U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 1, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,669,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – | % | |
| March | ||||||||||
| 20 | 238,949 |
100 |
187,496 |
98 |
234,305 | 99 | 185,900 | 98 | 166,471 | 97 |
| 27 | 239,044 | 102 |
187,297 |
98 |
235,729 | 98 | 186,623 | 97 | 166,037 | 98 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 3 | 239,577 |
104 |
187,046 |
98 |
234,135 | 99 | 185,677 | 98 | 161,931 | 98 |
| 10 | 237,471 |
107 |
187,880 |
100 |
233,342 | 97 | 182,810 | 95 | 161,361 | 104 |
| 17 | 239,064 |
110 |
187,696 |
106 |
236,803 | 99 | 186,730 | 98 | 162,533 | 109 |
| 24 | 239,398 |
107 |
188,467 |
106 |
237,616 | 99 | 187,365 | 98 | 164,317 | 105 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 1 | — |
— |
— |
— |
230,916 | 97 | 182,126 | 96 | 165,669 | 102 |
