U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 21, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,509,000 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, and no-change 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 9 | 239,173 |
101 | 187,753 |
100 |
239,729 | 103 | 185,895 | 102 | 164,467 | 102 |
| 16 | 239,192 |
100 |
187,472 |
100 |
239,181 | 101 | 185,562 | 99 | 160,968 | 99 |
| 23 | 239,815 |
100 |
187,887 |
99 |
240,020 | 101 | 186,025 | 99 | 160,827 | 98 |
| 30 | 241,939 |
101 |
187,245 |
101 |
239,621 | 104 | 186,679 | 102 | 165,625 | 101 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 7 | 240,575 | 100 | 187,043 | 100 | 239,173 | 99 | 185,845 | 99 | 162,882 | 100 |
| 14 | 241,857 |
101 |
188,306 |
100 |
240,897 | 100 | 187,487 | 100 | 165,073 | 101 |
| 21 | — |
— |
— |
— |
240,221 | 101 | 187,348 | 100 | 168,509 | 100 |
