U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 30 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,355,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-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 – %
May
19 231,973 103 185,416 103 228,067 102 183,161 101 164,148 100
26 230,931 102 185,401 102 228,078 102 183,982 101 166,447 99
June
2 232,863 104 185,408 102 226,919 103 182,145 101 149,496 99
9 231,143 102 187,648 102 228,004 102 182,882 101 163,861 99
16 229,762 103 186,707 102 228,907 103 183,660 101 161,146 98
23 230,906
103
188,621
103
229,895 104 184,657 102 165,315 101
30



230,414 103 185,425 102 173,355
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