Mixed U.S. Broiler Hatchery Situation

WASHINGTON - Jul 14/10 - SNS -- Broiler hatchery activity in the United States Broiler managed a mixed performance across the week finishing July 10, 2010, judging from today's USDA data.

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 206.0 million eggs in incubators during the week. This was up 2.0% 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 173 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 10, 2010. Placements were up 2% from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through July 10, 2010 were 4.59 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 5 : Jun 12 : Jun 19 : Jun 26 : Jul 3 : Jul 10 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,011 31,091 *30,862 31,422 31,355 30,782 AR : 24,406 24,656 *23,927 24,254 *24,298 23,438 DE : 3,817 3,816 3,814 3,814 3,866 3,879 FL : 1,388 1,389 1,388 1,385 1,388 1,390 GA : 32,128 32,354 32,103 32,435 *31,394 31,599 KY : 7,944 *7,732 *7,793 8,059 7,547 7,669 LA : 3,500 3,455 3,455 3,455 3,470 3,470 MD : 8,209 8,071 7,916 8,316 *7,979 7,723 MS : 19,610 19,335 19,354 19,550 19,293 19,083 NC : 20,070 19,940 *20,095 19,673 19,308 20,044 OK : 6,830 6,866 6,924 6,295 6,321 6,211 PA : 3,682 3,873 3,754 3,842 *3,765 3,515 SC : 5,771 5,836 6,137 5,967 6,034 5,937 TX : *16,223 *16,100 *16,169 *16,093 *14,930 15,975 VA : 6,539 6,480 6,465 6,475 6,533 6,755 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *20,348 *19,836 *19,984 *20,165 *19,300 19,183 : 211,476 210,830 210,140 211,200 206,781 206,653 : 206,916 205,567 204,273 202,562 201,322 202,101 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 103 103 104 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jun 5 : Jun 12 : Jun 19 : Jun 26 : Jul 3 : Jul 10 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,077 21,750 21,742 22,338 *21,723 22,254 AR : 21,670 22,042 21,984 21,797 *22,691 21,450 DE : 4,737 4,858 5,206 4,387 *4,775 4,762 FL : 1,025 1,029 1,039 1,020 1,127 980 GA : 27,880 27,628 27,457 26,601 *27,776 26,744 KY : *6,780 *6,430 *6,657 *6,506 6,135 5,905 LA : 3,059 3,118 3,199 3,164 3,132 3,140 MD : 6,146 6,129 5,901 6,529 *7,024 6,539 MS : 17,234 17,086 16,883 16,880 16,902 16,681 NC : 15,750 16,445 15,826 15,716 15,461 15,596 OK : 4,393 5,319 4,847 3,847 4,131 4,663 PA : 2,956 3,114 2,828 3,008 *3,171 3,022 SC : 4,873 4,462 5,270 5,486 4,975 4,799 TX : *13,284 *13,429 *13,509 *13,607 *13,511 13,571 VA : 5,372 5,229 5,450 5,697 *4,707 5,361 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *17,412 *16,832 *17,597 *18,690 *17,751 17,565 : 173,648 174,900 175,395 175,273 174,992 173,032 : 171,580 171,600 171,801 171,828 170,752 169,460 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 101 102 102 102 102 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised END OF REPORT!

Broiler growers placed 173.0 million chicks for meat production. Placements were up 2.4% from the comparable week a year earlier.