U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 26, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,632,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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 | 230,890 |
100 |
185,964 |
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 | 226,386 |
102 |
186,213 |
100 |
230,601 | 99 | 185,482 | 98 | 149,110 | 86** |
19 | 222,675 |
98 |
185,788 |
99 |
232,173 | 100 | 186,901 | 99 | 170,275 | 97 |
26 | — |
— |
— |
— |
227,795 | 98 | 183,010 | 97 | 172,632 | 99 |
*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2
**2020 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 7