NW_PY019
Des Moines, IA          Tue. Jun 18, 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)
                  06/18            06/14             06/14           06/11           06/07
Alabama           3,742            3,556              5.63            3,749           5.34
Arkansas          4,995            3,736              5.25            4,747           5.23
Delmarva          2,093            2,406              6.23            2,101           6.12
Ky-LA-TN          2,475            2,420              4.90            2,578           5.01
Mississippi       2,812            2,797              5.88            2,830           6.21
North Carolina    2,817            2,958              7.50            2,822           7.60
Texas             2,441            2,599              5.72            2,389           5.77
Total            21,375           20,472              5.86           21,216           5.86
Mon              42,506 (A)                                          41,517(A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 18-Jun-13
is estimated to be 32,027,000 up 0.45 percent from a week ago
and up 4.6 percent from a year ago.
(last week 31,885,000 last year 30,607,000)

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: 18-Jun-13 10:20 AM C JG