U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 8, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,091,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
27 | 234,096 |
101 |
186,272 |
101 |
230,449 | 101 | 184,334 | 101 | 158,131 | 99 |
May | ||||||||||
4 | 232,731 |
101 |
188,859 |
102 |
232,516 | 102 | 186,257 | 102 | 164,087 | 102 |
11 | 232,716 |
101 |
190,141 |
102 |
230,822 | 101 | 184,007 | 100 | 164,441 | 101 |
18 | 235,040 |
101 |
189,362 |
102 |
231,554 | 102 | 185,869 | 101 | 166,906 | 102 |
25 | 234,061 |
101 |
188,224 |
101 |
232,776 | 102 | 187,365 | 102 | 171,691 | 103 |
June | ||||||||||
1 | 233,990 |
100 |
188,769 |
102 |
230,588 | 102 | 186,009 | 102 | 148,805 | 100 |
8 | — |
— |
— |
— |
232,221 | 102 | 186,746 | 102 | 172,091 | 105 |