Eggs set, chicks placed, broilers produced report

On October 22, 2026, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Polina Burko

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 17, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 172,933,000 broilers, no change from the same week a year earlier.

The no change in slaughter compares with a 1-percent increase in eggs set in the United States 10 weeks earlier, and a 1-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- %
Sep  
12 244,017 99 195,127 100
 251,737 100 194,607 100 158,906 91
19 244,999 102 194,508 100
 251,893 102 194,575 101 168,013 96
26 248,423 102 193,261 99
 252,493 101 195,784 101 172,874 99
Oct  
3 245,445 101 189,438 98
 253,586 102 196,464 102 170,627 98
10 * 244,881 102 190,804 103
 252,434 101 195,176 101 172,328 100
17 245,764 103 193,298 102
 250,870 101 194,483 101 172,933 100
22 — — — —
 249,495 100 193,413 100 — —

*Columbus Day Holiday Weekend

 



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