U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 20, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 102,873,000 broilers, a 39-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 39-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| January | ||||||||||
| 9 | 234,305 | 99 | 189,222 | 100 | 219,988 | 98 | 176,230 | 98 | 169,756 | 98 |
| 16 | 235,895 |
99 | 188,322 |
99 |
224,164 | 98 | 180,476 | 98 | 168,939 | 97 |
| 23 | 235,253 |
99 |
187,947 |
98 |
234,678 | 99 | 187,857 | 99 | 164,264 | 99 |
| 30 | 235,221 |
98 |
186,046 |
98 |
236,363 | 100 | 188,549 | 100 | 166,634 | 97 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 6 | 236,977 |
99 |
187,097 |
98 |
238,258 | 100 | 190,986 | 100 | 167,930 | 98 |
| 13 | 237,647 |
99 |
186,257 |
98 |
227,574 | 97 | 183,069 | 97 | 163,944 | 96 |
| 20 | — | — |
— |
— |
235,389 | 99 | 188,571 | 99 | *102,873 | 61 |
*Due to inclement weather certain areas not reported.
