U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending November 16, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,143,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-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 – %
Oct
5 236,814 104 183,848 101 248,393 103 192,872 103 168,173 99
12* 240,375 106 186,670 102 249,606 104 193,202 102 168,623 101
19 241,063 107 190,431 106 248,586 104 193,555 103 169,387 100
26 240,200 103 183,365 103 248,069 104 192,869 103 167,545 99
Nov
2 241,574 106 188,622 106 247,583 103 192,703 102 172,639 102
9 238,612 101 186,490 105 246,842 105 192,077 104 172,385 102
16 243,568 104 190,027 104 172,143 103

* Hurricane Milton