Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On August 18, 2017, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Debra Newman

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 19 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,876,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-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
15 225,901 104 182,477 102 223,491 103 182,596 102 164,523 101
22 226,844 105 182,305 103 223,487 103 181,540 101 164,568 100
29 226,238 105 183,748 102 225,059 102 183,096 101 165,294 100
August
5 227,184 105 183,335 102 225,482 103 183,476 101 163,702 101
12 223,956 103 184,182 103 224,566 102 183,090 102 163,538 101
19 — — — —  227,278 103  184,541  102 166,876 102

All percentage changes are compared with earlier.

 



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