USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 11/06 11:06

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Nov 06, 2025          USDA Market News

Special Note: **The USDA-NASS data used to populate some of this report is not 
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MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 01-Nov-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 172,757         802          1,840        2,642        485
Avg Wt                  6.45        3.40           8.47         6.93       7.04
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            172,679         675          1,843        2,518        374
Same wk yr ago       172,639         545          1,655        2,200        473
Avg Wt                  6.62        3.54           8.34         7.15       7.33
To-date/2025*      7,380,902      29,617         77,371      106,988     19,511
To-date/2024*      7,226,481      28,846         74,415      103,261     18,484
% Change YTD              2%          3%             4%           4%         6%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         846,855       1,513         10,676       12,189      2,424
Last week            880,594       1,296         10,693       11,989      1,893
Same wk yr ago       868,581       1,071          9,455       10,526      2,462

To-date/2025*     36,991,610      57,143        448,816      505,959     97,021
To-date/2024*     35,750,686      55,355        429,921      485,276     93,383
% Change YTD              3%          3%             4%           4%         4%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending      1-Nov-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   2,300       1,974              4           27      4,305
Avg Wt                 18.56       44.61          30.54        33.65      30.61
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              2,276       1,975              0           23      4,274
Same wk yr ago         2,257       2,070              0            0      4,327
Avg Wt                 17.03       44.92           0.00         0.00      30.37
To-date/2025*         72,685      82,835            753        1,150    157,423
To-date/2024*         71,080      88,443            667        1,330    161,520
% Change YTD              2%         -6%            13%         -14%        -3%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          34,364      70,888             95          704    106,051
Last week             32,210      69,334              0          610    102,154
Same wk yr ago        30,942      74,852              0            0    105,794

To-date/2025*      1,070,700   2,942,043         17,637       27,987  4,058,367
To-date/2024*        977,168   3,158,504         16,564       31,351  4,183,587
% Change YTD             10%         -7%             6%         -11%        -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: 06-Nov-25 11:39 AM C BRM

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