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USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 11/13 11:31

USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 11/13 11:31

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Nov 13, 2025          USDA Market News

Special Note: **The USDA-NASS data used to populate some of this report is not 
currently 
available. This information will be reported as soon as possible.*

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 08-Nov-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 174,754         746          1,836        2,582        390
Avg Wt                  6.65        3.56           8.34         6.96       6.88
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            172,757         802          1,840        2,642        485
Same wk yr ago       172,385         638          1,740        2,378        482
Avg Wt                  6.55        3.48           8.42         7.09       7.05
To-date/2025*      7,555,656      30,363         79,207      109,570     19,901
To-date/2024*      7,398,866      29,484         76,155      105,639     18,966
% Change YTD              2%          3%             4%           4%         5%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         883,207       1,474         10,489       11,963      1,905
Last week            846,855       1,513         10,676       12,189      2,424
Same wk yr ago       858,133       1,232         10,036       11,268      2,413

To-date/2025*     37,874,817      58,617        459,305      517,922     98,926
To-date/2024*     36,608,819      56,587        439,957      496,544     95,796
% Change YTD              3%          4%             4%           4%         3%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending      8-Nov-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   2,573       1,982              8           15      4,578
Avg Wt                 17.63       44.29          34.96        32.57      29.25
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              2,300       1,974              4           27      4,305
Same wk yr ago         2,483       2,025             29           20      4,557
Avg Wt                 17.00       44.64          28.65        29.96      29.41
To-date/2025*         75,258      84,817            761        1,165    162,001
To-date/2024*         73,563      90,468            696        1,350    166,077
% Change YTD              2%         -6%             9%         -14%        -2%
                ----------------------------------------------------------------
Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          36,516      70,665            217          379    107,777
Last week             34,364      70,888             95          704    106,051
Same wk yr ago        33,980      72,769            644          464    107,857

To-date/2025*      1,107,216   3,012,708         17,854       28,366  4,166,144
To-date/2024*      1,011,148   3,231,273         17,208       31,815  4,291,444
% Change YTD             10%         -7%             4%         -11%        -3%
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Dressing %             80.5%       80.5%          77.5%        77.5%

(A) **

(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: 13-Nov-25 12:06 PM C NBS

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