U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 16, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,375,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 3-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 – %
April
4 228,192
99
187,257
100 240,683 105 191,781 104 164,732 100
11 217,877
93
178,580
96
238,818 104 190,275 103 155,111 94
18 222,285
95
178,341
95
239,736 105 190,863 104 149,720 94
25 217,262 93
173,479
93
237,916 103 188,166 102 156,020 99
May
2 221,226
95
166,737
88
239,402 103 191,148 103 162,022 99
9 228,308
98
177,003
93
241,143 104 191,748 104 162,954 99
16



238,824 103 190,698 102  164,375 98