U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 22 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,414,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-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 | ||||||||||
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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 – | % | |
July | ||||||||||
11 | 215,880 | 100 | 179,096 | 102 | 218,425 | 103 | 179,284 | 103 | 158,000 | 101 |
18 | 215,560 | 100 | 178,435 | 103 | 219,166 | 104 | 179,828 | 104 | 159,878 | 102 |
25 | 215,310 | 101 | 176,875 | 102 | 219,741 | 103 | 180,606 | 104 | 161,045 | 102 |
August | ||||||||||
1 | 214,736 | 100 | 177,756 | 101 | 217,874 | 102 | 179,555 | 103 | 161,266 | 103 |
8 | 214,090 | 100 | 176,864 | 101 | 219,115 | 102 | 180,226 | 102 | 163,048 | 103 |
15 | 213,272 | 100 | 176,418 | 101 | 219,809 | 103 | 181,008 | 103 | 161,628 | 102 |
22 | — | — | — | — | 217,563 | 103 | 178,900 | 103 | 164,414 | 103 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.