U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 10, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,580,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-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 – %
Jun
29 245,549 103 189,899 100 245,946 102 190,194 102 171,627 101
Jul
6* 247,513 103 189,975 101 245,414 101 189,592 101 142,583 96
13 245,956 102 188,351 101 245,539 101 189,637 101 166,498 99
20 249,240 103 190,402 103 244,203 101 188,845 100 168,293 101
27 248,434 103 191,942 102 245,773 101 190,097 100 167,103 100
Aug
3 250,597 104 190,778 101 246,184 101 190,254 100 169,630 102
10 246,133 101 190,158 100 172,580 102

*July 4th Holiday Weekend