U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 23, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,498,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with 2-percent decrease 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 – %
December
1 235,795 102
178,122
100
220,682 100 177,147 99 165,509 99
8 218,247 99
182,468
99
214,099 100 172,160 100 164,048 100
15 225,126
98
183,497
100
216,422 100 173,906 100 156,773 96
22 229,026
101
189,450
102
216,376 100 173,781 99 137,264 86
29 228,688
101
176,481
99
214,851 99 172,226 98 117,657 72
January        
5 227,053 101
181,358
99
217,332 99 175,187 98 137,882 107
12 228,524
102
183,763
101
214,870 100 172,960 99 165,877 100
19 228,450
102
184,195
101
221,607 100 178,122 100 167,857 114
26 229,783
102
182,679
101
227,756 100 182,468 99 158,086 95
February        
2 230,213
101
183,901
102
228,272 101 183,497 100 163,174 99
9 228,743
101
183,504
103
235,795 100 189,450 102 165,331 102
16 230,364
101
183,698
102
218,247 99 176,481 99  161,570 99
23



225,126 98 181,358 99 163,498 101