USDA Broiler/Fryer Slaughter 05/23 11:16

NW_PY019
Atlanta,  GA         Fri. May 23, 2025          USDA Market News

NOTICE: Beginning June 2, 2025, this report will be discontinued and the 
information it provides will be combined into a new daily livestock and 
poultry slaughter report accessible at 
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3208.pdf. In this new report, 
young chicken slaughter information will only be reported on a national 
level and the state and regional breakdowns will no longer be published. 
Weekly volume data can be found at 
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nw_py017.txt. 


BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimated          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual Avg. 
Wt.
                   (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                   05/23   05/22   05/21   05/20   05/21   05/20   05/16   05/14
Alabama            3,696   4,265   4,220   4,200    5.74    5.74   3,803    6.15
Arkansas           3,643   5,140   5,051   5,065    7.12    6.86   3,716    7.07
Delmarva           3,336   2,216   2,203   2,283    7.50    7.27   2,201    7.25
KY-LA-TN           2,368   2,440   2,382   2,404    6.14    6.17   2,120    6.14
Mississippi        2,484   2,612   2,660   2,673    6.56    6.64   2,540    6.75
North Carolina     4,601   3,650   3,639   3,563    8.31    8.52   3,288    8.37
Texas              2,804   2,836   2,871   2,868    6.96    7.19   2,746    7.14
Total             22,932  23,159  23,026  23,056    6.91    6.90  20,414    6.99
Mon-Friday       115,208 (A)                                     112,658 (A)
Saturday           2,379 (included in total for date shown)          533

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 23-May-25 and 24-May-25
is estimated to be 34,901,000 head up 12.00 percent from a week ago
and up 13.1 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 31,162,000, last year 30,855,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
24-May-25 is estimated to be 175,254,000 head up 3.89
percent from a week ago, and up 4.16 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 168,692,000, last year 168,247,000) Actual data incorporated when 
available.

SOURCE: USDA Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News
      Atlanta, GA    404-562-5850  email: Atlanta.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain

Prepared: 23-May-25 12:00 PM C JG

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