U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 12, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 176,538,000 broilers, an 8-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 8-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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 | ||||||||||
| 31 | 231,075 |
105 |
187,749 | 102 |
233,016 | 101 | 188,488 | 101 | 177,907 | 104 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 7 | 225,769 |
104 |
188,320 | 103 |
229,298 | 100 | 185,158 | 100 | 148,929 | 100 |
| 14 | 221,343 |
104 |
186,164 |
103 |
232,937 | 101 | 188,440 | 101 | 173,696 | 107 |
| 21 | 226,283 |
102 |
186,713 |
105 |
231,840 | 102 | 187,556 | 102 | 174,993 | 108 |
| 28 | 227,135 |
106 |
182,979 |
105 |
232,865 | 101 | 188,183 | 101 | 175,151 | 103 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 5 | 219,094 |
101 |
178,817 |
105 |
233,345 | 102 | 188,969 | 102 | 175,426 | 105 |
| 12 | — |
— |
— |
— |
233,676 | 102 | 189,404 | 101 | 176,538 | 108 |
