U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 22, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,751,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 11 | 232,173 | 100 |
189,600 |
100 |
223,846 | 96 | 181,083 | 96 | 165,184 | 96 |
| 18 | 228,265 | 98 |
188,147 |
101 |
228,799 | 98 | 184,601 | 97 | 162,082 | 97 |
| 25 | 228,887 | 98 |
185,419 | 98 |
229,381 | 97 | 185,168 | 97 | 163,998 | 97 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 1 | 230,635 | 99 | 186,888 | 99 | 234,848 | 100 | 189,959 | 100 | 165,886 | 96 |
| 8 | 230,863 | 99 | 183,554 | 97 | 235,812 | 100 | 189,745 | 99 | 165,413 | 96 |
| 15 | 232,257 |
100 |
184,235 |
97 |
235,859 | 100 | 190,750 | 100 | 168,110 | 97 |
| 22 | — |
— |
— |
— |
236,151 | 102 | 191,187 | 102 | 172,751 | 99 |
