U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 25, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,700,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent decrease 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 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 238,262 |
103 |
186,476 |
102 |
241,112 | 102 | 188,832 | 100 | 168,161 | 100 |
| 21 | 239,234 |
103 |
185,794 |
101 |
239,666 | 102 | 187,097 | 98 | 167,495 | 98 |
| 28 | 235,595 |
102 |
185,926 |
100 |
238,313 | 101 | 185,949 | 97 | 167,769 | 99 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 4 * | 235,446 |
102 |
184,925 |
99 |
238,058 | 101 | 186,341 | 98 | 161,343 | 93 |
| 11 | 232,317 |
104 |
185,404 |
99 |
237,926 | 102 | 186,391 | 99 | 148,942 | 100 |
| 18 | 230,919 |
102 |
183,316 |
98 |
239,340 | 104 | 186,670 | 101 | 168,142 | 99 |
| 25 | — |
— |
— |
— |
236,939 | 102 | 183,894 | 98 | 169,700 |
99 |
* Labor Day Holiday Weekend
