U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 16, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,177,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 5 | 219,151 |
101 |
179,049 |
105 |
233,345 | 102 | 188,969 | 102 | 175,426 | 105 |
| 12 | 219,439 |
101 |
181,694 |
102 |
233,676 | 102 | 189,404 | 101 | 174,574 | 107 |
| 19 | 223,363 | 104 |
182,522 |
106 |
231,735 | 102 | 187,749 | 102 | 174,327 | 104 |
| 26 | 226,791 |
104 |
176,366 |
101 |
232,738 | 103 | 188,336 | 103 | 172,753 | 105 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 2 | 224,462 | 104 |
177,419 |
102 |
230,866 | 103 | 186,145 | 103 | 172,986 | 105 |
| 9 | 222,196 |
100 |
178,905 |
104 |
231,075 | 105 | 186,756 | 105 | 172,352 | 105 |
| 16 | — |
— |
— |
— |
225,581 | 104 | 182,831 | 105 | 171,177 | 107 |
