Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On February 7, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending February 9 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be ___,___,000 broilers, a __-percent ___ from the same week a year earlier.

The __-percent ___ in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and 3-percent increase 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
22 197,196 101 96 167,066 103 98 181,818 100 152,067 102 155,551 114 *
29 195,303 101 95 159,188 98 95 178,135 97 147,771 97 115,385 91 *
January
5 196,303 102 96 163,386 101 97 187,104 101 155,895 102 130,573 103
12 195,735 101 96 163,701 101 97 180,603 97 151,738 97 158,856 103
19 196,082 101 95 162,073 101 96 190,391 98 159,419 99 151,093 103 **
25 197,685 102 96 163,083 101 97 196,628 101 163,298 100 149,771 98
February
2 198,084 103 97 162,256 101 97 196,887 101 163,196 101 ___,___ ___
9 — — — — — — 201,061 104 167,066 103 ___,___ ___

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 was observed during the week of January 20.  Processing plants operating schedules are affected by the observation of the federal holiday.
 



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