U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 29, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,548,000 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 – %
Mar
18 240,070 100 186,526 100 240,618 101 186,217 100 164,288 100
25 242,383 101 187,334 100 238,147 100 185,555 100 164,150 99
Apr
1 241,729 100 186,512 100 238,996 100 187,018 101 162,009 98
8 * 240,198 100 186,321 99 240,543 100 187,593 101 164,108 100
15 240,756 101 186,919 100 239,973 100 186,167 100 167,566 104
22 239,668 100 187,011 99 241,634 101 187,233 101 165,903 103
29 240,534 100 186,403 100 168,548 102

* Easter Holiday Weekend