U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 26, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,271,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 10-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 14-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 – %
May
8 240,544
107
187,948 114
241,283 101 187,496 98 163,616 100
15 239,247
105
187,731
106
240,015 99 187,285 98 163,760 102
22 240,099
105
187,848
108
238,832 100 187,077 98 168,636 104
29 240,260 102 188,131 104 238,949 100 187,869 100 165,599 114*
June
5 241,109 102 186,837 101 239,044 102 187,286 106 116,849 72
12 239,883
102
187,983
102
239,577 104 189,017 106 169,164 104
19 238,197
101
187,995
99
237,102 107 185,905 109 167,805 104
26  —


239,079 110 187,948 114 171,271
104

* This weekend is the Memorial Day Holiday