U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 1, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,652,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-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                    
20 243,672 100 187,271 99 241,150 100 186,512 100 169,995 102
27 * 244,061 100 187,675 99 240,070 100 186,320 99 171,437 102
Jun                    
3 244,463 101 187,499 99 242,383 101 186,920 100 152,718 101
10 244,173 101 189,261 99 241,805 101 186,975 99 166,393 99
17 ** 242,973 100 189,932 100 240,676 101 185,984 99 167,015 102
24 243,655 101 189,205 99 240,265 100 185,355 99 174,362 104
Jul                    
1 240,715 100 186,833 99 173,652 101

* Memorial Day Holiday Weekend

** Juneteenth Holiday Weekend