U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending March 16 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 151,700,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and 1-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 – | % | ||
| February | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 197,420 | 102 | 97 | 162,830 | 101 | 97 | 196,887 | 101 | 163,196 | 101 | 155,761 | 103 | |
| 9 | 197,053 | 101 | 97 | 162,195 | 100 | 96 | 201,061 | 104 | 167,066 | 103 | 155,020 | 103 | |
| 16 | 199,050 | 102 | 97 | 163,414 | 101 | 97 | 190,428 | 98 | 159,188 | 98 | 151,584 | 101 | |
| 23 | 199,629 | 102 | 98 | 163,239 | 102 | 97 | 195,792 | 101 | 163,388 | 101 | 151,588 | 101 | |
| March | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 200,413 | 101 | 97 | 162,618 | 100 | 97 | 197,196 | 101 | 163,767 | 101 | 154,389 | 102 | |
| 9 | 199,479 | 100 | 97 | 165,121 | 101 | 98 | 195,303 | 101 | 162,104 | 101 | 153,392 | 102 | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196,205 | 102 | 162,809 | 101 | 151,700 | 99 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
