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Des Moines, IA          Wed. Jan 23, 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)
                   01/23   01/22   01/21   01/18   01/21   01/18   01/16   01/14
Alabama            3,928   3,541   3,069   3,832    5.63    5.34   3,865    5.68
Arkansas           4,823   4,999   4,867   4,362    5.89    5.55   4,593    5.96
Delmarva           2,232   2,253   1,284   3,148    7.14    6.63   2,198    6.71
KY-LA-TN           2,526   2,520   1,974   2,944    5.49    5.54   2,454    5.62
Mississippi        2,802   2,556     941   2,883    6.19    6.22   2,915    6.47
North Carolina     3,343   3,349   2,120   4,821    8.40    8.22   3,166    8.20
Texas              2,514   2,567   1,664   3,105    5.68    6.87   2,469    6.57
Total             22,168  21,785  15,919  25,095    6.22    6.41  21,660    6.40
Mon-Wed           60,066 (A)                                      64,954 (A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 23-Jan-19
is estimated to be 33,738,000 head up 3.80 percent from a week ago
and up 0.6 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 32,503,000, last year 33,533,000)

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: 23-Jan-19 11:11 AM C JG