U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 13, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 169,093,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change 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 – %
May
25* 246,184 101 189,637 101 246,437 103 190,196 102 168,247 98
Jun
1 246,133 101 188,845 100 246,220 102 189,855 102 149,224 98
8 245,633 100 190,162 100 245,697 102 189,758 101 166,414 100
15** 246,140 101 190,266 100 245,384 102 189,635 102 165,028 99
22 244,736 101 190,296 101 247,098 102 190,451 102 166,652 96
29 245,263 103 189,990 100 245,946 102 190,194 102 171,627 101
Jul
6*** 247,149 102 190,007 101 245,414 101 189,592 101 142,583 96
13 245,539 101 189,637 101 169,093 100

*Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
**Father’s Day Weekend
*** July 4th Holiday Weekend