U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 23, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,429,000 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 1-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
12 235,389 99
188,549 100
216,431 99 170,828 97 165,795 99
19 238,840 100 190,986 100 223,381 102 179,027 101 167,226 97
26 236,851 99 183,069 97 219,977 98 175,068 97 122,989 96
January
2 236,750 100 188,541 99 224,002 98 180,197 98 137,841 94
9 234,441 99 189,060 100 219,988 98 176,230 98 169,756 98
16 235,450
98
188,140
99
224,164 98 180,476 98 168,939 97
23



234,678 99 187,857 99  167,429 101