NW_PY019 Atlanta, GA Fri. May 30, 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) 05/30 05/29 05/28 05/27 05/28 05/27 05/23 05/21 Alabama 4,898 4,302 4,278 4,227 5.87 5.87 3,647 5.74 Arkansas 5,890 5,220 5,142 4,891 7.08 7.42 3,778 7.12 Delmarva 2,219 2,193 2,234 2,268 7.60 7.48 3,527 7.50 KY-LA-TN 2,513 2,399 2,443 2,457 6.19 6.25 2,390 6.14 Mississippi 2,471 2,562 2,621 2,634 6.64 6.69 2,517 6.56 North Carolina 4,951 3,660 3,643 3,566 8.66 8.80 4,681 8.31 Texas 2,696 2,781 2,859 2,851 6.93 6.94 2,738 6.96 Total 25,638 23,117 23,220 22,894 6.99 7.08 23,278 6.91 Mon-Friday 103,502 (A) 114,958 (A) Saturday 3,717 (included in total for date shown) 2,888 (A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above. Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 30-May-25 and 31-May-25 is estimated to be 39,019,000 head up 9.81 percent from a week ago and up 60.9 percent from a year ago. (Last week 35,534,000, last year 24,249,000) Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending 31-May-25 is estimated to be 156,689,000 head down 9.35 percent from a week ago, and up 5.00 percent from a year ago. (Last week 172,843,000, last year 149,224,000) 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-May-25 11:51 AM C JG