U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 17, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 165,884,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 2-percent decrease in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 6 | 237,598 | 99 | 187,568 | 100 | 232,736 | 99 | 181,822 | 99 | 144,226 | 89 |
| 13* | 240,130 | 101 | 187,117 | 100 | 227,004 | 98 | 179,271 | 98 | 172,916 | 100 |
| 20 | 239,354 | 100 | 185,913 | 101 | 236,020 | 99 | 185,234 | 99 | 142,801 | 89 |
| 27 | 240,177 | 100 | 185,641 | 100 | 238,317 | 99 | 187,548 | 99 | 166,700 | 99 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 3 | 241,973 | 101 | 185,996 | 100 | 239,455 | 100 | 188,731 | 100 | 166,931 | 101 |
| 10 | 241,541 | 100 | 185,477 | 99 | 242,807 | 101 | 190,915 | 101 | 164,762 | 98 |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 236,704 | 98 | 183,543 | 98 | 165,884 | 99 |
*MLK, Jr. Holiday Weekend
