U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 17 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,009,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| September | ||||||||||
| 5 | 208,592 | 99 | 175,268 | 100 | 217,563 | 102 | 178,435 | 103 | 167,766 | 116* |
| 12 | 207,386 | 99 | 174,676 | 100 | 214,770 | 101 | 176,875 | 102 | 144,467 | 91* |
| 19 | 198,300 | 96 | 174,911 | 101 | 215,880 | 100 | 177,668 | 101 | 163,317 | 104 |
| 26 | 209,154 | 100 | 171,429 | 100 | 215,560 | 100 | 176,808 | 101 | 162,770 | 103 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 3 | 202,719 | 100 | 171,055 | 101 | 215,475 | 101 | 176,373 | 101 | 163,666 | 104 |
| 10 | 204,172 | 98 | 162,107 | 96 | 215,050 | 101 | 176,549 | 101 | 158,791 | 99 |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 214,343 | 100 | 175,990 | 101 | 164,009 | 105 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
*Labor Day Holiday in 2014 was a week earlier than in 2015
