U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 18, 2021 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,097,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with a 7-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – %
November
6 234,265
106
177,957
99
235,042 101 182,686 98 164,584 97
13 241,121
108
182,041
104 233,883 101 180,690 97 165,399 99
20 240,393
102
183,927
102
230,803 103 179,347 99 163,472 100
27 240,919
102
182,747
104
228,622 101 177,414 98 124,235* 93
December
4 239,903
101
187,108
104
234,884 107 180,874 102 164,957 99
11 237,497
104
188,627
100
230,316 102 177,901 98 166,001 100
18



231,808 107 178,625 104 167,097 100

* Thanksgiving Holiday