U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 21, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,407,000 broilers, a 6-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 6-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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 17 * | 254,388 | 103 | 196,122 | 103 |
244,083 | 101 | 190,381 | 100 | 172,949 | 98 |
| 24 | 253,422 | 102 | 195,318 | 102 |
250,922 | 100 | 195,491 | 100 | 167,280 | 105 |
| 31 | 251,833 | 101 | 195,653 | 102 |
251,903 | 101 | 196,593 | 101 | 167,707 | 99 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 7 | 253,367 | 102 | 196,029 | 102 |
254,680 | 101 | 198,663 | 102 | 178,360 | 106 |
| 14 ** | 254,386 | 102 | 195,422 | 102 |
248,862 | 101 | 193,930 | 101 | 172,177 | 103 |
| 21 | 254,065 | 102 | 193,705 | 102 |
253,045 | 102 | 196,861 | 102 | 172,407 | 106 |
| 28 | — | — | — | — |
252,529 | 102 | 195,873 | 103 | — | — |
*MLK, Jr. Holiday Weekend
**President’s Day Holiday Weekend
