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)