U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending April 21 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,254,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 197,687 | 95 | 96 | 163,347 | 97 | 97 | 195,867 | 95 | 162,550 | 97 | 151,684 | 95 |
| 10 | 198,739 | 96 | 96 | 162,714 | 95 | 96 | 193,364 | 95 | 160,522 | 96 | 150,226 | 95 |
| 17 | 197,499 | 95 | 96 | 163,012 | 96 | 96 | 193,220 | 94 | 160,698 | 95 | 153,056 | 97 |
| 24 | 196,500 | 94 | 95 | 164,705 | 95 | 97 | 193,079 | 94 | 160,769 | 96 | 150,600 | 94 |
| 31 | 197,701 | 95 | 96 | 164,773 | 96 | 97 | 193,909 | 95 | 161,948 | 96 | 149,755 | 95 |
| April | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 199,152 | 96 | 97 | 165,188 | 96 | 98 | 193,924 | 95 | 161,307 | 96 | 147,760 | 91* |
| 14 | 199,073 | 95 | 95 | 164,225 | 95 | 95 | 193,205 | 94 | 160,307 | 95 | 153,060 | 96 |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 194,481 | 96 | 163,347 | 97 | 154,254 | 96 |
*In 2011, the Easter holiday was on Sunday, April 24.
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
