U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending August 29, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,708,000 broilers, a 3-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 3-percent decrease in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States, 10 weeks earlier, and no change 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 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 252,493 | 101 | 195,455 | 101 |
255,377 | 102 | 197,500 | 102 | 171,980 | 100 |
| 25 | 253,586 | 102 | 194,607 | 100 |
256,660 | 102 | 198,472 | 103 | 173,011 | 102 |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 1 | 252,434 | 101 | 194,575 | 101 |
256,395 | 102 | 198,318 | 102 | 172,471 | 100 |
| 8 | 250,870 | 101 | 195,714 | 101 |
257,558 | 102 | 198,971 | 102 | 172,664 | 101 |
| 15 | 250,304 | 100 | 196,484 | 102 |
257,097 | 102 | 198,693 | 102 | 172,776 | 101 |
| 22 | 251,923 | 101 | 195,035 | 101 |
254,493 | 101 | 197,202 | 101 | 174,016 | 100 |
| 29 | 250,686 | 101 | 194,367 | 100 |
252,943 | 101 | 195,611 | 100 | 171,708 | 97 |
| Sep | ||||||||||
| 5 * | — | — | — | — |
252,451 | 101 | 195,455 | 101 | — | — |
*Labor Day Holiday Weekend
