U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 29 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,303,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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
18 226,222
100
184,711
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
1 220,163
100
184,439
101
230,310 103 186,886 102 170,977 102
8 216,720
101
183,556
101
228,462 102 185,717 102 149,116 100
15 212,764
99
181,715
100
230,959 102 187,006 102 161,759 98
22 221,060
100
178,583
100
228,090 101 184,393 100 162,376 97
29



229,672 101 185,820 101 173,303 104