United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
ISSN: 2159-
7480
Poultry
Slaughter
2022 Summary
February 2023
Contents
Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States:
2022 and 2021 Total........................................................................................... 4
Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total........................... 6
Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total.............................. 8
Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total.............................. 10
Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total.......................... 12
Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States:
2022 and 2021 Total........................................................................................... 18
Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States:
2022 and 2021 Total........................................................................................... 20
Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2022 and 2021 Total............. 22
Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States:
2022 and 2021 Total........................................................................................... 24
Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States:
2022 and 2021 Total........................................................................................... 30
Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States:
2022 and 2021 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: 2022 and 2021 Total
[Federally inspected only]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Chickens :
Young ............: 755,990 714,577 824,227 738,353 780,516 809,283 758,278
Mature ...........: 9,242 8,632 10,116 8,586 9,764 10,776 8,993
Light ..........: 2,937 2,395 2,906 2,148 3,053 3,110 2,330
Heavy ..........: 6,305 6,237 7,210 6,438 6,711 7,666 6,663
Total ............: 765,232 723,209 834,343 746,939 790,280 820,059 767,271
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 16,585 15,753 19,205 16,427 16,471 18,115 15,905
Old ..............: 149 106 122 120 108 134 135
Total ............: 16,734 15,859 19,327 16,547 16,579 18,249 16,040
:
Ducks ..............: 2,282 2,093 2,471 2,292 2,012 2,163 1,927
:
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............:4,893,416 4,611,098 5,293,494 4,722,786 5,007,363 5,211,385 4,872,579
Mature ...........: 61,460 60,593 69,919 61,081 66,956 74,238 64,352
Light ..........: 10,086 8,368 10,043 7,553 10,501 10,636 8,168
Heavy ..........: 51,374 52,225 59,876 53,528 56,455 63,602 56,184
Total ............:4,954,876 4,671,691 5,363,413 4,783,867 5,074,319 5,285,623 4,936,931
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 550,324 526,903 629,785 520,697 512,320 548,829 488,099
Old ..............: 4,681 3,266 3,746 3,617 3,378 4,219 4,212
Total ............: 555,005 530,169 633,531 524,314 515,698 553,048 492,311
:
Ducks ..............: 15,875 14,813 17,321 16,098 14,383 15,414 13,339
:
Other 1/ ...........: 152 126 180 162 173 323 385
:
Total ..............:5,525,908 5,216,799 6,014,445 5,324,441 5,604,573 5,854,408 5,442,966
:
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............: 6.47 6.45 6.42 6.40 6.42 6.44 6.43
Mature ...........: 6.65 7.02 6.91 7.11 6.86 6.89 7.16
Light ..........: 3.43 3.49 3.46 3.52 3.44 3.42 3.51
Heavy ..........: 8.15 8.37 8.30 8.31 8.41 8.30 8.43
Total ............: 6.47 6.46 6.43 6.40 6.42 6.45 6.43
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 33.18 33.45 32.79 31.70 31.10 30.30 30.69
Old ..............: 31.42 30.81 30.70 30.14 31.28 31.49 31.20
Total ............: 33.17 33.43 32.78 31.69 31.11 30.31 30.69
:
Ducks ..............: 6.96 7.08 7.01 7.02 7.15 7.13 6.92
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month -
United States:
2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
[Federally inspected only]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Chickens :
Young ............: 862,696 806,793 809,866 793,686 776,509 9,430,774 9,210,889
Mature ...........: 10,578 10,066 9,458 9,169 9,566 114,946 114,695
Light ..........: 2,503 2,746 2,426 2,575 2,813 31,942 36,304
Heavy ..........: 8,075 7,320 7,032 6,594 6,753 83,004 78,391
Total ............: 873,274 816,859 819,324 802,855 786,075 9,545,720 9,325,584
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 18,194 17,036 19,249 17,682 15,967 206,589 213,937
Old ..............: 140 152 171 112 187 1,636 1,726
Total ............: 18,334 17,188 19,420 17,794 16,154 208,225 215,663
:
Ducks ..............: 2,295 2,253 2,316 2,177 2,376 26,657 24,301
:
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............:5,584,716 5,295,606 5,379,029 5,215,896 5,093,964 61,181,332 59,486,734
Mature ...........: 77,523 71,954 67,641 64,440 66,098 806,255 779,981
Light ..........: 8,794 9,669 8,392 8,717 9,573 110,500 125,404
Heavy ..........: 68,729 62,285 59,249 55,723 56,525 695,755 654,577
Total ............:5,662,239 5,367,560 5,446,670 5,280,336 5,160,062 61,987,587 60,266,715
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 556,488 518,659 577,085 532,304 512,111 6,473,604 6,908,616
Old ..............: 4,106 4,823 5,229 3,531 5,802 50,610 52,303
Total ............: 560,594 523,482 582,314 535,835 517,913 6,524,214 6,960,919
:
Ducks ..............: 15,954 15,653 16,419 15,739 17,006 188,014 169,231
:
Other 1/ ...........: 537 562 548 253 176 3,577 3,476
:
Total ..............:6,239,324 5,907,257 6,045,951 5,832,163 5,695,157 68,703,392 67,400,341
:
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............: 6.47 6.56 6.64 6.57 6.56 6.49 6.46
Mature ...........: 7.33 7.15 7.15 7.03 6.91 7.01 6.80
Light ..........: 3.51 3.52 3.46 3.39 3.40 3.46 3.45
Heavy ..........: 8.51 8.51 8.43 8.45 8.37 8.38 8.35
Total ............: 6.48 6.57 6.65 6.58 6.56 6.49 6.46
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 30.59 30.44 29.98 30.10 32.07 31.34 32.29
Old ..............: 29.33 31.73 30.58 31.53 31.03 30.94 30.30
Total ............: 30.58 30.46 29.99 30.11 32.06 31.33 32.28
:
Ducks ..............: 6.95 6.95 7.09 7.23 7.16 7.05 6.96
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1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab.
Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total
[Ready-to-cook weights]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Chilled :
Chickens :
Young ............:3,445,792 3,261,566 3,736,734 3,340,461 3,546,236 3,676,855 3,449,185
Mature ...........: 42,594 42,637 49,538 43,501 47,351 52,399 45,709
Light ..........: 5,214 4,380 5,372 4,057 5,488 5,608 4,320
Heavy ..........: 37,380 38,257 44,166 39,444 41,863 46,791 41,389
Total ............:3,488,386 3,304,203 3,786,272 3,383,962 3,593,587 3,729,254 3,494,894
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 276,024 261,936 316,042 251,384 245,027 262,370 240,316
Old ..............: 2,840 1,993 2,437 2,649 2,527 3,030 2,490
Total ............: 278,864 263,929 318,479 254,033 247,554 265,400 242,806
:
Ducks ..............: 4,167 4,007 4,415 4,455 4,198 4,517 4,313
:
Other 1/ ...........: 97 82 114 101 108 202 179
:
Total ..............:3,771,514 3,572,221 4,109,280 3,642,551 3,845,447 3,999,373 3,742,192
:
Frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............: 244,505 222,906 258,289 224,462 232,626 258,021 235,631
Mature ...........: - - - - - - -
Light ..........: - - - - - - -
Heavy ..........: - - - - - - -
Total ............: 244,505 222,906 258,289 224,462 232,626 258,021 235,631
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 163,333 158,473 188,854 166,163 165,182 176,666 150,343
Old ..............: 755 478 426 133 53 199 764
Total ............: 164,088 158,951 189,280 166,296 165,235 176,865 151,107
:
Ducks ..............: 7,468 6,831 8,282 7,358 6,078 6,653 5,364
:
Other 1/ ...........: 6 7 10 11 13 10 69
:
Total ..............: 416,067 388,695 455,861 398,127 403,952 441,549 392,171
:
Chilled and frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............:3,690,297 3,484,472 3,995,023 3,564,923 3,778,862 3,934,876 3,684,816
Mature ...........: 42,594 42,637 49,538 43,501 47,351 52,399 45,709
Light ..........: 5,214 4,380 5,372 4,057 5,488 5,608 4,320
Heavy ..........: 37,380 38,257 44,166 39,444 41,863 46,791 41,389
Total ............:3,732,891 3,527,109 4,044,561 3,608,424 3,826,213 3,987,275 3,730,525
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 439,357 420,409 504,896 417,547 410,209 439,036 390,659
Old ..............: 3,595 2,471 2,863 2,782 2,580 3,229 3,254
Total ............: 442,952 422,880 507,759 420,329 412,789 442,265 393,913
:
Ducks ..............: 11,635 10,838 12,697 11,813 10,276 11,170 9,677
:
Other 1/ ...........: 103 89 124 112 121 212 248
:
Total ..............:4,187,581 3,960,916 4,565,141 4,040,678 4,249,399 4,440,922 4,134,363
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
[Ready-to-cook weights]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Chilled :
Chickens :
Young ............:3,918,965 3,710,676 3,801,720 3,678,075 3,603,806 43,170,071 41,857,927
Mature ...........: 55,285 50,685 48,173 45,447 45,986 569,305 537,238
Light ..........: 4,709 5,022 4,439 4,574 4,992 58,175 64,915
Heavy ..........: 50,576 45,663 43,734 40,873 40,994 511,130 472,323
Total ............:3,974,250 3,761,361 3,849,893 3,723,522 3,649,792 43,739,376 42,395,165
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 277,917 246,654 284,043 258,465 246,089 3,166,267 3,396,566
Old ..............: 2,620 3,172 3,904 2,495 4,094 34,251 38,954
Total ............: 280,537 249,826 287,947 260,960 250,183 3,200,518 3,435,520
:
Ducks ..............: 5,005 4,489 5,085 5,134 5,087 54,872 43,378
:
Other 1/ ...........: 145 146 195 147 112 1,628 1,485
:
Total ..............:4,259,937 4,015,822 4,143,120 3,989,763 3,905,174 46,996,394 45,875,548
:
Frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............: 292,012 289,856 266,802 262,818 247,828 3,035,756 3,041,371
Mature ...........: - - - - - - -
Light ..........: - - - - - - -
Heavy ..........: - - - - - - -
Total ............: 292,012 289,856 266,802 262,818 247,828 3,035,756 3,041,371
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 168,011 170,170 179,287 166,988 163,689 2,017,159 2,122,190
Old ..............: 608 557 66 243 344 4,626 765
Total ............: 168,619 170,727 179,353 167,231 164,033 2,021,785 2,122,955
:
Ducks ..............: 6,610 6,956 6,937 6,418 7,339 82,294 80,657
:
Other 1/ ...........: 196 204 164 16 12 718 790
:
Total ..............: 467,437 467,743 453,256 436,483 419,212 5,140,553 5,245,773
:
Chilled and frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............:4,210,977 4,000,532 4,068,522 3,940,893 3,851,634 46,205,827 44,899,298
Mature ...........: 55,285 50,685 48,173 45,447 45,986 569,305 537,238
Light ..........: 4,709 5,022 4,439 4,574 4,992 58,175 64,915
Heavy ..........: 50,576 45,663 43,734 40,873 40,994 511,130 472,323
Total ............:4,266,262 4,051,217 4,116,695 3,986,340 3,897,620 46,775,132 45,436,536
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 445,928 416,824 463,330 425,453 409,778 5,183,426 5,518,756
Old ..............: 3,228 3,729 3,970 2,738 4,438 38,877 39,719
Total ............: 449,156 420,553 467,300 428,191 414,216 5,222,303 5,558,475
:
Ducks ..............: 11,615 11,445 12,022 11,552 12,426 137,166 124,035
:
Other 1/ ...........: 341 350 359 163 124 2,346 2,275
:
Total ..............:4,727,374 4,483,565 4,596,376 4,426,246 4,324,386 52,136,947 51,121,321
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- Represents zero.
1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab.
Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total
[Federally inspected only]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Live weight :
Chickens :
Young ...........: 10,887 10,102 10,570 9,290 9,905 11,576 11,113
Mature ..........: 795 819 887 803 861 1,063 905
Light .........: 132 117 64 43 72 117 71
Heavy .........: 663 702 823 760 789 946 834
Total ...........: 11,682 10,921 11,457 10,093 10,766 12,639 12,018
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1,940 1,822 1,842 1,399 1,536 1,849 1,830
Old .............: 47 38 17 29 29 40 47
Total ...........: 1,987 1,860 1,859 1,428 1,565 1,889 1,877
:
Ducks .............: 77 71 75 74 87 107 98
:
Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - -
:
Total .............: 13,746 12,852 13,391 11,595 12,418 14,635 13,993
:
: percent
:
Percent of live :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.22 0.22 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.22 0.23
Mature ..........: 1.29 1.35 1.27 1.31 1.29 1.43 1.41
Light .........: 1.31 1.40 0.64 0.57 0.69 1.10 0.87
Heavy .........: 1.29 1.34 1.37 1.42 1.40 1.49 1.48
Total ...........: 0.24 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.24 0.24
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 0.35 0.35 0.29 0.27 0.30 0.34 0.37
Old .............: 1.00 1.16 0.45 0.80 0.86 0.95 1.12
Total ...........: 0.36 0.35 0.29 0.27 0.30 0.34 0.38
:
Ducks .............: 0.49 0.48 0.43 0.46 0.60 0.69 0.73
:
Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - -
:
Total .............: 0.25 0.25 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.25 0.26
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
[Federally inspected only]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Live weight :
Chickens :
Young ...........: 11,798 10,575 10,322 10,492 11,136 127,766 119,008
Mature ..........: 1,053 864 669 661 841 10,221 7,642
Light .........: 88 107 47 65 101 1,024 1,060
Heavy .........: 965 757 622 596 740 9,197 6,582
Total ...........: 12,851 11,439 10,991 11,153 11,977 137,987 126,650
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1,653 1,410 1,463 1,427 1,495 19,666 21,102
Old .............: 27 26 31 17 54 402 449
Total ...........: 1,680 1,436 1,494 1,444 1,549 20,068 21,551
:
Ducks .............: 100 77 86 66 72 990 888
:
Other 2/ ..........: 1 2 1 - - 4 3
:
Total .............: 14,632 12,954 12,572 12,663 13,598 159,049 149,092
:
: percent
:
Percent of live :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.21 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.22 0.21 0.20
Mature ..........: 1.36 1.20 0.99 1.03 1.27 1.27 0.98
Light .........: 1.00 1.11 0.56 0.75 1.06 0.93 0.85
Heavy .........: 1.40 1.22 1.05 1.07 1.31 1.32 1.01
Total .............: 0.23 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.21
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 0.30 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.31
Old .............: 0.66 0.54 0.59 0.48 0.93 0.79 0.86
Total ...........: 0.30 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.30 0.31 0.31
:
Ducks .............: 0.63 0.49 0.52 0.42 0.42 0.53 0.52
:
Other 2/ ..........: 0.19 0.36 0.18 - - 0.11 0.09
:
Total .............: 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.22
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- 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: 2022 and 2021 Total
[Federally Condemned and Establishment Sorted and Removed]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Chickens :
Young ...........: 19,149 17,730 20,614 18,161 19,219 19,392 16,900
Mature ..........: 1,473 1,347 1,656 1,512 1,631 1,702 1,434
Light .........: 434 344 368 297 427 424 305
Heavy .........: 1,039 1,003 1,288 1,215 1,204 1,278 1,129
Total ...........: 20,622 19,077 22,270 19,673 20,850 21,094 18,334
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 5,599 5,244 5,942 4,835 4,847 5,233 4,784
Old .............: 156 113 157 132 149 148 127
Total ...........: 5,755 5,357 6,099 4,967 4,996 5,381 4,911
:
Ducks .............: 274 228 234 208 236 206 218
:
Other 2/ ..........: 2 2 3 3 3 4 4
:
Total .............: 26,653 24,664 28,606 24,851 26,085 26,685 23,467
:
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.49 0.46
Mature ..........: 3.34 3.06 3.23 3.36 3.33 3.15 3.04
Light .........: 7.68 7.28 6.41 6.82 7.22 7.03 6.59
Heavy .........: 2.70 2.55 2.83 2.99 2.80 2.66 2.66
Total ...........: 0.55 0.54 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.53 0.49
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1.26 1.23 1.16 1.14 1.17 1.18 1.21
Old .............: 4.16 4.37 5.20 4.53 5.46 4.38 3.76
Total ...........: 1.28 1.25 1.19 1.17 1.20 1.20 1.23
:
Ducks .............: 2.30 2.06 1.81 1.73 2.25 1.81 2.20
:
Other 2/ ..........: 1.90 2.20 2.36 2.61 2.42 1.85 1.59
:
Total .............: 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.61 0.61 0.60 0.56
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
[Federally Condemned and Establishment Sorted and Removed]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Chickens :
Young ...........: 19,158 18,184 18,695 19,071 19,225 225,498 221,549
Mature ..........: 1,780 1,648 1,609 1,646 1,698 19,136 25,277
Light .........: 297 382 321 376 422 4,397 5,435
Heavy .........: 1,483 1,266 1,288 1,270 1,276 14,739 19,842
Total ...........: 20,938 19,832 20,304 20,717 20,923 244,634 246,826
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 5,273 4,751 5,010 4,971 4,870 61,359 70,154
Old .............: 139 166 194 113 200 1,794 1,810
Total ...........: 5,412 4,917 5,204 5,084 5,070 63,153 71,964
:
Ducks .............: 272 231 265 200 257 2,829 2,606
:
Other 2/ ..........: 6 6 4 3 3 43 38
:
Total .............: 26,628 24,986 25,777 26,004 26,253 310,659 321,434
:
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.48 0.50 0.49 0.49
Mature ..........: 3.12 3.15 3.23 3.50 3.56 3.25 4.49
Light .........: 5.93 7.07 6.74 7.60 7.79 7.03 7.73
Heavy .........: 2.85 2.70 2.86 3.01 3.02 2.80 4.03
Total ...........: 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.52 0.53 0.52 0.54
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1.17 1.13 1.07 1.15 1.17 1.17 1.26
Old .............: 4.13 4.26 4.66 3.96 4.31 4.41 4.36
Total ...........: 1.19 1.16 1.10 1.17 1.21 1.19 1.28
:
Ducks .............: 2.29 1.98 2.16 1.70 2.03 2.02 2.06
:
Other 2/ ..........: 1.73 1.69 1.10 1.81 2.36 1.80 1.64
:
Total .............: 0.56 0.55 0.56 0.58 0.60 0.59 0.62
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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: 2022 and 2021 Total
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Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
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: number head
:
Tuberculosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Mature .....: - - - - - - -
Light ....: - - - - - - -
Heavy ....: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Old ........: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 579 552 634 457 682 286 291
Mature .....: 19 22 21 45 64 72 52
Light ....: 14 9 11 33 49 61 28
Heavy ....: 5 13 10 12 15 11 24
Total ......: 598 574 655 502 746 358 343
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 33 30 30 55 27 30 58
Old ........: 19 7 10 2 10 9 11
Total ......: 52 37 40 57 37 39 69
:
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Chickens :
Young ......: 126,654 110,301 130,131 101,647 104,492 96,572 81,001
Mature .....: 71,251 52,594 51,520 37,940 56,482 48,290 35,068
Light ....: 67,011 48,441 46,345 33,086 51,594 41,780 29,914
Heavy ....: 4,240 4,153 5,175 4,854 4,888 6,510 5,154
Total ......: 197,905 162,895 181,651 139,587 160,974 144,862 116,069
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 10,910 9,022 9,412 7,171 6,130 5,877 5,004
Old ........: 945 605 1,036 892 983 776 712
Total ......: 11,855 9,627 10,448 8,063 7,113 6,653 5,716
:
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 134,214 152,594 157,479 113,400 113,852 101,712 70,524
Mature .....: 12,584 9,754 12,608 9,033 12,559 13,706 9,779
Light ....: 6,344 3,729 4,619 3,385 6,825 5,320 2,919
Heavy ....: 6,240 6,025 7,989 5,648 5,734 8,386 6,860
Total ......: 146,798 162,348 170,087 122,433 126,411 115,418 80,303
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 1,478 1,097 1,034 1,015 945 1,008 1,309
Old ........: 587 385 481 384 606 712 476
Total ......: 2,065 1,482 1,515 1,399 1,551 1,720 1,785
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Tuberculosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Mature .....: - - - - - - -
Light ....: - - - - - - -
Heavy ....: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Old ........: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 283 382 430 405 259 5,240 4,730
Mature .....: 73 90 64 41 38 601 657
Light ....: 67 71 37 34 28 442 491
Heavy ....: 6 19 27 7 10 159 166
Total ......: 356 472 494 446 297 5,841 5,387
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 86 44 64 111 87 655 558
Old ........: 5 9 11 2 7 102 106
Total ......: 91 53 75 113 94 757 664
:
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Chickens :
Young ......: 93,644 79,964 89,405 102,074 102,470 1,218,355 1,384,361
Mature .....: 34,156 51,609 40,862 50,858 59,003 589,633 779,402
Light ....: 28,130 45,524 35,764 45,763 54,385 527,737 717,929
Heavy ....: 6,026 6,085 5,098 5,095 4,618 61,896 61,473
Total ......: 127,800 131,573 130,267 152,932 161,473 1,807,988 2,163,763
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 4,791 3,687 5,714 5,822 6,113 79,653 115,316
Old ........: 611 828 1,047 552 1,110 10,097 9,632
Total ......: 5,402 4,515 6,761 6,374 7,223 89,750 124,948
:
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 68,618 65,876 96,473 120,310 153,886 1,348,938 1,406,618
Mature .....: 10,147 12,776 9,935 10,200 11,424 134,505 143,578
Light ....: 3,302 5,077 2,106 3,190 3,965 50,781 73,310
Heavy ....: 6,845 7,699 7,829 7,010 7,459 83,724 70,268
Total ......: 78,765 78,652 106,408 130,510 165,310 1,483,443 1,550,196
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 1,118 1,357 1,530 1,151 986 14,028 22,460
Old ........: 503 639 723 342 733 6,571 4,479
Total ......: 1,621 1,996 2,253 1,493 1,719 20,599 26,939
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Synovitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 552 492 621 409 671 779 627
Mature .....: 144 152 252 229 166 219 109
Light ....: 75 64 85 94 45 139 32
Heavy ....: 69 88 167 135 121 80 77
Total ......: 696 644 873 638 837 998 736
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 19 36 54 6 49 65 53
Old ........: 4 9 - 11 5 6 8
Total ......: 23 45 54 17 54 71 61
:
: number head
:
Tumors :
Chickens :
Young ......: 2,722 2,836 2,789 2,575 2,628 2,466 2,566
Mature .....: 24,869 22,321 28,361 18,158 25,822 27,918 23,212
Light ....: 18,955 16,776 21,691 12,907 22,023 23,869 18,924
Heavy ....: 5,914 5,545 6,670 5,251 3,799 4,049 4,288
Total ......: 27,591 25,157 31,150 20,733 28,450 30,384 25,778
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 86 36 45 9 7 36 67
Old ........: 139 50 98 91 202 96 233
Total ......: 225 86 143 100 209 132 300
:
: number head
:
Bruises :
Chickens :
Young ......: 3,513 3,630 4,237 4,301 4,419 4,342 3,846
Mature .....: 2,444 1,884 2,102 1,732 2,198 1,721 1,786
Light ....: 2,032 1,302 1,460 909 1,470 760 759
Heavy ....: 412 582 642 823 728 961 1,027
Total ......: 5,957 5,514 6,339 6,033 6,617 6,063 5,632
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 108 87 83 36 79 75 55
Old ........: 9 12 17 20 12 11 8
Total ......: 117 99 100 56 91 86 63
:
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Chickens :
Young ......: 4,035 2,940 2,808 2,407 2,088 1,784 1,763
Mature .....: 362 106 270 221 211 188 263
Light ....: 334 81 146 178 162 135 245
Heavy ....: 28 25 124 43 49 53 18
Total ......: 4,397 3,046 3,078 2,628 2,299 1,972 2,026
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 723 512 457 373 253 412 134
Old ........: 11 4 8 27 41 15 38
Total ......: 734 516 465 400 294 427 172
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Synovitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 492 480 765 675 646 7,209 7,544
Mature .....: 111 119 97 194 99 1,891 2,397
Light ....: 19 27 34 74 37 725 897
Heavy ....: 92 92 63 120 62 1,166 1,500
Total ......: 603 599 862 869 745 9,100 9,941
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 25 19 63 91 30 510 678
Old ........: 14 - - - 9 66 93
Total ......: 39 19 63 91 39 576 771
:
: number head
:
Tumors :
Chickens :
Young ......: 2,507 2,523 2,713 2,970 3,456 32,751 45,519
Mature .....: 21,271 25,368 27,359 26,314 29,542 300,515 318,365
Light ....: 16,278 21,153 23,525 23,105 25,131 244,337 222,202
Heavy ....: 4,993 4,215 3,834 3,209 4,411 56,178 96,163
Total ......: 23,778 27,891 30,072 29,284 32,998 333,266 363,884
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 47 58 87 85 41 604 799
Old ........: 186 170 336 119 239 1,959 2,003
Total ......: 233 228 423 204 280 2,563 2,802
:
: number head
:
Bruises :
Chickens :
Young ......: 3,780 4,148 4,017 3,622 3,747 47,602 38,922
Mature .....: 1,494 2,593 1,627 2,457 2,268 24,306 22,560
Light ....: 475 1,531 859 1,778 1,671 15,006 17,396
Heavy ....: 1,019 1,062 768 679 597 9,300 5,164
Total ......: 5,274 6,741 5,644 6,079 6,015 71,908 61,482
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 68 65 84 115 68 923 1,039
Old ........: 12 8 4 2 2 117 163
Total ......: 80 73 88 117 70 1,040 1,202
:
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Chickens :
Young ......: 1,688 1,944 1,983 1,700 2,286 27,426 84,299
Mature .....: 296 152 146 185 311 2,711 2,867
Light ....: 232 135 120 174 301 2,243 1,882
Heavy ....: 64 17 26 11 10 468 985
Total ......: 1,984 2,096 2,129 1,885 2,597 30,137 87,166
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 170 178 309 328 201 4,050 2,923
Old ........: 59 15 66 22 306 391
Total ......: 229 193 375 328 223 4,356 3,314
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Chickens :
Young ........: 38,632 38,232 46,058 39,572 43,188 43,899 51,752
Mature .......: 21,738 20,842 25,185 20,172 28,768 26,337 20,177
Light ......: 18,256 16,806 20,612 15,511 25,645 22,906 17,525
Heavy ......: 3,482 4,036 4,573 4,661 3,123 3,431 2,652
Total ........: 60,370 59,074 71,243 59,744 71,956 70,236 71,929
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 984 803 626 392 670 573 568
Old ..........: 159 191 213 179 143 107 138
Total ........: 1,143 994 839 571 813 680 706
:
: number head
:
Overscald :
Chickens :
Young ........: 12,048 9,396 13,410 11,838 16,359 17,010 15,469
Mature .......: 52 48 315 71 426 63 252
Light ......: 41 40 63 43 52 46 50
Heavy ......: 11 8 252 28 374 17 202
Total ........: 12,100 9,444 13,725 11,909 16,785 17,073 15,721
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 138 117 66 91 89 148 44
Old ..........: 1 5 5 15 19 23 9
Total ........: 139 122 71 106 108 171 53
:
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/:
Chickens :
Young ........: 353,795 345,757 352,430 302,534 299,171 266,491 224,724
Mature .......: 55,492 35,391 33,090 27,552 42,226 42,449 29,787
Light ......: 50,009 28,387 25,930 21,413 37,093 35,693 22,967
Heavy ......: 5,483 7,004 7,160 6,139 5,133 6,756 6,820
Total ........: 409,287 381,148 385,520 330,086 341,397 308,940 254,511
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 9,123 7,352 6,483 3,118 2,798 2,727 2,528
Old ..........: 112 116 612 356 262 208 96
Total ........: 9,235 7,468 7,095 3,474 3,060 2,935 2,624
:
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Chickens :
Young ........:1,607,784 1,557,270 1,726,653 1,527,487 1,586,569 1,562,054 1,316,419
Mature .......: 23,456 37,908 29,260 29,946 30,161 29,570 25,835
Light ......: - - - - - - -
Heavy ......: 23,456 37,908 29,260 29,946 30,161 29,570 25,835
Total ........:1,631,240 1,595,178 1,755,913 1,557,433 1,616,730 1,591,624 1,342,254
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 44,460 42,554 44,998 38,691 40,094 45,519 42,836
Old ..........: 46 62 80 - - 59 171
Total ........: 44,506 42,616 45,078 38,691 40,094 45,578 43,007
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Chickens :
Young ........: 50,113 44,383 50,782 53,737 54,658 555,006 553,561
Mature .......: 22,420 23,870 22,686 23,085 23,809 279,089 319,824
Light ......: 20,115 21,492 20,807 21,718 22,114 243,507 287,461
Heavy ......: 2,305 2,378 1,879 1,367 1,695 35,582 32,363
Total ........: 72,533 68,253 73,468 76,822 78,467 834,095 873,385
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 960 600 1,073 1,320 529 9,098 11,767
Old ..........: 90 121 163 84 158 1,746 1,209
Total ........: 1,050 721 1,236 1,404 687 10,844 12,976
:
: number head
:
Overscald :
Chickens :
Young ........: 18,252 17,963 18,391 19,905 12,262 182,303 178,550
Mature .......: 151 73 45 24 120 1,640 1,701
Light ......: 64 65 42 22 34 562 412
Heavy ......: 87 8 3 2 86 1,078 1,289
Total ........: 18,403 18,036 18,436 19,929 12,382 183,943 180,251
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 60 78 50 79 145 1,105 1,282
Old ..........: 2 4 - 1 1 85 124
Total ........: 62 82 50 80 146 1,190 1,406
:
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/:
Chickens :
Young ........: 217,237 215,061 212,653 224,428 225,324 3,239,605 3,587,877
Mature .......: 27,217 31,396 30,783 37,271 43,035 435,689 527,566
Light ......: 20,286 24,692 23,889 30,919 36,415 357,693 465,308
Heavy ......: 6,931 6,704 6,894 6,352 6,620 77,996 62,258
Total ........: 244,454 246,457 243,436 261,699 268,359 3,675,294 4,115,443
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 3,587 2,916 4,572 3,115 1,953 50,272 111,884
Old ..........: 425 262 488 598 479 4,014 13,252
Total ........: 4,012 3,178 5,060 3,713 2,432 54,286 125,136
:
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Chickens :
Young ........:1,531,485 1,547,813 1,647,197 1,679,505 1,685,254 18,975,490 17,945,171
Mature .......: 33,605 30,423 43,962 31,483 31,087 376,696 1,489,497
Light ......: - - - - - - -
Heavy ......: 33,605 30,423 43,962 31,483 31,087 376,696 1,489,497
Total ........:1,565,090 1,578,236 1,691,159 1,710,988 1,716,341 19,352,186 19,434,668
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 45,855 43,217 41,708 44,212 47,993 522,137 545,027
Old ..........: 167 189 - 126 83 983 26
Total ........: 46,022 43,406 41,708 44,338 48,076 523,120 545,053
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- 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.
2/ Birds condemned and removed with no cause given by federal inspectors and establishment
sorters.
Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States:
2022 and 2021 Total
[Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure]
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: : : : : : :
State : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Alabama ............: 95,462 90,418 104,684 93,904 100,438 102,856 94,437
Arkansas ...........: 81,850 73,984 90,229 81,113 80,836 87,308 78,001
Delaware ...........: 28,808 29,837 33,374 28,685 29,152 31,328 29,593
Georgia ............: 102,905 97,344 110,237 99,767 107,087 109,134 104,066
Illinois ...........: 56 53 48 51 55 71 61
Indiana ............: 6,326 5,605 6,407 6,071 6,222 6,884 6,248
Kentucky ...........: 21,066 17,627 21,367 18,591 20,401 21,386 22,868
Louisiana ..........: 13,647 12,517 14,743 13,176 13,763 14,516 13,288
Maryland ...........: 11,018 11,062 12,081 10,439 11,822 12,020 11,574
Mississippi ........: 55,658 54,218 60,229 54,108 58,223 54,227 57,279
:
Missouri ...........: 33,481 28,226 37,216 32,171 33,577 36,437 33,462
New Jersey .........: 124 128 160 144 140 143 153
New York ...........: 2,648 2,443 2,943 2,394 2,675 2,563 2,495
North Carolina .....: 72,806 72,768 81,273 72,299 77,860 81,930 74,159
Ohio ...............: 9,986 9,399 11,747 10,680 10,525 11,279 10,837
Oklahoma ...........: 11,219 10,661 12,518 10,806 11,090 12,003 10,962
Pennsylvania .......: 12,077 10,634 12,259 10,140 11,753 12,370 11,318
South Carolina .....: 23,489 22,692 25,628 22,134 24,488 25,728 24,004
Tennessee ..........: 27,714 26,479 30,566 27,527 31,052 30,255 29,258
Texas ..............: 58,083 56,507 63,819 56,585 59,105 63,904 57,594
:
Virginia ...........: 25,348 25,216 27,810 26,470 27,447 28,515 26,722
:
United States ......: 755,990 714,577 824,227 738,353 780,516 809,283 758,278
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Alabama ............: 528,168 497,017 569,361 512,248 556,635 570,610 528,702
Arkansas ...........: 583,018 525,221 639,241 562,626 552,178 596,942 529,192
Delaware ...........: 225,200 226,679 254,658 214,662 222,037 239,473 223,765
Georgia ............: 616,893 573,323 652,672 597,765 640,751 652,875 626,441
Illinois ...........: 355 333 300 319 344 445 387
Indiana ............: 29,682 26,798 29,878 29,462 29,710 31,854 29,282
Kentucky ...........: 140,157 119,769 141,275 120,437 134,575 143,686 153,078
Louisiana ..........: 96,076 89,370 104,746 91,648 96,786 102,119 94,319
Maryland ...........: 71,446 71,959 78,490 68,079 74,781 77,071 75,111
Mississippi ........: 353,041 343,945 378,303 342,829 370,328 355,108 364,803
:
Missouri ...........: 176,760 154,505 201,576 177,271 185,275 200,551 187,665
New Jersey .........: 602 613 791 712 717 724 753
New York ...........: 12,726 11,664 14,069 11,238 12,683 12,353 12,205
North Carolina .....: 608,993 596,272 669,440 592,682 641,911 669,013 607,364
Ohio ...............: 44,694 41,570 52,728 46,890 45,957 50,337 48,654
Oklahoma ...........: 78,998 76,356 89,797 76,853 73,417 80,788 72,923
Pennsylvania .......: 71,008 60,559 69,667 57,415 67,311 72,681 65,969
South Carolina .....: 183,000 176,559 195,804 167,404 187,580 194,166 179,768
Tennessee ..........: 167,522 157,299 181,581 161,897 185,818 181,301 174,014
Texas ..............: 388,181 380,992 427,147 379,858 397,809 429,572 389,942
:
Virginia ...........: 163,541 161,729 176,393 167,470 176,319 181,606 169,802
:
United States ......:4,893,416 4,611,098 5,293,494 4,722,786 5,007,363 5,211,385 4,872,579
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2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
State : August :September : October : November : December :2022 Total:2021 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Alabama ............: 109,516 101,124 99,531 97,298 94,051 1,183,719 1,162,216
Arkansas ...........: 92,582 87,375 86,816 86,793 81,639 1,008,526 981,526
Delaware ...........: 33,032 32,124 30,947 30,568 30,508 367,956 348,550
Georgia ............: 113,658 107,979 108,042 105,590 105,603 1,271,412 1,240,372
Illinois ...........: 63 70 61 45 51 685 660
Indiana ............: 6,724 6,640 6,473 6,684 6,463 76,747 77,595
Kentucky ...........: 25,170 23,504 24,866 23,199 23,483 263,528 279,189
Louisiana ..........: 15,674 14,360 15,216 14,075 14,150 169,125 168,474
Maryland ...........: 13,394 12,684 12,358 12,435 12,028 142,915 135,667
Mississippi ........: 63,988 58,584 59,518 58,128 57,735 691,895 692,269
:
Missouri ...........: 38,181 33,926 33,426 36,458 33,142 409,703 410,937
New Jersey .........: 159 173 171 186 187 1,868 1,975
New York ...........: 2,860 2,725 2,421 2,712 2,726 31,605 29,361
North Carolina .....: 86,468 80,106 83,601 78,641 77,405 939,316 920,982
Ohio ...............: 11,807 11,191 10,289 10,496 10,563 128,799 129,763
Oklahoma ...........: 12,944 11,650 12,114 12,999 10,567 139,533 127,375
Pennsylvania .......: 13,155 12,353 12,484 13,285 12,609 144,437 134,463
South Carolina .....: 26,966 24,585 26,000 24,414 24,986 295,114 293,970
Tennessee ..........: 33,233 30,926 31,222 29,883 29,577 357,692 320,599
Texas ..............: 67,180 63,320 62,712 60,943 60,340 730,092 707,839
:
Virginia ...........: 30,057 29,259 28,335 27,455 27,186 329,820 327,274
:
United States ......: 862,696 806,793 809,866 793,686 776,509 9,430,774 9,210,889
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Alabama ............: 612,088 573,188 562,877 536,399 522,123 6,569,416 6,532,054
Arkansas ...........: 642,933 614,995 630,765 622,763 579,284 7,079,158 6,978,836
Delaware ...........: 250,729 249,684 241,296 237,235 237,082 2,822,500 2,694,033
Georgia ............: 684,569 658,413 666,772 651,941 646,402 7,668,817 7,539,109
Illinois ...........: 397 443 388 290 331 4,332 4,161
Indiana ............: 31,847 31,308 31,094 31,315 30,656 362,886 362,147
Kentucky ...........: 164,539 155,926 166,453 152,241 153,636 1,745,772 1,822,158
Louisiana ..........: 110,241 102,381 111,813 99,581 100,255 1,199,335 1,168,440
Maryland ...........: 85,043 81,755 80,902 79,948 76,656 921,241 889,858
Mississippi ........: 412,465 384,853 397,271 387,464 392,997 4,483,407 4,357,265
:
Missouri ...........: 214,291 191,816 190,606 209,988 187,393 2,277,697 2,147,079
New Jersey .........: 793 841 813 921 895 9,175 9,367
New York ...........: 14,290 13,050 12,116 13,325 13,843 153,562 142,273
North Carolina .....: 720,122 676,541 709,376 660,801 648,090 7,800,605 7,613,765
Ohio ...............: 52,732 51,047 46,202 46,367 47,621 574,799 567,052
Oklahoma ...........: 92,176 83,459 81,989 90,398 71,171 968,325 903,784
Pennsylvania .......: 74,853 70,271 71,891 74,204 71,009 826,838 785,017
South Carolina .....: 201,669 188,500 202,830 188,043 193,539 2,258,862 2,224,904
Tennessee ..........: 200,209 189,341 194,176 182,828 181,753 2,157,739 1,866,899
Texas ..............: 455,293 433,677 434,954 428,032 417,398 4,962,855 4,750,584
:
Virginia ...........: 192,383 191,760 187,652 176,657 174,210 2,119,522 2,062,517
:
United States ......:5,584,716 5,295,606 5,379,029 5,215,896 5,093,964 61,181,332 59,486,734
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2022 and 2021 Total
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:
Average live weight :
Alabama ............: 5.53 5.50 5.44 5.46 5.54 5.55 5.60
Arkansas ...........: 7.12 7.10 7.08 6.94 6.83 6.84 6.78
Delaware ...........: 7.82 7.60 7.63 7.48 7.62 7.64 7.56
Georgia ............: 5.99 5.89 5.92 5.99 5.98 5.98 6.02
Illinois ...........: 6.35 6.28 6.22 6.22 6.22 6.29 6.29
Indiana ............: 4.69 4.78 4.66 4.85 4.77 4.63 4.69
Kentucky ...........: 6.65 6.79 6.61 6.48 6.60 6.72 6.69
Louisiana ..........: 7.04 7.14 7.10 6.96 7.03 7.03 7.10
Maryland ...........: 6.48 6.51 6.50 6.52 6.33 6.41 6.49
Mississippi ........: 6.34 6.34 6.28 6.34 6.36 6.55 6.37
:
Missouri ...........: 5.28 5.47 5.42 5.51 5.52 5.50 5.61
New Jersey .........: 4.86 4.77 4.94 4.93 5.10 5.05 4.92
New York ...........: 4.81 4.77 4.78 4.69 4.74 4.82 4.89
North Carolina .....: 8.36 8.19 8.24 8.20 8.24 8.17 8.19
Ohio ...............: 4.48 4.42 4.49 4.39 4.37 4.46 4.49
Oklahoma ...........: 7.04 7.16 7.17 7.11 6.62 6.73 6.65
Pennsylvania .......: 5.88 5.69 5.68 5.66 5.73 5.88 5.83
South Carolina .....: 7.79 7.78 7.64 7.56 7.66 7.55 7.49
Tennessee ..........: 6.04 5.94 5.94 5.88 5.98 5.99 5.95
Texas ..............: 6.68 6.74 6.69 6.71 6.73 6.72 6.77
:
Virginia ...........: 6.45 6.41 6.34 6.33 6.42 6.37 6.35
:
United States ......: 6.47 6.45 6.42 6.40 6.42 6.44 6.43
: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
Alabama ............: 403,607 380,568 436,037 393,805 427,155 438,888 405,716
Arkansas ...........: 437,543 394,700 482,352 424,034 416,596 446,507 397,516
Delaware ...........: 174,371 175,593 196,964 165,075 171,507 185,158 172,582
Georgia ............: 464,527 434,993 494,419 451,913 483,339 493,665 473,631
Illinois ...........: 264 248 223 237 255 331 288
Indiana ............: 21,497 19,449 21,690 21,416 21,502 23,170 21,350
Kentucky ...........: 105,665 90,268 106,661 90,621 101,266 107,904 115,671
Louisiana ..........: 73,183 68,236 79,607 69,699 73,685 77,613 71,661
Maryland ...........: 53,362 53,848 58,457 50,849 55,713 57,591 56,158
Mississippi ........: 261,208 254,453 280,037 253,360 274,927 268,830 273,691
:
Missouri ...........: 129,814 113,138 148,329 130,334 135,910 147,494 137,730
New Jersey .........: 444 452 580 525 531 544 554
New York ...........: 7,824 7,064 8,510 6,898 7,693 7,543 7,432
North Carolina .....: 468,436 459,406 513,236 455,396 492,241 512,359 466,959
Ohio ...............: 33,079 30,917 39,147 34,986 34,425 37,691 36,453
Oklahoma ...........: 59,227 57,348 67,355 57,564 55,003 60,524 54,685
Pennsylvania .......: 49,237 42,170 48,265 40,009 46,282 49,812 45,623
South Carolina .....: 137,989 132,867 147,591 126,324 141,345 146,067 135,774
Tennessee ..........: 123,130 115,919 133,475 119,117 136,403 132,291 127,998
Texas ..............: 298,714 292,756 326,456 291,993 305,780 329,683 302,260
:
Virginia ...........: 123,015 121,779 132,667 126,009 132,911 136,687 127,597
:
United States ......:3,690,297 3,484,472 3,995,023 3,564,923 3,778,862 3,934,876 3,684,816
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:
Average live weight :
Alabama ............: 5.59 5.67 5.66 5.51 5.55 5.50 5.60
Arkansas ...........: 6.94 7.04 7.27 7.18 7.10 7.00 7.10
Delaware ...........: 7.59 7.77 7.80 7.76 7.77 7.70 7.70
Georgia ............: 6.02 6.10 6.17 6.17 6.12 6.00 6.10
Illinois ...........: 6.29 6.34 6.37 6.38 6.49 6.30 6.30
Indiana ............: 4.74 4.71 4.80 4.68 4.74 4.70 4.70
Kentucky ...........: 6.54 6.63 6.69 6.56 6.54 6.60 6.50
Louisiana ..........: 7.03 7.13 7.35 7.07 7.09 7.10 6.90
Maryland ...........: 6.35 6.45 6.55 6.43 6.37 6.40 6.60
Mississippi ........: 6.45 6.57 6.67 6.67 6.81 6.50 6.30
:
Missouri ...........: 5.61 5.65 5.70 5.76 5.65 5.60 5.20
New Jersey .........: 4.99 4.85 4.76 4.94 4.78 4.90 4.70
New York ...........: 5.00 4.79 5.00 4.91 5.08 4.90 4.80
North Carolina .....: 8.33 8.45 8.49 8.40 8.37 8.30 8.30
Ohio ...............: 4.47 4.56 4.49 4.42 4.51 4.50 4.40
Oklahoma ...........: 7.12 7.16 6.77 6.95 6.74 6.90 7.10
Pennsylvania .......: 5.69 5.69 5.76 5.59 5.63 5.70 5.80
South Carolina .....: 7.48 7.67 7.80 7.70 7.75 7.70 7.60
Tennessee ..........: 6.02 6.12 6.22 6.12 6.14 6.00 5.80
Texas ..............: 6.78 6.85 6.94 7.02 6.92 6.80 6.70
:
Virginia ...........: 6.40 6.55 6.62 6.43 6.41 6.40 6.30
:
United States ......: 6.47 6.56 6.64 6.57 6.56 6.49 6.46
: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
Alabama ............: 467,736 439,189 434,039 412,228 400,418 5,039,386 4,960,093
Arkansas ...........: 484,067 461,542 471,642 466,479 435,090 5,318,068 5,260,670
Delaware ...........: 193,219 193,868 186,555 183,795 183,236 2,181,923 2,080,943
Georgia ............: 518,458 499,582 504,567 492,651 489,693 5,801,438 5,673,837
Illinois ...........: 295 328 289 215 245 3,218 3,094
Indiana ............: 23,149 22,777 22,637 22,692 22,283 263,612 263,318
Kentucky ...........: 124,037 117,610 125,483 115,101 116,320 1,316,607 1,379,215
Louisiana ..........: 83,578 77,754 84,642 74,680 75,408 909,746 886,077
Maryland ...........: 63,411 60,998 60,395 59,848 57,345 687,975 666,791
Mississippi ........: 302,818 285,430 297,469 291,802 295,055 3,339,080 3,248,925
:
Missouri ...........: 157,212 140,614 140,148 154,450 137,232 1,672,405 1,580,532
New Jersey .........: 591 636 603 676 657 6,793 6,859
New York ...........: 8,665 7,964 7,408 8,102 8,466 93,569 86,346
North Carolina .....: 551,715 520,731 546,629 508,522 499,312 5,994,942 5,864,274
Ohio ...............: 39,321 38,175 34,404 34,619 35,513 428,730 421,598
Oklahoma ...........: 69,080 62,504 61,510 67,781 53,337 725,918 677,537
Pennsylvania .......: 51,468 48,849 49,237 50,642 48,643 570,237 548,234
South Carolina .....: 152,073 141,805 152,607 141,777 145,712 1,701,931 1,676,015
Tennessee ..........: 147,516 139,332 142,764 135,048 134,031 1,587,024 1,383,549
Texas ..............: 349,553 331,640 336,038 327,742 320,987 3,813,602 3,658,992
:
Virginia ...........: 145,272 145,538 141,948 133,785 132,287 1,599,495 1,540,814
:
United States ......:4,210,977 4,000,532 4,068,522 3,940,893 3,851,634 46,205,827 44,899,298
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:
Carcass and parts :
Alabama ............: 1,789 1,753 2,072 1,870 1,945 2,042 1,944
Arkansas ...........: 1,532 1,334 1,709 1,403 1,472 1,468 1,277
Delaware ...........: 606 602 749 637 645 721 636
Georgia ............: 3,167 2,965 3,126 2,909 3,006 2,917 2,676
Illinois ...........: (Z) - (Z) - - - -
Indiana ............: 133 70 80 79 82 103 87
Kentucky ...........: 627 525 697 553 577 652 640
Louisiana ..........: 352 349 422 363 329 270 244
Maryland ...........: 389 484 565 377 348 365 329
Mississippi ........: 977 922 1,145 886 885 790 852
:
Missouri ...........: 456 468 581 558 603 537 500
New Jersey .........: 10 9 12 10 11 10 8
New York ...........: 100 100 140 104 126 130 93
North Carolina .....: 1,598 1,519 1,685 1,416 1,718 1,759 1,641
Ohio ...............: 183 220 281 306 286 347 250
Oklahoma ...........: 180 161 186 181 170 156 148
Pennsylvania .......: 846 878 954 644 652 722 618
South Carolina .....: 877 1,009 1,117 830 945 919 813
Tennessee ..........: 724 530 549 611 724 588 546
Texas ..............: 1,146 1,200 1,221 1,132 1,190 1,469 1,130
:
Virginia ...........: 374 311 362 330 361 269 255
:
United States ......: 19,149 17,730 20,614 18,161 19,219 19,392 16,900
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/ :
Alabama ............: 0.44 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.45 0.46 0.48
Arkansas ...........: 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.33 0.35 0.33 0.32
Delaware ...........: 0.35 0.34 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.39 0.37
Georgia ............: 0.68 0.68 0.63 0.64 0.62 0.59 0.56
Illinois ...........: (Z) - (Z) - - - -
Indiana ............: 0.62 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.44 0.40
Kentucky ...........: 0.59 0.58 0.65 0.61 0.57 0.60 0.55
Louisiana ..........: 0.48 0.51 0.53 0.52 0.44 0.35 0.34
Maryland ...........: 0.72 0.89 0.96 0.74 0.62 0.63 0.58
Mississippi ........: 0.37 0.36 0.41 0.35 0.32 0.29 0.31
:
Missouri ...........: 0.35 0.41 0.39 0.43 0.44 0.36 0.36
New Jersey .........: 2.10 2.04 2.04 1.91 1.97 1.73 1.41
New York ...........: 1.27 1.40 1.62 1.48 1.61 1.69 1.24
North Carolina .....: 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.31 0.35 0.34 0.35
Ohio ...............: 0.55 0.71 0.71 0.87 0.82 0.91 0.68
Oklahoma ...........: 0.30 0.28 0.28 0.31 0.31 0.26 0.27
Pennsylvania .......: 1.69 2.04 1.94 1.59 1.39 1.43 1.34
South Carolina .....: 0.63 0.75 0.75 0.65 0.66 0.63 0.60
Tennessee ..........: 0.58 0.46 0.41 0.51 0.53 0.44 0.42
Texas ..............: 0.38 0.41 0.37 0.39 0.39 0.44 0.37
:
Virginia ...........: 0.30 0.25 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.20 0.20
:
United States ......: 0.52 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.49 0.46
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Alabama ............: 2,101 1,922 1,892 1,810 1,738 22,878 22,421
Arkansas ...........: 1,518 1,532 1,450 1,694 1,579 17,968 20,039
Delaware ...........: 641 650 687 726 780 8,080 7,142
Georgia ............: 2,870 2,823 2,909 2,903 2,965 35,236 35,087
Illinois ...........: - (Z) (Z) - - (Z) (Z)
Indiana ............: 104 86 103 106 99 1,132 1,787
Kentucky ...........: 732 638 732 678 675 7,726 6,389
Louisiana ..........: 371 251 360 380 417 4,108 3,945
Maryland ...........: 322 342 361 430 527 4,839 3,669
Mississippi ........: 1,107 1,092 1,246 1,209 1,352 12,463 13,423
:
Missouri ...........: 525 439 471 567 527 6,232 4,832
New Jersey .........: 8 8 9 10 15 120 110
New York ...........: 105 90 99 133 128 1,348 1,177
North Carolina .....: 1,970 1,772 1,919 1,705 1,596 20,298 18,387
Ohio ...............: 285 273 264 236 197 3,128 2,632
Oklahoma ...........: 180 180 193 205 159 2,099 2,545
Pennsylvania .......: 972 793 695 830 845 9,449 9,200
South Carolina .....: 895 892 946 934 956 11,133 10,834
Tennessee ..........: 637 590 650 631 600 7,380 6,592
Texas ..............: 1,325 1,340 1,289 1,353 1,328 15,123 17,078
:
Virginia ...........: 300 321 317 327 304 3,831 4,085
:
United States ......: 19,158 18,184 18,695 19,071 19,225 225,498 221,549
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/ :
Alabama ............: 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.44 0.43 0.45 0.45
Arkansas ...........: 0.31 0.33 0.31 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.38
Delaware ...........: 0.33 0.33 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.37 0.34
Georgia ............: 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.61
Illinois ...........: - (Z) (Z) - - (Z) (Z)
Indiana ............: 0.45 0.38 0.45 0.47 0.44 0.43 0.67
Kentucky ...........: 0.59 0.54 0.58 0.59 0.58 0.58 0.46
Louisiana ..........: 0.44 0.32 0.42 0.51 0.55 0.45 0.44
Maryland ...........: 0.50 0.56 0.59 0.71 0.91 0.70 0.55
Mississippi ........: 0.36 0.38 0.42 0.41 0.46 0.37 0.41
:
Missouri ...........: 0.33 0.31 0.33 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.30
New Jersey .........: 1.31 1.22 1.44 1.48 2.26 1.74 1.58
New York ...........: 1.20 1.12 1.32 1.61 1.49 1.42 1.34
North Carolina .....: 0.36 0.34 0.35 0.33 0.32 0.34 0.31
Ohio ...............: 0.72 0.71 0.76 0.68 0.55 0.72 0.62
Oklahoma ...........: 0.26 0.29 0.31 0.30 0.30 0.29 0.37
Pennsylvania .......: 1.85 1.60 1.39 1.61 1.71 1.63 1.65
South Carolina .....: 0.59 0.63 0.62 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.64
Tennessee ..........: 0.43 0.42 0.45 0.46 0.45 0.46 0.47
Texas ..............: 0.38 0.40 0.38 0.41 0.41 0.39 0.46
:
Virginia ...........: 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.26
:
United States ......: 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.48 0.50 0.49 0.49
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1/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations.
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:
Tuberculosis :
Alabama ..........: - - - - - - -
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: - - - - - - -
Georgia ..........: - - - - - - -
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: - - - - - - -
Virginia .........: - - - - - - -
:
United States ....: - - - - - - -
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Alabama ..........: 69 56 37 34 38 38 41
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: 25 38 46 36 39 18 37
Georgia ..........: 9 10 27 6 12 - 2
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 1 - - 1 1 - 3
Virginia .........: 4 34 23 3 2 1 3
:
United States ....: 579 552 634 457 682 286 291
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Alabama ..........: 8,855 8,953 11,207 7,783 7,706 6,961 6,502
Arkansas .........: 168 166 87 207 232 189 50
Delaware .........: 9,909 9,615 13,576 10,302 12,161 13,635 12,820
Georgia ..........: 19,434 16,299 18,195 17,520 16,339 14,363 12,730
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - 1 2 1 1 1
Texas ............: 12,991 11,185 11,271 7,743 7,842 8,014 6,447
Virginia .........: 8,546 4,745 5,423 5,259 4,571 4,201 4,146
:
United States ....: 126,654 110,301 130,131 101,647 104,492 96,572 81,001
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Alabama ..........: 2,471 3,498 5,083 3,962 3,861 3,030 2,591
Arkansas .........: 151 188 403 257 296 339 98
Delaware .........: 3,597 5,879 7,290 5,997 6,464 5,025 4,555
Georgia ..........: 40,801 34,362 22,942 22,447 25,771 36,415 28,312
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - 11 5 - - 1
Texas ............: 7,740 7,633 10,303 4,830 5,204 4,117 2,751
Virginia .........: 3,996 4,073 5,974 4,534 4,661 2,770 2,268
:
United States ....: 134,214 152,594 157,479 113,400 113,852 101,712 70,524
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:
Tuberculosis :
Alabama ..........: - - - - - - -
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: - - - - - - -
Georgia ..........: - - - - - - -
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: - - - - - - -
Virginia .........: - - - - - - -
:
United States ....: - - - - - - -
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Alabama ..........: 27 51 35 41 48 515 594
Arkansas .........: - - - 2 1 3 -
Delaware .........: 53 17 7 17 11 344 136
Georgia ..........: 1 3 4 - - 74 106
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - 1 - - - 1 -
Texas ............: 19 1 3 6 - 35 54
Virginia .........: 3 1 6 7 4 91 100
:
United States ....: 283 382 430 405 259 5,240 4,730
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Alabama ..........: 7,371 9,026 7,645 10,704 10,955 103,668 127,063
Arkansas .........: 119 143 133 284 176 1,954 1,338
Delaware .........: 11,572 9,516 12,032 14,082 12,787 142,007 52,812
Georgia ..........: 11,703 12,152 14,337 15,587 16,593 185,252 205,189
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - 3 - 2 13 4
Texas ............: 7,235 4,795 6,805 7,410 7,364 99,102 109,742
Virginia .........: 4,098 4,924 4,440 4,116 4,574 59,043 100,426
:
United States ....: 93,644 79,964 89,405 102,074 102,470 1,218,355 1,384,361
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Alabama ..........: 2,902 2,570 2,801 3,509 4,450 40,728 26,418
Arkansas .........: 317 304 348 460 333 3,494 1,288
Delaware .........: 3,161 2,957 4,626 4,228 5,042 58,821 15,645
Georgia ..........: 20,982 20,925 26,678 27,276 40,236 347,147 586,574
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - 2 - 20 3
Texas ............: 3,066 2,079 4,883 6,857 9,493 68,956 47,003
Virginia .........: 1,458 1,813 3,304 4,677 5,159 44,687 43,337
:
United States ....: 68,618 65,876 96,473 120,310 153,886 1,348,938 1,406,618
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Synovitis :
Alabama ..........: 5 5 3 20 36 28 27
Arkansas .........: 7 1 - 5 11 5 5
Delaware .........: 9 13 17 34 25 3 10
Georgia ..........: 63 70 54 59 28 94 31
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 76 55 30 11 27 35 14
Virginia .........: 10 30 36 3 1 1 3
:
United States ....: 552 492 621 409 671 779 627
: number head
:
Tumors :
Alabama ..........: 87 104 124 126 109 187 129
Arkansas .........: - - 1 1 5 - -
Delaware .........: 57 73 116 55 49 56 59
Georgia ..........: 682 697 701 751 637 600 521
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 349 375 425 240 225 225 221
Virginia .........: 86 140 147 104 105 56 100
:
United States ....: 2,722 2,836 2,789 2,575 2,628 2,466 2,566
: number head
:
Bruises :
Alabama ..........: 163 214 307 274 268 379 335
Arkansas .........: 8 20 13 9 7 8 5
Delaware .........: 146 125 195 181 201 194 239
Georgia ..........: 463 500 546 598 666 781 874
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 150 166 185 119 102 125 93
Virginia .........: 382 420 432 411 378 284 323
:
United States ....: 3,513 3,630 4,237 4,301 4,419 4,342 3,846
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Alabama ..........: 637 469 494 236 282 223 343
Arkansas .........: - 1 - 1 3 - 1
Delaware .........: 150 147 205 88 112 99 177
Georgia ..........: 1,596 1,116 1,014 879 566 611 541
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 44 10 10 13 7 3 11
Virginia .........: 85 75 53 66 54 48 29
:
United States ....: 4,035 2,940 2,808 2,407 2,088 1,784 1,763
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2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
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: number head
:
Synovitis :
Alabama ..........: 5 4 19 18 5 175 212
Arkansas .........: 4 4 6 6 1 55 80
Delaware .........: 61 3 2 7 3 187 35
Georgia ..........: 35 37 79 45 31 626 659
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 30 9 174 4 24 489 622
Virginia .........: 5 2 3 - 3 97 66
:
United States ....: 492 480 765 675 646 7,209 7,544
: number head
:
Tumors :
Alabama ..........: 146 126 95 156 240 1,629 1,567
Arkansas .........: - - 2 - - 9 11
Delaware .........: 107 70 77 87 53 859 617
Georgia ..........: 594 501 644 660 771 7,759 9,312
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 212 241 229 291 382 3,415 4,089
Virginia .........: 58 93 77 109 80 1,155 1,056
:
United States ....: 2,507 2,523 2,713 2,970 3,456 32,751 45,519
: number head
:
Bruises :
Alabama ..........: 359 338 283 350 293 3,563 2,160
Arkansas .........: 2 5 4 5 1 87 62
Delaware .........: 245 170 252 187 257 2,392 1,008
Georgia ..........: 750 872 1,026 799 843 8,718 5,132
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 83 100 77 65 92 1,357 1,508
Virginia .........: 267 459 367 326 446 4,495 6,203
:
United States ....: 3,780 4,148 4,017 3,622 3,747 47,602 38,922
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Alabama ..........: 314 529 529 374 595 5,025 7,823
Arkansas .........: - - - - - 6 15
Delaware .........: 161 107 126 73 59 1,504 1,279
Georgia ..........: 433 574 622 643 906 9,501 24,099
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 3 2 3 9 11 126 685
Virginia .........: 52 60 44 31 24 621 1,111
:
United States ....: 1,688 1,944 1,983 1,700 2,286 27,426 84,299
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Alabama ..........: 4,625 5,343 5,570 4,117 6,328 7,048 9,370
Arkansas .........: 64 367 415 29 53 80 70
Delaware .........: 579 580 943 1,046 1,158 1,361 1,918
Georgia ..........: 5,486 7,627 8,162 7,278 7,613 5,656 5,780
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - 2 -
Texas ............: 735 468 502 388 440 532 511
Virginia .........: 1,036 646 773 664 663 536 506
:
United States ....: 38,632 38,232 46,058 39,572 43,188 43,899 51,752
: number head
:
Overscald :
Alabama ..........: 63 206 241 264 241 311 481
Arkansas .........: - 29 46 4 110 23 10
Delaware .........: 712 229 755 257 923 675 917
Georgia ..........: 6,841 4,769 6,754 7,244 10,188 10,315 10,091
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 505 368 304 116 621 717 593
Virginia .........: 207 78 103 121 573 6 463
:
United States ....: 12,048 9,396 13,410 11,838 16,359 17,010 15,469
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/ :
Alabama ..........: 39,782 44,994 55,314 42,560 45,076 35,091 29,573
Arkansas .........: 293 387 229 288 258 387 141
Delaware .........: 901 1,265 1,607 1,874 1,866 2,112 2,672
Georgia ..........: 138,036 144,360 148,217 140,595 131,594 120,974 102,144
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - 1 - - - -
Texas ............: 1,287 1,702 1,851 1,961 1,871 2,026 1,807
Virginia .........: 6,010 6,434 6,873 5,755 8,470 3,913 3,975
:
United States ....: 353,795 345,757 352,430 302,534 299,171 266,491 224,724
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Alabama ..........: 158,270 146,683 164,483 155,077 150,678 154,677 156,374
Arkansas .........: 109,991 92,529 121,763 91,341 99,444 104,667 90,379
Delaware .........: 3,583 7,314 7,911 12,220 10,491 14,228 11,407
Georgia ..........: 161,600 160,585 171,411 151,682 144,127 158,020 163,776
Mississippi ......: 146,494 125,741 158,986 114,519 117,254 95,639 98,059
North Carolina ...: 133,824 133,383 141,132 125,084 142,237 143,588 121,622
Texas ............: 83,728 92,060 102,607 92,758 84,512 103,055 77,085
Virginia .........: 135,849 147,985 87,387 55,442 74,994 68,569 57,188
:
United States ....:1,607,784 1,557,270 1,726,653 1,527,487 1,586,569 1,562,054 1,316,419
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Alabama ..........: 7,081 4,822 4,197 4,935 4,079 67,515 55,643
Arkansas .........: 47 159 383 467 145 2,279 612
Delaware .........: 1,882 1,570 1,377 1,648 2,090 16,152 9,066
Georgia ..........: 5,202 6,632 9,598 7,351 5,917 82,302 177,377
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - 10 1 - 13 1
Texas ............: 616 405 359 316 350 5,622 9,124
Virginia .........: 557 727 472 424 574 7,578 8,816
:
United States ....: 50,113 44,383 50,782 53,737 54,658 555,006 553,561
: number head
:
Overscald :
Alabama ..........: 439 204 251 450 538 3,689 1,480
Arkansas .........: 21 19 1 23 8 294 215
Delaware .........: 994 1,047 289 1,125 716 8,639 6,675
Georgia ..........: 12,631 13,286 15,366 15,336 7,605 120,426 102,749
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - 1
Texas ............: 1,111 742 846 725 915 7,563 6,107
Virginia .........: 30 23 17 8 11 1,640 2,003
:
United States ....: 18,252 17,963 18,391 19,905 12,262 182,303 178,550
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/ :
Alabama ..........: 30,492 22,099 35,035 16,026 10,300 406,342 417,846
Arkansas .........: 141 208 256 417 490 3,495 1,401
Delaware .........: 1,241 1,211 1,162 2,949 1,940 20,800 11,633
Georgia ..........: 74,383 66,898 65,774 82,096 75,759 1,290,830 1,261,016
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - 2 1 - 4 206
Texas ............: 3,309 1,583 4,025 3,941 4,212 29,575 26,648
Virginia .........: 3,228 5,487 4,912 9,182 8,187 72,426 64,071
:
United States ....: 217,237 215,061 212,653 224,428 225,324 3,239,605 3,587,877
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Alabama ..........: 164,085 151,329 166,091 163,897 152,174 1,883,818 1,573,216
Arkansas .........: 104,029 100,317 102,822 129,710 132,762 1,279,754 1,445,983
Delaware .........: 9,252 5,563 17,150 3,172 4,299 106,590 81,887
Georgia ..........: 186,291 172,666 169,919 159,955 160,362 1,960,394 1,844,558
Mississippi ......: 139,237 139,160 232,906 239,465 198,954 1,806,414 1,763,229
North Carolina ...: 137,470 117,028 133,566 125,057 126,989 1,580,980 1,432,848
Texas ............: 82,474 94,164 83,873 90,910 90,552 1,077,778 943,808
Virginia .........: 59,080 70,797 75,364 70,207 118,429 1,021,291 1,694,489
:
United States ....:1,531,485 1,547,813 1,647,197 1,679,505 1,685,254 18,975,490 17,945,171
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- 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.
2/ Birds condemned and removed with no cause given by federal inspectors and establishment
sorters.
Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and
United States: 2022 and 2021 Total
[Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure]
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: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Illinois ...........: (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) (Z) 1 2
Indiana ............: 1,906 1,844 2,218 1,769 1,916 1,923 1,830
Iowa ...............: 1,054 999 1,232 1,056 1,034 1,138 1,034
Michigan ...........: 432 383 432 399 441 438 428
Minnesota ..........: 3,362 3,264 3,941 3,736 3,185 3,631 2,803
North Carolina .....: 1,656 1,638 1,867 1,588 1,661 1,725 1,538
Ohio ...............: 535 486 575 496 547 594 522
Pennsylvania .......: 526 504 605 463 635 612 526
South Dakota .......: 268 349 455 129 84 106 87
Vermont ............: 3 - - (Z) 2 2 4
:
Wisconsin ..........: 359 324 349 291 209 239 214
:
United States ......: 16,585 15,753 19,205 16,427 16,471 18,115 15,905
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Illinois ...........: 3 8 4 (Z) 7 18 50
Indiana ............: 80,031 76,514 89,924 71,203 75,692 76,081 71,113
Iowa ...............: 47,542 46,118 57,039 46,859 44,421 48,044 42,799
Michigan ...........: 18,958 15,796 18,211 17,065 18,647 18,607 18,328
Minnesota ..........: 94,936 92,338 110,982 98,501 77,172 88,684 73,143
North Carolina .....: 67,483 66,123 71,510 57,830 58,393 59,287 56,059
Ohio ...............: 26,439 23,565 28,204 24,192 26,133 27,862 24,173
Pennsylvania .......: 15,521 14,821 16,509 13,527 17,670 18,133 15,000
South Dakota .......: 12,811 16,892 20,663 5,613 3,683 4,509 3,709
Vermont ............: 106 - - 2 76 60 110
:
Wisconsin ..........: 16,153 14,070 14,619 13,145 8,953 9,600 8,790
:
United States ......: 550,324 526,903 629,785 520,697 512,320 548,829 488,099
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Illinois ...........: 29.90 33.44 31.17 31.67 25.64 28.61 30.53
Indiana ............: 41.99 41.50 40.54 40.26 39.51 39.57 38.85
Iowa ...............: 45.13 46.18 46.31 44.37 42.95 42.23 41.41
Michigan ...........: 43.87 41.26 42.14 42.74 42.30 42.53 42.81
Minnesota ..........: 28.24 28.29 28.16 26.37 24.23 24.42 26.09
North Carolina .....: 40.76 40.36 38.30 36.43 35.15 34.37 36.45
Ohio ...............: 49.41 48.52 49.04 48.81 47.77 46.93 46.32
Pennsylvania .......: 29.52 29.41 27.29 29.21 27.82 29.65 28.51
South Dakota .......: 47.82 48.47 45.37 43.35 43.93 42.42 42.40
Vermont ............: 33.28 - - 31.59 31.06 30.19 30.60
:
Wisconsin ..........: 45.03 43.45 41.92 45.10 42.87 40.25 41.04
:
United States ......: 33.18 33.45 32.79 31.70 31.10 30.30 30.69
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Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and
United States 2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Illinois ...........: 1 1 11 58 10 84 91
Indiana ............: 2,072 1,852 1,982 1,688 1,760 22,760 23,801
Iowa ...............: 1,111 1,000 1,125 1,107 1,012 12,902 12,910
Michigan ...........: 475 447 471 467 422 5,235 5,175
Minnesota ..........: 3,492 3,343 3,511 3,433 2,762 40,463 44,776
North Carolina .....: 1,880 1,893 1,925 1,852 1,692 20,915 21,152
Ohio ...............: 621 559 562 603 524 6,624 6,505
Pennsylvania .......: 726 776 955 774 553 7,655 7,690
South Dakota .......: 128 168 331 259 246 2,610 4,192
Vermont ............: 2 4 16 52 2 87 61
:
Wisconsin ..........: 273 213 228 231 237 3,167 4,770
:
United States ......: 18,194 17,036 19,249 17,682 15,967 206,589 213,937
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Illinois ...........: 39 35 277 1,335 247 2,023 2,315
Indiana ............: 78,524 70,041 77,141 64,010 70,525 900,799 971,589
Iowa ...............: 44,174 41,957 49,236 47,413 45,880 561,482 566,119
Michigan ...........: 19,894 18,950 19,838 19,122 17,413 220,829 220,269
Minnesota ..........: 91,452 80,244 84,549 85,877 75,022 1,052,900 1,150,978
North Carolina .....: 67,054 67,669 70,824 68,071 63,599 773,902 824,116
Ohio ...............: 28,637 25,158 25,657 25,838 24,500 310,358 305,225
Pennsylvania .......: 19,893 19,583 23,838 19,964 15,972 210,431 220,344
South Dakota .......: 5,727 7,234 14,049 11,344 10,803 117,037 193,083
Vermont ............: 67 135 471 1,550 73 2,650 1,642
:
Wisconsin ..........: 11,667 9,188 9,115 9,212 9,911 134,423 214,968
:
United States ......: 556,488 518,659 577,085 532,304 512,111 6,473,604 6,908,616
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Illinois ...........: 30.41 26.95 24.85 23.10 24.50 24.10 25.40
Indiana ............: 37.90 37.81 38.92 37.92 40.08 39.60 40.80
Iowa ...............: 39.75 41.94 43.78 42.84 45.33 43.50 43.90
Michigan ...........: 41.84 42.40 42.12 40.92 41.30 42.20 42.60
Minnesota ..........: 26.19 24.01 24.08 25.01 27.16 26.00 25.70
North Carolina .....: 35.67 35.74 36.79 36.75 37.58 37.00 39.00
Ohio ...............: 46.10 45.00 45.68 42.88 46.71 46.90 46.90
Pennsylvania .......: 27.41 25.24 24.96 25.81 28.86 27.50 28.70
South Dakota .......: 44.72 43.08 42.48 43.79 43.99 44.80 46.10
Vermont ............: 30.41 30.58 29.96 30.07 32.12 30.50 26.90
:
Wisconsin ..........: 42.67 43.08 39.97 39.80 41.78 42.40 45.10
:
United States ......: 30.59 30.44 29.98 30.10 32.07 31.34 32.29
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- Represents zero.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and
United States: 2022 and 2021 Total
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
Illinois ...........: 2 6 3 (Z) 5 14 40
Indiana ............: 64,250 61,469 72,567 57,461 60,797 61,108 57,054
Iowa ...............: 37,434 36,513 45,191 37,125 34,977 37,920 33,852
Michigan ...........: 14,693 12,242 14,113 13,225 14,451 14,421 14,205
Minnesota ..........: 76,232 74,103 89,068 79,013 61,920 71,161 58,841
North Carolina .....: 52,545 51,254 56,631 45,979 46,435 46,888 44,394
Ohio ...............: 21,178 18,826 22,542 19,328 20,885 22,260 19,306
Pennsylvania .......: 12,365 11,787 12,943 10,639 14,104 14,158 11,836
South Dakota .......: 10,253 13,488 16,574 4,501 2,954 3,622 2,985
Vermont ............: 84 - - 2 61 48 88
:
Wisconsin ..........: 12,728 11,079 11,505 10,381 7,046 7,578 6,925
:
United States ......: 439,357 420,409 504,896 417,547 410,209 439,036 390,659
: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Illinois ...........: - - - - - - -
Indiana ............: 805 759 903 665 761 772 805
Iowa ...............: 594 566 632 514 449 534 452
Michigan ...........: 228 137 177 161 248 230 265
Minnesota ..........: 1,071 961 1,105 999 846 868 706
North Carolina .....: 340 307 325 281 269 277 241
Ohio ...............: 259 240 288 275 286 282 268
Pennsylvania .......: 219 194 283 169 210 280 227
South Dakota .......: 163 234 273 74 54 61 40
Vermont ............: - - - - - - -
:
Wisconsin ..........: 246 228 179 162 145 136 134
:
United States ......: 5,599 5,244 5,942 4,835 4,847 5,233 4,784
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 2/ :
Illinois ...........: (X) - - (X) (X) (X) (X)
Indiana ............: 1.24 1.22 1.23 1.14 1.24 1.25 1.39
Iowa ...............: 1.56 1.53 1.38 1.37 1.27 1.39 1.32
Michigan ...........: 1.53 1.11 1.24 1.20 1.69 1.57 1.83
Minnesota ..........: 1.39 1.28 1.23 1.25 1.35 1.21 1.19
North Carolina .....: 0.64 0.60 0.57 0.61 0.58 0.59 0.54
Ohio ...............: 1.21 1.26 1.26 1.40 1.35 1.25 1.37
Pennsylvania .......: 1.74 1.62 2.14 1.56 1.47 1.94 1.88
South Dakota .......: 1.56 1.70 1.62 1.62 1.81 1.67 1.32
Vermont ............: (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
:
Wisconsin ..........: 1.90 2.01 1.53 1.54 2.01 1.76 1.90
:
United States ......: 1.26 1.23 1.16 1.14 1.17 1.18 1.21
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Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and
United States: 2022 and 2021 Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
Illinois ...........: 32 27 221 1,071 199 1,620 1,850
Indiana ............: 63,260 56,563 62,251 51,293 56,793 724,866 780,978
Iowa ...............: 35,065 33,286 39,106 37,538 36,119 444,126 446,191
Michigan ...........: 15,418 14,686 15,375 14,821 13,495 171,145 170,720
Minnesota ..........: 73,334 64,602 67,992 68,831 60,294 845,391 920,239
North Carolina .....: 53,101 53,790 55,846 53,853 50,051 610,767 650,154
Ohio ...............: 22,885 20,115 20,413 20,275 19,543 247,556 243,411
Pennsylvania .......: 15,774 15,681 19,286 15,804 12,688 167,065 175,114
South Dakota .......: 4,619 5,846 11,353 9,163 8,703 94,061 155,408
Vermont ............: 54 108 376 1,234 58 2,113 1,329
:
Wisconsin ..........: 9,202 7,259 7,186 7,271 7,810 105,970 169,645
:
United States ......: 445,928 416,824 463,330 425,453 409,778 5,183,426 5,518,756
: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Illinois ...........: - - 3 16 4 23 26
Indiana ............: 845 724 731 888 845 9,503 10,016
Iowa ...............: 560 429 619 557 490 6,396 8,101
Michigan ...........: 222 249 199 175 192 2,483 2,295
Minnesota ..........: 855 749 745 731 703 10,339 11,582
North Carolina .....: 320 323 340 335 307 3,665 4,024
Ohio ...............: 321 265 252 262 269 3,267 3,159
Pennsylvania .......: 263 197 237 277 204 2,760 3,570
South Dakota .......: 60 59 125 105 110 1,358 2,009
Vermont ............: - - - - - - 9
:
Wisconsin ..........: 164 117 132 125 156 1,924 2,897
:
United States ......: 5,273 4,751 5,010 4,971 4,870 61,359 70,154
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 2/ :
Illinois ...........: (X) (X) 1.21 1.46 1.82 1.40 1.39
Indiana ............: 1.32 1.26 1.16 1.70 1.47 1.29 1.27
Iowa ...............: 1.57 1.27 1.56 1.46 1.34 1.42 1.78
Michigan ...........: 1.42 1.67 1.28 1.17 1.41 1.43 1.33
Minnesota ..........: 1.15 1.15 1.08 1.05 1.15 1.21 1.24
North Carolina .....: 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.62 0.61 0.60 0.62
Ohio ...............: 1.38 1.30 1.22 1.27 1.36 1.30 1.28
Pennsylvania .......: 1.64 1.24 1.21 1.72 1.58 1.63 2.00
South Dakota .......: 1.29 1.00 1.09 1.13 1.25 1.42 1.28
Vermont ............: (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 0.67
:
Wisconsin ..........: 1.75 1.59 1.81 1.69 1.96 1.78 1.68
:
United States ......: 1.17 1.13 1.07 1.15 1.17 1.17 1.26
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- Represents zero.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit 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 federally condemned prior to entry into the
slaughter plant which includes Dead-On-Arrival (DOA) and condemned for other
causes.
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 of birds condemned includes
federally inspected and establishment sorted 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
347 plants slaughtered poultry in the United States under Federal Inspection
in 2022. Young chickens were slaughtered in 38 States, young turkeys in 32
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
Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .......... (202) 690-3223
Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter................................... (202) 720-0585
Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ..... (202) 720-8784
Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ..................... (202) 720-3244
Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products...................... (202) 690-3237
Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ........................... (202) 690-4870
Shulonda Shaw - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-3240
Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs ........................................ (202) 690-3676
Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery................................... (202) 720-6147
Access to NASS Reports
For your convenience, you may access NASS reports and products the following
ways:
All reports are available electronically, at no cost, on the NASS web
site: www.nass.usda.gov.
Both national and state specific reports are available via a free e-
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For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Agricultural
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nass@usda.gov.
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its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of race,
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