U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 14, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,177,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase 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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 10 | 253,361 | 102 | 195,873 | 103 |
245,092 | 101 | 191,139 | 103 | 173,646 | 113 |
| 17 * | 254,377 | 103 | 195,946 | 103 |
244,083 | 101 | 190,381 | 100 | 172,949 | 98 |
| 24 | 253,411 | 102 | 195,618 | 102 |
250,922 | 100 | 195,491 | 100 | 167,280 | 105 |
| 31 | 252,454 | 101 | 195,780 | 102 |
251,903 | 101 | 196,593 | 101 | 167,707 | 99 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 7 | 253,357 | 102 | 196,199 | 103 |
254,680 | 101 | 198,663 | 102 | 178,360 | 106 |
| 14 ** | 254,350 | 102 | 195,754 | 102 |
248,862 | 101 | 193,930 | 101 | 172,177 | 103 |
| 21 | — | — | — | — |
253,045 | 102 | 196,861 | 102 | — | — |
*MLK, Jr. Holiday Weekend
**President’s Day Holiday Weekend
