U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending May 26 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 158,609,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-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 – | % | |
| 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 | 200,195 | 96 | 97 | 166,208 | 97 | 98 | 195,481 | 96 | 163,347 | 97 | 154,825 | 97 |
| 28 | 197,989 | 96 | 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 | 199,852 | 97 | 96 | 166,980 | 96 | 98 | 197,687 | 95 | 164,705 | 95 | 155,836 | 94 |
| 19 | 200,045 | 97 | 95 | 165,259 | 96 | 96 | 198,739 | 96 | 165,716 | 96 | 157,987 | 97 |
| 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 197,551 | 95 | 165,217 | 96 | 158,609 | 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.
