U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 23, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,531,000 broilers, a 35-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 35-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 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 219,439 |
101 |
181,694 |
102 |
233,676 | 102 | 189,404 | 101 | 174,574 | 107 |
| 19 | 223,223 | 104 |
182,467 |
106 |
231,735 | 102 | 187,749 | 102 | 174,327 | 104 |
| 26 | 227,479 |
105 |
176,550 |
101 |
232,738 | 103 | 188,336 | 103 | 172,753 | 105 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 2 | 224,315 | 104 |
177,645 |
102 |
230,866 | 103 | 186,145 | 103 | 172,986 | 105 |
| 9 | 222,234 |
100 |
178,866 |
104 |
231,075 | 105 | 186,756 | 105 | 172,352 | 105 |
| 16 | 234,509 |
103 |
182,864 |
104 |
225,581 | 104 | 182,831 | 105 | 168,705 | 106 |
| 23 * | — |
— |
— |
— |
221,128 | 104 | 179,049 | 105 | 167,531 | 135 |
* 2018 Thanksgiving Weekend
