U.S. total broiler slaughter for the week ending March 1 is estimated by USDA-AMS’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,065,000 broilers, 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
| Week ending | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs set | Chicks placed | Eggs set | Chicks placed | |||||||||
| change from | change from | 10 weeks previous | 7 weeks previous | Broilers slaughtered | ||||||||
| 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | ||||||||
| – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | – 000 – | % | |||
| January | ||||||||||||
| 18 | 207,163 | 102 | 170,256 | 102 | 201,392 | — | 157,757 | — | 157,861 | 104 | ||
| 25 | 208,504 | 102 | 168,858 | 100 | 200,285 | — | 165,254 | — | 147,728 | 99 | ||
| February | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 208,046 | 101 | 169,320 | 101 | 201,608 | — | 164,033 | — | 139,171 | 89 | ||
| 8 | 206,843 | 101 | 168,506 | 100 | 207,776 | — | 165,946 | — | 160,029 | 103 | ||
| 15 | 207,604 | 100 | 169,102 | 100 | 209,238 | — | 163,918 | — | 143,693 | 95 | ||
| 22 | 208,196 | 100 | 168,661 | 100 | 208,969 | — | 164,639 | 101 | 159,979 | 106 | ||
| March | ||||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | 208,329 | — | 170,236 | 104 | 156,065 | 101 | ||
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with year earlier.
