U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 29, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,868,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| May | ||||||||||
| 18 | 245,773 | 101 | 189,592 | 101 | 244,472 | 101 | 187,837 | 100 | 164,831 | 97 |
| 25* | 246,119 | 101 | 189,637 | 101 | 246,437 | 103 | 190,196 | 102 | 168,247 | 98 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 1 | 245,487 | 101 | 188,805 | 100 | 246,220 | 102 | 189,855 | 102 | 149,224 | 98 |
| 8 | 245,296 | 100 | 190,131 | 100 | 245,697 | 102 | 189,758 | 101 | 166,414 | 100 |
| 15** | 245,684 | 101 | 190,297 | 100 | 245,384 | 102 | 189,635 | 102 | 165,028 | 99 |
| 22 | 245,390 | 102 | 190,076 | 100 | 247,098 | 102 | 190,451 | 102 | 166,652 | 96 |
| 29 | — | — | — | — | 245,946 | 102 | 190,194 | 102 | 171,868 | 101 |
*Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
**Father’s Day Weekend
