U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 30, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 135,401,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 5-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – | % | |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 11* | 236,020 | 99 | 177,081 | 95 | 234,009 | 97 | 184,417 | 98 | 168,931 | 96 |
| 18 | 238,317 | 99 | 181,822 | 99 | 232,021 | 97 | 182,593 | 97 | 166,781 | 96 |
| 25** | 239,705 | 100 | 179,271 | 98 | 230,815 | 97 | 182,456 | 98 | 131,284 | 103 |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 2 | 242,712 | 101 | 185,234 | 99 | 231,509 | 95 | 182,566 | 96 | 166,280 | 97 |
| 9 | 235,219 | 98 | 187,562 | 99 | 228,609 | 96 | 178,912 | 96 | 170,069 | 99 |
| 16 | 240,553 | 100 | 188,721 | 100 | 227,016 | 96 | 177,500 | 96 | 167,597 | 98 |
| 23*** | 239,856 | 100 | 190,988 | 101 | 225,285 | 95 | 176,771 | 95 | 167,143 | 104 |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | 225,777 | 95 | 177,081 | 95 | 135,401 | 97 |
*Veterans Day Holiday Weekend
**Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
***Christmas Holiday Weekend
