U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 6 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,464,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 224,861 |
100 |
186,524 |
101 |
229,818 | 103 | 186,318 | 102 | 167,443 | 102 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 1 | 220,263 |
100 |
184,439 |
101 |
230,310 | 103 | 186,886 | 102 | 170,977 | 102 |
| 8 | 216,341 |
100 |
183,562 |
101 |
228,462 | 102 | 185,717 | 102 | 149,116 | 100 |
| 15 | 213,287 |
99 |
181,159 |
99 |
230,959 | 102 | 187,006 | 102 | 161,759 | 98 |
| 22 | 221,551 |
100 |
178,881 |
100 |
228,090 | 101 | 184,393 | 100 | 162,376 | 97 |
| 29 | 213,613 |
100 |
174,504 |
100 |
229,672 | 101 | 185,820 | 101 | 169,602 | 102 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 6 | — |
— |
— |
— |
228,893 | 101 | 184,711 | 100 | 171,464 |
103 |
