U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending June 2 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 143,450,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 6-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 199,648 | 96 | 95 | 164,792 | 95 | 96 | 193,162 | 94 | 160,547 | 95 | 153,060 |
96
|
| 21 | 200,195 | 96 | 97 | 166,208 | 97 | 98 | 195,481 | 96 | 163,347 | 97 | 154,825 |
97
|
| 28 | 198,162 | 96 | 96 | 166,672 | 97 | 98 | 194,663 | 94 | 162,714 | 96 | 152,792 |
99
|
| May | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 199,857 | 96 | 96 | 166,233 | 96 | 96 | 195,259 | 95 | 163,012 | 96 | 151,715 |
95
|
| 12 | 199,732 | 97 | 95 | 167,069 | 96 | 98 | 197,687 | 95 | 164,705 | 95 | 155,836 |
94
|
| 19 | 200,358 | 97 | 95 | 165,386 | 96 | 96 | 198,739 | 96 | 165,716 | 96 | 157,987 |
97
|
| 26 | 200,706 | 97 | 95 | 166,066 | 96 | 97 | 197,551 | 95 | 165,217 | 96 | 158,757 |
96
|
| June |
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| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196,488 | 94 | 164,792 | 95 | 143,450 |
98
|
*In 2011, the Easter holiday was on Sunday, April 24.
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
