U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 20 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,586,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 9 | 218,423 | 101 | 178,851 | 100 | 216,762 | 99 | 178,624 | 100 | 144,832 | 92 |
| 16 | 218,064 | 101 | 179,443 | 100 | 217,749 | 99 | 179,614 | 100 | 162,953 | 102 |
| 23 | 216,941 | 100 | 176,527 | 100 | 217,592 | 99 | 178,923 | 99 | 164,366 | 102 |
| 30 | 215,336 | 100 | 180,085 | 101 | 220,103 | 101 | 180,501 | 100 | 165,141 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 6 | 216,883 | 101 | 179,013 | 101 | 219,689 | 100 | 181,208 | 100 | 162,332 | 100 |
| 13 | 218,147 | 102 | 178,048 | 101 | 218,149 | 99 | 179,982 | 99 | 162,697 | 101 |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | 219,890 | 101 | 181,093 | 101 | 167,586 | 103 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
