USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/23 10:21
10/23/2025 | 10:21 am CDT USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 10/23 10:21
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Des Moines, IA Thu. Oct 23, 2025 USDA Market News
MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 18-Oct-2025
Young Light Heavy Total
Chickens Hens Hens Hens Ducks
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head 172,618 615 1,922 2,537 289
Avg Wt 6.88 3.38 8.46 7.23 7.13
Head sltr comparisons
Last week 172,652 826 1,825 2,651 487
Same wk yr ago 169,387 676 1,856 2,532 497
Avg Wt 6.65 3.44 8.54 7.18 7.15
To-date/2025* 7,035,466 28,140 73,688 101,828 18,652
To-date/2024* 6,886,297 27,536 71,206 98,742 17,493
% Change YTD 2% 2% 3% 3% 7%
Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week 902,585 1,154 11,138 12,292 1,463
Last week 888,329 1,591 10,776 12,367 2,410
Same wk yr ago 856,082 1,291 10,857 12,148 2,523
To-date/2025* 35,264,161 54,334 427,447 481,781 92,704
To-date/2024* 34,031,513 52,853 411,375 464,228 88,159
% Change YTD 4% 3% 4% 4% 5%
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Dressing % 76.0% 55.5% 68.5% 71.0%
Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending 18-Oct-2025
Young Young Young Old Total
Hens Toms Breeders Breeders Turkeys
Head 2,200 1,998 9 33 4,240
Avg Wt 18.14 43.82 33.33 30.33 30.37
Head sltr comparisons
Last week 1,797 2,085 10 37 3,929
Same wk yr ago 2,023 2,009 42 36 4,110
Avg Wt 18.27 43.34 37.70 24.09 30.77
To-date/2025* 68,109 78,886 749 1,100 148,844
To-date/2024* 66,529 84,386 644 1,290 152,849
% Change YTD 2% -7% 16% -15% -3%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week 32,126 70,480 232 776 103,614
Last week 27,543 73,549 250 823 102,165
Same wk yr ago 29,753 70,091 1,227 672 101,743
To-date/2025* 1,004,126 2,801,821 17,542 26,673 3,850,162
To-date/2024* 913,872 3,012,041 15,976 30,427 3,972,316
% Change YTD 10% -7% 10% -12% -3%
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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 0.0
million head. Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 174.7 million
head, or 174.7 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: 23-Oct-25 10:51 AM C BRM
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