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Atlanta, GA          Wed. Apr 01, 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)
                   04/01   03/31   03/30   03/27   03/30   03/27   03/25   03/23
Alabama            4,306   4,280   4,216   3,962    5.44    5.33   4,191    5.47
Arkansas           4,767   4,975   4,906   3,889    6.22    5.83   4,771    6.24
Delmarva           2,127   1,971   1,890   2,440    7.19    6.89   2,157    7.11
KY-LA-TN           2,441   2,470   2,329   2,095    5.59    5.27   2,407    5.77
Mississippi        2,636   2,607   2,746   2,741    6.33    6.15   2,829    6.26
North Carolina     3,636   3,371   3,434   3,381    8.18    7.82   3,411    8.18
Texas              2,690   2,499   2,390   2,790    6.66    6.27   2,808    6.37
Total             22,603  22,173  21,911  21,298    6.46    6.22  22,574    6.44
Mon-Wed           67,493 (A)                                      68,712 (A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 01-Apr-20
is estimated to be 34,400,000 head up 1.55 percent from a week ago
and up 3.8 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 33,875,000, last year 33,144,000)

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: 01-Apr-20 11:59 AM C CMB