U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 5, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,164,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-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 – | % | |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 22 | 249,501 | 102 | 189,939 | 102 | 248,409 | 103 | 192,480 | 103 | 162,670 | 99 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 1 | 249,750 | 102 | 190,345 | 102 | 248,464 | 104 | 190,370 | 102 | 168,978 | 104 |
| 8 | 249,898 | 102 | 191,400 | 102 | 247,558 | 104 | 191,057 | 103 | 167,393 | 102 |
| 15 | 248,559 | 101 | 191,539 | 102 | 249,628 | 105 | 192,316 | 104 | 166,510 | 104 |
| 22 | 250,781 | 102 | 191,244 | 102 | 249,319 | 104 | 191,909 | 103 | 167,017 | 103 |
| 29 | 250,095 | 102 | 191,343 | 102 | 248,054 | 104 | 191,338 | 103 | 166,608 | 103 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 249,168 | 104 | 191,178 | 103 | 170,164 | 106 |
