U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 23, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,541,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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 – %
June
11 242,624
101
191,004
101
240,446 100 188,048 99 168,065 99
18 241,924
102
190,654
101
239,173 101 187,289 101 163,515 97
25 241,278
101
190,514
101
239,511 100 187,465 100 170,125 100
July
2 239,173
101
190,805
102
240,063 100 188,427 100 171,973 100
9 242,939
102
189,911
102
241,798 101 189,573 101 151,092 103
16 240,089
101
189,517
102
240,575 100 189,052 100 167,933 103
23



242,329 101 188,793 101 172,541 101