U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 15 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,684,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| August | ||||||||||
| 4 | 229,384 |
101 |
184,393 |
100 |
231,000 | 102 | 186,940 | 102 | 168,821 | 103 |
| 11 | 227,117 |
101 |
185,810 |
101 |
233,100 | 104 | 188,994 | 103 | 168,075 | 103 |
| 18 | 226,738 |
100 |
184,718 |
100 |
231,275 | 102 | 187,757 | 102 | 168,772 | 103 |
| 25 | 225,036 |
100 |
186,609 |
101 |
229,818 | 103 | 186,318 | 102 | 167,443 | 102 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 1 | 220,795 |
100 |
184,433 |
101 |
230,310 | 103 | 186,886 | 102 | 170,977 | 102 |
| 8 | 219,729 |
102 |
183,789 |
101 |
228,462 | 102 | 185,717 | 102 | 149,116 | 100 |
| 15 | — |
— |
— |
— |
230,959 | 102 | 187,006 | 102 | 162,684 | 98 |
