U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 30 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,280,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – %
June
18 217,618 100 181,208 100 217,103 99 178,147 99 164,502 104
25 218,166 100 179,982 99 215,867 99 177,553 99 165,572 102
July
2 215,097 100 181,130 101 217,521 101 178,437 100 163,784 109
9 218,276 101 178,891 100 216,762 99 178,624 100 144,832 92
16 218,361 101 179,387 100 217,749 99 179,614 100 162,953 102
23 217,562 101 176,972 100 217,592 99 178,923 99 164,366 102
30 220,103 101 180,501 100 166,280 103

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