U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 17 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,910,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase 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 – %
August
6 216,444 101 179,173 101 219,689 100 181,208 100 162,332 100
13 217,709 102 178,350 101 218,149 99 179,982 99 162,697 101
20 215,766 101 177,231 100 219,890 101 181,093 101 163,899 101
27 217,262 102 178,286 101 217,618 100 178,851 100 164,469 100
September
3 214,177 103 178,843 102 218,166 100 179,443 100 167,312 100
10 209,795 101 177,172 101 215,613 100 176,724 100 145,593 101
17  218,423  101  180,196  101  164,910 101

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