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Des Moines, IA          Wed. Jan 02, 2019          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Estimated Slaughter of U.S. Broiler/Fryers and Fowl (Wed)
Week ending                 05-Jan-19


                        Current Week                     Previous Week
                             01/05/19 (1)                  12/29/18
 Class                   ---------- Thousand head ---------
Broiler/fryer                 140,358 (2)                   118,643
Light hens                        728                           556
Heavy hens                      1,069                           918
Total                         142,155                       120,117

(1)ESTIMATED

(2)The estimated number of broiler-fryers available for slaughter
the week ending 05-Jan-19 is 156.0 million head compared to
130.7 million head slaughtered the same week last year.  The
estimated U.S. slaughter this week is 140.6 million head or
-15.4 million less than estimated available.  For the week of
12-Jan-19 the estimated available is not avaiable because the USDA-NASS data
used to populate this data is not available. 

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: 02-Jan-19 12:17 PM C JG