U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 18 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,393,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-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 – %
October
7 215,427 102 174,015 103 226,564 105 184,115 104 165,846 102
14 216,193 103 178,133 102 227,949 105 184,703 104 165,868 106
21 215,647 103 171,954 101 224,716 103 182,474 102 164,378 101
28 219,183 104 174,496 101 226,124 105 182,293 103 164,312 103
November
4 214,173 101 175,154 102 225,366 104 182,113 102 165,372 104
11 219,904 101 175,482 102  221,252 104  178,231 102 164,037  101
18 215,645 103 174,441 102  164,393 103

All percentage changes are compared with earlier.