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Des Moines, IA          Wed. Oct 18, 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)
                   10/18   10/17   10/16   10/13   10/16   10/13   10/11   10/09
Alabama            3,941   3,891   3,891   3,813    5.82    5.57   3,905    5.81
Arkansas           5,059   5,059   5,027   4,821    6.22    6.22   4,946    6.15
Delmarva           2,277   2,260   2,310   2,317    7.01    6.83   2,209    6.93
KY-LA-TN           2,156   2,127   2,124   2,404    5.53    5.50   2,456    5.76
Mississippi        2,770   2,801   2,789   2,780    6.48    6.53   2,830    6.52
North Carolina     3,117   3,134   3,024   3,014    7.99    7.89   3,096    8.02
Texas              2,572   2,637   2,380   2,564    6.69    6.73   2,621    6.87
Total             21,892  21,909  21,545  21,713    6.50    6.42  22,063    6.52
Mon-Wed           65,893 (A)                                      65,893 (A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 18-Oct-17
is estimated to be 33,318,000 head up 0.63 percent from a week ago
and up 7.2 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 33,108,000, last year 31,092,000)

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: 18-Oct-17 12:57 PM C JG