U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 13 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,921,000 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 a 1-percent decrease 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 | ||||||||||
2 | 215,613 | 100 | 181,093 | 101 | 217,521 | 101 | 178,437 | 100 | 163,784 | 109 |
9 | 218,423 | 101 | 178,871 | 100 | 216,762 | 99 | 178,624 | 100 | 144,832 | 92 |
16 | 218,064 | 101 | 179,452 | 101 | 217,749 | 99 | 179,614 | 100 | 162,953 | 102 |
23 | 216,821 | 100 | 176,542 | 100 | 217,592 | 99 | 178,923 | 99 | 164,366 | 102 |
30 | 215,276 | 100 | 180,093 | 101 | 220,103 | 101 | 180,501 | 100 | 165,141 | 102 |
August | ||||||||||
6 | 217,100 | 101 | 178,992 | 101 | 219,689 | 100 | 181,208 | 100 | 162,332 | 100 |
13 | — | — | — | — | 218,149 | 99 | 179,982 | 99 | 164,921 | 102 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.