U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 30, 2025, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 177,600,000 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 – | % | |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 26 | 249,852 | 101 | 192,243 | 100 | 250,931 | 102 | 194,697 | 102 | 170,068 | 102 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 2 | 248,991 | 100 | 193,345 | 101 | 252,623 | 103 | 194,435 | 102 | 171,719 | 101 |
| 9 | 249,444 | 100 | 193,118 | 100 |
253,052 | 103 | 195,341 | 103 | 171,784 | 101 |
| 16 | 250,383 | 101 |
193,539 | 100 |
253,106 | 103 | 195,369 | 103 | 170,612 | 102 |
| 23 | 249,283 | 101 | 193,666 | 100 |
251,341 | 102 | 194,784 | 103 | 173,410 | 101 |
| 30 | 250,239 | 101 | 194,326 | 100 |
251,618 | 103 | 194,659 | 103 | 177,600 | 104 |
| Sep | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — | — | — |
250,862 | 102 | 194,327 | 102 | — | — |
