U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 18, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,052,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 6 | 230,929 |
101 |
187,365 |
102 |
229,387 | 102 | 183,591 | 102 | 164,278 | 103 |
| 13 | 233,558 |
102 |
185,984 |
102 |
230,123 | 101 | 184,178 | 102 | 166,304 | 104 |
| 20 | 234,854 |
102 |
186,705 |
102 |
228,344 | 101 | 183,462 | 101 | 158,639 | 98 |
| 27 | 233,091 |
101 |
186,212 |
101 |
230,449 | 101 | 184,334 | 101 | 158,131 | 99 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 4 | 232,061 |
100 |
188,777 |
102 |
232,516 | 102 | 186,257 | 102 | 164,087 | 102 |
| 11 | 232,790 |
101 |
189,695 |
102 |
230,822 | 101 | 184,007 | 100 | 164,441 | 101 |
| 18 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,554 | 102 | 185,869 | 101 | 170,052 | 104 |
