U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 12 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,926,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 1 | 223,688 | 104 | 184,541 | 102 | 223,323 | 103 | 182,065 | 102 | 168,475 | 103 |
| 8 | 226,045 | 103 | 182,303 | 102 | 221,664 | 102 | 180,485 | 101 | 141,867 | 98 |
| 15 | 225,896 | 104 | 182,454 | 102 | 223,491 | 103 | 182,596 | 102 | 164,523 | 101 |
| 22 | 226,906 | 105 | 182,318 | 103 | 223,487 | 103 | 181,540 | 101 | 164,568 | 100 |
| 29 | 226,327 | 105 | 183,740 | 102 | 225,059 | 102 | 183,096 | 101 | 165,294 | 100 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 5 | 227,419 | 105 | 183,494 | 102 | 225,482 | 103 | 183,476 | 101 | 163,702 | 101 |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 224,566 | 102 | 183,090 | 102 | 165,926 |
102 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
