Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On August 26, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 27 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 157,732,000 broilers, a 5-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 5-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 5-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending August 20 was 670,584,000 pounds, no change from the same week a year prior. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 22,428,535,000 pounds, up 2 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending August 20 was 74.5 percent.

Week ending Data from 19 states U.S. broilers produced
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Birds slaughtered Pounds 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 – %
July
9 195,484 95 97 166,328 96 98 207,806 100 173,577 102 145,055 100 611,653 102
16 196,969 94 96 165,242 95 98 208,427 100 173,565 101 159,646 98 687,452 102
23 195,571 94 97 163,354 96 98 206,932 98 172,085 99 160,496 96 676,763 99
30 194,837 93 97 163,477 96 97 207,102 98 170,685 97 159,047 95 677,763 101
August
6 195,894 94 98 164,382 95 97 206,506 98 169,574 97 158,677 96 664,365 98
13 194,621 94 97 162,967 95 97 205,765 97 169,305 96 156,032 94 654,453 96
20 193,728 93 97 161,827 94 97 205,208 97 169,503 97 158,750 97 670,584 100
27 — — — — — — 200,369 95 166,328 96 157,732 95 — —

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

 



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