U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending April 18, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 168,744,000 broilers, a 3-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 2-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- | % | |
| Mar | ||||||||||
| 14 | 253,754 | 102 | 196,241 | 102 |
252,239 | 101 | 194,978 | 101 | 173,432 | 104 |
| 21 | 255,241 | 102 | 195,801 | 102 |
253,361 | 102 | 195,386 | 102 | 170,237 | 102 |
| 28 | 256,296 | 103 | 195,765 | 102 |
254,388 | 103 | 195,573 | 102 | 168,527 | 101 |
| Apr | ||||||||||
| 4* | 253,537 | 102 | 196,363 | 103 |
253,842 | 102 | 195,378 | 102 | 168,174 | 100 |
| 11 | 256,019 | 103 | 197,319 | 103 |
251,111 | 101 | 192,408 | 101 | 171,173 | 102 |
| 18 | 255,739 | 102 | 198,455 | 104 |
254,036 | 102 | 193,098 | 101 | 168,744 | 103 |
| 25 | — | — | — | — |
254,580 | 102 | 195,286 | 102 | — | — |
*Easter Holiday Weekend
