NW_PY019
Washington, DC          Wed. Jan 07, 2009          USDA Market News

BROILER/FRYER: Daily Estimated Slaughter of Broiler/Fryers

                  Estimated          Actual           Avg Wts    Actual  Avg Wts
                  (1,000)       (1,000)                         (1,000)
                  01/07   01/06   01/05   01/02   01/05   01/02   12/31   12/29
Alabama           3,626   4,063   3,756   4,375    5.33    5.29   3,898    5.40
Arkansas          5,047   5,009   4,948   4,077    5.74    5.33   4,219    5.71
Delmarva          2,136   2,181   2,162   3,694    6.06    5.95   1,778    6.04
KY-LA-TN          2,249   2,227   2,297   2,293    5.27    5.42   1,928    5.20
Mississippi       2,848   2,825   2,985   2,898    5.92    6.02   2,648    5.91
North Carolina    2,846   2,814   2,737   3,371    7.04    6.76   2,598    6.92
Texas             2,607   2,583   2,592   2,593    5.39    6.01   2,572    5.36
Total            21,359  21,702  21,477  23,301    5.80    5.80  19,641    5.76
Mon-Wed          64,245 (A)                                      62,665 (A)

(A) Weekly cumulative for states listed above.
Broiler-fryer slaughter under federal inspection for 07-Jan-09
is estimated to be 31,955,000 head up 8.42 percent from a week
ago and   down -3.19 percent from a year ago.
(Last week 29,473,000, last year 33,009,000)

SOURCE: USDA AMS Poultry Programs, Market News & Analysis Branch
        Washington, DC          202.720.6911
        http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_PY019.txt

Prepared: 07-Jan-09 12:15 PM E PR