U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 14, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,937,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with an 2-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 3 | 237,926 |
102 |
187,097 |
98 |
239,040 | 107 | 187,731 | 106 | 172,326 | 117* |
| 10 | 239,406 | 104 |
186,047 |
97 |
239,599 | 111 | 187,848 | 108 | 146,850 | 89 |
| 17 | 237,208 |
102 | 186,348 |
98 |
240,544 | 107 | 188,131 | 104 | 163,075 | 101 |
| 24 | 240,940 |
106 |
186,517 |
99 |
239,247 | 105 | 186,845 | 101 | 170,063 | 104 |
| 31 | 238,141 |
104 |
187,066 |
101 |
240,138 | 105 | 188,241 | 102 | 165,247 | 100 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 7 | 239,862 |
104 |
183,706 |
98 |
240,260 | 102 | 187,856 | 99 | 164,748 | 100 |
| 14 | — |
— |
— |
— |
241,112 | 102 | 188,832 | 100 | 170,937 | 102 |
* This weekend is the Fourth of July Holiday
