NW_PY019
Des Moines, IA          Thu. May 23, 2013          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

               Estimate          Actual           Avg. Wt.          Actual         Avg. Wt.
               (1,000)           (1,000)                           (1,000)
                  05/23            05/21             05/21           05/16           05/14
Alabama           3,712            3,545              5.78            3,718           6.06
Arkansas          4,545            4,544              5.71            3,841           5.63
Delmarva          2,062            1,947              6.26            1,983           6.22
Ky-LA-TN          2,471            2,435              5.15            2,449           5.23
Mississippi       2,656            2,842              6.11            2,615           6.21
North Carolina    2,894            2,871              7.62            2,823           7.60
Texas             2,412            2,410              5.75            2,201           5.91
Total            20,752           20,594              6.03           19,630           6.09
Mon-Thur         84,313 (A)                                          82,891(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 23-May-13
is estimated to be 31,094,000 up 5.40 percent from a week ago
and down 0.5 percent from a year ago.
(last week 29,501,000 last year 31,259,000)

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: 23-May-13 10:50 AM C JG