U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 16, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,916,000 broilers, a 1-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent decrease 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 – | % | |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 3 | 242,086 | 101 | 185,996 | 100 | 239,455 | 100 | 188,731 | 100 | 166,931 | 101 |
| 10 | 242,114 | 100 | 185,459 | 99 | 242,807 | 101 | 190,915 | 101 | 164,762 | 98 |
| 17* | 243,330 | 101 | 185,071 | 99 | 236,704 | 98 | 183,543 | 98 | 164,184 | 98 |
| 24 | 243,045 | 101 | 185,785 | 100 | 240,232 | 100 | 187,568 | 100 | 163,766 | 98 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 2 | 242,941 | 100 | 187,047 | 100 | 239,599 | 100 | 187,117 | 100 | 163,239 | 98 |
| 9 | 242,684 | 101 | 188,161 | 101 | 238,684 | 100 | 185,913 | 101 | 164,520 | 99 |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 237,477 | 99 | 185,412 | 100 | 162,916 | 99 |
*President’s Day Holiday Weekend
