U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending July 7 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 142,934,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||||
| 19 | 200,720 | 97 | 95 | 165,552 | 96 | 96 | 198,739 | 96 | 165,716 | 96 | 157,987 | 97 |
| 26 | 201,023 | 98 | 95 | 167,124 | 97 | 98 | 197,551 | 95 | 165,217 | 96 | 158,757 | 96 |
| June | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 201,431 | 98 | 95 | 166,584 | 97 | 97 | 196,488 | 94 | 164,792 | 95 | 142,351 | 97 |
| 9 | 199,617 | 98 | 94 | 167,271 | 98 | 96 | 198,100 | 95 | 166,208 | 97 | 156,500 | 98 |
| 16 | 196,692 | 98 | 93 | 167,409 | 99 | 96 | 199,324 | 96 | 166,672 | 97 | 154,094 | 96 |
| 23 | 195,022 | 98 | 93 | 167,693 | 99 | 95 | 199,648 | 96 | 166,241 | 96 | 154,051 | 93 |
| 30 | 196,214 | 100 | 93 | 165,704 | 98 | 94 | 200,195 | 96 | 167,072 | 96 | 158,358 | 93 |
| July | ||||||||||||
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 198,162 | 96 | 165,552 | 96 | 142,934 | 99 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
