U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 7, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,781,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 27 | 233,345 |
102 |
188,440 |
101 |
234,839 | 101 | 190,476 | 101 | 169,641 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 3 | 233,990 |
102 |
187,556 |
102 |
234,000 | 101 | 189,588 | 101 | 172,347 | 102 |
| 10 | 232,047 |
102 |
188,183 |
101 |
235,501 | 101 | 190,382 | 101 | 172,355 | 103 |
| 17 | 233,232 |
103 |
188,937 |
102 |
234,675 | 101 | 189,707 | 101 | 173,998 | 103 |
| 24 | 232,213 |
103 |
189,351 |
101 |
230,304 | 100 | 187,590 | 101 | 174,094 | 105 |
| 31 | 232,937 |
105 |
187,730 | 102 |
233,016 | 101 | 188,488 | 101 | 177,907 | 104 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 7 | — |
— |
— | — |
229,298 | 100 | 185,158 | 100 | 154,781 | 104 |
