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