U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 16, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,612,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-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 – %
Jul
12 249,491 102 194,659 103 250,825 102 193,075 102 172,507 104
19 250,001 100 194,327 102 249,390 102 193,225 102 171,917 102
26 250,915 101 192,182 100 250,931 102 194,697 102 170,068 102
Aug
2 250,321 100 193,272 101 252,623 103 194,435 102 171,719 101
9 250,597 101 193,125 100
253,052 103 195,341 103 171,784 101
16 250,314 101
193,991 101
253,106 103 195,369 103 170,612 102
23
251,341 102 194,784 103