U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending August 11 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,961,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 195,500 | 99 | 93 | 167,758 | 100 | 95 | 199,648 | 96 | 166,241 | 96 | 154,051 |
93
|
| 30 | 195,717 | 99 | 93 | 165,771 | 98 | 94 | 200,195 | 96 | 167,072 | 96 | 158,358 |
93
|
| July | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 193,839 | 99 | 93 | 163,649 | 99 | 93 | 198,162 | 96 | 165,552 | 96 | 142,699 |
98
|
| 14 | 196,196 | 100 | 95 | 163,190 | 99 | 94 | 199,964 | 96 | 167,124 | 97 | 156,031 |
98
|
| 21 | 194,883 | 100 | 93 | 163,880 | 101 | 94 | 199,790 | 97 | 166,584 | 97 | 158,653 |
99
|
| 28 | 196,342 | 101 | 94 | 161,260 | 99 | 95 | 200,720 | 97 | 167,324 | 99 | 158,180 |
99
|
| August |
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| 4 | 195,344 | 100 | 94 | 163,620 | 100 | 96 | 201,023 | 98 | 167,445 | 99 | 154,911 |
98
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| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 201,501 | 98 | 167,758 | 100 | 155,961 |
100
|
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
