U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 22 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,450,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-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 – %
August
11 227,196
101
185,820
101
233,100 104 188,994 103 168,075 103
18 226,683
100
184,737
100
231,275 102 187,757 102 168,772 103
25 224,907
100
186,550
101
229,818 103 186,318 102 167,443 102
September
1 220,770
100
184,427
101
230,310 103 186,886 102 170,977 102
8 216,855
101
184,014
101
228,462 102 185,717 102 149,116 100
15 211,968
98
181,776
100
230,959 102 187,006 102 161,759 98
22



228,090 101 184,393 100 163,450 98