U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 21, 2019 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,852,000 broilers, an 8-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 8-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent increase 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 – %
November
9 227,398
103
180,682
105
231,075 105 186,756 105 172,352 105
16 236,179
104
183,004
104
225,581 104 182,831 105 168,705 106
23 * 236,757
104
179,839
104
221,128 104 179,049 105 164,828 133
30 ** 236,618
100
183,645
103
226,515 103 181,694 102 129,887 78
December
7 234,025 107 188,506 103 226,347 106 182,467 106 171,941 105
14 236,920
105
188,987
103
219,151 101 176,550 101 167,269 107
21



219,439 101 177,647 102 174,852 108

* 2018 Thanksgiving Weekend

** 2019 Thanksgiving Weekend