U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 15, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,237,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 3 | 243,671 | 100 | 187,499 | 99 | 242,383 | 101 | 186,920 | 100 | 152,718 | 101 |
| 10 | 244,290 | 101 | 189,345 | 99 | 241,805 | 101 | 186,975 | 99 | 166,393 | 99 |
| 17 * | 242,859 | 100 | 189,225 | 99 | 240,676 | 101 | 185,984 | 99 | 167,015 | 102 |
| 24 | 244,315 | 101 | 189,130 | 99 | 240,265 | 100 | 185,355 | 99 | 174,362 | 104 |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 1 | 242,608 | 101 | 189,982 | 100 | 240,715 | 100 | 186,833 | 99 | 169,408 | 99 |
| 8 | 241,715 | 99 | 188,215 | 99 | 242,231 | 100 | 187,271 | 99 | 147,841 | 98 |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | 242,592 | 101 | 187,675 | 99 | 170,237 | 101 |
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