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
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