U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending May 30, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 156,314,000 broilers, a 4-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 4-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 | ||||||||||
| 25 | 256,545 | 102 | 195,753 | 102 |
254,580 | 102 | 195,286 | 102 | 170,854 | 103 |
| May | ||||||||||
| 2 | 256,993 | 103 | 198,719 | 104 |
254,948 | 102 | 196,241 | 102 | 171,230 | 103 |
| 9 | 255,725 | 102 | 198,091 | 103 |
254,423 | 102 | 196,001 | 102 | 171,765 | 102 |
| 16 | 255,668 | 102 | 198,361 | 102 |
253,644 | 102 | 195,765 | 102 | 170,711 | 101 |
| 23* | 256,011 | 102 | 198,416 | 103 |
253,754 | 102 | 196,663 | 103 | 174,103 | 101 |
| 30 | 256,770 | 102 | 198,222 | 103 |
255,241 | 103 | 197,285 | 100 | 156,314 | 104 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 6 | — | — | — | — |
256,471 | 103 | 198,480 | 104 | — | — |
*Memorial Day Weekend
