U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 4, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 163,320,000 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 | ||||||||||
| 24 * | 240,691 | 101 | 188,553 | 101 | 237,419 | 104 | 186,866 | 105 | 160,890 | 121 |
| 31** | 237,943 | 100 | 187,810 | 101 | 237,281 | 101 | 185,683 | 102 | 140,164 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 7 | 240,697 | 101 | 187,885 | 102 | 235,002 | 99 | 183,550 | 100 | 162,123 | 99 |
| 14 | 237,527 | 100 | 187,643 | 101 | 233,365 | 100 | 183,023 | 100 | 172,120 | 100 |
| 21 | 238,819 | 100 | 185,244 | 101 | 238,080 | 99 | 187,049 | 100 | 160,069 | 104 |
| 28 | 239,126 | 100 | 187,578 | 101 | 241,659 | 100 | 190,186 | 101 | 168,865 | 100 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 4 | — | — | — | — | 239,539 | 99 | 188,028 | 100 | 163,320 | 106 |
* Christmas Holiday Weekend
** New Year’s Holiday Weekend
