U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 16, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,387,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 4-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – | % | |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 4 | 227,004 | 98 | 176,771 | 95 | 239,741 | 97 | 188,335 | 97 | 169,817 | 98 |
| 11* | 233,099 | 98 | 177,646 | 96 | 234,009 | 97 | 184,417 | 98 | 168,931 | 96 |
| 18 | 235,102 | 97 | 181,965 | 99 | 232,021 | 97 | 182,593 | 97 | 166,781 | 96 |
| 25** | 238,103 | 99 | 179,351 | 98 | 230,815 | 97 | 182,456 | 98 | 131,284 | 103 |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 2 | 238,475 | 99 | 182,376 | 98 | 231,509 | 95 | 182,566 | 96 | 166,280 | 97 |
| 9 | 231,052 | 96 | 184,577 | 97 | 228,609 | 96 | 178,912 | 96 | 170,069 | 99 |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 227,016 | 96 | 177,500 | 96 | 169,387 | 100 |
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**Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
