Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On January 18, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending January 19 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 157,765,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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 – %
December
1 201,061 104 97 159,419 99 97 188,027 100 155,979 101 153,396 104
8 190,428 98 93 163,298 100 97 185,350 102 154,264 102 153,222 101
15 195,792 101 95 163,196 101 97 187,879 101 156,731 102 152,381 102
22 197,050 101 96 167,066 103 98 181,818 100 152,067 102 155,551 114 *
29 195,571 101 95 159,188 98 95 178,135 97 147,771 97 115,385 91 *
January
5 196,697 102 97 163,434 101 97 187,104 101 155,895 102 130,573 103
12 196,627 102 97 164,547 101 97 180,603 97 151,738 97 158,856 103
19 — — — — — — 190,391 98 159,419 99 157,765 107  **

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

* In December 2011, Christmas was observed on Sunday, December 25.  A number of processing plants did not operate or operated on a reduced work schedule on the Friday prior to Christmas.

** In 2012, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday was observed during the week of January 15.  In 2013, it is being observed during the week of January 20.  Processing plants operating schedules are affected by the observation of the federal holiday.
 



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