U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending May 18 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 157,845,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with no change 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 | ||||||||||||
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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 – | % | ||
April | |||||||||||||
6 | 199,712 | 100 | 95 | 165,047 | 100 | 95 | 197,531 | 102 | 163,343 | 101 | 153,236 | 104 | |
13 | 200,300 | 100 | 97 | 163,641 | 100 | 95 | 197,420 | 102 | 163,186 | 102 | 154,212 | 101 | |
20 | 199,288 | 100 | 96 | 164,589 | 99 | 96 | 197,087 | 101 | 162,563 | 100 | 153,623 | 99 | |
27 | 198,466 | 100 | 95 | 165,085 | 99 | 95 | 198,947 | 102 | 164,743 | 101 | 156,038 | 102 | |
May | |||||||||||||
4 | 200,537 | 100 | 96 | 165,695 | 100 | 96 | 199,646 | 102 | 164,712 | 101 | 155,623 | 103 | |
11 | 201,908 | 101 | 97 | 164,775 | 99 | 95 | 199,971 | 101 | 164,557 | 100 | 156,778 | 101 | |
18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 199,188 | 100 | 164,296 | 99 | 157,845 | 100 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.