U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 20, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,119,000 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 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 6 | 236,803 |
99 |
186,623 |
97 |
238,258 | 100 | 190,986 | 100 | 167,930 | 98 |
| 13 | 237,716 |
99 |
185,653 |
98 |
227,574 | 97 | 183,069 | 97 | 163,944 | 96 |
| 20 | 230,915 | 97 |
182,865 |
95 |
235,389 | 99 | 188,571 | 99 | *95,927 | 56 |
| 27 | 238,913 | 100 |
187,079 |
98 |
238,840 | 100 | 189,222 | 100 | 177,430 | 104 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 6 | 238,834 |
99 |
187,298 |
98 | 236,749 | 99 | 188,117 | 99 | 172,542 | 101 |
| 13 | 238,479 |
100 |
182,294 |
97 |
236,793 | 100 | 187,754 | 98 | 169,325 | 99 |
| 20 | — |
— |
— |
— |
234,305 | 99 | 185,900 | 98 | 173,119 | 101 |
*Due to inclement weather.
