U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 2, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,632,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| January | ||||||||||
| 19 | 228,309 |
102 |
184,183 |
101 |
221,607 | 100 | 178,122 | 100 | 167,857 | 114 |
| 26 | 229,387 |
102 |
182,866 |
101 |
227,756 | 100 | 182,468 | 99 | 158,086 | 95 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 2 | 229,860 |
101 |
183,989 |
102 |
228,272 | 101 | 183,497 | 100 | 163,174 | 99 |
| 9 | 228,087 |
101 |
183,235 |
103 |
235,795 | 100 | 189,450 | 102 | 165,331 | 102 |
| 16 | 229,923 |
101 |
183,532 |
102 |
218,247 | 99 | 176,481 | 99 | 161,570 | 99 |
| 23 | 231,695 |
102 |
184,105 |
102 |
225,126 | 98 | 181,358 | 99 | 160,194 | 99 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 2 | — |
— |
— |
— |
229,026 | 101 | 183,763 | 101 | 165,632 | 104 |
