U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 16 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,537,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change 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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 5 | 230,826 | 103 | 184,657 | 102 | 227,616 | 102 | 182,855 | 101 | 160,693 | 99 |
| 12 | 229,715 | 103 | 185,425 | 102 | 228,290 | 102 | 183,404 | 101 | 162,327 | 99 |
| 19 | 233,790 | 104 | 185,416 | 103 | 228,067 | 102 | 183,161 | 101 | 164,148 | 100 |
| 26 | 232,501 | 103 | 185,423 | 102 | 228,078 | 102 | 183,982 | 101 | 166,447 | 99 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 2 | 234,451 | 104 | 185,407 | 102 | 226,919 | 103 | 182,145 | 101 | 149,496 | 99 |
| 9 | 233,007 | 103 | 188,818 | 103 | 228,004 | 102 | 182,882 | 101 | 163,861 | 99 |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 228,907 | 103 | 183,660 | 101 | 164,537 | 100 |
