U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 20, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,844,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 7-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 13-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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 9 | 228,799 |
98 |
176,754 |
93 |
241,143 | 104 | 191,748 | 104 | 162,954 | 99 |
| 16 | 229,381 |
97 |
173,563 |
91 |
238,824 | 103 | 190,698 | 102 | 160,598 | 96 |
| 23 | 234,531 |
100 | 181,062 |
96 |
240,571 | 103 | 187,257 | 100 | 162,218 | 94 |
| 30 | 233,755 |
99 |
184,379 |
97 |
239,404 | 104 | 178,580 | 96 | 145,550 | 98 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 6 | 235,055 |
100 |
185,060 |
97 |
238,316 | 102 | 178,391 | 95 | 161,798 | 96 |
| 13 | 235,905 |
102 |
189,074 |
99 |
228,192 | 99 | 171,216 | 92 | 162,762 | 96 |
| 20 | — |
— |
— |
— |
217,950 | 93 | 164,168 | 87 | 164,844 | 97 |
