NW_PY021
Des Moines, IA          Thu. Jun 13, 2013          USDA Market News

TURKEY: Weekly Turkeys Slaughtered in Federally Inspected Plants (Thur)
Week ending      8-Jun-2013
(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              599            22       25.60    (A)          599    25.60
South Atlantic          595            30       40.92    (A)          595    40.92
North Central         2,235            27       32.97    (A)        2,236    32.97
South Central           701             2       18.41    (A)          701    18.41
West                    287            30       28.27    (A)          287    28.27
U.S. total            4,417(B)         22       31.25     1         4,418    31.25
To-date
2013*                97,410(B)                               249   97,659
To-date
2012*                99,647(B)                               169   99,816

(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* 552,000; for last year to date* 477,000.

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

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

Prepared: 13-Jun-13 09:00 AM C JK