U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 2, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,564,000 broilers, 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, a 1-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States. USDA’s Broiler Hatchery report for March 30, 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 – | % | |
| February | ||||||||||
| 19 | 239,621 | 104 | 185,895 | 102 | 238,979 | 101 | 185,219 | 98 | 166,031 | 173* |
| 26 | 239,173 | 99 | 185,562 | 99 | 237,594 | 99 | 184,672 | 98 | 165,417 | 93 |
| March | ||||||||||
| 5 | 240,897 | 100 | 186,025 | 99 | 238,160 | 101 | 185,218 | 98 | 166,498 | 96 |
| 12 | 240,275 | 101 | 186,614 | 102 | 236,948 | 100 | 184,048 | 98 | 164,363 | 97 |
| 19 | 240,886 |
101 |
185,787 |
99 |
237,433 | 101 | 186,130 | 100 | 163,622 | 98 |
| 26 | 240,273 |
101 |
187,375 |
100 |
237,274 | 101 | 185,622 | 99 | 165,477 | 100 |
| April | ||||||||||
| 2 | — |
— |
— |
— |
238,089 | 102 | 184,588 | 99 | 167,564 | 103 |
* Last year’s winter ice storm in TX and surrounding states caused plants to be closed for up to 4 days.
