U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 20, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,198,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-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 – | % | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 9 | 243,349 |
102 |
189,912 |
102 |
241,798 | 101 | 189,573 | 101 | 151,092 | 103 |
| 16 | 240,509 |
102 |
189,567 |
102 |
240,575 | 100 | 189,052 | 101 | 167,933 | 103 |
| 23 | 242,263 |
101 |
188,305 |
101 |
242,329 | 101 | 188,793 | 101 | 169,606 | 100 |
| 30 | 243,845 |
102 |
191,126 |
102 |
243,313 | 101 | 191,004 | 102 | 167,942 | 102 |
| August | ||||||||||
| 6 | 244,556 | 102 |
188,563 |
103 |
242,927 | 101 | 190,654 | 102 | 171,476 | 104 |
| 13 | 245,025 |
103 |
189,690 | 102 |
242,728 | 101 | 190,514 | 101 | 170,588 | 101 |
| 20 | — |
— |
— |
— |
242,624 | 101 | 190,806 | 102 | 173,198 | 103 |
