U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending October 15 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 150,071,000 broilers, a 10-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 10-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 6-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.
| Week ending | Data from 19 states | U.S. broilers produced | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Birds slaughtered | ||||||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | |||||||||
| 1 year | 2 years | 1 year | 2 years | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | ||||||
| – 000 – | % | % | – 000 – | % | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |
| August | ||||||||||||
| 27 | 193,461 | 94 | 96 | 163,695 | 96 | 98 | 200,369 | 95 | 166,328 | 96 | 157,223 | 95 |
| September | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 189,765 | 93 | 97 | 161,962 | 95 | 97 | 199,072 | 94 | 165,242 | 95 | 161,414 | 94 |
| 10 | 185,664 | 91 | 96 | 160,954 | 94 | 97 | 197,842 | 95 | 163,354 | 96 | 141,495 | 95 |
| 17 | 180,210 | 91 | 96 | 162,004 | 95 | 97 | 195,484 | 95 | 163,477 | 96 | 159,518 | 95 |
| 24 | 188,162 | 91 | 97 | 158,343 | 94 | 98 | 196,969 | 94 | 164,885 | 95 | 160,196 | 96 |
| October | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 182,820 | 93 | 100 | 154,722 | 91 | 96 | 195,571 | 94 | 163,239 | 95 | 156,437 | 93 |
| 8 | 185,935 | 93 | 98 | 149,699 | 92 | 96 | 194,922 | 93 | 161,967 | 94 | 153,823 | 93 |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 195,866 | 94 | 163,695 | 96 | 150,071 | 90 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
