Total chicken in cold storage is down four percent from last year, USDA reports

On August 25, 2023, in Cold Storage, by Josh Ricken

USDA released its August Cold Storage report showing poultry stocks down one percent from the previous month, but up four percent for the year.

Further information can be found in the chart below:

Commodity: Frozen Chicken	Stocks in all Warehouses (1,000 pounds)			July 31, 2023 as a percent of
Commodity: Frozen Chicken	31-Jul-2023	30-Jun-2023	31-Jul-2023	31-Jul-2022	30-Jun-2023
Broilers, fryers, and roasters	13,035	13,942	15,826	121	114
Hens, mature chickens	5,434	7,854	8,287	153	106
Breasts and breast meat	184,693	235,823	226,205	122	96
Drumsticks	25,098	26,985	27,444	109	102
Leg quarters	82,339	65,832	69,635	85	106
Legs	16,591	19,445	18,120	109	93
Thigh and thigh quarters	9,644	9,332	7,894	82	85
Thigh Meat	15,394	15,943	16,428	107	103
Wings	75,882	68,722	63,021	83	92
Paws and feet	33,966	26,383	27,047	80	103
Other	352,356	369,595	367,728	104	99
Total Chicken	814,432	859,856	847,635	104	99

The full report can be found here.

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