U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 4 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,467,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 23 | 230,310 |
103 |
188,994 |
103 |
229,895 | 104 | 184,657 | 102 | 165,315 | 101 |
| 30 | 228,471 |
102 |
187,646 |
102 |
230,414 | 103 | 185,425 | 102 | 171,891 | 102 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 7 | 231,221 |
102 |
186,318 |
102 |
230,594 | 104 | 185,416 | 103 | 144,435 | 102 |
| 14 | 228,717 |
101 |
186,824 |
102 |
230,826 | 103 | 185,408 | 102 | 167,991 | 102 |
| 21 | 228,896 |
101 |
185,265 |
102 |
229,715 | 103 | 185,415 | 102 | 164,359 | 100 |
| 28 | 228,630 |
101 |
186,714 |
102 |
231,973 | 103 | 187,611 | 102 | 166,171 |
101 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 4 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,000 | 102 | 186,940 | 102 | 170,467 |
104 |
