U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 23 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,837,000 broilers, a 24-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 24-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 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 – | % | ||
October | |||||||||||||
12 | 190,356 | 105 | 105 | 156,876 | 101 | 102 | 199,085 | 102 | 164,382 | 101 | 157,959 | 102 | |
19 | 186,870 | 105 | 100 | 161,031 | 104 | 108 | 202,022 | 105 | 166,189 | 104 | 158,020 | 103 | |
26 | 194,111 | 104 | 107 | 151,885 | 97 | 98 | 200,520 | 105 | 165,125 | 103 | 158,820 | 103 | |
November | |||||||||||||
2 | 189,046 | 105 | 103 | 156,431 | 103 | 104 | 201,626 | 105 | 165,751 | 103 | 158,028 | 107 | |
9 | 190,158 | 100 | 103 | 152,927 |
103 | 100 | 200,308 | 105 | 164,772 | 103 | 157,077 | 102 | |
16 | 199,918 | 102 | 107 | 160,677 | 103 | 108 | 195,444 | 105 | 160,651 | 104 | 153,482 | 102 | |
23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 193,058 | 105 | 158,942 | 103 | 153,837 | 124 | * |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier. In 2012, Thanksgiving was observed on November 22.