U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 9 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,007,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 28 | 216,491 | 100 | 168,339 | 100 | 198,090 | 96 | 162,037 | 96 | 122,639 | 99 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 5 | 210,634 | 99 | 175,855 | 100 | 206,503 | 99 | 170,186 | 99 | 159,940 | 99 |
| 12 | 215,186 | 100 | 177,558 | 100 | 201,944 | 99 | 164,077 | 99 | 158,176 | 101 |
| 19 | 216,513 | 100 | 177,524 | 100 | 203,616 | 98 | 167,333 | 99 | 159,732 | 104 |
| 26 | 215,014 | 100 | 173,186 | 99 | 198,279 | 97 | 163,795 | 99 | 119,457 | 98 |
| January | ||||||||||
| 2 | 212,328 | 99 | 176,601 | 100 | 203,889 | 99 | 166,674 | 99 | 135,435 | 102 |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | 204,003 | 100 | 168,063 | 101 | 162,007 | 100 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
