U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 17, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,612,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-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 – | % | |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 5 | 233,365 | 100 | 186,866 | 105 | 246,399 | 105 | 194,205 | 106 | 173,299 | 105 |
| 12 | 238,080 | 99 | 185,699 | 102 | 241,001 | 103 | 188,459 | 104 | 176,435 | 107 |
| 19 | 241,670 | 100 | 183,528 | 100 | 239,994 | 104 | 188,882 | 105 | 174,130 | 107 |
| 26 * | 237,725 | 98 | 182,714 | 100 | 237,949 | 104 | 187,052 | 105 | 127,331 | 102 |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 3 | 240,999 | 100 | 187,011 | 100 | 242,498 | 103 | 190,687 | 105 | 172,200 | 104 |
| 10 | 239,922 | 100 | 189,864 | 101 | 239,712 | 104 | 187,655 | 105 | 172,213 | 104 |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 237,424 | 103 | 184,353 | 103 | 173,612 | 106 |
* Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
