U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 6, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 150,942,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and 3-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 | ||||||||||
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 | 193,512 | 102 | 246,133 | 101 | 190,158 | 100 | 169,575 | 101 |
17 | 248,648 | 104 | 193,053 | 103 | 245,634 | 100 | 189,899 | 100 | 167,503 | 99 |
24 | 247,592 | 103 | 193,545 | 103 | 245,935 | 101 | 189,975 | 101 | 171,283 | 100 |
31* | 247,754 | 105 | 193,091 | 103 | 244,015 | 101 | 188,351 | 101 | 171,042 | 99 |
Sep | ||||||||||
6 | — | — | — | — | 245,549 | 103 | 190,402 | 103 | 150,942 | 98 |
*Labor Day Weekend