U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 20 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,735,000 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 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 – | % | |
| September | ||||||||||
| 8 | 216,642 |
100 |
183,171 |
101 |
228,462 | 102 | 185,717 | 102 | 149,116 | 100 |
| 15 | 212,665 |
99 |
181,204 |
100 |
230,959 | 102 | 187,006 | 102 | 161,759 | 98 |
| 22 | 220,903 |
100 |
178,152 |
100 |
228,090 | 101 | 184,393 | 100 | 162,376 | 97 |
| 29 | 214,246 |
100 |
174,360 |
100 |
229,672 | 101 | 185,820 | 101 | 169,602 | 102 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 6 | 216,648 |
101 |
170,792 |
98 |
228,893 | 101 | 184,711 | 100 | 167,488 | 101 |
| 13 | 215,760 |
100 |
177,160 |
99 |
229,384 | 101 | 186,524 | 101 | 163,896 | 99 |
| 20 | — |
— |
— |
— |
227,196 | 101 | 184,439 | 101 | 169,735 | 103 |
