U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 28, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,523,000 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 15 | 237,916 |
103 |
191,781 |
104 |
234,640 | 107 | 189,066 | 107 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 22 | 239,402 |
103 |
190,272 |
103 |
237,501 | 106 | 189,728 | 105 | 169,956 | 106 |
| 29 | 241,092 |
104 |
190,863 |
104 |
239,306 | 105 | 190,799 | 104 | 170,749 | 105 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 7 | 239,121 |
103 |
189,882 |
103 |
238,819 | 104 | 191,227 | 104 | 170,274 | 106 |
| 14 | 240,184 |
103 |
191,056 |
103 |
236,829 | 104 | 188,943 | 103 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 21 | 238,229 |
103 |
191,919 |
104 |
239,368 | 105 | 191,456 | 104 | 171,690 | 107 |
| 28 | — |
— |
— |
— |
237,441 | 104 | 189,981 | 104 | 173,523 | 108 |
