U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 26, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,114,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 2-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 – %
Mar
1 249,972 102 190,702 102 248,464 104 190,370 102 168,978 104
8 249,752 102 191,094 102 247,558 104 191,057 103 167,393 102
15 249,169 101 191,479 102 249,628 105 192,316 104 166,510 104
22 250,541 102 191,321 102 249,319 104 191,909 103 167,017 103
29 249,125 101 191,241 102 248,054 104 191,338 103 166,608 103
Apr
5 249,761 102 191,419 101 249,168 104 191,178 103 167,851 104
12 250,353 101 192,301 101 248,787 103 189,939 102 167,206 103
19 * 250,128 102 191,518 101 249,373 103 190,702 102 164,613 102
26 248,753 102 191,094 102 167,114 102

*Easter Holiday Weekend