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