Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broilers Produced Report

On May 29, 2015, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Debra Newman

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 30 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 145,422,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – %
April
11 218,221 102 174,529 103 213,486 102 173,848 102 155,184 100
18 218,847 102 177,397 104 214,696 103 174,989 104 157,473 107
25 216,158 102 178,872 103 216,309 103 176,235 104 157,046 103
May
2 218,813 103 179,838 104 215,619 103 175,844 103 158,693 103
9 218,853 103 179,272 103 215,939 102 175,787 102 159,950 102
16 219,843 103 177,932 103 213,730 101 174,309 101 158,668 103
23 218,669 102 179,689 103 213,460 101 174,312 101 165,207 105
30 — — — —  213,436 102  174,529 103  145,422 104

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

 



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