U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending September 1 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,424,000 broilers, 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and 1-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 196,111 | 100 | 95 | 163,204 | 99 | 94 | 199,964 | 96 | 167,124 | 97 | 156,031 | 98 |
| 21 | 195,069 | 100 | 93 | 163,893 | 101 | 94 | 199,790 | 97 | 166,584 | 97 | 158,653 | 99 |
| 28 | 196,294 | 101 | 94 | 161,182 | 99 | 95 | 200,720 | 97 | 167,324 | 99 | 158,180 | 99 |
| August | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 195,173 | 100 | 94 | 163,728 | 100 | 96 | 201,023 | 98 | 167,445 | 99 | 154,911 | 98 |
| 11 | 193,253 | 100 | 93 | 162,502 | 100 | 94 | 201,501 | 98 | 167,758 | 100 | 155,961 | 100 |
| 18 | 191,951 | 99 | 93 | 162,441 | 101 | 94 | 199,864 | 98 | 165,771 | 98 | 157,872 | 99 |
| 25 | 191,744 | 99 | 92 | 161,818 | 99 | 94 | 196,536 | 98 | 163,659 | 99 | 157,800 | 100 |
| September | ||||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 195,500 | 99 | 163,204 | 99 | 156,424 | 97 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service Poultry Programs Market News and Analysis Branch told NCC that while there were disruptions this week to chicken processing operations in Mississippi and Louisiana as the result of Hurricane Isaac (downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday), there does not appear to be any significant damage to growout housing or processing facilities. Plants that suspended operations earlier this week are running tomorrow to “make up for lost time,” AMS noted. Attention is now shifting to re-supplying chicken and other foods to supermarkets and restaurants in the affected area.
