U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 20, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,390,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 9 | 231,808 |
107 |
177,414 |
98 |
238,654 | 104 | 185,815 | 101 | 169,414 | 101 |
| 16 | 229,065 |
102 |
180,874 |
102 |
239,338 | 103 | 185,823 | 100 | 168,101 | 100 |
| 23 | 234,077 |
106 |
177,901 |
98 |
238,262 | 103 | 184,703 | 99 | 167,229 | 100 |
| 30 | 235,879 |
105 |
178,507 |
104 |
239,045 | 103 | 185,512 | 99 | 164,216 | 99 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 6 | 233,393 |
106 |
177,774 |
99 |
235,042 | 101 | 182,686 | 98 | 164,584 | 97 |
| 13 | 240,399 |
107 |
182,409 |
104 | 233,883 | 101 | 180,690 | 97 | 165,399 | 99 |
| 20 | — |
— |
— |
— |
230,803 | 103 | 179,347 | 99 | 167,390 | 103 |
