U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 15, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,722,000 broilers, an 8-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 8-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 7-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 7-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 – | % | |
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 | 237,758 |
104 |
191,271 |
104 |
227,398 | 103 | 183,645 | 103 | 174,538 | 101 |
25 | 240,664 |
105 |
189,149 |
103 |
236,179 | 104 | 188,089 | 103 | 166,070 | 105 |
February | ||||||||||
1**** | 238,783 |
104 |
192,102 |
104 |
236,955 | 104 | 189,338 | 103 | 171,982 | 105 |
8 | 239,645 |
105 |
190,763 |
104 |
237,563 | 101 | 190,152 | 100 | 171,276 | 106 |
15 | — |
— |
— |
— |
234,640 | 107 | 189,066 | 107 | 173,722 | 108 |
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