U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 8, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,561,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no-change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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
27 232,860
101
190,750
100
223,188 95 176,754 93 164,757 93
July
4 230,480
99
191,187 102
214,705 92 173,563 91 147,821 97
11 232,261 100
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
25 231,910 99
185,476 98
229,381 97 185,168 97 163,998 97
August            
1 230,372 98 187,154 100 234,848 100 189,959 100 165,886 96
8 235,812 100 189,745 99 165,561 96