U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 4, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,715,000 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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 23 | 230,588 |
102 |
184,007 |
100 |
228,524 | 102 | 184,010 | 102 | 163,402 | 104 |
| 30 | 232,231 |
102 |
185,969 |
102 |
228,309 | 102 | 183,281 | 103 | 161,340 | 102 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 6 | 230,863 |
101 |
187,365 |
102 |
229,387 | 102 | 183,591 | 102 | 164,278 | 103 |
| 13 | 233,440 |
102 |
185,984 |
102 |
230,123 | 101 | 184,178 | 102 | 166,304 | 104 |
| 20 | 234,610 |
102 |
186,727 |
102 |
228,344 | 101 | 183,462 | 101 | 158,639 | 98 |
| 27 | 233,525 |
101 |
186,222 |
101 |
230,449 | 101 | 184,334 | 101 | 158,131 | 99 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 4 | — |
— |
— |
— |
232,516 | 102 | 186,257 | 102 | 169,715 | 106 |
