U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 27, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 161,932,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 16 | 232,776 |
102 |
186,257 |
102 |
227,053 | 101 | 182,866 | 101 | 160,746 | 101 |
| 23 | 230,588 |
102 |
183,883 |
100 |
228,524 | 102 | 184,010 | 102 | 163,402 | 104 |
| 30 | 232,131 |
102 |
185,846 |
101 |
228,309 | 102 | 183,281 | 103 | 161,340 | 102 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 6 | 230,823 |
101 |
187,344 |
102 |
229,387 | 102 | 183,591 | 102 | 164,278 | 103 |
| 13 | 233,417 |
102 |
185,870 |
102 |
230,123 | 101 | 184,178 | 102 | 166,304 | 104 |
| 20 | 234,145 |
102 |
186,527 |
102 |
228,344 | 101 | 183,462 | 101 | 158,639 | 98 |
| 27 | — |
— |
— |
— |
230,449 | 101 | 184,334 | 101 | 161,932 | 101 |
