Total frozen chicken stocks down 10 percent from prior year, says USDA

On June 28, 2024, in Cold Storage, by Josh Ricken

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) monthly Cold Storage report, released on June 25, indicated that total chicken stocks were up one percent from the previous month but down 10 percent from May 2023.

A detailed chart of the changes can be found below:

Commodity:
Frozen Chicken		 Stocks In All Warehouses May 31, 2024
as a percent of
31-May-23 30-Apr-24 31-May-24 31-May-23 30-Apr-24
Broilers, fryers, and roasters 14,805 11,074 12,596 85 114
Hens, mature chickens 6,964 4,276 3,779 54 88
Breasts and breast meat 226,656 208,430 209,477 92 101
Drumsticks 30,296 30,060 30,784 102 102
Leg quarters 61,451 57,648 52,543 86 91
Legs 16,620 12,023 13,758 83 114
Thigh and thigh quarters 8,959 7,932 8,739 98 110
Thigh meat 16,053 13,036 13,852 86 106
Wings 70,829 50,603 52,383 74 104
Paws and feet 27,963 24,934 25,273 90 101
Other 353,881 320,131 324,230 92 101
Total Chicken 834,477  740,147  747,414 90 101

The full report can be found here.

 



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