Total chicken stocks up two percent from last month, still down seven percent from last year, USDA reports

On November 1, 2024, in Cold Storage, by Josh Ricken

USDA’s October 2024 Cold Storage report showed total frozen poultry supplies down one percent from the previous month and four percent from 2023. Total chicken stocks were up two percent from last month but down seven percent from the prior year.

A chart detailing the changes can be found below:

Commodity:
Frozen Chicken		 Stocks in All Warehouses September 30, 2024
as a percent of
30-Sep-23 31-Aug-24 30-Sep-24 30-Sep-23 31-Aug-24
Broilers, fryers, and roasters 15,763 13,585 13,570 86 100
Hens, mature chickens 8,585 4,541 4,940 58 109
Breast and breast meat 230,432 205,428 221,657 96 108
Drumsticks 27,169 27,450 27,722 102 101
Leg quarters 62,690 62,552 56,702 90 91
Legs 15,935 13,662 12,972 81 95
Thigh and thigh quarters 10,181 8,506 8,803 86 103
Thigh meat 16,027 13,155 13,236 83 101
Wings 65,332 51,651 51,690 79 100
Paws and feet 27,477 31,390 33,380 121 106
Other 351,602 326,631 329,008 94 101
Total Chicken 831,193 758,551 773,680 93 102
 



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