NW_PY019 Atlanta, GA Fri. May 16, 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) 05/16 05/15 05/14 05/13 05/14 05/13 05/09 05/07 Alabama 3,821 4,321 4,255 4,164 5.83 5.82 3,621 6.15 Arkansas 3,821 5,093 4,985 5,067 6.93 7.09 3,184 7.07 Delmarva 2,230 2,199 2,096 2,234 7.41 7.39 2,156 7.25 KY-LA-TN 2,085 2,421 2,291 2,444 5.94 6.14 2,097 6.14 Mississippi 2,537 2,626 2,644 2,656 6.61 6.76 2,580 6.75 North Carolina 3,308 3,660 3,660 3,684 8.40 8.61 3,620 8.37 Texas 2,782 2,853 2,824 2,857 7.11 7.01 2,786 7.14 Total 20,584 23,173 22,755 23,106 6.89 6.98 20,044 6.99 Mon-Friday 112,766 (A) 112,210 (A) Saturday 486 (included in total for date shown) 228 (A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above. Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 16-May-25 and 17-May-25 is estimated to be 31,327,000 head up 2.39 percent from a week ago and up 3.9 percent from a year ago. (Last week 30,597,000, last year 30,158,000) Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending 17-May-25 is estimated to be 171,385,000 head up 1.58 percent from a week ago, and up 3.98 percent from a year ago. (Last week 168,711,000, last year 164,831,000) 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: 16-May-25 12:01 PM C JG