Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On July 29, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 30 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,077,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending July 23 was 676,763,000 pounds, down 1 percent. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 19,761,370,000 pounds, up 3 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending July 23 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 – %
June
11 205,208 97 100 170,685 97 99 208,037 102 172,604 102 160,389 99 694,236 103
18 200,369 95 98 169,574 97 99 208,503 100 173,241 100 160,327 99 696,356 102
25 199,148 94 98 169,305 96 99 208,972 101 173,150 101 165,468 101 712,522 104
July
2 197,809 95 98 169,620 97 99 209,518 101 174,630 102 170,455 104 730,187 109
9 195,731 95 97 166,545 96 98 207,806 100 173,577 102 145,055 100 611,653 102
16 196,881 94 96 165,155 95 98 208,427 100 173,565 101 159,646 98 687,452 102
23 195,994 94 97 163,902 97 98 206,932 98 172,085 99 160,496 96 676,763 99
30 — — — — — — 207,102 98 170,685 97 159,077 96 — —

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

 



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