U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 28, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,102,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 17 | 236,939 |
102 | 186,341 |
98 |
240,544 | 107 | 188,131 | 104 | 163,075 | 101 |
| 24 | 239,787 |
105 |
186,391 |
99 |
239,247 | 105 | 186,845 | 101 | 170,063 | 104 |
| 31 | 238,712 |
105 |
186,670 |
101 |
240,138 | 105 | 188,241 | 102 | 165,247 | 100 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 7 | 240,438 |
104 |
183,864 |
98 |
240,260 | 102 | 187,856 | 99 | 164,748 | 100 |
| 14 | 237,671 |
103 |
186,517 |
102 |
241,112 | 102 | 188,832 | 100 | 168,161 | 100 |
| 21 | 237,660 |
103 |
185,917 |
101 |
239,666 | 102 | 187,097 | 98 | 167,495 | 98 |
| 28 | — |
— |
— |
— |
238,313 | 101 | 185,949 | 97 | 170,102 | 101 |
