U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 30, 2023 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,934,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent decrease 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 – %
Aug
19 238,431 97 187,512 98 244,786 101 189,982 100 169,385 99
26 239,741 97 188,438 98 242,673 100 188,095 99 171,028 100
Sep
2 * 235,243 98 187,769 97 241,909 100 189,903 100 172,315 97
9 232,219 97 187,126 96 240,663 100 185,590 98 154,738 102
16 233,912 98 188,343 97 241,381 99 187,185 98 169,845 98
23 233,455 96 184,365 98 246,812 103 187,898 100 172,727 99
30 242,487 100 188,689 99 172,934 100

*Labor Day Holiday Weekend