U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 7, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,590,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 6-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 6-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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 | 224,117 | 104 |
177,647 |
102 |
230,866 | 103 | 186,145 | 103 | 172,986 | 105 |
9 | 225,873 |
102 |
178,788 |
104 |
231,075 | 105 | 186,756 | 105 | 172,352 | 105 |
16 | 234,890 |
103 |
182,726 |
104 |
225,581 | 104 | 182,831 | 105 | 168,705 | 106 |
23 * | 237,149 |
104 |
179,309 |
104 |
221,128 | 104 | 179,049 | 105 | 164,828 | 133 |
30 ** | 233,201 |
99 |
182,206 |
102 |
226,515 | 103 | 181,694 | 102 | 129,887 | 78 |
December | ||||||||||
7 | — | — | — | — | 226,347 | 106 | 182,467 | 106 | 173,590 | 106 |
* 2018 Thanksgiving Weekend
** 2019 Thanksgiving Weekend