U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 18 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,624,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 4 | 219,435 | 102 | 177,088 | 101 | 219,957 | 102 | 179,432 | 101 | 162,401 | 103 |
| 11 | 220,836 | 102 | 178,795 | 101 | 219,852 | 105 | 179,331 | 104 | 162,204 | 103 |
| 18 | 222,545 | 103 | 179,019 | 101 | 219,622 | 102 | 179,215 | 101 | 159,794 | 102 |
| 25 | 222,202 | 102 | 178,536 | 101 | 220,621 | 102 | 179,418 | 102 | 160,155 | 102 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 4 | 223,835 | 103 | 179,844 | 102 | 219,207 | 102 | 178,295 | 100 | 159,125 | 100 |
| 11 | 223,603 | 102 | 180,981 | 102 | 220,439 | 104 | 179,507 | 101 | 159,741 | 102 |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 219,915 | 103 | 179,109 | 103 | 163,624 | 105 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
