USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 07/17 07:11

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jul 16, 2026          USDA Market News


***CORRECTION: to young toms and total turkeys slaughtered***

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


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 174,700         932          1,743        2,675        526
Avg Wt                  6.48        3.49           8.60         6.82       6.88
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            162,227         810          1,808        2,618        411
Same wk yr ago       172,507         775          1,957        2,732        522
Avg Wt                  6.78        3.36           8.57         7.09       6.86
To-date/2026*      4,758,820      22,095         50,026       72,121     12,921
To-date/2025*      4,624,047      18,147         47,656       65,803     12,175
% Change YTD              3%         22%             5%          10%         6%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         860,363       1,805         10,268       12,073      2,569
Last week            791,538       1,569         10,688       12,257      2,043
Same wk yr ago       888,894       1,445         11,488       12,933      2,542

To-date/2026*     23,684,328      42,951        290,702      333,653     64,741
To-date/2025*     23,072,475      34,790        273,646      308,436     60,740
% Change YTD              3%         23%             6%           8%         7%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     12-Jul-2026

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,755      *2,048             24           32     *3,859
Avg Wt                 18.32      *45.94          31.59        31.76     *33.17
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,327       1,588              7           23      2,945
Same wk yr ago         1,907       1,985             42           25      3,959
Avg Wt                 17.78       43.96          31.01        33.59      31.14
To-date/2026*         43,003     *52,636            237          823    *96,699
To-date/2025*         42,408      51,118            495          697     94,718
% Change YTD              1%         *3%           -52%          18%         2%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          25,882     *75,739            588          788   *102,997
Last week             19,485      58,791            161          635     79,072
Same wk yr ago        27,295      70,245          1,009          651     99,200

To-date/2026*        629,461  *1,975,558          6,058       20,471 *2,631,548
To-date/2025*        616,849   1,824,137         11,411       17,042  2,469,439
% Change YTD              2%          8%           -47%          20%         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 173.7
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 176.8 million
head, or 3.1 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: 16-Jul-26 07:47 AM C NBS

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