U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 29, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 176,441,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – %
Sept
17 237,949 104 194,205 106 243,349 102 191,064 102  173,299 103
24 242,498 103 188,459 104 240,509 102 188,365 102  174,550 104
Oct
1 239,712 104 188,882 105 242,263 101 190,648 102 173,602 103
8 237,931 103 187,053 105 243,579 102 191,567 103 178,109 105
15 238,314 104 190,670 105 244,497 102 193,048 104 174,419 104
22 234,864 100 187,762 106 245,506 103 193,757 105 173,981 104
29 245,452 103 193,966 105 176,441 107