U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 19, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,998,000 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 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 – | % | |
| August | ||||||||||
| 8 | 230,439 | 99 | 183,010 | 97 | 235,812 | 100 | 189,745 | 99 | 165,413 | 96 |
| 15 | 231,172 |
99 |
183,854 |
97 |
235,859 | 100 | 190,750 | 100 | 168,110 | 97 |
| 22 | 231,187 |
100 |
185,808 | 98 |
236,151 | 102 | 191,187 | 102 | 171,052 | 98 |
| 29 | 229,516 |
99 |
185,421 |
99 |
234,653 | 101 | 189,600 | 100 | 169,129 | 95* |
| September | ||||||||||
| 5 | 225,865 |
100 |
186,430 |
99 |
232,860 | 101 | 188,147 | 101 | 173,857 | 117** |
| 12 | 226,399 |
102 |
186,212 |
100 |
230,601 | 99 | 185,482 | 98 | 149,110 | 86** |
| 19 | — |
— |
— |
— |
232,173 | 100 | 186,901 | 99 | 171,998 | 98 |
*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2
**2020 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 7
