U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending October 20 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,519,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – | % | |
| September | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 190,242 | 101 | 92 | 160,037 | 99 | 94 | 195,500 | 99 | 163,204 | 99 | 156,776 | 97 |
| 8 | 185,586 | 100 | 91 | 159,594 | 100 | 94 | 195,717 | 99 | 163,893 | 101 | 139,196 | 98 |
| 15 | 184,443 | 103 | 90 | 160,553 | 100 | 94 | 193,765 | 99 | 161,182 | 99 | 154,885 | 97 |
| 22 | 187,841 | 100 | 95 | 159,259 | 101 | 94 | 196,111 | 100 | 163,663 | 100 | 154,230 | 96 |
| 29 | 185,903 | 102 | 90 | 154,672 | 100 | 92 | 195,069 | 100 | 162,437 | 100 | 155,614 | 99 |
| October | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 188,050 | 101 | 96 | 153,850 | 103 | 91 | 196,294 | 101 | 162,378 | 101 | 154,442 | 100 |
| 13 | 182,361 | 100 | 91 | 155,887 | 101 | 96 | 195,058 | 100 | 162,464 | 100 | 154,088 | 103 |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 192,962 | 99 | 160,037 | 99 | 153,519 | 99 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
