U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 2, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,543,000 broilers, a no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with a 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 – %
Jan
20 239,229 100 185,913 101 236,020 99 185,234 99 142,801 89
27 239,519 100 185,412 100 238,317 99 187,548 99 166,700 99
Feb
3 242,315 101 185,996 100 239,455 100 188,731 100 166,931 101
10 241,709 100 185,459 99 242,807 101 190,915 101 164,762 98
17* 243,629 101 185,071 99 236,704 98 183,543 98 164,184 98
24 244,604 102 186,718 100 240,232 100 187,568 100 163,766 98
Mar
2 239,599 100 187,117 100 167,543 100

*President’s Day Holiday Weekend