U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 8, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 149,198,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease 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 | ||||||||||
| 27 * | 244,088 | 100 | 187,675 | 99 | 240,070 | 100 | 186,320 | 99 | 171,437 | 102 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 3 | 243,671 | 100 | 187,499 | 99 | 242,383 | 101 | 186,920 | 100 | 152,718 | 101 |
| 10 | 245,225 | 101 | 190,011 | 99 | 241,805 | 101 | 186,975 | 99 | 166,393 | 99 |
| 17 ** | 242,553 | 100 | 189,941 | 100 | 240,676 | 101 | 185,984 | 99 | 167,015 | 102 |
| 24 | 244,300 | 101 | 189,140 | 99 | 240,265 | 100 | 185,355 | 99 | 174,362 | 104 |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 1 | 243,919 | 101 | 190,601 | 100 | 240,715 | 100 | 186,833 | 99 | 169,408 | 99 |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | 242,231 | 100 | 187,271 | 99 | 149,198 | 99 |
* Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
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