U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 26 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 157,235,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.

 

U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report
Week ending Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Broilers slaughtered
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1
year
– 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
June
14 211,474 100 174,875 100 211,779 102 172,870 101 156,540 100
21 212,788 101 175,656 100 212,680 101 173,072 100 156,563 101
28 211,640 101 174,561 100 213,423 103 173,842 101 163,077 101
July
5 211,396 100 172,996 99 211,721 102 172,187 100 138,336* 100*
12 214,320 101 173,741 100 212,110 101 172,907 100 155,821 99
19 214,570 103 173,376 100 211,064 100 171,571 99 157,221 101
26 212,992 100 173,560 99 157,235  100

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.

* July 4th holiday weekend.

Special Note

Revisions were also made to the December 29, 2013 to March 1, 2014 time period to provide consistency between historic revisions in the Hatchery Production 2013 Summary, published April 15, 2014. Please visit the NASS website at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ and utilize the Quick Stats Tools for complete data.