U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 11, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 161,498,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease 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 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 241,143 |
104 |
190,863 |
104 |
239,306 | 105 | 190,799 | 104 | 170,749 | 105 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 7 | 238,824 |
103 |
189,498 |
103 |
238,819 | 104 | 191,227 | 104 | 170,274 | 106 |
| 14 | 240,621 |
103 |
191,045 |
103 |
236,829 | 104 | 188,943 | 103 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 21 | 238,930 |
103 |
191,603 |
104 |
239,368 | 105 | 191,456 | 104 | 171,690 | 107 |
| 28 | 239,719 |
103 |
190,313 |
102 |
237,441 | 104 | 189,981 | 104 | 169,683 | 105 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 4 | 235,304 |
102 |
188,132 |
100 | 240,683 | 105 | 191,781 | 104 | 164,732 | 100 |
| 11 | — |
— |
— |
— |
238,818 | 104 | 190,275 | 103 | 161,498 | 98 |
