NW_PY019 Atlanta, GA Thu. May 22, 2025 USDA Market News NOTICE: Beginning June 2, 2025, this report will be discontinued and the information it provides will be combined into a new daily livestock and poultry slaughter report accessible at https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3208.pdf. In this new report, young chicken slaughter information will only be reported on a national level and the state and regional breakdowns will no longer be published. Weekly volume data can be found at https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nw_py017.txt. BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers Estimate Actual Avg. Wt. Actual Avg. Wt. (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) 05/22 05/20 05/20 05/15 05/13 Alabama 4,265 4,200 5.74 4,282 5.61 Arkansas 5,140 5,065 6.86 5,052 6.95 Delmarva 2,216 2,283 7.27 2,184 7.27 KY-LA-TN 2,440 2,404 6.17 2,434 6.13 Mississippi 2,612 2,673 6.64 2,626 6.72 North Carolina 3,650 3,563 8.52 3,695 8.80 Texas 2,836 2,868 7.19 2,862 7.19 Total 23,159 23,056 6.90 23,135 6.93 Mon-Thur 92,276 (A) 92,244(A) (A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above. Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 22-May-25 is estimated to be 35,246,000 down 0.20 percent from a week ago and up 3.0 percent from a year ago. (last week 35,315,000 last year 34,219,000) SOURCE: USDA Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News Atlanta, GA 404-562-5850 email: Atlanta.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov http://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain Prepared: 22-May-25 12:11 PM C JG