Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On December 16, 2011, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending December 17 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 148,700,000 broilers, a 9-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 9-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 7-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and an 8-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 – %
October
22 184,019 92 97 150,798 93 100 194,913 94 161,962 95 155,241 96
29 185,891 93 102 152,828 92 97 193,728 93 160,933 94 152,604 93
November
5 187,040 94 98 150,342 93 98 193,461 94 162,016 95 153,815 95
12 194,597 95 97 152,818 93 98 189,765 93 158,361 94 151,253 92
19 195,717 95 97 153,639 93 102 185,742 91 153,827 91 147,263 90
26 194,723 94 96 157,851 96 100 180,043 91 148,429 91 112,263 87
December
3 195,173 96 97 161,485 96 97 188,278 91 154,490 91 148,055 90
10 195,886 95 95 164,889 97 99 182,234 92 150,798 93 152,002 91
17 — — — — — — 186,672 93 152,828 92 148,700 91

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

 



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