U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 7, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,065,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 7-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 6-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 | ||||||||||
19 | 237,502 | 105 | 190,531 | 106 | 248,586 | 104 | 193,555 | 103 | 169,387 | 100 |
26 | 243,485 | 105 | 183,246 | 103 | 248,069 | 104 | 192,869 | 103 | 167,545 | 99 |
Nov | ||||||||||
2 | 241,370 | 106 | 188,680 | 106 | 247,583 | 103 | 192,703 | 102 | 172,639 | 102 |
9 | 241,094 | 102 | 184,066 | 104 | 246,842 | 105 | 192,077 | 104 | 172,385 | 102 |
16 | 247,650 | 104 | 188,852 | 104 | 243,568 | 104 | 190,027 | 104 | 169,932 | 102 |
23* | 245,551 | 103 | 187,789 | 105 | 236,164 | 102 | 183,848 | 101 | 169,633 | 129 |
30 | 247,672 | 102 | 189,191 | 102 | 239,382 | 103 | 186,670 | 102 | 127,697 | 77 |
Dec | ||||||||||
7 | — | — | — | — | 244,612 | 107 | 190,531 | 106 | 172,065 | 101 |
*Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov 23, 2023 / Nov 28, 2024)