U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 9 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,791,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 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 – | % | ||
| September | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 195,618 | 106 | 109 | 160,651 | 104 | 100 | 200,313 | 103 | 165,350 | 102 | 157,038 | 101 | |
| October | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 185,906 | 99 | 99 | 158,882 | 103 | 101 | 201,122 | 103 | 165,882 | 102 | 157,842 | 102 | |
| 12 | 190,340 | 105 | 105 | 156,905 | 101 | 102 | 199,085 | 102 | 164,382 | 101 | 157,959 | 102 | |
| 19 | 188,011 | 106 | 101 | 161,021 | 104 | 108 | 202,022 | 105 | 166,189 | 104 | 158,020 | 103 | |
| 26 | 193,180 | 103 | 106 | 152,371 | 97 | 98 | 200,520 | 105 | 165,125 | 103 | 158,820 | 103 | |
| November | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 191,249 | 106 | 104 | 156,327 | 103 | 103 | 201,626 | 105 | 165,751 | 103 | 158,028 | 107 | |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 200,308 | 105 | 164,772 | 103 | 155,791 | 101 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
