Broiler-type chicks hatched during October 2018 totaled 790 million, down slightly from October 2017. Eggs in incubators totaled 649 million on November 1, 2018, down slightly from a year ago. Leading breeders placed 7.28 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during October 2018, down 4 percent from October 2017.
United States egg production totaled 9.22 billion during October 2018, up 3 percent from last year. Production included 8.04 billion table eggs, and 1.18 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.10 billion were broiler-type and 86.3 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during October 2018 totaled 386 million, up 2 percent from last year. October egg production per 100 layers was 2,388 eggs, up 1 percent from October 2017. Click to read USDA’s Chicken and Eggs report.
Total frozen poultry supplies on October 31, 2018 were down 9 percent from the previous month but up 4 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were down 2 percent from the previous month but up 8 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were down 21 percent from last month and down 4 percent from October 31, 2017.
Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 1 percent from the previous month and down 1 percent from last year. Total pounds of beef in freezers were up 2 percent from the previous month and up 2 percent from last year. Frozen pork supplies were down 3 percent from the previous month and down 5 percent from last year. Stocks of pork bellies were down 12 percent from last month and down 17 percent from last year. Read USDA’s Cold Storage report.
