U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 26, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,610,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease 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 23, 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 239,613 | 103 | 186,295 | 100 | 240,594 | 102 | 188,550 | 100 | 168,869 | 101 |
| February | ||||||||||
| 5 | 239,342 | 101 | 185,728 | 100 | 242,318 | 102 | 187,352 | 98 | 154,735 | 92 |
| 12 | 239,951 | 101 | 184,920 | 100 | 240,845 | 106 | 186,378 | 102 | 168,799 | 103 |
| 19 | 239,687 | 104 | 185,156 | 101 | 238,979 | 101 | 185,219 | 98 | 166,031 | 173* |
| 26 | — | — | — | — | 237,594 | 99 | 184,672 | 98 | 170,610 | 96 |
* Last year’s winter ice storm in TX and surrounding states caused plants to be closed for up to 4 days.
