U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending January 4 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 129,211,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-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 – | % | ||
| November | |||||||||||||
| 23 | 200,285 |
102 |
103 | 156,064 | 103 | 103 | 193,058 | 105 | 158,942 | 103 | 153,024 | 124 | * |
| 30 | 201,618 |
100 | 103 | 157,757 | 99 |
103 | 191,190 | 102 | 156,876 | 101 | 122,995 | 80 | |
| December | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 199,961 | 105 | 103 | 165,262 | 101 | 105 | 195,618 | 106 | 161,234 | 104 | 149,409 | 98 | |
| 14 | 201,430 | 103 | 104 | 164,041 | 101 | 102 | 185,238 | 99 | 152,902 | 98 | 158,690 | 104 | |
| 21 | 200,819 | 102 | 103 | 165,978 | 99 | 102 | 190,356 | 105 | 156,182 | 103 | 156,151 | 100 | |
| 28 | 200,192 | 103 | 103 | 164,317 | 103 | 101 | 186,987 | 105 | 153,823 | 104 | 120,580 | 105 | |
| January | |||||||||||||
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 194,011 | 104 | 159,971 | 103 | 129,211 | 99 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier. In 2012, Thanksgiving was observed on November 22.
