U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 17, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,385,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-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 – | % | |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 5 | 248,523 | 101 | 191,187 | 101 | 249,168 | 104 | 191,178 | 103 | 167,851 | 104 |
| 12 | 249,609 | 101 | 191,821 | 101 | 248,787 | 103 | 189,939 | 102 | 167,206 | 103 |
| 19 * | 250,949 | 102 | 191,219 | 101 | 249,373 | 103 | 190,702 | 102 | 164,613 | 102 |
| 26 | 249,540 | 102 | 192,326 | 101 | 248,753 | 102 | 191,094 | 102 | 165,455 | 101 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 3 | 249,760 | 102 | 192,780 | 101 | 249,501 | 102 | 191,479 | 102 | 166,491 | 100 |
| 10 | 250,651 | 103 | 193,577 | 102 | 249,972 | 102 | 191,518 | 102 | 168,711 | 101 |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 249,752 | 102 | 191,305 | 102 | 171,385 | 104 |
*Easter Holiday Weekend
