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