U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending January 24, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,280,000 broilers, a 5-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 5-percent increase in slaughter compares with no change in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 252,529 | 102 | 198,663 | 102 |
237,808 | 99 | 185,915 | 99 | 174,945 | 103 |
| 27 * | 252,656 | 102 | 193,930 | 101 |
238,078 | 100 | 185,401 | 100 | 127,244 | 97 |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 3 ** | 252,552 | 101 | 196,850 | 102 |
244,943 | 100 | 191,467 | 101 | 145,304 | 107 |
| 10 | 251,499 | 101 | 195,907 | 103 |
245,092 | 101 | 191,139 | 103 | 173,646 | 113 |
| 17 *** | 252,923 | 102 | 196,236 | 103 |
244,083 | 101 | 190,381 | 100 | 172,949 | 98 |
| 24 | 252,563 | 101 | 195,316 | 102 |
250,922 | 100 | 195,491 | 100 | 167,280 | 105 |
| 31 | — | — | — | — |
251,903 | 101 | 196,593 | 101 | — | — |
*Christmas Holiday Weekend
**New Year’s Holiday Weekend
***MLK, Jr. Holiday Weekend
