U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 11, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,789,000 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 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
30* 245,697 102 187,837 100 239,229 100 185,459 99 160,979 99
Apr
6 245,442 102 190,196 102 239,609 100 185,071 99 160,773 98
13 246,968 102 189,855 102 242,086 101 185,785 100 162,156 97
20 245,544 102 189,506 101 242,114 100 187,022 100 162,094 98
27 246,465 102 189,597 102 243,330 101 188,234 101 163,751 99
May
4 246,559 101 190,380 102 244,457 101 188,594 101 166,246 100
11 244,264 101 188,232 100 168,789 101

*Easter Holiday Weekend