U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending December 21 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,155,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change 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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 191,479 | 101 | 103 | 153,823 |
104 | 100 | 200,308 | 105 | 164,772 | 103 | 157,077 | 102 | |
| 16 | 201,392 | 102 | 107 | 159,971 | 103 | 107 | 195,444 | 105 | 160,651 | 104 | 153,482 | 102 | |
| 23 | 200,299 |
102 |
103 | 156,064 | 103 | 103 | 193,058 | 105 | 158,942 | 103 | 153,024 | 124 | * |
| 30 | 201,386 |
100 | 103 | 157,757 | 99 |
103 | 191,190 | 102 | 156,876 | 101 | 122,995 | 80 | |
| December | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 199,650 | 105 | 103 | 164,995 | 100 | 104 | 195,618 | 106 | 161,234 | 104 | 149,409 | 98 | |
| 14 | 201,435 | 103 | 104 | 163,992 | 101 | 102 | 185,238 | 99 | 152,902 | 98 | 158,690 | 104 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 190,356 | 105 | 156,182 | 103 | 156,155 | 100 | |
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.
