U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 16 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 160,441,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – %
April
4 218,165 103 174,312 101 214,439 102 174,272 102 153,000 98
11 218,211 102 174,539 103 213,486 102 173,848 102 155,184 100
18 218,485 102 177,406 104 214,696 103 174,989 104 157,473 107
25 215,805 102 178,881 103 216,309 103 176,235 104 157,046 103
May
2 218,572 103 179,839 104 215,619 103 175,844 103 158,693 103
9 218,919 103 179,106 103 215,939 102 175,787 102 159,950 102
16 213,730 101 174,309 101  160,441  104

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