U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 15, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,776,000 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- | % | |
| Jul | ||||||||||
| 4* | 251,737 | 100 | 197,202 | 101 |
256,545 | 102 | 198,526 | 103 | 162,227 | 113 |
| 11 | 251,893 | 102 | 195,611 | 100 |
257,171 | 103 | 198,833 | 103 | 174,700 | 101 |
| 18 | 252,535 | 101 | 195,455 | 101 |
255,377 | 102 | 197,500 | 102 | 171,980 | 100 |
| 25 | 253,821 | 102 | 194,507 | 100 |
256,660 | 102 | 198,472 | 103 | 173,011 | 102 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 1 | 253,964 | 102 | 194,649 | 101 |
256,395 | 102 | 198,318 | 102 | 172,471 | 100 |
| 8 | 250,972 | 101 | 195,812 | 101 |
257,558 | 102 | 198,971 | 102 | 172,664 | 101 |
| 15 | 250,381 | 100 | 196,571 | 102 |
257,097 | 102 | 198,693 | 102 | 172,776 | 101 |
| 22 | — | — | — | — |
254,493 | 101 | 197,202 | 101 | — | — |
*July 4th Holiday Weekend
