# Heavy birds reshape industry’s cost and price dynamics | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Broiler weights have been rising steadily, and the share of liveweight output from birds weighing 4.26 to 6.25 pounds fell to 26 percent in 2018 from more than 40 percent in 2011, per USDA-AMS data. Heavier birds are cheaper to produce per pound and suit the demand for cut-up and deboned products. The article asks whether the trend will continue.

- Date: 2019-02-28 · published 2019-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60742-heavy-birds-reshape-industry-s-cost-and-price-dynamics-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Heavier birds lower per-pound production costs and change how the industry uses feed and flock capacity, which shapes long-run chicken supply and pricing.

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/broilers-turkeys/processing-slaughter/article/15527699/heavy-birds-reshape-industrys-cost-and-price-dynamics-wattagnet

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