USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 01/29 10:36

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jan 29, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 24-Jan-2026


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 167,280         823          1,456        2,279        239
Avg Wt                  6.60        3.59           8.52         6.74       7.35
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            172,949         714          1,805        2,519        467
Same wk yr ago       159,562         730          1,666        2,396        319
Avg Wt                  6.55        3.46           8.65         7.07       6.98
To-date/2026*        659,179       3,152          7,184       10,336      1,656
To-date/2025*        626,645       2,432          6,536        8,968      1,505
% Change YTD              5%         30%            10%          15%        10%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         839,076       1,640          8,498       10,138      1,247
Last week            867,512       1,399         10,831       12,230      2,348
Same wk yr ago       794,300       1,402          9,871       11,273      1,581

To-date/2026*      3,309,269       6,210         42,632       48,842      8,452
To-date/2025*      3,180,949       4,648         37,435       42,083      7,518
% Change YTD              4%         34%            14%          16%        12%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     24-Jan-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,590       1,918              1           36      3,545
Avg Wt                 17.29       48.01          35.15        31.41      34.06
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,721       1,923              6           17      3,667
Same wk yr ago         1,261       1,467             68           19      2,815
Avg Wt                 17.57       43.72          21.54        32.98      31.40
To-date/2026*          6,380       7,129             42           89     13,640
To-date/2025*          5,180       6,979             82          104     12,345
% Change YTD             23%          2%           -49%         -14%        10%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          22,130      74,127             27          876     97,160
Last week             24,854      73,577            170          499     99,100
Same wk yr ago        17,835      51,630          1,135          486     71,086

To-date/2026*         91,403     273,086          1,339        2,310    368,138
To-date/2025*         73,575     253,887          1,471        2,611    331,544
% Change YTD             24%          8%            -9%         -12%        11%
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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 168.3
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 169.3 million
head, or 1.0 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: 29-Jan-26 10:44 AM C NBS

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