U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 1 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,927,000 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 a 1-percent decrease 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 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 214,851 |
99 |
172,160 |
100 |
227,196 | 101 | 184,439 | 101 | 167,901 | 102 |
| 27 | 217,332 |
99 |
173,906 |
100 |
226,222 | 100 | 183,171 | 101 | 165,372 | 101 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 3 | 214,870 |
100 |
173,781 |
99 |
224,861 | 100 | 181,204 | 100 | 164,459 | 100 |
| 10 | 221,857 |
100 |
172,232 |
98 |
220,677 | 100 | 178,152 | 100 | 163,787 | 100 |
| 17 | 226,092 |
99 |
175,088 |
98 |
216,642 | 100 | 174,380 | 100 | 159,848 | 99 |
| 24 | 227,937 |
101 |
172,907 |
99 |
212,665 | 99 | 170,491 | 98 | 125,285 | 100 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 1 | — | — |
— |
— |
220,682 | 100 | 177,147 | 99 | 168,927 | 101 |
