Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On July 8, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Maggie Ernst

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 9  is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 144,307,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier. The no change in slaughter compares with no change 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 July 2 was 730,187,000 pounds, up 9 percent. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 17,785,502,000 pounds, up 3 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending July 2 was 88.0 percent.

Week endingData from 19 statesU.S. broilers produced
Eggs setChicks placedEggs setChicks placedBirds slaughteredPounds produced, r-t-c
change fromchange from10 weeks previous7 weeks previous
1 year2 years1 year2 years1 year1 year1
year		1
year
– 000 –%%– 000 –%%– 000 –%– 000 –%– 000 –%– 000 –%
May
21207,10298101173,577102103207,787101172,812102163,547100716,434104
28206,50698100173,565101102208,563100172,733101165,61698704,52299
June
4205,7689799172,12399100209,382102173,939103146,63399624,862101
11205,13797100170,7309799208,037102172,604102160,38999694,236103
18200,3499598169,6169799208,503100173,241100160,32799696,356102
25199,5509499169,3039699208,972101173,150101165,468101712,522104
July
2198,5309699169,5659799209,518101174,630102170,455104730,187109
9——————207,806100173,577102144,307100——

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

 



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