U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 17, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,318,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 6 | 232,937 |
101 |
187,590 |
101 |
234,096 | 101 | 189,529 | 102 | 152,247 | 105 |
| 13 | 231,840 |
102 |
188,488 |
101 |
232,731 | 101 | 188,414 | 102 | 171,800 | 104 |
| 20 | 233,281 |
102 |
185,278 |
100 |
232,921 | 101 | 189,101 | 102 | 167,859 | 102 |
| 27 | 231,997 |
101 |
188,820 |
101 |
234,839 | 101 | 190,476 | 101 | 169,641 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 3 | 232,209 |
101 |
187,519 |
102 |
234,000 | 101 | 189,588 | 101 | 172,347 | 102 |
| 10 | 230,501 |
101 |
188,525 |
101 |
235,501 | 101 | 190,382 | 101 | 172,355 | 103 |
| 17 | — |
— |
— |
— |
234,675 | 101 | 189,707 | 101 | 174,318 | 103 |
