U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 12, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,210,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-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 | ||||||||||
| 31* | 246,842 | 105 | 193,555 | 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 | 236,184 | 102 | 192,704 | 102 | 247,513 | 103 | 191,965 | 102 | 170,310 | 100 |
| 21 | 241,697 | 104 | 192,091 | 104 | 245,765 | 102 | 190,791 | 101 | 170,816 | 99 |
| 28** | 244,241 | 107 | 190,024 | 104 | 249,019 | 103 | 193,301 | 102 | 167,074 | 98 |
| Oct | ||||||||||
| 5 | 238,202 | 105 | 183,989 | 101 | 248,393 | 103 | 192,872 | 103 | 168,173 | 99 |
| 12*** | — | — | — | — | 249,606 | 104 | 193,202 | 102 | 170,210 | 102 |
*Labor Day Weekend
** Hurricane Helene
*** Hurricane Milton
