U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 10, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 153,924,000 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 | ||||||||||
| 30 | 243,579 |
102 |
191,064 |
102 |
243,313 | 101 | 191,004 | 102 | 167,942 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 6 | 244,497 | 102 |
188,365 |
102 |
242,927 | 101 | 190,654 | 102 | 171,476 | 104 |
| 13 | 245,548 |
103 |
190,648 | 102 |
242,728 | 101 | 190,514 | 101 | 170,588 | 101 |
| 20 | 245,572 |
103 |
191,563 |
103 |
242,624 | 101 | 190,806 | 102 | 170,977 | 102 |
| 27 | 246,399 |
105 |
192,951 |
104 |
241,924 | 102 | 189,912 | 102 | 170,865 | 102 |
| September | ||||||||||
| 3* | 241,924 |
104 |
193,754 |
105 |
241,278 | 101 | 189,567 | 102 | 177,476 | 110 |
| 10 | — |
— |
— |
— |
241,159 | 101 | 189,163 | 102 | 153,924 | 103 |
*Labor Day Holiday Weekend
