U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 19, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 176,338,000 broilers, an 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| September | ||||||||||
| 7 | 225,581 |
104 |
188,336 | 103 |
229,298 | 100 | 185,158 | 100 | 148,929 | 100 |
| 14 | 221,128 |
104 |
186,145 |
103 |
232,937 | 101 | 188,440 | 101 | 173,696 | 107 |
| 21 | 226,315 |
102 |
186,724 |
105 |
231,840 | 102 | 187,556 | 102 | 174,993 | 108 |
| 28 | 226,966 |
106 |
182,927 |
105 |
232,865 | 101 | 188,183 | 101 | 175,151 | 103 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 5 | 219,081 |
101 |
178,223 |
105 |
233,345 | 102 | 188,969 | 102 | 175,426 | 105 |
| 12 | 219,596 |
101 |
181,832 |
103 |
233,676 | 102 | 189,404 | 101 | 174,574 | 107 |
| 19 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,735 | 102 | 187,749 | 102 | 176,338 | 105 |
