U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 18 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,238,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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 – | % | |
| January | ||||||||||
| 7 | 219,915 | 102 | 179,418 | 101 | 211,135 | 104 | 172,410 | 103 | 147,773 | 92 |
| 14 | 217,842 | 101 | 178,295 | 101 | 212,535 | 104 | 174,842 | 104 | 164,326 | 101 |
| 21 | 220,163 | 102 | 179,507 | 103 | 217,115 | 101 | 177,530 | 101 | 155,925 | 105 |
| 28 | 220,161 | 102 | 179,099 | 101 | 219,653 | 101 | 179,338 | 101 | 163,881 | 100 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 4 | 219,480 | 102 | 177,110 | 101 | 219,957 | 102 | 179,432 | 101 | 162,401 | 103 |
| 11 | 221,282 | 102 | 178,683 | 101 | 219,852 | 105 | 179,331 | 104 | 162,204 | 103 |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 219,622 | 102 | 179,215 | 101 | 163,238 | 104 |
Note: Data in bold is subject to weekly revisions. All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
