U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 8 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,917,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 27 | 217,332 |
99 |
173,906 |
100 |
226,222 | 100 | 183,171 | 101 | 165,372 | 101 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 3 | 214,870 |
100 |
173,781 |
99 |
224,861 | 100 | 181,204 | 100 | 164,459 | 100 |
| 10 | 221,710 |
100 |
172,232 |
98 |
220,677 | 100 | 178,152 | 100 | 163,787 | 100 |
| 17 | 226,218 |
99 |
175,151 |
98 |
216,642 | 100 | 174,380 | 100 | 159,848 | 99 |
| 24 | 227,933 |
101 |
173,059 |
99 |
212,665 | 99 | 170,491 | 98 | 125,285 | 100 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 1 | 230,688 | 99 |
178,133 |
100 |
220,682 | 100 | 177,147 | 99 | 165,509 | 99 |
| — |
— |
— |
— |
214,099 | 100 | 172,160 | 100 | 166,917 | 102 | |
