U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 14, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,565,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and 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 – %
Aug
3 249,606 104 190,791 101 246,184 101 190,254 100 169,630 102
10 248,589 104 193,301 102 246,133 101 190,158 100 169,575 101
17 248,121 104 192,872 103 245,634 100 189,899 100 167,503 99
24 247,510 103 193,223 102 245,935 101 189,975 101 171,283 100
31* 247,468 105 193,697 103 244,015 101 188,351 101 171,042 99
Sep
7 244,016 105 193,213 103 245,549 103 190,402 103 149,584 97
14 247,513 103 191,965 102 171,565 101

*Labor Day Weekend