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Des Moines, IA          Thu. Oct 05, 2017          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

             Estimate          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual         Avg. Wt.
              (1,000)         (1,000)                         (1,000)
                10/05           10/03           10/03           09/28           09/26
Alabama         3,819           3,967            5.68            3,943           5.72
Arkansas        4,822           5,095            5.99            5,206           5.98
Delmarva        2,226           2,324            6.95            2,172           6.85
KY-LA-TN        2,473           2,409            5.70            2,354           5.70
Mississippi     2,742           2,862            6.52            2,838           6.43
North Carolin   3,108           3,047            7.98            3,030           8.16
Texas           2,632           2,640            6.79            2,619           6.68
Total          21,822          22,344            6.44           22,162           6.42
Mon-Thur       88,391 (A)                                       88,187(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 05-Oct-17
is estimated to be 33,211,000 down 1.83 percent from a week ago
and up 4.0 percent from a year ago.
(last week 33,830,000 last year 31,931,000)

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: 05-Oct-17 11:07 AM C JG