U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 28 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,451,000 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 – %
June
16 229,818 103 186,940 102 228,907 103 183,660 101 161,146 98
23 230,310
103
188,994
103
229,895 104 184,657 102 165,315 101
30 228,471
102
187,645
102
230,414 103 185,425 102 171,891 102
July
7 231,494
102
186,212
102
230,594 104 185,416 103 144,435 102
14 228,283
101
186,855
102
230,826 103 185,408 102 167,991 102
21 228,586
101
185,312
102
229,715 103 185,415 102 164,359 100
28



231,973 103 187,611 102 170,451
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