U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 11, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,432,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 30 | 238,275 | 106 | 178,625 | 104 | 239,045 | 103 | 185,512 | 99 | 164,216 | 99 |
| November | ||||||||||
| 6 | 234,265 | 106 | 177,957 | 99 | 235,042 | 101 | 182,686 | 98 | 164,584 | 97 |
| 13 | 241,097 | 108 | 181,993 | 104 | 233,883 | 101 | 180,690 | 97 | 165,399 | 99 |
| 20 | 240,183 | 102 | 183,889 | 102 | 230,803 | 103 | 179,347 | 99 | 163,472 | 100 |
| 27 | 241,020 | 102 | 182,736 | 104 | 228,622 | 101 | 177,414 | 98 | 124,235* | 93 |
| December | ||||||||||
| 4 | 240,172 | 101 | 186,656 | 103 | 234,884 | 107 | 180,874 | 102 | 164,957 | 99 |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | 230,316 | 102 | 177,901 | 98 | 168,432 | 102 |
* Thanksgiving Holiday
