U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 31, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,921,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with an 5-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 19 | 238,313 |
101 |
187,856 |
99 |
237,102 | 107 | 185,905 | 109 | 167,805 | 104 |
| 26 | 238,073 | 101 |
188,818 |
100 |
239,079 | 110 | 187,948 | 114 | 170,262 | 103 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 3 | 237,924 |
102 |
187,123 |
98 |
239,040 | 107 | 187,731 | 106 | 172,326 | 117* |
| 10 | 238,835 | 103 |
186,131 |
97 |
239,599 | 111 | 187,848 | 108 | 146,850 | 89 |
| 17 | 237,522 |
102 | 186,412 |
98 |
240,544 | 107 | 188,131 | 104 | 163,075 | 101 |
| 24 | 241,471 |
106 |
186,697 |
99 |
239,247 | 105 | 186,845 | 101 | 170,063 | 104 |
| 31 | — |
— |
— |
— |
240,138 | 105 | 188,241 | 102 | 168,921 | 102 |
* This weekend is the Fourth of July Holiday
