31,623 36,512 28,206 34,327 403,945 350,144 : number head : Miscellaneous 1/ : Alabama ..........: 27,785 26,287 27,144 26,885 31,432 408,503 476,996 Arkansas .........: 104,840 99,952 115,625 94,555 89,819 1,316,798 1,633,085 Delaware .........: 9,006 12,222 15,868 12,285 11,248 121,615 113,634 Georgia ..........: 74,003 75,468 64,898 58,570 87,737 1,010,483 905,411 Mississippi ......: 10,263 9,676 10,718 10,189 12,829 134,565 182,052 North Carolina ...: 33,214 32,346 30,806 41,055 29,560 431,495 620,234 Texas ............: 15,519 16,147 16,006 17,696 17,468 189,685 220,607 Virginia .........: 9,615 9,172 14,691 13,565 12,646 154,756 164,324 : United States ....: 591,061 588,324 619,103 576,999 597,883 8,079,357 8,447,139 : number head : Total : Alabama ..........: 115,577 116,409 126,245 112,602 133,580 1,575,276 1,821,504 Arkansas .........: 185,221 179,350 197,016 143,455 139,931 2,246,722 2,937,409 Delaware .........: 83,648 86,329 97,648 93,365 107,016 1,355,220 1,604,439 Georgia ..........: 249,027 258,183 228,256 208,963 270,687 3,543,501 3,724,090 Mississippi ......: 39,223 38,102 42,362 39,061 47,711 513,014 591,712 North Carolina ...: 104,484 105,201 103,894 114,583 103,812 1,393,640 2,061,289 Texas ............: 93,896 94,302 94,984 100,860 106,583 1,157,902 1,253,477 Virginia .........: 42,850 39,150 49,913 44,421 51,779 622,593 694,328 : United States ....:1,666,433 1,650,224 1,715,175 1,596,731 1,752,613 22,833,726 25,459,341 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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 ...........: 3,085 2,701 2,678 2,772 2,791 2,811 2,919 Illinois ...........: 1 1 1 (Y) (Y) 1 1 Indiana ............: 1,994 1,809 1,868 1,937 2,008 1,905 2,006 Iowa ...............: 1,294 1,052 1,237 1,151 1,193 1,186 1,130 Minnesota ..........: 2,918 3,097 3,170 3,229 3,687 3,447 3,709 Missouri ...........: 904 760 769 854 761 820 933 North Carolina .....: 1,958 1,673 1,817 1,849 1,848 1,661 1,551 Ohio ...............: 479 508 533 520 531 537 550 Pennsylvania .......: 667 563 603 598 681 559 652 Texas ..............: 509 423 390 372 449 403 441 : Vermont ............: 1 - - - - - - Virginia ...........: 2,418 1,934 2,116 2,176 2,300 2,112 2,240 Wisconsin ..........: 523 539 551 542 567 522 568 : United States ......: 19,369 17,346 17,978 18,311 18,901 18,466 19,296 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Arkansas ...........: 59,381 50,917 51,549 54,591 55,905 54,539 58,684 Illinois ...........: 29 34 18 14 6 22 11 Indiana ............: 81,392 73,624 76,143 79,304 83,074 77,678 79,279 Iowa ...............: 57,046 46,793 54,250 49,883 50,791 49,353 46,285 Minnesota ..........: 86,630 89,854 93,076 88,401 100,276 95,044 100,814 Missouri ...........: 32,305 27,170 27,979 30,252 27,491 29,646 34,535 North Carolina .....: 76,350 62,911 69,373 73,284 73,194 62,073 54,976 Ohio ...............: 22,985 24,273 25,652 24,884 25,301 24,660 25,482 Pennsylvania .......: 20,064 16,750 18,243 18,082 17,942 15,604 18,073 Texas ..............: 7,859 6,037 5,165 5,183 6,702 6,040 6,930 : Vermont ............: 37 - - - - - - Virginia ...........: 67,858 55,342 60,376 59,993 65,198 59,857 62,952 Wisconsin ..........: 23,257 23,797 24,520 24,122 25,217 22,583 24,700 : United States ......: 637,240 570,119 596,483 601,863 611,261 590,855 610,283 : pounds : Average live weight : Arkansas ...........: 19.25 18.85 19.25 19.69 20.03 19.40 20.10 Illinois ...........: 32.52 32.47 31.01 29.98 32.06 30.95 19.16 Indiana ............: 40.82 40.70 40.75 40.94 41.36 40.77 39.51 Iowa ...............: 44.09 44.46 43.85 43.34 42.57 41.61 40.96 Minnesota ..........: 29.69 29.02 29.36 27.37 27.19 27.57 27.18 Missouri ...........: 35.72 35.75 36.38 35.42 36.14 36.13 37.00 North Carolina .....: 38.99 37.60 38.18 39.63 39.61 37.38 35.44 Ohio ...............: 47.95 47.81 48.11 47.89 47.65 45.95 46.37 Pennsylvania .......: 30.07 29.75 30.28 30.23 26.35 27.93 27.70 Texas ..............: 15.44 14.26 13.24 13.93 14.94 15.00 15.72 : Vermont ............: 33.14 - - - - - - Virginia ...........: 28.06 28.62 28.53 27.58 28.35 28.35 28.10 Wisconsin ..........: 44.50 44.11 44.50 44.50 44.49 43.27 43.49 : United States ......: 32.90 32.87 33.18 32.87 32.34 32.00 31.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head : Slaughtered : Arkansas ...........: 2,889 2,195 3,439 3,155 2,564 33,999 35,328 Illinois ...........: 1 2 6 60 14 88 94 Indiana ............: 2,019 1,891 2,121 1,720 1,745 23,023 22,806 Iowa ...............: 1,065 1,077 1,236 1,073 996 13,690 14,267 Minnesota ..........: 3,757 3,415 3,737 3,886 3,204 41,256 43,166 Missouri ...........: 969 915 1,015 738 785 10,223 10,221 North Carolina .....: 2,045 1,808 2,089 1,751 1,645 21,695 21,782 Ohio ...............: 554 525 613 574 512 6,436 5,976 Pennsylvania .......: 759 731 1,023 855 528 8,219 9,265 Texas ..............: 423 332 372 80 (Y) 4,194 6,031 : Vermont ............: (Y) (Y) 8 44 5 58 69 Virginia ...........: 2,258 2,105 2,434 2,026 1,910 26,029 26,832 Wisconsin ..........: 572 505 597 515 559 6,560 6,625 : United States ......: 20,124 17,999 22,158 19,204 16,763 225,915 235,198 : 1,000 pounds : Total live weight : Arkansas ...........: 54,413 42,553 67,260 57,511 45,728 653,031 675,898 Illinois ...........: 19 62 161 1,440 350 2,166 2,290 Indiana ............: 78,016 74,109 81,267 68,409 72,551 924,846 900,887 Iowa ...............: 43,225 45,494 51,500 44,953 43,367 582,940 602,142 Minnesota ..........: 97,233 91,692 101,287 100,022 93,620 1,137,949 1,143,488 Missouri ...........: 33,087 30,948 34,474 27,381 29,630 364,898 344,872 North Carolina .....: 75,620 68,672 78,187 61,100 61,570 817,310 803,586 Ohio ...............: 24,912 23,631 28,299 24,674 24,412 299,165 277,039 Pennsylvania .......: 21,304 19,509 24,908 20,246 14,726 225,451 258,320 Texas ..............: 5,834 4,631 5,350 1,218 5 60,954 87,464 : Vermont ............: 6 14 247 1,149 169 1,622 1,908 Virginia ...........: 61,277 56,884 65,666 56,323 55,100 726,826 737,445 Wisconsin ..........: 24,271 21,217 24,969 22,065 25,156 285,874 288,813 : United States ......: 622,416 573,499 681,966 583,138 557,236 7,236,359 7,310,114 : pounds : Average live weight : Arkansas ...........: 18.84 19.39 19.56 18.23 17.84 19.20 19.10 Illinois ...........: 29.19 33.04 26.26 23.89 25.36 24.60 24.40 Indiana ............: 38.63 39.19 38.32 39.78 41.57 40.20 39.50 Iowa ...............: 40.57 42.25 41.65 41.89 43.53 42.60 42.20 Minnesota ..........: 25.88 26.85 27.10 25.74 29.22 27.60 26.50 Missouri ...........: 34.15 33.84 33.98 37.09 37.76 35.70 33.70 North Carolina .....: 36.98 37.98 37.43 34.90 37.42 37.70 36.90 Ohio ...............: 44.95 45.02 46.15 43.00 47.67 46.50 46.40 Pennsylvania .......: 28.06 26.69 24.35 23.68 27.88 27.40 27.90 Texas ..............: 13.80 13.95 14.40 15.29 33.33 14.50 14.50 : Vermont ............: 30.94 31.88 31.67 25.82 32.37 28.00 27.70 Virginia ...........: 27.14 27.02 26.98 27.81 28.86 27.90 27.50 Wisconsin ..........: 42.46 41.99 41.82 42.83 45.00 43.60 43.60 : United States ......: 30.93 31.86 30.78 30.37 33.24 32.03 31.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 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 ...........: 49,466 42,482 42,933 45,471 46,418 45,439 48,893 Illinois ...........: 22 27 14 10 4 17 8 Indiana ............: 65,996 59,655 61,696 64,257 67,333 62,989 64,188 Iowa ...............: 44,666 36,844 42,760 39,251 40,009 38,844 36,460 Minnesota ..........: 69,076 71,687 74,350 70,460 80,265 76,251 80,458 Missouri ...........: 26,132 21,977 22,626 24,464 22,220 23,963 27,903 North Carolina .....: 59,430 49,311 54,595 57,626 57,230 48,345 42,996 Ohio ...............: 18,340 19,400 20,486 19,882 20,011 19,712 20,368 Pennsylvania .......: 15,771 13,091 14,381 14,339 14,093 12,239 14,194 Texas ..............: 6,402 5,106 4,423 4,392 5,666 5,022 5,654 : Vermont ............: 29 - - - - - - Virginia ...........: 54,126 44,103 48,096 47,829 51,940 47,662 50,005 Wisconsin ..........: 18,395 18,859 19,455 19,087 19,955 17,867 19,538 : United States ......: 507,868 455,276 476,399 480,697 488,016 472,110 487,426 : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Arkansas ...........: 415 325 356 359 387 360 423 Illinois ...........: - - - - - - (Y) Indiana ............: 927 1,052 1,008 1,175 1,084 1,047 1,021 Iowa ...............: 869 578 600 615 636 619 546 Minnesota ..........: 1,068 991 1,023 972 1,152 1,067 1,041 Missouri ...........: 146 122 123 180 163 171 167 North Carolina .....: 400 366 367 377 376 306 321 Ohio ...............: 282 310 351 348 347 360 340 Pennsylvania .......: 537 449 510 524 395 391 471 Texas ..............: 52 41 38 33 53 51 49 : Vermont ............: - - - - - - - Virginia ...........: 925 749 812 824 889 810 871 Wisconsin ..........: 271 227 216 260 279 256 283 : United States ......: 7,413 6,635 7,075 7,495 7,252 6,819 6,876 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Arkansas ...........: 0.83 0.76 0.82 0.78 0.83 0.79 0.86 Illinois ...........: - - - - - - 0.25 Indiana ............: 1.38 1.73 1.61 1.80 1.58 1.64 1.57 Iowa ...............: 1.91 1.54 1.38 1.54 1.56 1.57 1.48 Minnesota ..........: 1.52 1.36 1.36 1.36 1.42 1.38 1.28 Missouri ...........: 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.73 0.73 0.71 0.60 North Carolina .....: 0.67 0.74 0.67 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.74 Ohio ...............: 1.51 1.57 1.69 1.72 1.70 1.79 1.64 Pennsylvania .......: 3.29 3.31 3.42 3.53 2.72 3.09 3.21 Texas ..............: 0.80 0.80 0.86 0.75 0.93 1.00 0.85 : Vermont ............: - - - - - - - Virginia ...........: 1.68 1.67 1.66 1.69 1.68 1.67 1.71 Wisconsin ..........: 1.45 1.19 1.10 1.35 1.38 1.41 1.43 : United States ......: 1.44 1.44 1.46 1.54 1.46 1.42 1.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2019 and 2018 Total (continued) [Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : State : August :September : October : November : December :2019 Total:2018 Total : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Pounds certified 1/ : Arkansas ...........: 45,275 35,418 56,080 47,868 38,033 543,776 563,344 Illinois ...........: 15 47 129 1,157 282 1,732 1,826 Indiana ............: 63,196 60,013 65,732 55,181 58,585 748,821 728,946 Iowa ...............: 34,110 35,838 40,591 35,376 34,117 458,866 473,780 Minnesota ..........: 77,907 73,568 81,303 80,484 74,819 910,628 911,334 Missouri ...........: 26,587 25,019 27,839 22,083 23,869 294,682 279,195 North Carolina .....: 59,148 53,901 61,564 48,115 48,344 640,605 629,866 Ohio ...............: 19,905 18,897 22,652 19,691 19,476 238,820 221,031 Pennsylvania .......: 16,790 15,376 19,914 16,092 11,431 177,711 204,512 Texas ..............: 4,900 3,890 4,511 1,027 4 50,997 73,046 : Vermont ............: 5 11 200 931 134 1,310 1,524 Virginia ...........: 48,634 45,098 52,015 44,594 43,577 577,679 592,161 Wisconsin ..........: 19,192 16,806 19,751 17,443 19,873 226,221 228,881 : United States ......: 496,974 457,767 545,936 466,091 443,774 5,778,334 5,841,082 : 1,000 pounds : Carcass and parts : Arkansas ...........: 414 322 440 372 352 4,525 4,345 Illinois ...........: - - 1 35 15 51 35 Indiana ............: 975 933 1,065 870 894 12,051 12,685 Iowa ...............: 588 541 640 604 543 7,379 7,133 Minnesota ..........: 1,028 986 1,178 971 1,075 12,552 13,156 Missouri ...........: 152 184 188 182 201 1,979 1,470 North Carolina .....: 472 427 404 287 354 4,457 4,341 Ohio ...............: 302 271 298 240 252 3,701 4,065 Pennsylvania .......: 562 431 527 468 477 5,742 4,670 Texas ..............: 49 35 44 9 (Y) 454 511 : Vermont ............: - - 1 9 (Y) 10 9 Virginia ...........: 899 860 862 847 753 10,101 8,926 Wisconsin ..........: 294 241 301 284 333 3,245 2,905 : United States ......: 7,083 6,386 7,281 6,296 6,411 83,022 82,278 : percent : Percent of : weight condemned 2/ : Arkansas ...........: 0.91 0.90 0.78 0.77 0.92 0.83 0.77 Illinois ...........: - - 0.78 2.95 4.97 2.86 1.88 Indiana ............: 1.52 1.53 1.59 1.55 1.50 1.58 1.71 Iowa ...............: 1.70 1.49 1.55 1.68 1.57 1.58 1.48 Minnesota ..........: 1.30 1.32 1.43 1.19 1.42 1.36 1.42 Missouri ...........: 0.57 0.73 0.67 0.82 0.83 0.67 0.52 North Carolina .....: 0.79 0.79 0.65 0.59 0.73 0.69 0.68 Ohio ...............: 1.49 1.41 1.30 1.20 1.28 1.53 1.81 Pennsylvania .......: 3.24 2.73 2.58 2.82 4.01 3.13 2.23 Texas ..............: 0.98 0.90 0.97 0.91 0.12 0.88 0.69 : Vermont ............: - - 0.56 0.91 0.07 0.76 0.59 Virginia ...........: 1.81 1.87 1.63 1.86 1.70 1.72 1.48 Wisconsin ..........: 1.51 1.42 1.50 1.60 1.65 1.41 1.25 : United States ......: 1.41 1.38 1.32 1.33 1.42 1.42 1.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (Y) Less than level of precision shown. 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. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Tony Dorn, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .................. 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