U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 21, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,828,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and 1-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 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 248,589 | 104 | 193,301 | 102 | 246,133 | 101 | 190,158 | 100 | 169,575 | 101 |
| 17 | 248,129 | 104 | 192,872 | 103 | 245,634 | 100 | 189,899 | 100 | 167,503 | 99 |
| 24 | 247,534 | 103 | 193,223 | 102 | 245,935 | 101 | 189,975 | 101 | 171,283 | 100 |
| 31* | 247,390 | 105 | 193,697 | 103 | 244,015 | 101 | 188,351 | 101 | 171,042 | 99 |
| Sep | ||||||||||
| 7 | 243,900 | 105 | 193,184 | 103 | 245,549 | 103 | 190,402 | 103 | 149,584 | 97 |
| 14 | 237,473 | 103 | 192,945 | 102 | 247,513 | 103 | 191,965 | 102 | 170,310 | 100 |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 245,765 | 102 | 190,791 | 101 | 172,828 | 100 |
*Labor Day Weekend
