U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 6 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,603,000 broilers, a 10-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 10-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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
– 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
October
25 205,408 101 165,015 104 213,270 102 173,805 101 157,960 99
November
1 202,078 102 168,840 104 213,428 101 174,120 101 157,626 100
8 206,139 103 165,409 103 211,953 101 173,069 101 159,678 102
15 215,340 102 168,349 101 209,823 103 170,570 102 157,411 103
22 216,160 103 164,505 101 207,925 103 169,747 103 156,373 102
29 216,737 103 168,249 103  205,094 103 168,889 103 123,956* 101*
December
6  208,469 102  171,233 102 163,603 110

* Thanksgiving Holiday

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.

Special Note

Revisions were also made to the December 29, 2013 to March 1, 2014 time period to provide consistency between historic revisions in the Hatchery Production 2013 Summary, published April 15, 2014. Please visit the NASS website at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ and utilize the Quick Stats Tools for complete data.