U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 17 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,762,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 6 | 216,422 |
100 |
170,491 |
98 |
228,893 | 101 | 184,711 | 100 | 167,488 | 101 |
| 13 | 216,376 |
100 |
177,147 |
99 |
229,384 | 101 | 186,524 | 101 | 163,896 | 99 |
| 20 | 214,911 |
99 |
172,160 |
100 |
227,196 | 101 | 184,439 | 101 | 167,901 | 102 |
| 27 | 218,895 |
100 |
174,021 |
100 |
226,222 | 100 | 183,171 | 101 | 165,372 | 101 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 3 | 215,350 |
100 |
173,876 |
99 |
224,861 | 100 | 181,204 | 100 | 164,459 | 100 |
| 10 | 222,062 |
100 |
172,324 |
98 |
220,677 | 100 | 178,152 | 100 | 163,787 | 100 |
| 17 | — |
— |
— |
— |
216,642 | 100 | 174,380 | 100 | 163,762 |
101 |
