U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 4 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 145,750,000 broilers, a 7-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 7-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 23 | 217,521 | 101 | 178,144 | 100 | 216,728 | 100 | 177,020 | 100 | 161,749 | 103 |
| 30 | 216,762 | 99 | 178,147 | 99 | 215,826 | 100 | 176,781 | 101 | 159,048 | 100 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 7 | 217,418 | 99 | 177,537 | 99 | 217,125 | 100 | 177,598 | 101 | 159,543 | 100 |
| 14 | 217,194 | 99 | 178,419 | 100 | 217,750 | 102 | 178,261 | 102 | 162,473 | 102 |
| 21 | 219,769 | 101 | 178,576 | 100 | 218,657 | 102 | 179,148 | 103 | 161,971 | 98 |
| 28 | 219,796 | 100 | 179,136 | 100 | 218,054 | 102 | 179,368 | 103 | 164,147 | 115 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | — | — | — | — | 215,943 | 100 | 177,248 | 100 | 145,750 | 93 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
