U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 10 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,841,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 5-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 – %
November
29 217,343 103 169,104 103 205,094 103 168,889 103 123,956 101
December
6 212,966 102 176,626 103 208,469 102 171,233 102 161,664 108
13 215,715 103 176,772 103 202,347 105 165,015 104 156,650 99
20 215,386 103 177,135 103 206,796 104 168,840 104 160,345 103
27  214,705 102  174,497 102  203,036 104  165,914 103 120,504* 100*
January    
3 214,040 103  176,817  104 205,408 101 168,459 101  133,157 104
10 202,078 102 165,929 102 163,841 105

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

* Christmas Holiday

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.