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Des Moines, IA          Fri. Dec 27, 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)
                   12/27   12/26   12/25   12/24   12/25   12/24   12/20   12/18
Alabama            5,410   3,486       0   2,074    0.00    4.71   4,226    5.53
Arkansas           6,285   4,592       0   1,645    0.00    5.39   5,542    6.26
Delmarva           3,597   2,272       0   1,112    0.00    6.94   2,560    6.79
KY-LA-TN           3,562   1,878       0   1,685    0.00    4.87   3,056    5.56
Mississippi        3,631   2,280       0   2,055    0.00    5.97   2,485    6.31
North Carolina     6,036   3,196       0   1,497    0.00    8.05   3,659    8.00
Texas              3,094   2,787       0   1,428    0.00    6.69   2,963    6.51
Total             31,615  20,491       0  11,496    0.00    5.95  24,491    6.38
Mon-Friday        88,419 (A)                                     114,330 (A)
Saturday           7,967 (included in total for date shown)        3,319

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 27-Dec-19 and 28-Dec-19
is estimated to be 48,115,000 head up 28.70 percent from a week ago
and up 10.5 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 37,385,000, last year 43,533,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
28-Dec-19 is estimated to be 131,499,000 head down 23.50
percent from a week ago, and up 11.76 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 171,899,000, last year 117,657,000) 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: 27-Dec-19 11:35 AM C CMB