NW_PY019 Des Moines, IA Fri. May 17, 2013 USDA Market News BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers Estimated Actual Avg. Wt. Actual Avg. Wt. (1,000) (1,000) (1,000) 05/17 05/16 05/15 05/14 05/15 05/14 05/10 05/08 Alabama 3,723 3,772 3,536 3,654 5.84 6.06 3,544 5.77 Arkansas 3,909 4,545 4,818 4,857 5.58 5.63 4,132 5.55 Delmarva 2,335 2,077 1,997 2,021 6.11 6.22 1,987 6.27 Ky-LA-TN 2,653 2,434 2,488 2,523 5.21 5.23 2,443 5.09 Mississippi 2,842 2,734 2,782 2,761 6.18 6.21 2,771 6.00 North Carolina 2,948 2,870 2,802 2,865 7.66 7.60 2,793 7.59 Texas 2,397 2,337 2,456 2,400 5.86 5.91 2,673 5.79 Total 20,807 20,769 20,879 21,081 6.02 6.09 20,343 5.96 Mon-Friday 105,345 (A) 104,173 (A) Saturday 1,601 (included in total for date shown) 826 (A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above. Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 17-May-13 and 18-May-13 is estimated to be 31,176,000 head up 1.97 percent from a week ago and down 2.49 percent from a year ago. (Last week 30,573,000, last year 31,971,000) Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the week ending 18-May-13 is estimated to be 157,845,000 head up 0.68 percent from a week ago, and down 0.09 percent from a year ago. (Last week 156,778,000, last year 157,987,000) Actual data incorporated when available. SOURCE: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Des Moines, IA 515.284.4471 email: PYMNDSM@ams.usda.gov http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_PY019.txt Prepared: 17-May-13 10:54 AM C JG