U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 22, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,892,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 6-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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
11 239,368 105
190,799
104
224,117 104 179,793 104 167,857 101
18 237,450
104
191,192
104
227,398 103 183,645 103 174,538 101
25 240,312
105
188,943
103
236,179 104 188,089 103 166,070 105
February
1* 238,316
104
191,749
104
236,955 104 189,338 103 171,982 105
8 239,219
105
190,523
104
237,563 101 190,152 100 171,276 106
15 237,692
103
192,178
105
234,640 107 189,066 107 170,974 106
22



237,501 106 189,728 105 171,892 107

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