NW_PY019 Atlanta, GA Mon. May 19, 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) 05/19 05/15 05/15 05/12 05/08 Alabama 4,257 4,282 5.83 4,211 5.91 Arkansas 4,997 5,052 6.71 5,030 6.77 Delmarva 2,235 2,184 7.34 2,247 6.95 KY-LA-TN 2,429 2,434 5.98 2,469 5.77 Mississippi 2,603 2,626 6.62 2,690 6.73 North Carolina 3,526 3,695 8.45 3,461 8.32 Texas 2,845 2,862 6.59 2,880 6.94 Total 22,892 23,135 6.78 22,988 6.78 Mon 22,892 (A) 22,988(A) (A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above. Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 19-May-25 is estimated to be 34,840,000 up 1.00 percent from a week ago and up 1.2 percent from a year ago. (last week 34,496,000 last year 34,421,000) 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: 19-May-25 12:20 PM C JG