U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 15, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,309,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 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 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 240,759 | 101 | 186,167 | 100 | 240,366 | 101 | 187,935 | 102 | 167,098 | 101 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 4 | 241,943 | 100 | 187,233 | 101 | 240,691 | 101 | 187,647 | 101 | 167,391 | 101 |
| 11 | 241,150 | 100 | 186,403 | 100 | 237,943 | 100 | 184,465 | 100 | 166,557 | 101 |
| 18 | 239,943 | 100 | 186,526 | 100 | 240,618 | 101 | 186,217 | 100 | 164,288 | 100 |
| 25 | 241,886 | 101 | 187,334 | 100 | 238,147 | 100 | 185,555 | 100 | 164,150 | 99 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 1 | 240,099 | 100 | 186,512 | 100 | 238,996 | 100 | 187,018 | 101 | 162,009 | 98 |
| 8 | 239,293 | 100 | 186,302 | 99 | 240,543 | 100 | 187,593 | 101 | 164,108 | 100 |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | 239,973 | 100 | 186,167 | 100 | 165,309 | 103 |
