NW_PY021
Des Moines, IA          Thu. Mar 06, 2014          USDA Market News

TURKEY: Weekly Turkeys Slaughtered in Federally Inspected Plants (Thur)
Week ending      1-Mar-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              625            -2       25.57    (A)          625    25.57
South Atlantic          647            11       39.33    (A)          647    39.33
North Central         1,960             0       32.82    (A)        1,964    32.82
South Central           726             3       18.66    (A)          727    18.66
West                    220            13       26.76    (A)          220    26.76
U.S. total            4,178(B)          2       31.14     5         4,183    31.14
To-date
2014*                34,462(B)                                36   34,498
To-date
2013*                37,729(B)                               168   37,897

(A) Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations.
(B) Number of young banded breeder turks included: this week 18,000;
for the current year to date* 193,000; for last year to date* 217,000.

*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: 06-Mar-14 08:17 AM C JG