U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 29, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 180,100,000 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 3-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 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 232,921 |
101 |
190,208 |
103 |
230,822 | 101 | 184,007 | 100 | 164,441 | 101 |
| 18 | 234,839 |
101 |
189,529 |
102 |
231,554 | 102 | 185,869 | 101 | 166,906 | 102 |
| 25 | 234,014 |
101 |
188,303 |
102 |
232,776 | 102 | 187,365 | 102 | 171,691 | 103 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 1 | 234,739 |
101 |
189,061 |
102 |
230,588 | 102 | 186,009 | 102 | 148,805 | 100 |
| 8 | 233,242 |
101 |
190,560 |
101 |
232,221 | 102 | 186,746 | 102 | 168,955 | 103 |
| 15 | 229,210 | 100 |
189,691 |
101 |
230,929 | 101 | 186,272 | 101 | 168,844 | 105 |
| 22 | 231,576 |
100 |
190,276 |
101 |
233,526 | 102 | 188,859 | 102 | 169,609 | 103 |
| 29 | — | — |
— |
— |
234,705 | 102 | 190,208 | 103 | 180,100 | 105 |
