U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 27, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,385,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent decrease 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 – %
Apr
15 240,265 100 186,920 100 239,973 100 186,167 100 167,566 104
22 240,715 100 186,975 99 241,634 101 187,233 101 165,903 103
29 242,231 100 186,195 99 240,534 100 186,403 100 165,811 100
May
6 241,666 100 185,349 99 240,759 101 186,526 100 166,543 102
13 240,601 99 186,951 99 241,943 100 187,334 100 166,554 101
20 241,133 99 187,236 99 241,150 100 186,512 100 169,995 102
27 * 240,070 100 186,320 99 173,385 103

* Memorial Day Holiday Weekend