U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 10, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 175,385,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 6-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
29 235,002 99 184,353 103 245,452 103 193,966 105 175,425 107
Nov
5 233,365 100 186,866 105 246,399 105 194,205 106 173,299 105
12 238,231 99 185,699 102 241,001 103 188,459 104 176,435 107
19 240,558 100 183,528 100 239,994 104 188,882 105 174,130 107
26 * 237,885 98 182,695 100 237,949 104 187,052 105 127,331 102
Dec  
3 240,865 100 186,991 100 242,498 103 190,687 105 172,200 104
10 239,712 104 187,655 105 175,385 106

 

* Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend