U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 20, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,929,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 8 | 245,634 | 100 | 190,097 | 100 | 245,697 | 102 | 189,758 | 101 | 166,414 | 100 |
| 15* | 245,935 | 101 | 190,254 | 100 | 245,384 | 102 | 189,635 | 102 | 165,028 | 99 |
| 22 | 244,015 | 101 | 190,164 | 101 | 247,098 | 102 | 190,451 | 102 | 166,652 | 96 |
| 29 | 245,466 | 103 | 189,900 | 100 | 245,946 | 102 | 190,194 | 102 | 171,627 | 101 |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 6** | 247,103 | 102 | 189,994 | 101 | 245,414 | 101 | 189,592 | 101 | 142,583 | 96 |
| 13 | 246,072 | 102 | 187,976 | 101 | 245,539 | 101 | 189,637 | 101 | 166,498 | 99 |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | 244,203 | 101 | 188,845 | 100 | 172,929 | 104 |
*Father’s Day Weekend
** July 4th Holiday Weekend
