U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 20, 2024 is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 146,915,000 broilers, a 8-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 8-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 9 | 236,704 | 98 | 187,548 | 99 | 228,609 | 96 | 178,912 | 96 | 170,069 | 99 |
| 16 | 240,232 | 100 | 188,731 | 100 | 227,016 | 96 | 177,500 | 96 | 167,597 | 98 |
| 23* | 239,750 | 100 | 190,915 | 101 | 225,285 | 95 | 176,771 | 95 | 167,143 | 104 |
| 30** | 238,543 | 100 | 183,518 | 98 | 225,777 | 95 | 177,081 | 95 | 134,589 | 96 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 6 | 238,987 | 99 | 187,496 | 100 | 232,736 | 99 | 181,822 | 99 | 144,226 | 89 |
| 13 | 238,922 | 100 | 187,523 | 100 | 227,004 | 98 | 179,271 | 98 | 172,864 | 100 |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | 236,020 | 99 | 185,234 | 99 | 146,915 | 92 |
*Christmas Holiday Weekend
**New Year’s Holiday Weekend
