Mixed U.S. Broiler Hatchery Situation

WASHINGTON - Jul 7/10 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States Broiler managed a mixed performance over the week finishing July 3, 2010, shows this week's USDA report on the sector.

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 206.0 million eggs in incubators during the week. This was up 2.5% from the eggs set the same week last year.

Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84%. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 175 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 3, 2010. Placements were up 2% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through July 3, 2010 were 4.42 billion, up 1% from the same period a year earlier. ******** Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1- 800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria VA 22312. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 29 : Jun 5 : Jun 12 : Jun 19 : Jun 26 : Jul 3 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 30,808 31,011 *31,091 30,884 31,422 31,355 AR : 24,449 24,406 *24,656 23,914 *24,254 24,313 DE : 3,815 3,817 3,816 3,814 3,814 3,866 FL : 1,382 1,388 1,389 1,388 1,385 1,388 GA : 32,479 32,128 32,354 32,103 32,435 31,520 KY : 8,055 7,944 *7,729 7,863 8,059 7,547 LA : 3,470 3,500 3,455 3,455 3,455 3,470 MD : 7,987 8,209 8,071 7,916 8,316 7,995 MS : 19,489 19,610 19,335 19,354 19,550 19,293 NC : 20,163 20,070 *19,940 20,055 19,673 19,308 OK : 6,698 6,830 6,866 6,924 6,295 6,321 PA : 3,813 3,682 3,873 3,754 *3,842 3,652 SC : 5,769 5,771 5,836 6,137 5,967 6,034 TX : 16,180 16,214 16,092 16,143 16,067 14,904 VA : 6,437 6,539 6,480 6,465 6,475 6,533 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,938 20,339 19,823 19,930 *20,085 19,251 : 210,932 211,458 210,806 210,099 211,094 206,750 : 206,039 206,916 205,567 204,273 202,562 201,322 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 102 103 103 104 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : May 29 : Jun 5 : Jun 12 : Jun 19 : Jun 26 : Jul 3 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,702 21,077 21,750 21,742 22,338 21,718 AR : 21,211 21,670 22,042 21,984 *21,797 22,702 DE : 4,753 4,737 4,858 5,206 4,387 5,025 FL : 1,040 1,025 1,029 1,039 1,020 1,127 GA : 26,971 27,880 27,628 27,457 26,601 27,901 KY : 6,837 6,621 6,271 6,498 6,347 6,135 LA : 3,021 3,059 3,118 3,199 3,164 3,132 MD : 6,843 6,146 6,129 5,901 6,529 6,365 MS : 16,578 17,234 17,086 16,883 16,880 16,902 NC : 15,093 15,750 16,445 15,826 15,716 15,461 OK : 4,481 4,393 5,319 4,847 3,847 4,131 PA : 2,935 2,956 3,114 *2,828 *3,008 3,167 SC : 5,060 4,873 4,462 5,270 5,486 4,975 TX : 13,232 13,276 13,422 13,502 13,600 13,504 VA : 4,902 5,372 5,229 5,450 5,697 5,012 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 18,058 17,400 16,828 *17,595 *18,692 17,748 : 172,717 173,469 174,730 175,227 175,109 175,005 : 169,961 171,580 171,600 171,801 171,828 170,752 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 101 102 102 102 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!

Broiler growers placed 175.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were up 2.9% from the comparable week a year earlier.