U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 25 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,889,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 11 | 220,836 | 102 | 178,795 | 101 | 219,852 | 105 | 179,331 | 104 | 162,204 | 103 |
| 18 | 222,545 | 103 | 179,019 | 101 | 219,622 | 102 | 179,215 | 101 | 159,794 | 102 |
| 25 | 222,158 | 102 | 178,541 | 101 | 220,621 | 102 | 179,418 | 102 | 160,155 | 102 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 4 | 223,976 | 103 | 179,871 | 102 | 219,207 | 102 | 178,295 | 100 | 159,125 | 100 |
| 11 | 223,588 | 102 | 181,102 | 102 | 220,439 | 104 | 179,507 | 101 | 159,741 | 102 |
| 18 | 222,998 | 102 | 180,887 | 102 | 219,915 | 103 | 179,109 | 103 | 162,282 | 104 |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 217,842 | 101 | 177,088 | 100 | 159,889 | 104 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
