U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 9, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 152,250,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent change 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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 14 | 242,329 |
101 |
188,427 |
100 |
240,897 | 100 | 187,487 | 100 | 165,073 | 101 |
| 21 | 243,313 |
101 |
189,573 |
101 |
240,221 | 101 | 187,348 | 100 | 166,719 | 99 |
| 28 | 242,927 |
101 |
189,052 |
100 |
240,836 | 101 | 187,753 | 100 | 168,489 | 102* |
| June | ||||||||||
| 4 | 242,728 |
101 |
190,203 |
102 |
239,910 | 100 | 187,490 | 100 | 150,902 | 129** |
| 11 | 242,624 |
101 |
191,004 |
101 |
240,446 | 100 | 188,048 | 99 | 168,065 | 99 |
| 18 | 242,040 |
102 |
190,654 |
101 |
239,173 | 101 | 187,289 | 101 | 163,515 | 97 |
| 25 | 241,231 |
101 |
190,489 |
101 |
239,511 | 100 | 187,465 | 100 | 170,125 | 100 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 2 | 239,006 |
100 |
190,685 |
102 |
240,063 | 100 | 188,427 | 100 | 171,973 | 100 |
| 9 | — |
— |
— |
— |
241,798 | 101 | 189,573 | 101 | 152,250 |
104 |
*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.
