U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 19, 2020 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,922,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent dencrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| November | ||||||||||
| 7 | 224,164 |
98 |
175,068 |
97 |
231,527 | 100 | 186,262 | 100 | 170,005 | 99 |
| 14 | 234,721 |
99 |
180,197 |
98 |
225,415 | 100 | 181,385 | 99 | 166,758 | 99 |
| 21 | 236,420 |
100 |
176,230 |
98 |
225,389 | 101 | 181,263 | 101 | 163,084 | 99 |
| 28 | 233,321 |
98 |
180,356 |
98 |
220,448 | 97 | 177,312 | 97 | 133,741 | 103 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 5 | 227,383 |
97 |
187,935 |
99 |
226,011 | 100 | 181,793 | 99 | 167,035 | 97 |
| 12 | 235,322 |
99 |
188,813 |
100 |
216,431 | 99 | 170,828 | 97 | 165,795 | 99 |
| 19 | — |
— |
— |
— |
223,381 | 102 | 179,027 | 101 | 169,922 | 99 |
