U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 29, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,886,000 broilers, an 18-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 18-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – %
April
17 239,079
110
187,286
106
236,803 99 186,730 98 162,533 109
24 239,022
107
189,031
106
237,616 99 187,365 98 164,317 105
May
1 239,388
111
185,649
108
230,916 97 182,126 96 163,639 101
8 240,694
108
187,898 114
241,283 101 187,496 98 163,616 100
15 239,442
105
187,957
106
240,015 99 187,285 98 163,760 102
22 240,228
105
187,564
108
238,832 100 187,077 98 168,636 104
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238,949 100 187,869 100 171,886 118*
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