U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 29, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,548,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 18 | 240,070 | 100 | 186,526 | 100 | 240,618 | 101 | 186,217 | 100 | 164,288 | 100 |
| 25 | 242,383 | 101 | 187,334 | 100 | 238,147 | 100 | 185,555 | 100 | 164,150 | 99 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 1 | 241,729 | 100 | 186,512 | 100 | 238,996 | 100 | 187,018 | 101 | 162,009 | 98 |
| 8 * | 240,198 | 100 | 186,321 | 99 | 240,543 | 100 | 187,593 | 101 | 164,108 | 100 |
| 15 | 240,756 | 101 | 186,919 | 100 | 239,973 | 100 | 186,167 | 100 | 167,566 | 104 |
| 22 | 239,668 | 100 | 187,011 | 99 | 241,634 | 101 | 187,233 | 101 | 165,903 | 103 |
| 29 | — | — | — | — | 240,534 | 100 | 186,403 | 100 | 168,548 | 102 |
* Easter Holiday Weekend
