U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 22 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,450,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
11 | 227,196 |
101 |
185,820 |
101 |
233,100 | 104 | 188,994 | 103 | 168,075 | 103 |
18 | 226,683 |
100 |
184,737 |
100 |
231,275 | 102 | 187,757 | 102 | 168,772 | 103 |
25 | 224,907 |
100 |
186,550 |
101 |
229,818 | 103 | 186,318 | 102 | 167,443 | 102 |
September | ||||||||||
1 | 220,770 |
100 |
184,427 |
101 |
230,310 | 103 | 186,886 | 102 | 170,977 | 102 |
8 | 216,855 |
101 |
184,014 |
101 |
228,462 | 102 | 185,717 | 102 | 149,116 | 100 |
15 | 211,968 |
98 |
181,776 |
100 |
230,959 | 102 | 187,006 | 102 | 161,759 | 98 |
22 | — |
— |
— |
— |
228,090 | 101 | 184,393 | 100 | 163,450 | 98 |