USDA Live Poultry Sltr Under F.I. 12/24 11:01

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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Dec 25, 2025          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 PM Central Time) Week ending 20-Dec-2025


                   Young        Light          Heavy       Total
                  Chickens       Hens           Hens       Hens          Ducks
                
---------------------Thousands-----------------------------------
Head                 174,945         379            785        1,164        265
Avg Wt                  6.59        3.52           8.52         6.89       7.11
Head sltr comparisons
Last week            171,478         766          2,092        2,858        299
Same wk yr ago       170,104         774          2,007        2,781        384
Avg Wt                  6.55        3.43           8.42         7.03       7.13
To-date/2025*      8,552,544      34,444         89,411      123,855     22,185
To-date/2024*      8,371,087      33,675         85,540      119,215     21,233
% Change YTD              2%          2%             5%           4%         4%

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week         876,195         740          4,581        5,321      1,338
Last week            861,437       1,420         12,381       13,801      1,516
Same wk yr ago       846,778       1,473         11,576       13,049      1,944

To-date/2025*     42,894,117      66,386        518,780      585,166    110,417
To-date/2024*     41,453,704      64,488        495,048      559,536    107,528
% Change YTD              3%          3%             5%           5%         3%
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Dressing %             76.0%       55.5%          68.5%                   71.0%

                Live Turkeys Slaughtered Week Ending     20-Dec-2025

                   Young        Young          Young        Old        Total
                    Hens         Toms         Breeders   Breeders     Turkeys
Head                   1,487       1,872              6           39      3,404
Avg Wt                 17.91       46.02          33.58        29.74      33.53
Head sltr comparisons
Last week              1,828       1,985              1           31      3,845
Same wk yr ago         1,098       1,910              8           25      3,041
Avg Wt                 16.39       45.12          30.65        30.32      34.58
To-date/2025*         85,709      95,730            775        1,347    183,561
To-date/2024*         82,111     101,663            765        1,522    186,061
% Change YTD              4%         -6%             1%         -11%        -1%
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Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week          21,439      69,350            156          899     91,844
Last week             25,840      72,130             35          685     98,690
Same wk yr ago        14,487      69,374            190          587     84,638

To-date/2025*      1,252,811   3,407,043         18,241       32,613  4,710,708
To-date/2024*      1,125,125   3,628,641         19,165       35,885  4,808,816
% Change YTD             11%         -6%            -5%          -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 162.9
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 177.1 million
head, or 14.2 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: 25-Dec-25 11:04 AM C NBS

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