U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 27, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,664,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 5-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 7-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
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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 – | % | |
May | ||||||||||
16 | 229,381 |
97 |
173,563 |
91 |
238,824 | 103 | 190,698 | 102 | 160,598 | 96 |
23 | 234,763 |
100 | 181,083 |
96 |
240,571 | 103 | 187,257 | 100 | 162,218 | 94 |
30 | 235,333 |
100 |
184,379 |
97 |
239,404 | 104 | 178,580 | 96 | 145,550 | 98 |
June | ||||||||||
6 | 235,055 |
100 |
185,060 |
97 |
238,316 | 102 | 178,391 | 95 | 161,798 | 96 |
13 | 235,298 |
102 |
189,209 |
100 |
228,192 | 99 | 171,216 | 92 | 162,762 | 96 |
20 | 235,181 |
101 |
188,892 |
99 |
217,950 | 93 | 164,168 | 87 | 161,890 | 95 |
27 | — |
— |
— |
— |
223,188 | 95 | 176,754 | 93 | 170,664 | 97 |