Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On August 12, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 13 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,841,000 broilers, a 7-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 7-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 3-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending August 6 was 664,365,000 pounds, down 2 percent from the same week a year prior. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 21,103,498,000 pounds, up 2 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending August 6 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
25 199,072 94 98 169,305 96 99 208,972 101 173,150 101 165,468 101 712,522 104
July
2 197,842 95 98 169,503 97 99 209,518 101 174,630 102 170,455 104 730,187 109
9 195,757 95 97 166,344 96 98 207,806 100 173,577 102 145,055 100 611,653 102
16 197,062 94 96 165,281 95 98 208,427 100 173,565 101 159,646 98 687,452 102
23 195,630 94 97 163,354 96 98 206,932 98 172,085 99 160,496 96 676,763 99
30 194,899 93 97 163,671 96 98 207,102 98 170,685 97 159,047 95 677,763 101
August
6 196,033 94 98 164,459 95 97 206,506 98 169,574 97 158,677 96 664,365 98
13 — — — — — — 205,765 97 169,305 96 155,841 93 — —

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

 



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