U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 5 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,745,000 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 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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 24 | 224,523 | 103 | 183,090 | 102 | 221,630 | 103 | 180,454 | 102 | 163,917 | 99 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 1 | 223,562 | 104 | 184,547 | 102 | 223,323 | 103 | 182,065 | 102 | 168,475 | 103 |
| 8 | 226,268 | 104 | 182,317 | 102 | 221,664 | 102 | 180,485 | 101 | 141,867 | 98 |
| 15 | 225,927 | 104 | 182,422 | 102 | 223,491 | 103 | 182,596 | 102 | 164,523 | 101 |
| 22 | 226,800 | 104 | 182,157 | 103 | 223,487 | 103 | 181,540 | 101 | 164,568 | 100 |
| 29 | 225,924 | 105 | 183,971 | 102 | 225,059 | 102 | 183,096 | 101 | 165,294 | 100 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 225,482 | 103 | 183,476 | 101 | 166,745 | 103 |
All percentage changes are compared with earlier.
