U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending September 29 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 155,883,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change 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 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 192,962 | 99 | 93 | 162,437 | 100 | 94 | 201,501 | 98 | 167,758 | 100 | 155,961 |
100
|
| 18 | 191,718 | 99 | 93 | 162,378 | 101 | 94 | 199,864 | 98 | 165,771 | 98 | 157,872 |
99
|
| 25 | 192,248 | 100 | 93 | 162,464 | 100 | 95 | 196,536 | 98 | 163,659 | 99 | 157,800 |
100
|
| September | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 190,271 | 101 | 92 | 160,037 | 99 | 94 | 195,500 | 99 | 163,204 | 99 | 156,776 |
97
|
| 8 | 186,480 | 101 | 91 | 159,553 | 100 | 94 | 195,717 | 99 | 163,893 | 101 | 139,196 |
98
|
| 15 | 183,671 | 102 | 90 | 160,512 | 100 | 94 | 193,765 | 99 | 161,182 | 99 | 154,885 |
97
|
| 22 | 188,793 | 101 | 96 | 159,051 | 101 | 94 | 196,111 | 100 | 163,663 | 100 | 154,230 |
96
|
| 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 195,069 | 100 | 162,437 | 100 | 155,883 |
100
|
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
