U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 4, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 152,607,000 broilers, a 31-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 31-percent increase in slaughter compares with no-change 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 latest Broiler Hatchery report 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 16 | 239,511 |
100 |
187,490 |
100 |
239,181 | 101 | 185,562 | 99 | 160,968 | 99 |
| 23 | 240,063 |
100 |
188,048 |
99 |
240,020 | 101 | 186,025 | 99 | 160,827 | 98 |
| 30 | 241,798 |
101 |
187,289 |
101 |
239,621 | 104 | 186,679 | 102 | 165,625 | 101 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 7 | 240,575 | 100 | 187,465 | 100 | 239,173 | 99 | 185,845 | 99 | 162,882 | 100 |
| 14 | 242,356 |
101 |
188,496 |
100 |
240,897 | 100 | 187,487 | 100 | 165,073 | 101 |
| 21 | 242,886 |
101 |
189,596 |
101 |
240,221 | 101 | 187,348 | 100 | 166,719 | 99 |
| 28 | 241,444 |
100 |
189,943 |
101 |
240,836 | 101 | 187,753 | 100 | 168,489 | 102* |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | — |
— |
— |
— |
239,910 | 100 | 187,490 | 100 | 152,607 | 131** |
*Memorial Day holiday weekend
**Three states had a much higher number of plants that were down for last year’s holiday and COVID-19 was affecting some plant schedules.
