U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 1, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,439,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no-change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a no-change 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 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 234,653 |
101 |
189,745 |
99 |
217,950 | 93 | 164,168 | 87 | 161,890 | 95 |
| 27 | 232,870 |
101 |
190,750 |
100 |
223,188 | 95 | 176,754 | 93 | 164,757 | 93 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 4 | 230,480 |
99 |
191,217 |
102 |
214,705 | 92 | 173,563 | 91 | 147,821 | 97 |
| 11 | 233,010 |
100 |
189,600 |
100 |
223,846 | 96 | 181,083 | 96 | 165,184 | 96 |
| 18 | 230,596 |
99 |
188,605 |
102 |
228,799 | 98 | 184,601 | 97 | 162,082 | 97 |
| 25 | 231,720 |
99 |
186,308 |
99 |
229,381 | 97 | 185,168 | 97 | 163,998 | 97 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 1 | — |
— |
— |
— |
234,848 | 100 | 189,959 | 100 | 168,439 | 98 |
