U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 16, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,881,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| September | ||||||||||
| 4 * | 233,883 |
101 |
184,703 |
99 |
238,058 | 101 | 186,341 | 98 | 161,343 | 93 |
| 11 | 231,509 |
103 |
185,481 |
99 |
237,926 | 102 | 186,391 | 99 | 148,942 | 100 |
| 18 | 229,109 |
102 |
182,692 |
98 |
239,340 | 104 | 186,670 | 101 | 168,142 | 99 |
| 25 | 234,741 |
106 |
181,078 |
97 |
236,939 | 102 | 183,894 | 98 | 167,987 | 98 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 2 | 230,754 |
102 |
179,869 |
100 |
239,787 | 105 | 186,476 | 102 | 168,498 | 99 |
| 9 | 231,288 |
107 |
177,825 |
98 |
238,654 | 104 | 185,815 | 101 | 169,414 | 101 |
| 16 | — |
— |
— |
— |
239,338 | 103 | 185,823 | 100 | 169,881 |
101 |
* Labor Day Holiday Weekend
