Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On October 7, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 8 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,908,000 broilers, a 7-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 7-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 7-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 6-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Ready-to-cook (r-t-c) weight for the week ending October 1 was 684,122,000 pounds, down 5 percent from the same week a year prior. The year-to-date r-t-c weight was 26,444,158,000 pounds, up 1 percent. The yield from liveweight to r-t-c weight for the week ending October 1 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 – %
August
20 193,728 93 97 161,967 94 97 205,208 97 169,503 97 158,750 97 670,584 100
27 193,461 94 96 163,695 96 98 200,369 95 166,328 96 157,223 95 659,448 97
September
3 189,735 93 97 161,962 95 97 199,072 94 165,242 95 161,414 94 678,229 95
10 186,195 91 96 160,929 94 97 197,842 95 163,354 96 141,495 95 604,021 98
17 181,256 92 96 161,979 95 97 195,484 95 163,477 96 159,518 95 697,596 98
24 187,868 91 97 158,768 95 98 196,969 94 164,885 95 160,196 96 692,207 98
October
1 183,133 93 100 154,570 91 96 195,571 94 163,239 95 156,437 93 684,122 95
8 — — — — — — 194,922 93 161,967 94 153,908 93 — —

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

 



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