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Des Moines, IA          Wed. Oct 04, 2017          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimated             ACTUAL      Avg. Wt.         Actual Avg. Wt.
                   (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                   10/04   10/03   10/02   09/29   10/02   09/29   09/27   09/25
Alabama            3,941   3,889   3,953   4,665    5.69    5.65   4,016    5.80
Arkansas           4,989   5,069   4,958   4,466    6.04    6.11   4,931    6.05
Delmarva           2,228   2,290   2,288   2,326    6.90    6.85   2,193    7.04
KY-LA-TN           2,438   2,460   2,404   2,419    5.72    5.47   2,446    5.71
Mississippi        2,814   2,805   2,821   2,430    6.41    6.63   2,913    6.42
North Carolina     3,151   3,088   2,954   3,712    8.03    7.72   3,068    8.12
Texas              2,622   2,623   2,637   2,851    6.82    6.76   2,572    6.83
Total             22,183  22,224  22,015  22,869    6.44    6.42  22,139    6.48
Mon-Wed           66,569 (A)                                      66,025 (A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 04-Oct-17
is estimated to be 33,761,000 head up 1.62 percent from a week ago
and up 3.8 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 33,222,000, last year 32,509,000)

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: 04-Oct-17 10:55 AM C JG