US. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 18, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,915,000 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 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 – %
Feb
4 239,973 100 185,555 100 239,539 99 188,028 100 164,500 106
11 241,622 101 187,018 101 241,207 100 188,553 101 168,707 100
18 240,534 100 187,593 101 240,671 101 187,810 101 167,379 101
25 240,754 101 186,167 100 240,366 101 187,935 102 167,098 101
Mar
4 241,825 100 186,599 100 240,691 101 187,647 101 167,391 101
11 240,707 100 186,134 100 237,943 100 184,465 100 166,557 101
18 240,618 101 186,217 100 167,915 103