USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/30 10:16

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Oct 30, 2025          USDA Market News

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MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 25-Oct-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 172,679         675          1,843        2,518        374
Avg Wt                  6.71        3.46           8.47         7.13       7.13
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            172,618         615          1,922        2,537        289
Same wk yr ago       167,545         765          1,554        2,319        518
Avg Wt                  6.68        3.37           8.54         6.83       7.51
To-date/2025*      7,208,145      28,815         75,531      104,346     19,026
To-date/2024*      7,053,842      28,301         72,760      101,061     18,011
% Change YTD              2%          2%             4%           3%         6%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         880,594       1,296         10,693       11,989      1,893
Last week            902,585       1,154         11,138       12,292      1,463
Same wk yr ago       850,592       1,431          9,091       10,522      2,762

To-date/2025*     36,144,755      55,630        438,140      493,770     94,597
To-date/2024*     34,882,105      54,284        420,466      474,750     90,921
% Change YTD              4%          2%             4%           4%         4%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     25-Oct-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   2,276       1,975              0           23      4,274
Avg Wt                 17.58       43.61           0.00        34.20      29.70
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              2,200       1,998              9           33      4,240
Same wk yr ago         2,294       1,987             23           40      4,344
Avg Wt                 17.52       44.77          32.98        29.82      30.18
To-date/2025*         70,385      80,861            749        1,123    153,118
To-date/2024*         68,823      86,373            667        1,330    157,193
% Change YTD              2%         -6%            12%         -16%        -3%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          32,210      69,334              0          610    102,154
Last week             32,126      70,480            232          776    103,614
Same wk yr ago        32,354      71,611            588          924    105,477

To-date/2025*      1,036,336   2,871,155         17,542       27,283  3,952,316
To-date/2024*        946,226   3,083,652         16,564       31,351  4,077,793
% Change YTD             10%         -7%             6%         -13%        -3%
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Dressing %             80.5%       80.5%          77.5%        77.5%

(A) **

(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: 30-Oct-25 11:01 AM C NBS

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