U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 22 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,712,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 7-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 – %
November
10 221,607 100
172,226
98
220,677 100 178,152 100 163,787 100
17 227,787 100
175,176
98
216,642 100 174,380 100 159,848 99
24 228,392 101
173,055
99
212,665 99 170,491 98 125,285 100
December
1 231,613 100
178,187
100
220,682 100 177,147 99 165,509 99
8 221,531 100
182,443
99
214,099 100 172,160 100 164,048 100
15 225,464
99
183,281
100
216,422 100 173,906 100 156,773 96
22



216,376 100 173,781 99 170,712 107