U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 18, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,483,000 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 1-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 – %
Jan                    
7 240,618 101 187,935 102 235,002 99 183,550 100 162,123 99
14 238,147 100 187,647 101 233,365 100 183,023 100 172,120 100
21 239,506 101 184,543 100 238,080 99 187,049 100 160,069 104
28 239,676 100 186,346 100 241,659 100 190,186 101 168,865 100
Feb
4 239,332 100 185,608 100 239,539 99 188,028 100 164,500 106
11 240,727 100 187,544 102 241,207 100 188,553 101 168,707 100
18 240,671 101 187,810 101 171,483 103