U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 25, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,252,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 14 | 238,147 | 100 | 187,647 | 101 | 233,365 | 100 | 183,023 | 100 | 172,120 | 100 |
| 21 | 238,996 | 100 | 184,465 | 100 | 238,080 | 99 | 187,049 | 100 | 160,069 | 104 |
| 28 | 240,510 | 100 | 186,217 | 100 | 241,659 | 100 | 190,186 | 101 | 168,865 | 100 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 4 | 239,582 | 100 | 185,554 | 100 | 239,539 | 99 | 188,028 | 100 | 164,500 | 106 |
| 11 | 241,210 | 100 | 186,994 | 101 | 241,207 | 100 | 188,553 | 101 | 168,707 | 100 |
| 18 | 239,540 | 100 | 187,588 | 101 | 240,671 | 101 | 187,810 | 101 | 167,379 | 101 |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 240,366 | 101 | 187,935 | 102 | 170,252 | 103 |
