U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 2 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,222,000 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 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 20 | 215,826 | 100 | 176,890 | 102 | 215,244 | 100 | 176,528 | 100 | 157,164 | 106 |
| 27 | 217,125 | 101 | 176,243 | 101 | 216,798 | 101 | 177,533 | 101 | 157,397 | 108 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 5 | 217,694 | 102 | 177,005 | 100 | 215,014 | 100 | 176,892 | 101 | 159,021 | 103 |
| 12 | 218,498 | 102 | 176,815 | 101 | 212,864 | 99 | 174,372 | 100 | 157,089 | 100 |
| 19 | 217,853 | 102 | 177,574 | 101 | 215,413 | 101 | 177,107 | 101 | 156,405 | 98 |
| 26 | 216,021 | 100 | 178,267 | 102 | 216,233 | 101 | 176,049 | 101 | 153,966 | 98 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 216,768 | 101 | 177,029 | 102 | 159,222 | 104 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
