U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 19 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,260,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 7 | 203,762 | 98 | 163,795 | 99 | 212,492 | 100 | 174,911 | 101 | 160,795 | 101 |
| 14 | 215,345 | 99 | 166,674 | 99 | 208,592 | 99 | 171,429 | 100 | 158,615 | 101 |
| 21 | 216,492 | 100 | 167,135 | 101 | 207,235 | 99 | 170,864 | 100 | 156,949 | 100 |
| 28 | 216,362 | 100 | 168,430 | 100 | 198,090 | 96 | 162,037 | 96 | 122,639 | 99 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 5 | 210,880 | 99 | 175,923 | 100 | 206,503 | 99 | 170,186 | 99 | 159,940 | 99 |
| 12 | 215,410 | 100 | 177,558 | 100 | 201,944 | 99 | 164,077 | 99 | 158,176 | 101 |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | 203,616 | 99 | 167,333 | 99 | 160,697 | 104 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
