NW_PY021
Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jul 24, 2014          USDA Market News

TURKEY: Weekly Turkeys Slaughtered in Federally Inspected Plants (Thur)
Week ending     19-Jul-2014
(Preliminary) (Released 12:00 Central Time)

               ---------Young turkeys----------      Old        Total turkeys
               Thousand         Pct chg      Avg     Breeders            Avg
               Head             Prev wk    Live wt   --Thousand head--   Live wt
North East              598            16       26.56    (A)          598    26.56
South Atlantic          521           -26       37.32    (A)          521    37.32
North Central         2,246            -9       28.39    (A)        2,257    28.39
South Central           786             9       19.46    (A)          790    19.46
West                     75           -73       26.16    (A)           75    26.16
U.S. total            4,226(B)        -10       29.15    15         4,241    29.15
To-date
2014*               118,374(B)                               238  118,612
To-date
2013*               123,802(B)                               260  124,062

(A) Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
(B) Number of young banded breeder turks included: this week 25,000;
for the current year to date* 594,000; for last year to date* 664,000.

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

SOURCE: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News
        Des Moines, IA     515.284.4471  email: DESM.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_PY021.txt

Prepared: 24-Jul-14 10:50 AM C MP