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 | ||||||||||
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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