U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 16 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,790,000 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 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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | 218,149 | 99 | 178,923 | 99 | 215,943 | 100 | 177,248 | 100 | 144,938 | 92 |
| 11 | 219,090 | 101 | 180,485 | 100 | 216,253 | 99 | 178,144 | 100 | 165,572 | 103 |
| 18 | 216,365 | 99 | 181,206 | 100 | 217,103 | 99 | 178,147 | 99 | 164,502 | 104 |
| 25 | 216,342 | 99 | 179,343 | 99 | 215,867 | 99 | 177,553 | 99 | 165,572 | 102 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 2 | 214,371 | 100 | 180,137 | 101 | 217,521 | 101 | 178,437 | 100 | 163,784 | 109 |
| 9 | 217,937 | 101 | 177,776 | 99 | 216,762 | 99 | 178,624 | 100 | 144,832 | 92 |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 217,749 | 99 | 179,614 | 100 | 165,790 | 104 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
