U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 17, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,689,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease 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 – %
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**
19 220,978
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
3 220,510
100
181,892
101
228,413 98 183,854 97 169,714 97
10 223,622
102
177,334
97
231,314 99 185,837 98 168,293 96
17



230,439 99 186,275 99  172,689 99

*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2

**2020 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 7