U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 6 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,654,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-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 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 221,711 | 103 | 182,840 | 102 | 217,842 | 101 | 177,088 | 100 | 158,402 | 103 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 1 | 223,445 | 103 | 181,352 | 101 | 220,163 | 102 | 178,795 | 102 | 159,641 | 102 |
| 8 | 222,840 | 103 | 181,514 | 101 | 220,188 | 102 | 179,229 | 101 | 161,475 | 101 |
| 15 | 222,488 | 103 | 180,529 | 102 | 219,435 | 101 | 178,782 | 101 | 160,439 | 101 |
| 22 | 222,994 | 103 | 181,657 | 102 | 220,836 | 102 | 179,502 | 102 | 158,920 | 98 |
| 29 | 222,607 | 103 | 181,437 | 102 | 222,736 | 103 | 181,131 | 102 | 164,822 | 104 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 222,478 | 103 | 181,009 | 102 | 163,654 | 103 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
