USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 08/27 10:21

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Aug 27, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 22-Aug-2026


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 174,016         873          1,936        2,809        543
Avg Wt                  6.45        3.46           8.59         7.00       7.02
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            172,776         736          1,879        2,615        477
Same wk yr ago       173,410         658          1,800        2,458        504
Avg Wt                  6.60        3.55           8.75         7.36       6.92
To-date/2026*      5,795,737      26,849         61,137       87,986     15,963
To-date/2025*      5,653,557      22,654         58,855       81,509     14,998
% Change YTD              3%         19%             4%           8%         6%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         853,026       1,676         11,392       13,068      2,706
Last week            858,766       1,413         10,940       12,353      2,377
Same wk yr ago       869,825       1,296         10,789       12,085      2,476

To-date/2026*     28,807,904      52,138        356,945      409,083     79,711
To-date/2025*     28,174,135      43,765        339,636      383,401     74,516
% Change YTD              2%         19%             5%           7%         7%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     22-Aug-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,758       2,044              1           41      3,844
Avg Wt                 17.36       44.23          51.57        31.26      31.80
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,744       1,967             18           33      3,762
Same wk yr ago         2,048       1,974             34           25      4,081
Avg Wt                 18.67       43.10          29.91        31.43      30.66
To-date/2026*         53,184      64,614            352        1,037    119,187
To-date/2025*         53,215      62,952            631          877    117,675
% Change YTD              0%          3%           -44%          18%         1%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          24,568      72,777             40          993     98,378
Last week             24,484      71,191            471          779     96,925
Same wk yr ago        30,780      68,489            788          609    100,666

To-date/2026*        775,514   2,409,682          9,076       25,542  3,219,814
To-date/2025*        778,484   2,238,221         14,677       21,405  3,052,787
% Change YTD              0%          8%           -38%          19%         5%
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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 172.8
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 176.1 million
head, or 3.3 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: 27-Aug-26 11:03 AM C NBS

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