U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 8, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 178,420,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 3-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 – %
Aug      
27 246,399
105
193,048
104
241,924 102 189,912 102 170,865 102
Sept            
3* 241,001
103
193,757
105
241,278 101 189,567 102  177,476 110
10 240,359
104
193,969
105
241,159 101 189,163 102 152,281 102
17 240,157
105
194,245
106
243,349 102 191,064 102  173,299 103
24 243,085
103
188,392
104
240,509 102 188,365 102  174,550 104
Oct        
1 238,852
104
189,230
106
242,263 101 190,648 102 173,602 103
8



243,579 102 191,567 103 178,420 105

*Labor Day Holiday Weekend