U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 14 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 160,611,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 3 | 201,944 | 99 | 170,864 | 100 | 215,475 | 101 | 176,373 | 101 | 163,666 | 104 |
| 10 | 203,647 | 98 | 162,068 | 96 | 215,050 | 101 | 176,549 | 101 | 158,791 | 99 |
| 17 | 198,097 | 97 | 170,255 | 99 | 214,343 | 100 | 175,990 | 101 | 162,947 | 104 |
| 24 | 204,428 | 99 | 164,241 | 99 | 213,084 | 100 | 175,268 | 100 | 162,527 | 103 |
| 31 | 203,977 | 100 | 167,302 | 99 | 212,564 | 99 | 174,676 | 100 | 151,531 | 96 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 7 | 203,422 | 98 | 162,912 | 98 | 212,492 | 100 | 174,911 | 101 | 160,795 | 101 |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | 208,592 | 99 | 171,429 | 100 | 160,611 | 102 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
