U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 9, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 154,551,000 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 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                    
29 240,130 99 187,184 98 243,672 100 189,345 99 167,196 100
Aug                    
5 240,503 98 187,898 100 244,088 100 189,225 99 166,265 97
12 241,176 98 188,689 99 243,671 100 189,130 99 168,699 99
19 241,731 98 187,513 98 244,786 101 189,982 100 169,385 99
26 242,449 98 188,438 98 242,673 100 188,095 99 171,028 100
Sep
2 * 238,905 99 189,564 98 241,909 100 189,903 100 172,315 97
9 240,663 100 189,240 100 154,551 101

*Labor Day Holiday Weekend