U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 6, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,445,000 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 – | % | |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 25 | 242,383 | 101 | 187,334 | 100 | 238,147 | 100 | 185,555 | 100 | 164,150 | 99 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 1 | 241,729 | 100 | 187,858 | 100 | 238,996 | 100 | 187,018 | 101 | 162,009 | 98 |
| 8 * | 240,676 | 101 | 186,320 | 99 | 240,543 | 100 | 187,593 | 101 | 164,108 | 100 |
| 15 | 240,756 | 101 | 186,920 | 100 | 239,973 | 100 | 186,167 | 100 | 167,566 | 104 |
| 22 | 240,098 | 100 | 186,975 | 99 | 241,634 | 101 | 187,233 | 101 | 165,903 | 103 |
| 29 | 241,795 | 100 | 186,725 | 100 | 240,534 | 100 | 186,403 | 100 | 165,811 | 100 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 240,759 | 101 | 186,526 | 100 | 168,445 | 103 |
* Easter Holiday Weekend
