U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 6 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 135,715,000 broilers, an 8-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 8-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 25 | 225,350 | 102 | 174,844 | 100 | 215,789 | 104 | 174,015 | 103 | 125,488 | 102 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 2 | 231,394 | 105 | 178,027 | 100 | 221,128 | 103 | 178,135 | 102 | 167,925 | 103 |
| 9 | 220,726 | 101 | 183,646 | 102 | 214,012 | 103 | 171,970 | 101 | 163,366 | 102 |
| 16 | 228,614 | 104 | 181,789 | 101 | 215,427 | 102 | 174,351 | 101 | 163,013 | 102 |
| 23 | 227,814 | 104 | 185,734 | 104 | 216,069 | 103 | 175,049 | 102 | 160,093 | 107 |
| 30 | 224,657 | 102 | 178,296 | 99 | 216,252 | 103 | 175,952 | 103 | 137,264 | 103 |
| January | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 219,161 | 104 | 177,477 | 103 | 135,715 | 92 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
