U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 11, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,952,000 broilers, no-change from the same week a year earlier.

The no-change in slaughter compares with no-change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent decrease 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
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
14 242,297
101
188,435
100
240,897 100 187,487 100 165,073 101
21 243,013
101
189,569
101
240,221 101 187,348 100 166,719 99
28 242,009
101
189,718
101
240,836 101 187,753 100 168,489 102*
June
4 241,711
100
190,261
102
239,910 100 187,490 100 150,902 129**
11



240,446 100 188,048 99 168,952 100

*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.