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 |