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
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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