U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending July 14 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,031,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Week ending Data from 19 states
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous U.S. broilers slaughtered
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1 year
– 000 – % % – 000 – % % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
May
26 201,023 98 95 167,124 97 98 197,551 95 165,217 96 158,757
96
June
2 201,501 98 95 166,584 97 97 196,488 94 164,792 95 142,351
97
9 199,853 98 94 167,314 99 96 198,100 95 166,208 97 156,500
98
16 196,403 98 93 167,435 99 96 199,324 96 166,672 97 154,094
96
23 196,049 99 93 167,745 100 95 199,648 96 166,241 96 154,051
93
30 196,293 100 93 165,732 98 94 200,195 96 167,072 96 158,358
93
July
7 194,110 100 94 163,175 98 93 198,162 96 165,552 96 142,699
98
14 199,964 96 167,124 97 156,031
98

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