U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 4, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,174,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.
The no change 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- | % | |
| Feb | ||||||||||
| 21 | 254,948 | 102 | 192,408 | 101 |
253,045 | 102 | 196,861 | 102 | 172,407 | 106 |
| 28 | 254,423 | 102 | 193,098 | 101 |
252,529 | 102 | 195,873 | 103 | 170,100 | 101 |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 7 | 253,744 | 102 | 194,166 | 102 |
252,666 | 102 | 196,122 | 103 | 172,229 | 103 |
| 14 | 254,767 | 102 | 196,111 | 102 |
252,239 | 101 | 194,978 | 101 | 173,432 | 104 |
| 21 | 254,820 | 102 | 195,837 | 102 |
253,361 | 102 | 195,386 | 102 | 170,237 | 102 |
| 28 | 255,665 | 103 | 195,857 | 102 |
254,388 | 103 | 195,573 | 102 | 168,527 | 101 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 4* | 252,754 | 102 | 196,420 | 103 |
253,842 | 102 | 195,378 | 102 | 168,174 | 100 |
| 11 | — | — | — | — |
251,111 | 101 | 192,408 | 101 | — | — |
*Easter Holiday Weekend
