USDA this week released its April Cold Storage report showing a one percent decrease in frozen chicken stocks from the previous month but a nine percent increase from this time last year.
Total frozen poultry supplies on March 31, 2023 were up one percent from the previous month and up nine percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were down one percent from the previous month but up nine percent from last year.
| Commodity Frozen Chicken |
Stocks in All Warehouses
(1,000 pounds) |
March 31, 2023 as a percent of | |||
| 3/31/2022 | 2/28/2023 | 3/31/2023 | 3/31/2022 | 2/28/23 | |
| Broilers, fryers, and roasters | 13,181 | 13,075 | 12,641 | 96 | 97 |
| Hens, mature chickens | 4,585 | 5,980 | 6,206 | 135 | 104 |
| Breasts and breast meat | 167,247 | 245,081 | 233,166 | 139 | 95 |
| Drumsticks | 41,926 | 27,746 | 27,259 | 65 | 98 |
| Leg quarters | 100,653 | 65,441 | 76,005 | 76 | 116 |
| Legs | 14,332 | 20,123 | 18,614 | 130 | 93 |
| Thigh and thigh quarters | 15,021 | 9,056 | 10,254 | 68 | 113 |
| Thigh Meat | 11,958 | 17,457 | 16,236 | 136 | 93 |
| Wings | 65,883 | 61,004 | 64,461 | 98 | 106 |
| Paws and feet | 34,127 | 32,002 | 31,730 | 93 | 99 |
| Other | 317,330 | 366,372 | 357,560 | 113 | 98 |
| Total Chicken | 786,243 | 863,337 | 854,132 | 109 | 99 |
The full report can be found here.
