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