U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 3, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 170,627,000 broilers, a 2-percent decrease from the same week a year earlier.
The 2-percent decrease 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- | % | |
| Aug | ||||||||||
| 29 | 250,272 | 101 | 194,483 | 101 |
252,943 | 101 | 195,611 | 100 | 171,708 | 97 |
| Sep | ||||||||||
| 5 * | 248,652 | 99 | 193,443 | 100 |
252,451 | 101 | 195,455 | 101 | 174,775 | 108 |
| 12 | 244,637 | 99 | 195,128 | 100 |
251,737 | 100 | 194,607 | 100 | 158,906 | 91 |
| 19 | 247,304 | 103 | 194,508 | 100 |
251,893 | 102 | 194,575 | 101 | 168,013 | 96 |
| 26 | 249,606 | 103 | 193,321 | 99 |
252,493 | 101 | 195,784 | 101 | 172,874 | 99 |
| Oct | ||||||||||
| 3 | 246,428 | 101 | 189,689 | 98 |
253,586 | 102 | 196,464 | 102 | 170,627 | 98 |
| 10 | — | — | — | — |
252,434 | 101 | 195,176 | 101 | — | — |
*Labor Day Holiday Weekend
