U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 1 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,898,000 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 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 18 | 222,736 | 103 | 179,229 | 101 | 219,622 | 102 | 179,215 | 101 | 159,794 | 102 |
| 25 | 222,478 | 102 | 178,782 | 101 | 220,621 | 102 | 179,418 | 102 | 160,155 | 102 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 4 | 223,200 | 103 | 179,502 | 101 | 219,207 | 102 | 178,295 | 100 | 159,125 | 100 |
| 11 | 223,125 | 102 | 181,077 | 102 | 220,439 | 104 | 179,507 | 101 | 159,741 | 102 |
| 18 | 223,112 | 102 | 180,969 | 102 | 219,915 | 103 | 179,109 | 103 | 162,282 | 104 |
| 25 | 221,375 | 103 | 182,191 | 102 | 217,842 | 101 | 177,088 | 100 | 158,402 | 103 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | 220,163 | 102 | 178,795 | 102 | 162,898 | 104 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
