U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 8, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 175,130,000 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 no change 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 | ||||||||||
| 28 ** | 238,819 |
104 |
189,066 |
107 |
223,223 | 104 | 180,682 | 105 | 127,491 | 108 |
| January 2020 | ||||||||||
| 4 *** | 236,829 | 104 |
189,728 |
105 | 227,479 | 105 | 183,004 | 104 | 146,507 | 125 |
| 11 | 239,399 | 105 |
190,869 |
104 |
224,117 | 104 | 179,793 | 104 | 167,857 | 101 |
| 18 | 237,511 |
104 |
191,158 |
104 |
227,398 | 103 | 183,645 | 103 | 174,538 | 101 |
| 25 | 240,500 |
105 |
189,136 |
103 |
236,179 | 104 | 188,089 | 103 | 166,070 | 105 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 1**** | 238,586 |
104 |
192,130 |
104 |
236,955 | 104 | 189,338 | 103 | 171,982 | 105 |
| 8 | — |
— |
— |
— |
237,563 | 101 | 190,152 | 100 | 175,130 | 108 |
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