USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 06/04 10:06

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jun 04, 2026          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 30-May-2026


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 156,314         834          1,905        2,739        462
Avg Wt                  6.55        3.73           8.49         7.04       6.96
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            174,103         731          1,613        2,344        497
Same wk yr ago       149,946         571          1,606        2,177        502
Avg Wt                  6.65        3.36           8.28         6.99       7.09
To-date/2026*      3,727,423      17,006         39,126       56,132     10,003
To-date/2025*      3,622,845      13,770         36,513       50,283      9,425
% Change YTD              3%         24%             7%          12%         6%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         778,131       1,727         11,079       12,806      2,283
Last week            865,362       1,440          9,701       11,141      2,364
Same wk yr ago       757,827       1,065          9,109       10,174      2,527

To-date/2026*     18,558,058      33,090        226,959      260,049     50,352
To-date/2025*     18,069,712      26,525        208,333      234,858     46,895
% Change YTD              3%         25%             9%          11%         7%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     30-May-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,464       1,714              1           21      3,200
Avg Wt                 18.90       46.15          45.56        37.12      33.62
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,588       1,911              7           32      3,538
Same wk yr ago         1,387       1,678             23           24      3,112
Avg Wt                 18.73       45.11          38.11        29.53      33.18
To-date/2026*         33,576      41,032            164          632     75,404
To-date/2025*         32,019      39,757            381          538     72,695
% Change YTD              5%          3%           -57%          17%         4%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          22,274      63,676             35          604     86,589
Last week             24,237      69,057            154          718     94,166
Same wk yr ago        20,913      60,934            679          549     83,075

To-date/2026*        492,279   1,545,978          4,235       15,722  2,058,214
To-date/2025*        466,179   1,419,073          8,596       13,202  1,907,050
% Change YTD              6%          9%           -51%          19%         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 172.2
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 158.2 million
head, or 14.0 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: 04-Jun-26 10:37 AM C NBS

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