U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 8 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 144,072,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 27 | 225,482 | 103 | 182,596 | 102 | 223,436 | 102 | 181,514 | 101 | 167,360 | 102 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 3 | 224,566 | 102 | 181,540 | 101 | 221,711 | 103 | 180,058 | 102 | 151,149 |
104 |
| 10 | 226,535 | 103 | 183,004 | 101 | 223,078 | 103 | 181,453 | 102 | 164,892 | 102 |
| 17 | 223,714 | 103 | 183,547 | 101 | 223,051 | 103 | 181,656 | 102 | 165,028 | 102 |
| 24 | 224,177 | 103 | 183,018 | 102 | 221,630 | 103 | 180,454 | 102 | 163,917 | 99 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 1 | 223,448 | 104 | 183,854 | 101 | 223,323 | 103 | 182,065 | 102 | 168,475 | 103 |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | 221,664 | 102 | 180,485 | 101 | 144,072 | 99 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
