U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 3, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,656,000 broilers, a three percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 | ||||||||||
| 23* | 239,599 | 100 | 190,915 | 101 | 225,285 | 95 | 176,771 | 95 | 167,143 | 104 |
| 30** | 238,614 | 100 | 183,518 | 98 | 225,777 | 95 | 177,081 | 95 | 134,589 | 96 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 6 | 238,661 | 99 | 187,543 | 100 | 232,736 | 99 | 181,822 | 99 | 144,226 | 89 |
| 13*** | 240,441 | 101 | 187,091 | 100 | 227,004 | 98 | 179,271 | 98 | 172,916 | 100 |
| 20 | 240,283 | 101 | 185,857 | 101 | 236,020 | 99 | 185,234 | 99 | 142,801 | 89 |
| 27 | 240,590 | 100 | 185,781 | 100 | 238,317 | 99 | 187,548 | 99 | 166,700 | 99 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 3 | — | — | — | — | 239,455 | 100 | 188,731 | 100 | 169,656 | 103 |
*Christmas Holiday Weekend
**New Year’s Holiday Weekend
***MLK, Jr. Holiday Weekend
