U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 10, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,646,000 broilers, a 13-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 13-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-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 – | % | |
| Dec | ||||||||||
| 6 | 248,862 | 101 | 195,491 | 100 | 242,748 | 99 | 189,368 | 100 | 173,347 | 103 |
| 13 | 253,045 | 102 | 196,873 | 101 |
240,801 | 102 | 187,405 | 103 | 171,478 | 103 |
| 20 | 252,529 | 102 | 197,983 | 101 |
237,808 | 99 | 185,915 | 99 | 174,945 | 103 |
| 27 * | 252,049 | 102 | 193,968 | 102 |
238,078 | 100 | 185,401 | 100 | 127,244 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 3 ** | 252,386 | 101 | 196,706 | 102 |
244,943 | 100 | 191,467 | 101 | 145,304 | 107 |
| 10 | 251,441 | 101 | 195,704 | 103 |
245,092 | 101 | 191,139 | 103 | 173,646 | 113 |
| 17 | — | — | — | — |
244,083 | 101 | 190,381 | 100 | — | — |
*Christmas Holiday Weekend
**New Year’s Holiday Weekend
