U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 3, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,069,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-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 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 231,624 |
100 |
185,837 | 98 |
236,151 | 102 | 191,187 | 102 | 171,052 | 98 |
| 29 | 231,527 |
100 |
186,275 |
99 |
234,653 | 101 | 189,600 | 100 | 169,129 | 95* |
| September | ||||||||||
| 5 | 225,415 |
100 |
186,712 |
99 |
232,860 | 101 | 188,147 | 101 | 173,857 | 117** |
| 12 | 225,596 |
102 |
186,627 |
100 |
230,601 | 99 | 185,482 | 98 | 149,110 | 86** |
| 19 | 221,339 |
97 |
186,276 |
100 |
232,173 | 100 | 186,901 | 99 | 170,275 | 97 |
| 26 | 227,663 |
101 |
181,434 |
99 |
227,795 | 98 | 183,010 | 97 | 170,561 | 97 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 3 | — |
— |
— |
— |
228,413 | 98 | 183,854 | 97 | 171,069 | 98 |
*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2
**2020 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 7
