U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 23, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,091,000 broilers, no-change from the same week a year earlier.

The no-change in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, 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 – %
March
5 240,897 100 186,025 99 238,160 101 185,218 98 166,498 96
12 240,221 101 186,679 102 236,948 100 184,048 98 164,363 97
19 240,836
101
185,845
99
237,433 101 186,130 100 163,622 98
26 239,837
100
187,464
100
237,274 101 185,622 99 165,477 100
April
2 240,532
100
187,524
100
238,089 102 184,588 99 165,306 102
9 239,130
 101 187,923
100
239,729 103 185,895 102 164,467 102
16 238,130
100
187,615
100
239,181 101 185,562 99 160,968 99
23



240,020 101 186,025 99 164,091 100