U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 30, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,041,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent increase 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
19 240,836
101
185,845
99
237,433 101 186,130 100 163,622 98
26 239,910
100
187,487
100
237,274 101 185,622 99 165,477 100
April
2 240,446
100
187,348
100
238,089 102 184,588 99 165,306 102
9 239,040
101 187,704
100
239,729 103 185,895 102 164,467 102
16 238,447
100
187,512
100
239,181 101 185,562 99 160,968 99
23 240,334
101
187,128
99
240,020 101 186,025 99 160,827 98
30



239,621 104 186,679 102 169,041 103