U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending July 14 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,031,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-percent decrease in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in 19 states.
Week ending | Data from 19 states | |||||||||||
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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 – | % | |
May | ||||||||||||
26 | 201,023 | 98 | 95 | 167,124 | 97 | 98 | 197,551 | 95 | 165,217 | 96 | 158,757 |
96
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June | ||||||||||||
2 | 201,501 | 98 | 95 | 166,584 | 97 | 97 | 196,488 | 94 | 164,792 | 95 | 142,351 |
97
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9 | 199,853 | 98 | 94 | 167,314 | 99 | 96 | 198,100 | 95 | 166,208 | 97 | 156,500 |
98
|
16 | 196,403 | 98 | 93 | 167,435 | 99 | 96 | 199,324 | 96 | 166,672 | 97 | 154,094 |
96
|
23 | 196,049 | 99 | 93 | 167,745 | 100 | 95 | 199,648 | 96 | 166,241 | 96 | 154,051 |
93
|
30 | 196,293 | 100 | 93 | 165,732 | 98 | 94 | 200,195 | 96 | 167,072 | 96 | 158,358 |
93
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July | ||||||||||||
7 | 194,110 | 100 | 94 | 163,175 | 98 | 93 | 198,162 | 96 | 165,552 | 96 | 142,699 |
98
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14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 199,964 | 96 | 167,124 | 97 | 156,031 |
98
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Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.