U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 29, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,886,000 broilers, an 18-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 18-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 | ||||||||||
| 17 | 239,079 | 
110 | 
187,286 | 
106 | 
236,803 | 99 | 186,730 | 98 | 162,533 | 109 | 
| 24 | 239,022 | 
107 | 
189,031 | 
106 | 
237,616 | 99 | 187,365 | 98 | 164,317 | 105 | 
| May | ||||||||||
| 1 | 239,388 | 
111 | 
185,649 | 
108 | 
230,916 | 97 | 182,126 | 96 | 163,639 | 101 | 
| 8 | 240,694 | 
108 | 
187,898 | 114 | 
241,283 | 101 | 187,496 | 98 | 163,616 | 100 | 
| 15 | 239,442 | 
105 | 
187,957 | 
106 | 
240,015 | 99 | 187,285 | 98 | 163,760 | 102 | 
| 22 | 240,228 | 
105 | 
187,564 | 
108 | 
238,832 | 100 | 187,077 | 98 | 168,636 | 104 | 
| 29 | — | 
— | 
— | 
— | 
238,949 | 100 | 187,869 | 100 | 171,886 | 118* | 
- This weekend is the Memorial Day Holiday
 
