U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 24, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,156,000 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 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 225,389 |
101 |
186,897 |
100 |
230,601 | 99 | 185,482 | 98 | 149,110 | 86** |
| 19 | 220,448 |
97 |
186,262 |
100 |
232,173 | 100 | 186,901 | 99 | 170,275 | 97 |
| 26 | 226,011 |
100 |
181,385 |
99 |
227,795 | 98 | 183,010 | 97 | 170,561 | 97 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 3 | 219,273 |
100 |
181,257 |
101 |
228,413 | 98 | 183,854 | 97 | 169,714 | 97 |
| 10 | 223,563 |
102 |
177,227 |
97 |
231,314 | 99 | 185,837 | 98 | 168,293 | 96 |
| 17 | 219,924 |
98 |
181,562 |
99 |
230,439 | 99 | 186,275 | 99 | 168,430 | 97 |
| 24 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,172 | 99 | 186,712 | 99 | 171,156 | 99 |
*2019 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 2
**2020 Labor Day Holiday was on Mon, Sep 7
