U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 17, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,890,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 6* | 247,513 | 103 | 189,975 | 101 | 245,414 | 101 | 189,592 | 101 | 142,583 | 96 |
| 13 | 245,956 | 102 | 188,351 | 101 | 245,539 | 101 | 189,637 | 101 | 166,498 | 99 |
| 20 | 248,959 | 103 | 190,402 | 103 | 244,203 | 101 | 188,845 | 100 | 168,293 | 101 |
| 27 | 248,434 | 103 | 191,942 | 102 | 245,773 | 101 | 190,097 | 100 | 167,103 | 100 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 3 | 250,305 | 104 | 190,841 | 101 | 246,184 | 101 | 190,254 | 100 | 169,630 | 102 |
| 10 | 249,031 | 104 | 193,202 | 102 | 246,133 | 101 | 190,158 | 100 | 169,575 | 101 |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 245,634 | 100 | 189,899 | 100 | 169,890 | 100 |
*July 4th Holiday Weekend
