U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 18, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,680,000 broilers, 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 6 | 235,859 |
100 |
185,168 |
97 |
238,316 | 102 | 178,391 | 95 | 161,798 | 96 |
| 13 | 236,133 |
102 |
189,959 |
100 |
228,192 | 99 | 171,216 | 92 | 162,762 | 96 |
| 20 | 234,496 |
100 |
189,745 |
99 |
217,950 | 93 | 164,168 | 87 | 161,890 | 95 |
| 27 | 232,766 |
101 |
190,728 |
100 |
223,188 | 95 | 176,754 | 93 | 164,757 | 93 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 4 | 231,149 |
99 |
191,146 |
102 |
214,705 | 92 | 173,563 | 91 | 147,821 | 97 |
| 11 | 233,770 |
101 |
189,303 |
100 |
223,846 | 96 | 181,083 | 96 | 165,184 | 96 |
| 18 | — |
— |
— |
— |
228,799 | 98 | 184,601 | 97 | 169,680 | 101 |
