U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 13 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 160,426,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-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
– 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
November
1 202,078 102 168,840 104 213,428 101 174,120 101 157,626 100
8 206,337 103 165,511 103 211,953 101 173,069 101 159,678 102
15 215,809 103 168,349 101 209,823 103 170,570 102 157,411 103
22 216,204 103 164,803 102 207,925 103 169,747 103 156,373 102
29 217,066 103 168,345 103 205,094 103 168,889 103 123,956* 101*
December
6 212,156 102 175,520 102 208,469 102 171,233 102 161,664 108
13 202,347 105 165,015 104  160,426 101

* 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.