U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 10, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,710,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 29 | 229,298 | 100 |
189,707 |
101 |
234,705 | 102 | 190,208 | 103 | 176,310 | 103 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 6 | 232,937 |
101 |
187,590 |
101 |
234,096 | 101 | 189,529 | 102 | 152,247 | 105 |
| 13 | 231,823 |
102 |
188,488 |
101 |
232,731 | 101 | 188,414 | 102 | 171,800 | 104 |
| 20 | 233,630 |
102 |
185,278 |
100 |
232,921 | 101 | 189,101 | 102 | 167,859 | 102 |
| 27 | 231,887 |
101 |
188,814 |
101 |
234,839 | 101 | 190,476 | 101 | 169,641 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 3 | 232,085 |
101 |
187,299 |
102 |
234,000 | 101 | 189,588 | 101 | 172,347 | 102 |
| 10 | — |
— |
— |
— |
235,501 | 101 | 190,382 | 101 | 174,710 | 104 |
