U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 21, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,852,000 broilers, an 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 2-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 – | % | |
November | ||||||||||
9 | 227,398 |
103 |
180,682 |
105 |
231,075 | 105 | 186,756 | 105 | 172,352 | 105 |
16 | 236,179 |
104 |
183,004 |
104 |
225,581 | 104 | 182,831 | 105 | 168,705 | 106 |
23 * | 236,757 |
104 |
179,839 |
104 |
221,128 | 104 | 179,049 | 105 | 164,828 | 133 |
30 ** | 236,618 |
100 |
183,645 |
103 |
226,515 | 103 | 181,694 | 102 | 129,887 | 78 |
December | ||||||||||
7 | 234,025 | 107 | 188,506 | 103 | 226,347 | 106 | 182,467 | 106 | 171,941 | 105 |
14 | 236,920 |
105 |
188,987 |
103 |
219,151 | 101 | 176,550 | 101 | 167,269 | 107 |
21 | — |
— |
— |
— |
219,439 | 101 | 177,647 | 102 | 174,852 | 108 |
* 2018 Thanksgiving Weekend
** 2019 Thanksgiving Weekend