U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 25, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 175,787,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 13 | 233,526 |
102 |
186,009 |
102 |
230,123 | 101 | 184,178 | 102 | 166,304 | 104 |
| 20 | 234,705 |
102 |
186,746 |
102 |
228,344 | 101 | 183,462 | 101 | 158,639 | 98 |
| 27 | 234,096 |
101 |
186,241 |
101 |
230,449 | 101 | 184,334 | 101 | 158,131 | 99 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 4 | 232,182 |
101 |
188,892 |
102 |
232,516 | 102 | 186,257 | 102 | 164,087 | 102 |
| 11 | 232,903 |
101 |
190,104 |
102 |
230,822 | 101 | 184,007 | 100 | 164,441 | 101 |
| 18 | 235,063 |
101 |
189,192 |
102 |
231,554 | 102 | 185,869 | 101 | 166,906 | 102 |
| 25 | — |
— |
— |
— |
232,776 | 102 | 187,365 | 102 | 175,787 | 106 |
