U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending August 31 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,228,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | ||
| July | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 200,313 | 103 | 103 | 165,680 | 101 | 100 | 201,913 | 101 | 166,497 | 100 | 157,180 | 99 | |
| 27 | 201,122 | 103 | 102 | 167,292 | 104 | 102 | 203,696 | 101 | 168,095 | 100 | 157,779 | 101 | |
| August | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 199,372 | 102 | 102 | 168,051 | 103 | 103 | 202,847 | 101 | 167,999 | 100 | 157,779 | 102 | |
| 10 | 202,093 | 105 | 104 | 165,406 | 102 | 102 | 203,424 | 101 | 168,078 | 100 | 159,384 | 102 | |
| 17 | 200,769 | 105 | 103 | 165,763 | 102 | 101 | 203,145 | 102 | 168,164 | 101 | 158,185 | 100 | |
| 24 | 201,121 | 105 | 104 | 164,390 | 101 | 101 | 202,524 | 103 | 167,861 | 102 | 161,483 | 102 | |
| 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 202,006 | 103 | 167,343 | 102 | 164,228 | 105 | |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
