U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 1, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,471,000 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 | ||||||||||
| 27 | 252,451 | 101 | 198,693 | 102 |
256,143 | 102 | 198,147 | 103 | 175,775 | 100 |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 4* | 251,707 | 100 | 197,202 | 101 |
256,545 | 102 | 198,526 | 103 | 162,227 | 113 |
| 11 | 251,807 | 102 | 195,611 | 100 |
257,171 | 103 | 198,833 | 103 | 174,700 | 101 |
| 18 | 254,422 | 102 | 195,455 | 101 |
255,377 | 102 | 197,500 | 102 | 171,980 | 100 |
| 25 | 254,401 | 102 | 194,507 | 100 |
256,660 | 102 | 198,472 | 103 | 173,011 | 102 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 1 | 254,134 | 102 | 194,392 | 101 |
256,395 | 102 | 198,318 | 102 | 172,471 | 100 |
| 8 | — | — | — | — |
257,558 | 102 | 198,971 | 102 | — | — |
*July 4th Holiday Weekend
