Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On July 15, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Maggie Ernst

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 16 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 161,730,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending July 9 was 611,653,000 pounds, up 2 percent. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 18,397,155,000 pounds, up 3 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending July 9 was 74.5 percent.

Week ending Data from 19 states U.S. broilers produced
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Birds slaughtered 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
28 206,506 98 100 173,565 101 102 208,563 100 172,733 101 165,616 98 704,522 99
June
4 205,765 97 99 172,085 99 100 209,382 102 173,939 103 146,633 99 624,862 101
11 205,185 97 100 170,693 97 99 208,037 102 172,604 102 160,389 99 694,236 103
18 200,389 95 98 169,574 97 99 208,503 100 173,241 100 160,327 99 696,356 102
25 199,602 94 99 169,328 96 99 208,972 101 173,150 101 165,468 101 712,522 104
July
2 198,355 96 99 169,444 97 99 209,518 101 174,630 102 170,455 104 730,187 109
9 195,850 95 97 166,495 96 98 207,806 100 173,577 102 145,055 100 611,653 102
16 — — — — — — 208,427 100 173,565 101 161,730 99 — —

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

 



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