U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 10, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,283,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 225,438 |
101 |
186,838 |
100 |
230,601 | 99 | 185,482 | 98 | 149,110 | 86** |
| 19 | 221,339 |
97 |
186,296 |
100 |
232,173 | 100 | 186,901 | 99 | 170,275 | 97 |
| 26 | 227,241 |
100 |
181,464 |
99 |
227,795 | 98 | 183,010 | 97 | 170,561 | 97 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 3 | 219,872 |
100 |
182,076 |
102 |
228,413 | 98 | 183,854 | 97 | 169,714 | 97 |
| 10 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,314 | 99 | 185,837 | 98 | 170,283 | 98 |
*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2
**2020 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 7
