U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 18, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,606,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – %
August
7 239,338
103
183,894
98
240,260 102 187,856 99 164,748 100
14 238,262
103
186,476
102
241,112 102 188,832 100 168,161 100
21 239,234
103
185,848
101
239,666 102 187,097 98 167,495 98
28 235,595
102
185,979
100
238,313 101 185,949 97 167,769 99
September
4 * 235,726
102
185,272
99
238,058 101 186,341 98 161,343 93
11 233,580
104
185,345
99
237,926 102 186,391 99 148,942 100
18



239,340 104 186,670 101 170,606 100

* Labor Day Holiday Weekend