U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending December 21, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,723,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 6-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – | % | |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 9 | 241,102 | 102 | 184,087 | 104 | 246,842 | 105 | 192,077 | 104 | 172,385 | 102 |
| 16 | 248,500 | 104 | 188,824 | 104 | 243,568 | 104 | 190,027 | 104 | 169,932 | 102 |
| 23* | 248,280 | 104 | 188,138 | 105 | 236,164 | 102 | 183,848 | 101 | 169,633 | 129 |
| 30 | 249,686 | 103 | 188,764 | 102 | 239,382 | 103 | 186,670 | 102 | 127,697 | 77 |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 7 | 245,348 | 104 | 193,734 | 103 | 244,612 | 107 | 190,531 | 106 | 168,214 | 99 |
| 14 | 247,104 | 103 | 193,522 | 103 | 236,814 | 104 | 183,246 | 103 | 166,641 | 99 |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 240,375 | 106 | 187,036 | 105 | 173,723 | 104 |
*Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov 23, 2023 / Nov 28, 2024)
