U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 15, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,772,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 4* | 249,628 | 105 | 192,480 | 103 | 243,485 | 105 | 188,824 | 104 | 135,706 | 94 |
| 11 | 249,319 | 104 | 190,560 | 102 | 241,334 | 106 | 188,095 | 105 | 154,046 | 89 |
| 18 | 247,888 | 104 | 191,541 | 103 | 241,102 | 102 | 189,334 | 102 | 177,331 | 124 |
| 25 | 249,276 | 104 | 192,430 | 104 | 248,500 | 104 | 194,720 | 104 | 159,562 | 96 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 1 | 248,070 | 102 | 191,689 | 103 | 248,755 | 104 | 194,758 | 103 | 169,484 | 102 |
| 8 | 248,567 | 103 | 191,335 | 103 | 250,229 | 103 | 195,044 | 102 | 168,978 | 103 |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | 245,694 | 104 | 191,295 | 104 | 172,772 | 105 |
*New Year’s Holiday Week
