Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On January 6, 2012, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending January 7 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 135,722,000 broilers, a 19-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 19-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 7-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 7-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 – %
November
12 193,257 95 96 151,506 93 97 189,765 93 158,361 94 151,253 92
19 195,705 95 97 153,756 93 102 185,742 91 154,880 91 147,263 90
26 195,228 94 96 157,822 96 100 180,043 91 148,429 91 112,263 87
December
3 194,902 96 97 161,536 96 97 188,278 91 154,490 91 148,055 90
10 195,766 95 95 163,379 97 98 182,216 92 150,798 93 152,002 91
17 194,959 95 95 162,667 96 97 186,672 93 152,828 92 148,975 91
24 195,182 95 96 163,215 97 98 182,402 93 148,671 92 136,566 101
31 194,099 96 96 168,813 97 100 184,019 92 151,506 92 126,173 96
January
7 — — — — — — 185,891 93 153,756 93 135,722* 81

* In 2011, the New Years holiday was during the week ending January 1.

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

 



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