U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 19, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 179,648,000 broilers, a 10-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 10-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-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 – %
Oct
8 237,424 103 187,052 105 243,579 102 191,567 103 178,109 105
15 237,831 104 190,687 105 244,497 102 193,048 104 174,419 104
22 237,319 101 187,655 105 245,506 103 193,757 105 160,168 96
29 234,417 98 184,352 103 245,452 103 193,966 105 175,425 107
Nov
5 232,256 99 186,933 105 246,399 105 194,205 106 173,299 105
12 237,672 98 185,749 102 241,001 103 188,459 104 176,435 107
19 239,994 104 188,882 105 179,648  110