U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending September 28, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,441,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and 2-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 – %
Aug
17 248,069 104 192,872 103 245,634 100 189,899 100 167,503 99
24 247,604 103 193,223 102 245,935 101 189,975 101 171,283 100
31* 246,894 105 193,597 103 244,015 101 188,351 101 171,042 99
Sep
7 243,900 105 192,839 103 245,549 103 190,402 103 149,584 97
14 237,046 102 192,713 102 247,513 103 191,965 102 170,310 100
21 243,356 105 192,361 104 245,765 102 190,791 101 170,816 99
28 249,019 103 193,301 102 170,441 100

*Labor Day Weekend