U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 12 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,187,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 | ||||||
| – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 1 | 209,740 | 101 | 167,675 | 100 | 208,901 | — | 170,236 | 100 | 153,521 | 99 |
| 8 | 209,595 | 101 | 168,350 | 99 | 208,451 | — | 170,256 | 102 | 149,809 | 98 |
| 15 | 209,298 | 101 | 168,656 | 99 | 207,257 | 102 | 168,864 | 100 | 154,472 | 102 |
| 22 | 206,900 | 100 | 170,090 | 100 | 209,297 | 103 | 169,369 | 101 | 151,931 | 99 |
| 29 | 207,902 | 100 | 170,580 | 100 | 207,163 | 102 | 168,538 | 100 | 150,843 | 101 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 5 | 210,072 | 101 | 170,594 | 100 | 208,504 | 102 | 169,500 | 100 | 155,489 | 101 |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 208,316 | 102 | 168,722 | 100 | 153,187 | 99 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
