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 | ||||||||||
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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 |