U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 13, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 176,468,000 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 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 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 234,000 |
101 |
188,414 |
102 |
232,776 | 102 | 187,365 | 102 | 171,691 | 103 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 1 | 235,501 |
101 |
189,101 |
102 |
230,588 | 102 | 186,009 | 102 | 148,805 | 100 |
| 8 | 234,675 |
101 |
190,476 |
101 |
232,221 | 102 | 186,746 | 102 | 168,955 | 103 |
| 15 | 230,156 | 100 |
189,588 |
101 |
230,929 | 101 | 186,272 | 101 | 168,844 | 105 |
| 22 | 232,641 |
101 |
190,478 |
101 |
233,526 | 102 | 188,859 | 102 | 169,609 | 103 |
| 29 | 228,902 | 100 |
189,654 |
101 |
234,705 | 102 | 190,208 | 103 | 176,310 | 103 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 6 | 232,507 |
101 |
185,565 |
100 |
234,096 | 101 | 188,859 | 102 | 152,247 | 105 |
| 13 | — |
— |
— |
— |
232,731 | 101 | 190,208 | 103 | 176,468 | 107 |
