U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 23, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,304,000 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 a 1-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 – %
September
11 230,803
103
185,512
99
237,926 102 186,391 99 148,942 100
18 228,622
101
182,686
98
239,340 104 186,670 101 168,142 99
25 234,218
106
180,690
97
236,939 102 183,894 98 167,987 98
October
2 230,329
102
179,366
99
239,787 105 186,476 102 168,498 99
9 230,366
107
177,359
98
238,654 104 185,815 101 169,414 101
16 228,128
102
180,606
102
239,338 103 185,823 100 168,101 100
23



238,262 103 184,703 99 168,304 101