U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 14 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,331,000 broilers, a 8-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 8-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – %
September
2 221,252 104 182,474 102 224,523 103 182,477 102 167,250 100
9 216,479 104 182,393 103 223,688 104 182,302 103 148,993 102
16 216,567 105 182,344 102 226,045 103 183,837 102 165,604
101
23 222,513 104 178,917 103 225,901 104 183,600 102 167,352 103
30 214,589 103 175,239 102 226,824 105 184,414 103 166,976 102
October
7 216,723 103 174,741 103 226,564 105 184,115 104 165,846 102
14 227,949 105 184,703 104  168,331 108

All percentage changes are compared with earlier.