Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On February 1, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending February 2 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,264,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and 1-percent increase 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 – %
December
15 195,792 101 95 163,196 101 97 187,879 101 156,731 102 152,381 102
22 197,196 101 96 167,066 103 98 181,818 100 152,067 102 155,551 114 *
29 195,431 101 95 159,188 98 95 178,135 97 147,771 97 115,385 91 *
January
5 196,506 102 97 163,386 101 97 187,104 101 155,895 102 130,573 103
12 196,596 102 97 163,635 101 97 180,603 97 151,738 97 158,856 103
19 196,196 101 95 162,071 101 96 190,391 98 159,419 99 151,093 103 **
25 197,818 102 96 163,121 102 97 196,628 101 163,298 100 149,771 98  
February
2 — — — — — — 196,887 101 163,196 101 155,264 102

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.

* In December 2011, Christmas was observed on Sunday, December 25.  A number of processing plants did not operate or operated on a reduced work schedule on the Friday prior to Christmas.
** In 2012, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday was observed during the week of January 15.  In 2013, it was observed during the week of January 20.  Processing plants operating schedules are affected by the observation of the federal holiday.
 



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