U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 2, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,909,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
21 | 239,045 |
103 |
185,815 |
101 |
239,666 | 102 | 187,097 | 98 | 167,495 | 98 |
28 | 235,042 |
101 |
185,823 |
100 |
238,313 | 101 | 185,949 | 97 | 167,769 | 99 |
September | ||||||||||
4 * | 234,927 |
101 |
184,758 |
99 |
238,058 | 101 | 186,341 | 98 | 161,343 | 93 |
11 | 231,332 |
103 |
185,355 |
99 |
237,926 | 102 | 186,391 | 99 | 148,942 | 100 |
18 | 229,281 |
102 |
182,699 |
98 |
239,340 | 104 | 186,670 | 101 | 168,142 | 99 |
25 | 233,783 |
106 |
180,250 |
97 |
236,939 | 102 | 183,894 | 98 | 167,987 | 98 |
October | ||||||||||
2 | — |
— |
— |
— |
239,787 | 105 | 186,476 | 102 | 169,909 | 100 |
* Labor Day Holiday Weekend