NW_PY017
Washington, DC          Thu. Nov 19, 2009          USDA Market News

MISC. POULTRY: Weekly Poultry Slaughtered Under Federal Inspection (Thur)
(Preliminary) (Released 1:00 PM Eastern Time) Week ending 14-Nov-2009


                      Young          Light            Heavy      Total
                    Chickens         Hens             Hens        Hens       Ducks
                  ---------------------Thousands-----------------------------
Head                    158,130         1,277            1,523       2,800         441
Avg Wt                     5.56          3.21             8.29        5.97        6.81
Head sltr comparisons
Last week               160,025         1,102            1,502       2,604         411
Same wk yr ago          159,887         1,401            1,650       3,051         472
Avg Wt                     5.51          3.25             7.75        5.68        6.67
To-date/2009*         7,115,457        57,551           68,266     125,817      18,486
To-date/2008*         7,406,437        61,879           74,068     135,947      19,789

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week            655,006         2,132            8,396      10,528       2,132
Last week               672,393         1,851            7,701       9,552       2,011
Same wk yr ago          656,328         2,345            8,504      10,849       2,267

To-date/2009*        29,274,773        95,912          355,636     451,548      88,307
To-date/2008*        30,482,514       102,870          387,618     490,488      94,161
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Dressing %                74.5%         52.0%            66.5%                   71.0%

                  Live turkeys slaughtered week ending         14-Nov-2009

                      Young          Young            Young       Old        Total
                      Hens           Toms           Breeders    Breeders    Turkeys
Head                      2,316         3,092               43           0       5,451
Avg Wt                    17.08         35.98            25.11        0.00       27.87
Head sltr comparisons
Last week                 2,534         3,080               22           3       5,639
Same wk yr ago            2,735         2,894                9           0       5,638
Avg Wt                    17.48         37.94            27.86        0.00       28.00
To-date/2009*            87,159       119,237            1,097         297     207,790
To-date/2008*            92,421       125,069            1,336         427     219,253

Ready-to-Cook Weight and Dressing Percentage
Current week             31,644        89,011              826           0     121,481
Last week                35,775        87,717              431          62     123,985
Same wk yr ago           38,246        87,839              191           0     126,276

To-date/2009*         1,154,101     3,505,419           22,142       6,922   4,688,584
To-date/2008*         1,191,121     3,743,513           25,394       9,657   4,969,685
                  ---------------------------------------------------------
Dressing %                80.0%         80.0%            76.5%       76.5%

(A) The estimated number of fryers available for marketing based on the
2-week revised average chick placements 6 to 7 weeks earlier was 151.2
million head.  Estimated U.S. slaughter for this period was 160.1 million
head, or 8.9 million more than estimated available.

(B) Dressing % adjustments reflect quarterly update.

*Note: Year to-date totals reflect comparable time periods.

SOURCE: USDA AMS Poultry Programs, Market News & Analysis Branch
        Washington, DC     202.720.6911  email: PYMN@ams.usda.gov
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_PY017.txt

Prepared: 19-Nov-09 11:17 AM E JK