U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 18, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,007,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 7 | 240,575 | 100 | 187,465 | 100 | 239,173 | 99 | 185,845 | 99 | 162,882 | 100 |
| 14 | 242,297 | 101 | 188,429 | 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 | 242,126 | 101 | 188,878 | 100 | 240,836 | 101 | 187,753 | 100 | 168,489 | 102* |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | 242,728 | 101 | 190,201 | 102 | 239,910 | 100 | 187,490 | 100 | 150,902 | 129** |
| 11 | 242,763 | 101 | 190,713 | 101 | 240,446 | 100 | 188,048 | 99 | 168,065 | 99 |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 239,173 | 101 | 187,289 | 101 | 166,007 | 99 |
*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.
