U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 3, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 145,304,000 broilers, a 7-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 7-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change 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 – | % | |
| Nov | ||||||||||
| 15 | 250,922 | 100 | 191,467 | 101 |
247,614 | 102 | 192,505 | 102 | 171,829 | 101 |
| 22 | 251,903 | 101 | 191,139 | 103 |
239,957 | 102 | 185,285 | 102 | 172,861 | 102 |
| 29 * | 254,680 | 101 | 190,381 | 100 |
243,093 | 102 | 188,849 | 102 | 132,428 | 104 |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 6 | 249,047 | 101 | 195,491 | 100 | 242,748 | 99 | 189,368 | 100 | 173,347 | 103 |
| 13 | 253,050 | 102 | 196,653 | 101 |
240,801 | 102 | 187,405 | 103 | 171,478 | 103 |
| 20 | 251,269 | 101 | 198,683 | 102 |
237,808 | 99 | 185,915 | 99 | 174,945 | 103 |
| 27 ** | 252,119 | 102 | 194,123 | 102 |
238,078 | 100 | 185,401 | 100 | 127,244 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 3 *** | 252,508 | 101 | 196,847 | 102 |
244,943 | 100 | 191,467 | 101 | 145,304 | 107 |
| 10 | — | — | — | — |
245,092 | 101 | 191,139 | 103 | — | — |
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