U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 18 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,350,000 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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 7 | 230,959 |
102 |
186,318 |
102 |
230,594 | 104 | 185,416 | 103 | 144,435 | 102 |
| 14 | 228,090 |
101 |
186,886 |
102 |
230,826 | 103 | 185,408 | 102 | 167,991 | 102 |
| 21 | 229,027 |
101 |
185,585 |
102 |
229,715 | 103 | 185,415 | 102 | 164,359 | 100 |
| 28 | 229,128 |
101 |
186,849 |
102 |
231,973 | 103 | 187,611 | 102 | 166,171 |
101 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 4 | 229,428 |
101 |
184,143 |
100 |
231,000 | 102 | 186,940 | 102 | 168,821 | 103 |
| 11 | 227,816 |
101 |
185,152 |
100 |
233,100 | 104 | 188,994 | 103 | 168,075 | 103 |
| 18 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,275 | 102 | 187,757 | 102 | 171,350 | 104 |
