NW_PY019 Atlanta, GA Fri. May 23, 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 Estimated Actual Avg. Wt. Actual Avg. Wt. (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) 05/23 05/22 05/21 05/20 05/21 05/20 05/16 05/14 Alabama 3,696 4,265 4,220 4,200 5.74 5.74 3,803 6.15 Arkansas 3,643 5,140 5,051 5,065 7.12 6.86 3,716 7.07 Delmarva 3,336 2,216 2,203 2,283 7.50 7.27 2,201 7.25 KY-LA-TN 2,368 2,440 2,382 2,404 6.14 6.17 2,120 6.14 Mississippi 2,484 2,612 2,660 2,673 6.56 6.64 2,540 6.75 North Carolina 4,601 3,650 3,639 3,563 8.31 8.52 3,288 8.37 Texas 2,804 2,836 2,871 2,868 6.96 7.19 2,746 7.14 Total 22,932 23,159 23,026 23,056 6.91 6.90 20,414 6.99 Mon-Friday 115,208 (A) 112,658 (A) Saturday 2,379 (included in total for date shown) 533 (A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above. Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 23-May-25 and 24-May-25 is estimated to be 34,901,000 head up 12.00 percent from a week ago and up 13.1 percent from a year ago. (Last week 31,162,000, last year 30,855,000) Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending 24-May-25 is estimated to be 175,254,000 head up 3.89 percent from a week ago, and up 4.16 percent from a year ago. (Last week 168,692,000, last year 168,247,000) Actual data incorporated when available. 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: 23-May-25 12:00 PM C JG