U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 15 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,939,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 4 | 232,731 |
101 |
188,859 |
102 |
232,516 | 102 | 186,257 | 102 | 164,087 | 102 |
| 11 | 232,814 |
101 |
190,142 |
102 |
230,822 | 101 | 184,007 | 100 | 164,441 | 101 |
| 18 | 234,716 |
101 |
189,464 |
102 |
231,554 | 102 | 185,869 | 101 | 166,906 | 102 |
| 25 | 234,082 |
101 |
188,201 |
101 |
232,776 | 102 | 187,365 | 102 | 171,691 | 103 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 1 | 233,775 |
100 |
188,953 |
102 |
230,588 | 102 | 186,009 | 102 | 148,805 | 100 |
| 8 | 233,272 |
101 |
190,128 |
101 |
232,221 | 102 | 186,746 | 102 | 168,955 | 103 |
| 15 | — | — |
— |
— |
230,929 | 101 | 186,272 | 101 | 171,939 | 107 |
