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Atlanta,  GA         Fri. Sep 18, 2020          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimated          Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual Avg. Wt.
                   (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                   09/18   09/17   09/16   09/15   09/16   09/15   09/11   09/09
Alabama            4,178   4,362   4,054   4,320    5.74    5.55   4,247    5.71
Arkansas           4,387   4,803   4,757   4,888    6.29    6.37   5,453    6.31
Delmarva           2,271   2,100   2,079   2,082    7.06    7.25   2,700    7.22
KY-LA-TN           2,759   2,312   2,343   2,292    5.84    6.14   2,870    5.93
Mississippi        2,689   2,503   2,731   2,759    6.46    6.36   2,721    6.29
North Carolina     4,092   3,600   3,615   3,520    8.34    8.33   4,183    8.26
Texas              3,281   2,576   2,499   2,789    7.19    6.76   3,513    7.03
Total             23,657  22,256  22,078  22,650    6.67    6.62  25,687    6.63
Mon-Friday       113,579 (A)                                      99,173 (A)
Saturday           1,275 (included in total for date shown)        4,188

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 18-Sep-20 and 19-Sep-20
is estimated to be 36,004,000 head down 8.18 percent from a week ago
and down 0.1 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 39,211,000, last year 36,058,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
19-Sep-20 is estimated to be 171,998,000 head up 15.35
percent from a week ago, and   down 1.71 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 149,110,000, last year 174,993,000) 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: 18-Sep-20 11:37 AM C CMB