U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 31, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,689,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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
12 249,626 101 191,791 101 248,787 103 189,939 102 167,206 103
19 * 251,160 102 191,302 101 249,373 103 190,702 102 164,613 102
26 250,877 102 191,741 101 248,753 102 191,094 102 165,455 101
May
3 250,700 102 192,575 101 249,501 102 191,479 102 166,491 100
10 250,461 103 193,679 102 249,972 102 191,518 102 168,711 101
17 251,523 102 193,680 102 249,752 102 191,305 102 168,692 102
24** 252,076 102 193,558 102 249,169 101 191,187 101 172,843 103
31 249,513 101 191,791 101 156,689 105

*Easter Holiday Weekend
**Memorial Day Weekend