U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 25, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,337,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-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 – | % | |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 11 | 241,634 | 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 | 240,989 | 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 | 240,972 | 100 | 186,309 | 100 | 237,943 | 100 | 184,465 | 100 | 166,557 | 101 |
| 18 | 241,179 | 100 | 186,264 | 100 | 240,618 | 101 | 186,217 | 100 | 164,288 | 100 |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 238,147 | 100 | 185,555 | 100 | 167,337 | 101 |
