U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending February 9 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be ___,___,000 broilers, a __-percent ___ from the same week a year earlier.
The __-percent ___ in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and 3-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.
Week ending | Data from 19 states | ||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
22 | 197,196 | 101 | 96 | 167,066 | 103 | 98 | 181,818 | 100 | 152,067 | 102 | 155,551 | 114 | * |
29 | 195,303 | 101 | 95 | 159,188 | 98 | 95 | 178,135 | 97 | 147,771 | 97 | 115,385 | 91 | * |
January | |||||||||||||
5 | 196,303 | 102 | 96 | 163,386 | 101 | 97 | 187,104 | 101 | 155,895 | 102 | 130,573 | 103 | |
12 | 195,735 | 101 | 96 | 163,701 | 101 | 97 | 180,603 | 97 | 151,738 | 97 | 158,856 | 103 | |
19 | 196,082 | 101 | 95 | 162,073 | 101 | 96 | 190,391 | 98 | 159,419 | 99 | 151,093 | 103 | ** |
25 | 197,685 | 102 | 96 | 163,083 | 101 | 97 | 196,628 | 101 | 163,298 | 100 | 149,771 | 98 | |
February | |||||||||||||
2 | 198,084 | 103 | 97 | 162,256 | 101 | 97 | 196,887 | 101 | 163,196 | 101 | ___,___ | ___ | |
9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 201,061 | 104 | 167,066 | 103 | ___,___ | ___ |
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.