United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
ISSN: 2159-
7480
Poultry
Slaughter
2023 Summary
February 2024
Contents
Poultry Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type and Month - United States:
2023 and 2022 Total........................................................................................... 4
Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total........................... 6
Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total.............................. 8
Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total.............................. 10
Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, Type, and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total.......................... 12
Young Chickens Slaughtered and Total Live Weight by Month - States and United States:
2023 and 2022 Total........................................................................................... 18
Young Chickens Average Live Weight and Pounds Certified by Month - States and United States:
2023 and 2022 Total........................................................................................... 20
Young Chickens Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States: 2023 and 2022 Total............. 22
Young Chickens Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause and Month - States and United States:
2023 and 2022 Total........................................................................................... 24
Young Turkeys Slaughtered, Total Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Month - States and United States:
2023 and 2022 Total........................................................................................... 30
Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and United States:
2023 and 2022 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: 2023 and 2022 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 ............: 804,096 731,001 816,085 724,124 820,608 801,062 760,412
Mature ...........: 9,633 8,996 10,510 9,235 10,781 11,298 9,976
Light ..........: 2,744 2,716 3,037 2,864 3,155 3,128 2,599
Heavy ..........: 6,889 6,280 7,473 6,371 7,626 8,170 7,377
Total ............: 813,729 739,997 826,595 733,359 831,389 812,360 770,388
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 16,878 15,829 18,774 16,281 18,944 19,090 17,039
Old ..............: 190 146 150 164 189 210 129
Total ............: 17,068 15,975 18,924 16,445 19,133 19,300 17,168
:
Ducks ..............: 2,342 2,177 2,304 2,173 2,384 2,488 2,320
:
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............:5,259,826 4,745,133 5,289,405 4,698,567 5,350,196 5,232,763 4,916,403
Mature ...........: 67,541 62,355 73,509 63,003 75,070 75,936 72,235
Light ..........: 9,637 9,423 10,345 10,033 11,165 11,353 9,104
Heavy ..........: 57,904 52,932 63,164 52,970 63,905 64,583 63,131
Total ............:5,327,367 4,807,488 5,362,914 4,761,570 5,425,266 5,308,699 4,988,638
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 552,620 519,506 600,755 529,335 605,788 613,606 541,729
Old ..............: 5,597 4,541 4,593 4,909 5,528 6,322 3,828
Total ............: 558,217 524,047 605,348 534,244 611,316 619,928 545,557
:
Ducks ..............: 17,001 15,461 16,338 15,546 17,174 17,534 16,046
:
Other 1/ ...........: 199 135 182 149 180 300 364
:
Total ..............:5,902,784 5,347,131 5,984,782 5,311,509 6,053,936 5,946,461 5,550,605
:
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............: 6.54 6.49 6.48 6.49 6.52 6.53 6.47
Mature ...........: 7.01 6.93 6.99 6.82 6.96 6.72 7.24
Light ..........: 3.51 3.47 3.41 3.50 3.54 3.63 3.50
Heavy ..........: 8.41 8.43 8.45 8.31 8.38 7.90 8.56
Total ............: 6.55 6.50 6.49 6.49 6.53 6.53 6.48
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 32.74 32.82 32.00 32.51 31.98 32.14 31.79
Old ..............: 29.46 31.10 30.62 29.93 29.25 30.10 29.67
Total ............: 32.71 32.80 31.99 32.49 31.95 32.12 31.78
:
Ducks ..............: 7.26 7.10 7.09 7.15 7.20 7.05 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:
2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
[Federally inspected only]
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Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Chickens :
Young ............: 851,257 761,367 824,609 761,801 724,789 9,381,211 9,431,005
Mature ...........: 11,587 9,804 10,520 9,260 8,800 120,400 115,217
Light ..........: 3,010 2,548 2,862 2,556 2,693 33,912 31,942
Heavy ..........: 8,577 7,256 7,658 6,704 6,107 86,488 83,275
Total ............: 862,844 771,171 835,129 771,061 733,589 9,501,611 9,546,222
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 19,824 17,050 20,332 18,418 15,628 214,087 206,589
Old ..............: 150 168 211 112 86 1,905 1,636
Total ............: 19,974 17,218 20,543 18,530 15,714 215,992 208,225
:
Ducks ..............: 2,422 2,331 2,499 2,426 2,337 28,203 26,657
:
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............:5,498,229 5,034,925 5,526,154 5,037,586 4,786,549 61,375,736 61,183,165
Mature ...........: 83,458 69,794 72,446 64,108 59,967 839,422 808,114
Light ..........: 10,702 8,922 9,796 8,855 9,271 118,606 110,500
Heavy ..........: 72,756 60,872 62,650 55,253 50,696 720,816 697,614
Total ............:5,581,687 5,104,719 5,598,600 5,101,694 4,846,516 62,215,158 61,991,279
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 609,540 538,223 621,438 562,691 493,208 6,788,439 6,473,604
Old ..............: 4,690 4,955 6,453 3,365 2,764 57,545 50,610
Total ............: 614,230 543,178 627,891 566,056 495,972 6,845,984 6,524,214
:
Ducks ..............: 16,699 16,572 17,737 17,459 16,637 200,204 188,014
:
Other 1/ ...........: 393 354 386 218 203 3,063 3,577
:
Total ..............:6,213,009 5,664,823 6,244,614 5,685,427 5,359,328 69,264,409 68,707,084
:
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Chickens :
Young ............: 6.46 6.61 6.70 6.61 6.60 6.54 6.49
Mature ...........: 7.20 7.12 6.89 6.92 6.81 6.97 7.01
Light ..........: 3.56 3.50 3.42 3.46 3.44 3.50 3.46
Heavy ..........: 8.48 8.39 8.18 8.24 8.30 8.33 8.38
Total ............: 6.47 6.62 6.70 6.62 6.61 6.55 6.49
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 30.75 31.57 30.56 30.55 31.56 31.71 31.34
Old ..............: 31.27 29.49 30.58 30.04 32.14 30.21 30.94
Total ............: 30.75 31.55 30.56 30.55 31.56 31.70 31.33
:
Ducks ..............: 6.89 7.11 7.10 7.20 7.12 7.10 7.05
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1/ Includes geese, guineas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and squab.
Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 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 ............:3,724,233 3,340,493 3,728,214 3,303,459 3,769,970 3,698,009 3,471,457
Mature ...........: 46,525 43,813 51,870 44,002 52,722 52,940 50,851
Light ..........: 5,003 5,148 5,419 5,149 5,915 5,990 4,846
Heavy ..........: 41,522 38,665 46,451 38,853 46,807 46,950 46,005
Total ............:3,770,758 3,384,306 3,780,084 3,347,461 3,822,692 3,750,949 3,522,308
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 270,905 254,773 308,295 272,951 304,870 309,499 276,344
Old ..............: 3,816 3,311 2,461 2,702 3,324 4,475 2,599
Total ............: 274,721 258,084 310,756 275,653 308,194 313,974 278,943
:
Ducks ..............: 4,487 3,493 3,924 3,425 3,850 3,993 4,091
:
Other 1/ ...........: 123 96 110 90 108 198 169
:
Total ..............:4,050,089 3,645,979 4,094,874 3,626,629 4,134,844 4,069,114 3,805,511
:
Frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............: 247,659 244,475 264,023 242,637 273,407 258,577 246,156
Mature ...........: - - - - - - -
Light ..........: - - - - - - -
Heavy ..........: - - - - - - -
Total ............: 247,659 244,475 264,023 242,637 273,407 258,577 246,156
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 169,963 160,946 172,410 152,004 178,756 179,352 154,769
Old ..............: 495 175 1,076 1,082 946 408 315
Total ............: 170,458 161,121 173,486 153,086 179,702 179,760 155,084
:
Ducks ..............: 7,848 7,646 7,936 7,848 8,586 8,760 7,626
:
Other 1/ ...........: 16 - 18 15 20 15 85
:
Total ..............: 425,981 413,242 445,463 403,586 461,715 447,112 408,951
:
Chilled and frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............:3,971,892 3,584,968 3,992,237 3,546,096 4,043,377 3,956,586 3,717,613
Mature ...........: 46,525 43,813 51,870 44,002 52,722 52,940 50,851
Light ..........: 5,003 5,148 5,419 5,149 5,915 5,990 4,846
Heavy ..........: 41,522 38,665 46,451 38,853 46,807 46,950 46,005
Total ............:4,018,417 3,628,781 4,044,107 3,590,098 4,096,099 4,009,526 3,768,464
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 440,868 415,719 480,705 424,955 483,626 488,851 431,113
Old ..............: 4,311 3,486 3,537 3,784 4,270 4,883 2,914
Total ............: 445,179 419,205 484,242 428,739 487,896 493,734 434,027
:
Ducks ..............: 12,335 11,139 11,860 11,273 12,436 12,753 11,717
:
Other 1/ ...........: 139 96 128 105 128 213 254
:
Total ..............:4,476,070 4,059,221 4,540,337 4,030,215 4,596,559 4,516,226 4,214,462
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Chilled and Frozen Certified by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
[Ready-to-cook weights]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Chilled :
Chickens :
Young ............:3,888,049 3,549,431 3,885,232 3,555,067 3,374,856 43,288,470 43,171,395
Mature ...........: 58,586 49,274 51,044 44,529 41,530 587,686 571,050
Light ..........: 5,658 4,730 5,165 4,800 4,958 62,781 58,175
Heavy ..........: 52,928 44,544 45,879 39,729 36,572 524,905 512,875
Total ............:3,946,635 3,598,705 3,936,276 3,599,596 3,416,386 43,876,156 43,742,445
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 309,054 272,342 322,033 290,287 249,470 3,440,823 3,166,267
Old ..............: 3,390 3,678 4,596 2,532 1,943 38,827 34,251
Total ............: 312,444 276,020 326,629 292,819 251,413 3,479,650 3,200,518
:
Ducks ..............: 4,798 5,203 5,052 5,235 4,654 52,205 54,872
:
Other 1/ ...........: 123 134 159 137 131 1,578 1,628
:
Total ..............:4,264,000 3,880,062 4,268,116 3,897,787 3,672,584 47,409,589 46,999,463
:
Frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............: 268,706 257,088 292,042 262,214 241,318 3,098,302 3,035,756
Mature ...........: - - - - - - -
Light ..........: - - - - - - -
Heavy ..........: - - - - - - -
Total ............: 268,706 257,088 292,042 262,214 241,318 3,098,302 3,035,756
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 177,353 155,151 173,515 156,271 141,398 1,971,888 2,017,159
Old ..............: 188 150 352 70 184 5,441 4,626
Total ............: 177,541 155,301 173,867 156,341 141,582 1,977,329 2,021,785
:
Ducks ..............: 7,419 7,054 7,934 7,640 7,630 93,927 82,294
:
Other 1/ ...........: 132 97 99 17 18 532 718
:
Total ..............: 453,798 419,540 473,942 426,212 390,548 5,170,090 5,140,553
:
Chilled and frozen :
Chickens :
Young ............:4,156,755 3,806,519 4,177,274 3,817,281 3,616,174 46,386,772 46,207,151
Mature ...........: 58,586 49,274 51,044 44,529 41,530 587,686 571,050
Light ..........: 5,658 4,730 5,165 4,800 4,958 62,781 58,175
Heavy ..........: 52,928 44,544 45,879 39,729 36,572 524,905 512,875
Total ............:4,215,341 3,855,793 4,228,318 3,861,810 3,657,704 46,974,458 46,778,201
:
Turkeys :
Young ............: 486,407 427,493 495,548 446,558 390,868 5,412,711 5,183,426
Old ..............: 3,578 3,828 4,948 2,602 2,127 44,268 38,877
Total ............: 489,985 431,321 500,496 449,160 392,995 5,456,979 5,222,303
:
Ducks ..............: 12,217 12,257 12,986 12,875 12,284 146,132 137,166
:
Other 1/ ...........: 255 231 258 154 149 2,110 2,346
:
Total ..............:4,717,798 4,299,602 4,742,058 4,323,999 4,063,132 52,579,679 52,140,016
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- Represents zero.
1/ Includes geese, guineas, and squab.
Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 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 ...........: 11,011 9,528 10,202 8,815 9,841 10,015 10,492
Mature ..........: 876 803 949 716 813 860 904
Light .........: 116 115 85 87 63 102 87
Heavy .........: 760 688 864 629 750 758 817
Total ...........: 11,887 10,331 11,151 9,531 10,654 10,875 11,396
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1,652 1,606 1,639 1,487 1,639 1,816 1,874
Old .............: 48 35 26 19 36 43 41
Total ...........: 1,700 1,641 1,665 1,506 1,675 1,859 1,915
:
Ducks .............: 75 74 81 74 80 102 119
:
Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - 1
:
Total .............: 13,662 12,046 12,897 11,111 12,409 12,836 13,431
:
: percent
:
Percent of live :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.21 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.21
Mature ..........: 1.30 1.29 1.29 1.14 1.08 1.13 1.25
Light .........: 1.20 1.22 0.82 0.87 0.56 0.90 0.96
Heavy .........: 1.31 1.30 1.37 1.19 1.17 1.17 1.29
Total ...........: 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.23
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 0.30 0.31 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.30 0.35
Old .............: 0.86 0.77 0.57 0.39 0.65 0.68 1.07
Total ...........: 0.30 0.31 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.30 0.35
:
Ducks .............: 0.44 0.48 0.50 0.48 0.47 0.58 0.74
:
Other 2/ ..........: - - - - - - 0.27
:
Total .............: 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.22 0.24
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
[Federally inspected only]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Live weight :
Chickens :
Young ...........: 11,979 9,445 9,798 9,576 9,412 120,114 127,772
Mature ..........: 939 622 691 750 733 9,656 10,241
Light .........: 100 47 56 45 46 949 1,024
Heavy .........: 839 575 635 705 687 8,707 9,217
Total ...........: 12,918 10,067 10,489 10,326 10,145 129,770 138,013
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 2,151 1,580 1,684 1,450 1,432 20,010 19,666
Old .............: 43 27 43 21 23 405 402
Total ...........: 2,194 1,607 1,727 1,471 1,455 20,415 20,068
:
Ducks .............: 121 109 100 90 76 1,101 990
:
Other 2/ ..........: 1 1 1 - - 4 4
:
Total .............: 15,234 11,784 12,317 11,887 11,676 151,290 159,075
:
: percent
:
Percent of live :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.22 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.21
Mature ..........: 1.13 0.89 0.95 1.17 1.22 1.15 1.27
Light .........: 0.93 0.53 0.57 0.51 0.50 0.80 0.93
Heavy .........: 1.15 0.94 1.01 1.28 1.36 1.21 1.32
Total .............: 0.23 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.22
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 0.35 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.29 0.29 0.30
Old .............: 0.92 0.54 0.67 0.62 0.83 0.70 0.79
Total ...........: 0.36 0.30 0.28 0.26 0.29 0.30 0.31
:
Ducks .............: 0.72 0.66 0.56 0.52 0.46 0.55 0.53
:
Other 2/ ..........: 0.25 0.28 0.26 - - 0.13 0.11
:
Total .............: 0.25 0.21 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.23
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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: 2023 and 2022 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 ...........: 20,712 18,904 20,293 17,249 19,278 18,660 16,795
Mature ..........: 1,793 1,744 1,883 1,715 2,079 2,012 1,749
Light .........: 440 383 403 435 488 473 331
Heavy .........: 1,353 1,361 1,480 1,280 1,591 1,539 1,418
Total ...........: 22,505 20,648 22,176 18,964 21,357 20,672 18,544
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 5,287 4,744 5,513 4,881 5,671 5,792 5,300
Old .............: 207 188 176 190 193 235 147
Total ...........: 5,494 4,932 5,689 5,071 5,864 6,027 5,447
:
Ducks .............: 245 210 236 188 222 289 192
:
Other 2/ ..........: 3 2 2 2 3 3 4
:
Total .............: 28,247 25,792 28,103 24,225 27,446 26,991 24,187
:
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.52 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.45
Mature ..........: 3.71 3.83 3.50 3.75 3.79 3.66 3.33
Light .........: 8.08 6.92 6.92 7.79 7.62 7.32 6.39
Heavy .........: 3.16 3.40 3.09 3.19 3.29 3.17 2.99
Total ...........: 0.56 0.57 0.55 0.53 0.52 0.51 0.49
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1.19 1.13 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.17 1.21
Old .............: 4.58 5.12 4.74 4.78 4.32 4.59 4.80
Total ...........: 1.22 1.16 1.16 1.17 1.19 1.21 1.24
:
Ducks .............: 1.95 1.85 1.95 1.64 1.75 2.22 1.61
:
Other 2/ ..........: 2.11 2.04 1.54 1.87 2.29 1.39 1.55
:
Total .............: 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.60 0.59 0.59 0.57
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type and Month - United States: 2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
[Federally Condemned and Establishment Sorted and Removed]
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Chickens :
Young ...........: 17,952 15,913 16,903 17,038 16,414 216,111 225,509
Mature ..........: 1,917 1,607 1,709 1,442 1,474 21,124 19,156
Light .........: 427 347 352 273 348 4,700 4,397
Heavy .........: 1,490 1,260 1,357 1,169 1,126 16,424 14,759
Total ...........: 19,869 17,520 18,612 18,480 17,888 237,235 244,665
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 6,065 5,496 6,361 5,899 6,018 67,027 61,359
Old .............: 156 147 190 93 95 2,017 1,794
Total ...........: 6,221 5,643 6,551 5,992 6,113 69,044 63,153
:
Ducks .............: 207 194 198 201 217 2,599 2,829
:
Other 2/ ..........: 4 5 4 4 3 39 43
:
Total .............: 26,301 23,362 25,365 24,677 24,221 308,917 310,690
:
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/:
Chickens :
Young ...........: 0.43 0.42 0.40 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.49
Mature ..........: 3.17 3.16 3.24 3.14 3.43 3.47 3.25
Light .........: 7.02 6.83 6.38 5.38 6.56 6.96 7.03
Heavy .........: 2.74 2.75 2.87 2.86 2.99 3.03 2.80
Total ...........: 0.47 0.45 0.44 0.48 0.49 0.50 0.52
:
Turkeys :
Young ...........: 1.23 1.27 1.27 1.30 1.52 1.22 1.17
Old .............: 4.18 3.70 3.70 3.45 4.28 4.36 4.41
Total ...........: 1.25 1.29 1.29 1.32 1.53 1.25 1.19
:
Ducks .............: 1.67 1.56 1.50 1.54 1.74 1.75 2.02
:
Other 2/ ..........: 1.54 2.12 1.53 2.53 1.97 1.81 1.80
:
Total .............: 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.57 0.59 0.58 0.59
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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: 2023 and 2022 Total
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: number head
:
Tuberculosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Mature .....: - - - - - - -
Light ....: - - - - - - -
Heavy ....: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Old ........: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 267 382 358 306 266 359 477
Mature .....: 44 33 22 32 52 62 94
Light ....: 26 16 14 28 34 49 88
Heavy ....: 18 17 8 4 18 13 6
Total ......: 311 415 380 338 318 421 571
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 104 47 41 38 24 41 60
Old ........: 10 14 4 10 11 14 4
Total ......: 114 61 45 48 35 55 64
:
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Chickens :
Young ......: 106,427 94,896 107,624 86,933 102,617 88,153 80,739
Mature .....: 62,848 51,906 49,326 51,276 58,028 59,654 41,864
Light ....: 57,396 46,592 42,950 45,227 51,316 52,148 35,103
Heavy ....: 5,452 5,314 6,376 6,049 6,712 7,506 6,761
Total ......: 169,275 146,802 156,950 138,209 160,645 147,807 122,603
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 6,031 5,477 4,337 3,629 4,097 4,153 4,434
Old ........: 1,252 925 872 831 1,063 1,234 551
Total ......: 7,283 6,402 5,209 4,460 5,160 5,387 4,985
:
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 170,007 173,244 175,701 127,470 124,675 77,126 59,554
Mature .....: 12,064 11,191 13,068 13,383 15,667 12,704 10,240
Light ....: 3,530 2,538 3,789 4,288 5,837 3,162 2,214
Heavy ....: 8,534 8,653 9,279 9,095 9,830 9,542 8,026
Total ......: 182,071 184,435 188,769 140,853 140,342 89,830 69,794
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 1,592 1,106 1,393 1,524 1,065 1,225 1,017
Old ........: 735 653 472 532 475 545 441
Total ......: 2,327 1,759 1,865 2,056 1,540 1,770 1,458
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Tuberculosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Mature .....: - - - - - - -
Light ....: - - - - - - -
Heavy ....: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: - - - - - - -
Old ........: - - - - - - -
Total ......: - - - - - - -
:
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 311 166 173 186 144 3,395 5,240
Mature .....: 117 99 32 21 14 622 601
Light ....: 95 95 24 21 12 502 442
Heavy ....: 22 4 8 - 2 120 159
Total ......: 428 265 205 207 158 4,017 5,841
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 41 25 7 15 8 451 655
Old ........: 6 3 14 2 - 92 102
Total ......: 47 28 21 17 8 543 757
:
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Chickens :
Young ......: 81,513 70,967 79,673 90,260 88,135 1,077,937 1,218,548
Mature .....: 60,880 45,701 51,165 42,648 46,148 621,444 589,633
Light ....: 52,076 36,510 41,398 32,930 39,689 533,335 527,737
Heavy ....: 8,804 9,191 9,767 9,718 6,459 88,109 61,896
Total ......: 142,393 116,668 130,838 132,908 134,283 1,699,381 1,808,181
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 5,095 6,395 6,884 7,248 5,337 63,117 79,653
Old ........: 711 530 622 417 356 9,364 10,097
Total ......: 5,806 6,925 7,506 7,665 5,693 72,481 89,750
:
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 57,360 52,737 73,823 86,764 105,138 1,283,599 1,348,985
Mature .....: 11,078 11,010 10,745 8,937 9,325 139,412 134,505
Light ....: 2,989 4,333 3,981 2,990 3,872 43,523 50,781
Heavy ....: 8,089 6,677 6,764 5,947 5,453 95,889 83,724
Total ......: 68,438 63,747 84,568 95,701 114,463 1,423,011 1,483,490
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 1,373 1,726 1,761 1,315 928 16,025 14,028
Old ........: 334 497 580 260 222 5,746 6,571
Total ......: 1,707 2,223 2,341 1,575 1,150 21,771 20,599
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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 ......: 480 516 716 670 740 582 672
Mature .....: 139 117 190 186 119 166 183
Light ....: 51 42 75 102 8 40 85
Heavy ....: 88 75 115 84 111 126 98
Total ......: 619 633 906 856 859 748 855
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 27 18 14 9 32 11 1
Old ........: - - 1 1 - - -
Total ......: 27 18 15 10 32 11 1
:
: number head
:
Tumors :
Chickens :
Young ......: 3,861 3,864 3,782 2,790 3,422 2,534 2,457
Mature .....: 31,234 30,190 32,883 31,172 36,317 27,260 22,577
Light ....: 26,781 26,626 28,949 27,237 31,912 23,315 18,518
Heavy ....: 4,453 3,564 3,934 3,935 4,405 3,945 4,059
Total ......: 35,095 34,054 36,665 33,962 39,739 29,794 25,034
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 102 30 91 90 44 110 123
Old ........: 227 209 271 259 251 258 265
Total ......: 329 239 362 349 295 368 388
:
: number head
:
Bruises :
Chickens :
Young ......: 4,360 4,177 4,927 3,892 4,529 3,528 3,952
Mature .....: 2,464 2,212 2,892 3,174 3,301 3,248 3,108
Light ....: 1,939 1,278 1,810 2,127 2,413 2,508 2,538
Heavy ....: 525 934 1,082 1,047 888 740 570
Total ......: 6,824 6,389 7,819 7,066 7,830 6,776 7,060
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 97 99 64 133 95 87 60
Old ........: 13 7 7 2 1 7 3
Total ......: 110 106 71 135 96 94 63
:
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Chickens :
Young ......: 2,128 1,647 2,172 1,557 1,687 1,385 1,420
Mature .....: 309 376 364 406 253 340 359
Light ....: 285 351 344 396 211 323 348
Heavy ....: 24 25 20 10 42 17 11
Total ......: 2,437 2,023 2,536 1,963 1,940 1,725 1,779
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 361 321 360 242 152 264 452
Old ........: 2 49 - 10 15 29 2
Total ......: 363 370 360 252 167 293 454
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Synovitis :
Chickens :
Young ......: 662 702 946 595 482 7,763 7,209
Mature .....: 175 138 129 108 154 1,804 1,891
Light ....: 49 21 36 11 8 528 725
Heavy ....: 126 117 93 97 146 1,276 1,166
Total ......: 837 840 1,075 703 636 9,567 9,100
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 27 114 150 107 88 598 510
Old ........: - 1 5 13 9 30 66
Total ......: 27 115 155 120 97 628 576
:
: number head
:
Tumors :
Chickens :
Young ......: 2,400 1,774 2,066 1,897 1,989 32,836 32,751
Mature .....: 28,215 16,991 14,997 13,839 13,399 299,074 300,515
Light ....: 23,280 13,474 11,212 9,580 9,143 250,027 244,337
Heavy ....: 4,935 3,517 3,785 4,259 4,256 49,047 56,178
Total ......: 30,615 18,765 17,063 15,736 15,388 331,910 333,266
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 126 72 144 123 49 1,104 604
Old ........: 227 179 171 115 97 2,529 1,959
Total ......: 353 251 315 238 146 3,633 2,563
:
: number head
:
Bruises :
Chickens :
Young ......: 3,995 3,347 3,286 3,569 4,268 47,830 47,602
Mature .....: 3,861 4,107 3,244 2,166 2,393 36,170 24,306
Light ....: 3,027 3,264 2,470 1,542 2,005 26,921 15,006
Heavy ....: 834 843 774 624 388 9,249 9,300
Total ......: 7,856 7,454 6,530 5,735 6,661 84,000 71,908
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 99 156 173 127 54 1,244 923
Old ........: 2 2 10 12 15 81 117
Total ......: 101 158 183 139 69 1,325 1,040
:
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Chickens :
Young ......: 1,444 935 1,203 1,078 974 17,630 27,426
Mature .....: 213 108 101 98 97 3,024 2,711
Light ....: 196 86 81 74 82 2,777 2,243
Heavy ....: 17 22 20 24 15 247 468
Total ......: 1,657 1,043 1,304 1,176 1,071 20,654 30,137
:
Turkeys :
Young ......: 473 425 475 468 203 4,196 4,050
Old ........: - 5 20 12 7 151 306
Total ......: 473 430 495 480 210 4,347 4,356
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Chickens :
Young ........: 52,257 50,947 52,580 44,424 42,877 40,827 37,815
Mature .......: 19,728 18,550 18,770 16,332 16,117 16,633 13,473
Light ......: 18,821 17,853 17,909 15,391 15,415 16,015 12,681
Heavy ......: 907 697 861 941 702 618 792
Total ........: 71,985 69,497 71,350 60,756 58,994 57,460 51,288
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 423 622 497 546 597 820 764
Old ..........: 192 105 102 165 157 156 72
Total ........: 615 727 599 711 754 976 836
:
: number head
:
Overscald :
Chickens :
Young ........: 8,880 9,670 12,762 13,591 10,861 10,754 13,947
Mature .......: 117 10 91 161 117 289 127
Light ......: 61 10 54 82 110 196 99
Heavy ......: 56 - 37 79 7 93 28
Total ........: 8,997 9,680 12,853 13,752 10,978 11,043 14,074
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 42 82 77 44 34 126 173
Old ..........: 11 3 1 8 22 10 3
Total ........: 53 85 78 52 56 136 176
:
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/:
Chickens :
Young ........: 237,551 199,914 156,709 113,081 150,857 118,081 122,552
Mature .......: 42,275 43,777 42,403 38,338 31,002 28,124 28,306
Light ......: 35,278 37,481 35,100 30,579 23,672 20,529 20,177
Heavy ......: 6,997 6,296 7,303 7,759 7,330 7,595 8,129
Total ........: 279,826 243,691 199,112 151,419 181,859 146,205 150,858
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 2,263 2,350 1,986 2,032 2,237 3,611 3,120
Old ..........: 431 521 63 81 170 303 73
Total ........: 2,694 2,871 2,049 2,113 2,407 3,914 3,193
:
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Chickens :
Young ........:1,799,300 1,797,983 1,906,747 1,707,752 1,845,725 1,826,523 1,666,672
Mature .......: 49,092 42,905 27,176 30,932 31,849 33,013 30,431
Light ......: - - - - - - -
Heavy ......: 49,092 42,905 27,176 30,932 31,849 33,013 30,431
Total ........:1,848,392 1,840,888 1,933,923 1,738,684 1,877,574 1,859,536 1,697,103
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 45,899 39,771 45,437 41,610 47,579 49,617 49,229
Old ..........: 27 90 172 305 367 294 224
Total ........: 45,926 39,861 45,609 41,915 47,946 49,911 49,453
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Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
Commodity : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Chickens :
Young ........: 40,892 33,044 40,362 40,034 36,813 512,872 555,006
Mature .......: 18,400 15,810 15,677 15,506 15,150 200,146 279,089
Light ......: 17,100 14,947 14,631 13,592 14,547 188,902 243,507
Heavy ......: 1,300 863 1,046 1,914 603 11,244 35,582
Total ........: 59,292 48,854 56,039 55,540 51,963 713,018 834,095
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 824 887 1,062 1,076 772 8,890 9,098
Old ..........: 130 94 156 65 52 1,446 1,746
Total ........: 954 981 1,218 1,141 824 10,336 10,844
:
: number head
:
Overscald :
Chickens :
Young ........: 9,864 4,096 6,061 4,297 4,168 108,951 182,303
Mature .......: 102 50 98 86 113 1,361 1,640
Light ......: 79 43 80 68 97 979 562
Heavy ......: 23 7 18 18 16 382 1,078
Total ........: 9,966 4,146 6,159 4,383 4,281 110,312 183,943
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 105 110 171 97 130 1,191 1,105
Old ..........: 4 10 17 3 3 95 85
Total ........: 109 120 188 100 133 1,286 1,190
:
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/:
Chickens :
Young ........: 122,228 91,696 91,738 110,698 85,295 1,600,400 3,239,605
Mature .......: 30,381 27,178 25,799 26,075 30,547 394,205 435,689
Light ......: 21,207 17,393 16,739 17,543 22,590 298,288 357,693
Heavy ......: 9,174 9,785 9,060 8,532 7,957 95,917 77,996
Total ........: 152,609 118,874 117,537 136,773 115,842 1,994,605 3,675,294
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 3,652 4,302 5,792 4,150 2,791 38,286 50,272
Old ..........: 35 31 189 91 98 2,086 4,014
Total ........: 3,687 4,333 5,981 4,241 2,889 40,372 54,286
:
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Chickens :
Young ........:1,766,719 1,482,679 1,630,529 1,739,689 1,843,842 21,014,160 18,975,580
Mature .......: 28,467 27,075 24,181 24,522 25,411 375,054 376,696
Light ......: - - - - - - -
Heavy ......: 28,467 27,075 24,181 24,522 25,411 375,054 376,696
Total ........:1,795,186 1,509,754 1,654,710 1,764,211 1,869,253 21,389,214 19,352,276
:
Turkeys :
Young ........: 58,105 58,389 71,003 76,206 83,231 666,076 522,137
Old ..........: 326 181 243 129 343 2,701 983
Total ........: 58,431 58,570 71,246 76,335 83,574 668,777 523,120
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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:
2023 and 2022 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 ............: 103,259 91,977 104,647 93,706 103,186 98,478 94,274
Arkansas ...........: 76,994 78,881 84,588 75,087 83,921 86,370 78,585
Delaware ...........: 32,208 28,179 33,476 27,390 33,086 32,088 29,607
Georgia ............: 110,028 96,464 109,981 97,829 111,674 106,239 103,651
Illinois ...........: 46 39 41 39 64 82 60
Indiana ............: 6,697 5,837 6,596 5,646 6,530 6,425 6,142
Iowa ...............: 1,225 980 1,250 959 1,506 1,516 1,563
Kentucky ...........: 23,583 23,143 24,356 22,306 24,370 24,253 22,133
Louisiana ..........: 15,387 13,666 14,274 13,754 15,181 14,714 14,083
Maryland ...........: 12,269 11,138 12,450 10,368 12,255 12,231 11,303
:
Mississippi ........: 60,614 53,810 60,205 55,260 61,662 56,975 55,292
Missouri ...........: 33,986 33,250 36,344 32,504 35,919 36,251 35,064
Nebraska ...........: 11,309 9,201 10,403 9,048 9,984 10,304 8,985
New Jersey .........: 209 207 236 195 270 246 225
New York ...........: 2,947 2,397 2,884 2,189 2,805 2,650 2,590
North Carolina .....: 80,581 69,904 79,408 69,789 80,207 78,825 75,869
Ohio ...............: 10,699 9,569 11,019 9,605 10,681 10,987 10,961
Oklahoma ...........: 11,177 10,673 11,263 10,105 12,244 11,409 11,285
Pennsylvania .......: 13,452 11,296 12,430 10,680 12,799 12,285 12,157
South Carolina .....: 26,040 23,333 26,185 23,618 26,121 25,752 24,474
:
Tennessee ..........: 31,882 28,972 33,088 29,665 33,148 32,299 30,755
Texas ..............: 62,340 54,791 59,031 52,765 62,035 61,594 56,588
Virginia ...........: 24,559 24,838 29,012 24,532 26,191 25,582 23,636
:
United States ......: 804,096 731,001 816,085 724,124 820,608 801,062 760,412
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Alabama ............: 567,967 504,806 570,886 510,428 568,053 541,138 520,138
Arkansas ...........: 545,238 566,740 610,921 541,223 611,112 621,445 558,366
Delaware ...........: 252,958 221,397 257,027 205,727 251,230 247,793 224,177
Georgia ............: 659,000 576,817 667,815 594,366 682,021 652,913 622,326
Illinois ...........: 291 245 259 248 409 522 379
Indiana ............: 32,036 27,389 31,385 26,904 30,946 29,622 27,720
Iowa ...............: 7,310 5,913 7,437 5,902 9,138 9,211 9,232
Kentucky ...........: 152,518 152,419 158,052 146,671 156,634 155,235 140,456
Louisiana ..........: 107,670 93,949 92,985 92,491 103,393 100,774 93,534
Maryland ...........: 78,671 69,324 76,540 65,967 78,599 78,117 70,743
:
Mississippi ........: 406,300 363,478 403,954 366,488 411,089 380,568 359,732
Missouri ...........: 196,806 191,192 205,497 185,804 204,410 204,130 203,634
Nebraska ...........: 73,930 56,604 64,411 56,712 60,595 63,849 55,091
New Jersey .........: 1,051 1,018 1,207 1,008 1,380 1,293 1,220
New York ...........: 15,224 12,450 14,204 10,820 14,102 13,049 12,936
North Carolina .....: 679,487 582,915 660,284 587,806 678,807 664,802 639,728
Ohio ...............: 46,864 42,418 48,871 43,017 47,912 50,545 49,297
Oklahoma ...........: 78,982 70,398 81,307 71,226 82,294 74,921 74,434
Pennsylvania .......: 76,745 63,834 70,440 62,318 75,395 72,134 69,435
South Carolina .....: 199,829 173,546 194,360 173,537 192,009 188,760 180,553
:
Tennessee ..........: 194,830 174,674 197,076 176,144 195,621 194,420 186,608
Texas ..............: 433,260 371,822 403,692 359,399 423,762 416,936 377,493
Virginia ...........: 168,498 159,907 184,382 157,210 171,527 171,890 155,498
:
United States ......:5,259,826 4,745,133 5,289,405 4,698,567 5,350,196 5,232,763 4,916,403
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2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
[Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure]
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: : : : : : :
State : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
Alabama ............: 106,540 94,270 102,271 95,754 89,994 1,178,356 1,183,719
Arkansas ...........: 90,951 81,062 88,993 82,280 77,506 985,218 1,008,526
Delaware ...........: 32,849 30,294 32,120 29,535 30,164 370,996 367,956
Georgia ............: 113,065 102,419 111,764 104,500 98,881 1,266,495 1,271,412
Illinois ...........: 71 68 74 52 44 680 685
Indiana ............: 7,001 6,250 3,869 3,491 5,519 70,003 76,747
Iowa ...............: 1,618 1,544 1,628 1,538 1,349 16,676 9,854
Kentucky ...........: 25,642 22,058 24,715 22,237 21,399 280,195 263,528
Louisiana ..........: 15,665 13,797 15,715 14,569 13,494 174,299 169,125
Maryland ...........: 12,789 11,738 12,862 12,196 11,483 143,082 142,915
:
Mississippi ........: 62,187 57,061 62,555 58,233 55,563 699,417 691,895
Missouri ...........: 37,074 32,771 31,097 27,020 24,843 396,123 409,703
Nebraska ...........: 10,680 9,804 10,487 9,268 9,518 118,991 118,019
New Jersey .........: 337 223 282 324 261 3,015 1,868
New York ...........: 2,881 2,638 2,597 2,669 2,531 31,778 31,605
North Carolina .....: 84,722 75,857 82,804 76,574 72,219 926,759 939,488
Ohio ...............: 11,851 10,792 11,188 10,599 10,472 128,423 128,810
Oklahoma ...........: 11,697 10,376 11,344 9,267 8,203 129,043 139,533
Pennsylvania .......: 14,330 12,812 14,274 13,414 12,472 152,401 144,437
South Carolina .....: 26,640 24,490 27,441 24,837 24,784 303,715 295,114
:
Tennessee ..........: 35,398 29,539 33,369 31,262 28,811 378,188 357,692
Texas ..............: 65,073 57,388 63,507 57,856 56,084 709,052 730,092
Virginia ...........: 27,181 24,389 25,919 24,217 23,163 303,219 329,820
:
United States ......: 851,257 761,367 824,609 761,801 724,789 9,381,211 9,431,005
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
Alabama ............: 585,246 528,313 579,220 531,776 497,835 6,505,806 6,569,416
Arkansas ...........: 630,844 590,120 655,759 606,236 571,730 7,109,734 7,079,158
Delaware ...........: 251,519 232,912 250,763 232,074 238,470 2,866,047 2,822,500
Georgia ............: 693,378 636,034 707,498 644,482 609,753 7,746,403 7,668,817
Illinois ...........: 453 436 476 333 288 4,339 4,332
Indiana ............: 32,085 29,329 20,402 18,452 25,880 332,150 362,886
Iowa ...............: 9,699 9,065 9,692 8,844 7,898 99,341 55,027
Kentucky ...........: 160,284 145,117 161,040 149,083 140,311 1,817,820 1,745,772
Louisiana ..........: 103,332 94,107 109,948 97,962 90,364 1,180,509 1,199,335
Maryland ...........: 78,857 75,239 83,792 77,453 71,023 904,325 921,241
:
Mississippi ........: 401,466 383,590 431,538 395,226 367,186 4,670,615 4,483,407
Missouri ...........: 209,655 184,538 172,361 143,876 136,012 2,237,915 2,277,697
Nebraska ...........: 66,333 62,691 67,206 59,048 61,787 748,257 755,707
New Jersey .........: 1,882 1,230 1,510 1,634 1,319 15,752 9,175
New York ...........: 14,836 13,417 13,394 12,962 12,185 159,579 153,562
North Carolina .....: 711,138 644,597 710,461 657,878 615,523 7,833,426 7,802,167
Ohio ...............: 53,983 50,081 51,698 47,846 47,769 580,301 574,843
Oklahoma ...........: 82,245 76,741 86,135 67,649 62,428 908,760 968,325
Pennsylvania .......: 83,505 75,562 83,862 78,081 73,313 884,624 826,838
South Carolina .....: 200,537 185,702 210,559 183,277 185,805 2,268,474 2,258,862
:
Tennessee ..........: 211,742 175,862 202,896 190,050 177,488 2,277,411 2,157,739
Texas ..............: 433,995 395,064 444,863 399,012 392,298 4,851,596 4,962,855
Virginia ...........: 179,623 165,682 174,996 160,028 149,915 1,999,156 2,119,522
:
United States ......:5,498,229 5,034,925 5,526,154 5,037,586 4,786,549 61,375,736 61,183,165
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2023 and 2022 Total
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: pounds
:
Average live weight :
Alabama ............: 5.50 5.49 5.46 5.45 5.51 5.49 5.52
Arkansas ...........: 7.08 7.18 7.22 7.21 7.28 7.20 7.11
Delaware ...........: 7.85 7.86 7.68 7.51 7.59 7.72 7.57
Georgia ............: 5.99 5.98 6.07 6.08 6.11 6.15 6.00
Illinois ...........: 6.32 6.25 6.27 6.32 6.41 6.35 6.31
Indiana ............: 4.78 4.69 4.76 4.76 4.74 4.61 4.51
Iowa ...............: 5.97 6.04 5.95 6.16 6.07 6.08 5.91
Kentucky ...........: 6.47 6.59 6.49 6.58 6.43 6.40 6.35
Louisiana ..........: 7.00 6.87 6.51 6.72 6.81 6.85 6.64
Maryland ...........: 6.41 6.22 6.15 6.36 6.41 6.39 6.26
:
Mississippi ........: 6.70 6.75 6.71 6.63 6.67 6.68 6.51
Missouri ...........: 5.79 5.75 5.65 5.72 5.69 5.63 5.81
Nebraska ...........: 6.54 6.15 6.19 6.27 6.07 6.20 6.13
New Jersey .........: 5.02 4.91 5.11 5.16 5.12 5.26 5.41
New York ...........: 5.17 5.19 4.93 4.94 5.03 4.92 5.00
North Carolina .....: 8.43 8.34 8.32 8.42 8.46 8.43 8.43
Ohio ...............: 4.38 4.43 4.43 4.48 4.49 4.60 4.50
Oklahoma ...........: 7.07 6.60 7.22 7.05 6.72 6.57 6.60
Pennsylvania .......: 5.71 5.65 5.67 5.84 5.89 5.87 5.71
South Carolina .....: 7.67 7.44 7.42 7.35 7.35 7.33 7.38
:
Tennessee ..........: 6.11 6.03 5.96 5.94 5.90 6.02 6.07
Texas ..............: 6.95 6.79 6.84 6.81 6.83 6.77 6.67
Virginia ...........: 6.86 6.44 6.36 6.41 6.55 6.72 6.58
:
United States ......: 6.54 6.49 6.48 6.49 6.52 6.53 6.47
: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
Alabama ............: 436,686 388,312 438,963 390,248 437,654 416,860 399,780
Arkansas ...........: 406,588 425,288 458,473 407,349 459,122 468,191 420,406
Delaware ...........: 196,332 170,379 198,081 158,180 194,918 191,975 172,614
Georgia ............: 498,936 438,800 504,752 447,290 516,629 490,980 473,073
Illinois ...........: 215 181 192 184 305 389 282
Indiana ............: 23,251 19,916 22,812 19,546 22,483 21,561 20,167
Iowa ...............: 4,984 4,191 5,288 4,201 6,436 6,559 6,441
Kentucky ...........: 115,483 115,128 119,251 110,920 118,447 117,206 106,082
Louisiana ..........: 80,589 70,300 70,863 69,444 77,424 75,569 69,678
Maryland ...........: 58,740 51,670 57,052 49,317 58,552 58,335 52,800
:
Mississippi ........: 304,942 270,537 297,302 273,621 302,405 287,269 269,667
Missouri ...........: 144,234 140,340 150,634 136,339 150,392 149,555 149,030
Nebraska ...........: 56,722 43,121 49,014 43,092 45,955 48,334 41,624
New Jersey .........: 778 743 884 738 1,010 949 899
New York ...........: 9,346 7,561 8,644 6,622 8,619 8,017 7,919
North Carolina .....: 523,608 448,754 509,711 452,591 523,303 511,595 492,764
Ohio ...............: 34,885 31,789 36,510 31,988 36,056 38,101 37,114
Oklahoma ...........: 59,106 52,793 60,941 53,403 61,755 56,187 55,829
Pennsylvania .......: 52,713 43,540 47,990 42,759 52,014 50,079 48,912
South Carolina .....: 150,585 131,042 146,399 130,895 144,714 142,061 135,841
:
Tennessee ..........: 143,963 129,153 145,793 130,215 144,417 143,531 137,350
Texas ..............: 330,098 285,614 310,825 277,332 326,803 320,392 289,668
Virginia ...........: 126,455 120,469 138,393 118,177 129,974 130,236 117,751
:
United States ......:3,971,892 3,584,968 3,992,237 3,546,096 4,043,377 3,956,586 3,717,613
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:
Average live weight :
Alabama ............: 5.49 5.60 5.66 5.55 5.53 5.50 5.50
Arkansas ...........: 6.94 7.28 7.37 7.37 7.38 7.20 7.00
Delaware ...........: 7.66 7.69 7.81 7.86 7.91 7.70 7.70
Georgia ............: 6.13 6.21 6.33 6.17 6.17 6.10 6.00
Illinois ...........: 6.34 6.41 6.44 6.42 6.50 6.40 6.30
Indiana ............: 4.58 4.69 5.27 5.29 4.69 4.70 4.70
Iowa ...............: 6.00 5.87 5.95 5.75 5.85 6.00 5.60
Kentucky ...........: 6.25 6.58 6.52 6.70 6.56 6.50 6.60
Louisiana ..........: 6.60 6.82 7.00 6.72 6.70 6.80 7.10
Maryland ...........: 6.17 6.41 6.51 6.35 6.18 6.30 6.40
:
Mississippi ........: 6.46 6.72 6.90 6.79 6.61 6.70 6.50
Missouri ...........: 5.66 5.63 5.54 5.32 5.47 5.60 5.60
Nebraska ...........: 6.21 6.39 6.41 6.37 6.49 6.30 6.40
New Jersey .........: 5.58 5.51 5.36 5.05 5.05 5.20 4.90
New York ...........: 5.15 5.09 5.16 4.86 4.81 5.00 4.90
North Carolina .....: 8.39 8.50 8.58 8.59 8.52 8.50 8.30
Ohio ...............: 4.56 4.64 4.62 4.51 4.56 4.50 4.50
Oklahoma ...........: 7.03 7.40 7.59 7.30 7.61 7.00 6.90
Pennsylvania .......: 5.83 5.90 5.88 5.82 5.88 5.80 5.70
South Carolina .....: 7.53 7.58 7.67 7.38 7.50 7.50 7.70
:
Tennessee ..........: 5.98 5.95 6.08 6.08 6.16 6.00 6.00
Texas ..............: 6.67 6.88 7.00 6.90 6.99 6.80 6.80
Virginia ...........: 6.61 6.79 6.75 6.61 6.47 6.60 6.40
:
United States ......: 6.46 6.61 6.70 6.61 6.60 6.54 6.49
: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
Alabama ............: 448,974 406,721 447,340 410,503 382,656 5,004,697 5,039,386
Arkansas ...........: 474,752 443,841 495,109 456,186 429,821 5,345,126 5,318,068
Delaware ...........: 194,519 180,532 194,783 180,406 184,762 2,217,481 2,181,923
Georgia ............: 521,859 477,744 531,970 489,986 459,200 5,851,219 5,801,438
Illinois ...........: 338 325 356 248 215 3,230 3,218
Indiana ............: 23,360 21,356 14,616 13,223 18,830 241,121 263,612
Iowa ...............: 6,970 6,459 6,921 6,018 5,316 69,784 38,213
Kentucky ...........: 120,892 109,397 121,428 112,763 105,844 1,372,841 1,316,607
Louisiana ..........: 77,486 70,543 82,353 73,583 67,967 885,799 909,746
Maryland ...........: 58,645 56,226 62,664 57,681 52,878 674,560 687,975
:
Mississippi ........: 300,806 286,590 320,280 296,532 271,474 3,481,425 3,339,080
Missouri ...........: 154,279 135,570 126,132 105,134 99,505 1,641,144 1,672,405
Nebraska ...........: 50,265 47,782 51,296 45,065 47,256 569,526 575,269
New Jersey .........: 1,383 905 1,096 1,196 967 11,548 6,793
New York ...........: 9,078 8,297 8,260 7,955 7,516 97,834 93,569
North Carolina .....: 547,806 495,779 545,918 507,068 473,366 6,032,263 5,996,059
Ohio ...............: 40,489 37,464 38,707 35,837 35,901 434,841 428,767
Oklahoma ...........: 61,655 57,639 64,731 50,762 46,855 681,656 725,918
Pennsylvania .......: 58,943 53,729 60,006 55,805 51,938 618,428 570,237
South Carolina .....: 151,247 139,971 158,682 138,203 140,058 1,709,698 1,701,931
:
Tennessee ..........: 156,539 130,089 149,862 140,610 131,131 1,682,653 1,587,024
Texas ..............: 334,570 304,477 340,993 306,851 301,998 3,729,621 3,813,602
Virginia ...........: 136,774 126,054 133,124 121,961 114,425 1,513,793 1,599,495
:
United States ......:4,156,755 3,806,519 4,177,274 3,817,281 3,616,174 46,386,772 46,207,151
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Alabama ............: 1,791 1,597 1,902 1,832 1,724 1,595 1,517
Arkansas ...........: 1,594 1,701 1,797 1,674 1,940 1,957 1,826
Delaware ...........: 772 750 705 533 739 794 722
Georgia ............: 3,137 2,687 2,810 2,475 2,798 2,469 2,299
Illinois ...........: - (Z) - - - - -
Indiana ............: 130 111 143 120 141 140 137
Iowa ...............: 568 331 409 236 544 339 567
Kentucky ...........: 607 575 614 562 597 573 432
Louisiana ..........: 500 434 341 304 348 311 317
Maryland ...........: 508 536 629 450 431 378 295
:
Mississippi ........: 1,437 1,349 1,478 1,191 1,284 1,003 941
Missouri ...........: 551 553 489 502 564 686 592
Nebraska ...........: 775 601 758 538 463 516 396
New Jersey .........: 14 16 14 9 15 15 18
New York ...........: 133 113 153 115 141 115 136
North Carolina .....: 1,886 1,503 1,628 1,485 1,723 1,697 1,516
Ohio ...............: 212 215 239 168 199 170 174
Oklahoma ...........: 218 186 203 183 191 179 174
Pennsylvania .......: 970 922 970 651 920 807 728
South Carolina .....: 993 853 1,032 800 911 936 793
:
Tennessee ..........: 629 493 576 432 579 458 354
Texas ..............: 1,372 1,428 1,094 986 1,122 1,151 822
Virginia ...........: 298 306 344 270 342 310 322
:
United States ......: 20,712 18,904 20,293 17,249 19,278 18,660 16,795
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/ :
Alabama ............: 0.41 0.41 0.43 0.47 0.39 0.38 0.38
Arkansas ...........: 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.43
Delaware ...........: 0.39 0.44 0.35 0.34 0.38 0.41 0.42
Georgia ............: 0.62 0.61 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.50 0.48
Illinois ...........: - 0.01 - - - - -
Indiana ............: 0.56 0.55 0.62 0.61 0.62 0.65 0.67
Iowa ...............: 10.23 7.32 7.17 5.33 7.79 4.91 8.09
Kentucky ...........: 0.52 0.50 0.51 0.50 0.50 0.49 0.41
Louisiana ..........: 0.62 0.61 0.48 0.44 0.45 0.41 0.45
Maryland ...........: 0.86 1.03 1.09 0.90 0.73 0.64 0.56
:
Mississippi ........: 0.47 0.50 0.49 0.43 0.42 0.35 0.35
Missouri ...........: 0.38 0.39 0.32 0.37 0.37 0.46 0.40
Nebraska ...........: 1.35 1.38 1.52 1.23 1.00 1.06 0.94
New Jersey .........: 1.82 2.14 1.56 1.26 1.48 1.51 1.96
New York ...........: 1.40 1.47 1.74 1.71 1.61 1.41 1.69
North Carolina .....: 0.36 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.31
Ohio ...............: 0.60 0.67 0.65 0.52 0.55 0.44 0.47
Oklahoma ...........: 0.37 0.35 0.33 0.34 0.31 0.32 0.31
Pennsylvania .......: 1.81 2.07 1.98 1.50 1.74 1.59 1.47
South Carolina .....: 0.66 0.65 0.70 0.61 0.63 0.65 0.58
:
Tennessee ..........: 0.44 0.38 0.39 0.33 0.40 0.32 0.26
Texas ..............: 0.41 0.50 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.36 0.28
Virginia ...........: 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.23 0.26 0.24 0.27
:
United States ......: 0.52 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.45
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
Alabama ............: 1,733 1,475 1,589 1,666 1,600 20,021 22,878
Arkansas ...........: 1,817 1,693 1,776 1,698 1,775 21,248 17,968
Delaware ...........: 757 789 829 785 886 9,061 8,080
Georgia ............: 2,613 2,373 2,485 2,572 2,327 31,045 35,236
Illinois ...........: - - - - - (Z) (Z)
Indiana ............: 184 147 51 43 138 1,485 1,132
Iowa ...............: 381 323 315 489 341 4,843 3,518
Kentucky ...........: 511 379 508 510 513 6,381 7,726
Louisiana ..........: 311 266 404 371 301 4,208 4,108
Maryland ...........: 336 318 359 421 392 5,053 4,839
:
Mississippi ........: 1,166 960 959 865 794 13,427 12,463
Missouri ...........: 599 568 419 250 239 6,012 6,232
Nebraska ...........: 398 291 248 321 234 5,539 5,696
New Jersey .........: 30 24 22 31 23 231 120
New York ...........: 142 104 103 126 147 1,528 1,348
North Carolina .....: 1,575 1,486 1,544 1,332 1,206 18,581 20,305
Ohio ...............: 199 196 190 205 224 2,391 3,128
Oklahoma ...........: 166 170 214 158 107 2,149 2,099
Pennsylvania .......: 874 689 713 715 762 9,721 9,449
South Carolina .....: 921 815 846 803 984 10,687 11,133
:
Tennessee ..........: 363 254 263 431 253 5,085 7,380
Texas ..............: 987 849 796 716 683 12,006 15,123
Virginia ...........: 400 401 455 455 367 4,270 3,831
:
United States ......: 17,952 15,913 16,903 17,038 16,414 216,111 225,509
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 1/ :
Alabama ............: 0.38 0.36 0.35 0.40 0.42 0.40 0.45
Arkansas ...........: 0.38 0.38 0.36 0.37 0.41 0.40 0.34
Delaware ...........: 0.39 0.44 0.42 0.43 0.48 0.41 0.37
Georgia ............: 0.50 0.49 0.46 0.52 0.50 0.53 0.60
Illinois ...........: - - - - - (Z) (Z)
Indiana ............: 0.78 0.68 0.35 0.32 0.73 0.61 0.43
Iowa ...............: 5.19 4.76 4.35 7.52 6.03 6.49 8.43
Kentucky ...........: 0.42 0.34 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.46 0.58
Louisiana ..........: 0.40 0.38 0.49 0.50 0.44 0.47 0.45
Maryland ...........: 0.57 0.56 0.57 0.73 0.74 0.74 0.70
:
Mississippi ........: 0.39 0.33 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.38 0.37
Missouri ...........: 0.39 0.42 0.33 0.24 0.24 0.36 0.37
Nebraska ...........: 0.79 0.61 0.48 0.71 0.49 0.96 0.98
New Jersey .........: 2.12 2.54 1.97 2.50 2.35 1.96 1.74
New York ...........: 1.54 1.24 1.24 1.56 1.91 1.54 1.42
North Carolina .....: 0.29 0.30 0.28 0.26 0.25 0.31 0.34
Ohio ...............: 0.49 0.52 0.49 0.57 0.62 0.55 0.72
Oklahoma ...........: 0.27 0.29 0.33 0.31 0.23 0.31 0.29
Pennsylvania .......: 1.46 1.27 1.17 1.27 1.45 1.55 1.63
South Carolina .....: 0.61 0.58 0.53 0.58 0.70 0.62 0.65
:
Tennessee ..........: 0.23 0.20 0.18 0.31 0.19 0.30 0.46
Texas ..............: 0.29 0.28 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.32 0.39
Virginia ...........: 0.29 0.32 0.34 0.37 0.32 0.28 0.24
:
United States ......: 0.43 0.42 0.40 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.49
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(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
1/ Pounds condemned as percent of pounds certified plus post-mortem condemnations.
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: number head
:
Tuberculosis :
Alabama ..........: - - - - - - -
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: - - - - - - -
Georgia ..........: - - - - - - -
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: - - - - - - -
Virginia .........: - - - - - - -
:
United States ....: - - - - - - -
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Alabama ..........: 37 19 41 4 14 64 27
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: 9 18 37 27 32 11 12
Georgia ..........: 1 8 - - - 1 -
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - 1 - 2 - -
Texas ............: - - - - - - -
Virginia .........: - 1 5 5 3 5 -
:
United States ....: 267 382 358 306 266 359 477
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Alabama ..........: 8,152 6,087 7,997 7,137 7,300 7,611 7,644
Arkansas .........: 41 71 137 196 175 155 219
Delaware .........: 13,528 14,608 16,298 13,327 14,302 12,581 10,420
Georgia ..........: 17,002 15,970 14,974 12,739 17,793 14,741 13,101
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - 1 - - -
Texas ............: 5,049 5,027 6,847 6,482 6,517 4,501 4,956
Virginia .........: 5,462 3,943 5,052 3,774 5,024 957 840
:
United States ....: 106,427 94,896 107,624 86,933 102,617 88,153 80,739
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Alabama ..........: 5,017 5,205 5,991 3,735 3,245 2,693 2,365
Arkansas .........: 390 186 243 274 255 331 471
Delaware .........: 6,110 8,155 10,405 6,447 7,448 6,003 3,990
Georgia ..........: 47,739 42,502 28,550 21,600 32,564 20,674 12,925
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - - 2 -
Texas ............: 10,620 7,053 6,684 5,150 5,517 2,397 2,451
Virginia .........: 6,536 4,575 6,299 3,878 4,461 136 182
:
United States ....: 170,007 173,244 175,701 127,470 124,675 77,126 59,554
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:
Tuberculosis :
Alabama ..........: - - - - - - -
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: - - - - - - -
Georgia ..........: - - - - - - -
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: - - - - - - -
Virginia .........: - - - - - - -
:
United States ....: - - - - - - -
: number head
:
Leukosis :
Alabama ..........: 43 19 10 31 12 321 515
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - 3
Delaware .........: 7 4 - - - 157 344
Georgia ..........: - - 2 - - 12 74
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - 3 1
Texas ............: 1 - 1 - 3 5 35
Virginia .........: 3 1 1 6 1 31 91
:
United States ....: 311 166 173 186 144 3,395 5,240
: number head
:
Septicaemia :
Alabama ..........: 7,897 6,655 7,728 9,434 10,086 93,728 103,668
Arkansas .........: 176 246 337 404 307 2,464 1,954
Delaware .........: 11,559 10,876 11,943 12,057 12,347 153,846 142,007
Georgia ..........: 12,544 9,059 12,381 15,373 14,421 170,098 185,252
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - 1 4 13
Texas ............: 6,555 7,070 6,943 6,691 6,262 72,900 99,102
Virginia .........: 1,094 926 1,558 1,275 1,620 31,525 59,043
:
United States ....: 81,513 70,967 79,673 90,260 88,135 1,077,937 1,218,548
: number head
:
Airsacculitis :
Alabama ..........: 2,301 2,109 2,442 3,605 4,081 42,789 40,728
Arkansas .........: 321 552 446 382 324 4,175 3,494
Delaware .........: 3,849 2,952 3,899 5,064 7,084 71,406 58,821
Georgia ..........: 13,892 9,944 14,608 18,726 27,827 291,551 347,147
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - 1 5 20
Texas ............: 3,367 4,852 6,491 6,828 6,314 67,724 68,956
Virginia .........: 200 69 240 190 324 27,090 44,687
:
United States ....: 57,360 52,737 73,823 86,764 105,138 1,283,599 1,348,985
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: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Synovitis :
Alabama ..........: 6 14 48 67 6 3 15
Arkansas .........: 1 2 2 4 9 8 -
Delaware .........: 7 26 19 17 15 8 21
Georgia ..........: 91 33 21 60 59 24 19
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 11 41 15 38 7 7 9
Virginia .........: - 6 1 1 8 2 -
:
United States ....: 480 516 716 670 740 582 672
: number head
:
Tumors :
Alabama ..........: 200 132 175 131 135 141 125
Arkansas .........: - - - - - - -
Delaware .........: 93 54 74 56 41 40 53
Georgia ..........: 899 536 496 507 681 504 655
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - - 1 -
Texas ............: 484 868 761 495 565 367 319
Virginia .........: 112 112 96 82 174 18 7
:
United States ....: 3,861 3,864 3,782 2,790 3,422 2,534 2,457
: number head
:
Bruises :
Alabama ..........: 318 287 361 500 330 336 324
Arkansas .........: 4 7 9 3 2 7 3
Delaware .........: 337 378 401 305 352 376 322
Georgia ..........: 984 971 1,069 1,128 1,489 880 1,158
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 103 87 61 68 51 48 87
Virginia .........: 427 411 469 400 416 11 16
:
United States ....: 4,360 4,177 4,927 3,892 4,529 3,528 3,952
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Alabama ..........: 501 451 333 320 201 86 79
Arkansas .........: - - - - 5 - -
Delaware .........: 85 58 72 30 74 44 19
Georgia ..........: 821 494 513 364 494 537 652
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 7 9 7 6 4 3 1
Virginia .........: 20 19 34 38 42 20 10
:
United States ....: 2,128 1,647 2,172 1,557 1,687 1,385 1,420
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2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
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State : August :September : October : November : December :2023 Total:2022 Total
: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Synovitis :
Alabama ..........: 10 10 3 4 2 188 175
Arkansas .........: 6 21 16 15 23 107 55
Delaware .........: 25 8 1 - 9 156 187
Georgia ..........: 22 16 46 45 5 441 626
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 18 8 3 - 5 162 489
Virginia .........: 2 3 4 11 1 39 97
:
United States ....: 662 702 946 595 482 7,763 7,209
: number head
:
Tumors :
Alabama ..........: 130 102 134 183 154 1,742 1,629
Arkansas .........: - 1 - - - 1 9
Delaware .........: 46 37 37 54 28 613 859
Georgia ..........: 455 320 291 324 308 5,976 7,759
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - 2 -
Texas ............: 317 214 335 311 381 5,417 3,415
Virginia .........: 16 7 20 21 24 689 1,155
:
United States ....: 2,400 1,774 2,066 1,897 1,989 32,836 32,751
: number head
:
Bruises :
Alabama ..........: 428 353 338 481 423 4,479 3,563
Arkansas .........: 7 11 11 18 10 92 87
Delaware .........: 454 374 514 425 697 4,935 2,392
Georgia ..........: 627 273 353 326 736 9,994 8,718
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - 1 2 -
Texas ............: 90 55 80 87 109 926 1,357
Virginia .........: 14 17 11 18 10 2,220 4,495
:
United States ....: 3,995 3,347 3,286 3,569 4,268 47,830 47,602
: number head
:
Cadaver :
Alabama ..........: 117 103 67 131 100 2,489 5,025
Arkansas .........: 1 - - 2 - 8 6
Delaware .........: 10 34 18 22 34 500 1,504
Georgia ..........: 454 236 392 264 225 5,446 9,501
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: - - - 4 3 44 126
Virginia .........: 15 10 21 6 4 239 621
:
United States ....: 1,444 935 1,203 1,078 974 17,630 27,426
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
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2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
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: : : : : : :
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Alabama ..........: 4,434 3,615 3,502 3,953 6,688 4,054 3,528
Arkansas .........: 119 87 30 43 46 143 68
Delaware .........: 3,015 2,442 3,977 3,215 3,891 3,095 2,228
Georgia ..........: 5,633 5,899 7,274 7,561 5,668 4,631 4,229
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - -
Texas ............: 296 239 407 402 509 461 571
Virginia .........: 600 565 960 611 943 240 243
:
United States ....: 52,257 50,947 52,580 44,424 42,877 40,827 37,815
: number head
:
Overscald :
Alabama ..........: 348 808 489 345 796 948 2,264
Arkansas .........: 1 1 - 1 4 4 3
Delaware .........: 808 1,079 1,374 1,195 228 169 373
Georgia ..........: 4,479 4,330 6,702 8,878 6,870 5,095 5,246
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - - - -
Texas ............: 455 165 891 498 564 1,593 1,667
Virginia .........: 13 26 65 6 5 59 422
:
United States ....: 8,880 9,670 12,762 13,591 10,861 10,754 13,947
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/ :
Alabama ..........: 9,288 6,431 12,696 11,441 7,797 4,690 4,684
Arkansas .........: 261 88 147 223 240 168 58
Delaware .........: 4,059 4,167 5,277 3,462 3,596 1,627 1,321
Georgia ..........: 87,624 76,010 30,630 29,328 50,490 31,289 24,325
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: 1 - - - - - -
Texas ............: 3,864 4,784 4,315 2,735 5,096 8,029 7,458
Virginia .........: 6,341 7,665 7,248 5,933 7,958 1,949 4,146
:
United States ....: 237,551 199,914 156,709 113,081 150,857 118,081 122,552
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Alabama ..........: 159,825 149,767 164,731 140,256 151,077 148,792 140,357
Arkansas .........: 130,345 135,960 141,236 177,456 190,643 174,746 161,534
Delaware .........: 6,665 5,407 11,141 4,995 6,014 7,005 5,475
Georgia ..........: 166,212 154,642 180,008 161,820 172,450 162,602 154,811
Mississippi ......: 215,211 203,425 219,255 162,070 190,691 148,532 150,902
North Carolina ...: 147,135 123,706 133,474 117,890 139,166 126,712 112,509
Texas ............: 108,340 125,293 101,383 84,293 98,150 104,704 76,218
Virginia .........: 92,752 137,039 107,786 116,361 134,785 152,384 147,056
:
United States ....:1,799,300 1,797,983 1,906,747 1,707,752 1,845,725 1,826,523 1,666,672
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2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
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: number head
:
Contamination :
Alabama ..........: 3,855 3,117 3,517 3,078 3,462 46,803 67,515
Arkansas .........: 99 100 227 301 55 1,318 2,279
Delaware .........: 2,670 2,629 2,586 2,150 2,522 34,420 16,152
Georgia ..........: 3,130 1,575 3,541 3,707 3,703 56,551 82,302
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - - 13
Texas ............: 512 413 350 426 292 4,878 5,622
Virginia .........: 388 179 173 154 166 5,222 7,578
:
United States ....: 40,892 33,044 40,362 40,034 36,813 512,872 555,006
: number head
:
Overscald :
Alabama ..........: 2,416 452 1,774 859 1,004 12,503 3,689
Arkansas .........: 7 11 23 25 17 97 294
Delaware .........: 124 359 148 389 396 6,642 8,639
Georgia ..........: 3,957 206 428 228 224 46,643 120,426
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - 1 -
Texas ............: 782 486 774 631 214 8,720 7,563
Virginia .........: 619 617 866 683 753 4,134 1,640
:
United States ....: 9,864 4,096 6,061 4,297 4,168 108,951 182,303
: number head
:
Miscellaneous 1/ :
Alabama ..........: 6,406 5,082 4,830 7,567 6,246 87,158 406,342
Arkansas .........: 128 249 193 167 155 2,077 3,495
Delaware .........: 1,416 1,683 2,844 3,840 5,247 38,539 20,800
Georgia ..........: 17,114 9,872 10,641 11,945 10,644 389,912 1,290,830
Mississippi ......: - - - - - - -
North Carolina ...: - - - - - 1 4
Texas ............: 2,063 1,243 1,272 1,497 771 43,127 29,575
Virginia .........: 4,546 4,739 6,386 6,212 3,379 66,502 72,426
:
United States ....: 122,228 91,696 91,738 110,698 85,295 1,600,400 3,239,605
: number head
:
Unknown 2/ :
Alabama ..........: 144,453 130,400 138,992 141,481 144,336 1,754,467 1,883,818
Arkansas .........: 159,009 140,355 157,288 154,622 166,228 1,889,422 1,279,754
Delaware .........: 7,125 6,872 4,707 4,307 5,913 75,626 106,590
Georgia ..........: 181,270 184,275 170,463 156,796 162,344 2,007,693 1,960,394
Mississippi ......: 186,811 132,330 136,857 129,663 125,845 2,001,592 1,806,414
North Carolina ...: 114,005 107,218 112,214 101,353 90,153 1,425,535 1,581,070
Texas ............: 109,021 75,978 77,076 60,153 61,432 1,082,041 1,077,778
Virginia .........: 173,079 134,424 113,568 103,321 136,876 1,549,431 1,021,291
:
United States ....:1,766,719 1,482,679 1,630,529 1,739,689 1,843,842 21,014,160 18,975,580
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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: 2023 and 2022 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 :
California .........: 350 328 477 298 362 499 473
Illinois ...........: (Z) (Z) 1 1 (Z) - (Z)
Indiana ............: 1,897 1,783 2,050 1,687 1,968 1,992 1,736
Iowa ...............: 947 1,014 1,147 1,109 1,234 1,237 1,082
Michigan ...........: 461 332 516 384 466 427 416
North Carolina .....: 1,706 1,486 1,774 1,575 1,757 1,824 1,698
Ohio ...............: 581 545 594 503 564 568 545
Pennsylvania .......: 612 616 614 569 671 628 611
South Carolina .....: 656 644 725 538 693 677 530
South Dakota .......: 220 206 230 307 326 397 311
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - 1 6
:
United States ......: 16,878 15,829 18,774 16,281 18,944 19,090 17,039
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
California .........: 12,242 12,268 14,924 10,840 13,505 17,166 15,439
Illinois ...........: 8 5 20 12 1 12 6
Indiana ............: 78,555 74,341 87,815 72,492 85,886 86,098 74,189
Iowa ...............: 43,728 47,638 51,204 50,041 52,794 53,875 46,806
Michigan ...........: 20,094 14,234 21,419 15,852 19,724 18,287 17,534
North Carolina .....: 65,473 55,165 64,290 59,164 66,723 69,757 63,543
Ohio ...............: 28,579 26,054 28,034 24,252 27,247 27,114 24,804
Pennsylvania .......: 18,363 17,417 17,222 17,329 18,553 17,875 18,088
South Carolina .....: 32,088 30,656 33,337 22,061 27,316 29,191 22,065
South Dakota .......: 9,813 9,412 10,391 12,862 14,187 17,160 13,041
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - 26 197
:
United States ......: 552,620 519,506 600,755 529,335 605,788 613,606 541,729
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
California .........: 35.01 37.36 31.28 36.37 37.33 34.42 32.61
Illinois ...........: 21.15 20.90 28.86 20.83 31.88 32.07 31.99
Indiana ............: 41.41 41.69 42.84 42.96 43.63 43.23 42.72
Iowa ...............: 46.16 46.99 44.64 45.12 42.77 43.54 43.26
Michigan ...........: 43.62 42.87 41.51 41.25 42.36 42.88 42.16
North Carolina .....: 38.37 37.12 36.23 37.57 37.97 38.24 37.41
Ohio ...............: 49.21 47.82 47.20 48.24 48.34 47.76 45.50
Pennsylvania .......: 29.99 28.28 28.03 30.48 27.64 28.46 29.59
South Carolina .....: 48.89 47.61 45.98 40.97 39.40 43.10 41.60
South Dakota .......: 44.64 45.76 45.08 41.94 43.56 43.22 41.96
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - 32.07 31.99
:
United States ......: 32.74 32.82 32.00 32.51 31.98 32.14 31.79
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United States 2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
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: 1,000 head
:
Slaughtered :
California .........: 649 465 1,006 617 349 5,873 5,581
Illinois ...........: 1 1 5 24 1 34 84
Indiana ............: 2,038 1,826 1,992 1,795 1,738 22,502 22,760
Iowa ...............: 1,268 1,069 1,304 1,125 984 13,520 12,902
Michigan ...........: 467 437 453 426 414 5,199 5,235
North Carolina .....: 1,993 1,845 2,030 1,884 1,662 21,234 20,915
Ohio ...............: 621 536 657 653 622 6,989 6,624
Pennsylvania .......: 660 794 963 773 546 8,057 7,655
South Carolina .....: 624 629 630 646 567 7,559 6,729
South Dakota .......: 437 351 405 311 237 3,738 2,610
:
Vermont ............: - 4 14 59 5 89 87
:
United States ......: 19,824 17,050 20,332 18,418 15,628 214,087 206,589
: 1,000 pounds
:
Total live weight :
California .........: 19,113 15,098 25,427 18,484 12,742 187,248 177,137
Illinois ...........: 16 44 138 678 39 979 2,023
Indiana ............: 83,555 73,360 80,083 71,276 72,304 939,954 900,799
Iowa ...............: 53,503 46,632 57,469 49,890 43,613 597,193 561,482
Michigan ...........: 19,774 18,421 19,291 17,847 17,368 219,845 220,829
North Carolina .....: 73,289 65,676 73,181 66,865 62,468 785,594 773,902
Ohio ...............: 28,657 25,342 30,400 29,034 28,426 327,943 310,358
Pennsylvania .......: 19,113 21,438 23,618 20,033 14,699 223,748 210,431
South Carolina .....: 26,134 27,126 27,818 28,859 25,438 332,089 299,303
South Dakota .......: 16,052 15,364 18,376 13,508 10,838 161,004 117,037
:
Vermont ............: - 113 439 1,809 166 2,750 2,650
:
United States ......: 609,540 538,223 621,438 562,691 493,208 6,788,439 6,473,604
: pounds
:
Average live weight :
California .........: 29.44 32.46 25.27 29.98 36.51 31.90 31.70
Illinois ...........: 23.52 30.55 27.64 27.95 26.97 28.80 24.10
Indiana ............: 41.00 40.19 40.20 39.71 41.60 41.80 39.60
Iowa ...............: 42.21 43.62 44.08 44.36 44.31 44.20 43.50
Michigan ...........: 42.35 42.18 42.62 41.92 41.94 42.30 42.20
North Carolina .....: 36.78 35.59 36.05 35.50 37.58 37.00 37.00
Ohio ...............: 46.11 47.24 46.26 44.48 45.73 46.90 46.90
Pennsylvania .......: 28.95 27.01 24.54 25.92 26.91 27.80 27.50
South Carolina .....: 41.88 43.12 44.16 44.66 44.89 43.90 44.50
South Dakota .......: 36.76 43.80 45.36 43.43 45.73 43.10 44.80
:
Vermont ............: - 31.59 30.54 30.58 31.55 30.90 30.50
:
United States ......: 30.75 31.57 30.56 30.55 31.56 31.71 31.34
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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: 2023 and 2022 Total
[Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure]
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
California .........: 9,793 9,823 11,955 8,695 10,829 13,709 12,347
Illinois ...........: 6 4 15 8 (Z) 9 4
Indiana ............: 63,130 59,865 70,780 58,490 69,032 68,969 59,524
Iowa ...............: 34,563 37,417 40,545 39,673 41,530 42,389 36,741
Michigan ...........: 15,573 11,032 16,600 12,337 15,286 14,173 13,590
North Carolina .....: 51,158 43,851 51,260 47,320 53,127 55,586 50,385
Ohio ...............: 22,851 20,815 22,402 19,375 21,778 21,675 19,819
Pennsylvania .......: 14,304 13,743 13,619 13,812 14,532 14,206 14,354
South Carolina .....: 24,588 23,140 24,890 17,339 19,801 20,714 15,446
South Dakota .......: 7,909 7,569 8,371 10,326 11,448 13,728 10,457
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - 20 155
:
United States ......: 440,868 415,719 480,705 424,955 483,626 488,851 431,113
: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
California .........: 30 37 56 41 34 62 37
Illinois ...........: - - - - - - -
Indiana ............: 844 760 898 752 822 922 791
Iowa ...............: 478 525 561 594 681 682 671
Michigan ...........: 214 164 252 175 221 232 204
North Carolina .....: 304 260 374 301 323 287 292
Ohio ...............: 266 264 283 260 292 276 281
Pennsylvania .......: 259 249 224 163 244 183 172
South Carolina .....: 312 233 160 117 159 121 148
South Dakota .......: 89 95 103 146 139 183 160
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - - -
:
United States ......: 5,287 4,744 5,513 4,881 5,671 5,792 5,300
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 2/ :
California .........: 0.31 0.38 0.47 0.47 0.32 0.45 0.30
Illinois ...........: - - - - - - -
Indiana ............: 1.32 1.25 1.25 1.27 1.18 1.32 1.31
Iowa ...............: 1.36 1.38 1.36 1.48 1.61 1.58 1.79
Michigan ...........: 1.35 1.46 1.50 1.40 1.43 1.61 1.48
North Carolina .....: 0.59 0.59 0.73 0.63 0.60 0.51 0.58
Ohio ...............: 1.15 1.25 1.25 1.33 1.32 1.26 1.40
Pennsylvania .......: 1.78 1.78 1.62 1.17 1.65 1.27 1.18
South Carolina .....: 1.25 1.00 0.64 0.67 0.80 0.58 0.95
South Dakota .......: 1.12 1.24 1.21 1.40 1.20 1.32 1.51
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - - -
:
United States ......: 1.19 1.13 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.17 1.21
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Young Turkeys Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by Month - States and
United States: 2023 and 2022 Total (continued)
[Published States do not add to United States total to avoid disclosure]
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Pounds certified 1/ :
California .........: 15,388 12,067 20,597 14,796 10,191 150,190 141,904
Illinois ...........: 12 34 106 523 29 750 1,620
Indiana ............: 67,179 58,851 64,377 57,061 57,842 755,100 724,866
Iowa ...............: 42,215 36,616 45,218 39,148 34,273 470,328 444,126
Michigan ...........: 15,322 14,277 14,951 13,839 13,460 170,440 171,145
North Carolina .....: 58,455 51,791 57,648 52,021 48,746 621,348 610,767
Ohio ...............: 22,904 20,264 24,170 22,872 22,698 261,623 247,556
Pennsylvania .......: 15,073 17,226 18,791 15,910 11,663 177,233 167,065
South Carolina .....: 18,762 18,898 20,006 20,705 17,592 241,881 233,208
South Dakota .......: 12,933 12,386 14,795 10,883 8,687 129,492 94,061
:
Vermont ............: - 89 348 1,416 129 2,157 2,113
:
United States ......: 486,407 427,493 495,548 446,558 390,868 5,412,711 5,183,426
: 1,000 pounds
:
Carcass and parts :
California .........: 80 73 62 77 64 653 682
Illinois ...........: - - (Z) - - (Z) 23
Indiana ............: 951 899 972 911 934 10,456 9,503
Iowa ...............: 709 521 630 532 522 7,106 6,396
Michigan ...........: 229 204 211 198 186 2,490 2,483
North Carolina .....: 313 282 344 343 287 3,710 3,665
Ohio ...............: 337 287 375 294 458 3,673 3,267
Pennsylvania .......: 259 332 341 267 209 2,902 2,760
South Carolina .....: 249 393 533 666 971 4,062 3,276
South Dakota .......: 169 161 210 153 144 1,752 1,358
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - - -
:
United States ......: 6,065 5,496 6,361 5,899 6,018 67,027 61,359
: percent
:
Percent of :
weight condemned 2/ :
California .........: 0.52 0.60 0.30 0.52 0.63 0.43 0.48
Illinois ...........: - - 0.03 - - 0.03 1.40
Indiana ............: 1.40 1.51 1.49 1.57 1.59 1.37 1.29
Iowa ...............: 1.65 1.40 1.37 1.34 1.50 1.49 1.42
Michigan ...........: 1.47 1.41 1.39 1.41 1.36 1.44 1.43
North Carolina .....: 0.53 0.54 0.59 0.66 0.58 0.59 0.60
Ohio ...............: 1.45 1.40 1.53 1.27 1.98 1.38 1.30
Pennsylvania .......: 1.69 1.89 1.78 1.65 1.76 1.61 1.63
South Carolina .....: 1.31 2.03 2.60 3.12 5.23 1.65 1.39
South Dakota .......: 1.29 1.28 1.40 1.39 1.63 1.33 1.42
:
Vermont ............: - - - - - - -
:
United States ......: 1.23 1.27 1.27 1.30 1.52 1.22 1.17
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- Represents zero.
(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
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