U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 26, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,610,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent decrease in chicks placed 7 weeks earlier in the United States. USDA’s Broiler Hatchery report for February 23, 2022, 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 – %
January
15 237,274
101
185,218
98
234,265 105 182,825 101 171,403 101
22 238,226
102
184,248
98
241,406 103 187,109 100 154,462 94
29 239,613
103
186,295 100
240,594 102 188,550 100 168,869 101
February
5 239,342 101 185,728 100 242,318 102 187,352 98 154,735 92
12 239,951 101 184,920 100 240,845 106 186,378 102 168,799 103
19 239,687 104 185,156 101 238,979 101 185,219 98 166,031 173*
26 237,594 99 184,672 98 170,610
96

* Last year’s winter ice storm in TX and surrounding states caused plants to be closed for up to 4 days.