U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 20, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 173,125,000 broilers, a 2-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent increase in slaughter compares with a 3-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and a 4-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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 257,497 | 102 | 197,400 | 102 |
255,241 | 103 | 197,285 | 100 | 156,314 | 104 |
| Jun | ||||||||||
| 6 | 257,160 | 102 | 198,492 | 103 | 256,471 | 103 | 198,480 | 104 | 173,295 | 103 |
| 13 | 254,939 | 101 | 198,419 | 102 | 253,609 | 102 | 195,753 | 102 | 172,275 | 101 |
| 20 | 254,438 | 101 | 198,899 | 102 |
256,827 | 103 | 198,754 | 104 | 173,125 | 102 |
| 27 | — | — | — | — |
256,143 | 102 | 198,147 | 103 | — | — |
*Memorial Day Weekend
