U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 25, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,313,000 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 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
14 237,501
106
189,338
103
219,151 101 176,550 101 167,269 107
21 239,306
105
190,152
100
219,439 101 177,647 102 171,889 106
28 ** 238,201
104
188,887
107
223,223 104 180,682 105 127,491 108
January 2020
4 *** 236,353 104
189,548
105 227,479 105 183,004 104 146,507 125
11 238,676 104
190,647
104
224,117 104 179,793 104 167,857 101
18 236,697
104
191,128
104
227,398 103 183,645 103 174,538 101
25



236,179 104 188,089 103  167,313 106

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