The USDA says poultry production for December 2020 was 4.234 billion pounds, up 2% from December 2019.
Chicken production totaled 3.754 billion pounds, also up 2% on the year, with turkey at 470.304 million pounds, 5% higher.
Slaughter levels rose for both chickens and turkeys, while average live weights were mostly steady when compared to last year. The chicken slaughter was
755.730 million head and the turkey slaughter was 17.669 million head, rises of 1% and 5%, respectively, while all chickens averaged 6.42 pounds, up 0.02, and all turkeys averaged 33.35 pounds, .12 heavier.
