U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending March 8, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,830,000 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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 25 | 249,168 | 104 | 192,316 | 104 | 248,500 | 104 | 194,720 | 104 | 159,562 | 96 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 1 | 248,908 | 103 | 191,909 | 103 | 248,755 | 104 | 194,758 | 103 | 169,484 | 102 |
| 8 | 249,754 | 103 | 191,167 | 103 | 250,229 | 103 | 195,044 | 102 | 168,978 | 103 |
| 15* | 251,012 | 103 | 191,046 | 103 | 245,694 | 104 | 191,295 | 104 | 166,754 | 102 |
| 22 | 250,460 | 102 | 190,186 | 102 | 248,409 | 103 | 192,480 | 103 | 162,670 | 99 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 1 | 251,452 | 103 | 190,641 | 102 | 248,464 | 104 | 190,370 | 102 | 168,978 | 104 |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | 247,558 | 104 | 191,057 | 103 | 168,830 | 103 |
*President’s Day Holiday Weekend
