Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On November 18, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending November 19 is estimated by USDA/AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 147,601,000 broilers, an 10-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 10-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 9-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 9-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.

Week ending Data from 19 states
Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous U.S. broilers slaughtered
1 year 2 years 1 year 2 years 1 year 1 year 1
year
– 000 – % % – 000 – % % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
September
24 188,278 91 97 158,361 94 98 196,969 94 164,885 95 160,196 96
October
1 182,234 92 100 153,827 91 96 195,571 94 163,239 95 156,437 93
8 186,672 93 98 148,429 91 95 194,922 93 161,967 94 153,823 93
15 182,461 93 98 154,494 91 99 195,866 94 163,695 96 150,088 90
22 184,291 92 98 150,791 93 100 194,913 94 161,962 95 155,241 96
29 185,527 92 101 153,236 92 97 193,728 93 160,933 94 152,604 93
November
5 186,486 93 98 148,633 92 97 193,461 94 162,016 95 153,815 95
12 193,257 95 96 151,506 92 97 189,765 93 158,361 94 151,253 92
19 — — — — — — 185,742 91 153,827 91 147,601 90

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

 



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