U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 29, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,396,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 237,441 |
104 |
191,227 |
104 |
227,398 | 103 | 183,645 | 103 | 174,538 | 101 |
| 25 | 240,683 |
105 |
188,943 |
103 |
236,179 | 104 | 188,089 | 103 | 166,070 | 105 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 1* | 238,873 |
104 |
191,450 |
104 |
236,955 | 104 | 189,338 | 103 | 171,982 | 105 |
| 8 | 239,674 |
105 |
190,149 |
104 |
237,563 | 101 | 190,152 | 100 | 171,276 | 106 |
| 15 | 237,513 |
103 |
191,835 |
104 |
234,640 | 107 | 189,066 | 107 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 22 | 238,591 |
103 |
190,056 |
103 |
237,501 | 106 | 189,728 | 105 | 169,956 | 106 |
| 29 | — |
— |
— |
— |
239,306 | 105 | 190,799 | 104 | 174,396 | 107 |
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