NW_PY019
Washington, DC          Fri. Mar 19, 2010          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

                  Estimated         ACTUAL            Avg Wts    Actual  Avg Wts
                  (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                  03/19   03/18   03/17   03/16   03/17   03/16   03/12   03/10
Alabama           3,882   4,019   3,862   3,940    5.51    5.47   4,288    5.44
Arkansas          4,765   5,233   4,651   4,944    5.45    5.67   4,104    5.50
Delmarva          2,087   2,250   2,201   2,207    5.89    5.92   2,042    6.05
KY-LA-TN          2,227   2,310   2,171   2,299    5.08    5.07   2,432    5.04
Mississippi       2,810   2,943   2,817   2,971    5.98    5.80   3,137    6.05
North Carolina    2,794   2,774   2,606   2,694    6.97    7.05   2,789    7.05
Texas             2,625   2,602   2,680   2,682    5.54    5.54   2,470    5.66
Total            21,190  22,131  20,988  21,737    5.74    5.77  21,262    5.77
Mon-Fri         107,502 (A)                                     107,044 (A)
Saturday            367 (included in total for date shown)          421

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 19-Mar-10 and 20-Mar-10
is estimated to be 31,703,000 head down 0.64 percent from a week
ago and up 12.83 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 31,906,000, last year 28,097,000)

Weekly broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for the weekending
20-Mar-10 is estimated to be 160,454,000 head up 0.87
percent from a week ago, and up 4.09 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 159,069,000, last year 154,153,000) Actual data incorporated when available.

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_PY019.txt

Prepared: 19-Mar-10 11:51 AM E PR