U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending May 19 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 158,021,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||||
| 31 | 198,100 | 95 | 96 | 165,716 | 96 | 98 | 193,909 | 95 | 161,948 | 97 | 149,755 | 95 |
| April | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 199,324 | 96 | 97 | 165,217 | 96 | 98 | 193,924 | 95 | 161,282 | 96 | 147,760 |
91*
|
| 14 | 199,648 | 96 | 95 | 164,792 | 95 | 96 | 193,162 | 94 | 160,547 | 95 | 153,060 |
96
|
| 21 | 199,889 | 96 | 97 | 166,208 | 97 | 98 | 195,481 | 96 | 163,347 | 97 | 154,825 |
97
|
| 28 | 196,825 | 95 | 95 | 166,916 | 97 | 98 | 194,663 | 94 | 162,714 | 96 | 152,792 |
99
|
| May | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 199,212 | 96 | 96 | 166,149 | 96 | 96 | 195,259 | 95 | 163,012 | 96 | 151,715 |
95
|
| 12 | 199,926 | 97 | 96 | 166,953 | 96 | 98 | 197,687 | 95 | 164,705 | 95 | 155,836 |
94
|
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 198,739 | 96 | 165,716 | 96 | 158,021 |
97
|
*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.
