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Atlanta,  GA         Fri. Oct 30, 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)
                   10/30   10/29   10/28   10/27   10/28   10/27   10/23   10/21
Alabama            4,134   4,309   4,051   4,345    5.58    5.59   3,987    5.52
Arkansas           4,359   4,899   4,835   4,918    6.33    5.78   4,096    6.30
Delmarva           2,221   2,156   2,093   2,127    7.47    7.28   1,700    7.39
KY-LA-TN           2,287   2,387   2,298   2,364    5.66    5.86   2,556    5.88
Mississippi        2,528   2,405   2,186   2,620    6.65    6.19   2,574    6.48
North Carolina     3,705   3,607   3,537   3,528    8.19    8.51   3,666    8.42
Texas              3,128   2,781   2,476   2,834    7.06    6.73   2,932    7.08
Total             22,362  22,544  21,476  22,736    6.65    6.48  21,511    6.64
Mon-Friday       111,505 (A)                                     111,310 (A)
Saturday             990 (included in total for date shown)        1,226

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 30-Oct-20 and 31-Oct-20
is estimated to be 34,033,000 head up 3.65 percent from a week ago
and down 5.4 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 32,836,000, last year 35,964,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
31-Oct-20 is estimated to be 169,943,000 head up 1.54
percent from a week ago, and   down 1.76 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 167,358,000, last year 172,986,000) 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: 30-Oct-20 11:36 AM C CMB