U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 9, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,860,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 14 | 234,678 |
99 |
180,197 |
98 |
225,415 | 100 | 181,385 | 99 | 166,758 | 99 |
| 21 | 236,363 |
100 |
176,230 |
98 |
225,389 | 101 | 181,263 | 101 | 163,084 | 99 |
| 28 | 238,258 |
100 | 180,476 |
98 |
220,448 | 97 | 177,312 | 97 | 133,741 | 103 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 5 | 227,134 |
97 |
187,859 |
99 |
226,011 | 100 | 181,793 | 99 | 167,035 | 97 |
| 12 | 235,156 |
99 |
188,608 |
100 |
216,431 | 99 | 170,828 | 97 | 165,795 | 99 |
| 19 | 237,266 | 99 | 190,678 | 100 | 223,381 | 102 | 179,027 | 101 | 167,226 | 97 |
| 26 | 235,252 | 99 | 183,079 | 97 | 219,977 | 98 | 175,068 | 97 | 122,989 | 96 |
| January | ||||||||||
| 2 | 236,225 | 100 | 188,190 | 99 | 224,002 | 98 | 180,197 | 98 | 137,841 | 94 |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | 219,988 | 98 | 176,230 | 98 | 172,860 | 100 |
