USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 05/14 10:51

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. May 14, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 09-May-2026


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 171,765         840          1,764        2,604        477
Avg Wt                  6.55        3.52           8.42         6.84       7.17
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            171,230         801          1,783        2,584        384
Same wk yr ago       168,711         501          1,790        2,291        450
Avg Wt                  6.56        3.71           8.33         7.32       7.33
To-date/2026*      3,226,295      14,777         33,820       48,597      8,568
To-date/2025*      3,131,364      12,061         31,572       43,633      7,952
% Change YTD              3%         23%             7%          11%         8%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         855,046       1,641         10,174       11,815      2,428
Last week            857,588       1,516         10,577       12,093      1,974
Same wk yr ago       841,126       1,032         10,214       11,246      2,342

To-date/2026*     16,053,089      28,681        195,744      224,425     43,322
To-date/2025*     15,598,714      23,165        180,001      203,166     39,648
% Change YTD              3%         24%             9%          10%         9%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending      9-May-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,518       1,926              1           31      3,476
Avg Wt                 18.23       46.81          46.21        33.82      34.22
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,651       1,824              0           43      3,518
Same wk yr ago         2,010       1,745              9           27      3,791
Avg Wt                 17.98       42.67          28.94        31.43      29.47
To-date/2026*         28,900      35,470            154          555     65,079
To-date/2025*         27,451      34,371            325          437     62,584
% Change YTD              5%          3%           -53%          27%         4%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          22,277      72,576             36          813     95,702
Last week             25,903      68,556              0        1,102     95,561
Same wk yr ago        29,093      59,940            202          658     89,893

To-date/2026*        421,439   1,340,115          3,996       13,768  1,779,318
To-date/2025*        398,781   1,226,037          7,128       10,601  1,642,547
% Change YTD              6%          9%           -44%          30%         8%
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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 171.4
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 173.9 million
head, or 2.5 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: 14-May-26 11:17 AM C NBS

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