U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 21, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,918,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 10 | 240,671 | 101 | 190,186 | 101 | 239,712 | 104 | 187,655 | 105 | 172,213 | 104 |
| 17 | 240,366 | 101 | 188,028 | 100 | 237,424 | 103 | 184,353 | 103 | 170,176 | 104 |
| 24 * | 240,691 | 101 | 188,553 | 101 | 237,419 | 104 | 186,866 | 105 | 160,890 | 121 |
| 31** | 237,587 | 100 | 187,810 | 101 | 237,281 | 101 | 185,683 | 102 | 140,164 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 7 | 239,857 | 101 | 188,104 | 102 | 235,002 | 99 | 183,550 | 100 | 162,123 | 99 |
| 14 | 237,187 | 100 | 187,522 | 101 | 233,365 | 100 | 183,023 | 100 | 172,120 | 100 |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 238,080 | 99 | 187,049 | 100 | 163,918 | 106 |
* Christmas Holiday Weekend
** New Year’s Holiday Weekend
