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Des Moines, IA          Fri. May 17, 2019          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimated          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual Avg. Wt.
                   (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                   05/17   05/16   05/15   05/14   05/15   05/14   05/10   05/08
Alabama            4,177   3,940   4,050   4,103    5.62    5.57   3,714    5.56
Arkansas           4,486   4,829   4,306   4,616    6.04    5.96   4,582    5.78
Delmarva           2,374   2,238   2,125   2,266    6.79    6.85   2,087    6.79
KY-LA-TN           2,542   2,470   2,478   2,432    5.64    5.61   2,485    5.64
Mississippi        2,783   2,825   2,977   2,932    6.22    6.34   2,819    6.30
North Carolina     4,507   3,579   3,382   3,366    8.26    8.28   3,501    8.14
Texas              2,535   2,592   2,567   2,580    6.62    6.67   2,590    6.60
Total             23,404  22,473  21,885  22,295    6.43    6.42  21,778    6.34
Mon-Friday       112,950 (A)                                     109,370 (A)
Saturday           1,766 (included in total for date shown)        1,222

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 17-May-19 and 18-May-19
is estimated to be 35,619,000 head up 7.14 percent from a week ago
and down 0.2 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 33,244,000, last year 35,686,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
18-May-19 is estimated to be 170,052,000 head up 3.41
percent from a week ago, and up 3.60 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 164,441,000, last year 164,148,000) Actual data incorporated when 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: 17-May-19 10:56 AM C JG