U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 3 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 146,616,000 broilers, a 5-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| September | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 184,443 | 103 | 90 | 160,553 | 100 | 94 | 193,765 | 99 | 161,182 | 99 | 154,885 | 97 |
| 22 | 188,027 | 100 | 95 | 159,276 | 101 | 94 | 196,111 | 100 | 163,663 | 100 | 154,230 | 96 |
| 29 | 185,397 | 102 | 90 | 154,686 | 100 | 92 | 195,069 | 100 | 162,437 | 100 | 155,614 | 99 |
| October | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 187,845 | 101 | 95 | 154,011 | 104 | 91 | 196,294 | 101 | 162,378 | 101 | 154,442 | 100 |
| 13 | 183,193 | 101 | 91 | 155,970 | 101 | 96 | 195,058 | 100 | 162,464 | 100 | 154,088 | 103 |
| 20 | 177,157 | 97 | 90 | 154,284 | 102 | 91 | 192,962 | 99 | 160,037 | 99 | 153,519 | 99 |
| 27 | 186,371 | 101 | 93 | 156,892 | 102 | 97 | 191,718 | 99 | 159,594 | 100 | 155,464 | 102 |
| November | ||||||||||||
| 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 192,248 | 100 | 160,553 | 100 | 146,616 | 95 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
