U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 16, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,501,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with 1-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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 2 | 230,123 | 101 |
184,010 |
102 |
228,272 | 101 | 183,497 | 100 | 163,174 | 99 |
| 9 | 228,344 | 101 |
183,281 |
103 |
235,795 | 100 | 189,450 | 102 | 165,331 | 102 |
| 16 | 230,483 | 101 |
183,588 |
102 |
218,247 | 99 | 176,481 | 99 | 161,570 | 99 |
| 23 | 232,748 | 102 |
184,299 |
102 |
225,126 | 98 | 181,358 | 99 | 160,194 | 99 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 2 | 231,490 |
102 |
183,633 |
101 |
229,026 | 101 | 183,763 | 101 | 162,582 | 102 |
| 9 | 233,152 |
102 |
185,877 |
101 |
228,688 | 101 | 184,183 | 101 | 160,268 | 100 |
| 16 | — |
— |
— |
— |
227,053 | 101 | 182,866 | 101 | 164,501 | 103 |
