U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 7, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,549,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 12 | 238,080 | 99 | 185,683 | 102 | 241,001 | 103 | 188,459 | 104 | 176,435 | 107 |
| 19 | 241,659 | 100 | 183,550 | 100 | 239,994 | 104 | 188,882 | 105 | 174,130 | 107 |
| 26 * | 239,539 | 99 | 183,023 | 100 | 237,949 | 104 | 187,052 | 105 | 127,331 | 102 |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 3 | 241,237 | 100 | 187,049 | 100 | 242,498 | 103 | 190,687 | 105 | 172,200 | 104 |
| 10 | 240,581 | 101 | 190,186 | 101 | 239,712 | 104 | 187,655 | 105 | 172,213 | 104 |
| 17 | 240,319 | 101 | 188,102 | 100 | 237,424 | 103 | 184,353 | 103 | 170,176 | 104 |
| 24 ** | 240,044 | 101 | 188,666 | 101 | 237,419 | 104 | 186,866 | 105 | 160,890 | 121 |
| 31*** | 238,669 | 101 | 187,982 | 101 | 237,281 | 101 | 185,683 | 102 | 140,164 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 7 | — | — | — | — | 235,002 | 99 | 183,550 | 100 | 162,549 | 100 |
* Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
** Christmas Holiday Weekend
*** New Year’s Holiday Weekend
