Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

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

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending December 3 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 148,148,000 broilers, a 10-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 10-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 9-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 9-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Week ending Data from 19 states
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous U.S. broilers slaughtered
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1
year
– 000 – % % – 000 – % % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
October
8 186,672 93 98 148,429 91 95 194,922 93 161,967 94 153,823 93
15 182,402 93 98 154,490 91 96 195,866 94 163,695 96 150,088 90
22 184,019 92 97 150,798 93 100 194,913 94 161,962 95 155,241 96
29 185,718 92 102 152,828 92 97 193,728 93 160,933 94 152,604 93
November
5 187,770 94 98 148,746 92 97 193,461 94 162,016 95 153,815 95
12 193,476 95 96 151,222 92 97 189,765 93 158,361 94 151,253 92
19 193,201 94 96 152,783 93 101 185,742 91 153,827 91 147,263 90
26 194,361 94 96 156,253 95 99 180,043 91 148,429 91 112,263 87
87December
3 — — — — — — 188,278 91 154,490 91 148,148 90

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

 



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