U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending February 23 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,147,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-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 – | % | ||
| January | |||||||||||||
| 12 | 196,004 | 102 | 96 | 163,767 | 101 | 97 | 180,603 | 97 | 151,738 | 97 | 158,856 | 103 | |
| 19 | 195,604 | 101 | 95 | 162,104 | 101 | 96 | 190,391 | 98 | 159,419 | 99 | 151,093 | 103 | |
| 26 | 197,789 | 102 | 96 | 162,809 | 101 | 97 | 196,628 | 101 | 163,298 | 100 | 149,771 | 98 | |
| February | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 198,022 | 103 | 97 | 162,196 | 101 | 97 | 196,887 | 101 | 163,196 | 101 | 155,761 | 103 | |
| 9 | 196,977 | 101 | 97 | 162,190 | 100 | 96 | 201,061 | 104 | 167,066 | 103 | 155,020 | 103 | |
| 16 | 198,735 | 102 | 97 | 163,501 | 101 | 97 | 190,428 | 98 | 159,188 | 98 | 151,584 | 101 | |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 195,792 | 101 | 163,388 | 101 | 154,147 | 103 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
