U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 19, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,885,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 – | % | |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 8 | 241,381 | 99 | 188,095 | 99 | 242,231 | 100 | 187,271 | 99 | 147,841 | 98 |
| 15 | 242,057 | 101 | 186,398 | 98 | 242,592 | 101 | 187,675 | 99 | 168,991 | 101 |
| 22 | 242,762 | 100 | 185,590 | 98 | 241,603 | 100 | 187,499 | 99 | 165,931 | 98 |
| 29 | 240,863 | 99 | 187,184 | 98 | 243,672 | 100 | 189,345 | 99 | 167,196 | 100 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 5 | 241,582 | 99 | 187,976 | 100 | 244,088 | 100 | 189,225 | 99 | 166,265 | 97 |
| 12 | 241,935 | 99 | 189,160 | 99 | 243,671 | 100 | 189,130 | 99 | 168,699 | 99 |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | 244,786 | 101 | 189,982 | 100 | 170,885 | 100 |
