U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 25, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 160,179,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 14 | 240,571 |
103 |
191,148 |
103 |
236,829 | 104 | 188,943 | 103 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 21 | 239,197 |
104 |
191,643 |
104 |
239,368 | 105 | 191,456 | 104 | 171,690 | 107 |
| 28 | 238,207 |
102 |
190,500 |
102 |
237,441 | 104 | 189,981 | 104 | 169,683 | 105 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 4 | 231,153 |
100 |
186,557 |
99 | 240,683 | 105 | 191,781 | 104 | 164,732 | 100 |
| 11 | 221,961 |
95 |
179,760 |
96 |
238,818 | 104 | 190,275 | 103 | 155,111 | 94 |
| 18 | 224,528 |
95 |
178,163 |
95 |
239,736 | 105 | 190,863 | 104 | 149,720 | 94 |
| 25 | — |
— |
— |
— |
237,916 | 103 | 188,166 | 102 | 160,179 | 101 |
