USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 01/02 08:01

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jan 01, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 27-Dec-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 127,244         534          1,233        1,767        232
Avg Wt                  6.40        3.69           8.32         6.92       7.35
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            174,945         379            785        1,164        265
Same wk yr ago       130,846         429            907        1,336        342
Avg Wt                  6.71        3.39           8.46         6.83       7.10
To-date/2025*      8,679,788      34,978         90,644      125,622     22,417
To-date/2024*      8,501,933      34,104         86,447      120,551     21,575
% Change YTD              2%          3%             5%           4%         4%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         618,915       1,094          7,027        8,121      1,211
Last week            876,195         740          4,581        5,321      1,338
Same wk yr ago       667,262         807          5,256        6,063      1,724

To-date/2025*     43,513,032      67,480        525,807      593,287    111,628
To-date/2024*     42,120,966      65,295        500,304      565,599    109,252
% Change YTD              3%          3%             5%           5%         2%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     27-Dec-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                     995       1,230              1           11      2,237
Avg Wt                 17.27       46.76          45.16        33.40      33.58
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,487       1,872              6           39      3,404
Same wk yr ago           586       1,338              0           15      1,939
Avg Wt                 17.56       42.96           0.00        30.76      35.19
To-date/2025*         86,704      96,960            776        1,358    185,798
To-date/2024*         82,697     103,001            765        1,537    188,000
% Change YTD              5%         -6%             1%         -12%        -1%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          13,833      46,299             35          285     60,452
Last week             21,439      69,350            156          899     91,844
Same wk yr ago         8,284      46,272              0          358     54,914

To-date/2025*      1,266,644   3,453,342         18,276       32,898  4,771,160
To-date/2024*      1,133,409   3,674,913         19,165       36,243  4,863,730
% Change YTD             12%         -6%            -5%          -9%        -2%
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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 161.9
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 128.8 million
head, or 33.1 million less 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: 01-Jan-26 08:43 AM C NBS

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