U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 25, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 162,099,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 – %
Dec
14 248,409 103 194,758 103 236,814 104 183,246 103 166,641 99
21 248,555 104 195,044 102 240,375 106 187,036 105 170,104 102
28 247,909 104 191,295 104 237,502 105 184,087 104 130,846 97
Jan
4* 249,085 105 192,400 103 243,485 105 188,824 104 135,706 94
11 248,635 104 190,758 102 241,334 106 188,095 105 154,046 89
18 248,530 104 191,318 103 241,102 102 189,334 102 177,331 124
25 248,500 104 194,720 104 162,099 97

*New Year’s Holiday Week