U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 30 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 145,422,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 218,221 | 102 | 174,529 | 103 | 213,486 | 102 | 173,848 | 102 | 155,184 | 100 |
| 18 | 218,847 | 102 | 177,397 | 104 | 214,696 | 103 | 174,989 | 104 | 157,473 | 107 |
| 25 | 216,158 | 102 | 178,872 | 103 | 216,309 | 103 | 176,235 | 104 | 157,046 | 103 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 2 | 218,813 | 103 | 179,838 | 104 | 215,619 | 103 | 175,844 | 103 | 158,693 | 103 |
| 9 | 218,853 | 103 | 179,272 | 103 | 215,939 | 102 | 175,787 | 102 | 159,950 | 102 |
| 16 | 219,843 | 103 | 177,932 | 103 | 213,730 | 101 | 174,309 | 101 | 158,668 | 103 |
| 23 | 218,669 | 102 | 179,689 | 103 | 213,460 | 101 | 174,312 | 101 | 165,207 | 105 |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 213,436 | 102 | 174,529 | 103 | 145,422 | 104 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
