U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 6, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,796,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-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 – | % | |
| June | ||||||||||
| 25 | 241,278 |
101 |
190,514 |
101 |
239,511 | 100 | 187,465 | 100 | 170,125 | 100 |
| July | ||||||||||
| 2 | 241,159 |
101 |
190,805 |
102 |
240,063 | 101 | 188,427 | 101 | 171,973 | 100 |
| 9 | 243,158 |
102 |
189,911 |
102 |
241,798 | 101 | 189,573 | 101 | 151,092 | 103 |
| 16 | 240,334 |
101 |
189,566 |
102 |
240,575 | 100 | 189,052 | 101 | 167,933 | 103 |
| 23 | 241,847 |
101 |
189,206 |
102 |
242,329 | 101 | 188,793 | 101 | 169,606 | 100 |
| 30 | 243,202 |
102 |
190,813 |
102 |
243,313 | 101 | 191,004 | 102 | 167,942 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — |
— |
— |
242,927 | 101 | 190,654 | 102 | 174,796 | 106 |
