U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 21, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,892,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 8 | 239,736 |
105 |
189,981 |
104 |
237,563 | 101 | 190,152 | 100 | 171,276 | 106 |
| 15 | 237,916 |
103 |
191,781 |
104 |
234,640 | 107 | 189,066 | 107 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 22 | 239,311 |
103 |
190,354 |
103 |
237,501 | 106 | 189,728 | 105 | 169,956 | 106 |
| 29 | 241,060 |
104 |
190,936 |
104 |
239,306 | 105 | 190,799 | 104 | 170,749 | 105 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 7 | 239,300 |
103 |
189,959 |
103 |
238,819 | 104 | 191,227 | 104 | 170,274 | 106 |
| 14 | 240,173 |
103 |
190,947 |
103 |
236,829 | 104 | 188,943 | 103 | 170,974 | 106 |
| 21 | — |
— |
— |
— |
239,368 | 105 | 191,456 | 104 | 171,892 | 107 |
