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USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 06/19 07:26

USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 06/19 07:26

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jun 19, 2025          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 14-Jun-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 170,932         758          1,720        2,478        376
Avg Wt                  6.56        3.30           8.74         7.08       6.95
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            168,821         774          1,763        2,537        498
Same wk yr ago       165,028         614          1,756        2,370        334
Avg Wt                  6.50        3.19           8.50         7.12       7.04
To-date/2025*      3,962,598      15,302         39,996       55,298     10,299
To-date/2024*      3,890,541      16,639         39,284       55,923      9,984
% Change YTD              2%         -8%             2%          -1%         3%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         852,199       1,388         10,297       11,685      1,855
Last week            854,504       1,409         10,229       11,638      2,482
Same wk yr ago       815,238       1,087         10,224       11,311      1,669

To-date/2025*     19,776,415      29,322        228,859      258,181     51,232
To-date/2024*     19,128,034      32,245        225,930      258,175     50,577
% Change YTD              3%         -9%             1%           0%         1%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     14-Jun-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,575       1,950             10           11      3,546
Avg Wt                 17.48       45.12          30.14        33.10      32.76
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,602       1,824             25           43      3,494
Same wk yr ago         1,521       2,127              0           16      3,664
Avg Wt                 17.31       45.34           0.00        32.00      33.65
To-date/2025*         35,196      43,531            416          592     79,735
To-date/2024*         38,175      47,603            274          664     86,716
% Change YTD             -8%         -9%            52%         -11%        -8%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          22,162      70,827            234          282     93,505
Last week             24,812      65,619            617          920     91,968
Same wk yr ago        21,194      77,633              0          397     99,224

To-date/2025*        513,153   1,555,519          9,447       14,404  2,092,523
To-date/2024*        517,410   1,718,363          6,873       15,838  2,258,484
% Change YTD             -1%         -9%            37%          -9%        -7%
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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 167.4
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 173.0 million
head, or 5.6 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: 19-Jun-25 07:10 AM C NBS

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