# Weekly global protein digest: broiler prices becoming steady
						 | The Poultry Site

> USDA's latest broiler market report shows whole bird and fryer prices trending steady, with demand light to moderate. Hatchery sets were down 1% from a year earlier and broiler chick placements were also lower.

- Date: 2020-08-21 · published 2020-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51768-weekly-global-protein-digest-broiler-prices-becoming-steady-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Steady broiler prices and fewer chicks placed point to flat-to-lower near-term broiler output, a neutral to mildly bearish signal for feed grain demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2020/08/weekly-global-protein-digest-broiler-prices-becoming-steady

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