USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 01/22 11:41

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jan 22, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 17-Jan-2026


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 172,949         714          1,805        2,519        467
Avg Wt                  6.60        3.53           8.76         7.28       7.08
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            173,646         836          1,926        2,762        499
Same wk yr ago       177,331         567          1,843        2,410        390
Avg Wt                  6.77        3.55           8.16         7.08       6.94
To-date/2026*        491,899       2,329          5,728        8,057      1,417
To-date/2025*        467,083       1,702          4,870        6,572      1,186
% Change YTD              5%         37%            18%          23%        19%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         867,512       1,399         10,831       12,230      2,348
Last week            881,566       1,666         11,320       12,986      2,551
Same wk yr ago       912,403       1,117         10,302       11,419      1,922

To-date/2026*      2,470,193       4,570         34,134       38,704      7,205
To-date/2025*      2,386,649       3,246         27,564       30,810      5,937
% Change YTD              4%         41%            24%          26%        21%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     17-Jan-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,721       1,923              6           17      3,667
Avg Wt                 17.94       47.53          36.62        37.85      33.58
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,673       1,871              3           15      3,562
Same wk yr ago         1,490       2,102             11           55      3,658
Avg Wt                 16.32       44.64          23.24        30.82      32.83
To-date/2026*          4,790       5,211             41           53     10,095
To-date/2025*          3,919       5,512             14           85      9,530
% Change YTD             22%         -5%           193%         -38%         6%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          24,854      73,577            170          499     99,100
Last week             23,730      72,295             88          442     96,555
Same wk yr ago        19,575      75,536            198        1,314     96,623

To-date/2026*         69,273     198,959          1,312        1,434    270,978
To-date/2025*         55,740     202,257            336        2,125    260,458
% Change YTD             24%         -2%           290%         -33%         4%
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Dressing %             80.5%       80.5%          77.5%        77.5%

(A) The estimated number of fryers available for marketing based on the
2-week revised average chick placements 6 to 7 weeks earlier was 166.2
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 175.0 million
head, or 8.8 million more than estimated available.

(B) Dressing % adjustments reflect quarterly update.

*Note: Year to-date totals reflect comparable time periods.

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-Jan-26 12:31 PM C NBS

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