U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 12 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 161,623,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 1 | 207,658 | 103 | 169,766 | 99 | 217,082 | 101 | 178,325 | 101 | 164,035 | 100 |
| 8 | 210,706 | 103 | 168,735 | 104 | 215,256 | 100 | 177,216 | 100 | 162,797 | 103 |
| 15 | 209,143 | 105 | 174,836 | 103 | 216,444 | 101 | 178,297 | 101 | 156,395 | 96 |
| 22 | 209,640 | 103 | 169,187 | 103 | 217,802 | 102 | 178,939 | 102 | 162,977 | 100 |
| 29 | 210,496 | 103 | 171,876 | 103 | 215,699 | 101 | 177,144 | 101 | 159,439 | 105 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 5 | 212,809 | 104 | 170,606 | 104 | 217,245 | 102 | 178,925 | 102 | 159,594 | 99 |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 213,692 | 102 | 174,925 | 102 | 161,623 | 102 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
