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
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