U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 20, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,198,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – %
July
9 243,349
102
189,912
102
241,798 101 189,573 101 151,092 103
16 240,509
102
189,567
102
240,575 100 189,052 101 167,933 103
23 242,263
101
188,305
101
242,329 101 188,793 101 169,606 100
30 243,845
102
191,126
102
243,313 101 191,004 102 167,942 102
August      
6 244,556 102
188,563
103
242,927 101 190,654 102 171,476 104
13 245,025
103
189,690 102
242,728 101 190,514 101 170,588 101
20



242,624 101 190,806 102  173,198 103