U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 3 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 161,286,000 broilers, a 6-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 6-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 6-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending August 27 was 659,448,000 pounds, down 3 percent from the same week a year prior. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 23,087,983,000 pounds, up 2 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending August 27 was 74.5 percent.

Week ending Data from 19 states U.S. broilers produced
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Birds slaughtered Pounds produced, r-t-c
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1
year
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year
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July
16 196,969 94 96 165,242 95 98 208,427 100 173,565 101 159,646 98 687,452 102
23 195,571 94 97 163,354 96 98 206,932 98 172,085 99 160,496 96 676,763 99
30 195,005 94 97 163,477 96 97 207,102 98 170,685 97 159,047 95 677,763 101
August
6 195,824 94 98 164,482 95 97 206,506 98 169,574 97 158,677 96 664,365 98
13 194,706 94 97 162,960 95 97 205,765 97 169,305 96 156,032 94 654,453 96
20 193,242 93 96 161,667 94 97 205,208 97 169,503 97 158,750 97 670,584 100
27 192,439 93 96 163,618 96 98 200,369 95 166,328 96 157,223 95 659,448 97
September
3 199,072 94 165,242 95 161,286 94

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.