USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 12/11 11:21

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Dec 11, 2025          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 06-Dec-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 173,347         674          1,750        2,424        510
Avg Wt                  6.64        3.49           8.37         7.01       7.08
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            132,428         689          1,715        2,404        378
Same wk yr ago       168,214         790          1,604        2,394        322
Avg Wt                  6.53        3.53           8.44         6.82       7.42
To-date/2025*      8,206,121      33,299         86,534      119,833     21,621
To-date/2024*      8,034,342      32,215         81,804      114,019     20,488
% Change YTD              2%          3%             6%           5%         6%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         874,778       1,306         10,034       11,340      2,564
Last week            662,246       1,300         10,021       11,321      1,908
Same wk yr ago       834,812       1,548          9,273       10,821      1,696

To-date/2025*     41,156,485      64,226        501,818      566,044    107,563
To-date/2024*     39,776,121      61,652        472,659      534,311    103,705
% Change YTD              3%          4%             6%           6%         4%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending      6-Dec-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,869       1,865              1           45      3,780
Avg Wt                 17.40       44.55          61.36        29.13      30.95
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,139       1,210              0            7      2,356
Same wk yr ago         1,344       1,872             30           29      3,275
Avg Wt                 17.38       44.66          32.77        32.38      33.24
To-date/2025*         82,394      91,873            768        1,277    176,312
To-date/2024*         79,620      97,779            745        1,440    179,584
% Change YTD              3%         -6%             3%         -11%        -2%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          26,179      66,884             48        1,016     94,127
Last week             15,450      44,193              0          190     59,833
Same wk yr ago        18,804      67,301            762          728     87,595

To-date/2025*      1,205,532   3,265,563         18,050       31,029  4,520,174
To-date/2024*      1,090,812   3,490,285         18,606       34,076  4,633,779
% Change YTD             11%         -6%            -3%          -9%        -2%
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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 166.1
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 175.5 million
head, or 9.4 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: 11-Dec-25 12:06 PM C NBS

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