U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 11, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,952,000 broilers, no-change from the same week a year earlier.
The no-change in slaughter compares with no-change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and 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 – | % | |
| April | ||||||||||
| 30 | 241,798 |
101 |
187,289 |
101 |
239,621 | 104 | 186,679 | 102 | 165,625 | 101 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 7 | 240,575 | 100 | 187,465 | 100 | 239,173 | 99 | 185,845 | 99 | 162,882 | 100 |
| 14 | 242,297 |
101 |
188,435 |
100 |
240,897 | 100 | 187,487 | 100 | 165,073 | 101 |
| 21 | 243,013 |
101 |
189,569 |
101 |
240,221 | 101 | 187,348 | 100 | 166,719 | 99 |
| 28 | 242,009 |
101 |
189,718 |
101 |
240,836 | 101 | 187,753 | 100 | 168,489 | 102* |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | 241,711 |
100 |
190,261 |
102 |
239,910 | 100 | 187,490 | 100 | 150,902 | 129** |
| 11 | — |
— |
— |
— |
240,446 | 100 | 188,048 | 99 | 168,952 | 100 |
*Memorial Day holiday weekend
**Three states had a much higher number of plants that were down for last year’s holiday and COVID-19 was affecting some plant schedules.
