U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 9, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,312,000 broilers, no-change from the same week a year earlier.
The no-change 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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 28 | 238,316 |
102 |
190,698 |
102 |
237,441 | 104 | 189,981 | 104 | 169,683 | 105 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 4 | 228,192 |
99 |
187,257 |
100 | 240,683 | 105 | 191,781 | 104 | 164,732 | 100 |
| 11 | 217,714 |
93 |
178,580 |
96 |
238,818 | 104 | 190,275 | 103 | 155,111 | 94 |
| 18 | 221,542 |
94 |
178,123 |
95 |
239,736 | 105 | 190,863 | 104 | 149,720 | 94 |
| 25 | 217,262 |
93 |
173,479 |
93 |
237,916 | 103 | 188,166 | 102 | 156,020 | 99 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 2 | 221,033 |
95 |
166,565 |
88 |
239,402 | 103 | 191,148 | 103 | 162,022 | 99 |
| 9 | — |
— |
— |
— |
241,143 | 104 | 191,748 | 104 | 164,312 | 100 |
