U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 24, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 176,878,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 6 | 242,592 | 101 | 185,355 | 99 | 240,759 | 101 | 186,526 | 100 | 166,543 | 102 |
| 13 | 241,603 | 100 | 186,833 | 99 | 241,943 | 100 | 187,334 | 100 | 166,554 | 101 |
| 20 | 243,442 | 100 | 187,271 | 99 | 241,150 | 100 | 186,512 | 100 | 169,995 | 102 |
| 27 * | 244,191 | 101 | 187,675 | 99 | 240,070 | 100 | 186,320 | 99 | 171,437 | 102 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 3 | 243,778 | 100 | 187,499 | 99 | 242,383 | 101 | 186,920 | 100 | 152,718 | 101 |
| 10 | 244,206 | 101 | 189,006 | 99 | 241,805 | 101 | 186,975 | 99 | 166,393 | 99 |
| 17 ** | 242,499 | 100 | 189,890 | 100 | 240,676 | 101 | 185,984 | 99 | 167,015 | 102 |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | 240,265 | 100 | 185,355 | 99 | 176,878 | 105 |
* Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
** Juneteenth Holiday Weekend
