U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 14, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,276,000 broilers, an 8-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 8-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 – %
August
3 233,676
102
187,556
102
234,000 101 189,588 101 172,347 102
10 231,735
102
188,183
101
235,501 101 190,382 101 172,355 103
17 233,348
103
188,937
102
234,675 101 189,707 101 173,998 103
24 231,968
103
189,366
101
230,304 100 187,590 101 174,094 105
31 232,238
105
187,701 102
233,016 101 188,488 101 177,907 104
September
7 227,609
105
188,696 103
229,298 100 185,158 100 148,929 100
14



232,937 101 188,440 101 174,276 108