US. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 18, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,915,000 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 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 – | % | |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 4 | 239,973 | 100 | 185,555 | 100 | 239,539 | 99 | 188,028 | 100 | 164,500 | 106 |
| 11 | 241,622 | 101 | 187,018 | 101 | 241,207 | 100 | 188,553 | 101 | 168,707 | 100 |
| 18 | 240,534 | 100 | 187,593 | 101 | 240,671 | 101 | 187,810 | 101 | 167,379 | 101 |
| 25 | 240,754 | 101 | 186,167 | 100 | 240,366 | 101 | 187,935 | 102 | 167,098 | 101 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 4 | 241,825 | 100 | 186,599 | 100 | 240,691 | 101 | 187,647 | 101 | 167,391 | 101 |
| 11 | 240,707 | 100 | 186,134 | 100 | 237,943 | 100 | 184,465 | 100 | 166,557 | 101 |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 240,618 | 101 | 186,217 | 100 | 167,915 | 103 |
