U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending September 14 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 158,461,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – | % | ||
August | |||||||||||||
3 | 199,085 | 102 | 102 | 168,019 | 103 | 103 | 202,847 | 101 | 167,999 | 100 | 157,779 | 102 | |
10 | 201,932 | 105 | 104 | 165,350 | 102 | 102 | 203,424 | 101 | 168,078 | 100 | 159,384 | 102 | |
17 | 200,570 | 105 | 103 | 165,882 | 102 | 101 | 203,145 | 102 | 168,164 | 101 | 158,185 | 100 | |
24 | 201,113 | 105 | 104 | 164,382 | 101 | 101 | 202,524 | 103 | 167,861 | 102 | 161,483 | 102 | |
31 | 200,281 | 105 | 104 | 166,477 | 104 | 103 | 202,006 | 103 | 167,343 | 102 | 163,183 | 104 | |
September | |||||||||||||
7 | 195,391 | 105 | 101 | 165,348 | 103 | 101 | 200,840 | 103 | 165,680 | 101 | 140,890 | 101 | |
14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 202,502 | 105 | 167,292 | 104 | 158,461 | 102 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.