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
