U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 19, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,260,000 broilers, a 76-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 76-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-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. USDA’s Broiler Hatchery report for February 16, 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 – | % | |
| January | ||||||||||
| 8 | 237,433 |
101 |
184,672 | 98 |
238,275 | 108 | 183,927 | 104 | 163,246 | 96 |
| 15 | 237,274 |
101 |
185,218 |
98 |
234,265 | 105 | 182,825 | 101 | 171,403 | 101 |
| 22 | 238,226 |
102 |
184,248 |
98 |
241,406 | 103 | 187,109 | 100 | 154,462 | 94 |
| 29 | 239,718 |
103 |
186,221 | 100 |
240,594 | 102 | 188,550 | 100 | 168,869 | 101 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 5 | 239,409 | 101 | 185,676 | 99 | 242,318 | 102 | 187,352 | 98 | 154,735 | 92 |
| 12 | 239,623 | 101 | 184,929 | 100 | 240,845 | 106 | 186,378 | 102 | 168,799 | 103 |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | 238,979 | 101 | 185,219 | 98 | 169,260 | 176* |
* Last year’s the winter ice storm in TX and surrounding states caused plants to be closed for up to 4 days.
