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
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