US - Inventories of meat in cold storage at mid-year were lower than a year ago, except for turkey, according to USDA-NASS (National Agriculture Statistics Service), reports Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc.Although frozen meat quantities were down from twelve months earlier, they were higher than expected in most cases.Chicken inventories, which constitutes the largest amount of meat in freezers, increased by 23 million pounds during June, the biggest June increase in ten years. Half of the increase was accounted for by leg quarters and the other half came in the "other" category.

　　据DLR Division股份有限公司施泰纳咨询小组报告，根据美国农业部-国家农业统计署(USDA-NASS)发布的数据显示，除了火鸡肉，美国2017年年中寒藏肉类储量低于去年同期水平。尽管寒冻肉的储量比十二个月前水平要低，但是绝大多数肉类数量要比预期更高。鸡肉库存是寒藏肉类储量的最大主要组成，六月间增长了2300万磅，这是十年来六月的最大增长量。鸡肉的一半储量增长是由于鸡腿库存增长，还有一半增长受益于其他部分数量的增长。