U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 24 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,839,000 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 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 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 217,802 | 102 | 178,325 | 101 | 218,149 | 99 | 179,982 | 99 | 162,697 | 101 |
| 20 | 215,699 | 101 | 177,216 | 100 | 219,890 | 101 | 181,093 | 101 | 163,899 | 101 |
| 27 | 217,245 | 102 | 178,297 | 101 | 217,618 | 100 | 178,851 | 100 | 164,469 | 100 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 3 | 214,214 | 103 | 178,921 | 102 | 218,166 | 100 | 179,443 | 100 | 167,312 | 100 |
| 10 | 208,877 | 101 | 177,312 | 101 | 215,613 | 100 | 176,724 | 100 | 145,593 | 101 |
| 17 | 206,083 | 104 | 178,468 | 102 | 218,423 | 101 | 180,196 | 101 | 163,277 | 100 |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | 218,064 | 101 | 179,173 | 101 | 167,839 | 103 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
