U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 10, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 150,195,000 broilers, a 9-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 9-percent decrease in slaughter compares with an 11-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and an 8-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 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 240,138 |
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 | 241,112 | 102 | 186,852 | 101 | 239,044 | 102 | 187,286 | 106 | 116,849 | 72 |
| 12 | 239,697 |
102 |
187,978 |
102 |
239,577 | 104 | 189,017 | 106 | 169,164 | 104 |
| 19 | 238,093 |
101 |
187,937 |
99 |
237,102 | 107 | 185,905 | 109 | 167,805 | 104 |
| 26 | 238,513 | 102 |
188,933 |
100 |
239,079 | 110 | 187,948 | 114 | 170,262 | 103 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 3 | 238,398 |
102 |
187,365 |
98 |
239,040 | 107 | 187,731 | 106 | 172,326 | 117** |
| 10 | — | — |
— |
— |
239,599 | 111 | 187,848 | 108 | 150,195 | 91 |
* This weekend is the Memorial Day Holiday
** This weekend is the Fourth of July Holiday
