U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 27, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 166,784,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-percent increase 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
16 246,437 103 188,594 101 237,598 99 185,412 100 160,579 98
23 246,220 102 188,232 100 239,730 101 185,996 100 161,980 99
30* 245,417 101 187,837 100 239,229 100 185,459 99 160,979 99
Apr
6 244,409 102 190,197 102 239,609 100 185,071 99 160,773 98
13 246,781 102 189,855 102 242,086 101 185,785 100 162,156 97
20 245,393 102 189,354 101 242,114 100 187,022 100 162,094 98
27 243,330 101 188,234 101 166,784 101

*Easter Holiday Weekend