U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 7, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,279,000 broilers, an 8-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 8-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-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 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 240,683 |
105 |
188,943 |
103 |
236,179 | 104 | 188,089 | 103 | 166,070 | 105 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 1* | 238,818 |
104 |
191,466 |
104 |
236,955 | 104 | 189,338 | 103 | 171,982 | 105 |
| 8 | 239,894 |
105 |
190,156 |
104 |
237,563 | 101 | 190,152 | 100 | 171,276 | 106 |
| 15 | 237,371 |
103 |
191,827 |
104 |
234,640 | 107 | 189,066 | 107 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 22 | 238,573 |
103 |
189,260 |
103 |
237,501 | 106 | 189,728 | 105 | 169,956 | 106 |
| 29 | 240,860 |
104 |
191,223 |
104 |
239,306 | 105 | 190,799 | 104 | 170,749 | 105 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 7 | — |
— |
— |
— |
238,819 | 104 | 191,227 | 104 | 173,279 | 108 |
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