U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 6, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,263,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 23 | 232,516 | 102 |
184,178 |
102 |
225,126 | 98 | 181,358 | 99 | 160,194 | 99 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 2 | 230,822 |
101 |
183,462 |
101 |
229,026 | 101 | 183,763 | 101 | 162,582 | 102 |
| 9 | 231,655 |
102 |
184,218 |
101 |
228,688 | 101 | 184,183 | 101 | 160,268 | 100 |
| 16 | 231,933 |
102 |
185,706 |
102 |
227,053 | 101 | 182,866 | 101 | 160,746 | 101 |
| 23 | 230,709 |
102 |
183,559 |
100 |
228,524 | 102 | 184,010 | 102 | 163,402 | 104 |
| 30 | 231,458 |
102 |
185,210 |
101 |
228,309 | 102 | 183,281 | 103 | 161,340 | 102 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 6 | — |
— |
— |
— |
229,387 | 102 | 183,591 | 102 | 168,263 | 106 |
