U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending March 23 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,623,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase 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 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 197,087 | 101 | 97 | 162,179 | 100 | 96 | 201,061 | 104 | 167,066 | 103 | 155,020 | 103 | |
| 16 | 198,947 | 102 | 97 | 163,343 | 101 | 97 | 190,428 | 98 | 159,188 | 98 | 151,584 | 101 | |
| 23 | 199,698 | 102 | 98 | 163,186 | 102 | 97 | 195,792 | 101 | 163,388 | 101 | 151,588 | 101 | |
| March | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 200,357 | 101 | 97 | 162,563 | 100 | 97 | 197,196 | 101 | 163,767 | 101 | 154,389 | 102 | |
| 9 | 199,352 | 100 | 96 | 164,831 | 101 | 98 | 195,303 | 101 | 162,104 | 101 | 153,392 | 102 | |
| 16 | 200,195 | 101 | 96 | 164,867 | 101 | 98 | 196,205 | 102 | 162,809 | 101 | 151,262 | 99 | |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196,004 | 102 | 162,830 | 101 | 154,623 | 103 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
