USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 12/18 10:51

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Dec 18, 2025          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 13-Dec-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 171,478         766          2,092        2,858        299
Avg Wt                  6.61        3.34           8.64         7.22       7.14
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            173,347         674          1,750        2,424        510
Same wk yr ago       166,641         686          1,729        2,415        361
Avg Wt                  6.56        3.58           9.13         7.55       7.33
To-date/2025*      8,377,599      34,065         88,626      122,691     21,920
To-date/2024*      8,200,983      32,901         83,533      116,434     20,849
% Change YTD              2%          4%             6%           5%         5%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         861,437       1,420         12,381       13,801      1,516
Last week            874,778       1,306         10,034       11,340      2,564
Same wk yr ago       830,805       1,363         10,813       12,176      1,879

To-date/2025*     42,017,922      65,646        514,199      579,845    109,079
To-date/2024*     40,606,926      63,015        483,472      546,487    105,584
% Change YTD              3%          4%             6%           6%         3%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     13-Dec-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,828       1,985              1           31      3,845
Avg Wt                 17.56       45.14          45.47        28.50      31.89
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,869       1,865              1           45      3,780
Same wk yr ago         1,393       1,974             12           57      3,436
Avg Wt                 17.68       43.41          39.66        27.66      32.71
To-date/2025*         84,222      93,858            769        1,308    180,157
To-date/2024*         81,013      99,753            757        1,497    183,020
% Change YTD              4%         -6%             2%         -13%        -2%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          25,840      72,130             35          685     98,690
Last week             26,179      66,884             48        1,016     94,127
Same wk yr ago        19,826      68,982            369        1,222     90,399

To-date/2025*      1,231,372   3,337,693         18,085       31,714  4,618,864
To-date/2024*      1,110,638   3,559,267         18,975       35,298  4,724,178
% Change YTD             11%         -6%            -5%         -10%        -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 165.2
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 173.6 million
head, or 8.4 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: 18-Dec-25 10:23 AM C NBS

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