U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 16, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,375,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 4 | 228,192 |
99 |
187,257 |
100 | 240,683 | 105 | 191,781 | 104 | 164,732 | 100 |
| 11 | 217,877 |
93 |
178,580 |
96 |
238,818 | 104 | 190,275 | 103 | 155,111 | 94 |
| 18 | 222,285 |
95 |
178,341 |
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 | 221,226 |
95 |
166,737 |
88 |
239,402 | 103 | 191,148 | 103 | 162,022 | 99 |
| 9 | 228,308 |
98 |
177,003 |
93 |
241,143 | 104 | 191,748 | 104 | 162,954 | 99 |
| 16 | — |
— |
— |
— |
238,824 | 103 | 190,698 | 102 | 164,375 | 98 |
