U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 22, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,264,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-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 – %
April
10 237,102
107
187,869
100
233,342 97 182,810 95 161,361 104
17 238,015
109
187,289
106
236,803 99 186,730 98 162,533 109
24 238,754
107
189,031
106
237,616 99 187,365 98 164,317 105
May
1 238,350
110
186,546
109
230,916 97 182,126 96 163,639 101
8 239,674
107
187,091 114
241,283 101 187,496 98 163,616 100
15 239,519
105
187,643
106
240,015 99 187,285 98 163,760 102
22



238,832 100 187,077 98 169,264 104