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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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