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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Nov 22, 2018          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

             Estimate          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual         Avg. Wt.
              (1,000)         (1,000)                         (1,000)
                11/22           11/20           11/20           11/15           11/13
Alabama           244           3,661            5.90            3,583           5.72
Arkansas          296           4,898            5.82            4,541           6.03
Delmarva            0           2,263            7.00            2,212           7.14
KY-LA-TN          158           2,456            5.53            2,357           5.61
Mississippi       414           2,751            6.12            2,673           6.02
North Carolin       0           3,222            8.11            3,153           8.30
Texas               0           2,425            6.72            2,474           6.89
Total           1,112          21,676            6.40           20,993           6.47
Mon-Thur       65,467 (A)                                       84,476(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 22-Nov-18
is estimated to be 1,692,000 down 94.72 percent from a week ago
and up 15.4 percent from a year ago.
(last week 32,045,000 last year 1,466,000)

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: 22-Nov-18 10:15 AM C JG