U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 18 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,077,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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 – %
September
6 209,823 103 173,805 101 211,982 101 173,187 100 144,453 103
13 207,925 103 174,596 101 212,282 101 172,953 99 159,441 101
20 205,067 103 173,105 101 214,370 101 174,529 100 157,337 98
27 208,577 102 170,570 102 214,967 103 175,216 102 157,752 100
October
4 202,573 105 169,683 102 213,852 102 174,986 101 157,468 100
11 206,160 104 168,161 103 213,722 103 174,382 102 159,957 101
18 213,135 101 174,120 101 159,077 101

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.