Total chicken stocks down nine percent from last month, seven percent from last year, USDA reports

On January 10, 2025, in Cold Storage, by Josh Ricken

USDA’s December 2024 Cold Storage report showed that the total chicken stocks were down nine percent from last month and seven percent from last year. Total chicken stocks were up one percent from the prior month but down eight percent from 2023.

A chart detailing the changes in frozen chicken stocks can be found below:

Frozen Chicken Stocks in All Warehouses November 30, 2024 as a percent of
30-Nov-23 31-Oct-24 30-Nov-24 30-Nov-23 31-Oct-24
Broilers, fryers, and roaster 12,172 12,869 10,801 89 84
Hens, mature chickens 6,258 4,574 4,295 69 94
Breasts and breast meat 239,388 227,953 234,650 98 103
Drumsticks 30,736 31,378 30,975 101 99
Leg quarters 70,862 64,330 66,243 93 103
Legs 20,611 11,907 12,751 62 107
Tigh and thigh quarters 10,469 7,724 8,733 83 113
Thigh meat 18,483 15,672 16,484 89 105
Wings 68,669 54,824 59,113 86 108
Paws and feet 27,158 34,879 31,951 118 92
Other 375,714 338,448 334,404 89 99
TOTAL  880,520 804,558 810,400 92 101

The complete December 2024 report can be found here.

 



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