U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending September 15 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,839,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in 19 states, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| August | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 195,058 | 100 | 94 | 163,663 | 100 | 96 | 201,023 | 98 | 167,445 | 99 | 154,911 |
98
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| 11 | 192,962 | 99 | 93 | 162,437 | 100 | 94 | 201,501 | 98 | 167,758 | 100 | 155,961 |
100
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| 18 | 191,738 | 99 | 93 | 162,378 | 101 | 94 | 199,864 | 98 | 165,771 | 98 | 157,872 |
99
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| 25 | 192,193 | 100 | 93 | 162,464 | 100 | 95 | 196,536 | 98 | 163,659 | 99 | 157,800 |
100
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| September | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 189,328 | 100 | 92 | 160,037 | 99 | 94 | 195,500 | 99 | 163,204 | 99 | 156,776 |
97
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| 8 | 186,480 | 101 | 91 | 159,562 | 100 | 94 | 195,717 | 99 | 163,893 | 101 | 139,196 |
98
|
| 15 | 183,708 | 102 | 90 | 160,521 | 100 | 94 | 193,765 | 99 | 161,182 | 99 | 154,885 |
97
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| 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196,111 | 100 | 163,663 | 100 | 154,839 |
97
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Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
