U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 5, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 146,104,000 broilers, a 10-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 10-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 6-percent increase 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 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 239,040 |
107 |
189,017 |
106 |
237,616 | 99 | 187,365 | 98 | 164,317 | 105 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 1 | 239,630 |
111 |
185,899 |
109 |
230,916 | 97 | 182,126 | 96 | 163,639 | 101 |
| 8 | 241,020 |
108 |
187,979 | 115 |
241,283 | 101 | 187,496 | 98 | 163,616 | 100 |
| 15 | 239,480 |
105 |
187,963 |
106 |
240,015 | 99 | 187,285 | 98 | 163,760 | 102 |
| 22 | 240,263 |
105 |
187,848 |
108 |
238,832 | 100 | 187,077 | 98 | 168,636 | 104 |
| 29 | 239,772 | 102 | 188,532 | 104 | 238,949 | 100 | 187,869 | 100 | 165,599 | 114* |
| June | ||||||||||
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 239,044 | 102 | 187,286 | 106 | 146,104 | 90 |
* This weekend is the Memorial Day Holiday
