Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On September 2, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 3 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 161,286,000 broilers, a 6-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 6-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 6-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending August 27 was 659,448,000 pounds, down 3 percent from the same week a year prior. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 23,087,983,000 pounds, up 2 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending August 27 was 74.5 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 –%
July
16196,9699496165,2429598208,427100173,565101159,64698687,452102
23195,5719497163,3549698206,93298172,08599160,49696676,76399
30195,0059497163,4779697207,10298170,68597159,04795677,763101
August
6195,8249498164,4829597206,50698169,57497158,67796664,36598
13194,7069497162,9609597205,76597169,30596156,03294654,45396
20193,2429396161,6679497205,20897169,50397158,75097670,584100
27192,4399396163,6189698200,36995166,32896157,22395659,44897
September
3——————199,07294165,24295161,28694——

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

 



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