USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/02 11:21
10/02/2025 | 11:21 am CDT USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/02 11:21
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Des Moines, IA Thu. Oct 02, 2025 USDA Market News
MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 27-Sep-2025
Young Light Heavy Total
Chickens Hens Hens Hens Ducks
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Head 174,394 499 1,983 2,482 519
Avg Wt 6.74 3.43 8.38 7.39 6.94
Head sltr comparisons
Last week 175,005 779 1,740 2,519 510
Same wk yr ago 167,074 621 1,819 2,440 477
Avg Wt 6.60 3.66 8.61 7.35 7.06
To-date/2025* 6,516,151 26,165 68,000 94,165 17,430
To-date/2024* 6,380,114 25,843 65,959 91,802 15,958
% Change YTD 2% 1% 3% 3% 9%
Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week 893,316 950 11,383 12,333 2,557
Last week 903,096 1,496 10,393 11,889 2,632
Same wk yr ago 838,043 1,261 10,728 11,989 2,391
To-date/2025* 32,597,592 50,525 393,833 444,358 86,671
To-date/2024* 31,473,264 49,590 382,188 431,778 80,458
% Change YTD 4% 2% 3% 3% 8%
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Dressing % 76.0% 55.5% 68.5% 71.0%
Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending 27-Sep-2025
Young Young Young Old Total
Hens Toms Breeders Breeders Turkeys
Head 1,726 2,011 10 57 3,804
Avg Wt 18.87 46.00 35.09 30.12 33.42
Head sltr comparisons
Last week 1,858 2,057 13 24 3,952
Same wk yr ago 1,445 2,193 40 31 3,709
Avg Wt 17.64 43.17 30.53 34.77 33.03
To-date/2025* 62,266 72,778 712 1,003 136,759
To-date/2024* 61,514 77,848 573 1,174 141,109
% Change YTD 1% -7% 24% -15% -3%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week 26,219 74,467 272 1,331 102,289
Last week 28,373 70,557 322 543 99,795
Same wk yr ago 20,519 76,211 946 835 98,511
To-date/2025* 916,267 2,586,393 16,653 24,406 3,543,719
To-date/2024* 842,194 2,781,975 13,911 27,791 3,665,871
% Change YTD 9% -7% 20% -12% -3%
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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 168.7
million head. Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 176.5 million
head, or 7.8 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: 02-Oct-25 11:57 AM C BRM
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