Eggs set, chicks placed, broilers produced report

On November 5, 2026, in Eggs Set-Chicks Placed-Slaughter Report, by Phouth Gonzalez

U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending October 31, 2026, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 167,853,000 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- %
Sep  
19 244,999 102 194,499 100
 251,893 102 194,575 101 168,013 96
26 248,810 102 192,940 99
 252,493 101 195,784 101 172,874 99
Oct  
3 243,244 100 189,261 98
 253,586 102 196,464 102 170,627 98
10 * 243,648 101 190,604 103
 252,434 101 195,176 101 172,328 100
17 245,700 103 193,281 102
 250,870 101 194,483 101 172,933 100
24 245,695 103 188,393 100
 249,495 100 193,413 100 168,505 98
31 245,728 100 189,600 101
 252,010 101 195,127 100 167,853 97
Nov  
7 — — — —
 250,272 101 194,499 100 — —

*Columbus Day Holiday Weekend

 



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