U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 11, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,823,000 broilers, 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 | ||||||||||
30 | 235,812 |
100 |
184,601 |
97 |
239,404 | 104 | 178,580 | 96 | 145,550 | 98 |
June | ||||||||||
6 | 235,859 |
100 |
185,168 |
97 |
238,316 | 102 | 178,391 | 95 | 161,798 | 96 |
13 | 236,102 |
102 |
189,766 |
100 |
228,192 | 99 | 171,216 | 92 | 162,762 | 96 |
20 | 234,303 |
100 |
189,555 |
99 |
217,950 | 93 | 164,168 | 87 | 161,890 | 95 |
27 | 232,269 |
101 |
190,469 |
100 |
223,188 | 95 | 176,754 | 93 | 164,757 | 93 |
July | ||||||||||
4 | 230,799 |
99 |
191,030 |
102 |
214,705 | 92 | 173,563 | 91 | 147,821 | 97 |
11 | — |
— |
— |
— |
223,846 | 96 | 181,083 | 96 | 167,823 | 98 |