Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On December 13, 2013, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Debra Newman

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending December 14 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 158,495,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent decrease 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 – %
November
2 189,924 105 103 156,182 103 104 201,626 105 165,751 103 158,028 107
9 191,479 101 103 153,825
 104 100 200,308 105 164,772 103 157,077 102
16 200,547 102 107 159,971 103 107 195,444 105 160,651 104 153,482 102
23 200,101
 102
 103 156,063 103 103 193,058 105 158,942 103 153,024 124 *
30 201,310
 100 103 157,025 98
 102 191,190 102 156,876 101 122,995 80
December
7 199,659 105 103 163,251 100 104 195,618 106 161,234 104 149,409 98
14 — — — — — — 185,238 99 152,902 98  158,495 104

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.

 



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