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Atlanta,  GA         Fri. Apr 23, 2021          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimated         Actual         Avg. Wt.         Actual Avg. Wt.
                   (1,000)      (1,000)                         (1,000)
                  04/23   04/22   04/21   04/20   04/21   04/20   04/16   04/14
Alabama           4,102   4,232   4,129   4,219    5.62    5.57   4,174    5.68
Arkansas          4,428   4,840   4,794   4,747    6.26    6.34   3,866    6.25
Delmarva          1,862   2,072   1,987   2,029    7.27    7.16   1,784    7.39
KY-LA-TN          2,268   2,299   2,407   2,223    5.67    5.95   2,143    5.77
Mississippi       2,423   2,544   2,577   2,662    6.25    6.20   2,371    6.19
North Carolina    3,825   3,591   3,497   3,525    8.32    8.42   3,492    8.21
Texas             2,687   2,745   2,479   2,746    7.02    6.83   2,559    6.66
Total            21,595  22,323  21,870  22,151    6.58    6.60  20,389    6.53
Mon-Friday      110,438 (A)                                     108,101 (A)
Saturday            894 (included in total for date shown)          555

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 23-Apr-21 and 24-Apr-21
is estimated to be 32,866,000 head up 5.60 percent from a week ago
and up 3.5 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 31,123,000, last year 31,743,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending
24-Apr-21 is estimated to be 166,930,000 head up 2.71
percent from a week ago, and up 6.99 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 162,533,000, last year 156,020,000) 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: 23-Apr-21 11:34 AM C NBS