U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 12, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,855,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 31 | 219,988 |
98 |
179,027 |
101 |
231,624 | 100 | 186,897 | 100 | 166,425 | 96 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 7 | 224,164 |
98 |
175,068 |
97 |
231,527 | 100 | 186,262 | 100 | 170,005 | 99 |
| 14 | 234,446 |
99 |
180,197 |
98 |
225,415 | 100 | 181,385 | 99 | 166,758 | 99 |
| 21 | 234,985 |
99 |
176,230 |
98 |
225,389 | 101 | 181,263 | 101 | 163,084 | 99 |
| 28 | 233,149 |
98 |
180,249 |
98 |
220,448 | 97 | 177,312 | 97 | 133,741 | 103 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 5 | 227,848 |
97 |
187,806 |
99 |
226,011 | 100 | 181,793 | 99 | 167,035 | 97 |
| 12 | — |
— |
— |
— |
216,431 | 99 | 170,828 | 97 | 168,855 | 101 |
