U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending February 22 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,760,000 broilers, 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with 3-percent increase in eggs set in United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
| Week ending | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | |||||||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | Broilers slaughtered | ||||||||
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | ||||||||
| – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |||
| January | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 209,297 | 103 | 170,236 | 100 | 189,924 | 105 | 156,064 | 103 | 156,287 | 98 | ||
| 18 | 207,287 | 102 | 170,256 | 102 | 191,479 | 101 | 157,757 | 99 | 157,861 | 104 | ||
| 25 | 208,502 | 102 | 168,858 | 100 | 201,392 | 102 | 165,254 | 101 | 147,728 | 99 | ||
| February | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 207,833 | 101 | 168,320 | 101 | 200,285 | 102 | 164,033 | 101 | 139,171 | 89 | ||
| 8 | 206,885 | 101 | 169,380 | 100 | 201,608 | 100 | 165,946 | 99 | 160,029 | 103 | ||
| 15 | 208,531 | 101 | 169,036 | 100 | 199,951 | 105 | 163,918 | 103 | 143,693 | 95 | ||
| 22 | — | — | — | — | 201,341 | 103 | 164,639 | 101 | 159,760 | 105 | ||
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
