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Poultry production jumps 7%

 

USDA reports poultry production for September 2014 was 3.854 billion pounds, a 7% increase from the September 2013 total. Most of that was chicken, 3.349 billion pounds, with turkey at 493.480 million.

The preliminary live weight of all poultry was 5.087 billion pounds, also 7% more than a year ago.

Young chickens slaughtered averaged 5.99 pounds per bird, while mature chickens averaged 5.83 pounds and turkeys averaged 30.6 pounds.

Ante-mortem condemnations were 11.129 million pounds, 0.22% of the preliminary live weight, and post-mortem condemnations were 37.360 million pounds, 0.96% of monthly production.

For the year to date, U.S. poultry production is 33.463 billion pounds, 1% ahead of this time last year.