U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 2 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,308,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 216,252 | 103 | 171,970 | 101 | 224,716 | 103 | 182,474 | 102 | 164,378 | 101 |
| 28 | 219,161 | 104 | 174,351 | 101 | 226,124 | 105 | 182,293 | 103 | 164,312 | 103 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 4 | 215,091 | 101 | 175,036 | 102 | 225,366 | 104 | 182,113 | 102 | 165,372 | 104 |
| 11 | 220,779 | 102 | 175,953 | 103 | 221,252 | 104 | 178,231 | 102 | 164,037 | 101 |
| 18 | 226,777 | 103 | 177,483 | 103 | 215,645 | 103 | 174,441 | 102 | 162,060 | 102 |
| 25 | 224,371 | 102 | 174,832 | 100 | 215,789 | 104 | 174,015 | 103 | 125,488 | 102 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 221,128 | 103 | 178,135 | 102 | 170,308 | 104 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
