U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 12, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 149,210,000 broilers, a 14-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 14-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – %
August
1 231,314 99 186,901 99 234,848 100 189,959 100 165,886 96
8 230,378 99 182,985 97 235,812 100 189,745 99 165,413 96
15 231,203
99
183,854
97
235,859 100 190,750 100 168,110 97
22 231,804
100
185,683 98
236,151 102 191,187 102 171,052 98
29 230,293
100
186,048
99
234,653 101 189,600 100 169,129 95*
September
5 228,453
101
185,321
98
232,860 101 188,147 101 173,857 117**
12



230,601 99 185,482 98  149,210 86**

*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2

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