U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 15, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,524,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 6-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 5-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 – %
Feb
1 248,787 103 191,909 103 248,755 104 194,758 103 169,484 102
8 249,633 103 191,265 103 250,229 103 195,044 102 168,978 103
15* 249,825 103 191,101 103 245,694 104 191,295 104 166,754 102
22 250,460 102 190,394 102 248,409 103 192,480 103 162,670 99
Mar
1 251,426 103 190,912 102 248,464 104 190,370 102 168,978 104
8 252,417 103 192,633 102 247,558 104 191,057 103 167,393 102
15 249,628 105 192,316 104 169,524 106

*President’s Day Holiday Weekend