Eggs set, chicks placed, broilers produced report

On May 22, 2026, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Polina Burko

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 16, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,711,000 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 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- %
Apr  
11 256,827 103 197,285 103
 251,111 101 192,408 101 171,173 102
18 256,874 102 198,480 104
 254,036 102 193,098 101 168,744 103
25 256,431 103 195,753 102
 254,580 102 195,286 102 170,854 103
May  
2 256,491 102 198,686 103
 254,948 102 196,241 102 171,230 103
9 256,101 103 198,636 103
 254,423 102 196,001 102 171,765 102
16 255,513 102 198,107 103
 253,644 102 195,765 102 170,711 101
23* — — — —
 253,754 102 196,663 103 — —

*Memorial Day Weekend

 



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