U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending February 28, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,100,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 1-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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 – | % | |
| Jan | ||||||||||
| 24 | 253,842 | 102 | 194,978 | 101 |
250,922 | 100 | 195,491 | 100 | 167,280 | 105 |
| 31 | 251,111 | 101 | 195,086 | 102 |
251,903 | 101 | 196,593 | 101 | 167,707 | 99 |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 7 | 254,362 | 102 | 195,273 | 102 |
254,680 | 101 | 198,663 | 102 | 178,360 | 106 |
| 14 * | 254,363 | 102 | 195,378 | 102 |
248,862 | 101 | 193,930 | 101 | 172,177 | 103 |
| 21 | 254,028 | 102 | 192,445 | 101 |
253,045 | 102 | 196,861 | 102 | 172,407 | 106 |
| 28 | 254,460 | 102 | 193,977 | 102 |
252,529 | 102 | 195,873 | 103 | 170,100 | 101 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — | — | — |
252,666 | 102 | 196,122 | 103 | — | — |
*President’s Day Holiday Weekend
