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Des Moines, IA          Tue. Sep 17, 2019          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

             Estimate          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual         Avg. Wt.
              (1,000)         (1,000)                         (1,000)
                09/17           09/13           09/13           09/10           09/06
Alabama         4,319           4,113            5.46            4,150           5.49
Arkansas        5,070           4,833            6.09            4,653           6.20
Delmarva        2,265           2,741            7.15            2,209           6.72
KY-LA-TN        2,483           1,899            5.82            2,379           5.70
Mississippi     2,808           2,839            6.26            2,868           6.21
North Carolin   3,546           4,805            8.14            3,479           8.45
Texas           2,851           2,940            6.77            2,755           6.52
Total          23,342          24,170            6.59           22,493           6.48
Mon-Tue        46,561 (A)                                       45,526(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 17-Sep-19
is estimated to be 35,525,000 up 5.25 percent from a week ago
and up 12.9 percent from a year ago.
(last week 33,753,000 last year 31,453,000)

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: 17-Sep-19 10:54 AM C JG