USDA Broiler/Fryer Slaughter 05/30 11:06

NW_PY019
Atlanta,  GA         Fri. May 30, 2025          USDA Market News

NOTICE: Beginning June 2, 2025, this report will be discontinued and the 
information it provides will be combined into a new daily livestock and 
poultry slaughter report accessible at 
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3208.pdf. In this new report, 
young chicken slaughter information will only be reported on a national 
level and the state and regional breakdowns will no longer be published. 
Weekly volume data can be found at 
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nw_py017.txt. 



BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimated          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual Avg. 
Wt.
                   (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                   05/30   05/29   05/28   05/27   05/28   05/27   05/23   05/21
Alabama            4,898   4,302   4,278   4,227    5.87    5.87   3,647    5.74
Arkansas           5,890   5,220   5,142   4,891    7.08    7.42   3,778    7.12
Delmarva           2,219   2,193   2,234   2,268    7.60    7.48   3,527    7.50
KY-LA-TN           2,513   2,399   2,443   2,457    6.19    6.25   2,390    6.14
Mississippi        2,471   2,562   2,621   2,634    6.64    6.69   2,517    6.56
North Carolina     4,951   3,660   3,643   3,566    8.66    8.80   4,681    8.31
Texas              2,696   2,781   2,859   2,851    6.93    6.94   2,738    6.96
Total             25,638  23,117  23,220  22,894    6.99    7.08  23,278    6.91
Mon-Friday       103,502 (A)                                     114,958 (A)
Saturday           3,717 (included in total for date shown)        2,888

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 30-May-25 and 31-May-25
is estimated to be 39,019,000 head up 9.81 percent from a week ago
and up 60.9 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 35,534,000, last year 24,249,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
31-May-25 is estimated to be 156,689,000 head down 9.35
percent from a week ago, and up 5.00 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 172,843,000, last year 149,224,000) Actual data incorporated when 
available.

SOURCE: USDA Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News
      Atlanta, GA    404-562-5850  email: Atlanta.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain

Prepared: 30-May-25 11:51 AM C JG

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