U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 9, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,794,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – %
Sep
28* 244,612 107 190,027 104 249,019 103 193,301 102 167,074 98
Oct
5 235,939 104 183,820 101 248,393 103 192,872 103 168,173 99
12** 240,656 107 186,728 102 249,606 104 193,202 102 168,623 101
19 241,972 107 190,390 106 248,586 104 193,555 103 169,387 100
26 241,199 104 183,454 103 248,069 104 192,869 103 167,545 99
Nov
2 241,873 107 188,415 106 247,583 103 192,703 102 172,639 102
9 246,842 105 192,077 104 171,794 102

* Hurricane Helene
** Hurricane Milton