USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 04/09 11:01

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Apr 09, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 04-Apr-2026


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 168,174         888          1,788        2,676        420
Avg Wt                  6.51        3.78           8.66         7.04       7.05
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            168,527         702          1,560        2,262        474
Same wk yr ago       167,851         752          1,680        2,432        498
Avg Wt                  6.51        3.49           8.28         6.80       7.15
To-date/2026*      2,372,529      10,640         25,354       35,994      6,433
To-date/2025*      2,298,888       8,858         22,950       31,808      6,025
% Change YTD              3%         20%            10%          13%         7%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         832,058       1,863         10,607       12,470      2,102
Last week            827,400       1,294          8,944       10,238      2,366
Same wk yr ago       830,460       1,457          9,529       10,986      2,528

To-date/2026*     11,796,598      20,838        146,427      167,265     32,477
To-date/2025*     11,464,745      16,822        130,881      147,703     29,820
% Change YTD              3%         24%            12%          13%         9%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending      4-Apr-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,365       1,740             22           24      3,151
Avg Wt                 17.81       46.89          30.47        33.80      34.08
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,424       1,916              2           31      3,373
Same wk yr ago         1,417       1,814             21           23      3,275
Avg Wt                 18.77       44.20          32.12        29.67      33.02
To-date/2026*         21,407      26,110            121          380     48,018
To-date/2025*         19,207      25,139            281          377     45,004
% Change YTD             11%          4%           -57%           1%         7%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          19,570      65,679            520          629     86,398
Last week             21,402      71,767             45          715     93,929
Same wk yr ago        21,411      64,544            523          529     87,007

To-date/2026*        307,959     987,095          3,131        9,389  1,307,574
To-date/2025*        276,264     900,167          6,090        9,175  1,191,696
% Change YTD             11%         10%           -49%           2%        10%
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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 171.0
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 170.2 million
head, or 0.8 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: 09-Apr-26 11:38 AM C NBS

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