U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 11, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,512,000 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 no change 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
30 232,221
102
185,869
101
228,309 102 183,281 103 161,340 102
April
6 230,929
101
187,365
102
229,387 102 183,591 102 164,278 103
13 233,378
101
185,984
102
230,123 101 184,178 102 166,304 104
20 234,610
102
186,705
102
228,344 101 183,462 101 158,639 98
27 233,314
101
186,166
101
230,449 101 184,334 101 158,131 99
May
4 231,874
100
188,742
102
232,516 102 186,257 102 164,087 102
11



230,822 101 184,007 100  169,512 104