U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 5 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,979,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier. The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 6-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
| U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | Broilers slaughtered | |||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | |||||||
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year |
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| – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 22 | 207,776 | 100 | 168,722 | 100 | 208,969 | — | 164,639 | 101 | 159,979 | 106 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 1 | 209,717 | 101 | 167,675 | 100 | 208,329 | — | 170,236 | 104 | 153,521 | 99 |
| 8 | 209,547 | 101 | 168,350 | 99 | 207,141 | — | 170,256 | 105 | 149,809 | 98 |
| 15 | 208,946 | 101 | 168,656 | 99 | 208,864 | 106 | 168,864 | 104 | 154,472 | 102 |
| 22 | 206,826 | 100 | 170,090 | 100 | 201,516 | 103 | 169,369 | 104 | 151,931 | 99 |
| 29 | 208,214 | 100 | 170,396 | 100 | 207,163 | 106 | 168,538 | 104 | 150,843 | 101 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 208,504 | 106 | 169,500 | 104 | 154,979 | 101 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
