U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 29 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,329,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 18 | 223,436 | 102 | 181,009 | 102 | 219,915 | 103 | 179,109 | 103 | 162,282 | 104 |
| 25 | 221,324 | 102 | 182,327 | 102 | 217,842 | 101 | 177,088 | 100 | 158,402 | 103 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 1 | 223,044 | 103 | 181,816 | 101 | 220,163 | 102 | 178,795 | 102 | 159,641 | 102 |
| 8 | 222,735 | 103 | 181,376 | 101 | 220,188 | 102 | 179,229 | 101 | 161,475 | 101 |
| 15 | 221,806 | 103 | 180,483 | 102 | 219,435 | 101 | 178,782 | 101 | 160,439 | 101 |
| 22 | 222,019 | 102 | 181,564 | 102 | 220,836 | 102 | 179,502 | 102 | 158,920 | 98 |
| 29 | — | — | — | — | 222,736 | 103 | 181,131 | 102 | 167,329 | 105 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
