U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 31 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,297,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 17 | 227,503 | 102 | 179,610 | 100 | 220,563 | 100 | 178,836 | 100 | 163,506 | 102 |
| 24 | 227,616 | 102 | 180,964 | 101 | 228,652 | 104 | 184,099 | 103 | 162,267 | 101 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 3 | 227,927 | 102 | 180,912 | 101 | 227,501 | 104 | 182,782 | 103 | 159,499 | 100 |
| 10 | 227,629 | 102 | 182,940 | 101 | 225,433 | 102 | 181,638 | 101 | 160,433 | 100 |
| 17 | 227,479 | 102 | 182,336 | 101 | 225,594 | 103 | 180,638 | 101 | 159,248 | 98 |
| 24 | 226,621 | 102 | 183,035 | 101 | 224,892 | 103 | 179,643 | 101 | 157,454 | 99 |
| 31 | — | — | — | — | 223,524 | 102 | 178,316 | 100 | 162,297 | 102 |
