U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 10 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,705,000 broilers, a 1 percent decrease from the same week a year earlier. The 1 percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1 percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.

U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report
Week ending Eggs set Chicks placed Eggs set Chicks placed Broilers slaughtered
change from change from 10 weeks previous 7 weeks previous
1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1
year
– 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – % – 000 – %
March
29 209,724 100 171,651 100 208,241 102 169,414 100 150,843 101
April
5 211,779 102 171,576 100 209,580 102 170,445 100 155,489 101
12 212,738 101 169,449 99 209,410 102 169,629 100 154,712 100
19 213,016 102 170,311 99 208,080 101 168,545 99 146,685 95
26 211,312 101 172,897 101 208,693 100 169,262 99 152,255 98
May
3  211,179 100 173,028 100 208,980 100 169,654 99 154,180 99
10 210,920  101  171,061 100 154,705
99

Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.

Special Note

Revisions were also made to the December 29, 2013 to March 1, 2014 time period to provide consistency between historic revisions in the Hatchery Production 2013 Summary, published April 15, 2014. Please visit the NASS website at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ and utilize the Quick Stats Tools for complete data.