U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 29, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,917,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no-change in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States. USDA’s Broiler Hatchery report for January 26, 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
18 237,594
99
187,352
98
231,808 104 178,625 100 163,115 98
25 238,160
101
186,378
102
229,065 104 177,957 102 132,663* 108
January
1 236,948
100 185,219
98
234,077 105 182,041 101 145,076** 105
8 237,145
101
184,651 98
238,275 108 183,927 104 163,246 96
15 237,563
101
184,772
98
234,265 105 182,825 101 171,403 101
22 237,254
101
183,854
98
241,406 103 187,109 100 154,462 94
29



240,594 102 188,550 100 171,917
 103

* Christmas Holiday — ** New Year’s Holiday