U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 28 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,137,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-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 – %
September
16 215,789 104 182,113 102 226,045 103 183,837 102 165,604
101
23 221,128 103 178,231 102 225,901 104 183,600 102 167,352 103
30 213,796 103 174,441 102 226,824 105 184,414 103 166,976 102
October
7 215,160 102 174,024 103 226,564 105 184,115 104 165,846 102
14 217,059 104 178,670 102 227,949 105 184,703 104 165,868 106
21 214,515 102 172,406 102 224,716 103 182,474 102 164,378 101
28 226,124 105 182,293 103  166,137 104

All percentage changes are compared with earlier.