U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 14 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,326,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 3 | 228,290 | 102 | 181,145 | 101 | 227,501 | 104 | 182,782 | 103 | 159,499 | 100 |
| 10 | 228,067 | 102 | 183,214 | 101 | 225,433 | 102 | 181,638 | 101 | 160,433 | 100 |
| 17 | 228,129 | 102 | 182,836 | 101 | 225,594 | 103 | 180,638 | 101 | 159,248 | 98 |
| 24 | 227,090 | 103 | 183,322 | 100 | 224,892 | 103 | 179,643 | 101 | 157,454 | 99 |
| 31 | 227,961 | 102 | 183,063 | 101 | 223,524 | 102 | 178,316 | 100 | 158,696 | 99 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 7 | 228,145 | 102 | 183,311 | 101 | 224,639 | 102 | 179,610 | 100 | 158,739 | 98 |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | 226,903 | 103 | 180,964 | 101 | 164,326 | 102 |
