U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 13, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,275,000 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- %
May  
2 257,171 103 198,754 104
254,948 102 196,241 102 171,230 103
9 255,377 102 198,147 103
254,423 102 196,001 102 171,765 102
16 256,660 102 198,526 103
253,644 102 195,765 102 170,711 101
23* 256,395 102 198,833 103
253,754 102 196,663 103 174,103 101
30 257,517 102 197,400 102
255,241 103 197,285 100 156,314 104
Jun  
6 256,971 102 198,472 103  256,471 103 198,480 104 173,295 103
13 254,839 101 198,381 102 253,609 102 195,753 102 172,275 101
20
256,827 103 198,754 104

*Memorial Day Weekend