U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 11, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 176,225,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 236,179 |
104 |
183,004 |
104 |
225,581 | 104 | 182,831 | 105 | 168,705 | 106 |
| 23 | 236,955 |
104 |
179,793 |
104 |
221,128 | 104 | 179,049 | 105 | 164,828 | 133 |
| 30 * | 237,563 |
101 |
183,645 |
103 |
226,515 | 103 | 181,694 | 102 | 129,887 | 78 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 7 | 234,341 | 107 | 188,739 | 103 | 226,347 | 106 | 182,467 | 106 | 171,941 | 105 |
| 14 | 237,049 |
105 |
188,941 |
103 |
219,151 | 101 | 176,550 | 101 | 167,269 | 107 |
| 21 | 239,769 |
105 |
189,315 |
100 |
219,439 | 101 | 177,647 | 102 | 171,889 | 106 |
| 28 ** | 237,598 |
104 |
188,485 |
107 |
223,223 | 104 | 180,682 | 105 | 127,491 | 108 |
| January 2020 | ||||||||||
| 4 *** | 235,623 | 104 |
189,485 |
104 | 227,479 | 105 | 183,004 | 104 | 146,507 | 125 |
| 11 | — | — |
— |
— |
224,117 | 104 | 179,793 | 104 | 176,225 | 106 |
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