Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On October 14, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending October 15 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 150,071,000 broilers, a 10-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 10-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 6-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Week ending Data from 19 states U.S. broilers produced
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Birds slaughtered
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1
year
– 000 – % % – 000 – % % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
August
27 193,461 94 96 163,695 96 98 200,369 95 166,328 96 157,223 95
September
3 189,765 93 97 161,962 95 97 199,072 94 165,242 95 161,414 94
10 185,664 91 96 160,954 94 97 197,842 95 163,354 96 141,495 95
17 180,210 91 96 162,004 95 97 195,484 95 163,477 96 159,518 95
24 188,162 91 97 158,343 94 98 196,969 94 164,885 95 160,196 96
October
1 182,820 93 100 154,722 91 96 195,571 94 163,239 95 156,437 93
8 185,935 93 98 149,699 92 96 194,922 93 161,967 94 153,823 93
15 — — — — — — 195,866 94 163,695 96 150,071 90

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

 



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