U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 6, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 177,332,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-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 – | % | |
| January | ||||||||||
| 23 | 234,135 |
99 |
187,754 |
98 |
234,678 | 99 | 187,857 | 99 | 164,264 | 99 |
| 30 | 233,444 |
97 |
185,899 |
98 |
236,363 | 100 | 188,549 | 100 | 166,634 | 97 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 6 | 235,980 |
99 |
186,509 |
97 |
238,258 | 100 | 190,986 | 100 | 167,930 | 98 |
| 13 | 236,536 |
99 |
185,186 |
97 |
227,574 | 97 | 183,069 | 97 | 163,944 | 96 |
| 20 | 230,392 | 97 |
182,404 |
95 |
235,389 | 99 | 188,571 | 99 | *95,927 | 56 |
| 27 | 235,809 | 98 |
185,333 |
97 |
238,840 | 100 | 189,222 | 100 | 177,430 | 104 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 6 | — |
— |
— |
— | 236,749 | 99 | 188,117 | 99 | 177,332 | 104 |
*Due to inclement weather.
