U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 27, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,089,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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
13 237,616
99
185,677
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
27 237,048 99
186,947
98
238,840 100 189,222 100 177,430 104
March
6 237,716
99
187,426
98 236,749 99 188,117 99 172,542 101
13 238,022
100
182,287
97
236,793 100 187,754 98 169,325 99
20 236,947
98
188,269
98
234,305 99 185,900 98 166,471 97
27



235,729 98 186,623 97 170,089 100

*Due to inclement weather.