U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 10 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,401,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 29 | 211,135 | 104 | 172,106 | 103 | 215,699 | 101 | 177,144 | 101 | 159,439 | 105 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 5 | 212,535 | 104 | 171,178 | 105 | 217,245 | 102 | 178,925 | 102 | 159,594 | 99 |
| 12 | 216,907 | 101 | 171,437 | 103 | 213,692 | 102 | 174,925 | 102 | 162,111 | 102 |
| 19 | 219,913 | 102 | 172,463 | 103 | 207,235 | 100 | 169,766 | 99 | 161,576 | 103 |
| 26 | 219,899 | 102 | 174,789 | 104 | 206,463 | 104 | 168,704 | 104 | 122,745 | 100 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 3 | 220,009 | 105 | 177,475 | 101 | 213,712 | 103 | 174,846 | 103 | 162,997 | 102 |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | 207,658 | 103 | 169,179 | 103 | 162,401 | 103 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
