U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 31, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 174,556,000 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 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 – | % | |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 20 | 249,019 | 103 | 190,402 | 103 | 244,203 | 101 | 188,845 | 100 | 168,293 | 101 |
| 27 | 248,393 | 103 | 191,965 | 102 | 245,773 | 101 | 190,097 | 100 | 167,103 | 100 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 3 | 249,560 | 104 | 190,791 | 101 | 246,184 | 101 | 190,254 | 100 | 169,630 | 102 |
| 10 | 248,212 | 104 | 193,552 | 102 | 246,133 | 101 | 190,158 | 100 | 169,575 | 101 |
| 17 | 248,648 | 104 | 193,173 | 103 | 245,634 | 100 | 189,899 | 100 | 167,503 | 99 |
| 24 | 247,583 | 103 | 193,576 | 103 | 245,935 | 101 | 189,975 | 101 | 171,283 | 100 |
| 31* | — | — | — | — | 244,015 | 101 | 188,351 | 101 | 174,556 | 101 |
*Labor Day Weekend
