USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/16 09:41
10/16/2025 | 9:41 am CDT USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/16 09:41
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Des Moines, IA Thu. Oct 16, 2025 USDA Market News
MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 11-Oct-2025
Young Light Heavy Total
Chickens Hens Hens Hens Ducks
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Head 172,652 826 1,825 2,651 487
Avg Wt 6.77 3.47 8.62 7.02 6.97
Head sltr comparisons
Last week 174,045 534 1,941 2,475 446
Same wk yr ago 168,623 592 1,860 2,452 525
Avg Wt 6.65 3.54 7.44 6.50 7.05
To-date/2025* 6,862,848 27,525 71,766 99,291 18,363
To-date/2024* 6,716,910 26,860 69,350 96,210 16,996
% Change YTD 2% 2% 3% 3% 8%
Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week 888,329 1,591 10,776 12,367 2,410
Last week 875,655 1,064 11,700 12,764 2,160
Same wk yr ago 852,221 1,163 9,479 10,642 2,628
To-date/2025* 34,361,576 53,180 416,309 469,489 91,241
To-date/2024* 33,175,431 51,562 400,518 452,080 85,636
% Change YTD 4% 3% 4% 4% 7%
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Dressing % 76.0% 55.5% 68.5% 71.0%
Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending 11-Oct-2025
Young Young Young Old Total
Hens Toms Breeders Breeders Turkeys
Head 1,797 2,085 10 37 3,929
Avg Wt 19.04 43.82 32.22 28.70 32.32
Head sltr comparisons
Last week 1,846 2,025 18 27 3,916
Same wk yr ago 1,380 2,247 15 45 3,687
Avg Wt 17.73 44.04 38.33 30.50 34.01
To-date/2025* 65,909 76,888 740 1,067 144,604
To-date/2024* 64,506 82,377 602 1,254 148,739
% Change YTD 2% -7% 23% -15% -3%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week 27,543 73,549 250 823 102,165
Last week 28,190 71,399 407 668 100,664
Same wk yr ago 19,696 79,661 446 1,064 100,867
To-date/2025* 972,000 2,731,341 17,310 25,897 3,746,548
To-date/2024* 884,119 2,941,950 14,749 29,755 3,870,573
% Change YTD 10% -7% 17% -13% -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 0.0
million head. Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 174.7 million
head, or 174.7 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: 16-Oct-25 09:16 AM C NBS
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