U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 12, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,020,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – | % | |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 1 | 249,972 | 102 | 190,702 | 102 | 248,464 | 104 | 190,370 | 102 | 168,978 | 104 |
| 8 | 249,624 | 102 | 191,094 | 102 | 247,558 | 104 | 191,057 | 103 | 167,393 | 102 |
| 15 | 248,775 | 101 | 191,479 | 102 | 249,628 | 105 | 192,316 | 104 | 166,510 | 104 |
| 22 | 250,920 | 102 | 191,307 | 102 | 249,319 | 104 | 191,909 | 103 | 167,017 | 103 |
| 29 | 250,155 | 102 | 191,111 | 102 | 248,054 | 104 | 191,338 | 103 | 166,608 | 103 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 5 | 249,898 | 102 | 191,195 | 101 | 249,168 | 104 | 191,178 | 103 | 167,851 | 104 |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 248,787 | 103 | 189,939 | 102 | 170,020 | 105 |
