U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 28, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,510,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 3-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – %
Sep
16 230,815 97 188,335 97 241,381 99 187,185 98 169,845 98
23 231,509 95 184,417 98 246,812 103 187,898 100 172,727 99
30 228,314 96 182,594 97 242,487 100 188,689 99 170,648 98
Oct
7 * 227,752 96 182,347 98 240,474 99 187,512 98 170,233 96
14 227,937 96 182,444 96 240,753 98 188,435 98 166,280 95
21 229,501 97 178,882 96 239,602 98 187,781 97 169,995 98
28 238,431 97 187,130 96 171,510 98

*Columbus Day Holiday Weekend