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USDA data show broiler-type egg sets fell 1.592 million to 243.992 million in the latest week, and chick placements dropped 831,000 to 188.317 million. Cumulative placements remain 2% above last year.
Placements running ahead of last year point to steady broiler supply in December. The small weekly dip has little price impact on its own.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.