Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 1/23/14 


Total frozen poultry supplies on Dec. 31, 2013 were down 3 percent from the previous month and down 6 percent from a year ago, according to USDA’s Cold Storage report released Wednesday. 

Total stocks of chicken were down 7 percent from the previous month and down slightly from last year.
Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 8 percent from last month but down 20 percent from Dec. 31, 2012.

Total red meat supplies in freezers, meanwhile, were up slightly from the previous month but down 2 percent from last year.

Total pounds of beef in freezers were down 3 percent from the previous month and down 6 percent from last year.
Frozen pork supplies were up 2 percent from the previous month and up 1 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were up 67 percent from last month and up 124 percent from last year.

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