U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 2 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,308,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-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
21 216,252 103 171,970 101 224,716 103 182,474 102 164,378 101
28 219,161 104 174,351 101 226,124 105 182,293 103 164,312 103
November
4 215,091 101 175,036 102 225,366 104 182,113 102 165,372 104
11 220,779 102 175,953 103 221,252 104 178,231 102 164,037 101
18 226,777 103 177,483 103 215,645 103 174,441 102 162,060 102
25 224,371 102 174,832 100 215,789 104 174,015 103 125,488 102
December
2 221,128 103 178,135 102  170,308 104

All percentage changes are compared with earlier.