Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On February 24, 2012, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending February 25 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 150,250,000 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.

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 – %
December
31 193,364 95 95 162,903 96 96 184,019 92 151,506 92 126,173 96
January
7 193,220 94 95 161,868 96 96 185,891 93 153,756 93 135,215* 81
14 193,079 94 94 162,550 97 97 187,040 94 157,822 96 153,922 103
21 193,909 95 95 160,522 96 95 194,710 95 161,487 96 147,103 90
28 193,924 95 95 160,698 95 96 195,705 95 163,290 97 152,226 94
February
4 192,377 93 94 160,245 95 95 195,228 94 162,531 96 151,562 97
11 195,059 95 95 161,938 96 96 194,665 95 163,187 97 149,825 95
18 194,540 94 95 161,307 96 96 195,373 95 162,903 96 150,497 93
25 — — — — — — 195,088 95 161,868 96 150,250 95

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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