U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 5, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 177,497,000 broilers, a 19-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 19-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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
25 228,413 98
185,482 98
229,381 97 185,168 97 163,998 97
August
1 231,563 99 186,939 99 234,848 100 189,959 100 165,886 96
8 230,378 99 182,966 97 235,812 100 189,745 99 165,413 96
15 231,422
99
183,889
97
235,859 100 190,750 100 168,110 97
22 231,930
100
185,839 98
236,151 102 191,187 102 171,052 98
29 229,938
99
186,080
99
234,653 101 189,600 100 169,129 95*
September            
5



232,860 101 188,147 101  177,497 119**

*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2

**2020 Labor Day Holiday is on Mon, Sep 7