U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 1, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,652,000 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 a 1-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 20 | 243,672 | 100 | 187,271 | 99 | 241,150 | 100 | 186,512 | 100 | 169,995 | 102 |
| 27 * | 244,061 | 100 | 187,675 | 99 | 240,070 | 100 | 186,320 | 99 | 171,437 | 102 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 3 | 244,463 | 101 | 187,499 | 99 | 242,383 | 101 | 186,920 | 100 | 152,718 | 101 |
| 10 | 244,173 | 101 | 189,261 | 99 | 241,805 | 101 | 186,975 | 99 | 166,393 | 99 |
| 17 ** | 242,973 | 100 | 189,932 | 100 | 240,676 | 101 | 185,984 | 99 | 167,015 | 102 |
| 24 | 243,655 | 101 | 189,205 | 99 | 240,265 | 100 | 185,355 | 99 | 174,362 | 104 |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | 240,715 | 100 | 186,833 | 99 | 173,652 | 101 |
* Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
** Juneteenth Holiday Weekend
