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Des Moines, IA          Tue. Oct 10, 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)
                10/10           10/06           10/06           10/03           09/29
Alabama         3,917           3,663            5.58            3,967           5.65
Arkansas        5,126           4,517            6.00            5,095           6.11
Delmarva        2,260           2,618            6.86            2,324           6.85
KY-LA-TN        2,412           2,483            5.42            2,409           5.47
Mississippi     2,809           2,756            6.32            2,862           6.63
North Carolin   3,126           3,229            7.91            3,047           7.72
Texas           2,676           2,555            6.64            2,640           6.76
Total          22,326          21,821            6.36           22,344           6.42
Mon-Tue        44,530 (A)                                       44,359(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 10-Oct-17
is estimated to be 33,978,000 up 1.34 percent from a week ago
and up 11.1 percent from a year ago.
(last week 33,529,000 last year 30,582,000)

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Des Moines, IA          Mon. Oct 09, 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)
                10/09           10/05           10/05           10/02           09/28
Alabama         3,949           3,813            5.65            3,953           5.66
Arkansas        5,051           5,012            5.99            4,958           5.88
Delmarva        2,273           2,095            6.90            2,288           6.83
KY-LA-TN        2,404           2,390            5.41            2,404           5.62
Mississippi     2,779           2,786            6.43            2,821           6.33
North Carolin   3,097           3,031            7.88            2,954           7.90
Texas           2,651           2,618            6.73            2,637           6.55
Total          22,204          21,745            6.36           22,015           6.32
Mon            22,204 (A)                                       22,015(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 09-Oct-17
is estimated to be 33,793,000 up 2.29 percent from a week ago
and up 13.4 percent from a year ago.
(last week 33,036,000 last year 29,802,000)

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: 10-Oct-17 11:15 AM C JG