U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 24, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 177,425,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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 – %
August      
13 245,506
103
190,648 102
242,728 101 190,514 101 170,588 101
20 245,452
103
191,567
103
242,624 101 190,806 102  170,977 102
27 246,399
105
193,048
104
241,924 102 189,912 102 170,865 102
September            
3* 241,001
103
193,757
105
241,278 101 189,567 102  177,476 110
10 241,375
105
193,929
105
241,159 101 189,163 102 152,281 102
17 238,582
104
194,329
106
243,349 102 191,064 102  173,299 103
24



240,509 102 188,365 102  177,425 106

*Labor Day Holiday Weekend