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 | ||||||||||
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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 – | % | |
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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