U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 5, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,187,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and 3-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 | ||||||||||
| 24 | 247,583 | 103 | 193,202 | 102 | 245,935 | 101 | 189,975 | 101 | 171,283 | 100 |
| 31* | 246,797 | 105 | 193,602 | 103 | 244,015 | 101 | 188,351 | 101 | 171,042 | 99 |
| Sep | ||||||||||
| 7 | 243,568 | 104 | 192,749 | 103 | 245,549 | 103 | 190,402 | 103 | 149,584 | 97 |
| 14 | 237,003 | 102 | 192,757 | 102 | 247,513 | 103 | 191,965 | 102 | 170,310 | 100 |
| 21 | 241,975 | 104 | 192,091 | 104 | 245,765 | 102 | 190,791 | 101 | 170,816 | 99 |
| 28 | 242,693 | 106 | 190,106 | 104 | 249,019 | 103 | 193,301 | 102 | 167,074 | 98 |
| Oct | ||||||||||
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 248,393 | 103 | 192,872 | 103 | 170,187 | 100 |
*Labor Day Weekend
