U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 25, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,070,000 broilers, a no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with no change 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 – %
Feb
18 240,534 100 187,593 101 240,671 101 187,810 101 167,379 101
25 240,759 101 186,167 100 240,366 101 187,935 102 167,098 101
Mar
4 241,828 100 186,599 100 240,691 101 187,647 101 167,391 101
11 240,735 100 186,375 100 237,943 100 184,465 100 166,557 101
18 240,726 100 186,489 100 240,618 101 186,217 100 164,288 100
25 242,456 101 187,135 100 238,147 100 185,555 100 164,150 99
Apr
1 238,996 100 187,018 101 165,070 100