U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 22, 2022 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 160,168,000 broilers, a 4-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – | % | |
Sept | ||||||||||
10 | 239,994 | 104 | 193,966 | 105 | 241,159 | 101 | 189,163 | 102 | 152,281 | 102 |
17 | 237,949 | 104 | 194,205 | 106 | 243,349 | 102 | 191,064 | 102 | 173,299 | 103 |
24 | 242,523 | 103 | 188,459 | 104 | 240,509 | 102 | 188,365 | 102 | 174,550 | 104 |
Oct | ||||||||||
1 | 239,264 | 104 | 188,909 | 105 | 242,263 | 101 | 190,648 | 102 | 173,602 | 103 |
8 | 237,502 | 103 | 187,118 | 105 | 243,579 | 102 | 191,567 | 103 | 178,109 | 105 |
15 | 238,045 | 104 | 190,846 | 106 | 244,497 | 102 | 193,048 | 104 | 174,419 | 104 |
22 | — | — | — | — | 245,506 | 103 | 193,757 | 105 | 160,168 | 96 |