U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 14, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,762,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – %
February
1* 238,818
104
191,466
104
236,955 104 189,338 103 171,982 105
8 239,736
105
189,981
104
237,563 101 190,152 100 171,276 106
15 237,916
103
191,781
104
234,640 107 189,066 107 170,974 106
22 238,420
103
190,354
103
237,501 106 189,728 105 169,956 106
29 241,060
104
190,936
104
239,306 105 190,799 104 170,749 105
March
7 239,796
104
189,957
103
238,819 104 191,227 104 170,274 106
14



236,829 104 188,943 103 170,762  106

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