U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 14, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,719,000 broilers, a 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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 2 | 224,117 | 104 |
177,647 |
102 |
230,866 | 103 | 186,145 | 103 | 172,986 | 105 |
| 9 | 226,644 |
102 |
180,704 |
105 |
231,075 | 105 | 186,756 | 105 | 172,352 | 105 |
| 16 | 235,364 |
103 |
182,720 |
104 |
225,581 | 104 | 182,831 | 105 | 168,705 | 106 |
| 23 * | 235,259 |
103 |
179,347 |
104 |
221,128 | 104 | 179,049 | 105 | 164,828 | 133 |
| 30 ** | 235,889 |
100 |
183,004 |
103 |
226,515 | 103 | 181,694 | 102 | 129,887 | 78 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 7 | 233,288 | 107 | 188,019 | 103 | 226,347 | 106 | 182,467 | 106 | 171,941 | 105 |
| 14 | — |
— |
— |
— |
219,151 | 101 | 176,550 | 101 | 169,719 | 108 |
* 2018 Thanksgiving Weekend
** 2019 Thanksgiving Weekend
