Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On July 1, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Maggie Ernst

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 2  is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,978,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier. The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending June 25 was 712,522,000 pounds, up 4 percent. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 17,055,315,000 pounds, up 3 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending June 25 was 74.5 percent.

Week ending Data from 19 statesU.S. broilers produced
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placedBirds slaughtedPounds produced, r-t-c
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1
year		 1
year
– 000 – % % – 000 – % % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
May
14206,93298101174,630102104208,530101173,852102165,491102721,251107
21207,10298101173,577102103207,787101172,812102163,547100716,434104
28206,50698100173,565101102208,563100172,733101165,61698704,52299
June
4205,4969799172,12399100209,382102173,939103146,63399624,862101
11204,96297100171,07498100208,037102172,604102160,38999694,236103
18200,2899598169,5809799208,503100173,241100160,32799696,356102
25199,4039498169,3789699208,972101173,150101165,468101712,522104
July
2——————209,518101174,630102170,978104——

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.

 



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