U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending July 18, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,980,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change 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- %
Jun  
13 254,493 101 198,318 102 253,609 102 195,753 102 172,275 101
20 252,943 101 198,971 102
256,827 103 198,754 104 173,125 102
27 252,474 101 198,677 102
256,143 102 198,147 103 175,775 100
Jul  
4* 254,509 101 197,108 101
256,545 102 198,526 103 162,227 113
11 254,435 103 195,555 100
257,171 103 198,833 103 174,700 101
18 253,883 102 195,352 101
255,377 102 197,500 102 171,980 100
25
256,660 102 198,472 103

*July 4th Holiday Weekend