Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On July 1, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Maggie Ernst

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 2  is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,978,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier. The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending June 25 was 712,522,000 pounds, up 4 percent. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 17,055,315,000 pounds, up 3 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending June 25 was 74.5 percent.

Week ending Data from 19 states U.S. broilers produced
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Birds slaughted Pounds produced, r-t-c
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1
year		 1
year
– 000 – % % – 000 – % % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
May
14 206,932 98 101 174,630 102 104 208,530 101 173,852 102 165,491 102 721,251 107
21 207,102 98 101 173,577 102 103 207,787 101 172,812 102 163,547 100 716,434 104
28 206,506 98 100 173,565 101 102 208,563 100 172,733 101 165,616 98 704,522 99
June
4 205,496 97 99 172,123 99 100 209,382 102 173,939 103 146,633 99 624,862 101
11 204,962 97 100 171,074 98 100 208,037 102 172,604 102 160,389 99 694,236 103
18 200,289 95 98 169,580 97 99 208,503 100 173,241 100 160,327 99 696,356 102
25 199,403 94 98 169,378 96 99 208,972 101 173,150 101 165,468 101 712,522 104
July
2 — — — — — — 209,518 101 174,630 102 170,978 104 — —

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.

 



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