U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 15 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 159,569,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 3 | 214,870 |
100 |
173,781 |
99 |
224,861 | 100 | 181,204 | 100 | 164,459 | 100 |
| 10 | 221,632 |
100 |
172,232 |
98 |
220,677 | 100 | 178,152 | 100 | 163,787 | 100 |
| 17 | 227,807 |
100 |
175,151 |
98 |
216,642 | 100 | 174,380 | 100 | 159,848 | 99 |
| 24 | 228,163 |
101 |
173,038 |
99 |
212,665 | 99 | 170,491 | 98 | 125,285 | 100 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 1 | 231,430 | 100 |
178,099 |
100 |
220,682 | 100 | 177,147 | 99 | 165,509 | 99 |
| 8 | 221,506 |
100 |
182,288 |
99 |
214,099 | 100 | 172,160 | 100 | 164,048 | 100 |
| 15 | — |
— |
— |
— |
216,422 | 100 | 173,906 | 100 | 159,569 | 98 |
