U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 15, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,286,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 3 | 239,577 |
104 |
187,077 |
98 |
234,135 | 99 | 185,677 | 98 | 161,931 | 98 |
| 10 | 236,654 |
107 |
187,810 |
100 |
233,342 | 97 | 182,810 | 95 | 161,361 | 104 |
| 17 | 238,244 |
110 |
187,559 |
106 |
236,803 | 99 | 186,730 | 98 | 162,533 | 109 |
| 24 | 238,754 |
107 |
188,364 |
106 |
237,616 | 99 | 187,365 | 98 | 164,317 | 105 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 1 | 238,721 |
111 |
186,097 |
109 |
230,916 | 97 | 182,126 | 96 | 163,639 | 101 |
| 8 | 239,808 |
107 |
187,177 | 114 |
241,283 | 101 | 187,496 | 98 | 163,616 | 100 |
| 15 | — |
— |
— |
— |
240,015 | 99 | 187,285 | 98 | 168,286 | 105 |
