U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 13, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,577,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| January | ||||||||||
| 30 | 233,342 | 
97 | 
185,900 | 
98 | 
236,363 | 100 | 188,549 | 100 | 166,634 | 97 | 
| February | ||||||||||
| 6 | 235,980 | 
99 | 
186,509 | 
97 | 
238,258 | 100 | 190,986 | 100 | 167,930 | 98 | 
| 13 | 236,758 | 
99 | 
185,252 | 
98 | 
227,574 | 97 | 183,069 | 97 | 163,944 | 96 | 
| 20 | 230,677 | 97 | 
182,411 | 
95 | 
235,389 | 99 | 188,571 | 99 | *95,927 | 56 | 
| 27 | 238,559 | 100 | 
186,289 | 
98 | 
238,840 | 100 | 189,222 | 100 | 177,430 | 104 | 
| March | ||||||||||
| 6 | 238,270 | 
99 | 
186,806 | 
98 | 236,749 | 99 | 188,117 | 99 | 172,542 | 101 | 
| 13 | — | 
— | 
— | 
— | 
236,793 | 100 | 187,754 | 98 | 173,577 | 102 | 
*Due to inclement weather.
