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Des Moines, IA          Fri. Oct 13, 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)
                   10/13   10/12   10/11   10/10   10/11   10/10   10/06   10/04
Alabama            3,822   3,934   3,905   3,923    5.65    5.72   3,663    5.62
Arkansas           5,085   5,097   4,946   5,100    6.14    6.08   4,517    6.06
Delmarva           2,330   2,288   2,209   2,260    6.77    6.76   2,618    6.91
KY-LA-TN           2,380   2,398   2,456   2,224    5.56    5.64   2,483    5.63
Mississippi        2,749   2,778   2,830   2,867    6.48    6.52   2,756    6.37
North Carolina     3,320   3,117   3,096   2,973    7.70    7.90   3,229    7.94
Texas              2,583   2,633   2,621   2,622    6.82    6.75   2,555    6.68
Total             22,269  22,245  22,063  21,969    6.39    6.43  21,821    6.39
Mon-Friday       111,123 (A)                                     110,304 (A)
Saturday           1,599 (included in total for date shown)          999

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 13-Oct-17 and 14-Oct-17
is estimated to be 33,892,000 head up 1.75 percent from a week ago
and down 0.4 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 33,309,000, last year 34,012,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
14-Oct-17 is estimated to be 168,331,000 head up 1.50
percent from a week ago, and up 7.63 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 165,846,000, last year 156,395,000) Actual data incorporated when available.

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: 13-Oct-17 11:48 AM C BK