U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 1, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,736,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 4-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 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 – %
Dec
21 248,464 104 195,044 102 240,375 106 187,036 105 170,104 102
28 247,558 104 191,295 104 237,502 105 184,087 104 130,846 97
Jan
4* 249,534 105 192,480 103 243,485 105 188,824 104 135,706 94
11 248,635 104 190,740 102 241,334 106 188,095 105 154,046 89
18 247,963 104 191,322 103 241,102 102 189,334 102 177,331 124
25 249,708 104 192,137 104 248,500 104 194,720 104 159,562 96
Feb
1 248,755 104 194,758 103 171,736 103

*New Year’s Holiday Week