U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 13, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 164,578,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 2 | 244,264 | 101 | 187,022 | 100 | 239,599 | 100 | 187,117 | 100 | 163,239 | 98 |
| 9 | 244,662 | 101 | 188,234 | 101 | 238,684 | 100 | 185,913 | 101 | 164,520 | 99 |
| 16 | 245,818 | 102 | 188,594 | 101 | 237,598 | 99 | 185,412 | 100 | 160,579 | 98 |
| 23 | 245,363 | 101 | 188,232 | 100 | 239,730 | 101 | 185,996 | 100 | 161,980 | 99 |
| 30* | 244,446 | 101 | 188,035 | 101 | 239,229 | 100 | 185,459 | 99 | 160,979 | 99 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 6 | 244,383 | 102 | 189,489 | 102 | 239,609 | 100 | 185,071 | 99 | 160,773 | 98 |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | 242,086 | 101 | 185,785 | 100 | 164,578 | 98 |
*Easter Holiday Weekend
