U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 16, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,149,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | 242,728 | 101 | 189,793 | 101 | 239,910 | 100 | 187,490 | 100 | 150,902 | 129** |
| 11 | 242,624 | 101 | 190,656 | 101 | 240,446 | 100 | 188,048 | 99 | 168,065 | 99 |
| 18 | 241,924 | 102 | 190,154 | 101 | 239,173 | 101 | 187,289 | 101 | 163,515 | 97 |
| 25 | 241,278 | 101 | 189,763 | 100 | 239,511 | 100 | 187,465 | 100 | 170,125 | 100 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 2 | 239,484 | 101 | 190,218 | 102 | 240,063 | 100 | 188,427 | 100 | 171,973 | 100 |
| 9 | 243,756 | 102 | 189,211 | 102 | 241,798 | 101 | 189,573 | 101 | 151,092 | 103 |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 240,575 | 100 | 189,052 | 100 | 171,149 | 105 |
**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.
