U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 16, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,821,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| December | ||||||||||
| 5 | 227,574 | 97 |
187,857 | 99 |
226,011 | 100 | 181,793 | 99 | 167,035 | 97 |
| 12 | 235,420 | 99 |
188,515 | 100 |
216,431 | 99 | 170,828 | 97 | 165,795 | 99 |
| 19 | 238,872 | 100 | 190,976 | 100 | 223,381 | 102 | 179,027 | 101 | 167,226 | 97 |
| 26 | 236,463 | 99 | 183,037 | 97 | 219,977 | 98 | 175,068 | 97 | 122,989 | 96 |
| January | ||||||||||
| 2 | 236,703 | 100 | 188,326 | 99 | 224,002 | 98 | 180,197 | 98 | 137,841 | 94 |
| 9 | 235,000 | 99 | 188,938 | 100 | 219,988 | 98 | 176,230 | 98 | 169,756 | 98 |
| 16 | — |
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224,164 | 98 | 180,476 | 98 | 171,821 | 98 |
