U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 30, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,517,000 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 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 228,622 | 101 | 182,686 | 98 | 239,340 | 104 | 186,670 | 101 | 168,142 | 99 |
| 25 | 234,584 | 106 | 180,690 | 97 | 236,939 | 102 | 183,894 | 98 | 167,987 | 98 |
| October | ||||||||||
| 2 | 230,316 | 102 | 179,347 | 99 | 239,787 | 105 | 186,476 | 102 | 168,498 | 99 |
| 9 | 230,357 | 107 | 177,473 | 98 | 238,654 | 104 | 185,815 | 101 | 169,414 | 101 |
| 16 | 228,956 | 102 | 180,950 | 102 | 239,338 | 103 | 185,823 | 100 | 168,101 | 100 |
| 23 | 233,536 | 106 | 177,967 | 98 | 238,262 | 103 | 184,703 | 99 | 167,229 | 100 |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 239,045 | 103 | 185,512 | 99 | 168,517 | 101 |
