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SLAUGHTER

Report # : 039

File Structure:     1992010477C72006856700973230132412

19920104
date (YYYYMMDD)
7
prov=in
7
prov=from
C
type
72
product category (group)
0068567
number of head
0097323
ievicerated weight (KG)
0132412
live weight (KG)


DATE

The date is in the format YYYYMMDD. This date is always a Saturday. The prices included in this record are the prices which were in effect during the seven days of data up to and including the date of the record (i.e. Sunday to Saturday).

The week at the end of the year will be split in two; the first part will end on December 31st and the second part will end the following Saturday.  Each part will include its respective fraction of data. 



PROV-IN

The PROV-IN is the province in which the poultry was slaughtered.

Here is a listing of all of the origin/destination codes.  As you will notice by the coding, some of the data is aggregated to protect confidentiality.


0
Newfoundland
1
Prince Edward Island
2
Nova Scotia
3
New Brunswick
4
Quebec
5
Ontario
6
Manitoba
7
Saskatchewan
8
Alberta
9
British Columbia
I
another country
B
B.C../Alta combined
M
Sask/Man combined
A
Atlantic Provinces - N.B., N.S. P.E.I. and Nfld
W
Western Provinces - B.C., Alta, Sask and Man
C
Canada


PROV-FROM

The PROV-FROM is a province or a country from which the live product came.

  • A- For total slaughter PROV-FROM = PROV-IN.
  • B-For the slaughter of out-of-province production, PROV-FROM does not equal to PROV-IN and PROV-FROM does not equal to "I".
  • C-For the slaughter of imported product, PROV-FROM = "I".
  • Total provincial slaughter = A - (B + C)


TYPE


C
chicken
T
turkey
F
mature chicken (stewing hen, fowl)
D
duck
G
geese


PRODUCT CATEGORY (GROUP)

The group refers to the weight of the bird.  Different weight categories correspond to the different types of birds:

Chicken
71, 72, 74
Turkey
75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
Mature Chicken
73, 74
Ducks
70
Geese
70

NUMBER OF BIRDS SLAUGHTERED (HEAD)
The HEAD refers to the actual number of birds slaughtered.



EVISCERATED WEIGHT (QUANTITY) and LIVE WEIGHT (LIVE) Paid For

The QUANTITY field refers to the calculated eviscerated weight of the bird. The LIVE field refers to the live weight of the bird, paid for by the processor to the producer.

The tables below outline the live and eviscerated weight categories. Please note that only head and live weight paid for data are collected from slaughter plants. Eviscerated weights are calculated from percentages of the live weight paid for.

Eviscerated Weights for Chicken
Bird Type and Live Weight Group Percentage of Live Weight to Arrive at Eviscerated Weight Eviscerated Weight Descriptions
Under 1.4 (kg) 71 70% Under 1 (kg)
1.4 (kg) and Under 2.7 (kg) 72 73.5% 1 (kg) and Under 2 (kg)
2.7 (kg) and Over 74 75% 2 (kg) and Over


Eviscerated Weights for Turkey
Bird Type and Live Weight Group Percentage of LiveWgt. to Arrive at Eviscerated Weight Eviscerated Weight Descriptions
6.2 (kg) and Under 75 81% 5 (kg) and Under
Over 6.2 (kg) but not more than 8.5(kg) 76 82% Over 5 (kg) but not more than 7 (kg)
Over 8.5 (kg) but not more than 10.8 (kg) 77 83% Over 7 (kg) but not more than 9 (kg)
Over 10.8 (kg) but not more than 13.3 (kg) 75 83% Over 9 (kg) but not more than 11 (kg)
Over 13.3 (kg) 76 80% Over 11.0 (kg)
Mature Turkey 80 80% Mature Turkey


Eviscerated Weights for Mature Chicken (Stewing Hen/Fowl)
Bird Type and Live Weight Group Percentage of LiveWgt. to Arrive at Eviscerated Weight Eviscerated Weight Descriptions
Under 2.7 (kg) 75 81% Under 2 (kg)
2.7 (kg) and Over 76 82% 2 (kg) and Over
Over 8.5 (kg) but not more than 10.8 (kg) 77 83% Over 7 (kg) but not more than 9 (kg)
Ducks - All Sizes 75 83% Ducks - All sizes
Geese - All Sizes 76 80% Geese - All sizes

If you have any questions with regard to this historical data file, please contact the Poultry Section