U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 11, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,666,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 6-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 5-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 – %
Nov
16 248,500 104 188,824 104 243,568 104 190,027 104 169,932 102
23* 248,755 104 188,095 105 236,164 102 183,848 101 169,633 129
30 250,229 103 189,334 102 239,382 103 186,670 102 127,697 77
Dec
7 245,009 104 194,176 104 244,612 107 190,531 106 168,214 99
14 247,243 103 194,308 103 236,814 104 183,246 103 166,641 99
21 248,541 104 194,592 102 240,375 106 187,036 105 170,104 102
28** 247,459 104 190,825 104 237,502 105 184,087 104 130,846 97
Jan
4*** 248,175 104 191,890 102 243,485 105 188,824 104 135,706 94
11 241,334 106 188,095 105 167,666 97

*Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov 23, 2023 / Nov 28, 2024)
**Christmas Holiday Week
***New Year’s Holiday Week