U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 23 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,161,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-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 – %
August
12 224,716 103 184,414 103 224,566 102 183,090 102 163,538 101
19 226,266 105 184,099 104 227,278 103 184,541 102 164,530 100
26 225,531 104 184,702 104 224,203 103 182,303 102 163,672 100
September
2 221,216 104 182,426 102 224,523 103 182,477 102 167,250 100
9 218,512 105 182,386 103 223,688 104 182,302 103 148,993 102
16 217,086 105 182,417 102 226,045 103 183,837 102 165,604
101
23 225,901 104 183,600 102 168,161 103

All percentage changes are compared with earlier.