U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 2 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 152,259,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 21 | 230,414 | 103 | 182,882 | 101 | 225,881 | 102 | 181,145 | 101 | 161,711 | 102 |
| 28 | 230,594 | 104 | 183,660 | 101 | 227,503 | 102 | 183,214 | 101 | 160,152 | 97 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 5 | 230,826 | 103 | 184,657 | 102 | 227,616 | 102 | 182,855 | 101 | 160,693 | 99 |
| 12 | 229,811 | 103 | 185,451 | 102 | 228,290 | 102 | 183,404 | 101 | 162,327 | 99 |
| 19 | 234,100 | 104 | 185,423 | 103 | 228,067 | 102 | 183,161 | 101 | 164,148 | 100 |
| 26 | 232,249 | 103 | 185,466 | 102 | 228,078 | 102 | 183,982 | 101 | 166,447 | 99 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 226,919 | 103 | 182,145 | 101 | 152,259 | 101 |
