NW_PY021 Des Moines, IA Thu. Oct 10, 2019 USDA Market News TURKEY: Weekly Turkeys Slaughtered in Federally Inspected Plants (Thur) Week ending 5-Oct-2019 (Preliminary) (Released 12:00 Central Time) ---------Young turkeys---------- Old Total turkeys Thousand Pct chg Avg Breeders Avg Head Prev wk Live wt --Thousand head-- Live wt North East 685 9 25.70 (A) 685 25.70 South Atlantic 535 -13 38.18 (A) 535 38.18 North Central 2,255 1 34.33 (A) 2,290 34.33 South Central 575 -4 19.28 (A) 587 19.28 West 230 -18 31.85 (A) 230 31.85 U.S. total 4,280(B) -2 31.28 47 4,327 31.24 To-date 2019* 161,121(B) 522 161,643 To-date 2018* 164,410(B) 165 164,575 (A) Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations. (B) Number of young banded breeder turks included: this week 29,000; for the current year to date* 668,000; for last year to date* 955,000. *Note: Year to-date totals reflect comparable time periods. SOURCE: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Des Moines, IA 515.284.4460 email: desm.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain Prepared: 10-Oct-19 09:33 AM C JG