U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending July 13 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,058,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | ||
| June | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 203,424 | 101 | 98 | 166,497 | 100 | 97 | 199,429 | 102 | 163,635 | 100 | 138,910 | 98 | |
| 8 | 203,010 | 102 | 99 | 168,105 | 100 | 97 | 200,484 | 101 | 164,689 | 99 | 155,661 | 99 | |
| 15 | 202,582 | 103 | 99 | 168,068 | 100 | 98 | 199,712 | 100 | 165,063 | 99 | 156,849 | 102 | |
| 22 | 201,825 | 103 | 99 | 168,094 | 100 | 99 | 200,291 | 100 | 165,577 | 100 | 155,719 | 101 | |
| 29 | 200,382 | 102 | 100 | 168,252 | 101 | 100 | 199,242 | 100 | 164,493 | 98 | 161,497 | 100 | |
| July | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 202,185 | 104 | 102 | 167,906 | 102 | 100 | 199,333 | 101 | 164,542 | 100 | 138,266 | 97 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 201,072 | 100 | 166,530 | 100 | 159,058 | 102 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
