U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 15 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,726,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 4 | 214,770 | 101 | 178,900 | 103 | 216,145 | 102 | 177,864 | 103 | 150,129* | 109* |
| 11 | 215,880 | 100 | 179,096 | 102 | 218,425 | 103 | 179,284 | 103 | 158,000 | 101 |
| 18 | 215,560 | 100 | 178,435 | 103 | 219,166 | 104 | 179,828 | 104 | 159,878 | 102 |
| 25 | 215,506 | 101 | 176,875 | 102 | 219,741 | 103 | 180,606 | 104 | 161,045 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 1 | 214,736 | 100 | 177,756 | 101 | 217,874 | 102 | 179,555 | 103 | 161,266 | 103 |
| 8 | 214,039 | 100 | 176,867 | 101 | 219,115 | 102 | 180,226 | 102 | 163,048 | 103 |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | 219,809 | 103 | 181,008 | 103 | 162,726 | 103 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
* July 4th holiday weekend.
