U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 14, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,766,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 3 | 241,207 | 100 | 187,049 | 100 | 242,498 | 103 | 190,687 | 105 | 172,200 | 104 |
| 10 | 240,580 | 101 | 190,186 | 101 | 239,712 | 104 | 187,655 | 105 | 172,213 | 104 |
| 17 | 240,808 | 101 | 188,028 | 100 | 237,424 | 103 | 184,353 | 103 | 170,176 | 104 |
| 24 * | 240,108 | 101 | 188,553 | 101 | 237,419 | 104 | 186,866 | 105 | 160,890 | 121 |
| 31** | 237,587 | 100 | 187,810 | 101 | 237,281 | 101 | 185,683 | 102 | 140,164 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 7 | 239,304 | 101 | 188,469 | 102 | 235,002 | 99 | 183,550 | 100 | 162,123 | 99 |
| 14 | — | — | — | — | 233,365 | 100 | 183,023 | 100 | 174,766 | 102 |
* Christmas Holiday Weekend
** New Year’s Holiday Weekend
