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
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