U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 30, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,943,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States.
U.S. Eggs Set, Chicks Placed, Broiler Slaughter Report | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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 | 216,431 |
99 |
181,263 |
101 |
228,413 | 98 | 183,854 | 97 | 169,714 | 97 |
10 | 223,563 |
102 |
177,248 |
97 |
231,314 | 99 | 185,837 | 98 | 168,293 | 96 |
17 | 219,490 |
98 |
181,656 |
99 |
230,439 | 99 | 186,275 | 99 | 168,430 | 97 |
24 | 222,315 |
98 |
173,200 |
98 |
231,172 | 99 | 186,712 | 99 | 167,358 | 97 |
30 | — |
— |
— |
— |
231,624 | 100 | 186,897 | 100 | 169,943 | 98 |