U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 18, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 178,556,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| December | ||||||||||
| 7 | 234,640 | 107 | 189,089 | 104 | 226,347 | 106 | 182,467 | 106 | 171,941 | 105 |
| 14 | 237,501 |
106 |
189,338 |
103 |
219,151 | 101 | 176,550 | 101 | 167,269 | 107 |
| 21 | 239,301 |
105 |
190,152 |
100 |
219,439 | 101 | 177,647 | 102 | 171,889 | 106 |
| 28 ** | 238,572 |
104 |
188,887 |
107 |
223,223 | 104 | 180,682 | 105 | 127,491 | 108 |
| January 2020 | ||||||||||
| 4 *** | 236,836 | 104 |
189,623 |
105 | 227,479 | 105 | 183,004 | 104 | 146,507 | 125 |
| 11 | 238,649 | 104 |
190,805 |
104 |
224,117 | 104 | 179,793 | 104 | 167,857 | 101 |
| 18 | — |
— |
— |
— |
227,398 | 103 | 183,645 | 103 | 178,556 | 103 |
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