U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 15, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,172,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States. USDA’s Broiler Hatchery report for January 12, 2022, can be viewed here.
| 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 – | % | |
| December | ||||||||||
| 4 | 240,845 | 106 |
187,109 |
100 |
234,884 | 104 | 180,874 | 99 | 164,957 | 99 |
| 11 | 238,979 |
101 |
188,550 |
100 |
230,316 | 107 | 177,901 | 104 | 166,001 | 100 |
| 18 | 237,509 |
99 |
187,352 |
98 |
231,808 | 104 | 178,625 | 100 | 163,115 | 98 |
| 25 | 238,458 |
101 |
186,379 |
102 |
229,065 | 104 | 177,957 | 102 | 132,663* | 108 |
| January | ||||||||||
| 1 | 236,385 |
100 | 185,218 |
98 |
234,077 | 105 | 182,041 | 101 | 145,076** | 105 |
| 8 | 236,910 |
101 |
184,919 |
98 |
238,275 | 108 | 183,927 | 104 | 163,246 | 96 |
| 15 | — |
— |
— |
— |
234,265 | 105 | 182,825 | 101 | 173,172 |
103 |
* Christmas Holiday — ** New Year’s Holiday
