U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 7, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,781,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with no-change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no-change 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
27 233,345
102
188,440
101
234,839 101 190,476 101 169,641 102
August
3 233,990
102
187,556
102
234,000 101 189,588 101 172,347 102
10 232,047
102
188,183
101
235,501 101 190,382 101 172,355 103
17 233,232
103
188,937
102
234,675 101 189,707 101 173,998 103
24 232,213
103
189,351
101
230,304 100 187,590 101 174,094 105
31 232,937
105
187,730 102
233,016 101 188,488 101 177,907 104
September      
7


229,298 100 185,158 100 154,781 104